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Retirement Plans (Schedule Of Pension Plan Assets Target Allocation) (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Fixed Income [Member]
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Equity Securities [Member]
Target plan asset allocations	20.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetPlanAssetAllocations / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis = us-gaap_EquitySecuritiesMember	20.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetPlanAssetAllocations / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis = us-gaap_EquitySecuritiesMember
Other Securities [Member]
Target plan asset allocations	10.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetPlanAssetAllocations / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis = dvn_OtherSecuritiesMember	10.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetPlanAssetAllocations / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis = dvn_OtherSecuritiesMember

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- Definition

Target allocation of investments of this type to total plan assets presented on a weighted average basis.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35743120&loc=d3e1928-114920



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