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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense
Income taxes charged to income were:
 
 
Millions of Dollars
 
2016

 
2015

 
2014

Income Taxes
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
 
 
 
 
 
Current
$
(105
)
 
1,128

 
1,661

Deferred
645

 
444

 
(378
)
Foreign
 
 
 
 
 
Current
66

 
(74
)
 
22

Deferred
(84
)
 
42

 
80

State and local
 
 
 
 
 
Current
(24
)
 
227

 
274

Deferred
49

 
(3
)
 
(5
)
 
$
547

 
1,764

 
1,654

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
Major components of deferred tax liabilities and assets at December 31 were:
 
 
Millions of Dollars
 
2016

 
2015

Deferred Tax Liabilities
 
 
 
Properties, plants and equipment, and intangibles
$
4,525

 
4,361

Investment in joint ventures
2,442

 
2,292

Investment in subsidiaries
803

 
236

Inventory
154

 
176

Other
19

 
24

Total deferred tax liabilities
7,943

 
7,089

Deferred Tax Assets
 
 
 
Benefit plan accruals
669

 
751

Asset retirement obligations and accrued environmental costs
211

 
215

Other financial accruals and deferrals
188

 
175

Loss and credit carryforwards
261

 
227

Other
1

 
1

Total deferred tax assets
1,330

 
1,369

Less: valuation allowance
38

 
160

Net deferred tax assets
1,292

 
1,209

Net deferred tax liabilities
$
6,651

 
5,880

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward

As a result of the Separation and pursuant to the Tax Sharing Agreement with ConocoPhillips, the unrecognized tax benefits related to our operations for which ConocoPhillips was the taxpayer remain the responsibility of ConocoPhillips, and we have indemnified ConocoPhillips for such amounts. Those unrecognized tax benefits are included in the following table which shows a reconciliation of the beginning and ending unrecognized tax benefits.

 
Millions of Dollars
 
2016

 
2015

 
2014

 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at January 1
$
82

 
142

 
202

Additions based on tax positions related to the current year

 

 
13

Additions for tax positions of prior years
5

 
6

 
14

Reductions for tax positions of prior years
(17
)
 
(17
)
 
(68
)
Settlements

 
(49
)
 
(19
)
Lapse of statute

 

 

Balance at December 31
$
70

 
82

 
142

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation
The amounts of U.S. and foreign income (loss) before income taxes, with a reconciliation of tax at the federal statutory rate with the provision for income taxes, were:
 
 
Millions of Dollars
 
Percent of Pre-tax Income
 
2016

 
2015

 
2014

 
2016

 
2015

 
2014

Income from continuing operations before income taxes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States
$
1,713

 
4,983

 
5,121

 
78.2
 %
 
82.4

 
89.1

Foreign
478

 
1,061

 
624

 
21.8

 
17.6

 
10.9

 
$
2,191

 
6,044

 
5,745

 
100.0
 %
 
100.0

 
100.0

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal statutory income tax
$
767

 
2,115

 
2,011

 
35.0
 %

35.0

 
35.0

Goodwill allocated to assets sold

 
41

 
18

 


0.7

 
0.3

Sale of foreign subsidiaries

 
(125
)
 
(293
)
 


(2.1
)
 
(5.1
)
Foreign rate differential
(152
)
 
(239
)
 
(184
)
 
(6.9
)

(3.9
)
 
(3.2
)
German tax legislation

 
(103
)
 

 


(1.7
)
 

Change in valuation allowance
(81
)
 
(17
)
 
(14
)
 
(3.7
)

(0.2
)
 
(0.2
)
Federal manufacturing deduction

 
(77
)
 
(81
)
 


(1.3
)
 
(1.4
)
State income tax, net of federal benefit
12

 
150

 
180

 
0.6


2.5

 
3.1

Other
1

 
19

 
17

 


0.2

 
0.3

 
$
547

 
1,764

 
1,654

 
25.0
 %

29.2

 
28.8