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Income Taxes (Unaudited) (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Geographic Sources of Provision for Income Taxes | Geographic sources of FCX's provision for income taxes follow (in millions):
| Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended |
| June 30, |  | June 30, |
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
U.S. operations | $ | 149 |  | a | $ | (95 | ) | b | $ | 285 |  | a | $ | (19 | ) | b
International operations | 179 |  |  | 135 |  |  | 400 |  |  | 487 |  |
Total | $ | 328 |  |  | $ | 40 |  |  | $ | 685 |  |  | $ | 468 |  |
a. | FCX recognized a $58 million charge for deferred taxes recorded in connection with the allocation of goodwill to the sale of Eagle Ford.
b. | As a result of second-quarter 2013 oil and gas acquisitions, FCX recognized a net tax benefit of $183 million, consisting of income tax benefits of $190 million associated with net reductions in FCX's valuation allowances and $69 million related to the release of the deferred tax liability on PXP's investment in MMR common stock; partially offset by income tax expense of $76 million associated with the write off of deferred tax assets related to environmental liabilities.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 9 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32639-109319 + Details
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