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Acquisitions and Divestitures Acquisitions and Divestitures (Components of Discontinued Operations) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]    
Oil and gas $ 517us-gaap_OilAndGasRevenue $ 890us-gaap_OilAndGasRevenue
Interest and other 6us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncome 5us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncome
Gain on disposition of assets, net (1)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment (6)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment
Oil and gas production 180us-gaap_OilAndGasProductionExpense 158us-gaap_OilAndGasProductionExpense
Production and ad valorem taxes 39us-gaap_TaxesExcludingIncomeAndExciseTaxes 55us-gaap_TaxesExcludingIncomeAndExciseTaxes
Depletion, depreciation and amortization 310us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization 217us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
Impairment of oil and gas properties 138us-gaap_ImpairmentOfOilAndGasProperties 0us-gaap_ImpairmentOfOilAndGasProperties
Exploration and abandonment 25us-gaap_ExplorationAbandonmentAndImpairmentExpense 31us-gaap_ExplorationAbandonmentAndImpairmentExpense
General and administrative 82us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 81us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Asset Retirement Obligation, Accretion Expense 3us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationAccretionExpense 3us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationAccretionExpense
Other Nonoperating Expense 48us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingExpense 15us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingExpense
Costs and Expenses 979us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 748us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
Current tax provision 0us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (12)us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Deferred tax benefit 37us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (39)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax (4)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax (22)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax
Discontinued Operations [Member]    
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]    
Total Revenues And Other Income From Discontinued Operations 0pxd_TotalRevenuesAndOtherIncomeFromDiscontinuedOperations
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= us-gaap_SegmentDiscontinuedOperationsMember
118pxd_TotalRevenuesAndOtherIncomeFromDiscontinuedOperations
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Costs and Expenses 6us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
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152us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
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Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes (6)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax
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= us-gaap_SegmentDiscontinuedOperationsMember
(34)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax
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= us-gaap_SegmentDiscontinuedOperationsMember
Deferred tax benefit 2us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
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12us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
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Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax $ (4)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax
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$ (22)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax
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