Item 8. , and financial statement schedule listed
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Item 8. , and financial statement schedule listed
in Item 15(a) (collectively referred to as the
“consolidated
financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated
financial statements present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of the Company
at December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the
results of its
operations and its cash flows for each of the three
years in the period ended December 31, 2019,
in conformity
with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board
(United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2019,
based on criteria established in Internal Control–Integrated
Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) and our report
dated February 18, 2020,
expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility
of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits.
We are a public accounting
firm registered with the PCAOB and are required
to be independent with respect to the Company
in
accordance with the U.S. federal securities
laws and the applicable rules and regulations of
the Securities and
Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards
require that we
plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of
material misstatement, whether due to error
or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures
to assess the
risks of material misstatement of the financial
statements, whether due to error or fraud,
and performing
procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures
included examining, on a test basis, evidence
regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. Our audits also included evaluating
the
accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable
basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matters
The critical audit matters communicated below are
matters arising from the current period
audit of the
consolidated financial statements that were communicated
or required to be communicated to the Audit
and
Finance Committee and that: (1) relate to
accounts or disclosures that are material to
the consolidated financial
statements and (2) involved our especially challenging,
subjective or complex judgments. The communication
of critical audit matters does not alter in any
way our opinion on the consolidated financial
statements, taken as
a whole, and we are not, by communicating the
critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the
critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures
to which they relate.
Accounting for asset retirement obligations
for certain offshore properties
Description of
the Matter
At December 31, 2019, the asset retirement
obligation (“ARO”) balance totaled $6.2
billion. As further described in Note 10, the Company
records AROs in the period in
which they are incurred, typically when the asset
is installed at the production location.
The estimation of obligations related to certain
offshore assets requires significant
judgment given the magnitude of these removal
costs and higher estimation uncertainty
related to the removal plan and costs. Furthermore,
given certain of these assets are
nearing the end of their operations, the impact
of changes in these AROs may result in
a
material impact to earnings given the relatively
short remaining useful lives of the assets.
Auditing the Company’s AROs for the obligations identified above is complex
and
highly judgmental due to the significant estimation
required by management in
determining the obligations. In particular, the estimates were
sensitive to significant
subjective assumptions such as removal cost estimates
and end of field life, which are
affected by expectations about future market or economic
conditions.
How We
Addressed the
Matter in Our
Audit
We obtained an understanding, evaluated the design and tested the operating
effectiveness of the Company’s internal controls over its ARO estimation process,
including management’s review of the significant assumptions that
have a material effect
on the determination of the obligations. We also tested management’s controls over the
completeness and accuracy of the financial
data used in the valuation.
To test the AROs for the obligations identified above, our audit procedures included,
among others, assessing the significant assumptions
and inputs used in the valuation,
including removal cost estimates and end of
field life assumptions. For example, we
evaluated removal cost estimates by comparing
to settlements and recent removal
activities and costs. We also compared end of field life assumptions to production
forecasts.
We involved our internal specialists in testing the underlying removal cost
estimates.
Depreciation, depletion and amortization of
proved oil and gas properties
Description of
the Matter
At December 31, 2019, the net book value of
the Company’s properties, plants and
equipment was $42.3 billion, and depreciation,
depletion and amortization (DD&A)
expense was $6.1 billion for the year then ended.
As described in Note 1, DD&A of
properties, plants and equipment on producing
hydrocarbon properties and certain
pipeline and LNG assets (those which are expected
to have a declining utilization
pattern) are determined by the unit-of-production method
based on proved oil and gas
reserves, as estimated by the Company’s internal reservoir engineers. Proved
oil and gas
reserve estimates are based on geological and engineering
assessments of in-place
hydrocarbon volumes, the production plan, historical
extraction recovery and processing
yield factors, installed plant operating capacity
and approved operating limits. Significant
judgment is required by the Company’s internal reservoir engineers
in evaluating
geological and engineering data when estimating
proved oil and gas reserves. Estimating
reserves also requires the selection of inputs, including
oil and gas price assumptions,
future operating and capital costs assumptions
and tax rates by jurisdiction, among
others. Because of the complexity involved in
estimating oil and gas reserves,
management also used a third-party petroleum
engineering firm to perform a review of
the processes and controls used by the Company’s internal reservoir
engineers to
determine estimates of proved oil and gas reserves.
Auditing the Company’s DD&A calculation is complex because of the
use of the work of
the internal reservoir engineers and third-party petroleum
engineering firm and the
evaluation of management’s determination of the inputs described above
used by the
internal reservoir engineers in estimating
proved oil and gas reserves.
How We
Addressed the
Matter in Our
Audit
We obtained an understanding, evaluated the design and tested the operating
effectiveness of the Company’s internal controls over its process to calculate DD&A,
including management’s controls over the completeness and accuracy of the
financial
data provided to the internal reservoir engineers
for use in estimating proved oil and gas
reserves.
Our audit procedures included, among others,
evaluating the professional qualifications
and objectivity of the Company’s internal reservoir engineers primarily
responsible for
overseeing the preparation of the reserve estimates
and the third-party petroleum
engineering firm used to review the Company’s processes and controls.
In addition, in
assessing whether we can use the work of the internal
reservoir engineers, we evaluated
the completeness and accuracy of the financial data
and inputs described above used by
the internal reservoir engineers in estimating
proved oil and gas reserves by agreeing
them to source documentation and we identified
and evaluated corroborative and
contrary evidence. For proved undeveloped reserves,
we evaluated management’s
development plan for compliance with the SEC
rule that undrilled locations are
scheduled to be drilled within five years, unless
specific circumstances justify a longer
time, by assessing consistency of the development
projections with the Company’s drill
plan. We also tested the accuracy of the DD&A calculations, including comparing the
proved oil and gas reserve amounts used in the
calculation to the Company’s reserve
report.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
We have served as ConocoPhillips’ auditor since 1949.
Houston, Texas
February 18, 2020
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Stockholders
and the Board of Directors of ConocoPhillips
Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have audited
ConocoPhillips’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31,
2019, based on
criteria established in Internal Control–Integrated Framework issued
by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework)
(the COSO criteria). In our opinion, ConocoPhillips (the Company)
maintained, in all material respects, effective internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019,
based on the COSO criteria.
We also have audited,
in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United
States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December
31, 2019 and 2018, the related
consolidated income statement, consolidated statements of comprehensive
income, changes in equity and cash flows
for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes,
condensed consolidating
financial information listed in the Index at Item 8, and financial statement schedule
listed in Item 15(a) and our
report dated February 18, 2020, expressed an unqualified opinion
thereon.
Basis for Opinion
The Company’s management is responsible
for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting
and
for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting included under the heading
“Assessment of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting” in the accompanying
“Report of Management.” Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.
We are a public
accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent
with respect to the
Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable
rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted
our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require
that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective
internal control over financial reporting
was maintained in all material respects.
Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial
reporting, assessing the risk that a
material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness
of internal control based on
the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered
necessary in the circumstances. We
believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal control over
financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s
internal control over financial reporting
includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance
of records that, in reasonable detail,
accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the
company; (2) provide reasonable
assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures
of the company are being made
only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of
the company; and (3) provide reasonable
assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s
assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting
may not prevent or detect misstatements.
Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods
are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of
compliance with the policies or procedures may
deteriorate.
/s/ Ernst & Young
LLP
Houston, Texas
February 18, 2020
Consolidated Income Statement
ConocoPhillips
Years
Ended December 31
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Revenues and Other Income
Sales and other operating revenues
$
32,567
36,417
29,106
Equity in earnings of affiliates
1,074
Gain on dispositions
1,966
1,063
2,177
Other income
1,358
Total Revenues and
Other Income
36,670
38,727
32,584
Costs and Expenses
Purchased commodities
11,842
14,294
12,475
Production and operating expenses
5,322
5,213
5,162
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Exploration expenses
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
6,090
5,956
6,845
Impairments
6,601
Taxes other than income
taxes
1,048
Accretion on discounted liabilities
Interest and debt expense
1,098
Foreign currency transaction (gains) losses
(17)
Other expenses
Total Costs and Expenses
27,146
28,754
35,199
Income (loss) before income taxes
9,524
9,973
(2,615)
Income tax provision (benefit)
2,267
3,668
(1,822)
Net income (loss)
7,257
6,305
(793)
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
(68)
(48)
(62)
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to ConocoPhillips
$
7,189
6,257
(855)
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to ConocoPhillips Per Share
of Common Stock
(dollars)
Basic
$
6.43
5.36
(0.70)
Diluted
6.40
5.32
(0.70)
Average Common
Shares Outstanding
(in thousands)
Basic
1,117,260
1,166,499
1,221,038
Diluted
1,123,536
1,175,538
1,221,038
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
ConocoPhillips
Years
Ended December 31
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Net Income (Loss)
$
7,257
6,305
(793)
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Defined benefit plans
Prior service credit (cost) arising during the period
-
(7)
Reclassification adjustment for amortization of prior
service credit included in net income (loss)
(35)
(40)
(38)
Net change
(35)
(47)
(36)
Net actuarial gain (loss) arising during the period
(55)
(150)
Reclassification adjustment for amortization of net
actuarial losses included in net income (loss)
Net change
Nonsponsored plans*
(3)
(1)
(2)
Income taxes on defined benefit plans
(2)
(42)
(81)
Defined benefit plans, net of tax
Unrealized holding loss on securities
-
-
(58)
Unrealized loss on securities, net of tax
-
-
(58)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
(645)
Income taxes on foreign currency translation adjustments
(4)
-
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax
(642)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of
Tax
(603)
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
8,003
5,702
(118)
Less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests
(68)
(48)
(62)
Comprehensive Income (Loss) Attributable to ConocoPhillips
$
7,935
5,654
(180)
*Plans for which ConocoPhillips is not the primary obligor
—
primarily those administered by equity affiliates.
