Equity - Noncontrolling Interests Narrative (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended					0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended				9 Months Ended				0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended					1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended				9 Months Ended						9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C [Member] well	Mar. 30, 2012 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C [Member] acre	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C [Member] acre	Sep. 30, 2013 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C [Member] acre	Sep. 30, 2013 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C [Member] Minimum, Six-Month Period in 2014 through 2016 [Member] well	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C [Member] Minimum, Six-Month Period of June 30,2014 - December 31, 2014 [Member] well	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C [Member] Minimum, Six-Month Period Through 2013 [Member] well	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C [Member] Maximum [Member] well	Dec. 30, 2012 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C [Member] Wells, Future Wells [Member] well	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C [Member] Wells, Percentage Increase in Future Net Wells [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C [Member] Wells, Drilled Wells [Member] Minimum [Member] well	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C [Member] Wells, Qualified Wells [Member] well	Sep. 30, 2013 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C [Member] Wells, Qualified Wells [Member] well	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C [Member] Preferred Stock [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member] acre	Dec. 31, 2011 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member] acre	Sep. 30, 2013 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member] well acre	Sep. 30, 2013 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member] County	Dec. 31, 2013 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member] Minimum [Member] well	Dec. 31, 2013 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member] Preferred Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust [Member] well	Sep. 30, 2013 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust [Member] acre well	Sep. 30, 2013 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust [Member] well	Dec. 31, 2013 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust [Member]	Nov. 30, 2011 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust [Member] Wells, Initial Number of Wells [Member] well	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust [Member] Common Unit [Member]	Nov. 30, 2011 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust [Member] Common Unit [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust [Member] Subordinated Units [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Wireless Seismic, Inc. [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Noncontrolling Interest, Wireless Seismic, Inc. [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling Interest, Wireless Seismic, Inc. [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Noncontrolling Interest, Wireless Seismic, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Noncontrolling Interest, Wireless Seismic, Inc. [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Number Of Net Acres									245,000																	700,000												29,000
Third-Party investors' contributions															$ 1,250,000,000												$ 1,250,000,000					$ 1,250,000,000
Number of preferred shares exchanged for cash									1,250,000																		1,250,000
Number of Wells, Net								1,000												1,000			13	74						1,500				1,300
Overriding Royalty Interest Percentage										3.75%		3.75%			3.75%												3.00%					3.00%
Amount Allocated To Overriding Royalty Interest									225,000,000
Dividends, Preferred Stock, Cash									1,025,000,000
Restricted cash and cash equivalents, current	38,000,000		38,000,000		75,000,000		37,000,000			38,000,000		38,000,000		38,000,000																					37,000,000
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage												6.00%													6.00%
Preferred Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Cash Paid												$ 1,000
Percentage of excess cash allocated to preferred shares												75.00%
Percentage of excess cash allocated to common shares												25.00%
Percentage of excess cash allocated to preferred shares if drilling commitment not met												100.00%
Internal return on investment, multiplier												1.35
Percentage of internal rate of return												9.00%
Percentage of increase in internal rate of return, in the event redemption does not occur												15.00%
Preferred Stock, Redemption Price Per Share										$ 1,200		$ 1,200		$ 1,245														$ 1,189		$ 1,189
Spacing for Wells Drilled																												150		150
Number of oil wells committed to drill net, minimum																25	12.5	37.5				867
Number Of Net Wells Minimum Cumulative Total																			300
Amount Of Excess Cash Distributed To Third Party Investors Percentage												100.00%
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%
Acre Spacing										160		160
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	1,311,000,000		1,311,000,000		2,145,000,000					1,015,000,000		1,015,000,000		1,015,000,000														0		0			807,000,000			291,000,000		291,000,000		314,000,000									6,000,000		6,000,000		9,000,000
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	30,000,000	38,000,000	110,000,000	127,000,000						19,000,000	19,000,000	56,000,000	56,000,000															6,000,000	19,000,000	43,000,000	60,000,000					6,000,000	2,000,000	14,000,000	14,000,000										1,000,000	1,000,000	3,000,000	3,000,000
Number of counties present in the leasehold land (Counties)																																13
Payments for Repurchase of Preferred Stock and Preference Stock																												1,254,000,000
Preferred Stock Redemption Premium	447,000,000	0	447,000,000	69,000,000																								447,000,000
Percentage Of Beneficial Interest Owned																														4.00%								51.00%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued	665,046,461	667,473,000	665,046,461	667,473,000	666,192,371	666,468,000																																									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																																														12,062,500		11,687,500
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 development wells drilled																																						95	80						118
Number Of Gross Acres																																						45,400
Maximum amount recoverable by trust under lien																																						$ 263,000,000					$ 51,000,000	$ 85,000,000
Percentage of incentive distributions received																																						50.00%
Percentage of remaining cash available for distribution in excess of the incentive threshold																																						50.00%
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage																																																	52.00%		52.00%