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Acquisitions And Divestitures (Narrative) (Details) CAD in Millions, $ in Millions			1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
		Oct. 01, 2015 USD ($)	May. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 CAD	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gains and losses on assets sales						$ (3)				$ (2)	$ 1,072
Asset retirement obligation settled and divested	[1]									48	987
Foreign currency exchange loss									$ (84)
Foreign earnings repatriated									2,800
Proceeds from property and equipment divestitures										$ 35	$ 5,202
Foreign Currency Derivatives [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Loss on derivative									29
Canadian Conventional Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gains and losses on assets sales									1,100
Gains and losses on assets sales after tax									600
Asset retirement obligation settled and divested									700
Derecognition in goodwill allocated to sold assets									(700)
Proceeds from property and equipment divestitures								CAD 3,125	$ 2,800
U.S. Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gains and losses on assets sales							$ 0
Asset retirement obligation settled and divested							200
Proceeds from property and equipment divestitures							$ 2,200
General Partner And EnLink [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Close date of acquisition										Mar. 07, 2014
GeoSouthern Intermediate Holdings, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Close date of acquisition										Feb. 28, 2014
EnLink [Member] | Victoria Express Pipeline [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Aggregate purchase price				$ 180
Estimated construction costs assumed				$ 35
EnLink [Member] | EnLink Midstream Holdings [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership interest percentage acquired			25.00%		25.00%
Common units value			$ 900		$ 925
EnLink [Member] | Matador Resources Company [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Aggregate purchase price		$ 143
[1] During the first nine months of 2014, Devon reduced its asset retirement obligations by $949 million related to its asset divestiture program discussed in Note 2.

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