Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
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12 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | |||
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Dec. 31, 2014
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Dec. 31, 2012
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Sep. 30, 2013
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Capitalized costs, oil and gas producing activities, net | $ 16,688cpe_CapitalizedCostsInternalCosts | $ 14,753cpe_CapitalizedCostsInternalCosts | $ 13,331cpe_CapitalizedCostsInternalCosts | ||
Property, Plant and Equipment, Other, Net | 7,118us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOtherNet | 7,255us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOtherNet | 7,255us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOtherNet | ||
Capitalized Costs, Unproved Properties, Capitalized Interest | 4,295cpe_CapitalizedCostsUnprovedPropertiesCapitalizedInterest | 4,410cpe_CapitalizedCostsUnprovedPropertiesCapitalizedInterest | 2,109cpe_CapitalizedCostsUnprovedPropertiesCapitalizedInterest | ||
Deferred financing costs | 18,200us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNoncurrentNet | 1,098us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNoncurrentNet | 1,098us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNoncurrentNet | ||
Amortization of financing costs | 1,272us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts | 471us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts | 402us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts | ||
Interest paid | 7,283us-gaap_InterestPaid | 13,189us-gaap_InterestPaid | 13,920us-gaap_InterestPaid | ||
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Property, Plant and Equipment, Other, Net |
7,118us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOtherNet / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_OtherCapitalizedPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember |
7,255us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOtherNet / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_OtherCapitalizedPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember |
7,255us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOtherNet / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_OtherCapitalizedPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember |
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Depreciation |
836us-gaap_Depreciation / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_OtherCapitalizedPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember |
750us-gaap_Depreciation / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_OtherCapitalizedPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember |
760us-gaap_Depreciation / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_OtherCapitalizedPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember |
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Accumulated depreciation |
$ 14,005us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_OtherCapitalizedPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember |
$ 13,240us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_OtherCapitalizedPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember |
13,240us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_OtherCapitalizedPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember |
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Other Property and Equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member] | |||||
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Useful life | 3 years | ||||
Other Property and Equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member] | |||||
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Useful life | 20 years | ||||
Medusa Spar, LLC [Member] | |||||
Accounting Policies [Line Items] | |||||
Divestiture of Business, Percentage Of Business Sold |
10.00%cpe_DivestitureofBusinessPercentageOfBusinessSold / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = cpe_MedusaSparLLCMember |
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Ownership Percentage of Production Facilities |
75.00%cpe_OwnershipPercentageOfProductionFacilities / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = cpe_MedusaSparLLCMember |
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Medusa Field [Member] | |||||
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Divestiture of Business, Percentage Of Business Sold |
15.00%cpe_DivestitureofBusinessPercentageOfBusinessSold / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = cpe_MedusaFieldMember |
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Options [Member] | |||||
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Vesting period | 3 years | ||||
RSUs [Member] | |||||
Accounting Policies [Line Items] | |||||
Vesting period | 3 years | ||||
Cash-settleable RSU awards [Member] | |||||
Accounting Policies [Line Items] | |||||
Vesting period | 3 years |
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Capitalized Costs, Internal Costs No definition available.
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Capitalized Costs, Unproved Properties, Capitalized Interest No definition available.
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Divestiture of Business, Percentage Of Business Sold No definition available.
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Amount of accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization for physical assets used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount of noncash expense included in interest expense to issue debt and obtain financing associated with the related debt instruments. Alternate captions include noncash interest expense. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Net amount of long-term deferred finance costs capitalized at the end of the reporting period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The amount of expense recognized in the current period that reflects the allocation of the cost of tangible assets over the assets' useful lives. Includes production and non-production related depreciation. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The amount of cash paid for interest during the period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The net amount of capitalized assets classified as property, plant and equipment not otherwise defined in the taxonomy. No definition available.
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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment. No definition available.
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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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