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Disposal Group, Including Discontinue Operations, Decrease in Sales Price

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Gain from Decrease in Asset Retirement Obligations

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Gain from Release of Revenues in Suspense

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Purchase Price Adjustments

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Oil and Gas Property, Non-Full Cost Pool Assets, Decrease From Sale of Assets

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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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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Amount classified as property, plant and equipment attributable to disposal group held for sale or disposed of.

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Amount of gain (loss) from sale and disposal of integrated set of activities and assets capable of being conducted and managed for purpose of providing return in form of dividend, lower cost, or other economic benefit to investor, owner, member and participant.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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Acquisitions and Divestitures (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Apr. 22, 2021	Feb. 05, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of assets					$ 448	$ 38,086
Royalty Interest Of Sand Ridge Mississippian Trust I
Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale [Line Items]
Gross purchase price	$ 4,900
Net purchase price	$ 3,600
Royalty Interest Of Sand Ridge Mississippian Trust I \| Sand Ridge Energy Inc
Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale [Line Items]
Ownership interest in trust	26.90%
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| North Park Basin, Colorado
Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale [Line Items]
Purchase price		$ 47,000
Proceeds from sale of assets		38,900
Closing adjustments		8,100
Reduction of full cost pool assets		22,000
Reduction in non-full cost pool assets		4,600
Gain on sale		18,900		$ 19,700
Decrease in sales price			$ 800
Gain from release of revenues in suspense		500
Gain from relief of asset retirement obligations		6,100
Reduction in oil and gas properties related to NPB		$ 26,600