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Fair Value Measurement
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Fair Value Measurement [Abstract]  
Fair Value Measurement
Note 13—Fair Value
 
Measurement
We carry a portion of our assets and liabilities at
 
fair value that are measured at
 
the reporting date using an exit
price (i.e., the price that would be received to sell an
 
asset or paid to transfer
 
a liability) and disclosed according to
the quality of valuation inputs under the fair value
 
hierarchy.
The classification of an asset or liability is based on the lowest
 
level of input significant to its fair value.
 
Those that
are initially classified as Level 3 are subsequently
 
reported as Level 2 when the fair value derived
 
from unobservable
inputs is inconsequential to the overall
 
fair value, or if corroborated
 
market data becomes available.
 
Assets and
liabilities initially reported as Level 2 are subsequently
 
reported as Level 3 if corroborated
 
market data is no longer
available.
 
There were no material transfers
 
into or out of Level 3 during 2021 or 2020.
Recurring Fair Value
 
Measurement
Financial assets and liabilities reported at fair
 
value on a recurring basis primarily include our investment
 
in CVE
common shares, our investment
 
s
 
in debt securities classified as available for
 
sale, and commodity derivatives.
 
Level 1 derivative assets and
 
liabilities primarily represent exchange
 
-traded futures and options that
 
are
valued using unadjusted prices available
 
from the underlying exchange.
 
Level 1 also includes our investment
in common shares of CVE, which is valued using
 
quotes for shares on the NYSE, and
 
our investments in U.S.
government obligations classified
 
as available for sale debt securities,
 
which are valued using exchange
 
prices.
 
Level 2 derivative assets and
 
liabilities primarily represent OTC
 
swaps, options and forward
 
purchase and sale
contracts that are valued
 
using adjusted exchange prices,
 
prices provided by brokers
 
or pricing service
companies that are all corroborated
 
by market data.
 
Level 2 also includes our investments
 
in debt securities
classified as available for sale including
 
investments in corporate
 
bonds, commercial paper,
 
asset-backed
securities, U.S. government agency obligations
 
and foreign government obligations
 
that are valued using
pricing provided by brokers
 
or pricing service companies that are corroborated
 
with market data.
 
Level 3 derivative assets and
 
liabilities consist of OTC swaps,
 
options and forward purchase and
 
sale contracts
where a significant portion of fair value
 
is calculated from underlying market
 
data that is not readily available.
 
The derived value uses industry standard
 
methodologies that may consider the historical
 
relationships among
various commodities, modeled market
 
prices, time value, volatility factors
 
and other relevant economic
measures.
 
The use of these inputs results in management’s
 
best estimate of fair value.
 
Level 3 activity was
not material for all periods presented.
The following table summarizes the
 
fair value hierarchy
 
for gross financial assets and liabilities (i.e., unadjusted
where the right of setoff exists
 
for commodity derivatives accounted
 
for at fair value on a recurring
 
basis):
 
Millions of Dollars
December 31, 2021
December 31, 2020
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Assets
Investment in Cenovus Energy
$
1,117
-
-
1,117
1,256
-
-
1,256
Investments in debt securities
2
477
-
479
17
501
-
518
Commodity derivatives
562
619
62
1,243
142
101
12
255
Total
 
assets
$
1,681
1,096
62
2,839
1,415
602
12
2,029
Liabilities
Commodity derivatives
$
593
543
87
1,223
120
91
9
220
Total
 
liabilities
$
593
543
87
1,223
120
91
9
220
The following table summarizes those
 
commodity derivative balances subject to
 
the right of setoff as
 
presented on our consolidated
 
balance sheet.
 
