Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details)			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 10, 2016 USD ($)	Feb. 29, 2016 shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 10, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) segment geographic_area	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Oct. 11, 2016
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Oil & gas receivable, collection period					2 months
Successor
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Allowance for doubtful accounts			$ 0		$ 0
Abandonment expense and impairment of unproved properties			0
Impairment of proved oil and gas properties			$ 0
Number of industry segments | segment					1
Number of geographic areas | geographic_area					1
Successor | Minimum
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
PP&E, useful life					3 years
Revenue collection period					30 days
Successor | Maximum
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
PP&E, useful life					20 years
Revenue collection period					90 days
Predecessor
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Allowance for doubtful accounts						$ 100,000
Abandonment expense and impairment of unproved properties				$ 2,545,000		7,619,000	$ 20,025,000
Impairment expense							13,800,000
Abandonment expense							6,200,000
Impairment of proved oil and gas properties	$ 0					$ 0	$ 0
Centennial Resource Production, LLC | Successor
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Voting interest acquired								89.10%
Common Class A | IPO | Predecessor
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Stock issued during period (in shares) | shares		1
Warrants To Purchase Class A Common Stock, IPO | IPO | Predecessor
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Warrants issued (in shares)		0.33333