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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
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-Section S99
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The maximum number of common shares permitted to be issued by an entity's charter and bylaws.

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Total number of common shares of an entity that have been sold or granted to shareholders (includes common shares that were issued, repurchased and remain in the treasury). These shares represent capital invested by the firm's shareholders and owners, and may be all or only a portion of the number of shares authorized. Shares issued include shares outstanding and shares held in the treasury.

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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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- Definition

The per share amount of a dividend declared, but not paid, as of the financial reporting date.

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Capital Stock (Details) - $ / shares		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Capital Stock (Details) - $ / shares	Nov. 03, 2021	Apr. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Oct. 04, 2021	Oct. 01, 2021	Sep. 29, 2021	Sep. 28, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Common stock, issued (shares)			478,621,499										477,828,813
Common stock, authorized (shares)			960,000,000								1,800,000,000	960,000,000	960,000,000
Cash dividends, per share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.11	$ 0.11	$ 0.11	$ 0.10	$ 0.10	$ 0.10	$ 0.10
Subsequent event
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Cash dividends, per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.125
Dividend payable (in dollars per share)	0.30								$ 0.50
Variable dividend payable (in dollars per share)	$ 0.175
Subsequent event \| Cimarex Stockholders
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Common stock, issued (shares)										408,200,000