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Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration, Term

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Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable, Entity Shares Issued Per Acquiree Share

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Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, Undiscounted Amount, High

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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Proved Properties

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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Unproved Properties

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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For contingent consideration arrangements recognized in connection with a business combination, this element represents an estimate of the high-end of the potential range (undiscounted) of the consideration which may be paid.

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Amount classified as property, plant and equipment attributable to disposal group held for sale or disposed of.

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Amount before tax of gain (loss) recognized on the sale or disposal of a disposal group. Excludes discontinued operations.

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Acquisitions and Dispositions - Narrative (Details) $ in Billions			1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	4 Months Ended	18 Months Ended
	Nov. 22, 2024 USD ($) shares	Oct. 04, 2023 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2025 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Oct. 04, 2023 CAD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Transaction-related costs						$ 23,000,000	$ 568,000,000
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Ursa And Europa Fields, Ursa Oil Pipeline Company LLC, And Shell Pipeline Company LP \| Lower 48
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of business			$ 735,000,000
Net carrying value			394,000,000
Disposal group including discontinued operation, net carrying value, PP&E			496,000,000
Disposal group, including discontinued operation, liabilities			$ 102,000,000
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Certain Noncore Assets \| Lower 48
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of business						581,000,000
Before-tax gain (loss) on disposition						64,000,000
Gain (loss) on disposal, net of tax						49,000,000
Net carrying value						517,000,000	517,000,000	$ 517,000,000
Disposal group including discontinued operation, net carrying value, PP&E						553,000,000	553,000,000	553,000,000
Disposal group, including discontinued operation, liabilities						36,000,000	$ 36,000,000	36,000,000
Marathon Oil Corporation
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total consideration	$ 16,500,000,000			$ 16,507,000,000
Common stock, number of Marathon Oil shares received for each share of ConocoPhillips common stock \| shares	0.255
Proved properties	$ 13,000,000,000
Unproved properties	11,000,000,000
Marathon Oil Corporation \| Lower 48
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proved properties	12,000,000,000
Marathon Oil Corporation \| Equatorial Guinea
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proved properties	$ 1,000,000,000
Surmont
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of interest acquired		50.00%							50.00%
Business acquisition, maximum payment		$ 320,000,000							$ 0.4
Business acquisition, contingent payment term					5 years
Business acquisition, cost per every dollar exceeding threshold		$ 2,000,000
Business acquisition, threshold (dollars per barrel)		52
Contingent consideration, outcome, high		$ 300,000,000
Contingent consideration payments						$ 39,000,000		$ 197,000,000