Impairments and Other Charges (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

The following table presents various charges we recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 and three months ended September 30, 2015 as a result of the downturn in the energy industry and other matters, all of which were recorded within "Impairments and other charges" on our condensed consolidated statements of operations:



	Nine Months Ended					Three Months Ended
Millions of dollars	September 30, 2016			September 30, 2015		September 30, 2015
Industry downturn:
Fixed asset impairments	$	2,537		$	648	$	154
Severance costs	261			308		96
Inventory write-downs	130			410		64
Intangible asset impairments	87			209		37
Other	40			173		21
Other matters:
Venezuela promissory note loss	148			—		—
Country closures	2			81		4
Other	(16		)	66		5
Total impairments and other charges	$	3,189		$	1,895	$	381