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Consolidated Balance Sheet
ConocoPhillips
At December 31
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
$
5,088
5,915
Short-term investments
3,028
Accounts and notes receivable (net of allowance of $
million in 2019
and $
million in 2018)
3,267
3,920
Accounts and notes receivable—related parties
Investment in Cenovus Energy
2,111
1,462
Inventories
1,026
1,007
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
2,259
Total Current Assets
16,913
13,274
Investments and long-term receivables
8,687
9,329
Loans and advances—related parties
Net properties, plants and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation,
depletion
and amortization of $
55,477
million in 2019 and $
64,899
million in 2018)
42,269
45,698
Other assets
2,426
1,344
Total Assets
$
70,514
69,980
Liabilities
Accounts payable
$
3,176
3,863
Accounts payable—related parties
Short-term debt
Accrued income and other taxes
1,030
1,320
Employee benefit obligations
Other accruals
2,045
1,259
Total Current Liabilities
7,043
7,395
Long-term debt
14,790
14,856
Asset retirement obligations and accrued environmental costs
5,352
7,688
Deferred income taxes
4,634
5,021
Employee benefit obligations
1,781
1,764
Other liabilities and deferred credits
1,864
1,192
Total Liabilities
35,464
37,916
Equity
Common stock (
2,500,000,000
shares authorized at $
0.01
par value)
Issued (2019—
1,795,652,203
shares; 2018—
1,791,637,434
shares)
Par value
Capital in excess of par
46,983
46,879
Treasury stock (at cost: 2019—
710,783,814
shares; 2018—
653,288,213
shares)
(46,405)
(42,905)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(5,357)
(6,063)
Retained earnings
39,742
34,010
Total Common
Stockholders’ Equity
34,981
31,939
Noncontrolling interests
Total Equity
35,050
32,064
Total Liabilities and Equity
$
70,514
69,980
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
ConocoPhillips
Years
Ended December 31
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
Net income (loss)
$
7,257
6,305
(793)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by
operating activities
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
6,090
5,956
6,845
Impairments
6,601
Dry hole costs and leasehold impairments
Accretion on discounted liabilities
Deferred taxes
(444)
(3,681)
Undistributed equity earnings
(232)
Gain on dispositions
(1,966)
(1,063)
(2,177)
Other
(1,000)
(429)
Working
capital adjustments
Decrease (increase) in accounts and notes receivable
(886)
Decrease (increase) in inventories
(67)
(55)
Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses and other current assets
(55)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable
(378)
(52)
Increase (decrease) in taxes and other accruals
(676)
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
11,104
12,934
7,077
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
Capital expenditures and investments
(6,636)
(6,750)
(4,591)
Working
capital changes associated with investing activities
(103)
(68)
Proceeds from asset dispositions
3,012
1,082
13,860
Net sales (purchases) of investments
(2,910)
1,620
(1,790)
Collection of advances/loans—related parties
Other
(108)
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities
(6,618)
(3,843)
7,762
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
Repayment of debt
(80)
(4,995)
(7,876)
Issuance of company common stock
(30)
(63)
Repurchase of company common stock
(3,500)
(2,999)
(3,000)
Dividends paid
(1,500)
(1,363)
(1,305)
Other
(119)
(123)
(112)
Net Cash Used in Financing Activities
(5,229)
(9,359)
(12,356)
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash, Cash Equivalents
and Restricted Cash
(46)
(117)
Net Change in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash
(789)
(385)
2,715
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
6,151
6,536
3,610
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash at End of Period
$
5,362
6,151
6,325
Restricted cash of $
million and $
million are included in the “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” and “Other assets” lines,
respectively, of our Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2019.
Restricted cash totaling $
million is included in the “Other assets” line of our Consolidated
Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2018.
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
ConocoPhillips
Millions of Dollars
Attributable to ConocoPhillips
Common Stock
Par
Value
Capital in
Excess of
Par
Treasury
Stock
Accum. Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Retained
Earnings
Non-
Controlling
Interests
Total
December 31, 2016
$
46,507
(36,906)
(6,193)
31,548
35,226
Net income (loss)
(855)
(793)
Other comprehensive income
Dividends paid ($
1.06
per share of common stock)
(1,305)
(1,305)
Repurchase of company common stock
(3,000)
(3,000)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests and other
(120)
(120)
Distributed under benefit plans
Other
December 31, 2017
$
46,622
(39,906)
(5,518)
29,391
30,801
Net income
6,257
6,305
Other comprehensive loss
(603)
(603)
Dividends paid ($
1.16
per share of common stock)
(1,363)
(1,363)
Repurchase of company common stock
(2,999)
(2,999)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests and other
(121)
(121)
Distributed under benefit plans
Changes in Accounting Principles*
(278)
(220)
Other
December 31, 2018
$
46,879
(42,905)
(6,063)
34,010
32,064
Net income
7,189
7,257
Other comprehensive income
Dividends paid ($
1.34
per share of common stock)
(1,500)
(1,500)
Repurchase of company common stock
(3,500)
(3,500)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests and other
(128)
(128)
Distributed under benefit plans
Changes in Accounting Principles**
(40)
-
Other
December 31, 2019
$
46,983
(46,405)
(5,357)
39,742
35,050
*Cumulative effect of the adoption of ASC Topic 606, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers," and ASU No.
2016-01, "Recognition and
Measurement of Financial Assets and Liabilities," at January 1, 2018.
**See Note 2—Changes in Accounting Principles for additional
information.
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
ConocoPhillips
Note 1—Accounting Policies
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Consolidation Principles and Investments
—Our consolidated financial statements
include the accounts
of majority-owned, controlled subsidiaries
and variable interest entities where we are the primary
beneficiary.
The equity method is used to account for
investments in affiliates in which we have the
ability to exert significant influence over the affiliates’
operating and financial policies.
When we do not
have the ability to exert significant influence,
the investment is measured at fair value
except when the
investment does not have a readily determinable
fair value.
For those exceptions, it will be measured at
cost minus impairment, plus or minus observable
price changes in orderly transactions for an identical
or
similar investment of the same issuer.
Undivided interests in oil and gas joint ventures,
pipelines, natural
gas plants and terminals are consolidated on a proportionate
basis.
Other securities and investments are
generally carried at cost.
We manage our operations through six operating segments, defined by geographic
region: Alaska, Lower
48, Canada, Europe and North Africa, Asia Pacific
and Middle East, and Other International.
For
additional information, see Note 25—Segment
Disclosures and Related Information.
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Foreign Currency Translation
—Adjustments resulting from the process of translating
foreign
functional currency financial statements into
U.S. dollars are included in accumulated other
comprehensive loss in common stockholders’ equity.
Foreign currency transaction gains and losses
are
included in current earnings.
Some of our foreign operations use their local currency
as the functional
currency.
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Use of Estimates
—The preparation of financial statements
in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the U.S. requires management
to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the
reported amounts of assets, liabilities,
revenues and expenses, and the disclosures of contingent
assets and
liabilities.
Actual results could differ from these estimates.
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Revenue Recognition
—Revenues associated with the sales of crude
oil, bitumen, natural gas, LNG,
NGLs and other items are recognized at the point
in time when the customer obtains control
of the asset.
In evaluating when a customer has control of the
asset, we primarily consider whether the
transfer of legal
title and physical delivery has occurred, whether
the customer has significant risks and rewards
of
ownership, and whether the customer has accepted
delivery and a right to payment exists.
These products
are typically sold at prevailing market prices.
