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Severance Costs, Cash Severance

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Termination Agreement, Expenses Recognized

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in right to consideration in exchange for good or service transferred to customer when right is conditioned on something other than passage of time.

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Amount of loss from reductions in inventory due to subsequent measurement adjustments, including, but not limited to, physical deterioration, obsolescence, or changes in price levels.

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The total amount of other operating cost and expense items that are associated with the entity's normal revenue producing operation.

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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 expenses for special or contractual termination benefits provided to current employees involuntarily terminated under a benefit arrangement associated exit or disposal activities pursuant to an authorized plan. Excludes expenses related to one-time termination benefits, a discontinued operation or an asset retirement obligation.

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Other Operating Expense (Income), Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2020
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Expenses recognized			$ 80
Decrease in future commitments			169
Inventory impairment			9
Other operating expense			42
Income from payment of deferred revenue			$ 51
Marcellus
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Acquisition related costs		$ 41
Vine Energy Corporation (Vine)
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Acquisition related costs	$ 59
Severance costs	36
Cash severance	15
Non-cash severance	$ 21