COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (Guarantees) (Table and Narrative) (Details)		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013 Guarantees [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Guarantees [Member] USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2013 Residual Value Guarantees [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Residual Value Guarantees [Member] USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2013 Total Guarantees [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Total Guarantees [Member] USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2012 Guarantees subject to indemnification from third parties [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 Sadara [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Long Term Debt entered into by Equity Method Investee [Domain] Sukuk [Member] Sadara [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 Long Term Debt entered into by Equity Method Investee [Domain] Sukuk [Member] Sadara [Member] SAR	Sep. 30, 2013 Long Term Debt entered into by Equity Method Investee [Domain] Financing [Domain] Sadara [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 Long Term Debt entered into by Equity Method Investee [Domain] Total Project Financing [Member] Sadara [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 Long Term Debt entered into by Equity Method Investee [Domain] Construction Loans [Member] Sadara [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 Guarantee of Indebtedness of Others [Member] Sadara [Member] USD ($)
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Final expiration		2021	2021		2021	2021
Guarantor obligations, maximum future payments		$ 4,845,000,000	$ 1,544,000,000	[1]	$ 685,000,000	$ 637,000,000	[1],[2]	$ 5,530,000,000	$ 2,181,000,000	[1]	$ 98,000,000							$ 4,400,000,000
Guarantor obligations, recorded liability		96,000,000	48,000,000		28,000,000	31,000,000	[2]	124,000,000	79,000,000
Indemnified amount if required to perform under a guarantee											49,000,000
Islamic Bond - Noncurrent													2,000,000,000	7,500,000,000
Project Financing, Maximum Borrowing Capacity															10,500,000,000	12,500,000,000
Amount Drawn, Total Project Financing																	$ 4,700,000,000
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	50.00%											35.00%

[1] The Company was indemnified by a third party for $49 million if required to perform under a $98 million guarantee.

[2] Does not include the residual value guarantee related to the Company's variable interest in an owner trust; see Note 11.