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Other (Charges) Gains, Net (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Other (Charges) Gains, Net |
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
| (In $ millions)
Restructuring(1) | (5) |  |  | (27) |  |  | (56) |  |  | (84) |
Asset impairments(2) | (1,486) |  |  | (34) |  |  | (1,486) |  |  | (39) |
Total | (1,491) |  |  | (61) |  |  | (1,542) |  |  | (123) |
______________________________ (1)Includes employee termination benefits related to Company-wide business optimization projects during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, and employee termination benefits related to the previously announced closures of the Company's facility in Mechelen, Belgium and its polymerization units in Uentrop, Germany during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024. (2)Primarily related to non-cash impairment losses on goodwill and certain trade names, primarily Zytel® during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 (Note 5) and on certain trade names, primarily Zytel® during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024.
Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost | The changes in the restructuring liabilities by business segment are as follows:
| Engineered Materials |  |  |  | Acetyl Chain |  | Other |  | Total
| (In $ millions)
Employee Termination Benefits |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As of December 31, 2024 | 57 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | 6 |  |  | 63 |
Additions | 35 |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 56 |
Cash payments | (73) |  |  |  |  | (2) |  |  | (18) |  |  | (93) |
Other changes | (4) |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | 4 |  |  | — |
Exchange rate changes | 2 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | 3 |
As of September 30, 2025 | 17 |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 29 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.4.b.2) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147479823/420-10-S99-2 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b)(2) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482017/420-10-50-1 + Details
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