Reporting Segments (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) segment item	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Reporting Segments
Number of reportable segments | segment			2
Revenues:
Total revenue	$ 193,629	$ 150,475	$ 562,165	$ 423,357
Operating expenses:
Direct operating	63,030	33,213	162,892	124,951
General and administrative expense (before equity-based compensation)	7,117	6,717	23,126	20,346
Equity-based compensation	7,199	6,599	20,436	19,366
Depreciation	30,556	26,136	88,604	74,100
Accretion of contingent acquisition consideration	2,556	3,527	9,672	10,384
Total operating expenses	110,458	76,192	304,730	249,147
Operating income	83,171	74,283	257,435	174,210
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	7,033	1,544	12,887	2,027
Total assets	2,895,391	2,216,287	2,895,391	2,216,287	$ 2,349,895
Additions to property and equipment	147,273	114,530	398,089	290,124
Antero Resources
Revenues:
Total revenue	193,629	150,282	561,901	422,688
Third party
Revenues:
Total revenue		193	$ 264	669
Water Handling and Treatment
Reporting Segments
Number of independent fresh water systems | item			2
Operating Segments | Gathering And Processing
Revenues:
Total revenue	100,518	78,064	$ 290,939	219,607
Operating expenses:
Direct operating	10,560	4,692	28,596	19,758
General and administrative expense (before equity-based compensation)	4,225	5,068	15,242	14,853
Equity-based compensation	5,111	5,213	14,937	14,902
Depreciation	21,803	18,298	63,773	52,125
Total operating expenses	41,699	33,271	122,548	101,638
Operating income	58,819	44,793	168,391	117,969
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	7,033	1,544	12,887	2,027
Total assets	2,142,409	1,653,292	2,142,409	1,653,292
Additions to property and equipment	99,254	55,800	254,619	152,769
Operating Segments | Gathering And Processing | Antero Resources
Revenues:
Total revenue	100,518	77,871	290,675	218,938
Operating Segments | Gathering And Processing | Third party
Revenues:
Total revenue		193	264	669
Operating Segments | Water Handling and Treatment
Revenues:
Total revenue	93,111	72,411	271,226	203,750
Operating expenses:
Direct operating	52,470	28,521	134,296	105,193
General and administrative expense (before equity-based compensation)	2,892	1,649	7,884	5,493
Equity-based compensation	2,088	1,386	5,499	4,464
Depreciation	8,753	7,838	24,831	21,975
Accretion of contingent acquisition consideration	2,556	3,527	9,672	10,384
Total operating expenses	68,759	42,921	182,182	147,509
Operating income	24,352	29,490	89,044	56,241
Total assets	752,982	562,995	752,982	562,995
Additions to property and equipment	48,019	58,730	143,470	137,355
Operating Segments | Water Handling and Treatment | Antero Resources
Revenues:
Total revenue	$ 93,111	$ 72,411	$ 271,226	$ 203,750