Organization and Basis of Presentation (Policies)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
General	General On August 6, 2019, Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Midstates”), completed its business combination (the “Merger”) with Amplify Energy Corp. (“Legacy Amplify”) in accordance with the terms of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated May 5, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Midstates, Legacy Amplify and Midstates Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Midstates (“Merger Sub”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy Amplify, with Legacy Amplify surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Midstates, and immediately following the Merger, Legacy Amplify merged with and into Alpha Mike Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Midstates (“LLC Sub”), with LLC Sub surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Midstates. On the effective date of the Merger, Midstates changed its name to “Amplify Energy Corp.” (the “Company”) and LLC Sub changed its name to “Amplify Energy Holdings LLC.” For financial reporting purposes, the Merger represented a “reverse merger” and Legacy Amplify was deemed to be the accounting acquirer in the transaction. Legacy Amplify’s historical results of operations will replace Midstates’ historical results of operations for all periods prior to the Merger and, for all periods following the Merger, the Company’s financial statements will reflect the results of operations of the combined company. Accordingly, the financial statements for the Company included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for periods prior to the Merger are not the same as Midstates prior reported filings with the SEC, which were derived from the operations of Midstates. As a result, period-to-period comparisons of our operating results may not be meaningful. The results of any one quarter should not be relied upon as an indication of future performance. When referring to Legacy Amplify, the intent is to refer to Amplify Energy Corp. prior to the effective date of the Merger, and its consolidated subsidiaries as a whole or on an individual basis, depending on the context in which the statements are made. We operate in one reportable segment engaged in the acquisition, development, exploitation and production of oil and natural gas properties. Our management evaluates performance based on one reportable business segment as the economic environments are not different within the operation of our oil and natural gas properties. Our assets consist primarily of producing oil and natural gas properties and are located in Oklahoma, the Rockies, federal waters offshore Southern California, East Texas / North Louisiana and South Texas. Most of our oil and natural gas properties are located in large, mature oil and natural gas reservoirs. The Company’s properties consist primarily of operated and non-operated working interests in producing and undeveloped leasehold acreage and working interests in identified producing wells.
Basis of Presentation	Basis of Presentation Our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included herein have been prepared pursuant to the rules and guidelines of the SEC. The results reported in these Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should not necessarily be taken as indicative of results that may be expected for the entire year. In our opinion, the accompanying Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for fair presentation. Although we believe the disclosures in these financial statements are adequate, certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. The Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared as if the Company is a going concern and reflect the application of Accounting Standards Codification 852 “Reorganizations” (“ASC 852”). ASC 852 requires that the financial statements, for periods subsequent to the Chapter 11 filing, distinguish transactions and events that are directly associated with the reorganization from the ongoing operations of the business. Accordingly, certain expenses, gains and losses that were realized or incurred in the bankruptcy proceedings are recorded in “reorganization items, net” on the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Statements of Consolidated Operations. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in preparation of our consolidated financial statements.
Risk and Uncertainties	Risk and Uncertainties In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 as a pandemic, which continues to spread throughout the United States. The spread of COVID-19 has caused significant volatility in U.S. and international markets. There is significant uncertainty around the breadth and duration of business disruptions related to COVID-19, as well as its impact on the U.S. and international economies and, as such, the Company is unable to determine the extent of the impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to the Company’s operations. The pandemic has lowered the demand for oil and natural gas which has led to low commodity prices. The reductions in commodity prices has resulted in lower levels of cash flow from operating activities. In addition, the borrowing base under our Revolving Credit Facility (as defined below) is subject to redetermination on at least a semi-annual basis primarily based on an engineering report with respect to our estimated oil, NGL and natural gas reserves which will take into account the prevailing oil, NGL and natural gas prices at such time, as adjusted for the impact of our commodity derivative contracts. Continued low commodity prices will likely adversely impact our redeterminations. The reduction in commodity prices has directly led to an impairment of our oil and natural gas properties. There may be further impairments in future periods if commodity prices continue to decline.
Definitive Merger Agreement	Definitive Merger Agreement On May 5, 2019, as discussed above, the Company entered into the Merger Agreement pursuant to which Legacy Amplify merged with a subsidiary of Midstates in an all-stock merger-of-equals. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Legacy Amplify stockholders received 0.933 shares of newly issued Company common stock for each share of Legacy Amplify common stock that they owned. The Merger closed on August 6, 2019.
Use of Estimates	Use of Estimates The preparation of the accompanying Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates include, but are not limited to, oil and natural gas reserves; depreciation, depletion, and amortization of proved oil and natural gas properties; future cash flows from oil and natural gas properties; impairment of long-lived assets; fair value of derivatives; fair value of equity compensation; fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations and asset retirement obligations.
Lease Recognition	Lease Recognition In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance regarding the accounting for leases. The FASB retained a dual model, requiring leases to be classified as either direct financing or operating leases. The classification will be based on criteria that are similar to the current lease accounting treatment. The Company is the lessee under various agreements for office space, compressors, equipment, vehicles and surface rentals (right of use assets) that are currently accounted for as operating leases. The Company applied the revised lease rules for our interim and annual reporting periods starting January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective approach with a cumulative impact to retained earnings in that period, and including several optional practical expedients relating to leases commenced before the effective date. The practical expedients the Company adopted are: (1) the original correct assessment of a contract containing a lease will be accepted without further review on all existing or expired contracts; (2) the original lease classification as an operating lease will convert as an operating lease under the new guidance; (3) initial direct costs for any existing leases will not be reassessed; (4) existing land easements or right of use agreements will continue under current accounting policy and only new agreements will be evaluated in the future; and (5) short-term leases for twelve months or less will not be evaluated under the guidance. See Note 12 for additional information regarding the adoption of the leases standard.
Current Expected Credit Losses	Current Expected Credit Losses In May 2019, the FASB issued an accounting standard update to provide entities with an option to irrevocably elect the fair value option applied on an instrument-by-instrument basis for certain financial assets upon the adoption. The fair value option election does not apply to held-to-maturity debt securities. The Company adopted the guidance as of January 1, 2020. The Company has evaluated the impact of this guidance and concluded that the current and historical evaluation of estimated credit losses falls within the acceptable guidance. The provisions of the standard were interpreted to relate only to the Company’s accounts receivable, net. Trade receivables relate to one common pool, revenue earned on the sale of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids. The performance obligation is satisfied at a point in time and revenue is recognized and a trade receivable is recorded from the sale when production is delivered to, and title has transferred to, the purchaser. The majority of the Company’s purchasers have been large major companies in the industry with the wherewithal to pay. The Company, as operator on most of our wells, also records receivables on billings to our joint interest owners who participate in the operating costs of the wells they have an interest in. Historically an allowance for doubtful accounts has been set up to recognize credit losses on joint interest billing (“JIB”) receivables based upon an aging analysis which is an appropriate method to estimate credit losses under the guidance. The Company will continue to assess the expected credit loss in the future as economic conditions change. Considering the recent drop in commodity prices we believe the majority of our revenue purchasers have the size and financial condition to currently meet their obligations. There could be added risk on the JIB accounts receivable as some wells could become uneconomic, with the revenue not enough to cover operating expenses billed, which could result in additional write-offs. The Company will continue to closely monitor trade receivables. Based upon the analysis performed there was no impact to beginning retained earnings upon the adoption of the guidance.
New Accounting Pronouncements	New Accounting Pronouncements Income Taxes – Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. In December 2019, the FASB issued an accounting standard update which simplifies the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740. This accounting standards update removes the following exceptions: (i) exception to the incremental approach for intraperiod tax allocation when there is a loss continuing operations and income or a gain from other items; (ii) exception to the requirements to recognize a deferred tax liability for equity method investments when a foreign subsidiary becomes an equity method investment; (iii) exception to the ability not to recognize a deferred tax liability for a foreign subsidiary when a foreign equity method investment becomes a subsidiary; and (iv) exception to the general methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period when a year-to-date loss exceeds the anticipated loss for the year. The amendments in the accounting standards update also improve consistency and simplify other areas of Topic 740 by clarifying and amending existing guidance. The new guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim period within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance and does not expect the guidance to have a material impact on the Company's financial statements. Other accounting standards that have been issued by the FASB or other standards-setting bodies are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Organization and Basis of Presentation (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

On August 6, 2019, Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Midstates”), completed its business combination (the “Merger”) with Amplify Energy Corp. (“Legacy Amplify”) in accordance with the terms of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated May 5, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Midstates, Legacy Amplify and Midstates Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Midstates (“Merger Sub”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy Amplify, with Legacy Amplify surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Midstates, and immediately following the Merger, Legacy Amplify merged with and into Alpha Mike Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Midstates (“LLC Sub”), with LLC Sub surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Midstates. On the effective date of the Merger, Midstates changed its name to “Amplify Energy Corp.” (the “Company”) and LLC Sub changed its name to “Amplify Energy Holdings LLC.”

For financial reporting purposes, the Merger represented a “reverse merger” and Legacy Amplify was deemed to be the accounting acquirer in the transaction. Legacy Amplify’s historical results of operations will replace Midstates’ historical results of operations for all periods prior to the Merger and, for all periods following the Merger, the Company’s financial statements will reflect the results of operations of the combined company. Accordingly, the financial statements for the Company included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for periods prior to the Merger are not the same as Midstates prior reported filings with the SEC, which were derived from the operations of Midstates. As a result, period-to-period comparisons of our operating results may not be meaningful. The results of any one quarter should not be relied upon as an indication of future performance.

When referring to Legacy Amplify, the intent is to refer to Amplify Energy Corp. prior to the effective date of the Merger, and its consolidated subsidiaries as a whole or on an individual basis, depending on the context in which the statements are made.

We operate in one reportable segment engaged in the acquisition, development, exploitation and production of oil and natural gas properties. Our management evaluates performance based on one reportable business segment as the economic environments are not different within the operation of our oil and natural gas properties. Our assets consist primarily of producing oil and natural gas properties and are located in Oklahoma, the Rockies, federal waters offshore Southern California, East Texas / North Louisiana and South Texas. Most of our oil and natural gas properties are located in large, mature oil and natural gas reservoirs. The Company’s properties consist primarily of operated and non-operated working interests in producing and undeveloped leasehold acreage and working interests in identified producing wells.

Basis of Presentation

Our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included herein have been prepared pursuant to the rules and guidelines of the SEC. The results reported in these Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should not necessarily be taken as indicative of results that may be expected for the entire year. In our opinion, the accompanying Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for fair presentation. Although we believe the disclosures in these financial statements are adequate, certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.

The Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared as if the Company is a going concern and reflect the application of Accounting Standards Codification 852 “Reorganizations” (“ASC 852”). ASC 852 requires that the financial statements, for periods subsequent to the Chapter 11 filing, distinguish transactions and events that are directly associated with the reorganization from the ongoing operations of the business. Accordingly, certain expenses, gains and losses that were realized or incurred in the bankruptcy proceedings are recorded in “reorganization items, net” on the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Statements of Consolidated Operations.

All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

Risk and Uncertainties

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 as a pandemic, which continues to spread throughout the United States. The spread of COVID-19 has caused significant volatility in U.S. and international markets. There is significant uncertainty around the breadth and duration of business disruptions related to COVID-19, as well as its impact on the U.S. and international economies and, as such, the Company is unable to determine the extent of the impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to the Company’s operations.

The pandemic has lowered the demand for oil and natural gas which has led to low commodity prices. The reductions in commodity prices has resulted in lower levels of cash flow from operating activities. In addition, the borrowing base under our Revolving Credit Facility (as defined below) is subject to redetermination on at least a semi-annual basis primarily based on an engineering report with respect to our estimated oil, NGL and natural gas reserves which will take into account the prevailing oil, NGL and natural gas prices at such time, as adjusted for the impact of our commodity derivative contracts. Continued low commodity prices will likely adversely impact our redeterminations. The reduction in commodity prices has directly led to an impairment of our oil and natural gas properties. There may be further impairments in future periods if commodity prices continue to decline.

