Debt Exchange, Percent of Outstanding Notes Tendered for Exchange

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Debt Exchange, Principal Amount of Outstanding Notes Not Tendered for Exchange

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Amount of long-term debt before deduction of unamortized discount or premium. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt, with initial maturities beyond one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

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-Section S99

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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Rosetta Merger Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		7 Months Ended
Rosetta Merger Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jul. 21, 2015	Jul. 20, 2015	Jul. 28, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt				$ 6,198	$ 6,197
Rosetta Resources, Inc [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Exchange, Percent of Outstanding Notes Tendered for Exchange			99.40%
Debt Exchange, Principal Amount of Outstanding Notes Not Tendered for Exchange			$ 11
Rosetta Resources, Inc [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| Credit Facility, due April 12, 2018 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, maturity date		Apr. 12, 2018
Rosetta Resources, Inc [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| 5.625% Senior Notes, due May 1, 2021 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, maturity date		May 01, 2021
Rosetta Resources, Inc [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| 5.875% Senior Notes, due June 1, 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, maturity date		Jun. 01, 2022
Rosetta Resources, Inc [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| 5.875 Senior Notes, due June 1, 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, maturity date		Jun. 01, 2024
Rosetta Resources, Inc [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Credit Facility, due April 12, 2018 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of Debt	$ 70
Debt		$ 70
Interest Rate (percentage in hundredths)		0.00%
Rosetta Resources, Inc [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| 7.25% Senior Notes, due October 15, 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt		$ 1,870
Rosetta Resources, Inc [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| 7.25% Senior Notes, due October 15, 2023 \| 5.625% Senior Notes, due May 1, 2021 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt		$ 700
Interest Rate (percentage in hundredths)		5.625%
Rosetta Resources, Inc [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| 7.25% Senior Notes, due October 15, 2023 \| 5.875% Senior Notes, due June 1, 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt		$ 600
Interest Rate (percentage in hundredths)		5.875%
Rosetta Resources, Inc [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| 7.25% Senior Notes, due October 15, 2023 \| 5.875 Senior Notes, due June 1, 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt		$ 500
Interest Rate (percentage in hundredths)		5.875%