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Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Tax of Income Before Income Taxes and Total Tax Expense (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]      
Income tax expense (benefit) at U.S. statutory rate $ (1,017)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ 1,541us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ 1,694us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State income tax, less federal benefit (27)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 29us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 6us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Taxes related to foreign operations (144)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential 200us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential 767us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential
Tax credits   6us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCredits (4)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCredits
Deferred tax on distributed foreign earnings 311apa_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesDistributedForeignEarnings 225apa_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesDistributedForeignEarnings  
Deferred tax on undistributed foreign earnings 1,654us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUndistributedForeignEarnings    
Current and deferred taxes related to currency fluctuations (56)apa_CurrentAndDeferredTaxesRelatedToCurrencyFluctuations (154)apa_CurrentAndDeferredTaxesRelatedToCurrencyFluctuations 16apa_CurrentAndDeferredTaxesRelatedToCurrencyFluctuations
Goodwill impairment 483us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseImpairmentLosses    
Change in U.K. tax rate     118apa_IncreaseInUnitedKingdomTaxRate
Net change in tax contingencies (3)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxContingencies (10)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxContingencies (115)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxContingencies
Valuation allowances 478us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 132us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 341us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
All other, net (42)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherReconcilingItems (45)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherReconcilingItems 30us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherReconcilingItems
Provision (benefit) for income taxes $ 1,637us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 1,924us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 2,853us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit