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Inventories
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
Inventories
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market value. In the United States, we manufacture certain finished products and parts inventories for drill bits, completion products, bulk materials, and other tools that are recorded using the last-in, first-out method, which totaled $162 million as of September 30, 2013 and $139 million as of December 31, 2012. If the average cost method had been used, total inventories would have been $34 million higher than reported as of September 30, 2013 and $41 million higher than reported as of December 31, 2012. The cost of the remaining inventory was recorded on the average cost method. Inventories consisted of the following:
Millions of dollars
September 30,
2013
December 31,
2012
Finished products and parts
$
2,441

$
2,264

Raw materials and supplies
805

793

Work in process
153

129

Total
$
3,399

$
3,186



Finished products and parts are reported net of obsolescence reserves of $130 million as of September 30, 2013 and $114 million as of December 31, 2012.