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EQUITY BASED COMPENSATION (Details) - $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	May 10, 2017	May 05, 2017	Apr. 26, 2016
EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION
Vesting period		3 years
Share Price	$ 20.00	$ 6.08
Weighted average grant date fair value	$ 7.85	$ 1.84
Minimum
EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION
Equity options term		7 years
Maximum
EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION
Equity options term	10 years
Class A Common Stock \| Over-allotment option
EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION
Share Price			$ 14.00
Class A Common Stock \| IPO
EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION
Share Price				$ 14.00	$ 14.00
2016 plan \| Maximum
EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION
Equity options term	10 years
2016 plan \| Class A Common Stock
EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION
Maximum number of shares	5,400,400
Rockwater Equity Plan \| Class A Common Stock
EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION
Maximum number of shares	1,011,087
Phantom Equity Awards
EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION
Cash payment (per phantom unit)				$ 5.53
Substitute Awards \| 2016 plan \| Class A Common Stock
EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION
Maximum number of shares	2,879,112