| **Commitments and Contingencies Additional information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands** | 12 Months Ended |
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| **Loss Contingencies [Line Items]**                                                         |            |   |   |
| Transportation netted against Revenue                                                       | $ 64,100        | $ 31,300 | $ 21,400 |
| Transportation, gathering and processing expenses                                           | 124,577         | $ 100,403 | $ 77,835 |
| 2022                                                                                        |            |   |   |
| **Supply Commitment [Line Items]**                                                          |            |   |   |
| Other Commitment                                                                            | $ 117,828       |   |   |

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| - Definition
Transportation payments, net to interest
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| - Definition
Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.
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No definition available.
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| - Definition
Minimum amount of other commitment not otherwise specified in the taxonomy. Excludes commitments explicitly modeled in the taxonomy, including but not limited to, long-term and short-term purchase commitments, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, supply commitments, registration payment arrangements, leases, debt, product warranties, guarantees, environmental remediation obligations, and pensions.
+ References
No definition available.
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| - Definition
Includes the cost to prepare and move liquid hydrocarbons and natural gas to their points of sale.
+ References
Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 932 -SubTopic 235 -Section 50 -Paragraph 23 -Subparagraph (b) -URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126939881&loc=d3e62136-109447
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| - Definition
Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.
+ References
No definition available.
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