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Amount of direct costs of the business combination including legal, accounting, and other costs incurred to consummate the business acquisition.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Reflects the estimated amount of loss from the specified contingency as of the balance sheet date.

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Subsequent Events (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 15, 2021 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares	Jan. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 MBbl_per_day	Mar. 31, 2021 mBOEPD	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares Rate	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares	Jan. 12, 2021 USD ($) shares	Dec. 30, 2020
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends declared (usd per share) \| $ / shares						$ 2.20	$ 1.20	$ 0.32
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity						$ 1,500
Payments of Debt Issuance Costs						$ 36	$ 0	$ 4
5.250% Senior Notes due 2025 \| Senior notes
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Senior Notes, interest rate, percentage										5.25%
5.375% Senior Notes due 2025 \| Senior notes
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Senior Notes, interest rate, percentage										5.375%
5.625% Senior Notes due 2027 \| Senior notes
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Senior Notes, interest rate, percentage										5.625%
4.125% Senior Notes due 2028 \| Senior notes
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Senior Notes, interest rate, percentage										4.125%
5.875% Senior Notes due 2026 \| Senior notes
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Senior Notes, interest rate, percentage										5.875%
3.45% senior notes due 2021
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Senior Notes, interest rate, percentage \| Rate						3.45%
3.45% senior notes due 2021 \| Senior notes
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Senior Notes, interest rate, percentage \| Rate						3.45%
Subsequent event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends declared (usd per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.56
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity									$ 2,000
Expected Production Loss				30,000,000	55,000,000
Subsequent event \| Senior notes
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Payments of Debt Issuance Costs			$ 18
Proceeds from Debt, Net of Issuance Costs			2,500
Repayments of Senior Debt			1,600
Repayments of Debt			$ 852
Subsequent event \| 0.750% Senior Notes Maturing 2024 \| Senior notes
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Senior Notes, interest rate, percentage			0.75%
Debt Instrument, Face Amount			$ 750
Subsequent event \| 1.125% Senior Notes Maturing 2026 \| Senior notes
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Senior Notes, interest rate, percentage			1.125%
Debt Instrument, Face Amount			$ 750
Subsequent event \| 2.150% Senior Notes Maturing 2031 \| Senior notes
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Senior Notes, interest rate, percentage			2.15%
Debt Instrument, Face Amount			$ 1,000
Subsequent event \| 3.45% senior notes due 2021 \| Senior notes
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Repayments of Senior Debt	$ 140
Subsequent event \| Parsley Energy, Inc.
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of shares called by each right \| shares									0.1252
Number of share issued from rights \| shares									52,000,000
Acquisition related costs									$ 10
Minimum \| Subsequent event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Monetary sanctions		$ 75
Maximum \| Subsequent event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Monetary sanctions		$ 85