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Represents the quarterly contingent payment that will be required for each dollar in excess of specified average crude oil price per barrel based on acquisition agreement.

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The proportion of ownership interest in a joint operation attributable to the entity. [Refer: Joint operations [member]]

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The amount of contingent liabilities recognised in a business combination that were settled. [Refer: Contingent liabilities recognised in business combination]

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Contingent Payments - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions			1 Months Ended		8 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 13, 2022 CAD ($)	May 17, 2022 CAD ($) $ / bbl	Jan. 31, 2023 CAD ($)	Jul. 31, 2022 CAD ($)	Aug. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022 CAD ($) $ / bbl	Dec. 31, 2021 CAD ($)	Aug. 31, 2022 CAD ($) $ / bbl
Disclosure of contingent liabilities in business combination [line items]
Average crude oil price \| $ / bbl						45.00
FCCL Partnership
Disclosure of contingent liabilities in business combination [line items]
Proportion of ownership interest in joint operation		50.00%
Sunrise Oil Sands Partnership
Disclosure of contingent liabilities in business combination [line items]
Proportion of ownership interest in joint operation	35.00%				50.00%
Conoco Phillips Company and certain of its subsidiaries
Disclosure of contingent liabilities in business combination [line items]
Contingent payable				$ 177.0			$ 160.0
Proportion of ownership interest in joint operation						5000.00%
Contingent payments period		5 years
Average crude oil price \| $ / bbl		52.00
Quarterly contingent payment		$ 6.0
Sunrise Oil Sands Partnership
Disclosure of contingent liabilities in business combination [line items]
Contingent consideration, quarterly payment								$ 2.8
Contingent consideration, price per barrel (in dollars per share) \| $ / bbl								52.00
Contingent Consideration Maximum Payment	$ 600.0							$ 600.0
Contingent payable						$ 92.0
Sunrise Oil Sands Partnership \| Major business combination [member]
Disclosure of contingent liabilities in business combination [line items]
Contingent payable			$ 92.0
Sunrise Oil Sands Partnership \| Top of range
Disclosure of contingent liabilities in business combination [line items]
Contingent consideration, price per barrel (in dollars per share) \| $ / bbl								53.00