Other Liabilities - Long-Term Table (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Other Long-Term Liabilities [Line Items]
Financing obligations	$ 30chk_FinancingLeaseObligationsNoncurrent	$ 30chk_FinancingLeaseObligationsNoncurrent
Other long-term liabilities	131	249
Total other long-term liabilities	551us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent	679us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Other liabilities, current	2,474us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent	3,061us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent
Other Noncurrent Liabilities [Member]
Other Long-Term Liabilities [Line Items]
Unrecognized Tax Benefits	46	45
Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member]
Other Long-Term Liabilities [Line Items]
Conveyance Obligation Noncurrent	213	220
Total other long-term liabilities	229	234
Other liabilities, current	16	14
Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa L.L.C [Member]
Other Long-Term Liabilities [Line Items]
Conveyance Obligation Noncurrent	131	135
Total other long-term liabilities	156	158
Other liabilities, current	$ 25	$ 23

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Amount of unrecognized tax benefits pertaining to uncertain tax positions taken in tax returns.

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