COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (Guarantees) (Table and Narrative) (Details)		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 Guarantees subject to indemnification from third parties [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Guarantees [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Guarantees [Member] USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2013 Residual Value Guarantees [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Residual Value Guarantees [Member] USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2013 Total Guarantees [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Total Guarantees [Member] USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2013 Sadara [Member]		Dec. 31, 2012 Sadara [Member]		Dec. 31, 2013 Sadara [Member] Guarantee of Indebtedness of Others [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 02, 2013 Sadara [Member] Long Term Debt entered into by Equity Method Investee [Domain] Sukuk [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 02, 2013 Sadara [Member] Long Term Debt entered into by Equity Method Investee [Domain] Sukuk [Member] SAR	Jun. 16, 2013 Sadara [Member] Long Term Debt entered into by Equity Method Investee [Domain] Additional Project Financing [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Sadara [Member] Long Term Debt entered into by Equity Method Investee [Domain] Total Project Financing [Member] USD ($)
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Indemnified amount if required to perform under a guarantee	$ 49,000,000
Final expiration		2021	2021		2021	2021	[1]
Guarantees, Maximum Future Payments	98,000,000	5,074,000,000	1,544,000,000	[2]	708,000,000	637,000,000	[1],[2]	5,782,000,000	2,181,000,000	[2]					4,400,000,000
Guarantees, Recorded Liability		137,000,000	48,000,000		27,000,000	31,000,000	[1]	164,000,000	79,000,000
Islamic Bond - Noncurrent																2,000,000,000	7,500,000,000
Project Financing, Maximum Borrowing Capacity																		10,500,000,000	12,500,000,000
Project Financing, Amount Outstanding																			$ 5,800,000,000
Equity method investment, ownership percentage											35.00%	[3]	35.00%	[3]

[1] Does not include the residual value guarantee related to the Company's variable interest in an owner trust; see Note 19.

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

[3] Sadara Chemical Company became a principal nonconsolidated affiliate in the fourth quarter of 2012.