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Income Taxes (Details 4) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Reasonably possible change in unrecognized tax benefits |  |  |
Unused foreign tax credits expiring in 2017 through 2022 | $ 376,000,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsForeign | $ 356,000,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsForeign |
Unused research tax credits expiring from 2019 to 2034 | 12,000,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsResearch |  |
Alternative minimum tax credits | 25,000,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsAlternativeMinimumTax |  |
Operating and capital loss carryforwards with indefinite life | 174,000,000 oi_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingAndCapitalLossCarryforwardsWithIndefiniteLife |  |
Operating and capital loss carryforwards expiring between 2015 and 2031 | 290,000,000 oi_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingAndCapitalLossCarryforwardsWithDefiniteLife |  |
Valuation allowance | 1,036,000,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance | 990,000,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance |
Equity in undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries | 2,900,000,000 us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries |  |
Reconciliation of the Company's total gross unrecognized tax benefits |  |  |
Balance at beginning of the period | 100,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits | 97,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits | 125,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Additions and reductions for tax positions of prior years | (13,000,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions | (3,000,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions | 8,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year | 10,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions | 9,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions | 7,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions
Reduction due to lapse of the applicable statute of limitations | (8,000,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations | (2,000,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations | (21,000,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations
Reductions due to settlements | (1,000,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities |  | (26,000,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities
Foreign currency translation | (11,000,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromForeignCurrencyTranslation | (1,000,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromForeignCurrencyTranslation | 4,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromForeignCurrencyTranslation
Balance at ending of the period | 77,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits | 100,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits | 97,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Unrecognized tax benefits, which if recognized, would impact the Company's effective income tax rate | 70,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate | 92,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate | 89,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate
Accrued interest and penalties | 29,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued | 35,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued | 33,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued
Interest and penalties included in tax expense | (2,000,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense | 1,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense | (6,000,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense
Period during which unrecognized tax benefits are reasonably possible of being settled as a result of audit settlements or statute expirations | 12 months |  |
U.S. operations |  |  |
Reasonably possible change in unrecognized tax benefits |  |  |
Valuation allowance | 927,000,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember |  |
Reconciliation of the Company's total gross unrecognized tax benefits |  |  |
Period of cumulative income position of the operations | 3 years |  |
Maximum |  |  |
Reconciliation of the Company's total gross unrecognized tax benefits |  |  |
Reasonably possible decrease in unrecognized tax benefits related to audit settlements or statute expirations | $ 12,000,000 us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember |  |

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