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Inventory, Linefill and Base Gas and Long-term Inventory (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Inventory, Linefill and Base Gas and Long-term Inventory |
Schedule 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, 2015 |  |  | December 31, 2014 |
|  |  |  | Unit of |  | Carrying |  | Price/ |  |  |  |  | Unit of |  | Carrying |  | Price/ |
|  | Volumes |  | Measure |  | Value |  | Unit (1) |  |  | Volumes |  | Measure |  | Value |  | Unit (1) |
Inventory |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Crude oil |  | 11,796 |  | barrels |  | $ | 475 |  | $ | 40.27 |  |  | 6,465 |  | barrels |  | $ | 304 |  | $ | 47.02 |
NGL |  | 18,461 |  | barrels |  |  | 272 |  | $ | 14.73 |  |  | 13,553 |  | barrels |  |  | 454 |  | $ | 33.50 |
Natural gas |  | 17,923 |  | Mcf |  |  | 48 |  | $ | 2.68 |  |  | 32,317 |  | Mcf |  |  | 102 |  | $ | 3.16 |
Other |  | N/A |  |  |  |  | 42 |  |  | N/A |  |  | N/A |  |  |  |  | 31 |  |  | N/A |
Inventory subtotal |  |  |  |  |  |  | 837 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 891 |  |  |  |
Linefill and base gas |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Crude oil |  | 12,327 |  | barrels |  |  | 724 |  | $ | 58.73 |  |  | 11,810 |  | barrels |  |  | 744 |  | $ | 63.00 |
NGL |  | 1,348 |  | barrels |  |  | 45 |  | $ | 33.38 |  |  | 1,212 |  | barrels |  |  | 52 |  | $ | 42.90 |
Natural gas |  | 30,812 |  | Mcf |  |  | 141 |  | $ | 4.58 |  |  | 28,612 |  | Mcf |  |  | 134 |  | $ | 4.68 |
Linefill and base gas subtotal |  |  |  |  |  |  | 910 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 930 |  |  |  |
Long-term inventory |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Crude oil |  | 3,434 |  | barrels |  |  | 143 |  | $ | 41.64 |  |  | 2,582 |  | barrels |  |  | 136 |  | $ | 52.67 |
NGL |  | 1,652 |  | barrels |  |  | 23 |  | $ | 13.92 |  |  | 1,681 |  | barrels |  |  | 50 |  | $ | 29.74 |
Long-term inventory subtotal |  |  |  |  |  |  | 166 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 186 |  |  |  |
Total |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,913 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 2,007 |  |  |  |
| (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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