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Supplemental Natural Gas Disclosures - Summary of Estimated Quantities of Proved Natural Gas Reserves (Detail) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015 MMcf
Reserve Quantities [Line Items] |
Revisions of previous estimates | 25,812
Proved Developed Reserves Natural Gas [Member] |
Reserve Quantities [Line Items] |
Year-end 2014 | 27,000
Revisions of previous estimates | 1,549
Production | (3,742)
Year-end 2015 | 24,807
Proved Undeveloped Reserves Natural Gas [Member] |
Reserve Quantities [Line Items] |
Year-end 2014 | 32,193
Revisions of previous estimates | (24,097)
Year-end 2015 | 8,096

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- Definition The net quantity of proved reserves as of the balance sheet date. Proved oil reserves are the estimated quantities of crude oil and natural gas liquids which geological and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be recoverable. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 932 -SubTopic 235 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51678428&loc=d3e61831-109447 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 932 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-10.(a)(2)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=50486907&loc=d3e511914-122862 + Details
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- Definition Revisions represent changes in previous estimates of proved reserves, either upward or downward, resulting from new information (except for an increase in proved acreage) normally obtained from development drilling and production history or resulting from change in economic factors. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 932 -SubTopic 235 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51678428&loc=d3e61831-109447 + Details
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