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Share-Based Compensation Restricted stock units and QEP awards (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Stock Options [Member]
   
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]    
Vesting period for share-based award (in years) 6 months  
Number of unvested QEP stock options awarded to Questar employees and nonemployee directors as result of spinoff and bifurcation of share-based awards (in shares) 29,398  
Weighted-average price per share of unvested QEP stock options awarded to Questar employees and nonemployee directors as result of spinoff and bifurcation of share-based awards (in dollars per share) $ 27.55  
Number of Questar stock options held by certain officers, employees and nonemployee directors of QEP (in shares) 482,418  
Weighted-average exercise price of Questar stock options awarded to certain officers, employees and nonemployee directors of QEP (in dollars per share) $ 11.37  
Weighted-average remaining life of Questar stock options held by certain officers, employees and nonemployee directors of QEP (in years) 3 years 5 months  
Restricted Shares [Member]
   
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]    
Number of restricted stock units outstanding (in shares) 810,342 771,550
Weighted-average price of restricted stock units issued (in dollars per share) $ 17.74 $ 16.22
Weighted-average remaining vesting period of share-based awards issued (in months) 12 months  
Number of unvested QEP restricted shares awarded to Questar employees and nonemployee directors as result of spinoff and bifurcation of share-based awards (in shares) 47,545  
Weighted-average price per share of unvested QEP restricted shares awarded to Questar employees and nonemployee directors as result of spinoff and bifurcation of share-based awards (in dollars per share) $ 29.61  
Number of unvested Questar restricted shares held by certain officers, employees and nonemployee directors of QEP (in shares) 77,645  
Weighted-average price of unvested Questar restricted shares held by certain officers, employees and nonemployee directors of QEP (in dollars per share) $ 12.95  
Restricted Stock Units [Member]
   
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]    
Number of restricted stock units outstanding (in shares) 71,439  
Weighted-average price of restricted stock units issued (in dollars per share) $ 15.50  
Weighted-average remaining vesting period of share-based awards issued (in months) 6 months  
Vesting period for share-based award (in years) 3 years