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Debt Instrument, Repurchase Amount, If Put In Whole

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Line of Credit Facility, Exclusion For Debt Offering Proceeds

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Long-term Debt, Amount Not Tendered And Exchanged

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Long-term Debt, Amount Tendered And Exchanged

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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The cash inflow from amounts received from issuance of long-term debt that is wholly or partially secured by collateral. Excludes proceeds from tax exempt secured debt.

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The cash outflow to repay long-term debt that is wholly or partially secured by collateral. Excludes repayments of tax exempt secured debt.

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Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Aug. 08, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Aug. 07, 2019	Jun. 04, 2019	Jun. 03, 2019
Revolving Credit Facility
Long-term Debt
Revolving credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity			$ 3,000,000,000.0
Anadarko
Long-term Debt
Debt issuance, face amount	$ 21,800,000,000
Term loan balance	11,900,000,000
Anadarko \| Revolving Credit Facility
Long-term Debt
Revolving credit facility balance	2,900,000,000
Revolving credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity				$ 5,000,000,000.0	$ 3,000,000,000.0
Senior Notes \| Anadarko
Long-term Debt
Debt issuance, face amount	13,000,000,000.0
Term loan balance	11,900,000,000
Percentage of Anadarko debt tendered and exchanged		97.00%
Amount tendered and exchanged		$ 11,500,000,000
Amount not tendered and exchanged		400,000,000
Senior Notes \| Zero Coupon senior notes due 2036
Long-term Debt
Debt issuance, face amount		$ 2,300,000,000
Interest rate		5.24%
Repurchase amount if put in whole		$ 992,000,000
Line of Credit \| 364-Day Senior Unsecured Term Loan Facility \| Anadarko
Long-term Debt
Debt issuance, face amount	$ 4,400,000,000
Debt instrument term	364 days
Line of Credit \| Term Loan Facility \| Anadarko
Long-term Debt
Debt issuance, face amount	$ 4,400,000,000
Debt instrument term	2 years
The Term Loans
Long-term Debt
Pay down of term loans		4,800,000,000
The Term Loans \| Anadarko
Long-term Debt
Debt issuance, face amount	$ 8,800,000,000
WES
Long-term Debt
Term loan balance	$ 4,600,000,000
WES \| Senior Notes
Long-term Debt
Term loan balance		4,600,000,000
WES \| Line of Credit
Long-term Debt
Revolving credit facility balance		160,000,000
WES \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility
Long-term Debt
Revolving credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity		2,000,000,000.0
WES \| The Term Loans
Long-term Debt
Term loan balance		3,000,000,000.0
Exclusion for debt offering proceeds		1,000,000,000.0
Proceeds from Issuance of Secured Debt		$ 1,000,000,000.0