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Financing costs and additional notes and loans payable information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule Of Financing Costs |
millions of dollars |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Debt-related interest |  |  | 82 |  |  |  | 69 |  |  |  | 20 |
Capitalized interest |  |  | (82 | ) |  |  | (69 | ) |  |  | (20 | )
Net interest expense |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Other interest |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 11 |  |  |  | (1 | )
Total financing costs (a) |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 11 |  |  |  | (1 | )
| (a) | Cash interest payments in 2014 were $82 million (2013 – $69 million, 2012 – $20 million). The weighted average interest rate on short-term borrowings in 2014 was 1.1 percent (2013 – 1.1 percent).

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