Exploratory Costs Of Assets Divested

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The amount of exploratory well costs that have been capitalized for a period of greater than one year after the completion of drilling.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 932
-SubTopic 235
-Section 50
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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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The number of projects for which exploratory well costs have been capitalized for a period of greater than one year after the completion of drilling.

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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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CAPITALIZED EXPLORATORY WELL COSTS - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) Project	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Project	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) Project
Projects with Exploratory Well Costs Capitalized for More than One Year [Line Items]
Exploratory well costs capitalized for a period greater than one year	$ 33	$ 33	$ 190
Number of projects with exploratory well costs capitalized for a period greater than one year \| Project	2	2	4
Exploratory costs of assets divested	$ 82
North Sea
Projects with Exploratory Well Costs Capitalized for More than One Year [Line Items]
Exploratory well costs capitalized for a period greater than one year			$ 160
Number of projects with exploratory well costs capitalized for a period greater than one year \| Project			3
SURINAME
Projects with Exploratory Well Costs Capitalized for More than One Year [Line Items]
Exploratory well costs capitalized for a period greater than one year	$ 28
Total S.A
Projects with Exploratory Well Costs Capitalized for More than One Year [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners		50.00%