Class of Warrants Or Rights Outstanding, Public Warrants Issued Per IPO Unit

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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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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
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- Definition

Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(i)(4))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690

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- Definition

Amount of contractual obligation, including but not limited to, long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations, and other commitments.

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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	Feb. 29, 2016	Mar. 01, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Oct. 11, 2016
Entity Information [Line Items]
Contractual obligation			$ 17.0
Predecessor \| Common Stock Class A \| IPO
Entity Information [Line Items]
Shares issued in transaction (in shares)	1
Centennial Resource Production, LLC
Entity Information [Line Items]
Ownership interest acquired				89.00%
Warrants to Purchase Class A Common Stock, IPO \| Predecessor \| IPO
Entity Information [Line Items]
Public warrants issued per IPO Unit	0.3333
Public Warrants
Entity Information [Line Items]
Warrant exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 0.01