Long-Term Debt (Details) - Centennial Resource Production, LLC (Centennial OpCo) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Apr. 30, 2016 |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Oct. 15, 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] | ||||
| Outstanding borrowing amount | $ 124,000 | $ 74,000 | ||
| Term loan | ||||
| Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] | ||||
| Loan commitment amount | $ 65,000 | |||
| Term loan, net of unamortized deferred financing costs | ||||
| Term loan | 65,000 | 65,000 | ||
| Unamortized deferred financing costs | (238) | (351) | ||
| Term loan, net of unamortized deferred financing costs | 64,762 | $ 64,649 | ||
| Revolving credit facility | ||||
| Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] | ||||
| Loan commitment amount | 500,000 | |||
| Current borrowing capacity | $ 140,000 | |||
| Outstanding borrowing amount | 124,000 | |||
| Remaining borrowing capacity | 15,500 | |||
| Letters of credit | ||||
| Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] | ||||
| Loan commitment amount | $ 15,000 | |||
| Letters of credit outstanding | $ 500 |