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Acquisitions And Divestitures (Schedule Of Purchase Price Allocation For General Partner And EnLink) (Details) (General Partner And Enlink [Member], USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified | 0 Months Ended
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Mar. 07, 2014 item
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Total consideration and fair value of noncontrolling interests | $ 4,670 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet |
Current Crosstex Energy, Inc. [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Held by public shareholders | 48.0 us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dvn_GeneralPartnerAndEnlinkMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dvn_CurrentCrosstexEnergyIncMember |
Restricted shares | 0.4 dvn_RestrictedStockSharesOutstanding / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dvn_GeneralPartnerAndEnlinkMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dvn_CurrentCrosstexEnergyIncMember |
Total | 48.4 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionEquityInterestsIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSharesIssued / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dvn_GeneralPartnerAndEnlinkMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dvn_CurrentCrosstexEnergyIncMember |
Exchange ratio | 1.0 dvn_ExchangeRatio / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dvn_GeneralPartnerAndEnlinkMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dvn_CurrentCrosstexEnergyIncMember |
Converted shares | 48.4 us-gaap_ConversionOfStockSharesConverted1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dvn_GeneralPartnerAndEnlinkMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dvn_CurrentCrosstexEnergyIncMember |
Common share or unit price | $ 37.60 us-gaap_SharePrice / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dvn_GeneralPartnerAndEnlinkMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dvn_CurrentCrosstexEnergyIncMember | [1]
Crosstex Energy, Inc. consideration | 1,823 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedLessNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dvn_GeneralPartnerAndEnlinkMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dvn_CurrentCrosstexEnergyIncMember |
Fair value of noncontrolling interests | 18 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionOfLessThan100PercentNoncontrollingInterestFairValue / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dvn_GeneralPartnerAndEnlinkMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dvn_CurrentCrosstexEnergyIncMember | [2]
Total consideration and fair value of noncontrolling interests | 1,841 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dvn_GeneralPartnerAndEnlinkMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dvn_CurrentCrosstexEnergyIncMember |
Crosstex Energy, LP [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Total | 92.6 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionEquityInterestsIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSharesIssued / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dvn_GeneralPartnerAndEnlinkMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dvn_CrosstexEnergyLpMember |
Common share or unit price | $ 30.51 us-gaap_SharePrice / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dvn_GeneralPartnerAndEnlinkMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dvn_CrosstexEnergyLpMember | [3]
Common units held by public unitholders | 75.1 us-gaap_CommonUnitOutstanding / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dvn_GeneralPartnerAndEnlinkMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dvn_CrosstexEnergyLpMember |
Preferred units held by third party | 17.1 us-gaap_PreferredUnitsOutstanding / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dvn_GeneralPartnerAndEnlinkMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dvn_CrosstexEnergyLpMember | [4]
Restricted units | 0.4 dvn_RestrictedStockUnitsOutstanding / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dvn_GeneralPartnerAndEnlinkMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dvn_CrosstexEnergyLpMember |
Common units value | 2,825.0 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dvn_GeneralPartnerAndEnlinkMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dvn_CrosstexEnergyLpMember |
Outstanding unit options value | 4 dvn_PartnershipOutstandingUnitOptionsValue / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dvn_GeneralPartnerAndEnlinkMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dvn_CrosstexEnergyLpMember |
Fair value of noncontrolling interests | $ 2,829 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionOfLessThan100PercentNoncontrollingInterestFairValue / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dvn_GeneralPartnerAndEnlinkMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dvn_CrosstexEnergyLpMember | [3]
[1] | The final purchase price is based on the fair value of Crosstex Energy, Inc.’s common shares as of the closing date, March 7, 2014.
[2] | Represents the value of noncontrolling interests related to the General Partner’s equity investment in E2 Energy Services, LLC and E2 Appalachian Compression, LLC (collectively “E2”).
[3] | The final purchase price is based on the fair value of Crosstex Energy, LP’s common units as of the closing date, March 7, 2014.
[4] | Crosstex Energy, LP converted the preferred units to common units in February 2014.

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