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Financial Risk Management - Gross Volumes of Corporation's Derivative Contracts Outstanding (Detail) (USD $)
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Interest rate swap [Member]    
Derivative [Line Items]    
Derivative notional amount $ 1,300,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember
$ 1,300,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember
Gross Volumes of the Financial Risk Management Derivative Contracts Outstanding [Member] | Foreign Exchange [Member]    
Derivative [Line Items]    
Derivative notional amount 862,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeMember
/ us-gaap_TradingActivityByTypeAxis
= hes_FinancialRiskManagementDerivativeInstrumentsMember
1,189,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeMember
/ us-gaap_TradingActivityByTypeAxis
= hes_FinancialRiskManagementDerivativeInstrumentsMember
Gross Volumes of the Financial Risk Management Derivative Contracts Outstanding [Member] | Interest rate swap [Member]    
Derivative [Line Items]    
Derivative notional amount $ 1,300,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember
/ us-gaap_TradingActivityByTypeAxis
= hes_FinancialRiskManagementDerivativeInstrumentsMember
$ 1,300,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember
/ us-gaap_TradingActivityByTypeAxis
= hes_FinancialRiskManagementDerivativeInstrumentsMember
Gross Volumes of the Financial Risk Management Derivative Contracts Outstanding [Member] | Commodity, Primarily Crude Oil (Millions of Barrels) [Member]    
Derivative [Line Items]    
Absolute volume of derivative commodity contracts 16invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= hes_CommodityPrimarilyCrudeOilMember
/ us-gaap_TradingActivityByTypeAxis
= hes_FinancialRiskManagementDerivativeInstrumentsMember