| Component: (Network and Table) | |
|---|---|
| Network | 00300 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (http://www.trianglepetroleum.com/role/StatementConsolidatedStatementsOfCashFlows)  | 
| Table | (Implied) | 
| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0001281922 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) | 
| Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows [Abstract] | Period [Axis] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
2015-02-01 - 2016-01-31  | 2014-02-01 - 2015-01-31  | 2013-02-01 - 2014-01-31  | |
Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows [Abstract]  | |||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:  | |||
Net income (loss)  | (822,340,000)   | 93,397,000    | 73,480,000    | 
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:  | |||
Depreciation, amortization and accretion  | |||
Impairment of oil and natural gas properties  | 779,000,000    | ||
Impairment of long lived assets  | 14,900,000    | 0    | 0    | 
Share-based compensation  | |||
Interest expense paid-in-kind on 5% convertible note  | |||
Amortization of debt issuance costs  | 3,180,000    | 3,149,000    | 554,000    | 
Gain on extinguishment of debt  | (17,927,000)   | (6,610,000)   | |
Unrealized commodity derivative (gains) losses  | 33,393,000    | (52,628,000)   | (5,725,000)   | 
Equity investment (income) loss  | (1,887,000)   | (81,000)   | |
Gain on equity investment derivatives  | (  | (  | (  | 
Impairment of investment in Caliber  | |||
Deferred income taxes  | (  | ||
Other  | (  | ||
Changes in related current assets and current liabilities:  | |||
Accounts receivable  | (  | (  | |
Other current assets  | (  | (  | |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities  | (  | ||
Asset retirement expenditures  | (  | (  | (  | 
Other  | (  | ||
Cash provided by operating activities  | |||
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:  | |||
Oil and natural gas property expenditures  | (  | (  | (  | 
Acquisitions of oil and natural gas properties  | (  | (  | (  | 
Purchases of oilfield services equipment  | (  | (  | (  | 
Purchases of other property and equipment  | (  | (  | (  | 
Sale of oil and natural gas properties  | |||
Acquisition of oilfield services companies  | (  | ||
Proceeds from sale of equipment  | |||
Equity investment in Caliber Midstream Partners, L.P.  | (  | ||
Equity investment cash distribution  | |||
Sale of marketable securities  | |||
Other  | (  | ||
Cash used in investing activities  | (  | (  | (  | 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:  | |||
Proceeds from credit facilities  | |||
Repayments of credit facilities  | (  | (  | (  | 
Proceeds from notes payable  | |||
Repayments of other notes and mortgages payable  | (  | (  | (  | 
Early extinguishment of repurchased debt  | (  | (  | |
Debt issuance costs  | (  | (  | (  | 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock  | |||
Stock offering costs  | (  | ||
Payments to settle tax on vested restricted stock units  | (  | (  | (  | 
Issuance of common stock on exercise of options  | |||
Distributions to RockPile B unit holders  | (  | ||
Purchase of vested RockPile B units from unit holders  | (  | (  | |
Common stock repurchased and retired  | (  | ||
Cash provided by financing activities  | |||
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND EQUIVALENTS  | (  | ||
CASH AND EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD  | |||
CASH AND EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD  | 67,871,000    | 81,750,000    | |