VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Schedule of Consolidated Variable Interest Entities, Carrying Amounts of Assets and Liabilities) (Details) (USD $)												2 Months Ended	11 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011		Dec. 31, 2010		Dec. 31, 2009		Dec. 31, 2008	Dec. 31, 2011 Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member]		Dec. 31, 2010 Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member]		Dec. 31, 2011 Variable Interest Entity that produces ethanol from sugarcane [Member]	Nov. 30, 2011 Variable Interest Entity that produces ethanol from sugarcane [Member]	Jan. 02, 2010 Assets and Liabilities of Newly Consolidated Variable Interest Entities Included in the Consolidated Balance Sheet [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Variable Interest Entities Used to Monetize Accounts Receivable [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Variable Interest Entities Used to Monetize Accounts Receivable [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Netherlands Owner Trust [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Restricted For Construction Of Manufacturing Facility [Member] Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 5,444,000,000		$ 7,039,000,000		$ 2,846,000,000		$ 2,800,000,000	$ 170,000,000	[1],[2]	$ 145,000,000	[1],[2]							$ 3,000,000
Current assets	23,422,000,000		24,130,000,000					104,000,000	[2]	83,000,000	[2]				233,000,000	158,000,000
Property	17,299,000,000	[3]	17,668,000,000	[3]	18,141,000,000	[3]		2,169,000,000	[2]	1,388,000,000	[2]
Other noncurrent assets	724,000,000		611,000,000					151,000,000	[2]	122,000,000	[2]
Total Assets	69,224,000,000		69,588,000,000		66,018,000,000			2,594,000,000	[2],[4]	1,738,000,000	[2],[4]
Current liabilities	13,634,000,000		13,896,000,000					226,000,000	[2]	837,000,000	[2]					1,000,000
Long-Term Debt	18,310,000,000		20,605,000,000					1,484,000,000	[2]	513,000,000	[2]
Other noncurrent liabilities	3,109,000,000		2,995,000,000					86,000,000	[2]	64,000,000	[2]
Total liabilities								1,796,000,000	[2]	1,414,000,000	[2]
Number of Joint Ventures								7						2
Sale of Stock, Percentage of Ownership before Transaction													100.00%
Sale of Stock, Percentage of Ownership after Transaction												50.00%
Current Assets Restricted To Consolidated Variable Interest Entities															0	0
Property Plant And Equipment Net Restricted To Consolidated Variable Interest Entities	2,169,000,000		1,388,000,000
Current liabilities, nonrecourse								226,000,000		190,000,000						1,000,000
Long Term Debt (Variable interest entities nonrecourse)	1,138,000,000		167,000,000					1,138,000,000		167,000,000
Other noncurrent liabilities, nonrecourse								86,000,000		64,000,000
Variable Interest Entities, maximum exposure to loss																	$ 363,000,000

[1] Included $3 million at December 31, 2011 specifically restricted for the construction of a manufacturing facility.

[2] December 31, 2010 values do not include assets and liabilities attributable to a development-stage enterprise located in Brazil that became a VIE in November 2011 and an ethylene storage joint venture located in Canada that became a VIE in the second quarter of 2011.

[3] Long-lived assets in Germany represented 8 percent of the total at December 31, 2011, 9 percent of the total at December 31, 2010 and 11 percent of the total at December 31, 2009.

[4] All assets were restricted at December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010.