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Investments Investments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
Investments [Abstract] |  |
Schedule of earnings from equity investments [Table Text Block] | Our earnings (losses) from equity investments were as follows (in millions):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Citrus Corporation | $ | 108 |  |  | $ | 102 |  |  | $ | 96 |
SNG | 77 |  |  | 58 |  |  | — |
FEP | 53 |  |  | 51 |  |  | 55 |
Gulf LNG Holdings Group, LLC | 47 |  |  | 48 |  |  | 49 |
Plantation Pipe Line Company | 46 |  |  | 37 |  |  | 29 |
Cortez Pipeline Company(a) | 44 |  |  | 24 |  |  | (3 | )
Ruby | 44 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 18 |
MEP | 38 |  |  | 40 |  |  | 45 |
EagleHawk | 24 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 24 |
Watco Companies, LLC | 19 |  |  | 25 |  |  | 16 |
Red Cedar Gathering Company(b) | 14 |  |  | 24 |  |  | 26 |
Fort Union Gas Gathering L.L.C.(c) | 10 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 16 |
NGPL Holdings LLC | 10 |  |  | 12 |  |  | — |
Liberty Pipeline Group LLC | 9 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 9 |
Bear Creek Storage | 8 |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |
Sierrita Gas Pipeline LLC | 7 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 9 |
Double Eagle Pipeline LLC | 7 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 3 |
Parkway Pipeline LLC | — |  |  | 14 |  |  | 5 |
All others | 13 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 17 |
Total earnings from equity investments | $ | 578 |  |  | $ | 497 |  |  | $ | 414 |
Amortization of excess costs | (61 | ) |  | (59 | ) |  | (51 | )
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(a) | 2017, 2016 and 2015 amounts include $(4) million, $9 million and $26 million, respectively, representing our share of a non-cash impairment charge (pre-tax) recorded by Cortez Pipeline Company.
(b) | 2017 amount includes non-cash impairment charges of $10 million (pre-tax) related to our investment.
(c) | 2016 amount includes non-cash impairment charges of $7 million (pre-tax) related to our investment.
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block] | Our investments primarily consist of equity investments where we hold significant influence over investee actions and for which we apply the equity method of accounting. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, our investments consisted of the following (in millions):
| December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016
Citrus Corporation | $ | 1,698 |  |  | $ | 1,709 |
SNG | 1,495 |  |  | 1,505 |
Ruby | 774 |  |  | 798 |
NGPL Holdings LLC | 687 |  |  | 475 |
Gulf LNG Holdings Group, LLC | 461 |  |  | 485 |
Plantation Pipe Line Company | 331 |  |  | 333 |
EagleHawk | 314 |  |  | 329 |
Utopia Holding LLC | 276 |  |  | 55 |
MEP | 253 |  |  | 328 |
Red Cedar Gathering Company | 187 |  |  | 191 |
Watco Companies, LLC | 182 |  |  | 180 |
Double Eagle Pipeline LLC | 149 |  |  | 151 |
FEP | 112 |  |  | 101 |
Liberty Pipeline Group LLC | 71 |  |  | 75 |
Bear Creek Storage | 63 |  |  | 61 |
Sierrita Gas Pipeline LLC | 55 |  |  | 57 |
Fort Union Gas Gathering L.L.C. | 12 |  |  | 25 |
All others | 178 |  |  | 169 |
Total investments | $ | 7,298 |  |  | $ | 7,027 |
Summarized financial info of significant equity investment [Table Text Block] |  | Summarized combined financial information for our significant equity investments (listed or described above) is reported below (in millions; amounts represent 100% of investee financial information):

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