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Nonvested Restricted Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
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Unrecognized share-based compensation cost \| $	$ 14,400,000
Grant to Employees and Performance-Based Compensation (Shares)	300,157	256,866	299,068
Forfeited shares (in shares)	35,408	76,633	31,057
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Weighted average expected period nonvested share-based compensation	1 year 7 months 13 days
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Performance Based Share Units
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Unrecognized share-based compensation cost \| $	$ 2,400,000
Grant to Employees and Performance-Based Compensation (Shares)	153,602	96,866
Weighted average expected period nonvested share-based compensation	1 year 3 months 21 days
Performance Based Share Units \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Annual vesting percentage	200.00%
Performance Based Share Units \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Annual vesting percentage	0.00%
2020 Equity Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation, additional shares authorized (in shares)				600,000			500,000
2020 Equity Incentive Plan \| Director
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation for restricted stock value grant in period \| $	$ 120,000	$ 120,000	$ 120,000
Share-based compensation cost \| $	$ 900,000	$ 1,000,000	$ 1,000,000
2020 Equity Incentive Plan \| Executive Employees
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation, shares issued (in shares)	77,487
2020 Equity Incentive Plan \| New Directors
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation, shares issued (in shares)	0	1,020	0
2020 Equity Incentive Plan \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation, shares authorized (in shares)										1,800,000
2020 Equity Incentive Plan \| Employee Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting term	4 years
2020 Equity Incentive Plan \| Employee Stock Option \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock option's term	10 years
2020 Equity Incentive Plan \| Employee Stock Option \| Vesting percentage - Year 1
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Annual vesting percentage	25.00%
2020 Equity Incentive Plan \| Employee Stock Option \| Vesting percentage - Year 2
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Annual vesting percentage	25.00%
2020 Equity Incentive Plan \| Employee Stock Option \| Vesting percentage - Year 3
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Annual vesting percentage	25.00%
2020 Equity Incentive Plan \| Employee Stock Option \| Vesting percentage - Year 4
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Annual vesting percentage	25.00%
2020 Equity Incentive Plan \| Nonvested Restricted Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Annual vesting percentage	33.33%	66.67%
Depletion ratio						1.35		1.52		1.72
Share-based compensation, shares issued (in shares)	300,157	256,866	221,581
Grant to Employees and Performance-Based Compensation (Shares)			299,068
Share-based compensation, restricted stock units issued (in shares)	1,065	878	846
2020 Equity Incentive Plan \| Nonvested Restricted Shares \| 2025
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting term	3 years
2020 Equity Incentive Plan \| Nonvested Restricted Shares \| 2024
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting term	3 years
2020 Equity Incentive Plan \| Nonvested Restricted Shares \| 2023
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting term	4 years
2020 Equity Incentive Plan \| Nonvested Restricted Shares \| Director
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation, shares issued (in shares)	36,320	37,264
2020 Equity Incentive Plan \| Nonvested Restricted Shares \| Vesting percentage - Year 1
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Annual vesting percentage	33.00%	33.00%	25.00%
2020 Equity Incentive Plan \| Nonvested Restricted Shares \| Vesting percentage - Year 2
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Annual vesting percentage	33.00%	33.00%	25.00%
2020 Equity Incentive Plan \| Nonvested Restricted Shares \| Vesting percentage - Year 3
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Annual vesting percentage	33.00%	33.00%	25.00%
2020 Equity Incentive Plan \| Nonvested Restricted Shares \| Vesting percentage - Year 4
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Annual vesting percentage			25.00%
2020 Equity Incentive Plan \| Performance Based Share Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Depletion ratio	1.35	1.52
Cash award, compensation expense recognized \| $	$ 1,300,000	$ 300,000
2009 Equity Incentive Plan \| Nonvested Restricted Shares \| Director
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation, shares issued (in shares)			16,536
2020 Restricted Cash Incentive Program
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Cash award, compensation expense recognized \| $	$ 1,600,000	$ 500,000	$ 600,000
2020 Restricted Cash Incentive Program \| June 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Cash award, granted amount \| $									$ 2,700,000
Cash award, vesting term	4 years
2020 Restricted Cash Incentive Program \| Vesting percentage - Year 1 \| June 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Cash award, annual vesting percentage	25.00%
2020 Restricted Cash Incentive Program \| Vesting percentage - Year 2 \| June 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Cash award, annual vesting percentage	25.00%
2020 Restricted Cash Incentive Program \| Vesting percentage - Year 3 \| June 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Cash award, annual vesting percentage	25.00%
2020 Restricted Cash Incentive Program \| Vesting percentage - Year 4 \| June 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Cash award, annual vesting percentage	25.00%
2024 Restricted Cash Incentive Program \| April 2024
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Cash award, granted amount \| $					$ 5,000,000
Cash award, vesting term	3 years
2024 Restricted Cash Incentive Program \| Vesting percentage - Year 1 \| April 2024
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Cash award, annual vesting percentage	33.00%
2024 Restricted Cash Incentive Program \| Vesting percentage - Year 2 \| April 2024
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Cash award, annual vesting percentage	33.00%
2024 Restricted Cash Incentive Program \| Vesting percentage - Year 3 \| April 2024
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Cash award, annual vesting percentage	33.00%
Addition to the 2009 Equity Incentive Plan \| Nonvested Restricted Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting term			3 years