Dispositions - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) a	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) a	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Disposition Of Businesses [Line Items]
Cash proceeds from asset sales	$ 50,000,000	$ 2,978,000,000	$ 4,458,000,000
Gains (loss) on asset sales, net	51,000,000	823,000,000	2,174,000,000
Gain (loss) on asset sale, after-tax		0
Interests in Pangkah Asset, Offshore Indonesia
Disposition Of Businesses [Line Items]
Cash proceeds from asset sales		650,000,000
Gains (loss) on asset sales, net		31,000,000
Gain (loss) on asset sale, after-tax		(10,000,000)
Interests in Thailand
Disposition Of Businesses [Line Items]
Cash proceeds from asset sales		805,000,000
Gains (loss) on asset sales, net		706,000,000
Gain (loss) on asset sale, after-tax		706,000,000
Joint Venture Interest in an Electric Generating Facility in Newark, New Jersey
Disposition Of Businesses [Line Items]
Cash proceeds from asset sales		320,000,000
Gains (loss) on asset sales, net		13,000,000
Gain (loss) on asset sale, after-tax		8,000,000
Joint Venture Interest in Bayonne Energy Center
Disposition Of Businesses [Line Items]
Cash proceeds from asset sales		79,000,000
Interest in an Exploration Asset in United Kingdom North Sea
Disposition Of Businesses [Line Items]
Cash proceeds from asset sales		53,000,000
Gains (loss) on asset sales, net		33,000,000
Gain (loss) on asset sale, after-tax		$ 33,000,000
Interest in Beryl Fields & SAGE in United Kingdom North Sea
Disposition Of Businesses [Line Items]
Cash proceeds from asset sales			442,000,000
Gains (loss) on asset sales, net			328,000,000
Gain (loss) on asset sale, after-tax			323,000,000
Interest in Azeri Chirag Guneshli Fields, Offshore Azerbaijan in Caspian Sea & Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan (BTC), Oil Transportation Pipeline Company
Disposition Of Businesses [Line Items]
Cash proceeds from asset sales			884,000,000
Gains (loss) on asset sales, net			360,000,000
Gain (loss) on asset sale, after-tax			360,000,000
Samara-Nafta (Russian Subsidiary)
Disposition Of Businesses [Line Items]
Cash proceeds from asset sales			2,100,000,000
Gains (loss) on asset sales, net			1,119,000,000
Gain (loss) on asset sale, after-tax			$ 1,119,000,000
Corporation's proportionate interest in oil and gas assets (in percentage)			90.00%
Samara-Nafta (Russian Subsidiary) | Noncontrolling Interests
Disposition Of Businesses [Line Items]
Gains (loss) on asset sales, net			$ 168,000,000
Samara-Nafta (Russian Subsidiary) | Total Hess Stockholders' Equity
Disposition Of Businesses [Line Items]
Cash proceeds from asset sales			1,900,000,000
Gains (loss) on asset sales, net			951,000,000
Interest in Natuna A Field, Offshore Indonesia
Disposition Of Businesses [Line Items]
Cash proceeds from asset sales			656,000,000
Gains (loss) on asset sales, net			388,000,000
Gain (loss) on asset sale, after-tax			$ 343,000,000
Interest in Algeria
Disposition Of Businesses [Line Items]
Gains (loss) on asset sales, net	(21,000,000)
Gain (loss) on asset sale, after-tax	$ (21,000,000)
Net Acres in Utica Dry Gas Area of Utica Shale
Disposition Of Businesses [Line Items]
Net acres of Utica dry gas acreage sold | a	13,000	77,000
Cash proceeds from asset sales		$ 1,075,000,000
Sales price of Utica dry gas acreage sold	$ 120,000,000
Gains (loss) on asset sales, net	49,000,000	62,000,000
Gain (loss) on asset sale, after-tax	31,000,000	$ 35,000,000
Joint Venture Interest in Bayonne Energy Center
Disposition Of Businesses [Line Items]
Cash proceeds from asset sales	20,000,000
Gains (loss) on asset sales, net	20,000,000
Gain (loss) on asset sale, after-tax	$ 13,000,000