Industry Segment Information (Industry Segment Information) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) segment	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reporting segments | segment					3
Revenues:
Revenues	$ 134,554		$ 134,057		$ 322,919	$ 254,954
Operating costs:
Operating costs	53,382		74,623		165,482	145,306
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	5,661		16,364		16,931	33,875
Total expenses	59,043		90,987		182,413	179,181
General and administrative	7,421		5,751		13,947	12,920
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	(2,066)		(1,710)		(4,241)	(2,182)
Loss from operations	70,156		39,029		130,800	65,035
Gain (loss) on derivatives	2,609		(42,400)		(61,467)	(65,231)
Loss on change in fair value of warrants	7,289		(3,574)		(29,323)	(3,574)
Reorganization Items	(39)		(1,852)		(42)	(2,988)
Interest, net	(97)		(487)		(371)	(3,193)
Other	175		(831)		932	(755)
Net loss	80,093	$ (52,705)	(10,115)	$ (591)	27,388	(10,706)
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest, Total	80,093		(10,115)		27,388	(10,706)
Impairments					0	0
Gain (loss) on disposition of business	0				(13,141)	0
Loss on abandonment of assets						0
Intersegment Eliminations
Revenues:
Revenues	16		(10,103)		(11,281)	(19,514)
Operating costs:
Operating costs	16		(10,983)		(11,892)	(21,274)
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	0		0		0	0
Total expenses	16		(10,983)		(11,892)	(21,274)
General and administrative	0		880		611	1,760
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	0		0		0	0
Loss from operations	0		0		0	0
Gain (loss) on derivatives	0		0		0	0
Loss on change in fair value of warrants	0		0		0	0
Reorganization Items	0		0		0	0
Interest, net	0		0		0	0
Other	0		0		0	0
Net loss	0		0		0	0
Impairments					0	0
Gain (loss) on disposition of business					0
Loss on abandonment of assets						0
Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	100,896		59,776		188,478	114,801
Operating costs:
Operating costs	27,603		16,350		51,603	36,343
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	4,027		6,476		8,075	14,131
Total expenses	31,630		22,826		59,678	50,474
General and administrative	0		0		0	0
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	(25)		(67)		(79)	(87)
Loss from operations	69,291		37,017		128,879	64,414
Gain (loss) on derivatives	0		0		0	0
Loss on change in fair value of warrants	0		0		0	0
Reorganization Items	0		0		0	0
Interest, net	0		0		0	0
Other	13		34		721	90
Net loss	69,304		37,051		129,600	64,504
Impairments					0	0
Gain (loss) on disposition of business					0
Loss on abandonment of assets						0
Contract Drilling
Operating costs:
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	(2,000)		(1,600)		(4,200)	(2,100)
Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	33,642		18,061		62,524	33,735
Operating costs:
Operating costs	25,763		14,080		52,000	25,951
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	1,558		1,570		3,092	3,145
Total expenses	27,321		15,650		55,092	29,096
General and administrative	0		0		0	0
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	(2,041)		(1,618)		(4,165)	(2,146)
Loss from operations	8,362		4,029		11,597	6,785
Gain (loss) on derivatives	0		0		0	0
Loss on change in fair value of warrants	0		0		0	0
Reorganization Items	0		0		0	0
Interest, net	0		0		0	0
Other	9		11		28	16
Net loss	8,371		4,040		11,625	6,801
Impairments					0	0
Gain (loss) on disposition of business					0
Loss on abandonment of assets						0
Mid-Stream | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	0		66,323		83,198	125,932
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0		55,176		73,771	104,286
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	0		8,064		5,614	16,096
Total expenses	0		63,240		79,385	120,382
General and administrative	0		0		0	0
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	0		0		0	75
Loss from operations	0		3,083		3,813	5,475
Gain (loss) on derivatives	0		0		0	0
Loss on change in fair value of warrants	0		0		0	0
Reorganization Items	0		0		0	0
Interest, net	0		641		(179)	(416)
Other	0		(850)		17	(839)
Net loss	0		2,874		3,651	4,220
Impairments					0	0
Gain (loss) on disposition of business					0
Loss on abandonment of assets						0
Corporate and Other | Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Revenues	0		0		0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0		0		0	0
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	76		254		150	503
Total expenses	76		254		150	503
General and administrative	7,421		4,871		13,336	11,160
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	0		(25)		3	(24)
Loss from operations	(7,497)		(5,100)		(13,489)	(11,639)
Gain (loss) on derivatives	2,609		(42,400)		(61,467)	(65,231)
Loss on change in fair value of warrants	7,289		(3,574)		(29,323)	(3,574)
Reorganization Items	(39)		(1,852)		(42)	(2,988)
Interest, net	(97)		(1,128)		(192)	(2,777)
Other	153		(26)		166	(22)
Net loss	2,418		(54,080)		(117,488)	(86,231)
Impairments					0	0
Gain (loss) on disposition of business					(13,141)
Loss on abandonment of assets						0
Oil and natural gas
Revenues:
Revenues	100,912		41,970		177,722	96,994
Operating costs:
Operating costs	27,619		15,487		51,094	34,636
Oil and natural gas | Intersegment Eliminations
Revenues:
Revenues	16		(17,806)		(10,756)	(17,807)
Operating costs:
Operating costs	16		(863)		(509)	(1,707)
Oil and natural gas | Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	100,896		59,776		188,478	114,801
Operating costs:
Operating costs	27,603		16,350		51,603	36,343
Oil and natural gas | Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	0		0		0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0		0		0	0
Oil and natural gas | Mid-Stream | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	0		0		0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0		0		0	0
Oil and natural gas | Corporate and Other | Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Revenues	0		0		0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0		0		0	0
Contract drilling
Revenues:
Revenues	33,642		18,061		62,524	33,735
Operating costs:
Operating costs	25,763		14,080		52,000	25,951
Contract drilling | Intersegment Eliminations
Revenues:
Revenues	0		0			0
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0		0		0	0
Contract drilling | Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	0		0		0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0		0		0	0
Contract drilling | Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	33,642		18,061		62,524	33,735
Operating costs:
Operating costs	25,763		14,080		52,000	25,951
Contract drilling | Mid-Stream | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	0		0		0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0		0		0	0
Contract drilling | Corporate and Other | Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Revenues	0		0		0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0		0		0	0
Gas gathering and processing
Revenues:
Revenues	0		74,026		82,673	124,225
Operating costs:
Operating costs	$ 0		45,056		62,388	84,719
Gas gathering and processing | Intersegment Eliminations
Revenues:
Revenues			7,703		(525)	(1,707)
Operating costs:
Operating costs			(10,120)		(11,383)	(19,567)
Gas gathering and processing | Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues			0		0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs			0		0	0
Gas gathering and processing | Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues			0			0
Operating costs:
Operating costs			0		0	0
Gas gathering and processing | Mid-Stream | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues			66,323		83,198	125,932
Operating costs:
Operating costs			55,176		73,771	104,286
Gas gathering and processing | Corporate and Other | Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Revenues			0		0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs			$ 0		$ 0	$ 0