Other Liabilities (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Other Liabilities

Other current liabilities as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 are detailed below.



	December 31,
	2016		2015
	($ in millions)
Revenues and royalties due others	$	543	$	500
Accrued drilling and production costs	169		212
Joint interest prepayments received	71		169
Accrued compensation and benefits	239		264
Other accrued taxes	32		37
Bank of New York Mellon legal accrual	440		439
Minimum gathering volume commitment	—		201
Other	304		397
Total other current liabilities	$	1,798	$	2,219

Other long-term liabilities as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 are detailed below.



	December 31,
	2016		2015
	($ in millions)
CHK Utica ORRI conveyance obligation^(a)	$	160	$	190
Financing obligations	—		29
Unrecognized tax benefits	97		64
Other	126		126
Total other long-term liabilities	$	383	$	409

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(a)	Approximately $43 million and $21 million of the total $203 million and $211 million obligations are recorded in other current liabilities as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. See Noncontrolling Interests in Note 8 for further discussion of the transaction.