GENERAL INFORMATION AND OTHER FINANCIAL DATA - SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions			3 Months Ended
	Mar. 20, 2023	Jan. 11, 2022	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Other noncontrolling interests			$ 2,558		$ 2,121	[1]
Increase in equity			97	$ 6
Increase in shareholders' equity			$ 255
Port Arthur LNG
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Increase in equity	$ 237
Indirect Subsidiary Of SI Partners | Port Arthur LNG
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Cash consideration	265
Increase in shareholders' equity	18
Sale of noncontrolling interest, transaction costs	3
Sale of noncontrolling interest, tax impacts	$ 7
Port Arthur LNG | Indirect Subsidiary Of SI Partners
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Ownership interest (as a percent)	30.00%
Funding commitment	110.00%
Funding commitment, aggregate amount	$ 9,000
Guaranteed funding amount	70.00%
Port Arthur LNG | Minimum | KKR Denali
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Ownership interest (as a percent)	14.90%
Port Arthur LNG | Maximum | KKR Denali
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Ownership interest (as a percent)	31.50%
SI Partners | Sempra Infrastructure
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Ownership interest (as a percent)			30.00%		30.00%
Other noncontrolling interests			$ 2,198		$ 2,060
SI Partners | KKR Denali
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Ownership percentage, minimum indirect interest transferred	25.00%
Ownership percentage, maximum indirect interest transferred	48.65%
Cash consideration for minimum amount of interest transferred	$ 64
Cash consideration for maximum amount of interest transferred	125
Share of development costs incurred, threshold	439
Termination fee	$ 130
SI Partners subsidiaries | Sempra Infrastructure
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Other noncontrolling interests			$ 360		$ 61
SI Partners subsidiaries | Minimum | Sempra Infrastructure
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Ownership interest (as a percent)			0.10%		0.10%
SI Partners subsidiaries | Maximum | Sempra Infrastructure
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Ownership interest (as a percent)			30.00%		16.60%
Common stock
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Accelerated share repurchase program, prepaid amount		$ 200
Share repurchase program, number of shares repurchased (in shares)		1,472,756
Common stock repurchased, average price (in dollars per share)		$ 135.80

[1] Derived from audited financial statements.