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Income Taxes - Valuation Allowances Rollforward (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]        
Balance at January 1       $ (555,000,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Valuation Allowance [Line Items]        
Balance at December 31 (864,000,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (818,000,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (922,000,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (555,000,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Additions [Member]        
Valuation Allowance [Line Items]        
Change in valuation allowances (59,000,000)us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= apc_AdditionsMember
(38,000,000)us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= apc_AdditionsMember
(426,000,000)us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= apc_AdditionsMember
 
Reductions [Member]        
Valuation Allowance [Line Items]        
Change in valuation allowances $ 13,000,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= apc_ReductionsMember
$ 142,000,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= apc_ReductionsMember
$ 59,000,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= apc_ReductionsMember