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Revenue from the sale of oil and gas during the period.

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Related Parties - Transportation Agreement with Monarch Oil Pipeline LLC (Details) $ in Thousands			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 01, 2013	May 07, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) MMBoe director	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) MMBoe	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) MMBoe
Related Party Transactions
Oil and gas sales				$ 40,677	$ 25,080
Cash distributions associated with equity interests				17,500
Monarch Oil Pipeline LLC \| Investee
Related Party Transactions
Term of Oil Gathering and Transportation Agreement (in years)			10 years
Gathering fees				$ 700
Oil production transported (in MMBoe) \| MMBoe				0.3
Monarch Natural Gas, LLC \| Investee
Related Party Transactions
Oil production transported (in MMBoe) \| MMBoe						1.0	1.4
Oil and gas sales						$ 10,600	$ 37,000
Enable Midstream Partners LP
Related Party Transactions
Initial term of the agreement (in years)	10 years
Metalmark \| Beneficial owner
Related Party Transactions
Number of directors who are managing directors of the related party \| director				2
Metalmark \| Monarch Natural Gas, LLC \| Investee
Related Party Transactions
Metalmark Capital's ownership percentage in Monarch (as a percent)		81.00%
Minimum \| Metalmark \| Beneficial owner
Related Party Transactions
Beneficial ownership interest (as a percent)				5.00%