We allocate variable market-based consideration to
deliveries (performance obligations) in the
current period as that consideration relates
specifically to our
efforts to transfer control of current period deliveries to the
customer and represents the amount we
expect to be entitled to in exchange for the related
products.
Payment is typically due within 30 days or
less.
Revenues associated with transactions commonly
called buy/sell contracts, in which the
purchase and sale
of inventory with the same counterparty are entered
into “in contemplation” of one another, are combined
and reported net (i.e., on the same income statement
line).
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Shipping and Handling Costs
—We typically incur shipping and handling costs prior to control
transferring to the customer and account for these
activities as fulfillment costs.
Accordingly, we include
shipping and handling costs in production and operating
expenses for production activities.
Transportation costs related to marketing activities are recorded in
purchased commodities.
Freight costs
billed to customers are treated as a component of the
transaction price and recorded as a component
of
revenue when the customer obtains control.
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Cash Equivalents
—Cash equivalents are highly liquid, short-term
investments that are readily
convertible to known amounts of cash and have
original maturities of 90 days or less from
their date of
purchase.
They are carried at cost plus accrued interest,
which approximates fair value.
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Short-Term Investments
—Short-term investments include investments
in bank time deposits and
marketable securities (commercial paper and government
obligations) which are carried at cost plus
accrued interest and have original maturities
of greater than 90 days but within one year or when
the
remaining maturities are within one year.
We also invest in financial instruments classified as available
for sale debt securities which are carried at fair
value. Those instruments are included in short-term
investments when they have remaining maturities
within one year as of the balance sheet date.
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Long-Term Investments in Debt Securities
—Long-term investments in debt securities
includes
financial instruments classified as available for sale
debt securities with remaining maturities
greater than
one year as of the balance sheet date.
They are carried at fair value and presented
within the “Investments
and long-term receivables” line of our consolidated
balance sheet.
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Inventories
—We have several valuation methods for our various types of inventories
and consistently
use the following methods for each type of inventory.
The majority of our commodity-related inventories
are recorded at cost using the LIFO basis.
We measure these inventories at the lower-of-cost-or-market in
the aggregate.
Any necessary lower-of-cost-or-market write-downs at year
end are recorded as
permanent adjustments to the LIFO cost basis.
LIFO is used to better match current inventory
costs with
current revenues.
Costs include both direct and indirect expenditures
incurred in bringing an item or
product to its existing condition and location,
but not unusual/nonrecurring costs or research
and
development costs.
Materials, supplies and other miscellaneous inventories,
such as tubular goods and
well equipment, are valued using various methods,
including the weighted-average-cost
method, and the
FIFO method, consistent with industry practice.
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Fair Value Measurements
—Assets and liabilities measured at fair value
and required to be categorized
within the fair value hierarchy are categorized into
one of three different levels depending on the
observability of the inputs employed in the measurement.
Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active
markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2 inputs are observable inputs other than
quoted prices
included within Level 1 for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly
through market-corroborated
inputs.
Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for
the asset or liability reflecting significant
modifications
to observable related market data or our assumptions
about pricing by market participants.
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Derivative Instruments
—Derivative instruments are recorded on the balance
sheet at fair value.
If the
right of offset exists and certain other criteria are met,
derivative assets and liabilities with the same
counterparty are netted on the balance sheet and the
collateral payable or receivable is netted
against
derivative assets and derivative liabilities,
respectively.
Recognition and classification of the gain or loss
that results from recording and adjusting
a derivative to
fair value depends on the purpose for issuing or
holding the derivative.
Gains and losses from derivatives
not accounted for as hedges are recognized immediately
in earnings.
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Oil and Gas Exploration and Development
—Oil and gas exploration and development
costs are
accounted for using the successful efforts method of
accounting.
Property Acquisition Costs
—Oil and gas leasehold acquisition costs are
capitalized and included in
the balance sheet caption PP&E.
Leasehold impairment is recognized based
on exploratory
experience and management’s judgment.
Upon achievement of all conditions necessary for
reserves
to be classified as proved, the associated leasehold
costs are reclassified to proved properties.
Exploratory Costs
—Geological and geophysical costs and the
costs of carrying and retaining
undeveloped properties are expensed as incurred.
Exploratory well costs are capitalized, or
“suspended,” on the balance sheet pending further
evaluation of whether economically recoverable
reserves have been found.
If economically recoverable reserves are not found,
exploratory well costs
are expensed as dry holes.
If exploratory wells encounter potentially
economic quantities of oil and
gas, the well costs remain capitalized on the balance
sheet as long as sufficient progress assessing the
reserves and the economic and operating viability
of the project is being made.
For complex
exploratory discoveries, it is not unusual to
have exploratory wells remain suspended
on the balance
sheet for several years while we perform additional
appraisal drilling and seismic work on the
potential oil and gas field or while we seek government
or co-venturer approval of development plans
or seek environmental permitting.
Once all required approvals and permits have been
obtained, the
projects are moved into the development phase,
and the oil and gas resources are designated
as proved
reserves.
Management reviews suspended well balances quarterly, continuously monitors
the results of the
additional appraisal drilling and seismic work,
and expenses the suspended well costs
as dry holes
when it judges the potential field does not
warrant further investment in the near term.
See Note 8—
Suspended Wells and Other Exploration Expenses, for additional information
on suspended wells.
Development Costs
—Costs incurred to drill and equip development
wells, including unsuccessful
development wells, are capitalized.
Depletion and Amortization
—Leasehold costs of producing properties
are depleted using the unit-
of-production method based on estimated proved
oil and gas reserves.
Amortization of intangible
development costs is based on the unit-of-production
method using estimated proved developed
oil
and gas reserves.
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Capitalized Interest
—Interest from external borrowings is
capitalized on major projects with an
expected construction period of one year or longer.
Capitalized interest is added to the cost of
the
underlying asset and is amortized over the useful
lives of the assets in the same manner
as the underlying
assets.
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Depreciation and Amortization
—Depreciation and amortization of PP&E
on producing hydrocarbon
properties and certain pipeline and LNG assets
(those which are expected to have a declining
utilization
pattern), are determined by the unit-of-production method.
Depreciation and amortization of all other
PP&E are determined by either the individual-unit-straight-line
method or the group-straight-line method
(for those individual units that are highly integrated
with other units).
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Impairment of Properties, Plants and Equipment
—PP&E used in operations are assessed for
impairment whenever changes in facts and circumstances
indicate a possible significant deterioration
in
the future cash flows expected to be generated
by an asset group and annually in the fourth
quarter
following updates to corporate planning assumptions.
If there is an indication the carrying amount of
an
asset may not be recovered, the asset is monitored
by management through an established
process where
changes to significant assumptions such as prices,
volumes and future development plans are reviewed.
If, upon review, the sum of the undiscounted before-tax cash flows is less
than the carrying value of the
asset group, the carrying value is written down to
estimated fair value through additional
amortization or
depreciation provisions and reported as impairments
in the periods in which the determination
of the
impairment is made.
Individual assets are grouped for impairment
purposes at the lowest level for which
there are identifiable cash flows that are largely independent
of the cash flows of other groups of assets—
generally on a field-by-field basis for E&P assets.
Because there usually is a lack of quoted
market prices
for long-lived assets, the fair value of impaired assets
is typically determined based on the present values
of expected future cash flows using discount rates
believed to be consistent with those used by
principal
market participants or based on a multiple of operating
cash flow validated with historical
market
transactions of similar assets where possible.
Long-lived assets committed by management for
disposal
within one year are accounted for at the lower
of amortized cost or fair value, less cost
to sell, with fair
value determined using a binding negotiated price,
if available, or present value of expected future cash
flows as previously described.
The expected future cash flows used for impairment
reviews and related fair value calculations are
based
on estimated future production volumes, prices
and costs, considering all available evidence at the date
of
review.
The impairment review includes cash flows from
proved developed and undeveloped reserves,
including any development expenditures necessary
to achieve that production.
Additionally, when
probable and possible reserves exist, an appropriate
risk-adjusted amount of these reserves may be
included in the impairment calculation.
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Impairment of Investments in Nonconsolidated
Entities
—Investments in nonconsolidated entities
are
assessed for impairment whenever changes in
the facts and circumstances indicate a loss
in value has
occurred and annually following updates to corporate
planning assumptions.
When such a condition is
judgmentally determined to be other than temporary, the carrying value of the
investment is written down
to fair value.
The fair value of the impaired investment is
based on quoted market prices, if available,
or
upon the present value of expected future cash
flows using discount rates believed to be consistent
with
those used by principal market participants,
plus market analysis of comparable assets
owned by the
investee, if appropriate.
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Maintenance and Repairs
—Costs of maintenance and repairs, which are
not significant improvements,
are expensed when incurred.
