Asset Retirement Obligations (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Asset Retirement Obligations [Line Items]
Liabilities settled and divested	$ (310)	$ (48)
Upstream U.S. Assets [Member]
Asset Retirement Obligations [Line Items]
Liabilities settled and divested	$ (285)

Amount of asset retirement obligations settled, or otherwise disposed of, during the period. This may include asset retirement obligations transferred to third parties associated with the sale of a long-lived asset.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 410
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6392692&loc=d3e7535-110849

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