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)	(713)	0	0	0	(773)	0	(773)	60
Other comprehensive income	186	0	0	0	0	186	186	0
Share-based compensation, including income taxes	52	0	1	51	0	0	52	0
Dividends on preferred stock	(23)	0	0	0	(23)	0	(23)	0
Dividends on common stock	(159)	0	0	0	(159)	0	(159)	0
Hess Midstream Partners LP units issuance	356	0	0	0	0	0	0	356
Noncontrolling interests, net	(175)	0	0	0	0	0	0	(175)
Balance at Jun. 30, 2017	15,078	1	318	5,826	9,153	(1,518)	13,780	1,298
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)	(152)	0	0	0	(236)	0	(236)	84
Other comprehensive income	165	0	0	0	0	165	165	0
Share-based compensation, including income taxes	48	0	1	47	0	0	48	0
Dividends on preferred stock	(23)	0	0	0	(23)	0	(23)	0
Dividends on common stock	(153)	0	0	0	(153)	0	(153)	0
Common stock acquired and retired	(880)	0	(16)	(370)	(494)	0	(880)	0
Noncontrolling interests, net	(23)	0	0	0	0	0	0	(23)
Balance at Jun. 30, 2018	$ 11,336	$ 1	$ 300	$ 5,501	$ 4,692	$ (522)	$ 9,972	$ 1,364