Inventories

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

2.  Inventories

Inventories at December 31 were as follows:

	2021		2020
	(In millions)
Crude oil and natural gas liquids	$	52	$	226
Materials and supplies	171		152
Total Inventories	$	223	$	378

At December 31, 2020, crude oil inventories included $164 million associated with the cost of 4.2 million barrels of crude oil transported and stored on two chartered VLCCs for sale in Asian markets. The two VLCC cargos were sold in the first quarter of 2021.