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Inventory, Linefill and Base Gas and Long-term Inventory | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Inventory, Linefill and Base Gas and Long-term Inventory |
Inventory, Linefill and Base Gas and Long-term Inventory | Inventory, Linefill and Base Gas and Long-term Inventory Inventory, linefill and base gas and long-term inventory consisted of the following (barrels and natural gas volumes in thousands and carrying value in millions):
| September 30, 2016 |  |  | December 31, 2015
| Volumes |  | Unit of Measure |  | Carrying Value |  | Price/ Unit (1) |  |  | Volumes |  | Unit of Measure |  | Carrying Value |  | Price/ Unit (1)
Inventory |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Crude oil | 20,494 |  |  | barrels |  | $ | 879 |  |  | $ | 42.89 |  |  |  | 16,345 |  |  | barrels |  | $ | 608 |  |  | $ | 37.20 |
NGL | 21,087 |  |  | barrels |  | 321 |  |  | $ | 15.22 |  |  |  | 13,907 |  |  | barrels |  | 218 |  |  | $ | 15.68 |
Natural gas | 15,116 |  |  | Mcf |  | 32 |  |  | $ | 2.12 |  |  |  | 22,080 |  |  | Mcf |  | 53 |  |  | $ | 2.40 |
Other | N/A |  |  |  |  | 26 |  |  | N/A |  |  |  | N/A |  |  |  |  | 37 |  |  | N/A |
Inventory subtotal |  |  |  |  |  | 1,258 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 916 |  |  |  |
Linefill and base gas |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Crude oil | 12,215 |  |  | barrels |  | 712 |  |  | $ | 58.29 |  |  |  | 12,298 |  |  | barrels |  | 713 |  |  | $ | 57.98 |
NGL | 1,490 |  |  | barrels |  | 46 |  |  | $ | 30.87 |  |  |  | 1,348 |  |  | barrels |  | 44 |  |  | $ | 32.64 |
Natural gas | 30,812 |  |  | Mcf |  | 141 |  |  | $ | 4.58 |  |  |  | 30,812 |  |  | Mcf |  | 141 |  |  | $ | 4.58 |
Linefill and base gas subtotal |  |  |  |  |  | 899 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 898 |  |  |  |
Long-term inventory |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Crude oil | 3,428 |  |  | barrels |  | 124 |  |  | $ | 36.17 |  |  |  | 3,417 |  |  | barrels |  | 106 |  |  | $ | 31.02 |
NGL | 1,418 |  |  | barrels |  | 22 |  |  | $ | 15.51 |  |  |  | 1,652 |  |  | barrels |  | 23 |  |  | $ | 13.92 |
Long-term inventory subtotal |  |  |  |  |  | 146 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 129 |  |  |  |
Total |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 2,303 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,943 |  |  |  |
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(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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