CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Common Stock, Class A	Common Stock, Class B	Members' Equity	Mezzanine Equity	Common Stock Common Stock, Class A	Common Stock Common Stock, Class B	Additional Paid In Capital	Retained Earnings	Treasury Stock	Parent	Noncontrolling Interest
Balance at Dec. 31, 2012	$ 6,017			$ 6,017
LLC Interest Issuance	77,158				$ 77,158
Preferred return on redeemable LLC interests	(3,886)			(3,886)
Reorganization Transactions :
Deemed contribution - incentive unit compensation	1,233			1,233
Net (loss) income	27,510			27,510
Balance at Dec. 31, 2013				30,874
Balance at Dec. 31, 2013					77,158
Balance at Dec. 31, 2013	108,032
Preferred return on redeemable LLC interests				(1,723)	1,723
Net loss prior to corporate reorganization	(37,923)			(37,923)
Balance prior to Corporate Reorganization and IPO	70,109			(8,772)	78,881
Reorganization Transactions :
Payment of Preferred Return	(6,726)				(6,726)
Conversion of PE Units for class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock				(42,316)	$ (72,155)	$ 432	$ 321	$ 113,718			$ 114,471
Conversion of PE Units for class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock (In Shares)						43,204,000	32,145,000
Net deferred tax Liability due to corporate reorganization	(95,530)							(95,530)			(95,530)
Deemed contribution - incentive unit compensation	51,088			$ 51,088
Net (loss) income	56,722
Balance at Dec. 31, 2014	992,489					$ 932	$ 321	644,636	$ 61,352		707,241	$ 285,248
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2014		93,937,947	0			93,937,000	32,145,000			37,000
IPO Transactions:
Issuance of Class A Common Stock, net of underwriters discount and expenses	867,750					$ 500		867,250			867,750
Issuance of Class A Common Stock, net of underwriters discount and expenses (in shares)						49,963,000
Initial allocation of noncontrolling interest of Parsley LLC effective on the date of the IPO								(251,955)			(251,955)	251,955
Tax benefit from tax receivable agreement	59,633							59,633			59,633
Liability due to tax receivable agreement	(50,689)							(50,689)			(50,689)
Issuance of restricted stock and restricted stock unit (in shares)						770,000
Restricted stock forfeited	(41)							(41)			(41)
Restricted stock forfeited (in shares)										37,000
Stock based compensation	2,250							2,250			2,250
Consolidated net income subsequent to the Corporate Reorganization and the IPO	94,645								61,352		61,352	33,293
Net (loss) income	(73,031)								(50,484)		(50,484)	(22,547)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2015	1,586,641					$ 1,360	$ 321	1,252,020	$ 10,868	$ (77)	1,264,492	322,149
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2015		136,728,906	32,145,296			136,729,000	32,145,000			105,000
IPO Transactions:
Issuance of Class A Common Stock, net of underwriters discount and expenses	669,418					$ 428		668,990			669,418
Issuance of Class A Common Stock, net of underwriters discount and expenses (in shares)						42,748,000
Change in equity due to issuance of PE Units by Parsley LLC								(56,856)			(56,856)	56,856
Increase in net deferred tax liability due to issuance of PE Units by Parsley LLC	(18,383)							(18,383)			(18,383)
Initial allocation of noncontrolling interest of Parsley LLC effective on the date of the IPO	2,592											$ 2,592
Tax benefit from tax receivable agreement	5,500							5,500			5,500
Issuance of restricted stock and restricted stock unit (in shares)						42,000
Restricted stock forfeited	(364)							(293)		$ (71)	(364)
Restricted stock forfeited (in shares)										68,000
Vesting of restricted stock unit	(6)									$ (6)	(6)
Vesting of restricted stock unit (in shares)						2,000
Stock based compensation	$ 8,426							$ 8,426			$ 8,426