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Employee Retirement and Other Termination Benefits Employee Retirement and other Termination Benefits (Tables)
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Postemployment Benefits [Abstract]  
Schedule of Costs of Retirement Plans [Table Text Block]
We recorded the following expenses related to the termination benefits provided to Mr. McClendon, the VSP participants and others. A summary of our employee retirement and other termination benefits for the Current Quarter, the Prior Quarter, the Current Period and the Prior Period is as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
($ in millions)
Termination benefits provided to Mr. McClendon:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salary and bonus expense
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
11

 
$
—

Acceleration of 2008 performance bonus
“claw-back” feature
 
—

 
—

 
11

 
—

Acceleration of stock-based compensation awards
 
—

 
—

 
22

 
—

Acceleration of performance share unit awards
 
—

 
—

 
13

 
—

Estimated aircraft usage benefits
 
—

 
—

 
7

 
—

Total termination benefits provided to
Mr. McClendon
 
—

 
—

 
64

 
—

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Termination benefits provided to VSP participants:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salary and bonus expense
 
3

 
—

 
32

 
—

Acceleration of restricted stock awards
 
3

 
—

 
27

 
—

Other associated costs
 
—

 
—

 
3

 
—

Total termination benefits provided to
VSP participants
 
6

 
—

 
62

 
—

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other termination benefits
 
1

 
1

 
14

 
1

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total employee retirement and other
termination benefits
 
$
7

 
$
1

 
$
140

 
$
1