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Share-Based Compensation (Summary Of Performance Share Units Grant-Date Fair Values And Their Related Assumptions) (Details) (Performance Share Units [Member], USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Granted, weighted average grant-date fair value $ 84.14us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
Risk-free interest rate 1.06%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
Volatility factor 26.20%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsWeightedAverageVolatilityRate
Contractual term (in years) 2 years 10 months 21 days
Minimum [Member]  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Granted, weighted average grant-date fair value $ 81.99us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= dvn_PerformanceShareUnitsMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
Maximum [Member]  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Granted, weighted average grant-date fair value $ 85.05us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= dvn_PerformanceShareUnitsMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember