Guarantor Financial Information (Condensed Statement of Cash Flows) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$ 424,850	$ 188,081
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures for property and equipment	(642,080)	(469,275)
Acquisitions	(3,671)	(7,744)
Acquisition deposit	(18,033)	0
Investment in subsidiaries	0	0
Net cash used in investing activities	(663,784)	(477,019)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from borrowings	75,500	120,000
Debt issuance costs	(1,399)
Repayments of debt obligations	0	(255,000)
Distributions to the Partnership’s public unitholders	(40,202)	(17,636)
Proceeds from issuance of redeemable noncontrolling interests, net of offering costs	0	368,767
Additions to deferred financing costs	(1,399)	(626)
Net contribution to Strike Force Midstream by Gulfport Midstream	21,815	0
Preferred dividends on Series B Units	(15,270)	(3,576)
Distributions (to) from parent	(127,027)	(50,798)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(86,583)	340,987
Net (decrease) increase in cash	(325,517)	52,049
Cash at the beginning of the year	467,287	73,428
Cash at the end of the period	141,770	125,477
Public Offering
Cash flows from financing activities:
Common units issued, net of offering costs	0	164,074
ATM Program
Cash flows from financing activities:
Common units issued, net of offering costs		15,782
Reportable Legal Entities \| Rice Energy Operating LLC
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	63,397	(19,250)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures for property and equipment	0	0
Acquisitions	0	0
Acquisition deposit	0
Investment in subsidiaries	(55,999)	70,047
Net cash used in investing activities	(55,999)	70,047
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from borrowings	0	0
Debt issuance costs	(1,359)
Repayments of debt obligations		0
Distributions to the Partnership’s public unitholders	(1,225)	0
Proceeds from issuance of redeemable noncontrolling interests, net of offering costs		0
Additions to deferred financing costs		0
Net contribution to Strike Force Midstream by Gulfport Midstream	0
Preferred dividends on Series B Units	0	0
Distributions (to) from parent	(127,027)	(50,798)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(129,611)	(50,798)
Net (decrease) increase in cash	(122,213)	(1)
Cash at the beginning of the year	230,944	2
Cash at the end of the period	108,731	1
Reportable Legal Entities \| Rice Energy Operating LLC \| Public Offering
Cash flows from financing activities:
Common units issued, net of offering costs		0
Reportable Legal Entities \| Rice Energy Operating LLC \| ATM Program
Cash flows from financing activities:
Common units issued, net of offering costs		0
Reportable Legal Entities \| Guarantors
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	270,126	158,473
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures for property and equipment	(491,768)	(371,067)
Acquisitions	0	0
Acquisition deposit	(18,033)
Investment in subsidiaries	0	0
Net cash used in investing activities	(509,801)	(371,067)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from borrowings	0	0
Debt issuance costs	0
Repayments of debt obligations		0
Distributions to the Partnership’s public unitholders	0	0
Proceeds from issuance of redeemable noncontrolling interests, net of offering costs		0
Additions to deferred financing costs		0
Net contribution to Strike Force Midstream by Gulfport Midstream	0
Preferred dividends on Series B Units	0	0
Distributions (to) from parent	55,999	224,627
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	55,999	224,627
Net (decrease) increase in cash	(183,676)	12,033
Cash at the beginning of the year	164,522	57,799
Cash at the end of the period	(19,154)	69,832
Reportable Legal Entities \| Guarantors \| Public Offering
Cash flows from financing activities:
Common units issued, net of offering costs		0
Reportable Legal Entities \| Guarantors \| ATM Program
Cash flows from financing activities:
Common units issued, net of offering costs		0
Reportable Legal Entities \| Non-Guarantors
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	122,833	79,935
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures for property and equipment	(181,818)	(129,285)
Acquisitions	(3,671)	(7,744)
Acquisition deposit	0
Investment in subsidiaries	0	0
Net cash used in investing activities	(185,489)	(137,029)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from borrowings	75,500	120,000
Debt issuance costs	(40)
Repayments of debt obligations		(255,000)
Distributions to the Partnership’s public unitholders	(38,977)	(17,636)
Proceeds from issuance of redeemable noncontrolling interests, net of offering costs		368,767
Additions to deferred financing costs		(626)
Net contribution to Strike Force Midstream by Gulfport Midstream	21,815
Preferred dividends on Series B Units	(15,270)	(3,576)
Distributions (to) from parent	0	(294,674)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	43,028	97,111
Net (decrease) increase in cash	(19,628)	40,017
Cash at the beginning of the year	71,821	15,627
Cash at the end of the period	52,193	55,644
Reportable Legal Entities \| Non-Guarantors \| Public Offering
Cash flows from financing activities:
Common units issued, net of offering costs		164,074
Reportable Legal Entities \| Non-Guarantors \| ATM Program
Cash flows from financing activities:
Common units issued, net of offering costs		15,782
Eliminations
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	(31,506)	(31,077)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures for property and equipment	31,506	31,077
Acquisitions	0	0
Acquisition deposit	0
Investment in subsidiaries	55,999	(70,047)
Net cash used in investing activities	87,505	(38,970)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from borrowings	0	0
Debt issuance costs	0
Repayments of debt obligations		0
Distributions to the Partnership’s public unitholders	0	0
Proceeds from issuance of redeemable noncontrolling interests, net of offering costs		0
Additions to deferred financing costs		0
Net contribution to Strike Force Midstream by Gulfport Midstream	0
Preferred dividends on Series B Units	0	0
Distributions (to) from parent	(55,999)	70,047
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(55,999)	70,047
Net (decrease) increase in cash	0	0
Cash at the beginning of the year	0	0
Cash at the end of the period	$ 0	0
Eliminations \| Public Offering
Cash flows from financing activities:
Common units issued, net of offering costs		0
Eliminations \| ATM Program
Cash flows from financing activities:
Common units issued, net of offering costs		$ 0

Rice Energy Operating LLC 10-Q