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Other Current Assets (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Other Current Assets |
Other Current Assets |
|  | December 31, |  |  | June 30, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2011 |
|  | (In millions)
Unrealized gains on derivative contracts |  | $ | 2,423 |  |  | $ | 3,007 |
Other current assets |  |  | 2,384 |  |  |  | 2,884 |
|  | $ | 4,807 |  |  | $ | 5,891 |

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