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Minimum period the individual is required to perform services to be fully vested under the deferred compensation arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of discretionary contributions made by an employer to a defined contribution plan.

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Percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution to a defined contribution plan.

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Percentage employer matches of the employee's percentage contribution matched.

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Maximum percentage of employee gross pay the employee may contribute to a defined contribution plan.

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Amount of expense for salary and wage arising from service rendered by nonofficer and officer employees. Excludes allocated cost, labor-related nonsalary expense, and direct and overhead labor cost included in cost of good and service sold.

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Employee Benefit Plans - Narrative (Details)	12 Months Ended
Employee Benefit Plans - Narrative (Details)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) age	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Annual contributions per employee, maximum	75.00%
Performance bonus [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Annual contributions per employee, maximum	100.00%
Chesapeake Energy Corporation Savings and Incentive Stock Bonus Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Employer matching contribution	15.00%
Employer contribution amount	$ 31,000,000	$ 35,000,000	$ 39,000,000
Nonqualified deferred compensation plan (DC Plan) [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Employer matching contribution	15.00%
Employer contribution amount	$ 7,000,000	$ 8,000,000	$ 9,000,000
Base salary threshold to participate in plan	$ 150,000
Employer matching, percent of employees gross pay	100.00%
Age threshold to elect for matching contributions \| age	55
Vesting period based on years of service	5 years