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Intangible assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Disclosure of intangible assets [abstract] |
Continuity schedule of intangible assets [text block] |
(in USD million) | Exploration expenses | Acquisition costs - oil and gas prospects | Goodwill | Other | Total
Cost at 31 December 2019 | 3,014 | 5,599 | 1,458 | 962 | 11,033
Additions | 400 | 67 | (0) | 24 | 491
Disposals at cost | (7) | (0) | 0 | (0) | (8)
Transfers | (16) | (73) | 0 | 0 | (89)
Assets reclassified to held for sale | 0 | (339) | 0 | (160) | (499)
Expensed exploration expenditures previously capitalised | (1,169) | (1,337) | 0 | 0 | (2,506)
Impairment of goodwill | 0 | 0 | (42) | 0 | (42)
Foreign currency translation effects | 38 | 16 | 64 | 6 | 123
Cost at 31 December 2020 | 2,260 | 3,932 | 1,481 | 831 | 8,504
Accumulated depreciation and impairment losses at 31 December 2019 |  |  |  | (295) | (295)
Amortisation and impairments for the year |  |  |  | (35) | (35)
Accumulated depreciation and impairment assets classified as held for sale |  |  |  | (17) | (17)
Amortisation and impairment losses disposed intangible assets |  |  |  | (6) | (6)
Foreign currency translation effects |  |  |  | (3) | (3)
Accumulated depreciation and impairment losses at 31 December 2020 |  |  |  | (356) | (356)
Carrying amount at 31 December 2020 | 2,260 | 3,932 | 1,481 | 475 | 8,148
(in USD million) | Exploration expenses | Acquisition costs - oil and gas prospects | Goodwill | Other | Total
Cost at 31 December 2018 | 2,685 | 5,854 | 565 | 797 | 9,901
Additions through business combinations | 0 | 0 | 1,070 | 10 | 1,080
Additions | 515 | 900 | 0 | 155 | 1,571
Disposals at cost | (7) | (361) | 0 | (0) | (367)
Transfers | (71) | (143) | 0 | 0 | (213)
Expensed exploration expenditures previously capitalised | (120) | (657) | 0 | 0 | (777)
Impairment of goodwill | 0 | 0 | (164) | 0 | (164)
Effect of changes in foreign exchange | 11 | 5 | (12) | (1) | 3
Cost at 31 December 2019 | 3,014 | 5,599 | 1,458 | 962 | 11,033
Accumulated depreciation and impairment losses at 31 December 2018 |  |  |  | (229) | (229)
Amortisation and impairments for the year |  |  |  | (60) | (60)
Amortisation and impairment losses disposed intangible assets |  |  |  | (6) | (6)
Effect of changes in foreign exchange |  |  |  | 1 | 1
Accumulated depreciation and impairment losses at 31 December 2019 |  |  |  | (295) | (295)
Carrying amount at 31 December 2019 | 3,014 | 5,599 | 1,458 | 667 | 10,738
Aging of capitalised exploration expenditures [text block] |
The table below shows the aging of capitalised exploration expenditures.
(in USD million) | 2020 | 2019
Less than one year | 604 | 684
Between one and five years | 623 | 1,056
More than five years | 1,033 | 1,274
Total capitalised exploration expenditures | 2,260 | 3,014
Components of the exploration expenses [text block] |
The table below shows the components of the exploration expenses.
| Full year
(in USD million) | 2020 | 2019 | 2018
Exploration expenditures | 1,371 | 1,584 | 1,438
Expensed exploration expenditures previously capitalised | 2,506 | 777 | 357
Capitalised exploration | (394) | (507) | (390)
Exploration expenses | 3,483 | 1,854 | 1,405

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