| Document and Entity Information | Mar. 30, 2022 |
| Cover [Abstract] | |
| Entity Registrant Name | Crescent Energy Co |
| Amendment Flag | true |
| Entity Central Index Key | 0001866175 |
| Document Type | 8-K/A |
| Document Period End Date | Mar. 30, 2022 |
| Entity Incorporation State Country Code | DE |
| Entity File Number | 001-41132 |
| Entity Tax Identification Number | 87-1133610 |
| Entity Address, Address Line One | 600 Travis Street |
| Entity Address, Address Line Two | Suite 7200 |
| Entity Address, City or Town | Houston |
| Entity Address, State or Province | TX |
| Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 77002 |
| City Area Code | (713) |
| Local Phone Number | 337-4600 |
| Written Communications | false |
| Soliciting Material | false |
| Pre Commencement Tender Offer | false |
| Pre Commencement Issuer Tender Offer | false |
| Security 12b Title | Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share |
| Trading Symbol | CRGY |
| Security Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Entity Emerging Growth Company | false |
| Amendment Description | On April 5, 2022, Crescent Energy Company (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original Report”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Original Report disclosed the consummation of the previously announced acquisition contemplated by the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated February 15, 2022, by and among Javelin VentureCo, LLC (the “Purchaser”), a subsidiary of the Company, Crescent Energy OpCo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Verdun Oil Company II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Seller”), pursuant to which the Purchaser agreed to purchase from Seller all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Javelin Uinta, LLC, a Texas limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Seller that holds certain exploration and production assets (the “Uinta Basin Assets”) located in the State of Utah (such transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, collectively, the “Uinta Acquisition”). |
