Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, Sales Table

The table below presents sales and operating profit information about reportable segments and Other for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.

	Quarter Ended March 31,
(Millions of dollars)	2022		2021
SALES(a)
Americas	$	3,241	$	2,840
EMEA	2,148		1,799
APAC	1,602		1,436
Engineering	728		674
Other	492		494
Total sales	$	8,211	$	7,243

	Quarter Ended March 31,
(Millions of dollars)	2022		2021
SEGMENT OPERATING PROFIT
Americas	$	904	$	795
EMEA	503		451
APAC	399		351
Engineering	143		109
Other	(44)		(18)
Segment operating profit	1,905		1,688
Cost reduction programs and other charges (Note 2)	4		8
Purchase accounting impacts - Linde AG	(429)		(483)
Total operating profit	$	1,480	$	1,213

(a)Sales reflect external sales only. Intersegment sales, primarily from Engineering to the industrial gases segments, were not material.