Hess Midstream LP (Detail) shares in Millions, bbl in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2022 shares	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) shares bbl	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2024
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Changes, Net [Abstract]
Number of underwritten public equity offerings completed			3	2
Proceeds from sale of Class A shares of Hess Midstream LP			$ 0	$ 167	$ 146
Sale of Class A shares of Hess Midstream LP			309	333	218
Deferred tax impact to noncontrolling interests from sale of units held by parent by consolidated subsidiary			$ 309	$ 166	72
Number of repurchase transactions completed			3	4
Proceeds from repurchase of units held by Hess Corporation and Global Infrastructure Partners, by Hess Midstream Operations LP	$ 100		$ 300	$ 400	400
Proceeds from repurchase of units held by Hess Corporation by Hess Midstream Operations LP				38
Senior unsecured fixed-rate note issued by Hess Midstream Operations LP					$ 400
Interest rate of senior unsecured fixed-rate note issued by Hess Midstream Operations LP					5.50%	3.50%
Repurchase of Class B units of Hess Midstream Operations LP			(157)	(189)	$ (183)
Deferred tax impact to noncontrolling interests from repurchase of units held by parent by consolidated subsidiary	7		30	23	17
Proceeds to noncontrolling interests from repurchase of units held by parent by consolidated subsidiary	$ 62		187	$ 212	200
Participation by parent in repurchase subsidiary shares				50.00%
Participation by noncontrolling interest in repurchase of units of consolidated subsidiary				50.00%
Variable Interest Entity, Measure of Activity [Abstract]
Liabilities			14,548	$ 14,405
Cash and cash equivalents			1,171	1,688
Property, plant and equipment — net			$ 19,921	17,432
Joint venture percentage owned by Targa Resources Corp			50.00%
Capital in Excess of Par
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Changes, Net [Abstract]
Sale of Class A shares of Hess Midstream LP			$ 0	158	130
Repurchase of Class B units of Hess Midstream Operations LP			0	31	32
Noncontrolling Interests
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Changes, Net [Abstract]
Sale of Class A shares of Hess Midstream LP			309	175	88
Repurchase of Class B units of Hess Midstream Operations LP			$ (157)	(220)	(215)
Noncontrolling Interests | Change In Ownership
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Changes, Net [Abstract]
Sale of Class A shares of Hess Midstream LP				$ 9	$ 16
Class A Shares
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Changes, Net [Abstract]
Number of Class A shares of subsidiary public offering (in shares) | shares			35.7	24.3	10.2
Class B Shares
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Changes, Net [Abstract]
Number of Class B units repurchased by Hess Midstream LP (in shares) | shares			8.4	13.6	13.6
Hess Midstream LP
Ownership [Abstract]
Percent interest in consolidated entity			38.00%
Hess Midstream LP | Capital in Excess of Par
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Changes, Net [Abstract]
Sale of Class A shares of Hess Midstream LP					$ 130
Repurchase of Class B units of Hess Midstream Operations LP				$ 31	32
Hess Midstream LP | Noncontrolling Interests
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Changes, Net [Abstract]
Sale of Class A shares of Hess Midstream LP					88
Repurchase of Class B units of Hess Midstream Operations LP				31	32
Hess Midstream LP | Public Shareholders
Ownership [Abstract]
Noncontrolling interest ownership percentage of GIP			47.00%
Hess Midstream LP | Global Infrastructure Partners
Ownership [Abstract]
Noncontrolling interest ownership percentage of GIP			15.00%
Midstream
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Changes, Net [Abstract]
Number of Class B units repurchased by Hess Midstream LP (in shares) | shares		13.6
Senior unsecured fixed-rate note issued by Hess Midstream Operations LP			$ 3,074	2,477
Variable Interest Entity | Hess Midstream LP
Variable Interest Entity, Measure of Activity [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents			$ 4	5
Gas processing capacity of LM4 | bbl			200
Processing fees incurred			$ 33	24	$ 21
Variable Interest Entity | Hess Midstream LP | Little Missouri Four
Variable Interest Entity, Measure of Activity [Abstract]
Equity method investment			$ 87	90
Equity method investment, ownership percentage			50.00%
Variable Interest Entity | Hess Midstream LP | Nonrecourse
Variable Interest Entity, Measure of Activity [Abstract]
Liabilities			$ 3,652	3,385
Variable Interest Entity | Midstream
Variable Interest Entity, Measure of Activity [Abstract]
Property, plant and equipment — net			$ 3,325	$ 3,229