Financial Instruments and Risk Management - Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024
Financial Instruments and Risk Management
Total current derivative contracts, assets	$ 66	$ 66
Derivative Asset, Current, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Assets, Current	Other Assets, Current
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, assets	$ 2	$ 77
Derivative Asset, Noncurrent, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Assets, Noncurrent	Other Assets, Noncurrent
Total current derivative contracts, liabilities	$ 50	$ 20
Derivative Liability, Current, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Liabilities, Current	Other Liabilities, Current
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, liabilities	$ 10	$ 13
Derivative Liability, Noncurrent, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Liabilities, Noncurrent	Other Liabilities, Noncurrent
Commodity contracts
Financial Instruments and Risk Management
Total current derivative contracts, assets	$ 31	$ 26
Derivative Asset, Current, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Assets, Current	Other Assets, Current
Total current derivative contracts, liabilities	$ 17	$ 7
Derivative Liability, Current, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Liabilities, Current	Other Liabilities, Current
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, liabilities	$ 1	$ 1
Derivative Liability, Noncurrent, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Liabilities, Noncurrent	Other Liabilities, Noncurrent
Currency contract
Financial Instruments and Risk Management
Total current derivative contracts, assets	$ 31	$ 36
Derivative Asset, Current, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Assets, Current	Other Assets, Current
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, assets	$ 1	$ 51
Derivative Asset, Noncurrent, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Assets, Noncurrent	Other Assets, Noncurrent
Total current derivative contracts, liabilities	$ 31	$ 13
Derivative Liability, Current, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Liabilities, Current	Other Liabilities, Current
Interest rate and other contracts
Financial Instruments and Risk Management
Total current derivative contracts, assets	$ 4	$ 4
Derivative Asset, Current, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Assets, Current	Other Assets, Current
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, assets	$ 1	$ 6
Derivative Asset, Noncurrent, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Assets, Noncurrent	Other Assets, Noncurrent
Total current derivative contracts, liabilities	$ 2
Derivative Liability, Current, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Liabilities, Current
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, liabilities		$ 12
Derivative Liability, Noncurrent, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]		Other Liabilities, Noncurrent
Net investment hedge
Financial Instruments and Risk Management
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, assets		$ 20
Derivative Asset, Noncurrent, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]		Other Assets, Noncurrent
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, liabilities	$ 9
Derivative Liability, Noncurrent, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Liabilities, Noncurrent
Derivatives Designated As Hedging Instruments
Financial Instruments and Risk Management
Total current derivative contracts, assets	$ 57	$ 30
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, assets	1	77
Total current derivative contracts, liabilities	17	7
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, liabilities	10	1
Derivatives Designated As Hedging Instruments \| Commodity contracts
Financial Instruments and Risk Management
Total current derivative contracts, assets	31	26
Total current derivative contracts, liabilities	17	7
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, liabilities	1	1
Derivatives Designated As Hedging Instruments \| Currency contract
Financial Instruments and Risk Management
Total current derivative contracts, assets	22
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, assets		51
Derivatives Designated As Hedging Instruments \| Interest rate and other contracts
Financial Instruments and Risk Management
Total current derivative contracts, assets	4	4
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, assets	1	6
Derivatives Designated As Hedging Instruments \| Net investment hedge
Financial Instruments and Risk Management
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, assets		20
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, liabilities	9
Derivatives not Designated as Hedging Instruments
Financial Instruments and Risk Management
Total current derivative contracts, assets	9	36
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, assets	1
Total current derivative contracts, liabilities	33	13
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, liabilities		12
Derivatives not Designated as Hedging Instruments \| Currency contract
Financial Instruments and Risk Management
Total current derivative contracts, assets	9	36
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, assets	1
Total current derivative contracts, liabilities	31	13
Derivatives not Designated as Hedging Instruments \| Interest rate and other contracts
Financial Instruments and Risk Management
Total current derivative contracts, liabilities	$ 2
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, liabilities		$ 12

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4A
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 210
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