Rendering
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| Network | 30803 - Disclosure - Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables) (http://www.jonesenergy.com/role/DisclosureAssetRetirementObligationsTables)  | 
| Table | (Implied) | 
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0001573166 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) | 
| Asset Retirement Obligations | Period [Axis] | 
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2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31  | 
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Asset Retirement Obligations  |    | 
Summary of the Company's ARO  |  
		
			
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						(in thousands of dollars) 
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						2016 
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						2015 
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						ARO liability at beginning of year 
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						$ 
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				20,980
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						$ 
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				13,610
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						Liabilities incurred (1) 
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				6,947
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				6,349
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						Accretion of ARO liability 
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				1,263
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				1,087
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						Liabilities settled due to sale of related properties 
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				(446)
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				(19)
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						Liabilities settled due to plugging and abandonment 
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				(463)
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				(69)
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						Change in estimate (2) 
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				(8,223)
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				22
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						ARO liability at end of year 
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				20,058
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				20,980
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						Less: Current portion of ARO at end of year 
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				(600)
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				(679)
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						Total long-term ARO at end of year 
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						$ 
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				19,458
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						$ 
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				20,301
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 (1)    The 2016 amount includes $6.4 million related to wells acquired in the Anadarko Acquisition. See Note 3,   “Acquisitions”.
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			The 2016 amount reflects a reduction in the estimated cost per well, consistent with the decline in actual costs experienced by the Company.  |  
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