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Financing Arrangements (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Financing Arrangements [Abstract]

Schedule of Notes Payable

Millions of dollars		June 30, 2015				December 31, 2014
Commercial paper		$	645			$	387
Debt securitization		—				35
Short-term borrowings to banks		95				147
Total notes payable		$	740			$	569

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Tabular disclosure of short-term debt arrangements (having initial terms of repayment within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer) including: (1) description of the short-term debt arrangement; (2) identification of the lender or type of lender; (3) repayment terms; (4) weighted average interest rate; (5) carrying amount of funds borrowed under the specified short-term debt arrangement as of the balance sheet date; (6) description of the refinancing of a short-term obligation when that obligation is excluded from current liabilities in the balance sheet; and (7) amount of a short-term obligation that has been excluded from current liabilities in the balance sheet because of a refinancing of the obligation.

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-Publisher FASB



-Name Accounting Standards Codification



-Topic 210



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-Section S99



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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19)



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-Publisher SEC



-Name Regulation S-X (SX)



-Number 210



-Section 02



-Paragraph 19



-Article 5

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