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Derivatives And Risk Management (Schedule Of Derivative Instruments, Volumes Of Natural Gas Production) (Details) (Year 2015 [Member], Fixed Price Swaps [Member])
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
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Derivative [Line Items]  
Volume of natural gas production 181,000,000,000us-gaap_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmountVolume
Weighted average price to be swapped 4.40us-gaap_DerivativeSwapTypeAverageFixedPrice
Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
 
Derivative [Line Items]  
Volume of natural gas production 91,000,000,000us-gaap_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmountVolume
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= swn_Year2015Member
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= swn_FixedPriceSwapsMember
/ us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis
= us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
 
Derivative [Line Items]  
Volume of natural gas production 90,000,000,000us-gaap_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmountVolume
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= swn_Year2015Member
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= swn_FixedPriceSwapsMember
/ us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis
= us-gaap_NondesignatedMember