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Intangibles, net | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) [Abstract] |
Intangibles, net | 8. Intangibles, net Identified intangible assets with determinable lives consist primarily of customer relationships, trade names, trademarks and patents, and non-compete agreements acquired in acquisitions, and are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives. Intangible assets that are fully amortized are removed from the disclosures. During the fourth quarter of 2021, the Company recognized $2 million of impairment in the U.S. reporting segment for certain customer relationship intangible assets due to decline in customer activities. Such impairment was included in impairment and other charges in the consolidated statements of operations. During the first quarter of 2020, the results of the Company's test for impairment of goodwill and the other negative market indicators described in Note 7 “Goodwill” were a triggering event that indicated that its long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment, operating ROU assets and intangible assets, were possibly impaired. As a result, for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recognized $62 million and $22 million of impairment for intangible assets in the U.S. and International reporting segments, respectively. Such impairment was included in impairment and other charges in the consolidated statements of operations. During the fourth quarter of 2019, the Company made strategic decisions to discontinue the use of certain acquired trade names in order to eliminate branding dilution in the market and align the Company’s marketing around its DNOW brands. As of December 31, 2019, the Company completed the disposals of these trade names by abandonment and recognized $34 million and $4 million of impairment for intangible assets in the U.S. and International reporting segments, respectively. Such impairment was included in impairment and other charges in the consolidated statements of operations, representing the remaining carrying values of these specifically acquired intangible assets. As of December 31, 2021, identified intangible assets by major classification consist of the following (in millions):
|  |  |  |  | Accumulated |  |  | Net Book |
|  | Gross |  |  | Amortization |  |  | Value |
December 31, 2021: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | 8 |
Other |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1 |
Total identified intangibles |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | 9 |
As of December 31, 2020, identified intangible assets were less than $1 million. Amortization expense was $2 million, $4 million and $19 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively. The following table represents the total estimated amortization of intangible assets for the five succeeding years (in millions):
For the Year Ending December 31, |  | Estimated Amortization Expense |
2022 |  | $ | 1 |
2023 |  |  | 1 |
2024 |  |  | 1 |
2025 |  |  | 1 |
2026 |  |  | 1 |

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