INCOME TAXES (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Income before income taxes and equity in affiliated companies' net earnings [Abstract]
United States	$ 2,112,000,000	$ 1,307,000,000	$ 98,000,000
Foreign	6,706,000,000	7,205,000,000	5,718,000,000
Income before income taxes and equity in affiliated companies' net earnings	8,818,000,000	8,512,000,000	5,816,000,000
Current income taxes: [Abstract]
Federal	394,000,000	207,000,000	19,000,000
State	21,000,000	27,000,000	7,000,000
Foreign	1,948,000,000	2,500,000,000	2,172,000,000
Total current	2,363,000,000	2,734,000,000	2,198,000,000
Deferred income taxes (benefits): [Abstract]
Federal	82,000,000	20,000,000	(70,000,000)
State	(19,000,000)	(10,000,000)	79,000,000
Foreign	661,000,000	239,000,000	100,000,000
Total deferred	724,000,000	249,000,000	109,000,000
Provision for income taxes	3,087,000,000	2,983,000,000	2,307,000,000
Income tax expense (benefit), reconciliation [Abstract]
U.S. federal statutory tax rate	3,086,000,000	2,979,000,000	2,036,000,000
Foreign tax credit limitation	163,000,000	93,000,000	112,000,000
Percentage depletion	(283,000,000)	(263,000,000)	(168,000,000)
Withholding taxes	170,000,000	174,000,000	228,000,000
Valuation allowance on minimum tax credits	(47,000,000)	18,000,000	104,000,000
State income taxes	0	17,000,000	(2,000,000)
Other items, net	(2,000,000)	(35,000,000)	(3,000,000)
Provision for income taxes	3,087,000,000	2,983,000,000	2,307,000,000
Effective income tax rate, reconciliation [Abstract]
U.S. federal statutory tax rate (in hundredths)	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
Foreign tax credit limitation (in hundredths)	2.00%	1.00%	2.00%
Percentage depletion (in hundredths)	(3.00%)	(3.00%)	(3.00%)
Withholding taxes (in hundredths)	2.00%	2.00%	4.00%
Valuation allowance on minimum tax credits (in hundredths)	(1.00%)	0.00%	2.00%
State income taxes (in hundredths)	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Other items, net (in hundredths)	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Provision for income taxes (in hundredths)	35.00%	35.00%	40.00%
Total income taxes paid to all jurisdictions	3,400,000,000	2,600,000,000	1,600,000,000
Tax refunds received from all jurisdictions	15,000,000	26,000,000	193,000,000
Deferred tax assets: [Abstract]
Foreign tax credits	2,011,000,000	1,837,000,000
Net operating loss carryforwards	356,000,000	442,000,000
Minimum tax credits	406,000,000	413,000,000
Accrued expenses	962,000,000	931,000,000
Employee benefit plans	245,000,000	215,000,000
Inventory	161,000,000	164,000,000
Other	276,000,000	224,000,000
Deferred tax assets	4,417,000,000	4,226,000,000
Valuation allowances	(2,393,000,000)	(2,226,000,000)
Net deferred tax assets	2,024,000,000	2,000,000,000
Deferred tax liabilities: [Abstract]
Property, plant, equipment and development costs	(4,227,000,000)	(3,874,000,000)
Undistributed earnings	(1,010,000,000)	(917,000,000)
Other	(72,000,000)	(28,000,000)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(5,309,000,000)	(4,819,000,000)
Net deferred tax liabilities	(3,285,000,000)	(2,819,000,000)
Amount of valuation allowance, that if recognized, would be recorded directly to other comprehensive	80,000,000	59,000,000
Valuation allowance on deferred tax asset increase (decrease) during period	$ 167,000,000