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Equity - Allocation of Net Income to Common Stockholders and EPS Computations (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Numerator:
Net income attributable to Parsley Energy, Inc. stockholders	$ (36,369)	$ 119,710	$ 115,935	$ (24,064)	$ 53,773	$ 113,309	$ 119,155	$ 82,890	$ 175,212	$ 369,127	$ 106,774
Denominator:
Basic weighted average shares outstanding (shares)									279,636,000	272,226,000	240,733,000
Basic EPS attributable to Parsley Energy, Inc. Stockholders (in dollars per share)	$ (0.13)	$ 0.43	$ 0.41	$ (0.09)	$ 0.19	$ 0.41	$ 0.44	$ 0.32	$ 0.63	$ 1.36	$ 0.44
Numerator:
Net income attributable to Parsley Energy, Inc. stockholders	$ (36,369)	$ 119,710	$ 115,935	$ (24,064)	$ 53,773	$ 113,309	$ 119,155	$ 82,890	$ 175,212	$ 369,127	$ 106,774
Effect of conversion of the shares of Company’s Class B common stock to shares of the Company’s Class A common stock									0	0	17,646
Diluted net income attributable to Parsley Energy, Inc. Stockholders									$ 175,212	$ 369,127	$ 124,420
Denominator:
Basic weighted average shares outstanding (shares)									279,636,000	272,226,000	240,733,000
Effect of dilutive securities:
Class B Common Stock (shares)									0	0	54,665,000
Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units (shares)									536,000	658,000	1,114,000
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding (shares)									280,172,000	272,884,000	296,512,000
Diluted EPS attributable to Parsley Energy, Inc. Stockholders (in dollars per share)	$ (0.13)	$ 0.43	$ 0.41	$ (0.09)	$ 0.19	$ 0.41	$ 0.44	$ 0.32	$ 0.63	$ 1.35	$ 0.42
Performance-based restricted stock(2)
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Shares related to performance based restricted stock units									790,507	1,338,439
Performance-based RSUs
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Shares related to performance based restricted stock units									358,240		640,062