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Price Risk Management Activities (Details) lb in Thousands, bu in Thousands, $ in Millions | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) lb MBbls bu | Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Price Risk Management Activities (Textual) |  |  |  |  |
Compliance program costs | $ |  | $ 198 | $ 94 | $ 532 | $ 283
Foreign Currency Contracts [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Price Risk Management Activities (Textual) |  |  |  |  |
Monetary notional amount of derivative liabilities | $ |  | $ 328 |  | $ 328 |
Foreign Currency Contracts [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Price Risk Management Activities (Textual) |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency commitments maturity date | Oct. 31, 2016 |  |  |  |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Swap, Maturity Current Year [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 16,154 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Swap, Maturity Current Year [Member] | Short (Sales) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 16,349 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Swap, Maturity Year Two [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 485 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Swap, Maturity Year Two [Member] | Short (Sales) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 20 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Swap, Maturity Year Three [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 0 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Swap, Maturity Year Three [Member] | Short (Sales) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 0 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Future, Maturity Current Year [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 93,710 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Future, Maturity Current Year [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Grain (in bushels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | bu |  |  |  | 16,875 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Future, Maturity Current Year [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Soybean Oil (in pounds) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, pounds | lb |  |  |  | 81,600 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Future, Maturity Current Year [Member] | Short (Sales) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 87,610 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Future, Maturity Current Year [Member] | Short (Sales) [Member] | Grain (in bushels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | bu |  |  |  | 34,935 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Future, Maturity Current Year [Member] | Short (Sales) [Member] | Soybean Oil (in pounds) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, pounds | lb |  |  |  | 118,320 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Future, Maturity Year Two [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 777 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Future, Maturity Year Two [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Grain (in bushels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | bu |  |  |  | 550 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Future, Maturity Year Two [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Soybean Oil (in pounds) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, pounds | lb |  |  |  | 0 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Future, Maturity Year Two [Member] | Short (Sales) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 2,178 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Future, Maturity Year Two [Member] | Short (Sales) [Member] | Grain (in bushels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | bu |  |  |  | 4,970 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Future, Maturity Year Two [Member] | Short (Sales) [Member] | Soybean Oil (in pounds) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, pounds | lb |  |  |  | 20,580 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Future, Maturity Year Three [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 0 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Future, Maturity Year Three [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Grain (in bushels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | bu |  |  |  | 0 |
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Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, pounds | lb |  |  |  | 0 |
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Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 0 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Future, Maturity Year Three [Member] | Short (Sales) [Member] | Grain (in bushels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | bu |  |  |  | 10 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Future, Maturity Year Three [Member] | Short (Sales) [Member] | Soybean Oil (in pounds) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, pounds | lb |  |  |  | 0 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Options Held, Maturity Current Year [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 2,000 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Options Held, Maturity Current Year [Member] | Short (Sales) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 2,000 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Options Held, Maturity Year Two [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 0 |
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Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 0 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Options Held, Maturity Year Three [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
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Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 0 |
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Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 0 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Forward Contracts, Maturity Current Year [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Grain (in bushels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | bu |  |  |  | 16,807 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Forward Contracts, Maturity Year Two [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Grain (in bushels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | bu |  |  |  | 4,913 |
Economic Hedging [Member] | Forward Contracts, Maturity Year Three [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Grain (in bushels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | bu |  |  |  | 10 |
Trading Derivatives [Member] | Swap, Maturity Current Year [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 1,260 |
Trading Derivatives [Member] | Swap, Maturity Current Year [Member] | Short (Sales) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 1,260 |
Trading Derivatives [Member] | Swap, Maturity Year Two [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 1,500 |
Trading Derivatives [Member] | Swap, Maturity Year Two [Member] | Short (Sales) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 1,500 |
Trading Derivatives [Member] | Future, Maturity Current Year [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 48,588 |
Trading Derivatives [Member] | Future, Maturity Current Year [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Grain (in bushels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | bu |  |  |  | 0 |
Trading Derivatives [Member] | Future, Maturity Current Year [Member] | Short (Sales) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 48,170 |
Trading Derivatives [Member] | Future, Maturity Current Year [Member] | Short (Sales) [Member] | Grain (in bushels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | bu |  |  |  | 0 |
Trading Derivatives [Member] | Future, Maturity Year Two [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 1,399 |
Trading Derivatives [Member] | Future, Maturity Year Two [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Grain (in bushels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | bu |  |  |  | 500 |
Trading Derivatives [Member] | Future, Maturity Year Two [Member] | Short (Sales) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 1,846 |
Trading Derivatives [Member] | Future, Maturity Year Two [Member] | Short (Sales) [Member] | Grain (in bushels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | bu |  |  |  | 500 |
Trading Derivatives [Member] | Options Held, Maturity Current Year [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 22,550 |
Trading Derivatives [Member] | Options Held, Maturity Current Year [Member] | Short (Sales) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 22,150 |
Trading Derivatives [Member] | Options Held, Maturity Year Two [Member] | Long (Purchases) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 133,490 |
Trading Derivatives [Member] | Options Held, Maturity Year Two [Member] | Short (Sales) [Member] | Crude Oil (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume |  |  |  | 133,490 |

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