COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) $ in Millions, $ in Millions |
Sep. 10, 2020
defendant
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Mar. 31, 2026
USD ($)
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Dec. 31, 2025
USD ($)
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Mar. 31, 2025
AUD ($)
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Apr. 05, 2022
letter
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Dec. 31, 2017
AUD ($)
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Apr. 30, 2017
AUD ($)
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| Commitment And Contingencies [Line Items] | |||||||
| Accrued liability for legal contingencies | $ 27 | ||||||
| Undiscounted reserve for environmental remediation | 2 | ||||||
| Standby loan agreed to provide related to ARO | 400 | ||||||
| Number of prior letters notifying unable to fund decommissioning obligations | letter | 2 | ||||||
| Decommissioning security for sold properties | 41 | ||||||
| Minimum | |||||||
| Commitment And Contingencies [Line Items] | |||||||
| Decommissioning contingency for sold | $ 878 | $ 881 | |||||
| Australian Operations Divestiture Dispute | Apache Australia Operation | |||||||
| Commitment And Contingencies [Line Items] | |||||||
| Gain contingency, unrecorded amount | $ 57 | $ 80 | |||||
| Loss contingency, estimated of possible loss amount | $ 133 | $ 200 | |||||
| Delaware Litigation | |||||||
| Commitment And Contingencies [Line Items] | |||||||
| Number of defendants | defendant | 25 |