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<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"><b>Note
16.    Synthetic Fuel
Partnerships</b></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%">
<font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">The Corporation
had minority interests in two synthetic fuel partnerships. Although
these partnerships were VIEs, the Corporation was not the primary
beneficiary, and the entities were not consolidated. Synthetic fuel
produced by the partnerships was eligible for synthetic fuel tax
credits through 2007; the partnerships were dissolved in 2008 at no
cost to the Corporation. In addition, there were tax deductions for
pretax losses generated by the partnerships that were reported as
nonoperating expense in the Consolidated Income Statement. Both the
credits and tax deductions reduced the Corporation’s income
tax expense. The effects of these credits and deductions are shown
in the following table:</font></p>
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<td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom" align="center" colspan="4"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="1"><b>Year Ended December 31, 2007</b></font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" align="center" colspan="4"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="1"><b>    (Millions of dollars)    </b></font></td>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Nonoperating
expense</font></p>
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<td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">(67</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">) </font></td>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Tax credits</font></p>
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<td valign="top" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$60</font></td>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Tax benefit of nonoperating
expense</font></p>
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<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">21</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">81</font></td>
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benefit</font></p>
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<td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">14</font></td>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Per share
basis—diluted</font></p>
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<td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">.03</font></td>
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<font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">The effects of
the credits are shown separately in the reconciliation of the U.S.
statutory rate to its effective income tax rate in Note
17.</font></p>
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Note
16.    Synthetic Fuel
Partnerships
 
The Corporation
had minority interests in two synthetic fuel partnerships. Although
these
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