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Related Party Transactions (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]  
Schedule of Related Party Transactions [Table Text Block]
Pursuant to the Shared Services Agreement, the below table summarizes the transactions between the Company and MPM:
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2018
2017
Net costs incurred by Hexion
$
19

 
$
31

Net costs incurred by MPM (1)
14

 
23

(1)     Included in the net costs incurred during the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, were net billings from Hexion to MPM of $9 and $15, respectively, to bring the percentage of total net incurred costs for shared services under the Shared Services Agreement to the applicable agreed upon allocation percentage.
 
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Accounts receivable from MPM
$
1

 
$
3



Sales and Purchases of Products with MPM
The Company also sells products to, and purchases products from, MPM. During the three months ended June 30, 2017, the Company sold less that $1 of products to MPM and there were no products sold during the three months ended June 30, 2018. During the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, the Company sold less than $1 of products to MPM. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, the company earned less that $1 from MPM as compensation for acting as distributor of products. Refer to the below table for the summary of the purchases of products with MPM:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2018
2017
 
2018
2017
Purchases from MPM
$
9

 
$
7

 
$
16

 
$
12

 
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Accounts payable to MPM
$
3

 
$
2

Other Transactions and Arrangements
The Company sells products and provides services to, and purchases products from, its joint ventures which are recorded under the equity method of accounting. Refer to the below table for a summary of the sales and purchases with the Company and its joint ventures which are recorded under the equity method of accounting:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2018
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Sales to joint ventures
$
3

 
$
4

 
$
6

 
$
8

Purchases from joint ventures
3

 
3

 
5

 
7


 
June 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Accounts receivable from joint ventures
$
7

 
$
6

Accounts payable to joint ventures
< 1

 
1