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Nominal volume used to calculate payments on a derivative instrument.

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Average fixed price related to the group of price risk swap derivatives.

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The cash inflow provided by derivative instruments during the period, which are classified as investing activities, excluding those designated as hedging instruments.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109223946&loc=d3e3179-108585

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