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Inventory, Linefill and Base Gas and Long-term Inventory (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Inventory, Linefill and Base Gas and Long-term Inventory |
Components of inventory, linefill and base gas and long-term inventory | Inventory, linefill and base gas and long-term inventory consisted of the following as of the dates indicated (barrels and natural gas volumes in thousands and carrying value in millions):
|  | September 30, 2014 |  |  | December 31, 2013 |
|  |  |  | Unit of |  | Carrying |  | Price/ |  |  |  |  | Unit of |  | Carrying |  | Price/ |
|  | Volumes |  | Measure |  | Value |  | Unit (1) |  |  | Volumes |  | Measure |  | Value |  | Unit (1) |
Inventory |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Crude oil |  | 5,665 |  | barrels |  | $ | 476 |  | $ | 84.02 |  |  | 6,951 |  | barrels |  | $ | 540 |  | $ | 77.69 |
NGL |  | 17,392 |  | barrels |  | 699 |  | $ | 40.19 |  |  | 8,061 |  | barrels |  | 352 |  | $ | 43.67 |
Natural gas |  | 29,245 |  | Mcf |  | 119 |  | $ | 4.07 |  |  | 40,505 |  | Mcf |  | 150 |  | $ | 3.70 |
Other |  | N/A |  |  |  | 20 |  | N/A |  |  | N/A |  |  |  | 23 |  | N/A |
Inventory subtotal |  |  |  |  |  | 1,314 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,065 |  |  |
Linefill and base gas |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Crude oil |  | 11,390 |  | barrels |  | 715 |  | $ | 62.77 |  |  | 10,966 |  | barrels |  | 679 |  | $ | 61.92 |
NGL |  | 1,214 |  | barrels |  | 54 |  | $ | 44.48 |  |  | 1,341 |  | barrels |  | 62 |  | $ | 46.23 |
Natural gas |  | 28,612 |  | Mcf |  | 134 |  | $ | 4.68 |  |  | 16,615 |  | Mcf |  | 57 |  | $ | 3.43 |
Linefill and base gas subtotal |  |  |  |  |  | 903 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 798 |  |  |
Long-term inventory |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Crude oil |  | 2,557 |  | barrels |  | 207 |  | $ | 80.95 |  |  | 2,498 |  | barrels |  | 202 |  | $ | 80.86 |
NGL |  | 1,681 |  | barrels |  | 63 |  | $ | 37.48 |  |  | 1,161 |  | barrels |  | 49 |  | $ | 42.20 |
Long-term inventory subtotal |  |  |  |  |  | 270 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 251 |  |  |
Total |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 2,487 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 2,114 |  |  |
(1) Price per unit of measure is comprised of a weighted average associated with various grades, qualities and locations. Accordingly, these prices may not coincide with any published benchmarks for such products.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of inventory, linefill and base gas and long-term inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the volumes, unit of measure, total value, and price per unit of each of the major classes of inventory. + References No definition available. + Details
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