Condensed Consolidating Financial Information -Statement Of Operations Table (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
REVENUES
Natural gas, oil and NGL	$ 2,341	$ 1,586	$ 5,812	$ 5,444
Marketing, gathering and compression	3,362	3,032	9,543	6,871
Oilfield services	0	249	546	650
Total Revenues	5,703	4,867	15,901	12,965
OPERATING EXPENSES
Natural gas, oil and NGL production	298	282	868	877
Production taxes	62	62	185	173
Marketing, gathering and compression	3,369	3,009	9,515	6,781
Oilfield services	0	211	431	543
General and administrative	60	120	229	336
Restructuring and other termination costs	(14)	63	12	203
Provision for legal contingencies	100	0	100	0
Natural gas, oil and NGL depreciation, depletion and amortization	688	652	1,977	1,945
Depreciation and amortization of other assets	37	79	194	234
Impairment of natural gas and oil properties	0	0	0	0
Impairments of fixed assets and other	15	85	75	343
Net gains on sales of fixed assets	(86)	(132)	(201)	(290)
Total Operating Expenses	4,529	4,431	13,385	11,145
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS	1,174	436	2,516	1,820
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest expense	(17)	(40)	(82)	(164)
Losses on investments	(27)	(22)	(72)	(36)
Net gain (loss) on sales of investments	0	3	67	(7)
Losses on purchases of debt	0	0	(195)	(70)
Other income (expense)	(1)	10	12	18
Equity in net earnings of subsidiary	0	0	0	0
Total Other Expense	(45)	(49)	(270)	(259)
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes	1,129	387	2,246	1,561
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT)	437	147	859	594
NET INCOME	692	240	1,387	967
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(30)	(38)	(110)	(127)
Net income attributable to Chesapeake	662	202	1,277	840
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	3	1	11	13
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO CHESAPEAKE	665	203	1,288	853
Parent Company Member]
REVENUES
Natural gas, oil and NGL	0	0	0	0
Marketing, gathering and compression	0	0	0	0
Oilfield services	0	0	0	0
Total Revenues	0	0	0	0
OPERATING EXPENSES
Natural gas, oil and NGL production	0	0	0	0
Production taxes	0	0	0	0
Marketing, gathering and compression	0	0	0	0
Oilfield services	0	0	0	0
General and administrative	0	0	0	0
Restructuring and other termination costs	0	0	0	0
Provision for legal contingencies	0		0
Natural gas, oil and NGL depreciation, depletion and amortization	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization of other assets	0	0	0	0
Impairment of natural gas and oil properties	0	0	0	0
Impairments of fixed assets and other	0	0	0	0
Net gains on sales of fixed assets	0	0	0	0
Total Operating Expenses	0	0	0	0
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS	0	0	0	0
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest expense	(178)	(207)	(524)	(703)
Losses on investments	0	0	0	0
Net gain (loss) on sales of investments		0	0	0
Losses on purchases of debt			(195)	(70)
Other income (expense)	56	208	535	651
Equity in net earnings of subsidiary	737	201	1,391	916
Total Other Expense	615	202	1,207	794
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes	615	202	1,207	794
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT)	(47)	0	(70)	(46)
NET INCOME	662	202	1,277	840
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0	0	0	0
Net income attributable to Chesapeake	662	202	1,277	840
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	0	2	3	2
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO CHESAPEAKE	662	204	1,280	842
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
REVENUES
Natural gas, oil and NGL	2,085	1,340	5,100	4,903
Marketing, gathering and compression	3,361	3,031	9,539	6,861
Oilfield services	0	57	40	172
Total Revenues	5,446	4,428	14,679	11,936
OPERATING EXPENSES
Natural gas, oil and NGL production	284	262	818	833
Production taxes	59	60	177	167
Marketing, gathering and compression	3,368	3,009	9,512	6,776
Oilfield services	0	70	54	216
General and administrative	57	97	176	267
Restructuring and other termination costs	(14)	63	9	200
Provision for legal contingencies	100		100
Natural gas, oil and NGL depreciation, depletion and amortization	599	549	1,750	1,729
Depreciation and amortization of other assets	37	45	116	142
Impairment of natural gas and oil properties	0	0	0	0
Impairments of fixed assets and other	15	31	52	282
