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Equity - Additional Information (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions					1 Months Ended	11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 13, 2022 shares	Mar. 09, 2022 shares	Nov. 01, 2021 shares	Feb. 09, 2021 $ / shares shares	Feb. 09, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 21, 2023 $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 02, 2021 USD ($)
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)						117,917,349	134,715,094
Authorized amount \| $							$ 2,000				$ 1,000
Additional authorized amount \| $										$ 1,000
Repurchase and retirement of common stock (in shares)							11,700,000
Repurchase and retirement of common stock \| $							$ 1,073
Number of shares issuable upon exercise each warrant							1.12
Deemed dividend on warrants \| $					$ 0	$ 0	$ 67	$ 0
Common stock, par value (in usd per share) \| $ / shares						$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Subsequent event
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Dividends payable (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares									$ 1.29
Dividends payable, base (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares									0.55
Dividends payable, variable (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares									$ 0.74
Class A Warrants
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Warrant, exercise price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares				$ 27.63	$ 27.63		24.32
Number of warrants exchanged for common stock (in shares)	4,752,207
Warrants exchange ratio	0.8636
Class B Warrants
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Warrant, exercise price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares				32.13	32.13		28.28
Number of warrants exchanged for common stock (in shares)	7,879,030
Warrants exchange ratio	0.8224
Class C Warrants
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Warrant, exercise price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares				$ 36.18	$ 36.18		$ 31.84
Warrants reserved for future issuance (in shares)							1,489,337
Number of warrants exchanged for common stock (in shares)	7,252,004
Warrants exchange ratio	0.7890
Vine Energy Corporation (Vine)
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock issued for acquisition (in shares)			18,700,000
New Common Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Issuance of Successor common stock (in shares)				97,907,081
Common stock, reserved for future issuance (in shares)				2,092,918	2,092,918
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)						864,090	439,370
Number of shares initially exercisable for class of warrant or right (in shares)				1	1
Conversion of stock, shares issued (in shares)	16,305,984
Common stock, par value (in usd per share) \| $ / shares				$ 0.01	$ 0.01
New Common Stock \| Class A Warrants
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Warrants issued (in shares)				11,111,111
New Common Stock \| Class B Warrants
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Warrants issued (in shares)				12,345,679
New Common Stock \| Class C Warrants
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, reserved for future issuance (in shares)				3,948,893	3,948,893
Warrants issued (in shares)				9,768,527
New Common Stock \| Vine Energy Corporation (Vine)
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock issued for acquisition (in shares)			18,709,399
New Common Stock \| Marcellus
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock issued for acquisition (in shares)		9,442,185