3.8.0.1 html 335 333 1 false 102 0 false 15 false false R1.htm 00090 - Document - Document and Entity Information Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DocumentDocumentAndEntityInformation Document and Entity Information Cover 1 false false R2.htm 00100 - Statement - Consolidated Balance Sheets Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/StatementConsolidatedBalanceSheets Consolidated Balance Sheets Statements 2 false false R3.htm 00105 - Statement - Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/StatementConsolidatedBalanceSheetsParenthetical Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) Statements 3 false false R4.htm 00200 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Operations Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/StatementConsolidatedStatementsOfOperations Consolidated Statements of Operations Statements 4 false false R5.htm 00300 - Statement - Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/StatementStatementOfChangesInStockholdersEquity Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity Statements 5 false false R6.htm 00400 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/StatementConsolidatedStatementsOfCashFlows Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Statements 6 false false R7.htm 10101 - Disclosure - Organization and Description of Business Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureOrganizationAndDescriptionOfBusiness Organization and Description of Business Notes 7 false false R8.htm 10201 - Disclosure - Significant Accounting Policies Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureSignificantAccountingPolicies Significant Accounting Policies Notes 8 false false R9.htm 10301 - Disclosure - Divestitures Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureDivestitures Divestitures Notes 9 false false R10.htm 10401 - Disclosure - Revenue Recognition Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureRevenueRecognition Revenue Recognition Notes 10 false false R11.htm 10501 - Disclosure - Properties, Plant and Equipment Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosurePropertiesPlantAndEquipment Properties, Plant and Equipment Notes 11 false false R12.htm 10601 - Disclosure - Long-Term Debt Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureLongTermDebt Long-Term Debt Notes 12 false false R13.htm 10701 - Disclosure - Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureDerivativeInstrumentsAndHedgingActivities Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Notes 13 false false R14.htm 10801 - Disclosure - Fair Value Measurement Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureFairValueMeasurement Fair Value Measurement Notes 14 false false R15.htm 10901 - Disclosure - Asset Retirement Obligations Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureAssetRetirementObligations Asset Retirement Obligations Notes 15 false false R16.htm 11001 - Disclosure - Stock-based Compensation Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensation Stock-based Compensation Notes 16 false false R17.htm 11101 - Disclosure - Income Taxes Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureIncomeTaxes Income Taxes Notes 17 false false R18.htm 11201 - Disclosure - Stockholders' and Mezzanine equity Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockholdersAndMezzanineEquity Stockholders' and Mezzanine equity Notes 18 false false R19.htm 11301 - Disclosure - Earnings per Share Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureEarningsPerShare Earnings per Share Notes 19 false false R20.htm 11401 - Disclosure - Related Parties Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureRelatedParties Related Parties Notes 20 false false R21.htm 11501 - Disclosure - Commitments and Contingencies Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureCommitmentsAndContingencies Commitments and Contingencies Notes 21 false false R22.htm 11601 - Disclosure - Subsequent Events Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureSubsequentEvents Subsequent Events Notes 22 false false R23.htm 11701 - Disclosure - Subsidiary Guarantors Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureSubsidiaryGuarantors Subsidiary Guarantors Notes 23 false false R24.htm 20202 - Disclosure - Significant Accounting Policies (Policies) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureSignificantAccountingPoliciesPolicies Significant Accounting Policies (Policies) Policies http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureSignificantAccountingPolicies 24 false false R25.htm 30203 - Disclosure - Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureSignificantAccountingPoliciesTables Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) Tables