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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) a in Thousands, $ in Millions	Oct. 14, 2013 a	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) drilling_rig
Utica Development Agreements
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Net acres \| a	50
Agreement term	10 years
Period of notice prior to termination	90 days
Utica Development Agreements \| Goshen and Smith Townships in Belmont County, Ohio
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Participating interest in acreage	68.70%
Utica Development Agreements \| Wayne and Washington Townships in Belmont County, Ohio
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Participating interest in acreage	48.20%
Drilling Rig Service Commitments
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Total future payments for drilling rigs under contract		$ 51.8
Future payments under contracts, remainder of 2017		12.5
Future payments under contract, 2018		31.3
Future payments under contracts, 2019		$ 8.0
Drilling Rig Service Commitments \| Horizontal Drilling Rigs
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Number of drilling rigs under contract \| drilling_rig		5
Number of drilling rigs under contract that expire in 2017 \| drilling_rig		2
Number of drilling rigs under contract that expire in 2018 \| drilling_rig		2
Number of drilling rigs under contract that expire in 2019 \| drilling_rig		1
Drilling Rig Service Commitments \| Tophole Drilling Rigs
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Number of drilling rigs under contract \| drilling_rig		3
Number of drilling rigs under contract that expire in 2018 \| drilling_rig		1
Number of drilling rigs under contract that expire in 2019 \| drilling_rig		2
Frac Sand Commitments
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Future commitments		$ 34.4
Future commitments, remainder of 2017		3.8
Future commitments, 2018		15.2
Future commitments, 2019		$ 15.4

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Fractional interest owned based on working interests or other economic arrangements of lease area on which wells have not been drilled or completed to a point that would permit the production of commercial quantities of oil and gas regardless of whether or not such area contains proved reserves.

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