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Maximum Amount Recoverable By Trust Under Lien

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Number Of Gross Acres

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Number of Crews

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Percentage Of Proceeds From Royalty Interest Conveyed To Trust

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Percent of Total

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

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The number of productive developmental wells drilled in the geographic area. A productive well is a well that is not a dry well. The number of wells drilled refers to the number of wells (holes) completed at any time during the fiscal years, regardless when drilling was initiated.

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Term of the lessee's leasing 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 required minimum rental payments for leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable letter-terms in excess of one year.

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The total number of producing oil wells and oil wells capable of production, in which the entity owns an undivided working interest.

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Commitments - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Commitments - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	Nov. 30, 2011 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) a well Crew
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Gathering Fee Escalation Rate		15.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Productive Oil Wells, Number of Wells, Gross \| well		69
Development Wells Drilled, Net Productive \| well		106
Number Of Gross Acres \| a		45,400
Number Of Net Acres \| a		29,000
Maximum Amount Recoverable By Trust Under Lien \| $	$ 263	$ 27
Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust [Member] \| Wells, Initial Number of Wells [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Development Wells Drilled, Net Productive \| well		118
Minimum [Member] \| Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Percentage Of Proceeds From Royalty Interest Conveyed To Trust		50.00%
Maximum [Member] \| Noncontrolling Interest, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Percentage Of Proceeds From Royalty Interest Conveyed To Trust		90.00%
Drilling Rig Leases [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Contractual Obligation \| $		$ 218
Drilling Rig Leases [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Lease Term		3 months
Drilling Rig Leases [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Lease Term		3 years
Pressure Pumping Leases [Member] \| Seven Seven Energy Inc. [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Percent of Total		50.00%
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due \| $		$ 161
Pressure Pumping Leases [Member] \| Seven Seven Energy Inc. [Member] \| Pressure Pumping Crew Agreement Through June 30, 2016 [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Number of Crews \| Crew		5
Pressure Pumping Leases [Member] \| Seven Seven Energy Inc. [Member] \| Pressure Pumping Crew Agreement Through June 30, 2017 [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Number of Crews \| Crew		3