Carrying Value Of Impaired Long Lived Assets

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Management's estimate of natural gas prices for purposes of determining undiscounted future cash flows, which are based on the NYMEX strip.

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Management's estimate of oil prices for purposes of determining undiscounted future cash flows, which are based on the NYMEX strip.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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The expense recorded to reduce the value of oil and gas assets consisting of proved properties and unproved properties as the estimate of future successful production from these properties is reduced.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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-Publisher FASB
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Disclosures About Fair Value Measurements (Narrative) (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 $ / bbl $ / Mcf	Dec. 31, 2020 $ / Mcf	Dec. 31, 2017 $ / bbl $ / Mcf
Disclosure Fair Value Narrative [Abstract]
Management Estimate of Future Oil Price \| $ / bbl			54.62		51.58
Management Estimate of Future Natural Gas Price \| $ / Mcf			3.04	2.82	3.32
Annual discount rate	10.00%
Carrying Amount		$ 3,438
Impairment Expense		$ 1,525