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Related Party Agreements and Transactions - Summary of Related Party Costs Added to Property, Plant and Equipment (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
MPC | Construction-in-progress
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Costs added to property, plant and equipment	$ 22	$ 10

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- Definition

Amount of acquisition of long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Examples include, but are not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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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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