Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended		2 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		8 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020		Aug. 31, 2020		Sep. 30, 2019		Aug. 31, 2020		Sep. 30, 2019
Revenues:
Revenues	$ 32,846	[1]	$ 65,574	[1]	$ 155,439	[1]	$ 276,957	[1]	$ 510,276
Operating costs:
Operating costs	19,515		38,720		92,653		237,546		294,164
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	7,467		17,919		70,214		115,496		198,632
Impairments (Note 4)	13,237		16,572		234,880		867,814		234,880
Loss on abandonment of assets (Note 4)	0		1,179		0		18,733		0
General and administrative	1,582		5,399		10,094		42,766		29,899
(Gain) loss on disposition of assets	(222)		(1,356)		231		(89)		1,424
Total operating expenses	41,579		78,433		408,072		1,282,266		758,999
Loss from operations	(8,733)		(12,859)		(252,633)		(1,005,309)		(248,723)
Other income (expense):
Interest, net	(826)		(1,959)		(9,534)		(22,824)		(27,067)
Write-off of debt issuance costs (Note 9)	0		0				(2,426)		0
Gain (loss) on derivatives (Note 13)	3,939		(4,250)		4,237		(10,704)		5,232
Reorganization items, net (Note 3)	(1,155)		141,002		0		133,975		0
Other, net	39		1,931		(622)		2,034		(611)
Total other income (expense)	1,997		136,724		(5,919)		100,055		(22,446)
Income (loss) before income taxes	(6,736)		123,865		(258,552)		(905,254)		(271,169)
Income tax benefit:
Current	0						(917)		0
Deferred	0		(4,750)		(50,763)		(13,713)		(53,081)
Total income taxes	0		(4,750)		(50,763)		(14,630)		(53,081)
Net income (loss)	(6,736)		128,615		(207,789)		(890,624)		(218,088)
Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest	2,232		73,484		(903)		40,388		811
Net income (loss) attributable to Unit Corporation	$ (8,968)		$ 55,131		$ (206,886)		$ (931,012)		$ (218,899)
Net income (loss) attributable to Unit Corporation per common share (Note 7):
Basic	$ (0.75)		$ 1.03		$ (3.91)		$ (17.45)		$ (4.14)
Diluted			$ 1.03		$ (3.91)		$ (17.45)		$ (4.14)
Oil and natural gas
Revenues:
Revenues	$ 13,643	[1]	$ 27,961	[1]	$ 78,045	[1]	$ 103,439	[1]	$ 241,955
Operating costs:
Operating costs	6,674		15,488		35,364		117,691		104,320
Contract drilling
Revenues:
Revenues	4,414	[1]	7,685	[1]	37,596	[1]	73,519	[1]	131,788
Operating costs:
Operating costs	2,989		5,410		28,796		51,810		89,505
Gas gathering and processing
Revenues:
Revenues	14,789	[1]	29,928	[1]	39,798	[1]	99,999	[1]	136,533
Operating costs:
Operating costs	$ 9,852		$ 17,822		$ 28,493		$ 68,045		$ 100,339

[1] The revenues for oil and natural gas occur at a point in time. The revenues for contract drilling and gas gathering and processing occur over time.