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Debt and Credit Agreements (Details 2) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Jul. 31, 2001 Investor Tranche | Jul. 31, 2008 Tranche Investor | Dec. 31, 2008 Investor | Dec. 31, 2010 Investor Tranche | Sep. 30, 2014 Tranche Investor
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repayments of debt | $ 1,427,000,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt | $ 895,000,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt | $ 263,000,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt |  |  |  |  |
7.33% weighted-average fixed rate notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset coverage ratio, minimum | 1.75 cog_DebtInstrumentCovenantAssetCoverageRatioMinimum / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SevenPointThreeThreePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of trailing quarters used to calculate annual coverage ratio | 12 months |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Annual coverage ratio, minimum | 2.8 cog_DebtInstrumentCovenantAnnualCoverageRatioMinimum / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SevenPointThreeThreePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent) | 7.33%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SevenPointThreeThreePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember | 7.33%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SevenPointThreeThreePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal |  |  |  | 170,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SevenPointThreeThreePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember |  |  |  |
Number of institutional investors that purchased debt in a private placement offering |  |  |  | 7 cog_DebtInstrumentNumberOfInstitutionalInvestors / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SevenPointThreeThreePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember |  |  |  |
Number of tranches |  |  |  | 3 cog_LongTermDebtNumberOfTranches / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SevenPointThreeThreePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember |  |  |  |
Repayments of debt | 150,000,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SevenPointThreeThreePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
7.33% weighted-average fixed rate notes | 7.33% Weighted-Average Fixed Rate Notes Tranche 1 due July 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal |  |  |  | 75,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SevenPointThreeThreePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_TrancheOneSevenPointThreeThreePercentageMember |  |  |  |
Term |  |  |  | 10 years |  |  |  |
Coupon (as a percent) |  |  |  | 7.26%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SevenPointThreeThreePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_TrancheOneSevenPointThreeThreePercentageMember |  |  |  |
7.33% weighted-average fixed rate notes | 7.33% Weighted-Average Fixed Rate Notes Tranche 2 due July 2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal |  |  |  | 75,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SevenPointThreeThreePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_TrancheTwoSevenPointThreeThreePercentageMember |  |  |  |
Term |  |  |  | 12 years |  |  |  |
Coupon (as a percent) |  |  |  | 7.36%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SevenPointThreeThreePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_TrancheTwoSevenPointThreeThreePercentageMember |  |  |  |
7.33% weighted-average fixed rate notes | 7.33% Weighted-Average Fixed Rate Notes Tranche 3 due July 2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal |  |  |  | 20,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SevenPointThreeThreePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_TrancheThreeSevenPointThreeThreePercentageMember |  |  |  |
Term |  |  |  | 15 years |  |  |  |
Coupon (as a percent) |  |  |  | 7.46%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SevenPointThreeThreePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_TrancheThreeSevenPointThreeThreePercentageMember |  |  |  |
6.51% weighted-average fixed rate notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent) | 6.51%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SixPointFiveOnePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember | 6.51%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SixPointFiveOnePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal |  |  |  |  | 425,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SixPointFiveOnePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember |  |  |
Number of institutional investors that purchased debt in a private placement offering |  |  |  |  | 41 cog_DebtInstrumentNumberOfInstitutionalInvestors / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SixPointFiveOnePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember |  |  |
Number of tranches |  |  |  |  | 3 cog_LongTermDebtNumberOfTranches / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SixPointFiveOnePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember |  |  |
6.51% weighted-average fixed rate notes | 6.51% Weighted-Average Fixed Rate Notes Tranche 1 due July 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal |  |  |  |  | 245,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SixPointFiveOnePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_TrancheOneSixPointFiveOnePercentageMember |  |  |
Term |  |  |  |  | 10 years |  |  |
Coupon (as a percent) |  |  |  |  | 6.44%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SixPointFiveOnePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_TrancheOneSixPointFiveOnePercentageMember |  |  |
6.51% weighted-average fixed rate notes | 6.51% Weighted-Average Fixed Rate Notes Tranche 2 due July 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal |  |  |  |  | 100,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SixPointFiveOnePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_TrancheTwoSixPointFiveOnePercentageMember |  |  |
Term |  |  |  |  | 12 years |  |  |
Coupon (as a percent) |  |  |  |  | 6.54%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SixPointFiveOnePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_TrancheTwoSixPointFiveOnePercentageMember |  |  |
6.51% weighted-average fixed rate notes | 6.51% Weighted-Average Fixed Rate Notes Tranche 3 due July 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal |  |  |  |  | 80,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SixPointFiveOnePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_TrancheThreeSixPointFiveOnePercentageMember |  |  |
Term |  |  |  |  | 15 years |  |  |
Coupon (as a percent) |  |  |  |  | 6.69%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_SixPointFiveOnePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_TrancheThreeSixPointFiveOnePercentageMember |  |  |
9.78% fixed rate notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal |  |  |  |  |  | 67,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_NinePointSevenEightPercentageNotesMember |  |
Number of institutional investors that purchased debt in a private placement offering |  |  |  |  |  | 4 cog_DebtInstrumentNumberOfInstitutionalInvestors / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_NinePointSevenEightPercentageNotesMember |  |
Term |  |  |  |  |  | 10 years |  |
