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Financing Arrangements and Debt (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
May 31, 2013
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity $ 2,000,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity $ 1,500,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
Credit facility, maturity date Jun. 01, 2017  
Credit facility interest rate above LIBOR 1.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1  
Line of credit facility fee 0.25%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeePercentage  
Committed Credit Facility [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity 2,000,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= mur_CommittedCreditFacilityMember
 
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity 450,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= mur_CommittedCreditFacilityMember
 
Uncommitted Credit Facilities [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity 435,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= mur_UncommittedCreditFacilitiesMember
 
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity $ 0us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= mur_UncommittedCreditFacilitiesMember