Industry Segment Information (Industry Segment Information) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) segment	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reporting segments | segment	3
Revenues:
Revenues	$ 188,365	$ 120,897
Operating costs:
Operating costs	112,100	71,563
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	11,270	17,511
Total expenses	123,370	89,074
General and administrative	6,526	6,289
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	(2,175)	(472)
Income (loss) from operations	60,644	26,006
Gain (loss) on derivatives	(64,076)	(22,831)
Loss on change in fair value of warrants	(36,612)	0
Loss on deconsolidation of Superior (Note 15)	(13,141)	0
Reorganization Items	(3)	(1,136)
Interest, net	(274)	(2,706)
Other	757	76
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest, Total	(52,705)	(591)
Intersegment Eliminations
Revenues:
Revenues	(11,297)	(9,412)
Operating costs:
Operating costs	(11,908)	(9,412)
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	0	0
Total expenses	(11,908)	(9,412)
General and administrative	611	0
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	0	0
Income (loss) from operations	0	0
Gain (loss) on derivatives	0	0
Loss on change in fair value of warrants	0
Loss on deconsolidation of Superior (Note 15)	0
Reorganization Items	0	0
Interest, net	0	0
Other	0	0
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest, Total	0	0
Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	87,582	55,025
Operating costs:
Operating costs	24,000	19,993
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	4,048	7,655
Total expenses	28,048	27,648
General and administrative	0	0
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	(53)	(19)
Income (loss) from operations	59,587	27,396
Gain (loss) on derivatives	0	0
Loss on change in fair value of warrants	0
Loss on deconsolidation of Superior (Note 15)	0
Reorganization Items	0	0
Interest, net	0	0
Other	708	57
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest, Total	60,295	27,453
Contract Drilling
Operating costs:
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	(2,100)	(600)
Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	28,882	15,674
Operating costs:
Operating costs	26,237	11,871
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	1,534	1,575
Total expenses	27,771	13,446
General and administrative	0	0
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	(2,125)	(529)
Income (loss) from operations	3,236	2,757
Gain (loss) on derivatives	0	0
Loss on change in fair value of warrants	0
Loss on deconsolidation of Superior (Note 15)	0
Reorganization Items	0	0
Interest, net	0	0
Other	20	5
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest, Total	3,256	2,762
Mid-Stream (2) | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	83,198	59,610
Operating costs:
Operating costs	73,771	49,111
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	5,614	8,032
Total expenses	79,385	57,143
General and administrative	0	0
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	0	75
Income (loss) from operations	3,813	2,392
Gain (loss) on derivatives	0	0
Loss on change in fair value of warrants	0
Loss on deconsolidation of Superior (Note 15)	0
Reorganization Items	0	0
Interest, net	(178)	(1,057)
Other	17	12
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest, Total	3,652	1,347
Corporate and Other | Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Revenues	0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0	0
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	74	249
Total expenses	74	249
General and administrative	5,915	6,289
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	3	1
Income (loss) from operations	(5,992)	(6,539)
Gain (loss) on derivatives	(64,076)	(22,831)
Loss on change in fair value of warrants	(36,612)
Loss on deconsolidation of Superior (Note 15)	(13,141)
Reorganization Items	(3)	(1,136)
Interest, net	(96)	(1,649)
Other	12	2
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest, Total	(119,908)	(32,153)
Oil and natural gas
Revenues:
Revenues	76,810	55,024
Operating costs:
Operating costs	23,475	19,149
Oil and natural gas | Intersegment Eliminations
Revenues:
Revenues	(10,772)	(1)
Operating costs:
Operating costs	(525)	(844)
Oil and natural gas | Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	87,582	55,025
Operating costs:
Operating costs	24,000	19,993
Oil and natural gas | Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0	0
Oil and natural gas | Mid-Stream (2) | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0	0
Oil and natural gas | Corporate and Other | Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Revenues	0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0	0
Contract drilling
Revenues:
Revenues	28,882	15,674
Operating costs:
Operating costs	26,237	11,871
Contract drilling | Intersegment Eliminations
Revenues:
Revenues	0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0	0
Contract drilling | Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0	0
Contract drilling | Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	28,882	15,674
Operating costs:
Operating costs	26,237	11,871
Contract drilling | Mid-Stream (2) | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0	0
Contract drilling | Corporate and Other | Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Revenues	0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0	0
Gas gathering and processing
Revenues:
Revenues	82,673	50,199
Operating costs:
Operating costs	62,388	40,543
Gas gathering and processing | Intersegment Eliminations
Revenues:
Revenues	(525)	(9,411)
Operating costs:
Operating costs	(11,383)	(8,568)
Gas gathering and processing | Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0	0
Gas gathering and processing | Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0	0
Gas gathering and processing | Mid-Stream (2) | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	83,198	59,610
Operating costs:
Operating costs	73,771	49,111
Gas gathering and processing | Corporate and Other | Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Revenues	0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs	$ 0	$ 0