We have elected to
 
offset the recognized fair
 
value amounts for
 
multiple derivative instruments
 
executed with the same counterparty
 
in our financial statements when a legal
right of setoff exists.
Millions of Dollars
Amounts Subject to Right of Setoff
Gross
Amounts Not
Gross
Net
Amounts
Subject to
Gross
Amounts
Amounts
Cash
Net
Recognized
Right of Setoff
Amounts
Offset
Presented
Collateral
Amounts
December 31, 2021
Assets
$
1,243
85
1,158
650
508
-
508
Liabilities
1,223
82
1,141
650
491
36
455
December 31, 2020
Assets
$
255
2
253
157
96
10
86
Liabilities
220
1
219
157
62
4
58
At December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we did not present
 
any amounts gross on our consolidated
balance sheet where we had the right of setoff.
Non-Recurring Fair Value
 
Measurement
The following table summarizes the
 
fair value hierarchy
 
by major category and date of remeasurement
 
for assets
accounted for at fair value
 
on a non-recurring basis:
Millions of Dollars
 
Fair Value Measurements
 
Using
Fair Value
Level 1
Inputs
Level 2
Inputs
Level 3
Inputs
Before-Tax
Loss
Year ended
 
December 31, 2021
Net PP&E (held for use)
 
December 31, 2021
$
472
-
-
472
80
Equity Method Investments
 
December 31, 2021
5,574
-
5,574
-
688
Year ended December 31,
 
2020
Net PP&E (held for use)
 
March 31, 2020
$
65
-
-
65
522
 
December 31, 2020
268
-
-
268
287
Net PP&E (held for use)
During 2021 and 2020, the estimated fair value
 
of certain noncore assets included
 
in our Lower 48 segment
declined to amounts below the carrying values.
 
The carrying values were written down
 
to fair value.
 
The fair
values were estimated based
 
on internal discounted cash
 
flow models using the following estimated assumptions:
estimated future production,
 
an outlook of future prices from a combination
 
of exchanges (short-term) coupled
with pricing service companies and our internal outlook
 
(long-term), future operating costs
 
and capital
expenditures, and a discount rate
 
believed to be consistent with
 
those used by principal market participants.
 
The
range and arithmetic average
 
of significant unobservable inputs used in the Level
 
3 fair value measurements for
significant assets were as follows:
Fair Value
(Millions of
Dollars)
Valuation
Technique
Unobservable Inputs
Range
(Arithmetic Average)
December 31, 2021
Lower 48 Gulf Coast and
Rockies noncore field
$
472
Discounted
cash flow
Commodity production
(MBOED)
0.2
 
-
17
 
(
5.4
)
Commodity price outlook*
($/BOE)
$
41.45
 
- $
93.68
 
($
64.39
)
Discount rate**
7.3
%
 
-
9.7
% (
8.7
%)
*Commodity price outlook based on a combination of external
 
pricing service companies' and our internal
 
outlook for years 2024-2050; future prices escalated
 
at
2.0
% annually after year 2050.
**Determined as the weighted average cost
 
of capital of a group of peer companies,
 
adjusted for risks where appropriate.
Fair Value
(Millions of
Dollars)
Valuation
Technique
Unobservable Inputs
Range
(Arithmetic Average)
March 31, 2020
Wind River Basin
$
65
Discounted
cash flow
Natural gas production
(MMCFD)
8.4
 
-
55.2
 
(
22.9
)
Natural gas price outlook*
($/MMBTU)
$
2.67
 
- $
9.17
 
($
5.68
)
Discount rate**
7.9
% -
9.1
% (
8.3
%)
*Henry Hub natural gas price outlook based on a combination
 
of external pricing service companies' outlooks
 
for years 2022-2034; future prices escalated
 
at
2.2
%
annually after year 2034.
**Determined as the weighted average cost
 
of capital of a group of peer companies,
 
adjusted for risks where appropriate.
Fair Value
(Millions of
Dollars)
Valuation
Technique
Unobservable Inputs
Range
(Arithmetic Average)
December 31, 2020
Central Basin Platform
$
244
Discounted
cash flow
Commodity production
(MBOED)
0.5
 
-
12.7
 
(
3.4
)
Commodity price outlook*
($/BOE)
$
37.35
 
- $
115.29
($
73.80
)
Discount rate**
6.8
% -
7.7
% (
7.4
%)
*Commodity price outlook based on a combination of external
 
pricing service companies' and our internal
 
outlook for years 2023-2050; future prices escalated
 
at
2.0
% annually after year 2050.
**Determined as the weighted average cost
 
of capital of a group of peer companies,
 
adjusted for risks where appropriate.
Equity Method Investments
During the fourth quarter of 2021, Origin Energy Limited
 
agreed to the sale of
10
 
percent of their interest in
 
APLNG
for $
1.645
 
billion, before customary
 
adjustments.
 
