Derivative Financial Instruments (Schedule Of Open Oil Derivative Positions) (Details)	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025 $ / bbl $ / Customer bbl
NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Price Collars Oil Q3 Q4 2025 [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Volume Per Day (Bbls/d) \| bbl	105,000
Weighted Average Floor Price	66.35
Weighted Average Ceiling Price	75.36
NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Three Way Price Collars Oil Q3 Q4 2025 [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Volume Per Day (Bbls/d) \| bbl	13,000
Weighted Average Floor Sold Price	50.77
Weighted Average Floor Price	65
Weighted Average Ceiling Price	77.37
NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Three Way Price Collars Oil Q1 Q4 2026 [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Volume Per Day (Bbls/d) \| bbl	76,984
Weighted Average Floor Sold Price \| $ / Customer	50.23
Weighted Average Floor Price	60.39
Weighted Average Ceiling Price	72.82
Midland Sweet Q1-Q4 2026 [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Volume Per Day (Bbls/d) \| bbl	46,000
Weighted Average Differential To WTI Price	1.1
NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Price Swaps Oil Q3 Q4 2025 [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Volume Per Day (Bbls/d) \| bbl	9,000
Weighted Average Price Swap	71.52
Midland Sweet Q3 Q4 2025 [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Volume Per Day (Bbls/d) \| bbl	63,000
Weighted Average Differential To WTI Price	1
NYMEX Roll Q3 Q4 2025 [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Volume Per Day (Bbls/d) \| bbl	11,484
Weighted Average Differential To WTI Price	1.04
Midland Sweet Q1 Q4 2027 [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Volume Per Day (Bbls/d) \| bbl	10,000
Weighted Average Differential To WTI Price	1.05

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Weighted Average Floor Sold Price

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The average cap rate on a group of price risk derivatives such as caps or collars. A payment or receipt is triggered if the market rate exceeds the cap rate on the contract.

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The average floor rate on a group of price risk derivatives such as floors or collars. A payment or receipt is triggered if the market rate falls below the floor rate on the contract.

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- Definition

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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 40
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-Subparagraph (f)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147480237/815-40-50-5

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Nominal volume used to calculate payments on a derivative instrument.

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Average fixed price related to the group of price risk swap derivatives.

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