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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 cost for defined contribution plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 70
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49170846&loc=d3e28014-114942

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

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

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Employee Benefit Plans (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended		11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		20 Months Ended
Employee Benefit Plans (Details) - USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2021	Feb. 09, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2022
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Discretionary contribution, percent of adjusted free cash flow				1.00%
Maximum
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Employer contribution amount				$ 15,000
Chesapeake energy corporation savings and incentive stock bonus plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Employer contribution amount		$ 2,000,000	$ 8,000,000	$ 22,000,000	$ 24,000,000
Chesapeake energy corporation savings and incentive stock bonus plan \| Maximum
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Employer matching contribution	15.00%			6.00%		6.00%