Gulfport Energy Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Supplemental Information On Oil And Gas Exploration And Production Activities (Results of Operations for Producing Activities) (Details)

Supplemental Information On Oil And Gas Exploration And Production Activities (Results of Operations for Producing Activities) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Results of Operations for Oil and Gas Producing Activities [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 670,762,000	$ 262,225,000	$ 248,601,000
Production costs	(140,664,000)	(64,666,000)	(53,708,000)
Depletion	(263,946,000)	(118,118,000)	(90,230,000)
Results of operations, before income taxes	266,152,000	79,441,000	104,663,000
Current	0	0	730,000
Deferred	96,061,000	49,447,000	25,633,000
Income tax expense	96,061,000	49,447,000	26,363,000
Results of operations from producing activities	170,091,000	29,994,000	78,300,000
Depletion per MCF of Gas Equivalent	3.01gpor_DepletionperMCFofGasEquivalent	4.78gpor_DepletionperMCFofGasEquivalent	5.85gpor_DepletionperMCFofGasEquivalent
Diamondback Energy, Inc [Member]
Results of Operations for Oil and Gas Producing Activities [Line Items]
Revenues	0	14,976,000	16,042,000
Production costs	0	(2,518,000)	(4,474,000)
Depletion	0	(4,754,000)	(5,515,000)
Results of operations, before income taxes	0	7,704,000	6,053,000
Income tax expense	0	2,286,000	2,158,000
Results of operations from producing activities	0	5,418,000	3,895,000
Grizzly Oil Sands ULC [Member]
Results of Operations for Oil and Gas Producing Activities [Line Items]
Revenues	5,449,000	0	0
Production costs	(10,113,000)	0	0
Depletion	(1,195,000)	0	0
Results of operations, before income taxes	(5,859,000)	0	0
Income tax expense	0	0	0
Results of operations from producing activities	$ (5,859,000)	$ 0	$ 0