Reporting Segments (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) segment item	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Reporting Segments
Number of reportable segments | segment			2
Revenues:
Revenue - Antero	$ 136,608	$ 88,093	$ 272,405	$ 173,777
Revenue – third party	202		477	151
Total revenues	136,810	88,093	272,882	173,928
Operating expenses:
Direct operating	42,597	17,921	91,738	37,222
General and administrative expense (before equity-based compensation)	6,512	5,562	13,631	11,702
Equity-based compensation expense	6,793	6,597	12,766	12,376
Depreciation	24,140	21,253	47,963	41,955
Accretion of contingent acquisition consideration	3,461		6,857
Total operating expenses	83,503	51,333	172,955	103,255
Operating income	53,307	36,760	99,927	70,673
Total assets	2,152,870	1,809,807	2,152,870	1,809,807	$ 1,980,032
Additions to property and equipment	89,872	86,011	175,594	193,063
Gathering And Compression
Revenues:
Revenue - Antero	71,715	56,593	141,066	108,836
Revenue – third party	202		477
Total revenues	71,917		141,543	108,836
Operating expenses:
Direct operating	7,447	11,292	15,066	22,981
General and administrative expense (before equity-based compensation)	4,837	4,529	9,785	9,407
Equity-based compensation expense	5,301	5,388	9,688	10,011
Depreciation	16,964	15,091	33,826	29,673
Total operating expenses	34,549	36,300	68,365	72,072
Operating income	37,368	20,293	73,178	36,764
Total assets	1,583,246	1,392,898	1,583,246	1,392,898
Additions to property and equipment	48,283	74,061	$ 96,969	159,798
Water Handling and Treatment
Reporting Segments
Number of independent fresh water systems | item			2
Revenues:
Revenue - Antero	64,893	31,500	$ 131,339	64,941
Revenue – third party				151
Total revenues	64,893		131,339	65,092
Operating expenses:
Direct operating	35,150	6,629	76,672	14,241
General and administrative expense (before equity-based compensation)	1,675	1,033	3,846	2,295
Equity-based compensation expense	1,492	1,209	3,078	2,365
Depreciation	7,176	6,162	14,137	12,282
Accretion of contingent acquisition consideration	3,461		6,857
Total operating expenses	48,954	15,033	104,590	31,183
Operating income	15,939	16,467	26,749	33,909
Total assets	569,624	416,909	569,624	416,909
Additions to property and equipment	$ 41,589	$ 11,950	$ 78,625	$ 33,265