Income Taxes (Tables) |
12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2019 | |
| Income Taxes [Abstract] | |
| Income taxes charged to income (loss) | Note 19—Income Taxes Income taxes charged to net income (loss) were: Millions of Dollars 2019 2018 2017 Income Taxes Federal Current $ 18 4 79 Deferred (113) 545 (3,046) Foreign Current 2,545 3,273 1,729 Deferred (323) (166) (510) State and local Current 148 108 51 Deferred (8) (96) (125) $ 2,267 3,668 (1,822) |
| Components of deferred tax liabilities and assets | Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effect of temporary assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes of deferred tax liabilities and assets at December Millions of Dollars 2019 2018 Deferred Tax Liabilities PP&E and intangibles $ 8,660 8,004 Inventory 35 60 Deferred state income tax - 61 Other 234 156 Total deferred tax liabilities 8,929 8,281 Deferred Tax Assets Benefit plan accruals 542 641 Asset retirement obligations and accrued environmental 2,339 2,891 Investments in joint ventures 1,722 104 Other financial accruals and deferrals 777 330 Loss and credit carryforwards 8,968 2,378 Other 345 398 Total deferred tax assets 14,693 6,742 Less: valuation allowance (10,214) (3,040) Net deferred tax assets 4,479 3,702 Net deferred tax liabilities $ 4,450 4,579 |
| Components of loss and credit carryforwards and applicable valulation allowances | At December 31, 2019, the components of the applicable valuation allowances were: Millions of Dollars Net Deferred Expiration of Gross Deferred Tax Asset After Net Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance Tax Asset U.S. foreign tax credits $ 7,696 14 2028 U.S. general business credits 250 250 2036-2038 U.S. capital loss 202 32 2024 State net operating losses and tax credits 370 50 Various Foreign net operating losses and tax credits 450 413 Post 2025 $ 8,968 759 |
| Reconciliation of the beginning and ending unrecognized tax benefits | The following table shows a reconciliation 2018 and 2017: Millions of Dollars 2019 2018 2017 Balance at January 1 $ 1,081 882 381 Additions based on tax positions related to the current 9 268 612 Additions for tax positions of prior years 120 43 109 Reductions for tax positions of prior years (22) (73) (129) Settlements (9) (35) (5) Lapse of statute (2) (4) (86) Balance at December 31 $ 1,177 1,081 882 |
| Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block] | The amounts of U.S. and foreign income (loss) statutory rate with the provision for income taxes, Millions of Dollars Percent of Pre-Tax Income (Loss) 2019 2018 2017 2019 2018 2017 Income (loss) before income taxes United States $ 4,704 2,867 (5,250) 49.4 % 28.7 200.8 Foreign 4,820 7,106 2,635 50.6 71.3 (100.8) $ 9,524 9,973 (2,615) 100.0 % 100.0 100.0 Federal statutory income tax $ 2,000 2,095 (915) 21.0 % 21.0 35.0 Non-U.S. effective tax rates 1,399 1,766 625 14.7 17.7 (23.9) Tax Legislation - (10) (852) - (0.1) 32.6 Canada disposition - - (1,277) - - 48.8 U.K. disposition (732) (150) - (7.7) (1.5) - Recovery of outside basis (77) (21) (962) (0.8) (0.2) 36.8 Adjustment to tax reserves 9 (4) 881 0.1 - (33.7) Adjustment to valuation allowance (225) (26) - (2.4) (0.3) - APLNG impairment - - 834 - - (31.9) State income tax 123 135 (84) 1.3 1.4 3.2 Malaysia Deepwater Incentive (164) - - (1.7) - - Enhanced oil recovery credit (27) (99) (68) (0.3) (1.0) 2.6 Other (39) (18) (4) (0.4) (0.2) 0.2 $ 2,267 3,668 (1,822) 23.8 % 36.8 69.7 |