Divestitures and Other Transactions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Income Statement [Member] | Divested Ag Business [Member]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Table Text Block]

	Successor			Predecessor
(In millions)	For the Period September 1 through December 31, 20171			For the Period January 1 through August 31, 2017		For the Year Ended December 31, 2016			For the Year Ended December 31, 2015
Net sales	$	199		$	1,068	$	1,385		$	1,473
Cost of goods sold	194			412		514			521
Other operating charges				17		19			25
Research and development expenses	30			95		139			163
Selling, general and administrative expenses2	102			146		176			187
Restructuring and asset related charges - net	(1		)	—		(4		)	15
Sundry (expense) income - net	(1		)	7		1			7
(Loss) Income from discontinued operations before income taxes	(127		)	405		542			569
(Benefit from) Provision for income taxes	(50		)	79		103			121
(Loss) Income from discontinued operations after income taxes	$	(77	)	$	326	$	439		$	448

^1.  Includes results of operations for the period September 1 through October 31, 2017, as the Divested Ag Business was disposed of on November 1, 2017.

^2.  Successor period includes $44 million of transaction costs associated with the disposal of the Divested Ag Business.

Income Statement [Member] | Performance Chemicals [Member]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Table Text Block]

	Predecessor
(In millions)	For the Period January 1 through August 31, 2017			For the Year Ended December 31, 2016			For the Year Ended December 31, 2015
Net sales	$	—		$	—		$	2,810
Cost of goods sold	—			—			2,215
Other operating charges	335			36			386
Research and development expense	—			—			40
Selling, general and administrative expenses	—			—			(87		)
Restructuring and asset related charges - net	—			—			59
Sundry income - net	3			3			27
Interest expense	—			—			32
(Loss) income from discontinued operations before income taxes	(332		)	(33		)	192
(Benefit from) provision for income taxes	(125		)	(28		)	106
(Loss) income from discontinued operations after income taxes	$	(207	)	$	(5	)	$	86

Cash Flow [Member] | Divested Ag Business [Member]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Table Text Block]

	Successor		Predecessor
(In millions)	For the Period September 1 through December 31, 2017		For the Period January 1 through August 31, 2017		For the Year Ended December 31, 2016		For the Year Ended December 31, 2015
Depreciation	$	—	$	21	$	32	$	30
Capital expenditures	$	5	$	8	$	40	$	77

Cash Flow [Member] | Performance Chemicals [Member]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Table Text Block]

(In millions)	Predecessor
For the year ended December 31,	2015
Depreciation	$	126
Amortization of intangible assets	2
Capital Expenditures	235

Balance Sheet [Member] | Divested Ag Business [Member]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Table Text Block]

	Predecessor
(In millions)	December 31, 2016
Cash and cash equivalents	$	57
Accounts and notes receivable - net	12
Inventories	323
Other current assets	1
Property, plant and equipment - net	380
Goodwill	11
Other assets	5
Assets held for sale	$	789
Accounts payable	27
Accrued and other current liabilities	12
Deferred income tax liabilities	6
Other noncurrent obligations	29
Liabilities held for sale	$	74