Indebtedness - Guarantees and Debt Covenants and Maturity - Additional Information (Detail) - Bank Credit Facility	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, Covenant compliance	Our bank credit facility contains negative covenants that limit our ability, among other things, to pay cash dividends, incur additional indebtedness, sell assets, enter into certain hedging contracts, change the nature of our business or operations, merge, consolidate, or make certain investments. In addition, we are required to maintain a ratio of EBITDAX (as defined in the credit agreement) to cash interest expense of equal to or greater than 2.5 and a current ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) of no less than 1.0. In addition, the ratio of the present value of proved reserves (as defined in the credit agreement) to total debt must be equal to or greater than 1.5 until Range has two investment grade ratings. We were in compliance with applicable covenants under the bank credit facility at December 31, 2016.
Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Ratio of debt to EBITDAX	250.00%
Present value of proved reserves to total debt	150.00%
Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Current ratio	100.00%