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Debt
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt
Debt
We retrospectively adopted Accounting Standards Update 2015-03 in the first quarter of 2016. As a result, we recast our Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheet at December 31, 2015 resulting in a $152 million reclassification of debt issuance costs from other assets to debt, net of current portion. Our debt at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, was as follows (in millions):
 
March 31, 2016

December 31, 2015
Senior Unsecured Notes
$
3,408

 
$
3,406

First Lien Term Loans
3,271

 
3,277

First Lien Notes
1,790

 
1,789

Project financing, notes payable and other
1,665

 
1,715

CCFC Term Loans
1,562

 
1,565

Capital lease obligations
181

 
185

Subtotal
11,877

 
11,937

Less: Current maturities
205

 
221

Total long-term debt
$
11,672

 
$
11,716


Our effective interest rate on our consolidated debt, excluding the impacts of capitalized interest and mark-to-market gains (losses) on interest rate swaps, decreased to 5.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2016, from 5.7% for the same period in 2015. The issuance of our Senior Unsecured Notes in February 2015 and our 2022 First Lien Term Loan in May 2015 allowed us to reduce our overall cost of debt by replacing a portion of our First Lien Notes and all of our 2018 First Lien Term Loans with debt carrying lower interest rates.
Senior Unsecured Notes
The amounts outstanding under our Senior Unsecured Notes are summarized in the table below (in millions):
 
March 31, 2016
 
December 31, 2015
2023 Senior Unsecured Notes
$
1,235

 
$
1,235

2024 Senior Unsecured Notes
642

 
641

2025 Senior Unsecured Notes
1,531

 
1,530

Total Senior Unsecured Notes
$
3,408

 
$
3,406


First Lien Term Loans
The amounts outstanding under our First Lien Term Loans are summarized in the table below (in millions):
 
March 31, 2016
 
December 31, 2015
2019 First Lien Term Loan
$
794

 
$
795

2020 First Lien Term Loan
377

 
378

2022 First Lien Term Loan
1,568

 
1,571

2023 First Lien Term Loan
532

 
533

Total First Lien Term Loans
$
3,271

 
$
3,277


First Lien Notes
The amounts outstanding under our First Lien Notes are summarized in the table below (in millions):
 
March 31, 2016
 
December 31, 2015
2022 First Lien Notes
$
738

 
$
737

2023 First Lien Notes
568

 
568

2024 First Lien Notes
484

 
484

Total First Lien Notes
$
1,790

 
$
1,789


Corporate Revolving Facility and Other Letter of Credit Facilities
The table below represents amounts issued under our letter of credit facilities at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (in millions):
 
March 31, 2016
 
December 31, 2015
Corporate Revolving Facility(1)
$
314

 
$
316

CDHI
262

 
241

Various project financing facilities
178

 
198

Total
$
754

 
$
755

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(1)
The Corporate Revolving Facility represents our primary revolving facility.
On February 8, 2016, we amended our Corporate Revolving Facility, extending the maturity by two years to June 27, 2020, and increasing the capacity by an additional $178 million to $1,678 million through June 27, 2018, reverting back to $1,520 million through the maturity date. Further, we increased the letter of credit sublimit by $250 million to $1.0 billion and extended the maturity by two years to June 27, 2020.
Fair Value of Debt
We record our debt instruments based on contractual terms, net of any applicable premium or discount. The following table details the fair values and carrying values of our debt instruments at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (in millions):
 
March 31, 2016
 
December 31, 2015
 
Fair Value
 
Carrying Value
 
Fair Value
 
Carrying Value
Senior Unsecured Notes
$
3,315

 
$
3,408

 
$
3,063

 
$
3,406

First Lien Term Loans
3,290

 
3,271

 
3,197

 
3,277

First Lien Notes
1,906

 
1,790

 
1,885

 
1,789

Project financing, notes payable and other(1)
1,619

 
1,574

 
1,653

 
1,608

CCFC Term Loans
1,544

 
1,562

 
1,494

 
1,565

Total
$
11,674

 
$
11,605

 
$
11,292

 
$
11,645

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(1)
Excludes a lease that is accounted for as a failed sale-leaseback transaction under U.S. GAAP.

We measure the fair value of our Senior Unsecured Notes, First Lien Term Loans, First Lien Notes and CCFC Term Loans using market information, including quoted market prices or dealer quotes for the identical liability when traded as an asset (categorized as level 2). We measure the fair value of our project financing, notes payable and other debt instruments using discounted cash flow analyses based on our current borrowing rates for similar types of borrowing arrangements (categorized as level 3). We do not have any debt instruments with fair value measurements categorized as level 1 within the fair value hierarchy.