http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureSignificantAccountingPolicies 25 false false R26.htm 30403 - Disclosure - Revenue Recognition (Tables) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureRevenueRecognitionTables Revenue Recognition (Tables) Tables http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureRevenueRecognition 26 false false R27.htm 30503 - Disclosure - Properties, Plant and Equipment (Tables) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosurePropertiesPlantAndEquipmentTables Properties, Plant and Equipment (Tables) Tables http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosurePropertiesPlantAndEquipment 27 false false R28.htm 30603 - Disclosure - Long-Term Debt (Tables) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureLongTermDebtTables Long-Term Debt (Tables) Tables http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureLongTermDebt 28 false false R29.htm 30703 - Disclosure - Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Tables) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureDerivativeInstrumentsAndHedgingActivitiesTables Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Tables) Tables http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureDerivativeInstrumentsAndHedgingActivities 29 false false R30.htm 30803 - Disclosure - Fair Value Measurement (Tables) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureFairValueMeasurementTables Fair Value Measurement (Tables) Tables http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureFairValueMeasurement 30 false false R31.htm 30903 - Disclosure - Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureAssetRetirementObligationsTables Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables) Tables http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureAssetRetirementObligations 31 false false R32.htm 31003 - Disclosure - Stock-based Compensation (Tables) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensationTables Stock-based Compensation (Tables) Tables http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensation 32 false false R33.htm 31103 - Disclosure - Income Taxes (Tables) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureIncomeTaxesTables Income Taxes (Tables) Tables http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureIncomeTaxes 33 false false R34.htm 31203 - Disclosure - Stockholders' and Mezzanine equity (Tables) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockholdersAndMezzanineEquityTables Stockholders' and Mezzanine equity (Tables) Tables http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockholdersAndMezzanineEquity 34 false false R35.htm 31303 - Disclosure - Earnings per Share (Tables) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureEarningsPerShareTables Earnings per Share (Tables) Tables http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureEarningsPerShare 35 false false R36.htm 31703 - Disclosure - Subsidiary Guarantors (Tables) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureSubsidiaryGuarantorsTables Subsidiary Guarantors (Tables) Tables http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureSubsidiaryGuarantors 36 false false R37.htm 40101 - Disclosure - Organization and Description of Business - Common Stock (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureOrganizationAndDescriptionOfBusinessCommonStockDetails Organization and Description of Business - Common Stock (Details) Details 37 false false R38.htm 40102 - Disclosure - Organization and Description of Business - Series A Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureOrganizationAndDescriptionOfBusinessSeriesPerpetualConvertiblePreferredStockDetails Organization and Description of Business - Series A Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock (Details) Details 38 false false R39.htm 40103 - Disclosure - Organization and Description of Business - NYSE Listing (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureOrganizationAndDescriptionOfBusinessNyseListingDetails Organization and Description of Business - NYSE Listing (Details) Details 39 false false R40.htm 40201 - Disclosure - Significant Accounting Policies - Production Taxes (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureSignificantAccountingPoliciesProductionTaxesDetails Significant Accounting Policies - Production Taxes (Details) Details 40 false false R41.htm 40202 - Disclosure - Significant Accounting Policies - Accrued Liabilities (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureSignificantAccountingPoliciesAccruedLiabilitiesDetails Significant Accounting Policies - Accrued Liabilities (Details) Details 41 false false R42.htm 40301 - Disclosure - Divestitures - Sale of Non-core