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Supplemental Oil and Gas Information (Narrative) (Details)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Reserve Quantities [Line Items]  
Percentage of bitumen from total bulk tar sand mined 10.00%mur_PercentageOfBitumenToBulkTarSandMined
Percentage of bitumen removed by extraction process that is contained within the tar sand 90.00%mur_PercentageOfBitumenRemovedInTarSandBitumenExtractionProcess
Metric tons of oil sand used to produce one barrel of synthetic crude oil 2mur_OilSandUsedToProduceOneBarrelOfSyntheticCrudeOil
Natural gas proved reserves expected to receive sale proceeds, per thousand cubic foot 0.24us-gaap_AverageSalesPrices
Future net cash flows annual discount factor, percentage 10.00%mur_DiscountedCashFlowMethodPercentage
Minimum [Member]  
Reserve Quantities [Line Items]  
Catalytic cracking process efficiency level 85.00%mur_CatalyticCrackingProcessEfficiencyLevel
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Maximum [Member]  
Reserve Quantities [Line Items]  
Catalytic cracking process efficiency level 90.00%mur_CatalyticCrackingProcessEfficiencyLevel
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Canada [Member] | Synthetic Oil [Member]  
Reserve Quantities [Line Items]  
Interest in synthetic oil operations at Syncrude in Western Canada, percentage 5.00%mur_PercentageOfOwnershipInterests
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Process of mining tar sands and converting the raw bitumen into a pipeline-quality crude The high-density core-hole drilling, at a spacing of less than 500 meters (proved area), provides engineering and geologic data needed to estimate the volumes of tar sand in place and its associated bitumen content.
Malaysia [Member] | Oil Reserves [Member]  
Reserve Quantities [Line Items]  
Oil and natural gas reserves associated with the production sharing contracts 94.6mur_ReservesAssociatedWithProductionSharingContracts
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Malaysia [Member] | Natural Gas Reserves [Member]  
Reserve Quantities [Line Items]  
Oil and natural gas reserves associated with the production sharing contracts 635,600,000,000mur_ReservesAssociatedWithProductionSharingContracts
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Malaysia [Member] | Natural Gas Reserves [Member] | Kikeh Field [Member]  
Reserve Quantities [Line Items]  
Oil and natural gas reserves associated with the production sharing contracts 54,700,000,000mur_ReservesAssociatedWithProductionSharingContracts
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