Inventory, Crude Oil, In Transit

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Inventory write down after income tax.

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Number of VLCCs

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The aggregate carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of unrefined petroleum and the liquid hydrocarbon components recovered from natural gas.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of loss from reductions in inventory due to subsequent measurement adjustments, including, but not limited to, physical deterioration, obsolescence, or changes in price levels.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 330
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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Inventories - Additional Information (Detail) barrelOfOil in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	4 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) vlcc barrelOfOil	Aug. 31, 2020 barrelOfOil	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) vlcc	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
Charges related to inventories			$ 53
Charges related to inventories, after income taxes			$ 52
Inventory [Line Items]
Number of very large crude carriers \| vlcc	3		3
Crude oil in very large crude carriers \| barrelOfOil	3.7
Cost of crude oil	$ 204		$ 204	$ 92
Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs)
Inventory [Line Items]
Cost of crude oil	$ 113		$ 113
Forecast \| Subsequent Event
Inventory [Line Items]
Crude oil in very large crude carriers \| barrelOfOil		6.0