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Financing costs and additional notes and loans payable information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule Of Financing Costs |
millions of dollars |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Debt-related interest |  |  | 69 |  |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | 16 |
Capitalized interest |  |  | (69 | ) |  |  | (20 | ) |  |  | (16 | )
Net interest expense |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Other interest |  |  | 11 |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | 3 |
Total financing costs (a) |  |  | 11 |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | 3 |
(a) | Cash interest payments in 2013 were $69 million (2012 – $20 million, 2011 – $16 million). The weighted average interest rate on short-term borrowings in 2013 was 1.1 percent (2012 – 1.1 percent).

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