Stockholders Equity, Noncontrolling Interests (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended						6 Months Ended				6 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended				6 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Mar. 30, 2012 Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C acre	Jun. 30, 2013 Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C well acre	Jun. 30, 2012 Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C well	Jun. 30, 2013 Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C well acre	Jun. 30, 2012 Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C well	Dec. 31, 2012 Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C	Mar. 31, 2012 Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C	Jun. 30, 2013 Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C CHK CT ORRI [Member] well	Jun. 30, 2012 Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C CHK CT ORRI [Member] well	Jun. 30, 2013 Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C Minimum well	Jun. 30, 2013 Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C Maximum well	Jun. 30, 2013 Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C Drilled Wells Minimum	Mar. 31, 2012 Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C Future [Member] well	Jun. 30, 2013 Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C Increase Minimum	Oct. 31, 2011 Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member] acre	Dec. 31, 2011 Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member] well	Jun. 30, 2013 Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member] well acre	Jun. 30, 2012 Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member] well acre	Jun. 30, 2012 Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member] CHK Utica ORRI [Member] well	Jun. 30, 2013 Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member] Minimum well	Jun. 30, 2013 Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member] Drilled Wells well	Jun. 30, 2012 Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member] Drilled Wells well	Jun. 30, 2013 Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust well	Jun. 30, 2012 Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust	Jun. 30, 2013 Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust acre well	Jun. 30, 2012 Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust	Dec. 31, 2012 Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust	Nov. 30, 2011 Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust	Jun. 30, 2013 Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust Minimum	Jun. 30, 2013 Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust Maximum	Jun. 30, 2013 Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust Initial Wells [Member] well	Sep. 30, 2013 Big Star Crude Co., LLC	Jun. 30, 2013 Big Star Crude Co., LLC	Jun. 30, 2013 Wireless Seismic, Inc.	Jun. 30, 2013 Wireless Seismic, Inc.	Dec. 31, 2012 Wireless Seismic, Inc.	Jun. 30, 2013 Subordinated Units Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust	Jun. 30, 2013 Preferred Stock Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C	Jun. 30, 2013 Preferred Stock Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Common Unit Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust	Nov. 30, 2011 Common Unit Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Acres of leasehold land							245,000														700,000
Third-Party investors' contributions													$ 1,250,000,000									$ 1,250,000,000
Dividends, Preferred Stock, Cash							1,025,000,000															950,000,000
Number of preferred shares exchanged for cash							1,250,000															1,250,000
Overriding royalty interest, percentage								3.75%		3.75%			3.75%
Productive Oil Wells, Number of Wells, Net								51	41	51	41			54	32				1,000			1,500	1,500		1,500				1,300
Restricted cash and cash equivalents, current	81,000,000		81,000,000		111,000,000			37,000,000		37,000,000													44,000,000		44,000,000
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Noncurrent																											155,000,000
Acre Spacing								160		160
Amount Allocated To Overriding Royalty Interest							225,000,000															300,000,000
Amount Of Excess Cash Distributed To Third Party Investors Percentage										100.00%
Percentage of excess cash allocated to preferred shares										75.00%															70.00%
Percentage of excess cash allocated to common shares										25.00%															30.00%
Percentage of excess cash allocated to preferred shares if drilling commitment not met										100.00%															100.00%
Percentage of internal rate of return										9.00%															10.00%
Internal return on investment, multiplier										1.35															1.4
Percentage of increase in internal rate of return, in the event redemption does not occur										15.00%
Redemption price and liquidation preference per preferred share (usd per share)								$ 1,275		$ 1,275													$ 1,287		$ 1,287
Number of oil wells committed to drill net, minimum										25						37.5		867							50
Number of net wells, minimum cumulative total																	300						51		250			8
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage										6.00%																																					6.00%	7.00%
Preferred Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Cash Paid										$ 1,000															$ 1,000
Percentage of increase in internal rate required by investors at redemption										3.00%
Percentage of additional increase in internal rate required by investors at redemption upon failed obligations										3.00%
Percentage of increase in leasehold in which commitment to drill is not met																				5.00%					4.00%
Spacing for Wells Drilled																							150		150
Noncontrolling interests	2,169,000,000		2,169,000,000		2,327,000,000			1,015,000,000		1,015,000,000		1,015,000,000											807,000,000		807,000,000		950,000,000					338,000,000		338,000,000		356,000,000						1,000,000	9,000,000	9,000,000	5,000,000
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS	45,000,000	65,000,000	89,000,000	89,000,000				19,000,000	19,000,000	38,000,000	19,000,000												20,000,000	22,000,000	42,000,000	44,000,000						7,000,000	24,000,000	12,000,000	27,000,000							0	1,000,000	2,000,000
Number of development wells drilled																														60	30			73						118
Number of counties present in the leasehold land (Counties)																					13
Amount payable on each short of drilling commitment																									5,000,000
Percentage of increase in internal rate of return, in the event redemption does not occur																									17.50%
Percentage of increase in internal rate of return in investment, in event redemption does not occur																									2.0
Utica ORRI Percentage																						3.00%	3.00%		3.00%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued	668,919,000	664,195,000	668,919,000	664,195,000	666,468,000	660,888,000																																												23,000,000
Common stock, par value (usd per share)	$ 0.01		$ 0.01		$ 0.01																																$ 19.00
Number of units included in beneficial interests																																														11,687,500			12,062,500
Percentage of beneficial interest owned																									4.00%									51.00%
Common shares, outstanding																																46,750,000		46,750,000
Percentage of proceeds from royalty interest conveyed to trust																																						50.00%	90.00%
Number of producing wells																																69		69
Number of gross acres																																		45,400
Number of net acres																																		29,000
Maximum amount recoverable by trust under lien																																		263,000,000					102,000,000
Percentage of incentive distributions received																																		50.00%
Percentage of remaining cash available for distribution in excess of the incentive threshold																																		50.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent																																											51.00%	51.00%
Payments of Ordinary Dividends, Preferred Stock and Preference Stock			86,000,000	86,000,000																					212,000,000
Preferred stock, par value (usd per share)	$ 0.01		$ 0.01		$ 0.01																		$ 1,115		$ 1,115
Percentage of Preferred Shares Repurchased																									15.00%
Premium on purchase of preferred shares of a subsidiary	69,000,000	0	69,000,000	0																			69,000,000
Stock Redeemed or Called During Period, Shares																									190,000
Purchase of preferred shares of a subsidiary																																									$ 3,000,000