Asset Impairments (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018
Impaired Long Lived Assets Held And Used [Line Items]
Asset impairments	$ 154	$ 154
Unproved Impairments [Member]
Impaired Long Lived Assets Held And Used [Line Items]
Asset impairments		$ 61
Proved Asset Impairments [Member]
Impaired Long Lived Assets Held And Used [Line Items]
Asset impairments	109
Non-oil and Gas Asset Impairments [Member]
Impaired Long Lived Assets Held And Used [Line Items]
Asset impairments	$ 45

Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109223946&loc=d3e3602-108585

Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109226348&loc=d3e2420-110228

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