Acquisitions and Divestitures - 2013 Acquisitions (Details) - Centennial Resource Production, LLC (Centennial OpCo) and Celero Energy Company, L.P. - 2013 Acquisitions $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration	$ 20.4
Fair value of assets and liabilities acquired:
Proved oil and natural gas properties	4.9
Unproved oil and natural gas properties	$ 15.5

The amount of proved oil and natural gas properties, recognized as of the acquisition date.

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The amount of unproved oil and natural gas properties, recognized as of the acquisition date.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Investing Activities
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3213-108585

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