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Property Dispositions
—When complete units of depreciable property
are sold, the asset cost and related
accumulated depreciation are eliminated,
with any gain or loss reflected in the “Gain on dispositions”
line
of our consolidated income statement.
When less than complete units of depreciable property
are
disposed of or retired which do not significantly
alter the DD&A rate, the difference between asset
cost
and salvage value is charged or credited to accumulated
depreciation.
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Asset Retirement Obligations and Environmental Costs
—The
fair value of legal obligations to retire
and remove long-lived assets are recorded in
the period in which the obligation is incurred
(typically
when the asset is installed at the production location).
When the liability is initially recorded,
we
capitalize this cost by increasing the carrying amount
of the related PP&E.
If, in subsequent periods, our
estimate of this liability changes, we will record an
adjustment to both the liability and
PP&E.
Over time
the liability is increased for the change in its present
value, and the capitalized cost in PP&E is
depreciated over the useful life of the related asset.
Reductions to estimated liabilities for assets that
are
no longer producing are recorded as a credit
to impairment, if the asset had been previously
impaired, or
as a credit to DD&A, if the asset had not been previously
impaired.
For additional information, see
Note 10—Asset Retirement Obligations and Accrued
Environmental Costs.
Environmental expenditures are expensed or capitalized,
depending upon their future economic benefit.
Expenditures relating to an existing condition
caused by past operations, and those having no future
economic benefit, are expensed.
Liabilities for environmental expenditures are
recorded on an
undiscounted basis (unless acquired in a purchase
business combination, which we record
on a discounted
basis) when environmental assessments or cleanups
are probable and the costs can be reasonably
estimated.
Recoveries of environmental remediation costs
from other parties are recorded as assets when
their receipt is probable and estimable.
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Guarantees
—The fair value of a guarantee is determined
and recorded as a liability at the time the
guarantee is given.
The initial liability is subsequently reduced
as we are released from exposure under
the guarantee.
We amortize the guarantee liability over the relevant time period, if one exists, based on
the facts and circumstances surrounding each type
of guarantee.
In cases where the guarantee term is
indefinite, we reverse the liability when we have
information indicating the liability
is essentially relieved
or amortize it over an appropriate time
period as the fair value of our guarantee exposure
declines over
time.
We amortize the guarantee liability to the related income statement line item based
on the nature of
the guarantee.
When it becomes probable that we will have
to perform on a guarantee, we accrue a
separate liability if it is reasonably estimable,
based on the facts and circumstances at that
time.
We
reverse the fair value liability only when there
is no further exposure under the guarantee.
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Share-Based Compensation
—We recognize share-based compensation expense over the shorter of the
service period (i.e., the stated period of time required
to earn the award) or the period beginning at
the
start of the service period and ending when an
employee first becomes eligible for retirement.
We have
elected to recognize expense on a straight-line
basis over the service period for the entire
award, whether
the award was granted with ratable or cliff vesting.
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Income Taxes
—Deferred income taxes are computed using
the liability method and are provided on all
temporary differences between the financial reporting basis
and the tax basis of our assets and liabilities,
except for deferred taxes on income and temporary
differences related to the cumulative translation
adjustment considered to be permanently reinvested
in certain foreign subsidiaries and
foreign corporate
joint ventures.
Allowable tax credits are applied currently
as reductions of the provision for income
taxes.
Interest related to unrecognized tax benefits
is reflected in interest and debt expense, and
penalties
related to unrecognized tax benefits are reflected
in production and operating expenses.
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Taxes Collected from Customers and Remitted to Governmental Authorities
—Sales and value-
added taxes are recorded net.
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Net Income (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock
—Basic net income (loss) per share of common stock
is calculated based upon the daily weighted-average
number of common shares outstanding during
the
year.
Also, this
calculation includes fully vested stock and unit
awards that have not yet been issued as
common stock, along with an adjustment to
net income (loss) for dividend equivalents
paid on unvested
unit awards that are considered participating
securities.
Diluted net income per share of common stock
includes unvested stock, unit or option awards granted
under our compensation plans and vested but
unexercised stock options, but only to the extent these
instruments dilute net income per share, primarily
under the treasury-stock method.
Diluted net loss per share, which is calculated
the same as basic net loss
per share, does not assume conversion or exercise
of securities that would have an antidilutive
effect.
Treasury stock is excluded from the daily weighted-average number
of common shares outstanding in
both calculations.
The earnings per share impact of the participating
securities is immaterial.
Note 2—Changes in Accounting Principles
We adopted the provisions of FASB ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases,” (ASC Topic 842) and its amendments,
beginning January 1, 2019.
ASC Topic 842 establishes comprehensive accounting and financial reporting
requirements for leasing arrangements, supersedes
the existing requirements in FASB ASC Topic 840,
“Leases” (ASC Topic 840), and requires lessees to recognize substantially
all lease assets and lease liabilities
on the balance sheet.
The provisions of ASC Topic 842 also modify the definition of a lease
and outline
requirements for recognition, measurement, presentation
and disclosure of leasing arrangements by
both
lessees and lessors.
We adopted ASC Topic
842 using the modified retrospective
approach and elected to utilize the Optional
Transition Method, which permits us to apply the provisions
of ASC Topic 842 to leasing arrangements
existing at or entered into after January 1, 2019,
and present in our financial statements comparative
periods
prior to January 1, 2019 under the historical
requirements of ASC Topic 840.
In addition, we elected to adopt
the package of optional transition-related practical
expedients, which among other things, allows us to
carry
forward certain historical conclusions reached
under ASC Topic 840 regarding lease identification,
classification, and the accounting treatment
of initial direct costs.
Furthermore, we elected not to record assets
and liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet
for new or existing lease arrangements
with terms of 12
months or less.
The primary impact of applying ASC Topic 842 is the initial recognition
of $
million of lease liabilities and
corresponding right-of-use assets on our consolidated
balance sheet as of January 1, 2019, for leases
classified
as operating leases under ASC Topic 840, as well as enhanced disclosure of our leasing
arrangements.
Our
accounting treatment for finance leases remains
unchanged.
In addition, there is no cumulative effect to
retained earnings or other components of equity
recognized as of January 1, 2019, and the adoption
of ASC
Topic 842 did not impact the presentation of our consolidated income statement
or statement of cash flows.
See Note 17—Non-Mineral Leases for additional
information related to the adoption of ASC Topic 842.
We adopted the provisions of FASB ASU No. 2018-02, “Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income,”
beginning January 1, 2019.
The ASU allows a reclassification
from accumulated other comprehensive income
to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting
from the
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, eliminating the stranded tax effects.
The cumulative effect to our consolidated balance
sheet at January 1, 2019 for the adoption of
ASU No. 2018-02 was as follows:
Millions of Dollars
December 31
ASU No. 2018-02
January 1
2018
Adjustments
2019
Equity
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
$
(6,063)
(40)
(6,103)
Retained earnings
34,010
34,050
For additional information regarding the impact of the adoption of ASU No. 2018-02, see
Note 20—Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss.
Note 3—Variable Interest Entities
We hold variable interests in VIEs for which there are existing arrangements that provide
those entities with
additional forms of subordinated financial support.
However, as we are not considered the primary
beneficiary, these entities have not been consolidated in our financial statements.
Marine Well Containment Company, LLC (MWCC)
We have a
percent ownership interest in MWCC, and
it is accounted for as an equity method investment
because MWCC is a limited liability company
in which we are a founding member.
MWCC is considered a
VIE, as it has entered into arrangements that provide
it with additional forms of subordinated
financial support.
We are not the primary beneficiary and do not consolidate MWCC because we share
the power to govern the
business and operation of the company and to
undertake certain obligations that most
significantly impact its
economic performance with nine other unaffiliated
owners of MWCC.
Based on inputs related to the fair value of MWCC
observed in the second quarter of 2019, we reduced
the
carrying value of our equity method investment
in MWCC to $
million and recorded a before-tax
impairment of $
million which is included in the “Equity
in earnings of affiliates” line on our consolidated
income statement. For additional information
see Note 15—Fair Value Measurement.
At December 31, 2019,
the book value of our equity method investment
in MWCC was $
million. We have not provided any
financial support to MWCC other than amounts
previously contractually required. Unless we elect
otherwise,
we have no requirement to provide liquidity
or purchase the assets of MWCC.
Australia Pacific LNG Pty Ltd (APLNG)
We hold a
37.5
percent interest in APLNG, our joint venture
with Origin Energy and Sinopec. We are not the
primary beneficiary because we share, with
our joint venture partners, the power to direct
the key activities of
APLNG that most significantly impacts its
economic performance. Therefore, we do not consolidate
APLNG
and account for this entity as an equity method
investment.
