Derivative Financial Instruments - Summary of Proprietary Trading Activities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative Instruments Not Designated as Hedging Instruments, Gain (Loss), Net	$ (6)	$ (11)
Operating Revenue [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative Instruments Not Designated as Hedging Instruments, Gain (Loss), Net			$ (5)	$ (18)
Operating Revenue [Member] \| Principal or Proprietary Transactions [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Proprietary Trading Activities Change In Fair Value	3	1	7	0
Proprietary Trading Activities Reclassification To Realized At Settlement	(3)	0	(9)	1
Derivative Instruments Not Designated as Hedging Instruments, Gain (Loss), Net	0	1	(2)	1
Commodity Contract [Member] \| Operating Revenue [Member] \| Principal or Proprietary Transactions [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Proprietary Trading Activities Change In Fair Value	(4)	(2)	5	(2)
Proprietary Trading Activities Reclassification To Realized At Settlement	(2)	(10)	(8)	(17)
Derivative Instruments Not Designated as Hedging Instruments, Gain (Loss), Net	$ (6)	$ (12)	$ (3)	$ (19)

Represents the pre-tax mark-to-market gains or losses of certain purchase and sale contracts due to the change in fair value of the derivative contracts held at the reporting date. These contracts are entered into purely to profit from market prices changes as opposed to hedging an exposure.

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Represents the pre-tax mark-to-market gains or losses of certain purchase and sale contracts due to the recognized change in fair value that was reclassified to realized due to settlement of the derivative during the period. These contracts are entered into purely to profit from market prices changes as opposed to hedging an exposure.

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Amount of realized and unrealized gain (loss) of derivative instruments not designated or qualifying as hedging instruments.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 815

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4C

-Subparagraph (e)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56946850&loc=SL5624171-113959

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