Accounting Standards - Pension Accounting Standard (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Production	$ 215	$ 197	$ 637	$ 528
Exploration	56	294	173	352
General and administrative	101	89	306	276
Income (loss) from operations	423	(372)	1,200	(325)
Other net periodic benefit costs	$ 8	5	$ 11	16
Previously Reported
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Production		194		521
Exploration		294		352
General and administrative		97		299
Income (loss) from operations		(377)		(341)
Other net periodic benefit costs		0		0
Accounting Standards Update 2017-07 \| Effect of Change Higher/(Lower)
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Production		3		7
Exploration		0		0
General and administrative		(8)		(23)
Income (loss) from operations		5		16
Other net periodic benefit costs		$ 5		$ 16

- Definition

Exploration expenses (including prospecting) related to oil and gas producing entities and would be included in operating expenses of that entity. Costs incurred in identifying areas that may warrant examination and in examining specific areas that are considered to have prospects of containing oil and gas reserves, including costs of drilling exploratory wells and exploratory-type stratigraphic test wells. Exploration costs may be incurred both before acquiring the related property (sometimes referred to in part as prospecting costs) and after acquiring the property. Principal types of exploration costs, which include depreciation and applicable operating costs of support equipment and facilities and other costs of exploration activities, are: (i) Costs of topographical, geographical and geophysical studies, rights of access to properties to conduct those studies, and salaries and other expenses of geologists, geophysical crews, and others conducting those studies. Collectively, these are sometimes referred to as geological and geophysical or "G&G" costs. (ii) Costs of carrying and retaining undeveloped properties, such as delay rentals, ad valorem taxes on properties, legal costs for title defense, and the maintenance of land and lease records. (iii) Dry hole contributions and bottom hole contributions. (iv) Costs of drilling and equipping exploratory wells. (v) Costs of drilling exploratory-type stratigraphic test wells.

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