Other Liabilities (Note)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]

Other Liabilities Disclosure

Other Liabilities

Other current liabilities as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 are detailed below.

	September 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
	($ in millions)
Revenues and royalties due others	$	627	$	1,176
Accrued drilling and production costs	231		385
Joint interest prepayments received	181		189
Accrued compensation and benefits	295		344
Other accrued taxes	105		55
Accrued dividends	43		101
Bank of New York Mellon legal accrual	439		100
Royalty settlement	—		119
Other	453		592
Total other current liabilities	$	2,374	$	3,061

Other long-term liabilities as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 are detailed below.

	September 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
	($ in millions)
CHK Utica ORRI conveyance obligation(a)	$	198	$	220
CHK C-T ORRI conveyance obligation(b)	—		135
Financing obligations	29		30
Unrecognized tax benefits	25		45
Other	135		249
Total other long-term liabilities	$	387	$	679

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(a) $20 million and $14 million of the total $218 million and $234 million obligations are recorded in other current liabilities as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. See Noncontrolling Interests in Note 6 for further discussion of the conveyance obligation.

(b) $23 million of the total $158 million obligation is recorded in other current liabilities as of December 31, 2014. In the Current Quarter, we sold the oil and natural gas properties held by CHK Cleveland Tonkawa, L.L.C. (CHK C-T) and eliminated our ORRI obligation attributable to CHK C-T. See Noncontrolling Interests in Note 6 for further discussion of the transaction.