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Number Of Guarantees

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Payments made under long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments including throughput and take or pay agreements.

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Sites with potential remediation activities.

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Total costs accrued as of the balance sheet date for environmental loss contingencies.

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Recorded amount of the accrual for a material component of an environmental loss contingency.

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Indicates line item in statement of financial position that includes accrual for environmental loss contingency.

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The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

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Amount of recorded unconditional purchase obligation maturing after fifth fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of recorded unconditional purchase obligation to be paid in fifth fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of recorded unconditional purchase obligation to be paid in fourth fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of recorded unconditional purchase obligation to be paid in second fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of recorded unconditional purchase obligation to be paid in third fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of recorded unconditional purchase obligation to be paid in next fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Other Contingencies and Commitments (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Other Contingencies and Commitments (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) Location guaranty	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Guarantees
Number of guarantees \| guaranty	1
Guarantee for payments under terminal use agreements	$ 175
Long-Term Unconditional Purchase Obligations and Commitments, Including Throughput and Take-or-Pay Agreements
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements in year one	897
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements in year two	959
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements in year three	941
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements in year four	1,002
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements in year five	1,053
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements after year five	6,489
Total payments under long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments including throughput and Take-or-Pay agreements	$ 1,866	$ 861	$ 514
Environmental
Environmental Loss Contingency, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Accrued Liabilities, Current, Deferred credits and other noncurrent obligations
Environmental reserve balance	$ 868
Sites with potential remediation activities (in sites) \| Location	143
Upstream
Environmental
Environmental reserve	$ 222
United States \| Downstream
Environmental
Environmental reserve	384
International \| Downstream
Environmental
Environmental reserve	$ 44
Affiliates
Guarantees
Term of guarantee for payments under terminal use agreement (in years)	5 years
Other Obligations
Long-Term Unconditional Purchase Obligations and Commitments, Including Throughput and Take-or-Pay Agreements
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements in year one	$ 349
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements in year two	425
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements in year three	322
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements in year four	358
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements in year five	311
Long term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, including throughout and take or pay agreements after year five	1,233
Sites with Potential Remediation Activities
Environmental
Environmental reserve	218
Environmental Reserve Less Environmental Reserve for Sites with Potential Remediation Activities
Environmental
Environmental reserve	$ 650