Amount of fresh-start adjustment to current asset retirement obligations.

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Amount of fresh-start adjustment to contract

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Fresh Start Adjustment, Write-Off Accrued Interest NEJD Pipeline Lease

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Sum of the carrying values as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and due within one year (or the operating cycle, if longer), including liabilities incurred (and for which invoices have typically been received) and payable to vendors for goods and services received, taxes, interest, rent and utilities, accrued salaries and bonuses, payroll taxes and fringe benefits.

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-Publisher FASB
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Fresh Start Accounting (Fair Value Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities) (Details 10) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 18, 2020
Fresh-Start Adjustment [Line Items]
Total	$ 191,598	$ 112,671	$ 174,320
Fair value adjustment for the current portion of an unfavorable vendor contract			3,500
Fair value adjustment for the current portion of Predecessor asset retirement obligation			689
Write-off accrued interest on NEJD pipeline financing			(451)
Fresh Start Adjustments
Fresh-Start Adjustment [Line Items]
Total			$ 3,738