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Business Combination, Common Stock Conversion, Common Share Conversion Ratio

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Business Combination, Termination Fee

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Business Combination, Termination Reimbursement Amount

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Sale of Productive Assets, Reduction in Sales Volume

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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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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Percentage investment held by members or limited partners of limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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The cash inflow from the sale of property, plant and equipment (capital expenditures), software, and other intangible assets.

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Subsequent Event (Details)	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
Subsequent Event (Details)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) Bcfe shares	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Apr. 25, 2018 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses, gross		$ 0	$ 669,479,000
RMP $850 Million Facility \| Revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity		850,000,000
Scenario, Forecast
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of productive assets	$ 64,000,000
Reduction in sales volume (in bcfe) \| Bcfe	5
Rice Midstream Partners, LP \| Scenario, Forecast \| EQM-RMP Merger
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Common share conversion ratio					0.3319
Termination fee					$ 63,400,000
Termination reimbursement amount					5,000,000
EQGP \| Scenario, Forecast \| IDR Transaction
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Equity interest issued or issuable (in shares) \| shares	36,293,766
Number of shares cancelled if terminated (in shares) \| shares	8,539,710
EQM
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity		$ 1,000,000,000
EQM \| Scenario, Forecast \| EQM-RMP Merger
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Termination reimbursement amount					$ 5,000,000
EQM \| Scenario, Forecast \| Drop-Down Transactions
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Equity interest issued or issuable (in shares) \| shares	5,889,282
Payments to acquire businesses, gross	$ 1,150,000,000
EQM \| Scenario, Forecast \| Gulfport Energy Corporation
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired	25.00%			25.00%
Consideration transferred				$ 175,000,000
Strike Force Midstream Holdings \| Drop-Down Transactions \| Strike Force Midstream
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Limited partner interest		75.00%
Subsequent Event \| EQM \| EQM Term Loan Facility
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