ConocoPhillips announced in December 2021 that we were
exercising our preemption
 
right under the APLNG Shareholders Agreement
 
to purchase an additional 10 percent
shareholding interest in APLNG, subject
 
to government approvals.
 
The sales price associated with this preemption
right was determined to reflect
 
a relevant observable market
 
participant view of APLNG’s
 
fair value which was
below the carrying value of our existing
 
investment in APLNG.
 
As such, our investment in APLNG was
 
written
down to its fair value of $
5,574
 
million, resulting in a before-tax
 
charge of $
688
 
million.
 
 
and
.
Reported Fair Values
 
of Financial Instruments
We used the following methods
 
and assumptions to estimate the fair value
 
of financial instruments:
Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments:
 
The carrying amount reported on the balance
sheet approximates fair
 
value.
 
For those investments classified as
 
available for sale debt securities,
 
the
carrying amount reported on the balance sheet
 
is fair value.
Accounts and notes receivable (including
 
long-term and related parties): The carrying
 
amount reported on
the balance sheet approximates
 
fair value.
 
The valuation technique and methods
 
used to estimate the
fair value of the current portion of fixed
 
-rate related party
 
loans is consistent with Loans and advances—
related parties.
Investment in Cenovus Energy:
 
for a discussion of the carrying value and fair
 
value of our
investment in CVE common shares.
 
Investments in debt securities classified
 
as available for sale: The fair value
 
of investments in debt
securities categorized as Level
 
1 in the fair value hierarchy
 
is measured using exchange prices.
 
The fair
value of investments in debt
 
securities categorized as Level 2 in
 
the fair value hierarchy
 
is measured using
pricing provided by brokers
 
or pricing service companies that are corroborate
 
d
 
with market data.
 
.
 
Loans and advances—related parties: The carrying
 
amount of floating-rate loans
 
approximates fair value.
 
The fair value of fixed-rate
 
loan activity is measured using market
 
observable data and is categorized
 
as
Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.
 
Accounts payable (including related
 
parties) and floating-rate debt:
 
The carrying amount of accounts
payable and floating-rate
 
debt reported on the balance sheet approximates
 
fair value.
 
Fixed-rate debt: The estimated
 
fair value of fixed-rate
 
debt is measured using prices available from
 
a
pricing service that is corroborated
 
by market data; therefore,
 
these liabilities are categorized
 
as Level 2 in
the fair value hierarchy.
Commercial paper: The carrying amount of our commercial
 
paper instruments approximates
 
fair value
and is reported on the balance sheet as short-term
 
debt
The following table summarizes the
 
net fair value of financial instruments
 
(i.e., adjusted where the right of setoff
exists for commodity derivatives):
Millions of Dollars
Carrying Amount
Fair Value
2021
2020
2021
2020
Financial assets
Investment in CVE common shares
$
1,117
1,256
1,117
1,256
Commodity derivatives
593
88
593
88
Investments in debt securities
479
518
479
518
Loans and advances—related parties
114
220
114
220
Financial liabilities
Total
 
debt, excluding finance leases
18,673
14,478
22,451
19,106
Commodity derivatives
537
59
537
59
Commodity Derivatives
At December 31, 2021, commodity derivative
 
assets and liabilities are presented net with
no
 
obligation to return
cash collateral and $
36
 
million of rights to reclaim cash collateral,
 
respectively.
 
At December 31, 2020, commodity
derivative assets and liabilities are presented
 
net with $
10
 
million in obligations to return
 
cash collateral and
$
4
 
million of rights to reclaim cash collateral,
 
respectively.