As of December 31, 2019, we no longer have
certain guarantees that provide APLNG with additional
subordinated financial support. For additional
information see Note 12—Guarantees.
Note 4—Inventories
Inventories at December 31 were:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
Crude oil and natural gas
$
Materials and supplies
$
1,026
1,007
Inventories valued on the LIFO basis totaled
$
million and $
million at December 31, 2019 and 2018,
respectively.
The estimated excess of current replacement
cost over LIFO cost of inventories was
approximately $
million and $
million at December 31, 2019 and December
31, 2018, respectively.
Note 5—Asset Acquisitions and Dispositions
All gains or losses on asset dispositions
are reported before-tax and are included net in
the “Gain on
dispositions” line on our consolidated income
statement.
All cash proceeds are included in the “Cash Flows
From Investing Activities” section of our consolidated
statement of cash flows.
2019
Assets Held for Sale
In October 2019, we entered into an agreement to sell
the subsidiaries that hold our Australia-West assets and
operations to Santos for $
1.39
billion, plus customary adjustments, with an effective
date of January 1, 2019.
In addition, we will receive a payment of $
million upon final investment decision of
the Barossa
development project.
These subsidiaries hold our
37.5
percent interest in the Barossa Project and
Caldita
Field, our
56.9
percent interest in the Darwin LNG Facility and
Bayu-Undan Field, our
percent interest in
the Greater Poseidon Fields, and our
percent interest in the Athena Field.
The net carrying value is
approximately $
0.6
billion, which consisted primarily of $
1.2
billion of PP&E and $
0.3
billion of cash and
working capital, offset by $
0.7
billion of ARO and $
0.2
billion of deferred tax liabilities.
The assets met held
for sale criteria in the fourth quarter, and as of December 31, 2019
we had reclassified $
1.2
billion of PP&E to
“Prepaid expenses and other current assets” and $
0.7
billion of noncurrent ARO to “Other accruals”
on our
consolidated balance sheet.
The before-tax earnings associated with our
Australia-West subsidiaries were
$
million, $
million and $
million for the years ended December 31,
2019, 2018 and 2017,
respectively.
This transaction is expected to be completed
in the first quarter of 2020, subject to regulatory
approvals and other specific conditions precedent.
Results of operations for the subsidiaries
to be sold are
reported within our Asia Pacific and Middle East
segment.
In the fourth quarter of 2019, we signed an agreement
to sell our interests in the Niobrara shale play
for $
million, plus customary adjustments,
and overriding royalty interests in certain
future wells.
To reduce the
carrying value to fair value, in the fourth quarter
of 2019, we recorded an impairment of $
million before-
tax for developed properties and exploration expenses
of $
million related to leasehold impairment of
undeveloped properties.
Our Niobrara interests to be sold have a net carrying
value of approximately $
million, which consisted primarily of $
million of PP&E, offset by $
million of noncurrent ARO.
The
assets met held for sale criteria in the fourth quarter, and as of December
31, 2019, we had reclassified $
million of PP&E to “Prepaid expenses and other
current assets” and $
million of noncurrent AROs to “Other
accruals” on our consolidated balance sheet.
The before-tax losses associated with our interests
in Niobrara,
including the $386 million of impairments noted
above, were $
million and $
million for the years ended
December 31, 2019 and 2017,
respectively.
The before-tax earnings associated with our interests
in Niobrara
for the year ended December 31, 2018 was $
million.
This transaction is subject to regulatory approval
and
other specific conditions precedent and is expected
to close in the first quarter of 2020.
The Niobrara results of
operations are reported within our Lower 48 segment.
Assets Sold
In January 2019, we entered into agreements to sell
our
12.4
percent ownership interests in the Golden
Pass
LNG Terminal and Golden Pass Pipeline.
We also entered into agreements to amend our contractual
obligations for retaining use of the facilities.
As a result of entering into these agreements, we recorded
a
before-tax impairment of $
million in the first quarter of 2019 which is included
in the “Equity in earnings
of affiliates” line on our consolidated income statement.
We completed the sale in the second quarter of 2019.
Results of operations for these assets are reported in
our Lower 48 segment.
See Note 15—Fair Value
Measurement for additional information.
In April 2019, we entered into an agreement to sell
two ConocoPhillips U.K. subsidiaries
to Chrysaor E&P
Limited for $
2.675
billion plus interest and customary adjustments,
with an effective date of January 1, 2018.
On September 30, 2019, we completed the sale for
proceeds of $
2.2
billion and recognized a $
1.7
billion
before-tax and $
2.1
billion after-tax gain associated with this transaction
in 2019.
Together the subsidiaries
sold indirectly held our exploration and production
assets in the U.K.
At the time of disposition, the net
carrying value was approximately $
0.5
billion, consisting primarily of $
1.6
billion of PP&E, $
0.5
billion of
cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments,
and $
0.3
billion of deferred tax assets, offset by $
1.8
billion of ARO and negative $
0.1
billion of working capital.
The before-tax earnings associated with the
subsidiaries sold were $
0.4
billion, $
0.9
billion and $
0.3
billion for the years ended December 31, 2019,
2018
and 2017,
respectively.
Results of operations for the U.K. are reported
within our Europe and North Africa
segment.
In the second quarter of 2019, we recognized an
after-tax gain of $
million upon the closing of the sale of
our
percent interest in the Greater Sunrise Fields
to the government of Timor-Leste for $
million.
The
Greater Sunrise Fields were included in our Asia
Pacific and Middle East segment.
In the fourth quarter of 2019, we sold our interests
in the Magnolia field and platform for net
proceeds of $
million and recognized a before-tax gain of $
million.
At the time of sale, the net carrying value consisted
of $
million of PP&E offset by $
million of ARO.
The Magnolia results of operations are reported
within
our Lower 48 segment.
Planned Dispositions
In January 2020, we entered into an agreement to sell
our interests in certain non-core properties
in the Lower
48 segment for $
million, plus customary adjustments.
The assets met the held for sale criteria in
January
2020 and the transaction is expected to be completed
in the first quarter of 2020.
No gain or loss is anticipated
on the sale.
This disposition will not have a significant
impact on Lower 48 production.
2018
Assets Sold
In the first quarter of 2018, we completed the sale of
certain properties in the Lower 48 segment
for net
proceeds of $
million.
No
gain or loss was recognized on the sale.
In the second quarter of 2018, we
completed the sale of a package of largely undeveloped acreage
in the Lower 48 segment for net proceeds
of
$
million and
no
gain or loss was recognized on the sale.
In the third quarter of 2018, we completed a
noncash exchange of undeveloped acreage in
the Lower 48 segment.
The transaction was recorded at fair
value resulting in the recognition of a $
million gain.
In the fourth quarter of 2018, we sold several
packages of undeveloped acreage in the Lower
48 segment for total net proceeds of $
million and
recognized gains of approximately $
million.
On October 31, 2018, we completed the sale of
our interests in the Barnett to Lime Rock Resources
for $
million after customary adjustments and recognized
a loss of $
million. We recorded impairments of $
million in 2018 and $
million in 2017 to reduce the net
carrying value of the Barnett to fair value.
At the
time of the disposition, our interest in Barnett had a
net carrying value of $
million, consisting of $
million of PP&E and $
million of AROs.
The before-tax losses associated with our
interests in the Barnett,
including both the impairments and loss on disposition
noted above, were $
million and $
million for the
years 2018 and 2017, respectively.
The Barnett results of operations are included
in our Lower 48 segment.
On December 18, 2018, we completed the sale of
a ConocoPhillips subsidiary to BP.
The subsidiary held
16.5
percent of our 24 percent interest
in the BP-operated Clair Field in the U.K.
We retained a
7.5
percent
interest in the field.
At the same time, we acquired BP’s 39.2 percent nonoperated interest
in the Greater
Kuparuk Area in Alaska, including their 38 percent
interest in the Kuparuk Transportation Company (Kuparuk
Assets).
The transaction was recorded at a fair value
of $
1,743
million and was cash neutral except for
customary adjustments which resulted in net
proceeds of $
million.
At closing, our interest in the Clair
Field had a net carrying value of approximately
$
1,028
million consisting primarily of $
1,553
million of
PP&E, $
million of deferred tax liabilities, and $
million of AROs.
We recognized a before-tax gain of
$
million on the transaction.
The 2018 before-tax earnings associated
with our 16.5 interest in the Clair
Field, including the recognized gain, were $
million.
The before-tax loss associated with our interest
in the
Clair Field was $
0.4
million for 2017. Results of operations
for our interest in the Clair Field are reported
within our Europe and North Africa segment and
the Kuparuk Assets are included in our
Alaska segment.