Assets (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureDivestituresSaleOfNonCoreAssetsDetails Divestitures - Sale of Non-core Assets (Details) Details 42 false false R43.htm 40302 - Disclosure - Divestitures - Arkoma Divestiture (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureDivestituresArkomaDivestitureDetails Divestitures - Arkoma Divestiture (Details) Details 43 false false R44.htm 40401 - Disclosure - Revenue Recognition - Adoption of ASC Topic 606 (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureRevenueRecognitionAdoptionOfAscTopic606Details Revenue Recognition - Adoption of ASC Topic 606 (Details) Details 44 false false R45.htm 40402 - Disclosure - Revenue Recognition - Impact on Statement of Operations (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureRevenueRecognitionImpactOnStatementOfOperationsDetails Revenue Recognition - Impact on Statement of Operations (Details) Details 45 false false R46.htm 40403 - Disclosure - Revenue Recognition - Practical Expedients (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureRevenueRecognitionPracticalExpedientsDetails Revenue Recognition - Practical Expedients (Details) Details 46 false false R47.htm 40404 - Disclosure - Revenue Recognition - Disaggregation of Revenue (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureRevenueRecognitionDisaggregationOfRevenueDetails Revenue Recognition - Disaggregation of Revenue (Details) Details 47 false false R48.htm 40405 - Disclosure - Revenue Recognition - Timing of Transfer of Product or Service (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureRevenueRecognitionTimingOfTransferOfProductOrServiceDetails Revenue Recognition - Timing of Transfer of Product or Service (Details) Details 48 false false R49.htm 40406 - Disclosure - Revenue Recognition - Contract Balances (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureRevenueRecognitionContractBalancesDetails Revenue Recognition - Contract Balances (Details) Details 49 false false R50.htm 40501 - Disclosure - Properties, Plant and Equipment - Oil and Gas Properties - Tabular Information (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosurePropertiesPlantAndEquipmentOilAndGasPropertiesTabularInformationDetails Properties, Plant and Equipment - Oil and Gas Properties - Tabular Information (Details) Details 50 false false R51.htm 40502 - Disclosure - Properties, Plant and Equipment - Oil and Gas Properties - Additional Information (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosurePropertiesPlantAndEquipmentOilAndGasPropertiesAdditionalInformationDetails Properties, Plant and Equipment - Oil and Gas Properties - Additional Information (Details) Details 51 false false R52.htm 40503 - Disclosure - Properties, Plant and Equipment - Other Property, Plant and Equipment - Tabular Information (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosurePropertiesPlantAndEquipmentOtherPropertyPlantAndEquipmentTabularInformationDetails Properties, Plant and Equipment - Other Property, Plant and Equipment - Tabular Information (Details) Details 52 false false R53.htm 40504 - Disclosure - Properties, Plant and Equipment - Other Property, Plant and Equipment - Depreciation and Amortization (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosurePropertiesPlantAndEquipmentOtherPropertyPlantAndEquipmentDepreciationAndAmortizationDetails Properties, Plant and Equipment - Other Property, Plant and Equipment - Depreciation and Amortization (Details) Details 53 false false R54.htm 40601 - Disclosure - Long-Term Debt - Tabular Disclosure (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureLongTermDebtTabularDisclosureDetails Long-Term Debt - Tabular Disclosure (Details) Details 54 false false R55.htm 40602 - Disclosure - Long-Term Debt - Senior Unsecured Notes (Details) Notes http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureLongTermDebtSeniorUnsecuredNotesDetails Long-Term Debt - Senior Unsecured Notes (Details) Details 55 false false R56.htm 40603 - Disclosure - Long-Term Debt - Senior Secured First Lien Notes (Details) Notes http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureLongTermDebtSeniorSecuredFirstLienNotesDetails Long-Term Debt - Senior Secured First Lien Notes (Details) Details 56 false false R57.htm 40604 - Disclosure - Long-Term Debt - Other Long-Term Debt (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureLongTermDebtOtherLongTermDebtDetails Long-Term Debt - Other Long-Term Debt (Details) Details 57 false false R58.htm 40701 - Disclosure - Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Hedging Positions (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureDerivativeInstrumentsAndHedgingActivitiesHedgingPositionsDetails Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Hedging