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Commitments (Narrative) (Details) (Scenario, Forecast [Member], Natural Gas [Member])
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
2015 Deliveries [Member]
   
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]    
Notional amount, per day   65invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_AverageSalesPriceAndProductionCostsPerUnitOfProductionProductionTypeAxis
= us-gaap_NaturalGasPerThousandCubicFeetMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= mur_TwentyFifteenDeliveriesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember
2016 Deliveries [Member]
   
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]    
Notional amount, per day 9invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_AverageSalesPriceAndProductionCostsPerUnitOfProductionProductionTypeAxis
= us-gaap_NaturalGasPerThousandCubicFeetMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= mur_TwentySixteenDeliveriesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember
 
2015 and 2016 Deliveries [Member]
   
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]    
Underlying derivative (Cdn $ per barrel) 4.13us-gaap_UnderlyingDerivativeVolume
/ us-gaap_AverageSalesPriceAndProductionCostsPerUnitOfProductionProductionTypeAxis
= us-gaap_NaturalGasPerThousandCubicFeetMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= mur_TwentyFifteenAndTwentySixteenMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember
4.13us-gaap_UnderlyingDerivativeVolume
/ us-gaap_AverageSalesPriceAndProductionCostsPerUnitOfProductionProductionTypeAxis
= us-gaap_NaturalGasPerThousandCubicFeetMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= mur_TwentyFifteenAndTwentySixteenMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember