Fair Value Measurements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Fair Value, Assets, Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Measured on Recurring Basis [Abstract]

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:



	Total Cost Basis				Quoted Prices In Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)				Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)						Total Fair Value
Millions of dollars	2014		2013		2014		2013		2014			2013			2014			2013
Money market funds ⁽¹⁾	$	21	$	465	$	21	$	465	$	—		$	—		$	21		$	465
Net derivative contracts	—		—		—		—		(1		)	(25		)	(1		)	(25		)
Available for sale investments	16		8		26		18		—			—			26			18

⁽¹⁾ Money market funds are comprised primarily of government obligations and other first tier obligations.

In March 2014, we sold approximately 7.4 million shares held in Alno AG, a long-standing European customer, for approximately $5 million. This transaction resulted in the conversion of our investment from the equity method of accounting to an available for sale investment due to our less than 20% overall investment in Alno AG.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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