Financial Instruments - Schedule of Contracted Volumes and Weighted Average Prices and will Receive Under the Terms of Derivative Contracts (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022 MMBTU $ / MMBTU $ / bbl bbl
Crude Oil \| January 2023 - December 2023 \| Swaps
Derivative [Line Items]
Settlement Index	NYMEX WTI CMA
Average Daily Volumes \| bbl	17,863
Weighted Average Swap Price \| $ / bbl	72.46
Crude Oil \| January 2024 - December 2024 \| Swaps
Derivative [Line Items]
Settlement Index	NYMEX WTI CMA
Average Daily Volumes \| bbl	5,240
Weighted Average Swap Price \| $ / bbl	73.95
Crude Oil \| July 2023 - December 2023 \| Collars
Derivative [Line Items]
Settlement Index	NYMEX WTI CMA
Average Daily Volumes \| bbl	2,512
Weighted average put price \| $ / bbl	70.00
Weighted average call price \| $ / bbl	86.59
Crude Oil \| January 2024 - March 2024 \| Collars
Derivative [Line Items]
Settlement Index	NYMEX WTI CMA
Average Daily Volumes \| bbl	2,000
Weighted average put price \| $ / bbl	70.00
Weighted average call price \| $ / bbl	88.00
Natural Gas \| January 2023 - December 2023 \| Swaps
Derivative [Line Items]
Settlement Index	NYMEX Henry Hub
Weighted Average Swap Price \| $ / MMBTU	3.76
Average Daily Volumes \| MMBTU	26,395
Natural Gas \| January 2023 - December 2023 \| Collars
Derivative [Line Items]
Settlement Index	NYMEX Henry Hub
Average Daily Volumes \| MMBTU	10,000
Weighted average put price \| $ / MMBTU	5.25
Weighted average call price \| $ / MMBTU	8.46
Natural Gas \| January 2024 - December 2024 \| Collars
Derivative [Line Items]
Settlement Index	NYMEX Henry Hub
Average Daily Volumes \| MMBTU	10,000
Weighted average put price \| $ / MMBTU	4.00
Weighted average call price \| $ / MMBTU	6.90
Natural Gas \| January 2024 - June 2024 \| Swaps
Derivative [Line Items]
Settlement Index	NYMEX Henry Hub
Weighted Average Swap Price \| $ / MMBTU	3.25
Average Daily Volumes \| MMBTU	10,000

- Definition

The cap rate on a price risk derivative such as a cap or collar. A payment or receipt is triggered if the market rate exceeds the cap rate on the contract.

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Floor rate on a price risk derivative such as a floor or a collar. A payment or receipt is triggered if the market rate falls below the floor rate on the contract.

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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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- Definition

Nominal energy measure used to calculate payments on a derivative instrument.

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Nominal volume used to calculate payments on a derivative instrument.

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Average fixed price related to the group of price risk swap derivatives.

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The underlying refers to the price on the security, commodity, index, or other variable specified by the contract.

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