Net gains on sales of fixed assets	(86)	(133)	(194)	(291)
Total Operating Expenses	4,419	4,053	12,570	10,321
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS	1,027	375	2,109	1,615
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest expense	(11)	(27)	(14)	(70)
Losses on investments	(27)	(22)	(69)	(36)
Net gain (loss) on sales of investments		3	67	(7)
Losses on purchases of debt			0	0
Other income (expense)	120	44	12	120
Equity in net earnings of subsidiary	(2)	(87)	11	(241)
Total Other Expense	80	(89)	7	(234)
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes	1,107	286	2,116	1,381
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT)	429	142	804	617
NET INCOME	678	144	1,312	764
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0	0	0	0
Net income attributable to Chesapeake	678	144	1,312	764
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	3	1	8	12
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO CHESAPEAKE	681	145	1,320	776
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
REVENUES
Natural gas, oil and NGL	256	245	715	532
Marketing, gathering and compression	1	1	4	10
Oilfield services	0	464	984	1,398
Total Revenues	257	710	1,703	1,940
OPERATING EXPENSES
Natural gas, oil and NGL production	14	20	50	44
Production taxes	3	2	8	6
Marketing, gathering and compression	1	0	3	5
Oilfield services	0	385	769	1,101
General and administrative	3	24	53	69
Restructuring and other termination costs	0	0	3	3
Provision for legal contingencies	0		0
Natural gas, oil and NGL depreciation, depletion and amortization	82	103	211	216
Depreciation and amortization of other assets	0	71	142	210
Impairment of natural gas and oil properties	104	99	202	260
Impairments of fixed assets and other	0	54	23	61
Net gains on sales of fixed assets	0	0	(7)	0
Total Operating Expenses	207	758	1,457	1,975
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS	50	(48)	246	(35)
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest expense	0	(21)	(42)	(63)
Losses on investments	0	0	(5)	0
Net gain (loss) on sales of investments		0	0	0
Losses on purchases of debt			0	0
Other income (expense)	(4)	2	(2)	7
Equity in net earnings of subsidiary	0	0	0	0
Total Other Expense	(4)	(19)	(49)	(56)
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes	46	(67)	197	(91)
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT)	18	(25)	76	(35)
NET INCOME	28	(42)	121	(56)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0	0	0	0
Net income attributable to Chesapeake	28	(42)	121	(56)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	0	(2)	0	(1)
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO CHESAPEAKE	28	(44)	121	(57)
Eliminations [Member]
REVENUES
Natural gas, oil and NGL	0	1	(3)	9
Marketing, gathering and compression	0	0	0	0
Oilfield services	0	(272)	(478)	(920)
Total Revenues	0	(271)	(481)	(911)
OPERATING EXPENSES
Natural gas, oil and NGL production	0	0	0	0
Production taxes	0	0	0	0
Marketing, gathering and compression	0	0	0	0
Oilfield services	0	(244)	(392)	(774)
General and administrative	0	(1)	0	0
Restructuring and other termination costs	0	0	0	0
Provision for legal contingencies	0		0
Natural gas, oil and NGL depreciation, depletion and amortization	7	0	16	0
Depreciation and amortization of other assets	0	(37)	(64)	(118)
Impairment of natural gas and oil properties	(104)	(99)	(202)	(260)
Impairments of fixed assets and other	0	0	0	0
Net gains on sales of fixed assets	0	1	0	1
Total Operating Expenses	(97)	(380)	(642)	(1,151)
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS	97	109	161	240
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest expense	172	215	498	672
Losses on investments	0	0	2	0
Net gain (loss) on sales of investments		0	0	0
Losses on purchases of debt			0	0
Other income (expense)	(173)	(244)	(533)	(760)
Equity in net earnings of subsidiary	(735)	(114)	(1,402)	(675)
Total Other Expense	(736)	(143)	(1,435)	(763)
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes	(639)	(34)	(1,274)	(523)
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT)	37	30	49	58
NET INCOME	(676)	(64)	(1,323)	(581)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(30)	(38)	(110)	(127)
Net income attributable to Chesapeake	(706)	(102)	(1,433)	(708)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	0	0	0	0
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO CHESAPEAKE	$ (706)	$ (102)	$ (1,433)	$ (708)