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Natural Gas And Oil Producing Activities (Unaudited) (Capitalized Costs Relating To Oil And Gas Producing Activities Disclosure) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Capitalized Costs of Unproved Properties Excluded from Amortization [Line Items]      
Proved properties $ 15,860us-gaap_CapitalizedCostsProvedProperties $ 12,337us-gaap_CapitalizedCostsProvedProperties  
Unproved properties 4,646us-gaap_CapitalizedCostsUnprovedProperties 957us-gaap_CapitalizedCostsUnprovedProperties  
Total capitalized costs 20,506us-gaap_CapitalizedCostsOilAndGasProducingActivitiesGross 13,294us-gaap_CapitalizedCostsOilAndGasProducingActivitiesGross  
Less: Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization 8,327us-gaap_CapitalizedCostsAccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAmortizationAndValuationAllowanceForRelatingToOilAndGasProducingActivities 7,481us-gaap_CapitalizedCostsAccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAmortizationAndValuationAllowanceForRelatingToOilAndGasProducingActivities  
Net capitalized costs 12,179us-gaap_CapitalizedCostsOilAndGasProducingActivitiesNet 5,813us-gaap_CapitalizedCostsOilAndGasProducingActivitiesNet  
Unproved property acquisition costs 3,934us-gaap_CostsIncurredAcquisitionOfUnprovedOilAndGasProperties 168us-gaap_CostsIncurredAcquisitionOfUnprovedOilAndGasProperties 221us-gaap_CostsIncurredAcquisitionOfUnprovedOilAndGasProperties
Capitalized costs incurred 7,221us-gaap_CostsIncurredAcquisitionOfOilAndGasProperties 2,023us-gaap_CostsIncurredAcquisitionOfOilAndGasProperties 1,911us-gaap_CostsIncurredAcquisitionOfOilAndGasProperties
Capitalized Costs [Member] | Exploration Program in Canada [Member]      
Capitalized Costs of Unproved Properties Excluded from Amortization [Line Items]      
Unproved property acquisition costs 76us-gaap_CostsIncurredAcquisitionOfUnprovedOilAndGasProperties
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72us-gaap_CostsIncurredAcquisitionOfUnprovedOilAndGasProperties
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Chesapeake Property Acquisition [Member] | Capitalized Costs [Member]      
Capitalized Costs of Unproved Properties Excluded from Amortization [Line Items]      
Capitalized costs incurred $ 5,000us-gaap_CostsIncurredAcquisitionOfOilAndGasProperties
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