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Entities Under Common Control, Fair Value Units Received On Transfer Of Interest In Subsidiary

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Entities Under Common Control, Ownership Percentage Transferred1

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Entities Under Common Control, Ownership Percentage Transferred, Wholly Owned

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Partners' Capital Account, Units, Amount Authorized

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Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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The number of units or percentage investment held by one or more members or limited partners of the LLC or LP.

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Monetary value of the issuance of new units of limited partnership interest in a public offering, net of offering costs. This is a parenthetical disclosure.

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Total change in each class of partners' capital accounts during the year due to the sale of units. All partners include general, limited and preferred partners.

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Total units issued during the year due to the sale of units. All partners include general, limited and preferred partners.

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The number of units sold in a public offering of each class of partners' capital account. Units represent shares of ownership of the general, limited, and preferred partners.

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Per share amount received by subsidiary or equity investee for each share of common stock issued or sold in the stock transaction.

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Phillips 66 Partners LP (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	May 10, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	May 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Issuance of Phillips 66 Partners LP common units						$ 562	$ 384
Net properties, plants and equipment		$ 20,247			$ 20,247	20,247		$ 19,721
Noncontrolling Interest [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Issuance of Phillips 66 Partners LP common units						$ 381	$ 384
Phillips 66 Partners LP [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Limited partner interest in Phillips 66 Partners owned by public, percentage						37.00%
Phillips 66 Partners LP [Member] \| Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Limited partnership interest in Phillips 66 Partners, percentage						61.00%
General partnership interest in Phillips 66 Partners, percentage						2.00%
Equity investments		1,008			1,008	$ 1,008
Net properties, plants and equipment		1,673			$ 1,673	$ 1,673
Phillips 66 Partners LP [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Entities under common control, ownership percentage transferred				25.00%
Total consideration for contributed assets				$ 236
Note payable to us				212
Entities under common control, ownership percentage transferred, wholly owned			100.00%
Phillips 66 Partners LP [Member] \| Common And General Partner Units [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Aggregate fair value of units received				$ 24
Phillips 66 Partners LP [Member] \| Phillips 66 Sweeny Frac LLC [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Entities under common control, ownership percentage transferred			75.00%
Phillips 66 Partners LP [Member] \| Sweeny Frac LLC And Phillips 66 Plymouth LLC [Member] [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Note payable to us			$ 675
Phillips 66 Partners LP [Member] \| Sweeny Frac LLC And Phillips 66 Plymouth LLC [Member] [Member] \| Common And General Partner Units [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Aggregate fair value of units received			100
Majority Shareholder [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Total consideration for contributed assets			$ 775
Common Units [Member] \| Phillips 66 Partners LP [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Units, sold in public offering, shares	12,650,000
Sale of stock, price per share (in usd per share)	$ 52.40
Public sale of units net of offering costs	$ 656
Partners' capital account, units, amount authorized		$ 250
Partners' capital account, units, sale of units					262,858
Issuance of Phillips 66 Partners LP common units					$ 14