Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of changes to asset retirement obligation liabilities

The following table describes changes to Venator’s asset retirement obligation liabilities:

	December 31,
	2019		2018
Asset retirement obligations at beginning of year	$	37	$	45
Accretion expense	1		2
Liabilities incurred	1		—
Liabilities settled	(7)		(8)
Foreign currency effect on reserve balance	—		(2)
Asset retirement obligations at end of year	$	32	$	37