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Supplemental Oil And Gas Disclosures (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Supplemental Oil And Gas Disclosures [Abstract]
Asset retirement costs	$ 11.4	$ 6.3

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The amount of asset retirement costs previously incurred and capitalized separately from the capitalized amount of the associated long-lived assets.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 19

-Paragraph 59M

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 932

-SubTopic 235

-Section 50

-Paragraph 13

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6821537&loc=d3e61901-109447

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