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Aggregate carrying amount of the estimated litigation liability for known or estimated probable loss from litigation, which may include attorneys' fees and other litigation costs.

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Amount awarded to other party in judgment or settlement of litigation.

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Minimum amount of other commitment not otherwise specified in the taxonomy. Excludes commitments explicitly modeled in the taxonomy, including but not limited to, long-term and short-term purchase commitments, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, supply commitments, registration payment arrangements, leases, debt, product warranties, guarantees, environmental remediation obligations, and pensions.

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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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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2019	Feb. 28, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 01, 2020	Aug. 21, 2020
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Litigation Settlement, Amount Awarded to Other Party	$ 2,400	$ 2,100
Litigation settlements			$ 0	$ 2,070	$ 45,000
Cockerell Oil Properties, Ltd., v. Unit Petroleum Company
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Litigation settlements						$ 15,750
Chieftan Royalty Company v. Unit Petroleum Company
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Litigation settlements						$ 29,250
Mid-Stream
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Other Commitment, Due in Next Twelve Months			900
Oil and Natural Gas \| Capital Addition Purchase Commitments
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Long-term purchase commitment, purchases made			$ 24,600