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Financial Instruments - Commodity Price Risk Management (Details) - Commodity price risk - Swap contract | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019 $ / MMBTU $ / GJ GJ / d MMBTU / d
AECO Basis Swap, Jan 2020 to Mar 2020 |
Disclosure of detailed information about hedging instruments [line items] |
Natural gas energy per day | MMBTU / d | 140,000
Average price of hedging instrument | $ / MMBTU | 0.93
AECO Fixed Price Swap, Apr 2020 to Oct 2020 |
Disclosure of detailed information about hedging instruments [line items] |
Natural gas energy per day | GJ / d | 102,500
Average price of hedging instrument | $ / GJ | 1.51

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