Gulfport Energy Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Subsequent Events (Details)

Subsequent Events (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Apr. 21, 2015	Apr. 29, 2015	Apr. 16, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Aug. 18, 2014	Dec. 21, 2012	Oct. 17, 2012	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 15, 2015 acre
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of offering costs and exercise of stock options	$ 615,000
Fixed Price Swap, October through December 2015 [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Daily Volume (in MMBtu per day)						262,500
Weighted Average Price (in usd per MMBtu)						3.96
Senior Notes [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Stated interest rate							7.75%	7.75%	7.75%
Scenario, Forecast [Member] \| Paloma Partners III, LLC [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Purchase price		301,300,000
Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of offering costs and exercise of stock options			501,900,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Fixed Price Swap, June 2015 through June 2016 [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Daily Volume (in MMBtu per day)										1,500
Weighted Average Price (in usd per MMBtu)										62.47
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Fixed Price Swap, October through December 2015 [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Daily Volume (in MMBtu per day)										20,000
Weighted Average Price (in usd per MMBtu)										3.26
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Fixed Price Swap, January 2016 through December 2016 [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Daily Volume (in MMBtu per day)										40,000
Weighted Average Price (in usd per MMBtu)										3.32
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Fixed Price Swap, January 2017 through December 2018 [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Daily Volume (in MMBtu per day)										20,000
Weighted Average Price (in usd per MMBtu)										3.26
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Swaption Contract, January 2016 through December 2016 [Member] [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Daily Volume (in MMBtu per day)										20,000
Weighted Average Price (in usd per MMBtu)										3.38
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Chief Executive Officer [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Employment agreement, annual salary				460,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member] \| Chief Executive Officer [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Employment agreement, annual grant (in shares)				40,000
Employment agreement, percent of salary awarded in shares				500.00%
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member] \| Notes Due 2023 [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Debt instrument, amount					350,000,000
Stated interest rate					6.625%
Proceeds from debt, net of issuance costs					$ 343,600,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Stock issued in underwritten public offering (in shares)			10,925,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Common Stock [Member] \| Over-Allotment Option [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Stock issued in underwritten public offering (in shares)			1,425,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Paloma Partners III, LLC [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Gas and oil acreage, undeveloped, net											24,000