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Acquisitions And Divestitures (Narrative) (Details) Share data in Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended					9 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended				0 Months Ended					3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Foreign Currency Derivatives [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Canadian Conventional Assets Divestiture [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Canadian Conventional Assets Divestiture [Member] CAD	Mar. 31, 2014 Canadian Conventional Assets Divestiture [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 Canadian Conventional Assets Divestiture [Member] CAD	Sep. 30, 2014 Canadian Conventional Assets Divestiture [Member] USD ($)	Aug. 29, 2014 LINN Energy [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 LINN Energy [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 EnLink And Partnership [Member]	Feb. 28, 2014 GeoSouthern Intermediate Holdings, LLC [Member] USD ($) acre	Sep. 30, 2014 GeoSouthern Intermediate Holdings, LLC [Member]	Mar. 07, 2014 Partnership [Member] EnLink And Partnership [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Partnership [Member] Gulf Coast Natural Gas Pipeline [Member]	Nov. 02, 2014 Partnership [Member] Gulf Coast Natural Gas Pipeline [Member] Forecast [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 Partnership [Member] Appalachian Compression, LLC and E2 Energy Services, LLC [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Partnership [Member] Appalachian Compression, LLC and E2 Energy Services, LLC [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Partnership [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Partnership [Member] Public Unitholders [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Partnership [Member] EnLink [Member]	Mar. 07, 2014 EnLink [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 EnLink [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 EnLink [Member] Public Unitholders [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 EnLink [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 EnLink [Member] Partnership [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Term Loan [Member] USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash payment to acquire interest																				$ 163,000,000					$ 100,000,000
Ownership percentage																						52.00%	41.00%	7.00%		70.00%	30.00%	50.00%	50.00%
Close date of acquisition														Mar. 07, 2014		Feb. 28, 2014		Nov. 01, 2014			Oct. 01, 2014
Date of acquisition agreement																Nov. 20, 2013
Aggregate purchase price															6,000,000,000				235,000,000	193,000,000
Partnership common units value																	2,825,000,000			30,000,000
Units issued for acquisition																				1.0
Number of acres acquired															82,000
Gains and losses on asset sales		(11,000,000)		1,072,000,000	(11,000,000)						1,100,000,000
Gains and losses on assets sales after tax											600,000,000		0
Decrease in goodwill for sale of assets											(700,000,000)
Foreign currency exchange loss	(84,000,000)
Loss on derivative						29,000,000
Foreign earnings repatriated	2,800,000,000		2,000,000,000
Proceeds from property and equipment divestitures				5,202,000,000	316,000,000		2,800,000,000	3,125,000,000	142,000,000	155,000,000		2,300,000,000
Proceeds after tax from property and equipment divestitures												1,700,000,000
Asset retirement obligation transferred				949,000,000	15,000,000						700,000,000	200,000,000
Repayment of commercial paper	700,000,000			1,300,000,000
Long term debt repayment				$ 4,265,000,000																										$ 2,000,000,000