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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Field Life Cover Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Interest Cover Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Loan Life Cover Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Net Leverage Ratio

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Represents interval period after the first day of the interest period at which the interest is to be paid , if the interest period is longer than six months.

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The commitment fees, expressed as a percentage of the then-applicable respective margin, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Additional commitments under the line of credit facility if one or more of the existing banks or new banks agree to provide such increased commitment amount.

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Line Of Credit Facility, Reduction To Maximum Borrowing Capacity

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The commitment fees, expressed as a percentage of the then-applicable respective margin, for unavailable credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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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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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Period remaining on line of credit facility before it terminates, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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Debt - Facility (Details)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Debt - Facility (Details)	Apr. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020	Apr. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2018 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Restricted cash		$ 195,000	$ 195,000					$ 4,302,000		$ 4,527,000
Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 1,600,000,000					$ 1,500,000,000	$ 1,600,000,000		$ 1,700,000,000		$ 1,600,000,000	$ 1,500,000,000
Additional commitments										$ 100,000,000	$ 100,000,000	$ 500,000,000
Commitment reduction	$ 100,000,000.0
Available borrowing base				$ 1,320,000,000
Repayments of Debt		$ 250,000,000
Net leverage ratio		2.50	2.50
Field life cover ratio					1.30
Loan life cover ratio					1.10
Interest cover ratio					2.25
Facility Interest Or Senior Notes Plus The Corporate Revolver
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interval period for payment of interest			6 months
Revolving Credit Facility \| Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interval period for payment of interest			6 months
Amount outstanding		$ 1,200,000,000	$ 1,200,000,000
Undrawn availability		120,000,000.0	$ 120,000,000.0
Commitment fee percentage of the then-applicable margin when commitment is available for utilization			30.00%
Commitment fee percentage of the then-applicable margin when commitment is not available for utilization			20.00%
Availability period of revolving-credit			1 month
Amount outstanding under letters of credit		$ 0	$ 0
Revolving Credit Facility \| Facility \| Stated Period
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt cover ratio			4.75
Revolving Credit Facility \| Facility \| Normal Period
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt cover ratio			3.5
Revolving Credit Facility \| Facility \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin			3.25%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Facility \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin			4.50%