Contingencies and Commitments (Details) - Gathering, Processing and Transportation Agreement $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Other Commitments [Line Items]
2024	$ 284
2025	255
2026	235
2027	208
2028	194
2029-2036	956
Total	$ 2,132

Amount of contractual obligation, including, but not limited to, long-term debt, lease obligation, purchase obligation, and other commitments.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
-Paragraph 3
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147480678/235-10-S99-3

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Amount of contractual obligation to be paid in second fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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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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