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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - DERIVATIVE POSITIONS (Details) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) MMBTU day t	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) MMBTU day t	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Interest rate | Long | Swaps
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	$ 1,570	$ 710
Interest rate | Long | Futures
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	13	2
Interest rate | Long | Forward Rate Agreements
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	487	3,513
Interest rate | Short | Swaps
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	729	1,963
Interest rate | Short | Futures
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	0	0
Interest rate | Short | Forward Rate Agreements
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	292	0
Foreign exchange | Long | Swaps
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	607	1,082
Foreign exchange | Long | Futures
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	0	0
Foreign exchange | Long | Forwards
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	13,721	9,649
Foreign exchange | Long | Options
Derivative
Delta	909	342
Foreign exchange | Short | Swaps
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	217	342
Foreign exchange | Short | Futures
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	25	70
Foreign exchange | Short | Forwards
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	13,288	10,204
Foreign exchange | Short | Options
Derivative
Delta	$ 797	$ 698
Commodities | Long | Swaps
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	655,487	1,451,966
Commodities | Long | Futures
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	0	765,000
Commodities | Long | Forwards
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	34,658,009	24,072,031
Commodities | Long | Options
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	1,999,710	0
Commodities | Short | Swaps
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	10,106,039	3,621,709
Commodities | Short | Futures
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	412,498	0
Commodities | Short | Forwards
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	34,780,413	31,421,931
Commodities | Short | Options
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	27,200	300,894
Freight | Long | Forwards
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | day	0	1,661
Freight | Long | Options
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | day	1,006	212
Freight | Short | Forwards
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | day	5,670	0
Freight | Short | Options
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | day	0	0
Natural gas | Long | Swaps
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | MMBTU	2,581,947	673,649
Natural gas | Long | Futures
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | MMBTU	709,540	4,525,431
Natural gas | Short | Swaps
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | MMBTU	0	0
Natural gas | Short | Futures
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | MMBTU	0	0
Energy - other | Long | Swaps
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	262,400	249,400
Energy - other | Long | Futures
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	0	16,086
Energy - other | Long | Forwards
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	5,536,524	6,048,869
Energy - other | Short | Swaps
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	0	0
Energy - other | Short | Futures
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	10,798	0
Energy - other | Short | Forwards
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	0	0
Fair Value Hedging | Interest rate
Derivative
Carrying value of hedged debt	$ 2,217		$ 2,071
Cumulative adjustment to long-term debt from application of hedge accounting	(56)		(31)
Notional amount of derivative	2,283		2,109
Fair Value Hedging | Foreign exchange
Derivative
Carrying value of hedged debt	311		0
Cumulative adjustment to long-term debt from application of hedge accounting	0		0
Notional amount of derivative			0
Fair Value Hedging | Foreign exchange | Short
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	312
Cash Flow Hedges | Foreign exchange
Derivative
Amounts expected to be reclassified from AOCI to earnings in the next twelve months	(2)
Notional amount of derivative	164		237
Net Investment Hedges
Derivative
Carrying value of non-derivative hedging instrument	929		725
Net Investment Hedges | Foreign exchange
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	$ 1,202		$ 1,000

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Article 12
-Section 13
-Sentence Column B

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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-SubTopic 10
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