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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - DERIVATIVE POSITIONS (Details) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) MMBTU day t	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) MMBTU day t	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Interest rate | Long | Swaps
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	$ 2,429	$ 0
Interest rate | Long | Futures
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	0	0
Interest rate | Long | Forward Rate Agreements
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	339	0
Interest rate | Short | Swaps
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	123	1,574
Interest rate | Short | Futures
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	2	0
Interest rate | Short | Forward Rate Agreements
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	339	800
Foreign exchange | Long | Swaps
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	253	593
Foreign exchange | Long | Futures
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	0	0
Foreign exchange | Long | Forwards
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	13,559	10,548
Foreign exchange | Long | Options
Derivative
Delta	828	430
Foreign exchange | Short | Swaps
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	601	552
Foreign exchange | Short | Futures
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	134	10
Foreign exchange | Short | Forwards
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	12,703	10,824
Foreign exchange | Short | Options
Derivative
Delta	$ 791	$ 368
Commodities | Long | Swaps
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	277,869	300,458
Commodities | Long | Futures
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	2,348,833	2,244,228
Commodities | Long | Forwards
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	31,629,110	22,381,787
Commodities | Long | Options
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	1,025,532	63,027
Commodities | Short | Swaps
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	9,901,922	6,483,877
Commodities | Short | Futures
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	0	0
Commodities | Short | Forwards
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	31,649,079	31,604,107
Commodities | Short | Options
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	0	0
Freight | Long | Forwards
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | day	0	0
Freight | Long | Options
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | day	566	315
Freight | Short | Forwards
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | day	5,837	2,098
Freight | Short | Options
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | day	0	0
Natural gas | Long | Swaps
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | MMBTU	1,290,974	635,687
Natural gas | Long | Futures
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | MMBTU	973,161	4,553,161
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	208,200	227,600
Energy - other | Long | Futures
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	0	351,786
Energy - other | Long | Forwards
Derivative
Nonmonetary notional amount of derivatives | t	5,536,690	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	21,408	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	$ 2,198		$ 2,071
Cumulative adjustment to long-term debt from application of hedge accounting	(69)		(31)
Notional amount of derivative	2,276		2,109
Fair Value Hedging | Foreign exchange
Derivative
Carrying value of hedged debt	304		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	304
Cash Flow Hedges | Foreign exchange
Derivative
Amounts expected to be reclassified from AOCI to earnings in the next twelve months	(1)
Notional amount of derivative	58		237
Net Investment Hedges
Derivative
Carrying value of non-derivative hedging instrument	922		725
Net Investment Hedges | Foreign exchange
Derivative
Notional amount of derivative	$ 1,040		$ 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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-Publisher FASB
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-Topic 815
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
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