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Debt, Public Debt (Details) - USD ($) | 1 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2023 | Sep. 30, 2022 | Jun. 30, 2022 | Feb. 28, 2022
Senior Notes [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Purchased and Retired |  |  |  |
Debt purchased and retired amount | $ 199,000,000 | $ 1,250,000,000 |  | $ 1,400,000,000
Senior Notes [Member] | 6.625% Valero Senior Notes due 2037 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Purchased and Retired |  |  |  |
Interest rate of notes (percent) | 6.625% |  |  |
Debt purchased and retired amount | $ 62,000,000 |  |  |
Senior Notes [Member] | 3.650% Valero Senior Notes due 2051 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Purchased and Retired |  |  |  |
Interest rate of notes (percent) | 3.65% |  |  |
Debt purchased and retired amount | $ 26,000,000 |  |  |
Senior Notes [Member] | 4.000% Valero Senior Notes due 2052 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Purchased and Retired |  |  |  |
Interest rate of notes (percent) | 4.00% |  |  | 4.00%
Debt purchased and retired amount | $ 45,000,000 |  |  |
Public Debt (Textual) |  |  |  |
Face amount of long-term debt issuance |  |  |  | $ 650,000,000
Proceeds from issuance of senior long-term debt |  |  |  | $ 639,000,000
Senior Notes [Member] | Various other Valero and Valero Energy Partners (VLP) Senior Notes [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Purchased and Retired |  |  |  |
Debt purchased and retired amount | $ 66,000,000 |  |  |
Senior Notes [Member] | 3.65% Valero Senior Notes due 2025 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Purchased and Retired |  |  |  |
Interest rate of notes (percent) |  | 3.65% |  | 3.65%
Debt purchased and retired amount |  | $ 48,000,000 |  | $ 72,000,000
Senior Notes [Member] | 2.850% Valero Senior Notes due 2025 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Purchased and Retired |  |  |  |
Interest rate of notes (percent) |  | 2.85% |  | 2.85%
Debt purchased and retired amount |  | $ 291,000,000 |  | $ 507,000,000
Senior Notes [Member] | 4.375% VLP Senior Notes due 2026 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Purchased and Retired |  |  |  |
Interest rate of notes (percent) |  | 4.375% |  | 4.375%
Debt purchased and retired amount |  | $ 62,000,000 |  | $ 168,000,000
Senior Notes [Member] | 3.400% Valero Senior Notes due 2026 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Purchased and Retired |  |  |  |
Interest rate of notes (percent) |  | 3.40% |  | 3.40%
Debt purchased and retired amount |  | $ 166,000,000 |  | $ 653,000,000
Senior Notes [Member] | 4.350% Valero Senior Notes due 2028 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Purchased and Retired |  |  |  |
Interest rate of notes (percent) |  | 4.35% |  |
Debt purchased and retired amount |  | $ 131,000,000 |  |
Senior Notes [Member] | 4.000% Valero Senior Notes due 2029 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Purchased and Retired |  |  |  |
Interest rate of notes (percent) |  | 4.00% |  |
Debt purchased and retired amount |  | $ 552,000,000 |  |
Revenue Bonds [Member] | Gulf Opportunity Zone Revenue Bonds Series 2010 due 2040 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Purchased and Retired |  |  |  |
Interest rate of notes (percent) |  |  | 4.00% |
Public Debt (Textual) |  |  |  |
Repayments of long-term debt |  |  | $ 300,000,000 |

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