Positions (Details) Details 58 false false R59.htm 40702 - Disclosure - Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Recognized Gain (Loss) on Derivative Instruments (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureDerivativeInstrumentsAndHedgingActivitiesRecognizedGainLossOnDerivativeInstrumentsDetails Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Recognized Gain (Loss) on Derivative Instruments (Details) Details 59 false false R60.htm 40703 - Disclosure - Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Offsetting Assets and Liabilities - Counterparties (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureDerivativeInstrumentsAndHedgingActivitiesOffsettingAssetsAndLiabilitiesCounterpartiesDetails Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Offsetting Assets and Liabilities - Counterparties (Details) Details 60 false false R61.htm 40704 - Disclosure - Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Offsetting Assets (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureDerivativeInstrumentsAndHedgingActivitiesOffsettingAssetsDetails Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Offsetting Assets (Details) Details 61 false false R62.htm 40705 - Disclosure - Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Offsetting Liabilities (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureDerivativeInstrumentsAndHedgingActivitiesOffsettingLiabilitiesDetails Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Offsetting Liabilities (Details) Details 62 false false R63.htm 40801 - Disclosure - Fair Value Measurement - Financial Instruments Carried at Fair Value by Consolidated Balance Sheet Caption and by Valuation Hierarchy (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureFairValueMeasurementFinancialInstrumentsCarriedAtFairValueByConsolidatedBalanceSheetCaptionAndByValuationHierarchyDetails Fair Value Measurement - Financial Instruments Carried at Fair Value by Consolidated Balance Sheet Caption and by Valuation Hierarchy (Details) Details 63 false false R64.htm 40802 - Disclosure - Fair Value Measurement - Quantitative Information about Level 3 Inputs (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureFairValueMeasurementQuantitativeInformationAboutLevel3InputsDetails Fair Value Measurement - Quantitative Information about Level 3 Inputs (Details) Details 64 false false R65.htm 40803 - Disclosure - Fair Value Measurement - Changes in Level 3 Financial Instruments (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureFairValueMeasurementChangesInLevel3FinancialInstrumentsDetails Fair Value Measurement - Changes in Level 3 Financial Instruments (Details) Details 65 false false R66.htm 40804 - Disclosure - Fair Value Measurement - Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureFairValueMeasurementAssetsAndLiabilitiesMeasuredAtFairValueOnNonrecurringBasisDetails Fair Value Measurement - Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis (Details) Details 66 false false R67.htm 40901 - Disclosure - Asset Retirement Obligations - Roll Forward (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureAssetRetirementObligationsRollForwardDetails Asset Retirement Obligations - Roll Forward (Details) Details 67 false false R68.htm 40902 - Disclosure - Asset Retirement Obligations - Liability at Period End (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureAssetRetirementObligationsLiabilityAtPeriodEndDetails Asset Retirement Obligations - Liability at Period End (Details) Details 68 false false R69.htm 41001 - Disclosure - Stock-based Compensation - Management Unit Awards - New Awards (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensationManagementUnitAwardsNewAwardsDetails Stock-based Compensation - Management Unit Awards - New Awards (Details) Details 69 false false R70.htm 41002 - Disclosure - Stock-based Compensation - Management Unit Awards - Activity (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensationManagementUnitAwardsActivityDetails Stock-based Compensation - Management Unit Awards - Activity (Details) Details 70 false false R71.htm 41003 - Disclosure - Stock-based Compensation - Management Unit Awards - Stock Compensation Expense (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensationManagementUnitAwardsStockCompensationExpenseDetails Stock-based Compensation - Management Unit Awards - Stock Compensation Expense (Details) Details 71 false false R72.htm 41004 - Disclosure - Stock-based Compensation - 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensation2013OmnibusIncentivePlanDetails Stock-based Compensation - 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (Details) Details 72 false false R73.htm 41005 - Disclosure - Stock-based Compensation - Restricted Stock Unit Awards - General Information (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensationRestrictedStockUnitAwardsGeneralInformationDetails Stock-based Compensation - Restricted Stock Unit Awards - General Information (Details) Details 73 false false R74.htm 41006 - Disclosure - Stock-based Compensation - Restricted Stock Unit Awards - Activity (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensationRestrictedStockUnitAwardsActivityDetails Stock-based Compensation - Restricted Stock Unit Awards - Activity (Details) Details 74 false false R75.htm 41007 - Disclosure - Stock-based Compensation - Restricted Stock Unit Awards - Preferred Stock Dividends (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensationRestrictedStockUnitAwardsPreferredStockDividendsDetails Stock-based Compensation - Restricted Stock Unit Awards - Preferred Stock Dividends (Details) Details 75 false false R76.htm 41008 - Disclosure - Stock-based Compensation - Restricted Stock Unit Awards - Stock Compensation Expense (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensationRestrictedStockUnitAwardsStockCompensationExpenseDetails Stock-based Compensation - Restricted Stock Unit Awards - Stock Compensation Expense (Details) Details 76 false false R77.htm 41009 - Disclosure - Stock-based Compensation - Performance Share Unit Awards - General Information (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensationPerformanceShareUnitAwardsGeneralInformationDetails Stock-based Compensation - Performance Share Unit Awards - General Information (Details) Details 77 false false R78.htm 41010 - Disclosure - Stock-based Compensation - Performance Share Unit Awards - Activity (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensationPerformanceShareUnitAwardsActivityDetails Stock-based Compensation - Performance Share Unit Awards - Activity (Details) Details 78 false false R79.htm 41011 - Disclosure - Stock-based Compensation - Performance Share Unit Awards - Preferred Stock Dividends (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensationPerformanceShareUnitAwardsPreferredStockDividendsDetails Stock-based Compensation - Performance Share Unit Awards - Preferred Stock Dividends (Details) Details 79 false false R80.htm 41012 - Disclosure - Stock-based Compensation - Performance Share Unit Awards - Stock Compensation Expense (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensationPerformanceShareUnitAwardsStockCompensationExpenseDetails Stock-based Compensation - Performance Share Unit Awards - Stock Compensation Expense (Details) Details 80 false false R81.htm 41013 - Disclosure - Stock-based Compensation - Performance Unit Awards - General Information (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensationPerformanceUnitAwardsGeneralInformationDetails Stock-based Compensation - Performance Unit Awards - General Information (Details) Details 81 false false R82.htm 41014 - Disclosure - Stock-based Compensation - Performance Unit Awards - Stock Compensation Expense (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensationPerformanceUnitAwardsStockCompensationExpenseDetails Stock-based Compensation - Performance Unit Awards - Stock Compensation Expense (Details) Details 82 false false R83.htm 41016 - Disclosure - Stock-based Compensation - Performance Unit Awards - Additional Disclosures (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensationPerformanceUnitAwardsAdditionalDisclosuresDetails Stock-based Compensation - Performance Unit Awards - Additional Disclosures (Details) Details 83 false false R84.htm 41017 - Disclosure - Stock-based Compensation - Restricted Stock Awards - General Information (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensationRestrictedStockAwardsGeneralInformationDetails Stock-based Compensation - Restricted Stock Awards - General Information (Details) Details 84 false false R85.htm 41018 - Disclosure - Stock-based Compensation - Restricted Stock Awards - Activity (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensationRestrictedStockAwardsActivityDetails Stock-based Compensation - Restricted Stock Awards - Activity (Details) Details 85 false false R86.htm 41019 - Disclosure - Stock-based Compensation - Restricted Stock Awards - Preferred Stock Dividends (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensationRestrictedStockAwardsPreferredStockDividendsDetails Stock-based Compensation - Restricted Stock Awards - Preferred Stock Dividends (Details) Details 86 false false R87.htm 41020 - Disclosure - Stock-based Compensation - Restricted Stock Awards - Stock Compensation Expense (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockBasedCompensationRestrictedStockAwardsStockCompensationExpenseDetails