|**Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)**             | 6 Months Ended                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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|**Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]** |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|Changes in Asset Retirement Obligations               | Changes in ARO are as follows:Six Months Ended June 30,(millions)20172016Asset Retirement Obligations, Beginning Balance$935$989Liabilities Incurred823Liabilities Settled(32)(38)Revision of Estimate(15)4Accretion Expense(1)2325Asset Retirement Obligations, Ending Balance$993$983(1)Accretion expense is included in depreciation, depletion and amortization (DD&A)expense in the consolidated statements ofoperations.
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|(millions)                                            | 2017                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|Asset Retirement Obligations, Beginning Balance       | $                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|Liabilities Incurred                                  | 82                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|Liabilities Settled                                   | (32                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|Revision of Estimate                                  | (15                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|Accretion Expense(1)                                  | 23                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|Asset Retirement Obligations, Ending Balance          | $                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|(1)                                                   | Accretion expense is included in depreciation, depletion and amortization (DD&A)expense in the consolidated statements ofoperations.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

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