Number of drilling rigs in assets held for sale

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Reclassification from held-for-sale back to held and use

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Amount of assets held-for-sale that are not part of a disposal group.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
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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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Divestitures (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Divestitures (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) rig
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Assets held for sale	$ 0		$ 5,908
Oil and Natural Gas [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Proceeds from non-core oil and natural gas asset sales, net of related expenses	$ 600	$ 600
Drilling [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Reclassification from held-for-sale back to held and use			$ 10,800
Number of drilling rigs in assets held for sale \| rig			7