Incentive Plans - Assumptions used in Valuation Performance Awards Granted (Details) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions and Methodology [Abstract]
Expected life	1 year
Performance Based Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Fair value per share at grant date (in USD per share)	$ 16.03	$ 21.51	$ 28.09
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions and Methodology [Abstract]
Expected volatility	74.00%	39.00%	46.00%
Risk free interest rate	0.18%	1.40%	2.50%
Stock beta	1.169	0.864	1.037
Expected life	3 years	3 years	3 years
Time Lapse Restricted Stock \| Employee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Fair value per share at grant date (in USD per share)		$ 22.59	$ 21.68
Time Lapse Restricted Stock \| Non-employee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Fair value per share at grant date (in USD per share)	$ 12.30	$ 21.68	$ 28.16
Time Lapse Restricted Stock \| Minimum \| Employee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Fair value per share at grant date (in USD per share)	13.14
Time Lapse Restricted Stock \| Maximum \| Employee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Fair value per share at grant date (in USD per share)	$ 23.58

Murphy Oil Stock Risk as compared to the Overall Stock Market Risk.

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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Expected term of award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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