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Acquisitions and Divestitures - 2015 Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) $ / shares in Units, € in Millions, AUD in Millions	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 EUR (€) shares	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 AUD	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2004	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill			$ 5,402,000,000				$ 5,401,000,000
Cash received on sale of operations			102,000,000
Sale generated in last annual period prior to divestiture			4,947,000,000		$ 5,819,000,000
Proceeds from sale of company-owned life insurance contracts			234,000,000
Gain or loss recognized on sale of company-owned life insurance contracts			$ 0
Russia [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net cash payment					8,000,000
Loss from divestitures before income tax					149,000,000
Net loss, after tax and noncontrolling interest					142,000,000
Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline [Member] \| AofA [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Investment percentage in DBP to be sold			20.00%	20.00%
Amount to be received by sale of investment percentage in DBP			$ 154,000,000	AUD 205
Percenatge of access to be maintained in DBNGP transmission capacity for gas supply			30.00%	30.00%		20.00%
TITAL [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash paid for business acquisition	€ 189	$ 205,000,000
Goodwill		117,000,000			117,000,000
RTI [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill		251,000,000			251,000,000
Common stock conversion transaction value		$ 870,000,000			$ 870,000,000
Business acquisition common stock issued, price per share \| $ / shares		$ 9.96			$ 9.96
Number of shares to be issued upon conversion \| $ / shares		$ 2.8315			$ 2.8315
Number of common stock shares issued in a part of acquisition \| shares	87,397,414	87,397,414
Sale generated in last annual period prior to divestiture			$ 16,000,000