Property, Plant and Equipment-Net

3 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment—net consists of the following:


	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
	(in millions)
Land	$	112	$	68
Machinery and equipment(1)	12,523		12,757
Buildings and improvements(1)	910		915
Construction in progress(1)	166		148
Property, plant and equipment(2)	13,711		13,888
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization	7,211		6,807
Property, plant and equipment—net	$	6,500	$	7,081

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(1)As of September 30, 2022, machinery and equipment, buildings and improvements, and construction in progress include cumulative impairment charges of $354 million, $7 million and $25 million, respectively, which include impairment charges related to our U.K. operations of $135 million and $69 million recorded in the second quarter and third quarter of 2022, respectively, and $182 million recorded in 2021. As of December 31, 2021, machinery and equipment, buildings and improvements, and construction in progress include cumulative impairment charges related to our U.K. operations of $169 million, $5 million and $8 million, respectively, which were recorded in the third quarter of 2021.

(2)As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we had property, plant and equipment that was accrued but unpaid of approximately $60 million and $35 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we had property, plant and equipment that was accrued but unpaid of approximately $78 million and $43 million, respectively.

Depreciation and amortization related to property, plant and equipment was $219 million and $643 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, and $198 million and $637 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively.

In June 2022, we approved and announced our proposed plan to restructure our U.K. operations, including the permanent closure of our Ince facility and optimization of the remaining manufacturing operations at the Billingham facility. As a result, in the second quarter of 2022, we recorded an asset impairment charge of $135 million to write down the property, plant and equipment at the Ince facility to its estimated salvage value. The asset impairment consisted of $128 million related to machinery and equipment, $2 million relating to buildings and improvements, and $5 million related to construction in progress.

In the third quarter of 2022, the United Kingdom continued to experience extremely high and volatile natural gas prices. Given the increase in the price of natural gas in the United Kingdom and the lack of a corresponding increase in global nitrogen product market prices, in September 2022, we temporarily idled ammonia production at our Billingham complex. As a result, we concluded that an additional impairment test was triggered for the asset groups that comprise the continuing U.K. operations. The results of our impairment test indicated that the carrying values for our U.K. Ammonia and U.K. AN asset groups exceeded the undiscounted estimated future cash flows. As a result, we recognized asset impairment charges of $87 million, of which $69 million related to property, plant and equipment, consisting of $57 million related to machinery and equipment and $12 million related to construction in progress. See Note 5—United Kingdom Operations Restructuring and Impairment Charges for additional information.

Plant turnarounds—Scheduled inspections, replacements and overhauls of plant machinery and equipment at our continuous process manufacturing facilities during a full plant shutdown are referred to as plant turnarounds. The expenditures related to turnarounds are capitalized in property, plant and equipment when incurred.

Scheduled replacements and overhauls of plant machinery and equipment during a plant turnaround include the dismantling, repair or replacement and installation of various components including piping, valves, motors, turbines, pumps, compressors and heat exchangers and the replacement of catalysts when a full plant shutdown occurs. Scheduled inspections, including required safety inspections which entail the disassembly of various components such as steam boilers, pressure vessels and other equipment requiring safety certifications, are also conducted during full plant shutdowns. Internal employee costs and overhead amounts are not considered turnaround costs and are not capitalized.

The following is a summary of capitalized plant turnaround costs:


	Nine months ended September 30,
	2022		2021
	(in millions)
Net capitalized turnaround costs:
Balance as of January 1	$	355	$	226
Additions	84		215
Depreciation	(101)		(84)
Impairment	(21)		—
Effect of exchange rate changes	(7)		—
Balance as of September 30	$	310	$	357