Short-Term Investments	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Short-Term Investments
Short-term investments	2. Short-Term Investments Devon periodically invests excess cash in U.S. Treasury and other marketable securities that are presented as short-term investments in the accompanying June 30, 2011 consolidated balance sheet. During the first half of 2011, Devon invested a portion of the International offshore divestiture proceeds it had received into United States Treasury securities, causing short-term investments to increase. The carrying value of these investments approximates their fair value. As of June 30, 2011, the average remaining maturity of these investments was 67 days, with a weighted average yield of 0.06 percent.

Short-Term Investments

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

2. Short-Term Investments

Devon periodically invests excess cash in U.S. Treasury and other marketable securities that are presented as short-term investments in the accompanying June 30, 2011 consolidated balance sheet. During the first half of 2011, Devon invested a portion of the International offshore divestiture proceeds it had received into United States Treasury securities, causing short-term investments to increase. The carrying value of these investments approximates their fair value. As of June 30, 2011, the average remaining maturity of these investments was 67 days, with a weighted average yield of 0.06 percent.