Represents capitalized well cost greater than one year attributable to project.

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Percentage of participation interest in exploration project.

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Well costs incurred and expensed in the same year.

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- Definition

Number of exploratory oil and gas wells capable of producing either oil or gas in sufficient quantity to justify completion as oil or gas well.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name Regulation S-K (SK)
-Number 229
-Section 1205
-Paragraph (a)
-Subparagraph (1)
-Publisher SEC

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- Definition

Number of oil and gas wells temporarily suspended.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name Regulation S-K (SK)
-Number 229
-Section 1206
-Paragraph (a)
-Publisher SEC

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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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- Definition

Amount of expense for capitalized exploratory well costs for which proved reserves were not found at the exploratory well.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Topic 932
-SubTopic 235
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1B
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-Publisher FASB
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- Definition

The amount of capitalized exploratory well costs that is pending the determination of proved reserves. This does not include amounts that were capitalized and subsequently expensed in the same annual period.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 932
-SubTopic 235
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1B
-Subparagraph (a)
-Publisher FASB
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Property, Plant and Equipment - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) well	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) well	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) well	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Capitalized Exploratory Well Costs [Line Items]
Exploration and appraisal wells \| well	43	43	35
Capitalized exploratory well costs \| $	$ 952	$ 886	$ 681	$ 459
Capitalized exploratory well costs charged to expense \| $	58	0	0
Well costs incurred and expensed \| $	$ 89	$ 56	$ 11
Stabroek Block, Offshore Guyana
Capitalized Exploratory Well Costs [Line Items]
Participation interest percentage	30.00%
Exploration and appraisal wells \| well	36
Capitalized exploratory well costs \| $	$ 841
Capitalized well costs percentage	87.00%
Pickerel-1 Well, Gulf of Mexico
Capitalized Exploratory Well Costs [Line Items]
Participation interest percentage	100.00%
Huron-1 Well, Gulf of Mexico
Capitalized Exploratory Well Costs [Line Items]
Participation interest percentage	40.00%
Zanderij-1 Well, Block 42, Offshore Suriname
Capitalized Exploratory Well Costs [Line Items]
Participation interest percentage	33.00%
Capitalized well costs percentage	6.00%
JDA, Gulf of Thailand
Capitalized Exploratory Well Costs [Line Items]
Participation interest percentage	50.00%
Capitalized well costs percentage	5.00%
Successful exploration wells \| well	3
North Malay Basin, Offshore Peninsular Malaysia
Capitalized Exploratory Well Costs [Line Items]
Participation interest percentage	50.00%
Capitalized well costs percentage	2.00%
Successful exploration wells \| well	2