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Idemnifications [Abstract]

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Payments made under long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments including throughput and take or pay agreements.

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Sites with potential remediation activities.

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Total costs accrued as of the balance sheet date for environmental loss contingencies.

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Recorded amount of the accrual for a material component of an environmental loss contingency.

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The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

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Amount of investment in equity method investee and investment in and advance to affiliate.

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Amount of recorded unconditional purchase obligation maturing after fifth fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Other Contingencies and Commitments (Details)	12 Months Ended
Other Contingencies and Commitments (Details)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) guaranty Location	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2009 USD ($)
Guarantees
Number of guarantees \| guaranty	1
Guarantee for payments under terminal use agreements	$ 215,000,000
Idemnifications
Indemnifications acquirer environmental liabilities, maximum obligation				$ 200,000,000
Long-Term Unconditional Purchase Obligations and Commitments, Including Throughput and Take-or-Pay Agreements
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements in 2022	1,049,000,000
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements in 2023	1,106,000,000
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements in 2024	1,119,000,000
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements in 2025	1,193,000,000
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements in 2026	1,223,000,000
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements after 2026	7,626,000,000
Total payments under long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments including throughput and Take-or-Pay agreements	861,000,000	$ 514,000,000	$ 836,000,000
Environmental
Environmental reserve balance	$ 960,000,000
Sites with potential remediation activities (in sites) \| Location	145
Investments in equity affiliates	$ 40,696,000,000	$ 39,052,000,000
Upstream
Environmental
Environmental reserve	214,000,000
United States \| Downstream
Environmental
Environmental reserve	466,000,000
International \| Downstream
Environmental
Environmental reserve	$ 50,000,000
Affiliates
Guarantees
Term of guarantee for payments under terminal use agreement (in years)	6 years
Other Obligations
Long-Term Unconditional Purchase Obligations and Commitments, Including Throughput and Take-or-Pay Agreements
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements in 2022	$ 57,000,000
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements in 2023	257,000,000
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements in 2024	242,000,000
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements in 2025	252,000,000
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements in 2026	200,000,000
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements after 2026	282,000,000
Sites with Potential Remediation Activities
Environmental
Environmental reserve	230,000,000
Environmental Reserve Less Environmental Reserve for Sites with Potential Remediation Activities
Environmental
Environmental reserve	$ 730,000,000