Stock-based Compensation - Restricted Stock Awards - Stock Compensation Expense (Details) Details 87 false false R88.htm 41101 - Disclosure - Income Taxes - Effective Tax Rate (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureIncomeTaxesEffectiveTaxRateDetails Income Taxes - Effective Tax Rate (Details) Details 88 false false R89.htm 41102 - Disclosure - Income Taxes - Statutory Rate (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureIncomeTaxesStatutoryRateDetails Income Taxes - Statutory Rate (Details) Details 89 false false R90.htm 41103 - Disclosure - Income Taxes - Provision (Benefit) (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureIncomeTaxesProvisionBenefitDetails Income Taxes - Provision (Benefit) (Details) Details 90 false false R91.htm 41104 - Disclosure - Income Taxes - Tax Provision - Attributable to Controlling Interests and Non-controlling Interests (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureIncomeTaxesTaxProvisionAttributableToControllingInterestsAndNonControllingInterestsDetails Income Taxes - Tax Provision - Attributable to Controlling Interests and Non-controlling Interests (Details) Details 91 false false R92.htm 41105 - Disclosure - Income Taxes - Net Operating Loss Carry-forward (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureIncomeTaxesNetOperatingLossCarryForwardDetails Income Taxes - Net Operating Loss Carry-forward (Details) Details 92 false false R93.htm 41106 - Disclosure - Income Taxes - Tax Receivable Agreement (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureIncomeTaxesTaxReceivableAgreementDetails Income Taxes - Tax Receivable Agreement (Details) Details 93 false false R94.htm 41107 - Disclosure - Income Taxes - Cash Tax Distributions (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureIncomeTaxesCashTaxDistributionsDetails Income Taxes - Cash Tax Distributions (Details) Details 94 false false R95.htm 41201 - Disclosure - Stockholders' and Mezzanine equity - Common Stock (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockholdersAndMezzanineEquityCommonStockDetails Stockholders' and Mezzanine equity - Common Stock (Details) Details 95 false false R96.htm 41202 - Disclosure - Stockholders' and Mezzanine equity - Series A Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockholdersAndMezzanineEquitySeriesPerpetualConvertiblePreferredStockDetails Stockholders' and Mezzanine equity - Series A Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock (Details) Details 96 false false R97.htm 41203 - Disclosure - Stockholders' and Mezzanine equity - Equity Distribution Agreement (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockholdersAndMezzanineEquityEquityDistributionAgreementDetails Stockholders' and Mezzanine equity - Equity Distribution Agreement (Details) Details 97 false false R98.htm 41204 - Disclosure - Stockholders' and Mezzanine equity - Offering of Class A Common Stock (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockholdersAndMezzanineEquityOfferingOfClassCommonStockDetails Stockholders' and Mezzanine equity - Offering of Class A Common Stock (Details) Details 98 false false R99.htm 41205 - Disclosure - Stockholders' and Mezzanine equity - Mezzanine Equity - General Information (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockholdersAndMezzanineEquityMezzanineEquityGeneralInformationDetails Stockholders' and Mezzanine equity - Mezzanine Equity - General Information (Details) Details 99 false false R100.htm 41206 - Disclosure - Stockholders' and Mezzanine equity - Mezzanine Equity - Tabular Disclosure (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockholdersAndMezzanineEquityMezzanineEquityTabularDisclosureDetails Stockholders' and Mezzanine equity - Mezzanine Equity - Tabular Disclosure (Details) Details 100 false false R101.htm 41207 - Disclosure - Stockholders' and Mezzanine equity - Preferred Stock Dividend and Special Stock Dividend (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureStockholdersAndMezzanineEquityPreferredStockDividendAndSpecialStockDividendDetails Stockholders' and Mezzanine equity - Preferred Stock Dividend and Special Stock Dividend (Details) Details 101 false false R102.htm 41301 - Disclosure - Earnings per Share - Anti-dilutive Securities (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureEarningsPerShareAntiDilutiveSecuritiesDetails Earnings per Share - Anti-dilutive Securities (Details) Details 102 false false R103.htm 41302 - Disclosure - Earnings per Share - Basic Earnings per Share (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureEarningsPerShareBasicEarningsPerShareDetails Earnings per Share - Basic Earnings per Share (Details) Details 103 false false R104.htm 