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Acquisitions and Divestitures of Oil and Natural Gas Properties - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 20, 2017 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) a	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) a	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds Received From Exchange		$ 400		$ 400
Acquisition costs		7,176	$ 486	8,520	$ 486
Costs Incurred, Acquisition of Unproved Oil and Gas Properties		88,200		119,100
Costs Incurred, Acquisition of Oil and Gas Properties with Proved Reserves		2,400		6,800
Increase to proved oil and gas properties due to exchange		25,600		30,600
Decrease In Unproved Leasehold Costs Due To Exchange		31,900		36,900
Decrease in Accumulated Depreciation Due to Exchange		$ 5,900		$ 5,900
Gas and Oil Area, Undeveloped, Gross \| a		2,118		2,118
Gas and Oil Area, Undeveloped, Net \| a		1,315.6		1,315.6
Proceeds from Sale of Oil and Gas Property and Equipment		$ 13,100
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Oil and Gas Property				$ 0
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Costs Incurred, Acquisition of Unproved Oil and Gas Properties		2,242,100		2,698,600
Costs Incurred, Acquisition of Oil and Gas Properties with Proved Reserves		349,900		447,300
Payments to Acquire Oil and Gas Property		2,592,000		3,145,900
Double Eagle Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Revenue of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual		21,200
Payments to Acquire Oil and Gas Property	$ 1,394,700
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net		2,578,133		2,578,133
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 172,300
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Earnings or Loss of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual		18,100
Leasehold Improvements [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs		$ 90,600		$ 125,900
PE Units [Member] \| Double Eagle Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable, Shares \| shares	39,848,518
Business Combination, Equity Interests Issued or Issuable, Held in Escrow, Shares \| shares	4,921,557
Common Stock \| Double Eagle Acquisition [Member] \| Common Stock, Class B
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable, Shares \| shares	39,848,518
Business Combination, Equity Interests Issued or Issuable, Held in Escrow, Shares \| shares	4,921,557