Acquisitions
In May 2018, we completed the acquisition of
Anadarko’s
percent nonoperated interest in the Western
North Slope of Alaska, as well as its interest
in the Alpine Transportation Pipeline for $
million, after
customary adjustments.
This transaction was accounted for as a business
combination resulting in the
recognition of approximately $
million of proved property and $
million of unproved property within
PP&E, $
million of inventory, $
million of investments, and $
million of AROs. These assets are
included in our Alaska segment.
As discussed in the Clair Field transaction with BP
above, we acquired BP’s Kuparuk Assets on December 18,
The transaction was accounted for as an asset acquisition
with a net acquisition cost of $
1,490
million,
comprised of the fair value of $
1,743
million associated with the disposed 16.5
percent of our 24 percent
interest in the Clair Field, reduced by the net proceeds
of $253 million.
Accordingly, we recorded
approximately $
1.9
billion to proved property within PP&E, $
million to inventory, $
million to
investments, $
million of AROs, and a $
million decrease to net working capital.
The Kuparuk Assets
are included in our Alaska segment.
2017
Assets Sold
On May 17, 2017, we completed the sale of our
50 percent nonoperated interest in the Foster
Creek Christina
Lake (FCCL) Partnership, as well as the majority
of our western Canada gas assets to Cenovus
Energy.
Consideration for the transaction was $
11.0
billion in cash after customary adjustments,
million Cenovus
Energy common shares and a five-year uncapped contingent
payment.
The value of the shares at closing was
$
1.96
billion based on a price of $
9.41
per share on the NYSE.
The contingent payment, calculated and paid
on a quarterly basis, is $6 million CAD for every $1 CAD by which the WCS quarterly average crude price
exceeds $52 CAD per barrel.
Contingent payments received during the five-year
period are reflected as “Gain
on dispositions” on our consolidated income statement.
We reported before-tax equity earnings associated
with FCCL of $
million for 2017.
We reported a before-tax loss of $
million for the western Canada gas
producing properties for 2017.
We recorded gains on dispositions for these contingent payments of $
million and $
million for the years 2019 and 2018, respectively.
At closing, the carrying value of our equity investment
in FCCL was $
8.9
billion.
The carrying value of our
interest in the western Canada gas assets was $
1.9
billion consisting primarily of $
2.6
billion of PP&E, partly
offset by AROs of $
million and approximately $
million of environmental and other accruals.
A gain
of $
2.1
billion was included in the “Gain on dispositions”
line on our consolidated income statement in 2017.
Both FCCL and the western Canada gas assets
were reported in our Canada segment.
For more information on the Canada disposition
and our investment in Cenovus Energy see Note 7—
Investment in Cenovus Energy, Note 15—Fair Value Measurement, and Note 20—Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Loss.
In July 2017, we completed the sale of our interests
in the San Juan Basin to an affiliate of Hilcorp Energy
Company for $
2.5
billion in cash after customary adjustments
and recognized a loss on disposition of
$
million.
The transaction includes a contingent payment of up to $300 million. The six-year contingent
payment, effective beginning January 1, 2018, is due annually for the periods in which the monthly U.S. Henry
Hub price is at or above $3.20 per MMBTU.
In 2018, we recorded a gain on dispositions
for these contingent
payments of $
million.
No
contingent payments were recorded in 2019.
In the second quarter of 2017, we
recorded an impairment of $
3.3
billion to reduce the carrying value of our
interests in the San Juan Basin to
fair value.
At the time of disposition, the San Juan Basin
interests had a net carrying value of approximately
$
2.5
billion, consisting of $
2.9
billion of PP&E and $
million of liabilities, primarily AROs.
The before-
tax loss associated with our interests in the San Juan
Basin, including both the $3.3 billion impairment
and $22
million loss on disposition noted above, was $
3.2
billion for 2017.
The San Juan Basin results were reported
in our Lower 48 segment.
In September 2017, we completed the sale of our
interest in the Panhandle assets for $
million in cash after
customary adjustments and recognized a loss on
disposition of $
million.
At the time of the disposition, the
carrying value of our interest was $
million, consisting primarily of $
million of PP&E and $
million
of AROs.
Including the $28 million loss on disposition
noted above, we reported a before-tax loss for the
Panhandle properties of $
million for 2017.
The Panhandle results were reported in
our Lower 48 segment.
Note 6—Investments, Loans and Long-Term Receivables
Components of investments, loans and long-term
receivables at December 31 were:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
Equity investments
$
8,234
9,005
Loans and advances—related parties
Long-term receivables
Long-term investments in debt securities
-
Other investments
$
8,906
9,664
Equity Investments
Affiliated companies in which we had a significant
equity investment at December 31, 2019, included:
●
APLNG—
37.5
percent owned joint venture with Origin Energy (
37.5
percent) and Sinopec (
percent)—
to produce CBM from the Bowen and Surat basins in Queensland, Australia,
as well as process and export
LNG.
●
Qatar Liquefied Gas Company Limited (3) (QG3)—30 percent owned
joint venture with affiliates of Qatar
Petroleum (
68.5
percent) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (
1.5
percent)—produces and liquefies natural gas from
Qatar’s North Field, as well as exports LNG.
Summarized 100 percent earnings information
for equity method investments in affiliated companies,
combined, was as follows:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Revenues
$
11,310
11,654
11,554
Income (loss) before income taxes
3,726
3,660
(2,875)
Net income (loss)
3,085
3,244
(1,431)
Summarized 100 percent balance sheet information
for equity method investments in affiliated
companies,
combined, was as follows:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
Current assets
$
3,289
3,285
Noncurrent assets
38,905
41,563
Current liabilities
2,603
2,625
Noncurrent liabilities
22,168
23,874
Our share of income taxes incurred directly
by an equity method investee is reported in equity
in earnings of
affiliates, and as such is not included in income taxes
on our consolidated financial statements.
At December 31, 2019, retained earnings included
$
million related to the undistributed earnings
of
affiliated companies.
Dividends received from affiliates were $
1,378
million, $
1,226
million and $
million
in 2019, 2018 and 2017,
respectively.
APLNG
APLNG is focused on CBM production from the
Bowen and Surat basins in Queensland, Australia,
to supply
the domestic gas market and on LNG processing
and export sales.
Our investment in APLNG gives us access
to CBM resources in Australia and enhances our
LNG position.
The majority of APLNG LNG is sold under
two long-term sales and purchase agreements,
supplemented with sales of additional LNG
spot cargoes
targeting the Asia Pacific markets.
Origin Energy, an integrated Australian energy company, is the operator of
APLNG’s production and pipeline system, while we operate the LNG
facility.
APLNG executed project financing agreements
for an $
8.5
billion project finance facility in 2012.
The $8.5
billion project finance facility was initially composed
of financing agreements executed by APLNG
with the
Export-Import Bank of the United States for approximately
$
2.9
billion, the Export-Import Bank of China for
approximately $
2.7
billion, and a syndicate of Australian and international
commercial banks for
approximately $
2.9
billion.
At December 31, 2019, all amounts have been
drawn from the facility.
APLNG
made its first principal and interest repayment
in March 2017 and is scheduled to make
bi-annual
payments
until March 2029.
APLNG made a voluntary repayment of $
1.4
billion to the Export-Import Bank of China
in September 2018.
At the same time, APLNG obtained a United
States Private Placement (USPP) bond facility
of $
1.4
billion.
APLNG made its first interest payment related to
this facility in March 2019, and principal
payments are
scheduled to commence in September 2023,
with
bi-annual
payments due on the facility until September
During the first quarter of 2019, APLNG refinanced
$
3.2
billion of existing project finance debt through two
transactions.
As a result of the first transaction, APLNG
obtained a commercial bank facility of $
2.6
billion.
APLNG made its first principal and interest
repayment in September 2019 with
bi-annual
payments due on the
facility until March 2028.
Through the second transaction, APLNG obtained
a USPP bond facility of $
0.6
billion.
APLNG made its first interest payment in September
2019, and principal payments are scheduled
to
commence in September 2023, with
bi-annual
payments due on the facility until
September 2030.
In conjunction with the $3.2 billion debt obtained
during the first quarter of 2019 to refinance existing
project
finance debt, APLNG made voluntary repayments
of $
2.2
billion and $
1.0
billion to a syndicate of Australian
and international commercial banks and the Export-Import
Bank of China, respectively.
At December 31, 2019, a balance of $
6.7
billion was outstanding on the facilities.
See Note 12—Guarantees,
for additional information.
During the first half of 2017, the outlook for crude
oil prices deteriorated, and as a result of significantly
reduced price outlooks, the estimated fair
value of our investment in APLNG declined to
an amount below
carrying value.