41401 - Disclosure - Related Parties - Natural Gas Sale and Purchase Agreement with Monarch Natural Gas, LLC (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureRelatedPartiesNaturalGasSaleAndPurchaseAgreementWithMonarchNaturalGasLlcDetails Related Parties - Natural Gas Sale and Purchase Agreement with Monarch Natural Gas, LLC (Details) Details 104 false false R105.htm 41402 - Disclosure - Related Parties - Metalmark Capital and Monarch Natural Gas, LLC (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureRelatedPartiesMetalmarkCapitalAndMonarchNaturalGasLlcDetails Related Parties - Metalmark Capital and Monarch Natural Gas, LLC (Details) Details 105 false false R106.htm 41403 - Disclosure - Related Parties - Monarch Natural Gas, LLC Equity Interests (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureRelatedPartiesMonarchNaturalGasLlcEquityInterestsDetails Related Parties - Monarch Natural Gas, LLC Equity Interests (Details) Details 106 false false R107.htm 41404 - Disclosure - Related Parties - Transportation Agreement with Monarch Oil Pipeline LLC (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureRelatedPartiesTransportationAgreementWithMonarchOilPipelineLlcDetails Related Parties - Transportation Agreement with Monarch Oil Pipeline LLC (Details) Details 107 false false R108.htm 41405 - Disclosure - Related Parties - Issuance of Class A Shares (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureRelatedPartiesIssuanceOfClassSharesDetails Related Parties - Issuance of Class A Shares (Details) Details 108 false false R109.htm 41406 - Disclosure - Related Parties - Purchases of Senior Secured First Lien Notes (Details) Notes http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureRelatedPartiesPurchasesOfSeniorSecuredFirstLienNotesDetails Related Parties - Purchases of Senior Secured First Lien Notes (Details) Details 109 false false R110.htm 41601 - Disclosure - Subsequent Events (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureSubsequentEventsDetails Subsequent Events (Details) Details http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureSubsequentEvents 110 false false R111.htm 41701 - Disclosure - Subsidiary Guarantors - General Information (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureSubsidiaryGuarantorsGeneralInformationDetails Subsidiary Guarantors - General Information (Details) Details 111 false false R112.htm 41702 - Disclosure - Subsidiary Guarantors - Improper Calculation - Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureSubsidiaryGuarantorsImproperCalculationCondensedConsolidatingStatementOfOperationsDetails Subsidiary Guarantors - Improper Calculation - Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations (Details) Details 112 false false R113.htm 41703 - Disclosure - Subsidiary Guarantors - Improper Calculation - Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureSubsidiaryGuarantorsImproperCalculationCondensedConsolidatingStatementOfCashFlowsDetails Subsidiary Guarantors - Improper Calculation - Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows (Details) Details 113 false false R114.htm 41704 - Disclosure - Subsidiary Guarantors - Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureSubsidiaryGuarantorsCondensedConsolidatingBalanceSheetDetails Subsidiary Guarantors - Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet (Details) Details 114 false false R115.htm 41705 - Disclosure - Subsidiary Guarantors - Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet - Additional Information (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureSubsidiaryGuarantorsCondensedConsolidatingBalanceSheetAdditionalInformationDetails Subsidiary Guarantors - Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet - Additional Information (Details) Details 115 false false R116.htm 41706 - Disclosure - Subsidiary Guarantors - Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureSubsidiaryGuarantorsCondensedConsolidatingStatementOfOperationsDetails Subsidiary Guarantors - Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations (Details) Details 116 false false R117.htm 41707 - Disclosure - Subsidiary Guarantors - Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows (Details) Sheet http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureSubsidiaryGuarantorsCondensedConsolidatingStatementOfCashFlowsDetails Subsidiary Guarantors - Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows (Details) Details 117 false false All Reports Book All Reports jone-20180331.xml jone-20180331.xsd jone-20180331_cal.xml jone-20180331_def.xml jone-20180331_lab.xml jone-20180331_pre.xml http://fasb.org/us-gaap/2017-01-31 http://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2014-01-31 true true