Other Liabilities

Other current liabilities as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 are detailed below:



	December 31,
	2017		2016
	($ in millions)
Revenues and royalties due others	$	612	$	543
Accrued drilling and production costs	216		169
Joint interest prepayments received	74		71
Accrued compensation and benefits	214		239
Other accrued taxes	43		32
Bank of New York Mellon legal accrual^(a)	—		440
Other	296		304
Total other current liabilities	$	1,455	$	1,798

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(a)	In 2017, we received notice from the U.S. Supreme Court that it would not review our appeal of the decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York regarding the early redemption of our 6.775% Senior Notes due 2019. As a result of the decision, we paid $441 million with cash on hand and borrowings under the credit facility, and the related supersedeas bond was released.

Other long-term liabilities as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 are detailed below:



	December 31,
	2017		2016
	($ in millions)
CHK Utica ORRI conveyance obligation^(a)	$	156	$	160
Unrecognized tax benefits	101		97
Other	97		126
Total other long-term liabilities	$	354	$	383

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(a)

The CHK Utica, L.L.C. investors’ right to receive proportionately an overriding royalty interest (ORRI) in the first 1,500 net wells drilled on certain of our Utica Shale leasehold runs through 2023. We have the right to repurchase the ORRIs in the remaining net wells once we have drilled a minimum of 1,300 net wells. As of December 31, 2017, we had drilled 572 net wells. The obligation to deliver future ORRIs, which has been recorded as a liability, will be settled through the future conveyance of the underlying ORRIs to the investors on a net-well basis. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, approximately $30 million and $43 million of the total ORRI obligations are recorded in other current liabilities, respectively.