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Leases (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Leases [Abstract] |
Schedule of Maturity of Lease Liabilities | Future annual minimum lease payments for operating and finance leases as of September 30, 2025 are as follows (in millions):
Years Ending December 31, | Operating Leases |  | Finance Leases
2025 | $ | 181 |  |  | $ | 37 |
2026 | 639 |  |  | 141 |
2027 | 545 |  |  | 143 |
2028 | 376 |  |  | 146 |
2029 | 287 |  |  | 146 |
Thereafter | 1,172 |  |  | 646 |
Total lease payments (1) | 3,200 |  |  | 1,259 |
Less: Interest | (570) |  |  | (307) |
Present value of lease liabilities | $ | 2,630 |  |  | $ | 952 |
(1)Does not include approximately $3.0 billion of legally binding minimum payments for leases executed as of September 30, 2025 that will commence in future periods, consisting primarily of vessel charters, with fixed minimum lease terms of up to 15 years.
Lease, Other Quantitative Information | The following table shows the weighted-average remaining lease term and the weighted-average discount rate for our operating leases and finance leases:
| September 30, 2025 |  | December 31, 2024
| Operating Leases |  | Finance Leases |  | Operating Leases |  | Finance Leases
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years) | 7.3 |  | 8.8 |  | 7.0 |  | 8.8
Weighted-average discount rate (1) | 5.2% |  | 6.6% |  | 5.0% |  | 7.4%
(1)The weighted average discount rate is impacted by certain finance leases that commenced prior to the adoption of the current leasing standard under GAAP. In accordance with previous accounting guidance, the implied rate is based on the fair value of the underlying assets. The following table includes other quantitative information for our operating and finance leases (in millions):
| Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  |
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities (1) | $ | 408 |  |  | $ | 718 |  |  |
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for finance lease liabilities (2) | 472 |  |  | 59 |  |  |
(1)Net of $33 million reclassified from operating leases to finance leases during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, as a result of modifications of the underlying tug vessel leases. (2)Net of $15 million reclassified from finance leases to operating leases during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, as a result of modifications of the underlying tug vessel leases.
Schedule of Sublease Income | The following table shows the sublease income recognized in other revenues on our Consolidated Statements of Operations (in millions):
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
|  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  |
Fixed income |  | $ | 25 |  |  | $ | 72 |  |  | $ | 66 |  |  | $ | 238 |  |  |
Variable income |  | 14 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 36 |  |  | 28 |  |  |
Total sublease income |  | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | 83 |  |  | $ | 102 |  |  | $ | 266 |  |  |
Sublease Payment to be Received, Fiscal Year Maturity | Future annual minimum sublease payments to be received from LNG vessel subleases as of September 30, 2025 are as follows (in millions):
Years Ending December 31, | Sublease Payments
2025 | $ | 8 |
2026 | 1 |
Total sublease payments | $ | 9 |

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