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Asset Acquisition, Number Of Separate Sellers

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Asset Acquisition, Ownership Percentage Before Acquisition

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Asset Acquisition, Percentage Of Voting Interest Acquired

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Payments for Asset Acquisitions

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Amount of liability recognized from contingent consideration in asset acquisition, classified as current.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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The cash outflow for cost incurred directly with the issuance of an equity security.

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Number of common shares issuable upon conversion for each share of preferred stock to be converted.

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The percentage rate used to calculate dividend payments on preferred stock.

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Face amount or stated value per share of preferred stock nonredeemable or redeemable solely at the option of the issuer.

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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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Cash received on stock transaction after deduction of issuance costs.

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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Percentage of subsidiary's or equity investee's stock owned by parent company after stock transaction.

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Per share amount received by subsidiary or equity investee for each share of common stock issued or sold in the stock transaction.

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Related Party Transactions (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands					3 Months Ended
	Apr. 14, 2022 USD ($) shares	Feb. 15, 2022 USD ($) shares	Jan. 30, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jul. 20, 2021 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) seller	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Deferred acquisition payment - Chisholm						$ 70,000	$ 0	$ 0
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares						$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Subsequent Event
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments of stock issuance costs	$ 200
Eagle Ford Acquisitions
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total consideration transferred					$ 45,200
Number of separate sellers \| seller					4
Eagle Ford, Seller One
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total consideration transferred					$ 8,200
Class A Common Stock \| Securities Purchase Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sale of stock, price per share \| $ / shares			$ 11.10
Preferred stock, conversion ratio			90.0900900900901
Class A Common Stock \| Subsequent Event
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock, conversion ratio	90.0900900900901
Convertible Preferred Stock \| Securities Purchase Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sale of stock, number of shares issued in transaction (in shares) \| shares			280,000
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 0.001
Sale of stock, proceeds received on transaction			$ 280,000
Sale of stock, price per share \| $ / shares			$ 1,000
Convertible Preferred Stock \| Subsequent Event
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sale of stock, number of shares issued in transaction (in shares) \| shares	280,000
Sale of stock, proceeds received on transaction	$ 280,000
Preferred stock, dividend rate, percentage	8.00%
En Cap And Affiliates \| Securities Purchase Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sale of stock, percentage of ownership after transaction			61.60%
Preferred stock, dividend rate, percentage			8.00%
Chisholm Acquisition
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cash consideration		$ 377,528
Asset acquisition, ownership percentage before acquisition		25.00%
Asset acquisition, percentage of voting interest acquired		36.00%
Chisholm Acquisition \| EEH Credit Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cash consideration		$ 377,500
Chisholm Acquisition \| Class A Common Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Shares of Class A Common Stock issued (in shares) \| shares		19,417,476
Tracker And Sequel Aquisitions
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cash consideration				$ 60,159
Tracker And Sequel Aquisitions \| Class A Common Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Shares of Class A Common Stock issued (in shares) \| shares				6,200,000
Tracker Purchase Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cash consideration				$ 18,800
Shares of Class A Common Stock issued (in shares) \| shares				4,700,000
Tracker Purchase Agreement \| Class A Common Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Shares of Class A Common Stock issued (in shares) \| shares				4,700,000
Tracker Purchase Agreement \| Significant Shareholder
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Asset acquisition, percentage of voting interest acquired				49.00%