Callon Petroleum Company Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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Financial Statements
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Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details)

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Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands	Aug. 03, 2016 USD ($)	May 26, 2016 USD ($) a shares	May 16, 2016 USD ($) a	Jan. 18, 2016 USD ($)
Howard County, Texas [Member] \| Big Star Transaction [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred		$ 220,000
Aggregate purchase price		$ 329,573
Shares of common stock issued in acquisition \| shares		9,333,333
Gas and oil area, developed and undeveloped, gross \| a		17,298
Gas and oil area, developed and undeveloped, net \| a		14,089
Working interest		81.00%
Net revenue interest		61.00%
Casselman-Bohannon Fields [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Aggregate purchase price				$ 10,183
Working interest				71.30%
Net revenue interest				53.50%
Casselman-Bohannon Fields [Member] \| Additional Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred				$ 10,183
Working interest				4.90%
Net revenue interest				3.70%
Casselman-Bohannon Fields [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred	$ 13,000
Working interest	75.30%
Net revenue interest	58.50%
Casselman-Bohannon Fields [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| Additional Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Working interest	4.00%
Net revenue interest	3.00%
Western Reagan County, Texas [Member] \| AMI Transaction [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred			$ 33,012
Aggregate purchase price			$ 33,012
Western Reagan County, Texas [Member] \| AMI Transaction [Member] \| TRP Energy, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gas and oil area, developed and undeveloped, net \| a			4,745
Percentage of ownership interest acquired			55.00%
Sale of ownership interest, percent			27.50%

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