STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Schedule Of Restricted Stock Awards) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	4 Months Ended	8 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2021
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]
Recognized stock compensation expense	$ 0	$ 6,065	$ 826	[1]
Capitalized stock compensation cost for our oil and natural gas properties	0	0	0
Tax benefit on stock based compensation	0	1,486	202
Acceleration of Predecessor stock compensation expense	$ 0	$ 1,431	$ 0

[1] When the company's equity-based awards were cancelled on the Effective Date, we immediately recognized the expense for the cancelled awards of $1.4 million as reorganization costs.