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

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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Supplemental Information On Oil And Gas Exploration And Production Activities (Costs Incurred In Oil and Gas Property Acquisition and Development Activities) (Details)

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Supplemental Information On Oil And Gas Exploration And Production Activities (Costs Incurred In Oil and Gas Property Acquisition and Development Activities) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Costs Incurred, Oil and Gas Property Acquisition, Exploration, and Development Activities [Line Items]
Acquisition	$ 440,288	$ 338,153	$ 513,904
Development of proved undeveloped properties	864,511us-gaap_CostsIncurredDevelopmentCosts	408,121us-gaap_CostsIncurredDevelopmentCosts	121,787us-gaap_CostsIncurredDevelopmentCosts
Exploratory	2,249us-gaap_CostsIncurredExplorationCosts	26,174us-gaap_CostsIncurredExplorationCosts	93,397us-gaap_CostsIncurredExplorationCosts
Recompletions	45,658	44,633	24,643
Capitalized asset retirement obligation	2,095	3,556	2,195
Total	1,354,801	820,637	755,926
Diamondback Energy, Inc [Member]
Costs Incurred, Oil and Gas Property Acquisition, Exploration, and Development Activities [Line Items]
Acquisition	0	44,534	49,895
Development of proved undeveloped properties	0	6,369	22,740
Exploratory	0	17,491	3,755
Capitalized asset retirement obligation	0	50	203
Total	0	68,444	76,593
Grizzly Oil Sands ULC [Member]
Costs Incurred, Oil and Gas Property Acquisition, Exploration, and Development Activities [Line Items]
Acquisition	1,230	0	0
Development of proved undeveloped properties	7,107	0	0
Exploratory	0	0	0
Capitalized asset retirement obligation	1,055	0	0
Total	$ 9,392	$ 0	$ 0

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