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Natural Gas And Oil Producing Activities (Unaudited) (Cost Incurred In Oil And Gas Property Acquisition, Exploration, And Development Activities Disclosure) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Costs Incurred, Oil and Gas Property Acquisition, Exploration, and Development Activities [Line Items]      
Proved property acquisition costs $ 1,455us-gaap_CostsIncurredAcquisitionOfOilAndGasPropertiesWithProvedReserves $ 1us-gaap_CostsIncurredAcquisitionOfOilAndGasPropertiesWithProvedReserves  
Unproved property acquisition costs 3,934us-gaap_CostsIncurredAcquisitionOfUnprovedOilAndGasProperties 168us-gaap_CostsIncurredAcquisitionOfUnprovedOilAndGasProperties 221us-gaap_CostsIncurredAcquisitionOfUnprovedOilAndGasProperties
Exploration costs 232us-gaap_CostsIncurredExplorationCosts 192us-gaap_CostsIncurredExplorationCosts 197us-gaap_CostsIncurredExplorationCosts
Development costs 1,600us-gaap_CostsIncurredDevelopmentCosts 1,662us-gaap_CostsIncurredDevelopmentCosts 1,493us-gaap_CostsIncurredDevelopmentCosts
Capitalized costs incurred 7,221us-gaap_CostsIncurredAcquisitionOfOilAndGasProperties 2,023us-gaap_CostsIncurredAcquisitionOfOilAndGasProperties 1,911us-gaap_CostsIncurredAcquisitionOfOilAndGasProperties
Full cost pool amortization per Mcfe 1.10swn_FullCostPoolAmortizationPerMcfe 1.08swn_FullCostPoolAmortizationPerMcfe 1.31swn_FullCostPoolAmortizationPerMcfe
Costs Incurred in Natural Gas and Oil Exploration and Development [Member] | Exploration Program in Canada [Member]      
Costs Incurred, Oil and Gas Property Acquisition, Exploration, and Development Activities [Line Items]      
Unproved property acquisition costs 1us-gaap_CostsIncurredAcquisitionOfUnprovedOilAndGasProperties
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Exploration costs $ 3us-gaap_CostsIncurredExplorationCosts
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$ 12us-gaap_CostsIncurredExplorationCosts
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$ 3us-gaap_CostsIncurredExplorationCosts
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