Non-operating leasehold interest ownership percentage.

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Operated Interest

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Third party nonoperated interest to be acquired.

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Disclosure of the difference in values (gain (loss)) between the nonmonetary assets or liabilities exchanged with another entity inclusive of boot (small monetary consideration).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 845
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale; includes cash outflows to pay for construction of self-constructed assets.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
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Acquisitions, Divestitures, and Assets Held for Sale - Property Exchange (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 17, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2017
Nonmonetary Transaction [Line Items]
Cash payment to acquire a third party's interest in the DBJV system		$ 5,031	$ 3,505	$ 6,067
Delaware Basin Joint Venture System [Member]
Nonmonetary Transaction [Line Items]
Third party nonoperated interest percentage to be acquired	50.00%
Delaware Basin Joint Venture System [Member] \| Western Gas Partners, LP [Member]
Nonmonetary Transaction [Line Items]
Cash payment to acquire a third party's interest in the DBJV system	$ 155
Gain on property exchange	$ 126
Operated Interest					100.00%
Marcellus Assets [Member] \| Western Gas Partners, LP [Member]
Nonmonetary Transaction [Line Items]
Non operated interest percentage	33.75%