Coupon (as a percent) | 9.78%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_NinePointSevenEightPercentageNotesMember | 9.78%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_NinePointSevenEightPercentageNotesMember |  |  |  | 9.78%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_NinePointSevenEightPercentageNotesMember |  |
5.58% weighted-average fixed rate notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent) | 5.58%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_FivePointFiveEightPercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember | 5.58%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_FivePointFiveEightPercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal |  |  |  |  |  |  | 175,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_FivePointFiveEightPercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember |
Number of institutional investors that purchased debt in a private placement offering |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8 cog_DebtInstrumentNumberOfInstitutionalInvestors / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_FivePointFiveEightPercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember |
Number of tranches |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 cog_LongTermDebtNumberOfTranches / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_FivePointFiveEightPercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember |
5.58% weighted-average fixed rate notes | 5.58% Weighted-Average Fixed Rate Notes Tranche 1 due January 2021 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal |  |  |  |  |  |  | 88,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_FivePointFiveEightPercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_TrancheOneFivePointFiveEightPercentageMember |
Term |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10 years |
Coupon (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5.42%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_FivePointFiveEightPercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_TrancheOneFivePointFiveEightPercentageMember |
5.58% weighted-average fixed rate notes | 5.58% Weighted-Average Fixed Rate Notes Tranche 2 due January 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal |  |  |  |  |  |  | 25,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_FivePointFiveEightPercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_TrancheTwoFivePointFiveEightPercentageMember |
Term |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 years |
Coupon (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5.59%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_FivePointFiveEightPercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_TrancheTwoFivePointFiveEightPercentageMember |
5.58% weighted-average fixed rate notes | 5.58% Weighted-Average Fixed Rate Notes Tranche 3 due January 2026 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal |  |  |  |  |  |  | 62,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_FivePointFiveEightPercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_TrancheThreeFivePointFiveEightPercentageMember |
Term |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15 years |
Coupon (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5.80%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_FivePointFiveEightPercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_TrancheThreeFivePointFiveEightPercentageMember |
Revolving credit facility |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset coverage ratio, minimum | 1.75 cog_DebtInstrumentCovenantAssetCoverageRatioMinimum / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of trailing quarters used to calculate annual coverage ratio | 12 months |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Annual coverage ratio, minimum | 2.8 cog_DebtInstrumentCovenantAnnualCoverageRatioMinimum / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent) | 2.40%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember | 2.00%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Notes | 3.65% weighted-average fixed rate notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.65%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_ThreePointSixFivePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember
Principal |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 925,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_ThreePointSixFivePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember
Number of institutional investors that purchased debt in a private placement offering |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 24 cog_DebtInstrumentNumberOfInstitutionalInvestors / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_ThreePointSixFivePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember
Number of tranches |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 cog_LongTermDebtNumberOfTranches / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_ThreePointSixFivePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember
Debt issuance costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,600,000 us-gaap_DebtIssuanceCosts / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_ThreePointSixFivePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember
Senior Notes | 3.65% weighted-average fixed rate notes | 3.65% Weighted-Average Fixed Rate Notes Tranche 1 due September 2021 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_ThreePointSixFivePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_SeniorNotesTranche1DueSeptember2021Member / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember
Term |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 years
Coupon (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.24%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_ThreePointSixFivePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_SeniorNotesTranche1DueSeptember2021Member / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember
Senior Notes | 3.65% weighted-average fixed rate notes | 3.65% Weighted-Average Fixed Rate Notes Tranche 2 due September 2024 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 575,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_ThreePointSixFivePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_SeniorNotesTranche2DueSeptember2024Member / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember
Term |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10 years
Coupon (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.67%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_ThreePointSixFivePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_SeniorNotesTranche2DueSeptember2024Member / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember
Senior Notes | 3.65% weighted-average fixed rate notes | 3.65% Weighted-Average Fixed Rate Notes Tranche 3 due September 2026 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 250,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_ThreePointSixFivePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_SeniorNotesTranche3DueSeptember2026Member / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember
Term |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 years
Coupon (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.77%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cog_ThreePointSixFivePercentageWeightedAverageFixedRateNotesMember / cog_DebtInstrumentTranchesAxis = cog_SeniorNotesTranche3DueSeptember2026Member / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember

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