Statement of Consolidated Equity - USD ($) $ in Millions	Total	Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock	Common Stock	Capital in Excess of Par	Retained Earnings	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	Total Hess Stockholders' Equity	Noncontrolling Interests
Balance at Dec. 31, 2016	$ 15,591	$ 1	$ 317	$ 5,773	$ 10,147	$ (1,704)	$ 14,534	$ 1,057
Cumulative effect of adoption of new accounting standards at Dec. 31, 2016	(37)	0	0	2	(39)	0	(37)	0
Net income (loss)	(296)	0	0	0	(324)	0	(324)	28
Other comprehensive income	37	0	0	0	0	37	37	0
Share-based compensation, including income taxes	30	0	1	29	0	0	30	0
Dividends on preferred stock	(12)	0	0	0	(12)	0	(12)	0
Dividends on common stock	(80)	0	0	0	(80)	0	(80)	0
Balance at Mar. 31, 2017	15,233	1	318	5,804	9,692	(1,667)	14,148	1,085
Balance at Dec. 31, 2017	12,354	1	315	5,824	5,597	(686)	11,051	1,303
Cumulative effect of adoption of new accounting standards at Dec. 31, 2017	0	0	0	0	1	(1)	0	0
Net income (loss)	(65)	0	0	0	(106)	0	(106)	41
Other comprehensive income	116	0	0	0	0	116	116	0
Share-based compensation, including income taxes	13	0	1	12	0	0	13	0
Dividends on preferred stock	(11)	0	0	0	(11)	0	(11)	0
Dividends on common stock	(78)	0	0	0	(78)	0	(78)	0
Common stock acquired and retired	(380)	0	(8)	(135)	(237)	0	(380)	0
Noncontrolling interests, net	(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	(12)
Balance at Mar. 31, 2018	$ 11,937	$ 1	$ 308	$ 5,701	$ 5,166	$ (571)	$ 10,605	$ 1,332