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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Commitments and Contingencies

Future non-cancelable commitments relating to operating and capital leases

		2012			2013			2014			2015			2016			Thereafter			Total
Leases (1)		$	71		$	55		$	47		$	41		$	33		$	292		$	539
Other commitments (2)		34			21			19			15			11			47			147
Total		$	105		$	76		$	66		$	56		$	44		$	339		$	686

(1) Includes capital and operating leases as defined by the FASB guidance.

(2) Primarily includes third-party storage and transportation agreements and pipeline throughput agreements.

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Tabular disclosure of future minimum capital and operating lease payments as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, in aggregate and for each of the five years succeeding fiscal years, with separate deductions from the total for the amount representing executor costs, including any profit thereon, included in the minimum lease payments and for the amount of the imputed interest necessary to reduce the net minimum lease payments to present value.

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