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Future Interest Payable on Senior Secured Notes And Convertible Notes [Line Items]

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Amount of long-term debt and capital lease obligation due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer, net of debt issuance costs on senior secured and senior subordinated notes.

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Amount of short-term and long-term debt and lease obligation.

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt discount.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Amount of long-term debt and lease obligation, classified as noncurrent.

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Long-Term Debt (Components of Long-Term Debt) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Pipeline financings	$ 68,008	$ 167,439
Total debt principal balance	138,008	2,281,726
Debt discount	0	(101,767)
Future interest payable	0	164,914
Debt issuance costs	0	(10,009)
Total debt, net of debt issuance costs and discount	138,008	2,334,864
Less: current maturities of long-term debt	(68,008)	(102,294)
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations	70,000	2,232,570
Successor Senior Secured Bank Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding borrowings on bank credit facility	70,000	0
Predecessor Senior Secured Bank Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding borrowings on bank credit facility	0	0
9% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt principal balance	0	$ 614,919
Stated interest rate percentage		9.00%
9 1/4% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt principal balance	0	$ 455,668
Stated interest rate percentage		9.25%
7 3/4% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt principal balance	0	$ 531,821
Debt discount			$ (22,600)
Stated interest rate percentage		7.75%
7 1/2% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt principal balance	0	$ 20,641
Stated interest rate percentage		7.50%
6 3/8% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt principal balance	0	$ 245,548
Debt discount			$ (79,900)
Stated interest rate percentage		6.375%
6 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt principal balance	0	$ 51,304
Stated interest rate percentage		6.375%
5 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt principal balance	0	$ 58,426
Stated interest rate percentage		5.50%
4 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt principal balance	$ 0	$ 135,960
Stated interest rate percentage		4.625%