Based on a review of the facts and circumstances
surrounding this decline in fair value, we
concluded in the second quarter of 2017 the impairment
was other than temporary under the guidance of
FASB
ASC Topic 323, “Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures,” and the recognition of an impairment of
our investment to fair value was necessary.
Accordingly, we recorded a noncash $
2,384
million, before- and
after-tax impairment in our second quarter 2017
results.
Fair value was estimated based on an internal
discounted cash flow model using estimated
future production, an outlook of future prices
from a combination
of exchanges (short-term) and pricing service
companies (long-term), costs, a market
outlook of foreign
exchange rates provided by a third party, and a discount rate believed to be
consistent with those used by
principal market participants.
The impairment was included in the “Impairments”
line on our consolidated
income statement.
At December 31, 2019, the carrying value of
our equity method investment in APLNG was $
7,228
million.
The historical cost basis of our
37.5
percent share of net assets on the books
of APLNG was $
6,751
million,
resulting in a basis difference of $
million on our books.
The basis difference, which is substantially all
associated with PP&E and subject to amortization,
has been allocated on a relative fair value basis
to
individual exploration and production license areas
owned by APLNG, some of which are not currently
in
production.
Any future additional payments are expected
to be allocated in a similar manner.
Each
exploration license area will periodically be reviewed
for any indicators of potential impairment,
which, if
required, would result in acceleration of basis
difference amortization.
As the joint venture produces natural
gas from each license, we amortize the basis
difference allocated to that license using the unit-of-production
method.
Included in net income (loss) attributable
to ConocoPhillips for 2019,
2018 and 2017 was after-tax
expense of $
million, $
million and $
million, respectively, representing the amortization of this basis
difference on currently producing licenses.
Distributions from APLNG commenced in
April 2018.
FCCL
FCCL Partnership, a Canadian upstream 50/50 general
partnership with Cenovus Energy Inc., produces
bitumen in the Athabasca oil sands in northeastern
Alberta and sells the bitumen blend.
Cenovus is the
operator and managing partner of FCCL.
On May 17, 2017, we completed the sale of our
50 percent nonoperated interest in the FCCL
Partnership, as
well as the majority of our western Canada gas
assets to Cenovus Energy.
Financial information presented
within this footnote includes our historical
interest up to the date of sale.
For additional information on the
Canada disposition and our investment in Cenovus
Energy, see Note 5—Asset Acquisitions and Dispositions
and Note 7—Investment in Cenovus Energy.
QG3
QG3 is a joint venture that owns an integrated
large-scale LNG project located in Qatar.
We provided project
financing, with a current outstanding balance
of $
million as described below under “Loans and
Long-
Term Receivables.”
At December 31, 2019, the book value of our equity
method investment in QG3,
excluding the project financing, was $
million.
We have terminal and pipeline use agreements with Golden
Pass LNG Terminal and affiliated Golden Pass Pipeline near Sabine Pass, Texas, intended to provide us with
terminal and pipeline capacity for the receipt,
storage and regasification of LNG purchased
from QG3.
We
previously held a 12.4 percent interest in Golden
Pass LNG Terminal and Golden Pass Pipeline, but we sold
those interests in the second quarter of 2019 while
retaining the basic use agreements.
Currently,
the LNG
from QG3 is being sold to markets outside of
the U.S.
For additional information, see Note 5—Asset
Acquisitions and Dispositions.
Loans and Long-Term Receivables
As part of our normal ongoing business operations
and consistent with industry practice,
we enter into
numerous agreements with other parties to pursue
business opportunities.
Included in such activity are loans
and long-term receivables to certain affiliated and non-affiliated
companies.
Loans are recorded when cash is
transferred or seller financing is provided to the
affiliated or non-affiliated company pursuant to a loan
agreement.
The loan balance will increase as interest is earned
on the outstanding loan balance and will
decrease as interest and principal payments are
received.
Interest is earned at the loan agreement’s stated
interest rate.
Loans and long-term receivables are assessed
for impairment when events indicate the loan
balance may not be fully recovered.
At December 31, 2019, significant loans to affiliated
companies include $335 million in project financing
to
QG3.
We own a
percent interest in QG3, for which we
use the equity method of accounting.
The other
participants in the project are affiliates of Qatar Petroleum
and Mitsui.
QG3 secured project financing of
$
4.0
billion in December 2005, consisting of $
1.3
billion of loans from export credit agencies
(ECA), $
1.5
billion from commercial banks, and $
1.2
billion from ConocoPhillips.
The ConocoPhillips loan facilities have
substantially the same terms as the ECA and commercial
bank facilities.
On December 15, 2011, QG3
achieved financial completion and all project loan facilities
became nonrecourse to the project participants.
Semi-annual
repayments began in January 2011 and will extend through July
The long-term portion of these loans is included
in the “Loans and advances—related parties”
line on our
consolidated balance sheet, while the short-term
portion is in “Accounts and notes receivable—related
parties.”
Note 7—Investment in Cenovus Energy
On May 17, 2017, we completed the sale of our
percent nonoperated interest in the FCCL
Partnership, as
well as the majority of our western Canada gas
assets, to Cenovus Energy.
Consideration for the transaction
included
million Cenovus Energy common shares, which,
at closing, approximated
16.9
percent of issued
and outstanding Cenovus Energy common stock.
See Note 5—Asset Acquisitions and Dispositions,
for
additional information on the Canada disposition.
The fair value and cost basis of our investment
in 208
million Cenovus Energy common shares was $
1.96
billion based on a price of $
9.41
per share on the NYSE on
the closing date.
Our investment on our consolidated balance sheet
as of December 31, 2019, is carried
at fair value of $
2.11
billion, reflecting the closing price of Cenovus
Energy shares on the NYSE of $
10.15
per share, an increase of
$
million from $
1.46
billion at December 31, 2018.
The increase in fair value represents the
net unrealized
gain recorded within the “Other income” line of
our consolidated income statement for
the year ended
December 31, 2019 relating to the shares held
at the reporting date.
See Note 15—Fair Value Measurement
and Note 22—Other Financial Information, for
additional information.
Subject to market conditions, we
intend to decrease our investment over time
through market transactions, private agreements
or otherwise.
Note 8—Suspended Wells and Other Exploration Expenses
The following table reflects the net changes in suspended
exploratory well costs during 2019, 2018 and 2017:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Beginning balance at January 1
$
1,063
Additions pending the determination of proved reserves
Reclassifications to proved properties
(11)
(37)
(66)
Sales of suspended wells
(54)
(93)
-
Charged to dry hole expense
(10)
(7)
(262)
Ending balance at December 31
$
1,020
*Includes $
million of assets held for sale in Australia.
The following table provides an aging of suspended
well balances at December 31:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Exploratory well costs capitalized for a period
of one year or less
$
Exploratory well costs capitalized for a period
greater than one year
Ending balance
$
1,020
Number of projects with exploratory well costs
capitalized for a
period greater than one year
*Includes $313 million of assets held for sale in Australia.
The following table provides a further aging of
those exploratory well costs that have
been capitalized for more
than one year since the completion of drilling
as of December 31, 2019:
Millions of Dollars
Suspended Since
Total
2016–2018
2013–2015
2004–2012
Greater Poseidon—Australia
(2)(3)
-
NPRA—Alaska
(1)
-
Barossa/Caldita—Australia
(2)(3)
-
Surmont—Canada
(1)
Middle Magdalena Basin—Colombia
(1)
-
-
Narwhal Trend—Alaska
(1)
-
-
Kamunsu East—Malaysia
(2)
-
-
NC 98—Libya
(2)
-
WL4-00—Malaysia
(2)
-
-
Other of $10 million or less each
(1)(2)
Total
$
(1)Additional appraisal wells planned.
(2)Appraisal drilling complete; costs being incurred to assess development.
(3)Assets held for sale as of December 31, 2019.
Other Exploration Expenses
In February 2017, we reached a settlement
agreement on our contract for the Athena drilling
rig, initially
secured for our four-well commitment program
in Angola.
As a result of the cancellation, we recognized
a
before-tax charge of $
million net in the first quarter of 2017.
These charges are included in the
“Exploration expenses” line on our consolidated income
statement and in our Other International segment
in
In 2019, we recorded before-tax dry hole expenses
of $
million due to our decision to discontinue
exploration activities in the Central Louisiana Austin
Chalk trend.
These charges are included in our Lower 48
segment and in the “Exploration expenses” line
on our consolidated income statement.
See Note 9—
Impairments for additional information on our
decision to discontinue these exploration activities.
Note 9—Impairments
During 2019, 2018 and 2017, we recognized the
following before-tax impairment charges:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Alaska
$
-
Lower 48
3,969
Canada
Europe and North Africa
(79)
Asia Pacific and Middle East
-
2,384
$
6,601
2019
In the Lower 48, we recorded impairments
of $
million, primarily related to developed properties
in our
Niobrara asset which were written down to fair value
less costs to sell.
