Trade and other payables (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract]

Schedule of trade and other payables

				$ million
		2019		2018
	Current	Non-current	Current	Non-current
Financial liabilities
Trade payables	30,538	—	26,252	—
Amounts payable to joint ventures and associates	1,866	—	2,369	—
Payables for capital expenditure and acquisitionsa	3,868	1,196	7,325	1,345
Payables related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill	1,617	10,863	2,279	11,922
Other payables	5,810	133	4,980	318
	43,699	12,192	43,205	13,585
Non-financial liabilities
Sales taxes, customs duties, production taxes and social security	2,381	33	2,272	35
Other payables	749	401	788	210
	3,130	434	3,060	245
	46,829	12,626	46,265	13,830

^a  2018 includes $3,514 million deferred consideration relating to the acquisition of Petrohawk Energy Corporation from BHP Billiton Petroleum (North America) Inc. See Note 3 for further information.