Commitments and Contingencies	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Commitments and Contingencies	(16) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Litigation We are the subject of, or party to, a number of pending or threatened legal actions, administrative proceedings or investigations arising in the ordinary course of our business including, but not limited to, royalty claims, contract claims and environmental claims. While many of these matters involve inherent uncertainty, we believe that the amount of the liability, if any, ultimately incurred with respect to these actions, proceedings or claims will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position as a whole or on our liquidity, capital resources or future annual results of operations. When deemed necessary, we establish reserves for certain legal proceedings. The establishment of a reserve is based on an estimation process that includes the advice of legal counsel and subjective judgment of management. While management believes these reserves to be adequate, it is reasonably possible we could incur additional losses with respect to those matters in which reserves have been established. We will continue to evaluate our litigation on a quarterly basis and will establish and adjust any litigation reserves as appropriate to reflect our assessment of the then current status of litigation. We have incurred and will continue to incur capital, operating and remediation expenditures as a result of environmental laws and regulations. As of March 31, 2022, liabilities for remediation were not material. We are not aware of any environmental claims existing as of March 31, 2022 that have not been provided for or would otherwise have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations. Environmental liabilities normally involve estimates that are subject to revision until final resolution, settlement or remediation occurs. On March 4, 2021 a putative class action lawsuit was filed in the Western District of Pennsylvania in Case No. 2:21-CV-301 (Jacobowitz v. Range Resources Corporation et al.) in which the Plaintiff sought to represent a class of Range stockholders who purchased or acquired stock from April 29, 2016 to February 10, 2021. This lawsuit had been transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Fort Worth Division) and claimed that Range misclassified certain wells as inactive rather than having plugged the wells and that such alleged misclassification affected the determination of our asset retirement obligation accrual. On March 31, 2022, the court granted our motion to dismiss and each claim was dismissed with prejudice. Plaintiffs have until May 2 to file an appeal of the March 31 ruling and dismissal. Additionally, on January 20, 2022, a derivative action styled as Lewis v. Ventura et al. was filed under seal in the Northern District of Texas (Case No. 4-22CV-051-0) asserting similar allegations as the Jacobowitz matter. We maintain the same views as to the merits of the Lewis matter as the Jacobowitz matter and we plan to vigorously defend this matter and seek its dismissal.

Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

(16) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Litigation

We are the subject of, or party to, a number of pending or threatened legal actions, administrative proceedings or investigations arising in the ordinary course of our business including, but not limited to, royalty claims, contract claims and environmental claims. While many of these matters involve inherent uncertainty, we believe that the amount of the liability, if any, ultimately incurred with respect to these actions, proceedings or claims will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position as a whole or on our liquidity, capital resources or future annual results of operations.

When deemed necessary, we establish reserves for certain legal proceedings. The establishment of a reserve is based on an estimation process that includes the advice of legal counsel and subjective judgment of management. While management believes these reserves to be adequate, it is reasonably possible we could incur additional losses with respect to those matters in which reserves have been established. We will continue to evaluate our litigation on a quarterly basis and will establish and adjust any litigation reserves as appropriate to reflect our assessment of the then current status of litigation.

We have incurred and will continue to incur capital, operating and remediation expenditures as a result of environmental laws and regulations. As of March 31, 2022, liabilities for remediation were not material. We are not aware of any environmental claims existing as of March 31, 2022 that have not been provided for or would otherwise have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations. Environmental liabilities normally involve estimates that are subject to revision until final resolution, settlement or remediation occurs.

On March 4, 2021 a putative class action lawsuit was filed in the Western District of Pennsylvania in Case No. 2:21-CV-301 (Jacobowitz v. Range Resources Corporation et al.) in which the Plaintiff sought to represent a class of Range stockholders who purchased or acquired stock from April 29, 2016 to February 10, 2021. This lawsuit had been transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Fort Worth Division) and claimed that Range misclassified certain wells as inactive rather than having plugged the wells and that such alleged misclassification affected the determination of our asset retirement obligation accrual. On March 31, 2022, the court granted our motion to dismiss and each claim was dismissed with prejudice. Plaintiffs have until May 2 to file an appeal of the March 31 ruling and dismissal. Additionally, on January 20, 2022, a derivative action styled as Lewis v. Ventura et al. was filed under seal in the Northern District of Texas (Case No. 4-22CV-051-0) asserting similar allegations as the Jacobowitz matter. We maintain the same views as to the merits of the Lewis matter as the Jacobowitz matter and we plan to vigorously defend this matter and seek its dismissal.