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Related Party Transaction, Term of Extension Option

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Amount for accounts payable to related parties.

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The cash outflow to purchase of mineral interests in oil and gas properties for use in the normal oil and gas operations and not intended for resale.

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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Transactions With Related Parties (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Transactions With Related Parties (Details) - USD ($)	May 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Predecessor
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Acquisition of oil and natural gas properties			$ 6,180,000
Predecessor \| Caird DB, LLC \| Affiliated Entity
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Acquisition of oil and natural gas properties	$ 9,800,000
Predecessor \| RockPile Energy Services, LLC \| Affiliated Entity \| Drilling and Completion Activities
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses to related party			1,200,000.0
Predecessor \| PennTex Permian, LLC \| Affiliated Entity \| Gas Gathering Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Net revenue from gas gathering agreement			$ 100,000
Successor
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Acquisition of oil and natural gas properties		$ 38,678,000
Successor \| Liberty Oilfield Services, LLC \| Affiliated Entity
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses to related party		12,500,000
Successor \| Permian Tank And Manufacturing, Inc \| Affiliated Entity
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses to related party		1,100,000
Accounts payable, related party		600,000
Successor \| Oil States Energy Services, LLC \| Affiliated Entity
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses to related party		700,000
Accounts payable, related party		$ 1,300,000
Successor \| PennTex Permian, LLC \| Affiliated Entity \| Gas Gathering Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of gas gathering agreement		15 years
Term of extension option for gas gathering agreement		1 year