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Revenue (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Revenue (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) Division Customers	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 Customers
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
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Revenue	$ 5,677	$ 4,284
Revenue, Performance Obligation, Description of Timing	one year
NumberOfCustomersExceedReceivablesThreshold \| Customers	0		0
North America [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 2,765	1,925
Latin America [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	915	653
Europe/Africa/CIS [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	662	677
Middle East/Asia [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	1,335	1,029
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Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
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Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 2,268	$ 1,931
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Revenue, Performance Obligation, Description of Payment Terms	20
Maximum [Member]
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Revenue, Performance Obligation, Description of Payment Terms	60
Revenue Benchmark [Member] \| UNITED STATES \| Geographic Concentration Risk [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	47.00%	43.00%
Accounts Receivable [Member] \| UNITED STATES \| Geographic Concentration Risk [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	36.00%		38.00%
Accounts Receivable [Member] \| MEXICO \| Geographic Concentration Risk [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	13.00%		11.00%
Accounts Receivable [Member] \| MEXICO \| Customer Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	11.00%		9.00%