The average strike price on the group of price risk option contracts such as put options or call options.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Nominal volume used to calculate payments on a derivative instrument.

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- Definition

Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition

Period the derivative contract is outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Derivative Financial Instruments - Foreign Exchange Rate and Commodity Price Risk (Details) € in Millions, ¥ in Millions, $ in Millions, $ in Millions	9 Months Ended	83 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024 SGD ($) $ / bbl bbl	Sep. 30, 2024 SGD ($) $ / bbl bbl	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($) $ / bbl	Sep. 30, 2024 EUR (€) $ / bbl	Sep. 30, 2024 JPY (¥) $ / bbl	Jul. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 SGD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Currency Forwards \| EUR \| Intercompany Demand Notes
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount \| €				€ 143.9					€ 278.6
Currency Forwards \| SGD \| Intercompany Loans
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount	$ 421.9	$ 421.9					$ 601.5
Currency Forwards \| SGD \| Intercompany Demand Notes
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount							$ 94.0
Currency Forwards \| USD \| Intercompany Loans
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount			$ 13.4					$ 13.4
Currency Forwards \| USD \| Intercompany Demand Notes
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount			47.1
Foreign Exchange Forward
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative contract term	18 months
Foreign Exchange Forward \| Purchase \| Designated as Hedging Instrument \| EUR
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount \| €				24.1
Foreign Exchange Forward \| Purchase \| Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Yen
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount \| ¥					¥ 6,102.9
Foreign Exchange Forward \| Purchase \| Designated as Hedging Instrument \| SGD
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount	$ 43.4	43.4
Foreign Exchange Forward \| Sell \| Designated as Hedging Instrument \| EUR
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount	0.0	0.0	26.5	0.0
Foreign Exchange Forward \| Sell \| Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Yen
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount	1.7	1.7	28.7	11.4
Foreign Exchange Forward \| Sell \| Designated as Hedging Instrument \| SGD
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	19.0	€ 12.5
Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract \| Net Investment Hedges: \| Yen
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount \| ¥					¥ 17,000.0
Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract \| Net Investment Hedges: \| USD
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount			$ 130.0			$ 130.0				$ 90.0
Options Held
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, nonmonetary notional amount, volume \| bbl	187,861	1,106,908
Derivative, average price risk option strike price \| $ / bbl	85.66	85.66	85.66	85.66	85.66