CAPITALIZED EXPLORATORY WELL COSTS (Details) - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Extractive Industries [Abstract]
Capitalized exploratory well costs	$ 389,000,000	$ 350,000,000
Capitalized exploratory well costs that have been capitalized for period greater than one year		$ 0

The amount of capitalized exploratory well costs that is pending the determination of proved reserves. This does not include amounts that were capitalized and subsequently expensed in the same annual period.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 932
-SubTopic 235
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1B
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68064819&loc=SL6806780-109447

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