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Amount of transaction price allocated to performance obligation that has not been recognized as revenue.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118956577&loc=SL49130556-203045

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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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Period in which remaining performance obligation is expected to be recognized as revenue, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (b)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118956577&loc=SL49130556-203045

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Basis of Presentation - Performance Obligation, Expected Timing (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Natural Gas Revenues	$ 5,943,000,000
Price per barrel which trigger provision adjustments	50
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2020-04-01
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Natural Gas Revenues	407,000,000
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Expected timing		9 months
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2021-01-01
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Natural Gas Revenues	599,000,000
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Expected timing		1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2022-01-01
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Natural Gas Revenues	418,000,000
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Expected timing		1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2023-01-01
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Natural Gas Revenues	412,000,000
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Expected timing		1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2024-01-01
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Natural Gas Revenues	412,000,000
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Expected timing		1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2025-01-01
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Natural Gas Revenues	$ 3,695,000,000
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Expected timing