Equity Incentive Compensation Plans	6 Months Ended
Equity Incentive Compensation Plans	Jun. 30, 2014
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
Equity Incentive Compensation Plans	Equity Incentive Compensation Plans The successor Company does not have any equity incentive compensation (“EIC”) plans under which it grants stock awards and, therefore, recognized no direct stock compensation expense for the six months ended June 30, 2014. Prior to the LINN Energy transaction, the Company granted equity awards to its employees under its EIC plans. The total compensation expense recognized by the predecessor Company in the condensed statements of operations for grants under the Company’s EIC plans was approximately $3 million and $6 million for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2013, respectively. In connection with the LINN Energy transaction, effective December 16, 2013, the predecessor Company’s equity awards were exchanged for LinnCo common shares or LINN Energy equity awards.

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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