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Area of land held.

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Net rentable area for properties owned.

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The total number of producing gas wells and gas wells capable of production, in which the entity owns a fractional working interest.

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Subsequent Events (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions			9 Months Ended
	Oct. 30, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Oct. 29, 2018 USD ($) a well	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Senior notes [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Debt redemption, percent of principal amount of notes to be redeemed			100.00%
Debt redemption, percent of aggregate amount of notes to be redeemed			35.00%
8.00% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes Due 2022 [Member] \| Senior notes [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Interest rate, stated percentage			8.00%	8.00%
Debt instrument, repurchased face amount				$ 260
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Disposal group, disposed of by sale, not discontinued operations [Member] \| Utica Shale [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Area of land, gross (in acres) \| a		1,500,000
Area of land, net (in acres) \| a		900,000
Productive gas wells, number of wells, net \| well		920
Consideration received		$ 1,900
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Commercial Shale [Member] \| Disposal group, disposed of by sale, not discontinued operations [Member] \| Utica Shale [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Area of land, net (in acres) \| a		320,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Wildhorse Resource Development Corporation [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Consideration paid	$ 3,977
Debt assumed	$ 930
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Wildhorse Resource Development Corporation [Member] \| Acquisition Scenario One [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of shares issued per share acquired \| shares	5.989
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Wildhorse Resource Development Corporation [Member] \| Acquisition Scenario Two [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of shares issued per share acquired \| shares	5.336
Value issued per share acquired (in USD per share) \| $ / shares	$ 3.00
Subsequent Event [Member] \| 8.00% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes Due 2022 [Member] \| Senior notes [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Debt instrument, repurchased face amount		$ 1,416
Debt redemption, percent of principal amount of notes to be redeemed		100.00%
Debt redemption, percent of aggregate amount of notes to be redeemed		100.00%