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Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Fair Value Measurements [Abstract]

Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are in the following table:

										Fair Value
		Total Cost Basis								Level 1								Level 2								Total
Millions of dollars		2013				2012				2013				2012				2013				2012				2013				2012
Money market funds (1)		$	97			$	563			$	97			$	563			$	—			$	—			$	97			$	563
Net derivative contracts		—				—				—				—				2				(14		)		2				(14		)
Available for sale investments		7				7				11				10				—				—				11				10

⁽¹⁾ Money market funds are primarily comprised of government obligations.

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7578670&loc=d3e19190-110258

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