Gathering Fee Escalation Rate

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Number of Crews

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Percent of Total

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Amount of contractual obligation, including but not limited to, long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations, and other commitments.

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This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized.

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.12)

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-Topic 323

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-Section 45

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Term of the lessee's leasing arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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For an unclassified balance sheet, this item represents investments in common and preferred stocks and other forms of securities that provide ownership interests in a corporation.

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-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.1(b))

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Amount of required minimum rental payments for leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable letter-terms in excess of one year.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 840

-SubTopic 10

-Section 55

-Paragraph 40

-Subparagraph (Note 3)

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-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

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-Subparagraph (a)

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Commitments - Narrative (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jul. 20, 2011
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Gathering Fee Escalation Rate	15.00%chk_GatheringFeeEscalationRate
Investments	268us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestments	$ 265us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestments
Sundrop Fuels Inc [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Marketable Securities, Equity Securities	25
Investments	155		155
Drilling Rig Leases [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Contractual Obligation	398
Drilling Rig Leases [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Lease Term	3 months
Drilling Rig Leases [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Lease Term	3 years
Pressure Pumping Leases [Member] \| Seven Seven Energy Inc. [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Percent of Total	50.00%
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due	367
Pressure Pumping Leases [Member] \| Pressure Pumping Crew Year One of Agreement [Member] \| Seven Seven Energy Inc. [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Number of Crews	7
Year of Service Agreement	1 year
Pressure Pumping Leases [Member] \| Pressure Pumping Crew Year Two of Agreement [Member] \| Seven Seven Energy Inc. [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Number of Crews	5
Year of Service Agreement	2 years
Pressure Pumping Leases [Member] \| Pressure Pumping Crew Year Three of Agreement [Member] \| Seven Seven Energy Inc. [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Number of Crews	3
Year of Service Agreement	3 years