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Amount of Net Income (Loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest.

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Equity Equity - Noncontrolling Interests Narrative (Details)	1 Months Ended		2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
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Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Payments for (Proceeds from) Investments				$ 0	$ 1,000,000	$ 0
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests				2,000,000	50,000,000	139,000,000
Preferred Stock Redemption Premium				$ 0	$ 0	447,000,000
Common stock, shares issued \| shares				896,279,353	664,795,509
Common stock, par value (usd per share) \| $ / shares				$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Noncontrolling interests				$ 257,000,000	$ 259,000,000
Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa Limited Liability Company [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Payments for (Proceeds from) Investments		$ 1,250,000,000
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued \| shares							1,250,000
Overriding Royalty Interest Percentage							3.75%
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests					$ 50,000,000	75,000,000
Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa Limited Liability Company [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Wells \| well					300
Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Cleveland Tonkawa Limited Liability Company [Member] \| Wells, Future Wells [Member]
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Wells \| well		1,000
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Wells \| well					190
Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Payments for (Proceeds from) Investments			$ 1,250,000,000
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued \| shares			1,250,000
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests						43,000,000
Preferred Stock, Redemption Price Per Share \| $ / shares	$ 1,189
Payments for Repurchase of Preferred Stock and Preference Stock	$ 1,254,000,000
Preferred Stock Redemption Premium						447,000,000
Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member] \| ORRI [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Overriding Royalty Interest Percentage			3.00%	3.00%
Wells \| well			1,500	1,500
Spacing for Wells Drilled \| a				150
Overriding Royalty Interest Percentage When Below Minimum Drilled Wells Requirement				4.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| ORRI [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Wells \| well				1,300
Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| ORRI [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Overriding Royalty Interest Percentage				3.00%
Wells \| well				1,500
Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member] \| Wells, Drilled Wells [Member] \| ORRI [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Wells \| well				508
Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Utica L L C [Member] \| Wells Drilled in 2017 [Member] \| ORRI [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Overriding Royalty Interest Percentage When Below Minimum Drilled Wells Requirement				4.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests				$ 2,000,000	$ 0	$ 24,000,000
Common stock, par value (usd per share) \| $ / shares								$ 19.00
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding \| shares					46,750,000
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Cumulative Percentage Ownership after All Transactions					51.00%
Quarters of Paid Distributions \| Quarter				18
Percentage Of Incentive Distributions Received				50.00%
Percentage Of Remaining Cash Available For Distribution In Excess Of Incentive Threshold				50.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust [Member] \| Unit Distribution, Common Unit [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Common stock, shares issued \| shares								23,000,000
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding \| shares					12,062,500
Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust [Member] \| Unit Distribution, Subordinated Units [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding \| shares					11,687,500