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Payments To Acquire Unproved Leasehold Properties

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Amount before tax of gain (loss) recognized on the sale or disposal of a disposal group. Excludes discontinued operations.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68055307&loc=d3e2443-110228

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-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
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The cash inflow to dispose of long-lived, physical assets and mineral interests in oil and gas properties used for normal oil and gas operations.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Investing Activities
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Acquisition and Disposition of Properties - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 MBoe
Gas and Oil Acreage [Line Items]
Payment for unproved leasehold				$ 134.9	$ 61.1
San Juan Basin
Gas and Oil Acreage [Line Items]
Amount of consideration received	$ 395.0		$ 395.0
Purchase price adjustments			11.0
Pre-tax proceeds			$ 384.0
Transaction costs	2.8
Proved developed reserves (MMBOE) \| MBoe						69,038
Lea County
Gas and Oil Acreage [Line Items]
Payment for unproved leasehold				77.0
San Juan \| San Juan Basin
Gas and Oil Acreage [Line Items]
Pre-tax gain on disposal	$ 27.0
Disposal group \| Permian and San Juan Basin
Gas and Oil Acreage [Line Items]
Amount of consideration received		$ 552.0		552.0
Held-for-sale \| Permian and San Juan Basin
Gas and Oil Acreage [Line Items]
Purchase price adjustments		15.0
Pre-tax proceeds		536.5
Transaction costs		5.0
Pre-tax gain on disposal		$ 91.4		$ 252.4