Definitive Merger Agreement

On May 5, 2019, as discussed above, the Company entered into the Merger Agreement pursuant to which Legacy Amplify merged with a subsidiary of Midstates in an all-stock merger-of-equals. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Legacy Amplify stockholders received 0.933 shares of newly issued Company common stock for each share of Legacy Amplify common stock that they owned. The Merger closed on August 6, 2019.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the accompanying Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Significant estimates include, but are not limited to, oil and natural gas reserves; depreciation, depletion, and amortization of proved oil and natural gas properties; future cash flows from oil and natural gas properties; impairment of long-lived assets; fair value of derivatives; fair value of equity compensation; fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations and asset retirement obligations.

Lease Recognition

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance regarding the accounting for leases. The FASB retained a dual model, requiring leases to be classified as either direct financing or operating leases. The classification will be based on criteria that are similar to the current lease accounting treatment. The Company is the lessee under various agreements for office space, compressors, equipment, vehicles and surface rentals (right of use assets) that are currently accounted for as operating leases.

The Company applied the revised lease rules for our interim and annual reporting periods starting January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective approach with a cumulative impact to retained earnings in that period, and including several optional practical expedients relating to leases commenced before the effective date. The practical expedients the Company adopted are: (1) the original correct assessment of a contract containing a lease will be accepted without further review on all existing or expired contracts; (2) the original lease classification as an operating lease will convert as an operating lease under the new guidance; (3) initial direct costs for any existing leases will not be reassessed; (4) existing land easements or right of use agreements will continue under current accounting policy and only new agreements will be evaluated in the future; and (5) short-term leases for twelve months or less will not be evaluated under the guidance.

See Note 12 for additional information regarding the adoption of the leases standard.

Current Expected Credit Losses

In May 2019, the FASB issued an accounting standard update to provide entities with an option to irrevocably elect the fair value option applied on an instrument-by-instrument basis for certain financial assets upon the adoption. The fair value option election does not apply to held-to-maturity debt securities. The Company adopted the guidance as of January 1, 2020. The Company has evaluated the impact of this guidance and concluded that the current and historical evaluation of estimated credit losses falls within the acceptable guidance.

The provisions of the standard were interpreted to relate only to the Company’s accounts receivable, net. Trade receivables relate to one common pool, revenue earned on the sale of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids. The performance obligation is satisfied at a point in time and revenue is recognized and a trade receivable is recorded from the sale when production is delivered to, and title has transferred to, the purchaser. The majority of the Company’s purchasers have been large major companies in the industry with the wherewithal to pay.

The Company, as operator on most of our wells, also records receivables on billings to our joint interest owners who participate in the operating costs of the wells they have an interest in. Historically an allowance for doubtful accounts has been set up to recognize credit losses on joint interest billing (“JIB”) receivables based upon an aging analysis which is an appropriate method to estimate credit losses under the guidance. The Company will continue to assess the expected credit loss in the future as economic conditions change. Considering the recent drop in commodity prices we believe the majority of our revenue purchasers have the size and financial condition to currently meet their obligations. There could be added risk on the JIB accounts receivable as some wells could become uneconomic, with the revenue not enough to cover operating expenses billed, which could result in additional write-offs. The Company will continue to closely monitor trade receivables. Based upon the analysis performed there was no impact to beginning retained earnings upon the adoption of the guidance.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Income Taxes – Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. In December 2019, the FASB issued an accounting standard update which simplifies the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740. This accounting standards update removes the following exceptions: (i) exception to the incremental approach for intraperiod tax allocation when there is a loss continuing operations and income or a gain from other items; (ii) exception to the requirements to recognize a deferred tax liability for equity method investments when a foreign subsidiary becomes an equity method investment; (iii) exception to the ability not to recognize a deferred tax liability for a foreign subsidiary when a foreign equity method investment becomes a subsidiary; and (iv) exception to the general methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period when a year-to-date loss exceeds the anticipated loss for the year. The amendments in the accounting standards update also improve consistency and simplify other areas of Topic 740 by clarifying and amending existing guidance. The new guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim period within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance and does not expect the guidance to have a material impact on the Company's financial statements.

Other accounting standards that have been issued by the FASB or other standards-setting bodies are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.