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Environmental Liabilities and Expenditures (Details) $ in Millions | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2016 mi | Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) site category | Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Environmental remediation reserves |  |  |  |
Number of Sites | site |  | 146 |  |
Environmental remediation reserves, current, included in accrued liabilities |  | $ 120 |  |
Environmental remediation reserves, non-current, included in deferred credits and other liabilities - other |  | $ 755 |  | $ 762
Number of non-NPL sites categories | category |  | 3 |  |
Reserve Balance |  | $ 875 |  |
Environmental reserves, exceeding $ ten million, threshold value |  | $ 10 |  |
Environmental reserves, exceeding $ ten million, number of sites | site |  | 16 |  |
Environmental reserves, range between zero to $ one million site category, number of sites | site |  | 91 |  |
Expected expend funds of environmental reserves (as a percent) |  | 0.00% |  |
Minimum period of expending second half of environmental reserves |  | 10 years |  |
Environmental remediation additional loss range |  | $ 1,100 |  |
Low end of range |  |  |  |
Environmental remediation reserves |  |  |  |
Environmental reserves, range between zero to $ one million site category |  | $ 0 |  |
Period of expending first half of environmental reserves |  | 3 years |  |
High end of range |  |  |  |
Environmental remediation reserves |  |  |  |
Environmental reserves, range between zero to $ one million site category |  | $ 1 |  |
Period of expending first half of environmental reserves |  | 4 years |  |
NPL sites |  |  |  |
Environmental remediation reserves |  |  |  |
Number of Sites | site |  | 35 |  |
Reserve Balance |  | $ 458 |  |
Third-party sites |  |  |  |
Environmental remediation reserves |  |  |  |
Number of Sites | site |  | 68 |  |
Reserve Balance |  | $ 170 |  |
Occidental-operated sites |  |  |  |
Environmental remediation reserves |  |  |  |
Number of Sites | site |  | 14 |  |
Reserve Balance |  | $ 114 |  |
Closed or non-operated Occidental sites |  |  |  |
Environmental remediation reserves |  |  |  |
Number of Sites | site |  | 29 |  |
Reserve Balance |  | $ 133 |  |
Lower Passaic River |  |  |  |
Environmental remediation reserves |  |  |  |
Stretch of Lower Passaic river requiring remedial actions | mi | 8.3 |  |  |
Stretch of Lower Passaic river not covered by remedial actions | mi | 9 |  |  |
Clean-up estimated cost |  |  | $ 165 |

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