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Payment For Leases, Residual Value Guarantee Liability

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

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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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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

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Amount of rent expense incurred for leased assets, including but not limited to, furniture and equipment, that is not directly or indirectly associated with the manufacture, sale or creation of a product or product line.

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Guarantees (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Guarantees (Details) - USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2018	Oct. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Feb. 28, 2019	Jan. 31, 2019
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Environmental accruals for known contaminations			$ 441,000,000	$ 447,000,000
Other Joint Ventures \| Maximum
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Joint venture debt obligations, period (up to)			6 years
Phillips 66 Partners LP \| Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| Gray Oak Pipeline LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership interest			42.25%			65.00%	75.00%
Carrying amount of indemnifications			$ 494,000,000
Other Guarantees \| Other Joint Ventures
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure of loss/potential amount of future payments			263,000,000
Indemnifications
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Carrying amount of indemnifications			153,000,000	171,000,000
Indemnifications \| Asset Retirement Obligations And Accrued Environmental Cost
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Environmental accruals for known contaminations			$ 105,000,000	101,000,000
Facilities
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Lessee leasing arrangements, operating leases (up to)			5 years
Facilities \| Residual Value Guarantees
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure of loss/potential amount of future payments			$ 554,000,000
Railcar and Airplane \| Residual Value Guarantees
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure of loss/potential amount of future payments			$ 372,000,000
Lessee leasing arrangements, operating leases (up to)			4 years
Operating leases, expense			$ 1,000,000
Operating leases, expense				$ 20,000,000	$ 45,000,000
Railcars \| Residual Value Guarantees
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Residual value guarantee liability	$ 40,000,000	$ 53,000,000