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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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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Fair value at acquisition-date of the equity interest in the acquiree held by the acquirer, immediately before the acquisition date for businesses combined in stages.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired in a business combination achieved in stages, including equity interests in the acquiree held by the acquirer immediately before the acquisition date and acquired at the acquisition date.

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Percentage of equity in the acquiree held by the acquirer immediately before the acquisition date in a business combination.

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In a business combination achieved in stages, this element represents the amount of gain recognized by the entity as a result of remeasuring to fair value the equity interest in the acquiree it held before the business combination.

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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 equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Acquisitions, Divestitures and Other Transactions - Cactus II Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024	Oct. 31, 2022
Cactus II Pipeline LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership interest in unconsolidated entity prior to acquisition (as a percent)			65.00%
Cactus II Pipeline LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership (as a percent)		30.00%
Cactus II Pipeline LLC \| Enbridge
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership (as a percent)	30.00%
Cactus II Pipeline LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Additional interest acquired (as a percent)	5.00%
Business combination, step acquisition, equity interest in acquiree, including subsequent acquisition (as a percent)	70.00%
Business combination, step acquisition, equity interest in acquire (as a percent)			65.00%
Fair value amount	$ 1,140
Consideration transferred	1,556
Cactus II Pipeline LLC \| Gains/(losses) on investments in unconsolidated entities, net
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Equity interest in acquiree, remeasurement gain	370
Cactus II Pipeline LLC \| Noncontrolling Interests
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, increase from business combination	$ 526
Cactus II Pipeline LLC \| Level 3 \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate \| Valuation Technique, Discounted Cash Flow
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, measurement input	0.14
Cactus II Pipeline LLC \| Level 3 \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate \| Valuation Technique, Discounted Cash Flow \| Intangible Assets
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, measurement input	0.18
Cactus II Pipeline LLC \| Western Midstream Partners, LP
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses, gross	$ 88
Cactus II Pipeline LLC \| Plains and Enbridge \| Western Midstream Partners, LP
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Additional interest acquired (as a percent)	15.00%
Payments to acquire businesses, gross	$ 265
Cactus II Pipeline LLC \| Enbridge
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Additional interest acquired (as a percent)	10.00%
Cactus II Pipeline LLC \| Enbridge \| Western Midstream Partners, LP
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses, gross	$ 177