Revenues Disaggregation of Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids sales	$ 1,909,843	$ 1,791,720
Bakken
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids sales	978,621	949,805
Anadarko Basin
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids sales	396,208	421,201
Powder River Basin
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids sales	131,104	115,005
Permian Basin
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids sales	363,985	262,459
All Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids sales	39,925	43,250
Crude Oil Sales
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids sales	1,634,907	1,385,436
Crude Oil Sales \| Bakken
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids sales	891,174	796,920
Crude Oil Sales \| Anadarko Basin
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids sales	241,924	200,981
Crude Oil Sales \| Powder River Basin
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids sales	117,274	100,748
Crude Oil Sales \| Permian Basin
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids sales	344,645	243,605
Crude Oil Sales \| All Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids sales	39,890	43,182
Natural gas sales
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids sales	274,936	406,284
Natural gas sales \| Bakken
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids sales	87,447	152,885
Natural gas sales \| Anadarko Basin
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids sales	154,284	220,220
Natural gas sales \| Powder River Basin
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids sales	13,830	14,257
Natural gas sales \| Permian Basin
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids sales	19,340	18,854
Natural gas sales \| All Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids sales	$ 35	$ 68

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Amount, including tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value-added and excise.

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