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Financial Instruments and Risk Management (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
contract
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2013
May 31, 2012
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]          
Accounts receivable for final settlement of WTI contracts $ 23,168,000mur_AccountsReceivableForFinalSettlement        
Number of open WTI contracts 0us-gaap_DerivativeNumberOfInstrumentsHeld        
Repayments Of Notes Payable   350,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfNotesPayable      
Repayments of debt   350,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfNotesPayable      
Scenario, Forecast [Member]          
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]          
Deferred loss charged to income     2,963,000us-gaap_DerivativeLossOnDerivative
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember
   
Commodity Derivative Contracts [Member]          
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]          
Fair value of foreign derivative contracts            
Fair value of commodity derivative contracts           
Interest Rate Swap [Member]          
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]          
Deferred loss charged to income 2,963,000us-gaap_DerivativeLossOnDerivative
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember
1,852,000us-gaap_DerivativeLossOnDerivative
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember
  2,963,000us-gaap_DerivativeLossOnDerivative
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember
 
Loss deferred for fair value of interest rate derivative contracts, net of tax 21,852,000us-gaap_DeferredGainLossOnDiscontinuationOfInterestRateFairValueHedge
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember
       
Loss deferred for fair value of interest rate derivative contracts 7,648,000mur_DeferredGainLossOnDiscontinuationOfInterestRateFairValueHedgeTax
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember
       
Face amount of notes         350,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember
Foreign exchange derivative contract [Member]          
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]          
Fair value of foreign derivative contracts 25,000us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
    26,000us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
 
Fair value of commodity derivative contracts            
Foreign exchange derivative contract [Member] | Currency, U.S. Dollar          
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]          
Short-term derivative instruments $ 21,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_CurrencyAxis
= currency_USD
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
    $ 32,300,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_CurrencyAxis
= currency_USD
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember