Oil and Natural Gas Properties - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Oil And Natural Gas Properties [Line Items]
Impairments to oil and natural gas properties	$ 0	$ 0
Proved Oil and Natural Gas Properties [Member]
Oil And Natural Gas Properties [Line Items]
Depletion expenses	$ 7,800,000	$ 5,400,000
Unproved Oil and Gas Properties [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Oil And Natural Gas Properties [Line Items]
Unproved oil and gas lease term	3 years
Unproved Oil and Gas Properties [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Oil And Natural Gas Properties [Line Items]
Unproved oil and gas lease term	5 years

The expense recorded to reduce the value of oil and gas assets consisting of proved properties and unproved properties as the estimate of future successful production from these properties is reduced.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64862545&loc=d3e2921-110230

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 932
-SubTopic 360
-Section 35
-Paragraph 11
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66906256&loc=d3e66150-109466

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3602-108585

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