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Accounting for Suspended Exploratory Well Costs
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Capitalized Exploratory Well Costs [Abstract]  
Accounting for Suspended Exploratory Well Costs

10. Accounting for Suspended Exploratory Well Costs

For the category of exploratory well costs at year-end 2016 that were suspended more than one year, a total of $240 million was expensed in the first nine months of 2017.