Segments (Tables)	12 Months Ended
Segments (Tables)	Dec. 31, 2021
Disclosure of operating segments [abstract]
Operating segments data [text block]	Full year 2021 E&P Norway E&P International E&P USA MMP REN Other Eliminations Total (in USD million) Revenues third party, other revenue and other income 269 1,113 377 87,025 1,394 485 0 90,665 Revenues inter-segment 38,972 4,230 3,771 321 0 5 (47,300) 0 Net income/(loss) from equity accounted investments 0 214 0 22 16 7 0 259 Total revenues and other income 39,241 5,558 4,149 87,368 1,411 497 (47,300) 90,924 Purchases [net of inventory variation] 0 (58) 0 (80,873) 0 (1) 45,773 (35,160) Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses (3,729) (1,466) (1,076) (4,276) (163) 264 1,066 (9,378) Depreciation, amortisation and net impairment losses (4,678) (3,257) (1,733) (1,079) (3) (970) 0 (11,719) Exploration expenses (363) (451) (190) 0 0 0 0 (1,004) Total operating expenses (8,770) (5,232) (2,999) (86,227) (166) (707) 46,839 (57,261) Net operating income/(loss) 30,471 326 1,150 1,141 1,245 (210) (461) 33,663 Additions to PP&E, intangibles and equity accounted investments 5,101 1,828 690 221 455 212 0 8,506 Balance sheet information Equity accounted investments 3 1,417 0 113 1,108 45 0 2,686 Non-current segment assets 35,301 15,358 11,406 3,019 154 3,288 0 68,527 Non-current assets not allocated to segments 13,406 Total non-current assets 84,618 Full year 2020 E&P Norway E&P International E&P USA MMP REN 1) Other 1) Eliminations Total (in USD million) Revenues third party, other revenue and other income 91 451 368 44,605 18 232 0 45,765 Revenues inter-segment 11,804 3,183 2,247 309 0 4 (17,547) 0 Net income/(loss) from equity accounted investments 0 (146) 0 31 163 5 0 53 Total revenues and other income 11,895 3,489 2,615 44,945 181 241 (17,547) 45,818 Purchases [net of inventory variation] 0 (72) 0 (38,072) 0 1 17,157 (20,986) Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses (2,829) (1,439) (1,313) (5,060) (215) 634 685 (9,537) Depreciation, amortisation and net impairment losses (5,546) (3,471) (3,824) (1,453) (1) (939) 0 (15,235) Exploration expenses (423) (2,071) (990) 0 0 1 0 (3,483) Total operating expenses (8,798) (7,054) (6,127) (44,586) (216) (304) 17,842 (49,241) Net operating income/(loss) 3,097 (3,565) (3,512) 359 (35) (63) 296 (3,423) Additions to PP&E, intangibles and equity accounted investments 4,851 2,609 1,068 190 31 1,013 0 9,762 Balance sheet information Equity accounted investments 3 1,125 0 92 1,017 25 0 2,262 Non-current segment assets 2) 37,733 17,835 12,586 4,368 3 4,132 0 76,657 Non-current assets not allocated to segments 13,704 Total non-current assets 92,623 1) Reclassified. 2) Restated. For more information, see note 21 Provisions and other liabilities. Full year 2019 E&P Norway E&P International E&P USA MMP REN 1) Other 1) Eliminations Total (in USD million) Revenues third party, other revenue and other income 1,048 1,685 441 60,491 258 269 0 64,194 Revenues inter-segment 17,769 4,376 3,792 439 0 4 (26,379) 0 Net income/(loss) from equity accounted investments 15 24 6 25 95 (1) 0 164 Total revenues and other income 18,832 6,085 4,239 60,955 353 271 (26,379) 64,357 Purchases [net of inventory variation] (1) (34) 0 (54,454) 0 (1) 24,958 (29,532) Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses (3,284) (1,684) (1,668) (4,897) (192) 465 793 (10,469) Depreciation, amortisation and net impairment losses (5,439) (2,228) (4,133) (600) (1) (803) 0 (13,204) Exploration expenses (478) (668) (709) 0 0 0 0 (1,854) Total operating expenses (9,201) (4,614) (6,510) (59,951) (193) (339) 25,750 (55,058) Net operating income/(loss) 9,631 1,471 (2,271) 1,004 160 (68) (629) 9,299 Additions to PP&E, intangibles and equity accounted investments 7,316 2,851 3,004 788 175 648 0 14,782 Balance sheet information Equity accounted investments 3 321 0 90 1,003 25 0 1,442 Non-current segment assets 2) 34,938 21,161 16,929 5,248 187 4,026 0 82,489 Non-current assets not allocated to segments 11,152 Total non-current assets 95,083 1) Reclassified. 2) Restated. For more information, see note 21 Provisions and other liabilities.
Non-current assets by country [text block]	Non-current assets by country At 31 December (in USD million) 2021 2020 2) Norway 40,564 44,311 USA 12,323 13,383 Brazil 8,751 8,359 UK 2,096 4,491 Azerbaijan 1,654 1,708 Canada 1,403 1,584 Russia 1,235 973 Angola 948 883 Algeria 708 808 Denmark 536 953 Other 996 1,465 Total non-current assets 1) 71,213 78,919
Revenues from contracts with customers [text block]	Revenues from contracts with customers and other revenues (in USD million) 2021 2020 2019 Crude oil 38,307 24,509 33,505 Natural gas 28,050 7,213 11,281 - European gas 24,900 5,839 9,366 - North American gas 1,783 1,010 1,359 - Other incl LNG 1,368 363 556 Refined products 11,473 6,534 10,652 Natural gas liquids 8,490 5,069 5,807 Transportation 921 1,083 967 Other sales 1,006 681 445 Total revenues from contracts with customers 88,247 45,088 62,657 Taxes paid in-kind 345 93 344 Physically settled commodity derivatives (1,075) 209 (1,086) Gain/(loss) on commodity derivatives 951 108 732 Other revenues 276 256 265 Total other revenues 497 665 254 Revenues 88,744 45,753 62,911