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Equity Method Investment, Increase From Contribution From Noncontrolling Interest

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Equity Method Investment, Number Of Installments

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Equity Method Investment, Number Of Installments, Portion Subject To Certain Milestones

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Equity Method Investments, Amount of Capacity

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Equity Method Investments, Initial Investment Amount

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=114001798&loc=d3e33918-111571

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS - Narrative (Details) - Carbon TerraVault JV MT in Millions, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
	Aug. 03, 2022 USD ($) installment MT	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Interest in joint venture	51.00%
Contribution from noncontrolling interest			$ 12
Brookfield
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Interest in joint venture	49.00%
Committed amount	$ 500
Initial investment	$ 137
Number of installments \| installment	3
Number of installments subject to certain milestones \| installment	2
Contribution from noncontrolling interest			46
Metric tons of carbon per annum \| MT	5
Brookfield \| Calls
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Contribution from noncontrolling interest		$ 2	$ 2