Asset Impairments (Notes)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges [Text Block]	Asset ImpairmentsDuring the first quarter of 2020, the Company indefinitely idled certain assets within its Adhesives segment. These represented triggering events resulting in impairment evaluations of the fixed assets within both the oilfield and phenolic specialty resins asset groups. As a result, asset impairments totaling $16 were recorded in “Asset impairments” in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations during the Successor nine months ended September 30, 2020. See Note 4 for discussion of the discontinued operations impairment charge recorded in the third quarter of 2020.

The entire disclosure for the details of the charge against earnings resulting from the aggregate write down of all assets from their carrying value to their fair value. Disclosure may also include a description of the impaired asset and facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, amount of the impairment loss and where the loss is located in the income statement, method(s) for determining fair value, and the segment in which the impaired asset is reported.

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