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The cash outflow to purchase of mineral interests in oil and gas properties for use in the normal oil and gas operations and not intended for resale.

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Property, Plant and Equipment - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands					12 Months Ended
	Feb. 20, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 01, 2018 USD ($)	Aug. 06, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 20, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) $ / bbl	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) $ / bbl	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) $ / bbl	Jun. 30, 2019	Oct. 01, 2018
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depletion and depreciation expense					$ 220,800	$ 197,000	$ 126,800
Payments to acquire assets	$ 79,100
Consideration transferred, liabilities incurred	$ 1,500
Loss on sale of business unit					$ 0	$ 0	(44,385)
Costs not expected to be subject to depletion (as a percent)					100.00%
Period until transferred to depletable base					5 years
Peru business unit \| Disposed of by sale
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Loss on sale of business unit							34,100
Brazil business unit \| Disposed of by sale
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Loss on sale of business unit							$ 10,200
Suroriente block
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Percentage of working interests acquired	36.20%
Llanos-5 Block
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Percentage of working interests acquired	100.00%
Llanos-5 Block \| Unproved
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Payments to acquire oil and gas property	$ 300
PUT-1 Block In The Putumayo Basin
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Percentage of working interests acquired									45.00%
Payments to acquire assets			$ 28,100
PUT-1 Block In The Putumayo Basin \| Proved
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Payments to acquire oil and gas property			15,200
VMM-2 Block in the Middle Magdalena Valley Basin
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Percentage of working interests acquired		80.00%						20.00%
Payments to acquire assets		$ 5,000	17,000
VMM-2 Block in the Middle Magdalena Valley Basin \| Proved
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Payments to acquire oil and gas property		$ 1,600	$ 6,200
Alea 1848-A and 1947-C Blocks in the Putumayo Basin \| Unproved
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Payments to acquire oil and gas property				$ 3,100
Crude Oil and NGL
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Average Brent price per barrel (in USD per barrel) \| $ / bbl					64.20	72.08	54.19