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Inventory, Linefill and Base Gas and Long-term Inventory | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
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):
| June 30, 2019 |  |  | December 31, 2018
| Volumes |  | Unit of Measure |  | Carrying Value |  | Price/ Unit (1) |  |  | Volumes |  | Unit of Measure |  | Carrying Value |  | Price/ Unit (1)
Inventory |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Crude oil | 8,177 |  |  | barrels |  | $ | 427 |  |  | $ | 52.22 |  |  |  | 9,657 |  |  | barrels |  | $ | 367 |  |  | $ | 38.00 |
NGL | 6,887 |  |  | barrels |  | 117 |  |  | $ | 16.99 |  |  |  | 10,384 |  |  | barrels |  | 262 |  |  | $ | 25.23 |
Other | N/A |  |  |  |  | 14 |  |  | N/A |  |  |  | N/A |  |  |  |  | 11 |  |  | N/A |
Inventory subtotal |  |  |  |  |  | 558 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 640 |  |  |  |
Linefill and base gas |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Crude oil | 13,325 |  |  | barrels |  | 766 |  |  | $ | 57.49 |  |  |  | 13,312 |  |  | barrels |  | 761 |  |  | $ | 57.17 |
NGL | 1,699 |  |  | barrels |  | 48 |  |  | $ | 28.25 |  |  |  | 1,730 |  |  | barrels |  | 47 |  |  | $ | 27.17 |
Natural gas | 24,976 |  |  | Mcf |  | 108 |  |  | $ | 4.32 |  |  |  | 24,976 |  |  | Mcf |  | 108 |  |  | $ | 4.32 |
Linefill and base gas subtotal |  |  |  |  |  | 922 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 916 |  |  |  |
Long-term inventory |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Crude oil | 2,448 |  |  | barrels |  | 126 |  |  | $ | 51.47 |  |  |  | 1,890 |  |  | barrels |  | 79 |  |  | $ | 41.80 |
NGL | 1,875 |  |  | barrels |  | 26 |  |  | $ | 13.87 |  |  |  | 2,368 |  |  | barrels |  | 57 |  |  | $ | 24.07 |
Long-term inventory subtotal |  |  |  |  |  | 152 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 136 |  |  |  |
Total |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,632 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,692 |  |  |  |
(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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