Financial Instruments (Details) - Recurring - Level 2 market data - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Financial Instruments
Fair value of senior notes	$ 3,500	$ 2,600
Antero Midstream Partners LP
Financial Instruments
Fair value of senior notes	$ 657

Fair value portion of notes payable.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19,20,22)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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