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Price Risk Management Activities (Details) bu in Thousands, $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($) bu MBbls | Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)
Price Risk Management Activities (Textual) |  |  |  |  |
Compliance program costs | $ | [1] | $ 27,958 | $ 29,965 | $ 81,838 | $ 88,590
Renewable and Low-Carbon Fuel Programs [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Price Risk Management Activities (Textual) |  |  |  |  |
Compliance program costs | $ |  | 431 | $ 156 | $ 1,200 | $ 535
Derivatives Designated as Hedges [Member] | Cash Flow Hedges [Member] | Futures, 2025 Maturity [Member] | Short [Member] | Refined Petroleum Products (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | MBbls |  |  |  | 3,600 |
Derivatives Designated as Hedges [Member] | Cash Flow Hedges [Member] | Futures, 2025 Maturity [Member] | Short [Member] | Refined Petroleum Products (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | MBbls |  |  |  | 419 |
Derivatives Designated as Economic Hedges [Member] | Futures, 2025 Maturity [Member] | Short [Member] | Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | MBbls |  |  |  | 89,860 |
Derivatives Designated as Economic Hedges [Member] | Futures, 2025 Maturity [Member] | Short [Member] | Corn (in thousands of bushels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | bu |  |  |  | 89,210 |
Derivatives Designated as Economic Hedges [Member] | Futures, 2025 Maturity [Member] | Long [Member] | Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | MBbls |  |  |  | 94,944 |
Derivatives Designated as Economic Hedges [Member] | Futures, 2025 Maturity [Member] | Long [Member] | Corn (in thousands of bushels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | bu |  |  |  | 60,540 |
Derivatives Designated as Economic Hedges [Member] | Physical Contracts, 2025 Maturity [Member] | Long [Member] | Corn (in thousands of bushels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | bu |  |  |  | 21,550 |
Derivatives Designated as Economic Hedges [Member] | Futures, 2025 Maturity [Member] | Short [Member] | Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | MBbls |  |  |  | 13,420 |
Derivatives Designated as Economic Hedges [Member] | Futures, 2025 Maturity [Member] | Short [Member] | Corn (in thousands of bushels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | bu |  |  |  | 10,420 |
Derivatives Designated as Economic Hedges [Member] | Futures, 2025 Maturity [Member] | Long [Member] | Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products (in thousands of barrels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | MBbls |  |  |  | 12,098 |
Derivatives Designated as Economic Hedges [Member] | Futures, 2025 Maturity [Member] | Long [Member] | Corn (in thousands of bushels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | bu |  |  |  | 660 |
Derivatives Designated as Economic Hedges [Member] | Physical Contracts, 2025 Maturity [Member] | Long [Member] | Corn (in thousands of bushels) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Volume of Outstanding Contracts |  |  |  |  |
Nonmonetary notional amount of price risk derivatives, volume | bu |  |  |  | 9,750 |
Derivatives Designated as Economic Hedges [Member] | Foreign Exchange Contract, US Dollars [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Price Risk Management Activities (Textual) |  |  |  |  |
Monetary notional amount of derivative liabilities | $ |  | 537 |  | $ 537 |
Derivatives Designated as Economic Hedges [Member] | Foreign Exchange Contract, US Dollars, Maturing on or Before Filing [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Price Risk Management Activities (Textual) |  |  |  |  |
Monetary notional amount of derivative liabilities | $ |  | 467 |  | 467 |
Derivatives Designated as Economic Hedges [Member] | Foreign Exchange Contract, US Dollars, Maturing Subsequent to Filing [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Price Risk Management Activities (Textual) |  |  |  |  |
Monetary notional amount of derivative liabilities | $ |  | $ 70 |  | $ 70 |
[1] | Cost of materials and other for our Renewable Diesel segment is net of the clean fuel production credit on qualifying sales of certain low-carbon transportation fuels of $206 million and $397 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, and the blender’s tax credit on qualified fuel mixtures of $313 million and $952 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively.

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