Adjustment to Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax

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Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Asset Retirement Obligations, Average Credit-Adjusted Risk-Free Rate

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Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Asset Retirement Obligations, Inflation Factor

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Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Long-term Debt, Fair Value Adjustments

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Income Tax Effects On Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

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Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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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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Fresh Start Accounting - Fresh Start Adjustments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 09, 2021	Feb. 09, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Reorganization, Chapter 11 [Line Items]
Inflation factor	2.00%	2.00%
Average credit-adjusted risk-free rate	5.18%	5.18%
Income tax effects on accumulated other comprehensive income	$ 57	$ 57
Income tax benefit	57	57	$ 49	$ (698)	$ 1,285
Reorganization, Chapter 11, Fresh-Start Adjustment
Reorganization, Chapter 11 [Line Items]
Income tax effects on accumulated other comprehensive income	57	57
Accumulated other comprehensive income	9	9
Senior notes
Reorganization, Chapter 11 [Line Items]
Debt, fair value adjustments	22	22
Senior notes
Reorganization, Chapter 11 [Line Items]
Debt, fair value adjustments	$ 30	$ 30