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Plant Relocation
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Plant Relocation [Abstract]  
Plant Relocation
20. Plant Relocation
In November 2006, the Company finalized a settlement agreement with the Frankfurt, Germany Airport ("Fraport") to relocate the Kelsterbach, Germany Ticona operations resolving several years of legal disputes related to the planned Fraport expansion. As a result of the settlement, the Company will transition Ticona's operations from Kelsterbach to the Hoechst Industrial Park in the Rhine Main area in Germany. Under the original agreement, Fraport agreed to pay the Company a total of €670 million over a five-year period to offset costs associated with the transition of the operations from its current location and the closure of the Kelsterbach plant. The Company subsequently decided to expand the scope of the new production facilities.
On March 30, 2011, the Company provided notice to Fraport indicating the Company will cease operations at the Kelsterbach, Germany facility by July 31, 2011. Accordingly, the Company received its final payment from Fraport of €110 million during the three months ended June 30,2011.
A summary of the financial statement impact associated with the Ticona Kelsterbach plant relocation is as follows:
                               
    Six Months Ended   Total From
    June 30,   Inception Through
    2011   2010   June 30, 2011
    (In $ millions)
Deferred proceeds (1)
    158       -       907  
Costs expensed
    29       10       88  
Costs capitalized (2)
    112       131       1,033  
Lease buyout
    -       -       22  
(1)   Included in noncurrent Other liabilities in the unaudited consolidated balance sheets.
(2)   Includes a decrease in accrued capital expenditures of $2 million and $20 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.