Condensed Consolidating Statement Of Operations (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
REVENUES
Natural gas, oil and NGL	$ 7,052	$ 6,278	$ 6,024
Marketing, gathering and compression	9,559	5,431	5,090
Oilfield services	895	607	521
Total Revenues	17,506	12,316	11,635
OPERATING EXPENSES
Natural gas, oil and NGL production	1,159	1,304	1,073
Production taxes	229	188	192
Marketing, gathering and compression	9,461	5,312	4,967
Oilfield services	736	465	402
General and administrative	457	535	548
Restructuring and other termination costs	248	7	0
Natural gas, oil and NGL depreciation, depletion and amortization	2,589	2,507	1,632
Depreciation and amortization of other assets	314	304	291
Impairment of natural gas and oil properties	0	3,315	0
Impairments of fixed assets and other	546	340	46
Net gains on sales of fixed assets	(302)	(267)	(437)
Total Operating Expenses	15,437	14,010	8,714
INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS	2,069	(1,694)	2,921
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest expense	(227)	(77)	(44)
Earnings (losses) on investments	(226)	(103)	156
Gains (losses) on sales of investments	(7)	1,092	0
Losses on purchases of debt and extinguishment of other financing	(193)	(200)	(176)
Other income	26	8	23
Equity in net earnings of subsidiary	0	0	0
Total Other Income (Expense)	(627)	720	(41)
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES	1,442	(974)	2,880
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT)	548	(380)	1,123
NET INCOME (LOSS)	894	(594)	1,757
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(170)	(175)	(15)
Net income (loss) attributable to Chesapeake	724	(769)	1,742
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	20	(16)	2
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO CHESAPEAKE	744	(785)	1,744
Parent
REVENUES
Natural gas, oil and NGL	0	0	0
Marketing, gathering and compression	0	0	0
Oilfield services	0	0	0
Total Revenues	0	0	0
OPERATING EXPENSES
Natural gas, oil and NGL production	0	0	0
Production taxes	0	0	0
Marketing, gathering and compression	0	0	0
Oilfield services	0	0	0
General and administrative	0	0	0
Restructuring and other termination costs	0	0
Natural gas, oil and NGL depreciation, depletion and amortization	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization of other assets	0	0	0
Impairment of natural gas and oil properties	0	0
Impairments of fixed assets and other	0	0	0
Net gains on sales of fixed assets	0	0	0
Total Operating Expenses	0	0	0
INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS	0	0	0
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest expense	(921)	(879)	(640)
Earnings (losses) on investments	0	0	0
Gains (losses) on sales of investments	0	0
Losses on purchases of debt and extinguishment of other financing	(70)	(200)	(176)
Other income	3,979	819	646
Equity in net earnings of subsidiary	(1,129)	(610)	1,846
Total Other Income (Expense)	1,859	(870)	1,676
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES	1,859	(870)	1,676
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT)	1,135	(101)	(66)
NET INCOME (LOSS)	724	(769)	1,742
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0	0	0
Net income (loss) attributable to Chesapeake	724	(769)	1,742
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	3	6	9
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO CHESAPEAKE	727	(763)	1,751
Guarantor Subsidiaries
REVENUES
Natural gas, oil and NGL	6,289	5,819	5,886
Marketing, gathering and compression	9,549	5,370	5,022
Oilfield services	0	0	18
Total Revenues	15,838	11,189	10,926
OPERATING EXPENSES
Natural gas, oil and NGL production	1,099	1,275	1,073
Production taxes	221	182	190
Marketing, gathering and compression	9,456	5,284	4,944
Oilfield services	95	168	1
General and administrative	361	415	477
Restructuring and other termination costs	244	5
Natural gas, oil and NGL depreciation, depletion and amortization	2,303	2,346	1,625
Depreciation and amortization of other assets	177	181	169
Impairment of natural gas and oil properties	0	3,174
Impairments of fixed assets and other	443	275	0
Net gains on sales of fixed assets	(301)	(269)	(2)
Total Operating Expenses	14,098	13,036	8,477
INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS	1,740	(1,847)	2,449
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest expense	(4)	45	(12)
Earnings (losses) on investments	(225)	(167)	61
Gains (losses) on sales of investments	(7)	1,030
Losses on purchases of debt and extinguishment of other financing	(123)	0	0
Other income	(594)	202	43
Equity in net earnings of subsidiary	(264)	(163)	309
Total Other Income (Expense)	(1,217)	947	401
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES	523	(900)	2,850
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT)	299	(287)	991
NET INCOME (LOSS)	224	(613)	1,859
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0	0	0
Net income (loss) attributable to Chesapeake	224	(613)	1,859
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	19	(22)	(9)
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO CHESAPEAKE	243	(635)	1,850
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
REVENUES
Natural gas, oil and NGL	754	387	84
Marketing, gathering and compression	10	212	199
Oilfield services	2,218	1,941	1,260
Total Revenues	2,982	2,540	1,543
OPERATING EXPENSES
Natural gas, oil and NGL production	60	29	0
Production taxes	8	6	2
Marketing, gathering and compression	5	115	116
Oilfield services	1,761	1,433	958
General and administrative	97	121	71
Restructuring and other termination costs	4	2
Natural gas, oil and NGL depreciation, depletion and amortization	286	161	7
Depreciation and amortization of other assets	292	273	217
Impairment of natural gas and oil properties	311	141
Impairments of fixed assets and other	103	65	46
Net gains on sales of fixed assets	(1)	2	(435)
Total Operating Expenses	2,926	2,348	982
INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS	56	192	561
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest expense	(85)	(84)	(50)
Earnings (losses) on investments	(1)	55	95
Gains (losses) on sales of investments	0	62
Losses on purchases of debt and extinguishment of other financing	0	0	0
Other income	13	15	19
Equity in net earnings of subsidiary	0	0	0
Total Other Income (Expense)	(73)	48	64
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES	(17)	240	625
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT)	(6)	93	243
NET INCOME (LOSS)	(11)	147	382
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0	0	0
Net income (loss) attributable to Chesapeake	(11)	147	382
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	(2)	0	2
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO CHESAPEAKE	(13)	147	384
Eliminations
REVENUES
Natural gas, oil and NGL	9	72	54
Marketing, gathering and compression	0	(151)	(131)
Oilfield services	(1,323)	(1,334)	(757)
Total Revenues	(1,314)	(1,413)	(834)
OPERATING EXPENSES
Natural gas, oil and NGL production	0	0	0
Production taxes	0	0	0
Marketing, gathering and compression	0	(87)	(93)
Oilfield services	(1,120)	(1,136)	(557)
General and administrative	(1)	(1)	0
Restructuring and other termination costs	0	0
Natural gas, oil and NGL depreciation, depletion and amortization	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization of other assets	(155)	(150)	(95)
Impairment of natural gas and oil properties	(311)	0
Impairments of fixed assets and other	0	0	0
Net gains on sales of fixed assets	0	0	0
Total Operating Expenses	(1,587)	(1,374)	(745)
INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS	273	(39)	(89)
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest expense	783	841	658
Earnings (losses) on investments	0	9	0
Gains (losses) on sales of investments	0	0
Losses on purchases of debt and extinguishment of other financing	0	0	0
Other income	(3,372)	(1,028)	(685)
Equity in net earnings of subsidiary	1,393	773	(2,155)
Total Other Income (Expense)	(1,196)	595	(2,182)
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES	(923)	556	(2,271)
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT)	(880)	(85)	(45)
NET INCOME (LOSS)	(43)	641	(2,226)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(170)	(175)	(15)
Net income (loss) attributable to Chesapeake	(213)	466	(2,241)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	0	0	0
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO CHESAPEAKE	$ (213)	$ 466	$ (2,241)