Industry Segment Information (Industry Segment Information) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) segment	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reporting segments | segment	3
Revenues:
Revenues	$ 93,929	$ 188,365
Operating costs:
Operating costs	44,036	112,100
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	3,891	11,270
General and administrative	5,090	6,526
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	(3,753)	(2,175)
Total operating costs	49,264	127,721
Loss from operations	44,665	60,644
Interest income	1,757	10
Interest, net	(39)	(274)
Gain (loss) on derivatives	13,595	(64,076)
Loss on change in fair value of warrants	0	(36,612)
Gain (loss) on disposition of business	0	(13,141)
Reorganization Items	(81)	(3)
Other	107	747
Nonoperating Income (Expense)	15,339	(113,349)
Income (loss) before income taxes	60,004	(52,705)
Eliminations [Member]
Operating costs:
Total operating costs	0	(11,297)
Intersegment Eliminations
Revenues:
Revenues	0	(11,297)
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0	(11,908)
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	0	0
General and administrative	0	611
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	0	0
Loss from operations	0	0
Interest income	0	0
Interest, net	0	0
Gain (loss) on derivatives	0	0
Loss on change in fair value of warrants		0
Gain (loss) on disposition of business		0
Reorganization Items	0	0
Other	0	0
Nonoperating Income (Expense)	0	0
Income (loss) before income taxes	0	0
Contract Drilling
Operating costs:
Total operating costs	19,203	27,995
Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	48,026	87,582
Operating costs:
Operating costs	17,164	24,000
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	2,136	4,048
General and administrative	0	0
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	(97)	(53)
Loss from operations	28,823	59,587
Interest income	0	0
Interest, net	0	0
Gain (loss) on derivatives	0	0
Loss on change in fair value of warrants		0
Gain (loss) on disposition of business		0
Reorganization Items	0	0
Other	(20)	708
Nonoperating Income (Expense)	(20)	708
Income (loss) before income taxes	28,803	60,295
Contract Drilling
Operating costs:
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	(3,700)	(2,100)
Total operating costs	24,875	25,646
Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	45,903	28,882
Operating costs:
Operating costs	26,872	26,237
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	1,659	1,534
General and administrative	0	0
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	(3,656)	(2,125)
Loss from operations	21,028	3,236
Interest income	0	0
Interest, net	0	0
Gain (loss) on derivatives	0	0
Loss on change in fair value of warrants		0
Gain (loss) on disposition of business		0
Reorganization Items	0	0
Other	125	20
Nonoperating Income (Expense)	125	20
Income (loss) before income taxes	21,153	3,256
Mid-Stream
Operating costs:
Total operating costs	0	79,385
Mid-Stream | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	0	83,198
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0	73,771
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	0	5,614
General and administrative	0	0
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	0	0
Loss from operations	0	3,813
Interest income	0	0
Interest, net	0	(178)
Gain (loss) on derivatives	0	0
Loss on change in fair value of warrants		0
Gain (loss) on disposition of business		0
Reorganization Items	0	0
Other	0	17
Nonoperating Income (Expense)	0	(161)
Income (loss) before income taxes	0	3,652
Corporate and Other
Operating costs:
Total operating costs	5,186	5,992
Corporate and Other | Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Revenues	0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0	0
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	96	74
General and administrative	5,090	5,915
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	0	3
Loss from operations	(5,186)	(5,992)
Interest income	1,757	10
Interest, net	(39)	(96)
Gain (loss) on derivatives	13,595	(64,076)
Loss on change in fair value of warrants		(36,612)
Gain (loss) on disposition of business		(13,141)
Reorganization Items	(81)	(3)
Other	2	2
Nonoperating Income (Expense)	15,234	(113,916)
Income (loss) before income taxes	10,048	(119,908)
Oil and natural gas
Revenues:
Revenues	48,026	76,810
Operating costs:
Operating costs	17,164	23,475
Oil and natural gas | Intersegment Eliminations
Revenues:
Revenues	0	(10,772)
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0	(525)
Oil and natural gas | Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	48,026	87,582
Operating costs:
Operating costs	17,164	24,000
Oil and natural gas | Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues	0	0
Operating costs:
Operating costs	0	0
Oil and natural gas | Mid-Stream | 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	45,903	28,882
Operating costs:
Operating costs	26,872	26,237
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	45,903	28,882
Operating costs:
Operating costs	26,872	26,237
Contract drilling | Mid-Stream | 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	0	82,673
Operating costs:
Operating costs	$ 0	62,388
Gas gathering and processing | Intersegment Eliminations
Revenues:
Revenues		(525)
Operating costs:
Operating costs		(11,383)
Gas gathering and processing | Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues		0
Operating costs:
Operating costs		0
Gas gathering and processing | Contract Drilling | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues		0
Operating costs:
Operating costs		0
Gas gathering and processing | Mid-Stream | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Revenues		83,198
Operating costs:
Operating costs		73,771
Gas gathering and processing | Corporate and Other | Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Revenues		0
Operating costs:
Operating costs		$ 0