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Derivative, Swap Type, Price Differential

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Disposal Group, Contingent Consideration Period

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Contingent Consideration

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The average cap rate on a group of price risk derivatives such as caps or collars. A payment or receipt is triggered if the market rate exceeds the cap rate on the contract.

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The average forward price on the group of price risk forward or futures contracts, such as gas futures contracts.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Nominal number of units used to calculate payment on derivative.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 10
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-Paragraph 1A
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