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Commitments And Contingencies (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Other Commitments [Line Items]      
Lease expiration date Jul. 31, 2019    
Future minimum rental payments under leases, year one $ 6,800,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsReceivableCurrent    
Future minimum rental payments under leases, year two 2,700,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsReceivableInTwoYears    
Future minimum rental payments under leases, year three 200,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsReceivableInThreeYears    
Future minimum rental payments under leases, year four 41,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsReceivableInFourYears    
Rent expense incurred 13,600,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet 16,900,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet 14,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet
Number of compressors under capital lease agreement 20unt_Numberofcompressorsundercapitalleaseagreement    
Capital lease term 7 years    
2015 6,195,000us-gaap_CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueCurrent    
2016 6,195,000us-gaap_CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInTwoYears    
2017 6,195,000us-gaap_CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInThreeYears    
2018 6,195,000us-gaap_CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFourYears    
2019 6,195,000us-gaap_CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYears    
2020 and thereafter 9,967,000us-gaap_CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueThereafter    
Maintenance 11,395,000us-gaap_CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsExecutoryCosts    
Interest 3,671,000us-gaap_CapitalLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsInterestIncludedInPayments    
Capital leases, future minimum payments, average annual payment 3,900,000unt_Capitalleasesfutureminimumpaymentsaverageannualpayment    
Capital lease fair market value percentage for purchase 10.00%unt_Capitalleasefairmarketvaluepercentageforpurchase    
Repurchase of limited units outstanding 20.00%unt_PercentageOfRepurchaseOfLimitedUnitsOutstanding    
Repurchase of limited units outstanding amount 45,000unt_RepurchaseOfLimitedUnitsOutstandingAmount 16,000unt_RepurchaseOfLimitedUnitsOutstandingAmount 56,000unt_RepurchaseOfLimitedUnitsOutstandingAmount
Drilling Equipment      
Other Commitments [Line Items]      
Other Commitment, Due in Next Twelve Months 22,300,000us-gaap_OtherCommitment
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= unt_DrillingEquipmentMember
   
Other Commitment, Due in Second Year 3,800,000us-gaap_OtherCommitmentDueInSecondYear
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= unt_DrillingEquipmentMember
   
Corporate, Non-Segment      
Other Commitments [Line Items]      
Other Commitment, Due in Next Twelve Months 1,400,000us-gaap_OtherCommitment
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
   
Other Commitment, Due in Second Year 500,000us-gaap_OtherCommitmentDueInSecondYear
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
   
Gas Gathering and Processing Equipment      
Other Commitments [Line Items]      
Other Commitment, Due in Next Twelve Months $ 200,000us-gaap_OtherCommitment
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= us-gaap_GasGatheringAndProcessingEquipmentMember