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Financing Arrangements (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Financing Arrangements [Abstract]

Schedule of Notes Payable

The following table summarizes the carrying value of notes payable at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015:

Millions of dollars		March 31, 2016				December 31, 2015
Commercial paper		$	868			$	—
Short-term borrowings to banks		130				20
Total notes payable		$	998			$	20

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19)
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