Public offering of Class A shares in Hess Midstream LP, a consolidated variable interest entity of Hess Corporation

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Proceeds from the public offering of Class A shares of Hess Midstream LP, net of transaction costs

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Subsequent Events (Details) shares in Thousands, bbl in Thousands, MMBbls in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		2 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2021 USD ($) bbl $ / bbl shares	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) shares	Oct. 07, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) MMBbls	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 04, 2021 bbl	Dec. 31, 2020 MMBbls
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of Class A shares of Hess Midstream LP \| $		$ 70		$ 70	$ 0
Number of Class A shares of subsidiary public offering (in shares) \| shares		3,450
Commodity Options / Collars
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Notional amount of crude oil \| MMBbls				54.0			27.4
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of Class A shares of Hess Midstream LP \| $	$ 108
Number of Class A shares of subsidiary public offering (in shares) \| shares	4,300
Percent interest in consolidated entity	44.00%		45.00%
Subsequent Event \| Commodity Options / Collars \| West Texas Intermediate
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Notional amount of crude oil \| bbl	90					10
Average monthly floor price (US dollar per barrel)	60
Average monthly ceiling price (US dollar per barrel)	90
Subsequent Event \| Commodity Options / Collars \| Brent
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Notional amount of crude oil \| bbl	60					30
Average monthly floor price (US dollar per barrel)	65
Average monthly ceiling price (US dollar per barrel)	95