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Charges and Credits - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) shares in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2023 | Mar. 31, 2023 | Jun. 30, 2022 | Mar. 31, 2022 | Sep. 30, 2022
Charges And Credits [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Received proceeds from sale of shares |  |  | $ 120,000,000 |  |
Gains on sales of businesses |  |  | $ 43,000,000 |  |
Charges and credits, Tax | $ 0 |  |  |  | $ (266,000,000)
Liberty Energy Inc |  |  |  |  |
Charges And Credits [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Shares issued |  | 9.0 | 26.5 | 7.2 |
Received proceeds from sale of shares |  | $ 137,000,000 | $ 429,000,000 | $ 84,000,000 |
Gains on sales of businesses |  | 28,000,000 | $ 216,000,000 | $ 26,000,000 |
Pretax gain on sale of business |  | $ 36,000,000 |  |  |

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