See Note 5—Asset Acquisitions and
Dispositions,
for additional information on this disposition.
The charges discussed below, within this section, are included in the “Exploration
expenses” line on our
consolidated income statement and are not reflected
in the table above.
In our Lower 48 segment, we recorded a before-tax impairment
of $
million for the associated carrying
value of capitalized undeveloped leasehold costs
due to our decision to discontinue exploration
activities
related to our Central Louisiana Austin Chalk
acreage.
2018
In Alaska, we recorded impairments of $
million primarily due to cancelled projects.
In the Lower 48, we recorded impairments
of $
million, primarily related to developed properties
in our
Barnett asset which were written down to fair value
less costs to sell, partly offset by a revision to reflect
finalized proceeds on a separate transaction.
In our Europe and North Africa segment, we recorded
a credit to impairment of $
million, primarily due to
decreased ARO estimates on fields in the
U.K. which have ceased production and
were impaired in prior years,
partly offset by an increased ARO estimate on a field
in Norway which has ceased production.
2017
In Alaska, we recorded impairments of $
million primarily for the associated PP&E
carrying value of our
small interest in the Point Thomson unit.
In the Lower 48, we recorded impairments
of $
3,969
million primarily due to certain developed
properties
which were written down to fair value less costs
to sell.
See Note 5—Asset Acquisitions and Dispositions, for
additional information on our dispositions.
In Canada, we recorded impairments of $
million primarily due to cancelled projects.
In Europe and North Africa, we recorded impairments
of $
million primarily due to reduced volume
forecasts for a field in the U.K. and restructured ownership
and a change in commercial premises for a gas
processing plant in Norway, partly offset by decreased ARO estimates on fields at or
nearing the end of life
which were impaired in prior years.
In Asia Pacific and Middle East, we recorded impairments
of $
2,384
million, including the impairment of our
APLNG investment.
For more information, see the “APLNG”
section of Note 6—Investments, Loans and
Long-Term Receivables.
The charges discussed below, within this section, are included in the “Exploration
expenses” line on our
consolidated income statement and are not reflected
in the table above.
In our Lower 48 segment, we recorded a before-tax impairment
of $
million for the associated carrying
value of capitalized undeveloped leasehold costs
of Shenandoah in deepwater Gulf of Mexico
following the
suspension of appraisal activity by the operator.
Additionally, we recorded a $
million before-tax
impairment for mineral assets primarily
due to plan of development changes.
Note 10—Asset Retirement Obligations and Accrued
Environmental Costs
Asset retirement obligations and accrued environmental
costs at December 31 were:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
Asset retirement obligations
$
6,206
7,908
Accrued environmental costs
Total asset retirement obligations and accrued environmental costs
6,377
8,086
Asset retirement obligations and accrued environmental
costs due within one year*
(1,025)
(398)
Long-term asset retirement obligations and accrued
environmental costs
$
5,352
7,688
*Classified as a current liability on the balance sheet under “Other accruals.” $
million relates to assets which are held for sale as of
December 31, 2019. For additional information see Note 5—Asset Acquisitions
and Dispositions.
Asset Retirement Obligations
We record the fair value of a liability for an ARO when it is incurred (typically when
the asset is installed at
the production location).
When the liability is initially recorded,
we capitalize the associated asset retirement
cost by increasing the carrying amount of the related
PP&E.
If, in subsequent periods, our estimate
of this
liability changes, we will record an adjustment
to both the liability and PP&E.
Over time, the liability
increases for the change in its present value,
while the capitalized cost depreciates over the
useful life of the
related asset.
We have numerous AROs we are required to perform under law or contract once
an asset is permanently taken
out of service.
Most of these obligations are not expected
to be paid until several years, or decades, in
the
future and will be funded from general company
resources at the time of removal.
Our largest individual
obligations involve plugging and abandonment
of wells and removal and disposal of offshore oil
and gas
platforms around the world, as well as oil and
gas production facilities and pipelines in Alaska.
During 2019 and 2018, our overall ARO changed
as follows:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
Balance at January 1
$
7,908
7,798
Accretion of discount
New obligations
Changes in estimates of existing obligations
(266)
Spending on existing obligations
(229)
(228)
Property dispositions
(1,920)
(161)
Foreign currency translation
(80)
(240)
Balance at December 31
$
6,206
7,908
Accrued Environmental Costs
Total accrued environmental costs at December 31, 2019 and 2018, were $
million and $
million,
respectively.
We had accrued environmental costs of $
million and $
million at December 31, 2019 and 2018,
respectively, related to remediation activities in the U.S. and Canada.
We had also accrued in Corporate and
Other $
million and $
million of environmental costs associated
with sites no longer in operation at
December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
In addition, $
million and $
million were included at both
December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, where the company has been
named a potentially responsible party
under the Federal Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability
Act, or similar state
laws.
Accrued environmental liabilities are expected to
be paid over periods extending up to
years.
Expected expenditures for environmental obligations
acquired in various business combinations
are discounted
using a weighted-average
percent discount factor, resulting in an accrued balance for acquired
environmental
liabilities of $
million at December 31, 2019.
The expected future undiscounted payments
related to the
portion of the accrued environmental costs that
have been discounted are: $
million in 2020, $
million in
2021, $
million in 2022, $
million in 2023, $
million in 2024, and $
million for all future years
after 2024.
Note 11—Debt
Long-term debt at December 31 was:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
9.125% Debentures due 2021
$
8.20% Debentures due 2025
8.125% Notes due 2030
7.9% Debentures due 2047
7.8% Debentures due 2027
7.65% Debentures due 2023
7.40% Notes due 2031
7.375% Debentures due 2029
7.25% Notes due 2031
7.20% Notes due 2031
7% Debentures due 2029
6.95% Notes due 2029
1,549
1,549
6.875% Debentures due 2026
6.50% Notes due 2039
2,750
2,750
5.951% Notes due 2037
5.95% Notes due 2036
5.95% Notes due 2046
5.90% Notes due 2032
5.90% Notes due 2038
4.95% Notes due 2026
1,250
1,250
4.30% Notes due 2044
4.15% Notes due 2034
3.35% Notes due 2024
3.35% Notes due 2025
2.4% Notes due 2022
Floating rate notes due 2022 at
2.81
% –
3.58
% during 2019 and
2.32
% –
3.52
% during 2018
Industrial Development Bonds due 2035 at
1.08
% –
2.45
% during 2019 and
0.95
% –
1.86
% during 2018
Marine Terminal Revenue Refunding Bonds due 2031 at
1.08
% –
2.45
% during
2019 and
0.88
% –
1.95
% during 2018
Other
Debt at face value
13,971
13,971
Finance leases
Net unamortized premiums, discounts and
debt issuance costs
Total debt
14,895
14,968
Short-term debt
(105)
(112)
Long-term debt
$
14,790
14,856
Maturities of long-term borrowings, inclusive
of net unamortized premiums and discounts,
in 2020 through
2024 are: $
million, $
million, $
million, $
million and $
million, respectively.
We have a revolving credit facility totaling $
6.0
billion with an expiration date of May 2023.
Our revolving
credit facility may be used for direct bank borrowings,
the issuance of letters of credit totaling
up to $
million, or as support for our commercial paper
program.
The revolving credit facility is broadly syndicated
among financial institutions and does not contain
any material adverse change provisions or any covenants
requiring maintenance of specified financial
ratios or credit ratings.
The facility agreement contains a cross-
default provision relating to the failure to pay principal
or interest on other debt obligations of $
million or
more by ConocoPhillips, or any of its consolidated
subsidiaries.
Credit facility borrowings may bear interest at
a margin above rates offered by certain designated banks in the
London interbank market or at a margin above the overnight
federal funds rate or prime rates offered by
certain designated banks in the U.S.
The agreement calls for commitment fees
on available, but unused,
amounts.
The agreement also contains early termination
rights if our current directors or their approved
successors cease to be a majority of the Board
of Directors.
We have a $
6.0
billion commercial paper program, which
is primarily a funding source for short-term
working
capital needs.
Commercial paper maturities are generally
limited to
90 days
.
We had no commercial paper
outstanding in programs in place at December
31, 2019 or December 31, 2018.
We had
no
direct outstanding
borrowings or letters of credit under the revolving
credit facility at December 31, 2019 or December
31, 2018.
Since we had
no
commercial paper outstanding and had issued
no letters of credit, we had access to
$
6.0
billion in borrowing capacity under our revolving
credit facility at December 31, 2019.
At both December 31, 2019 and 2018, we had
$
million of certain variable rate demand
bonds (VRDBs)
outstanding which mature
in 2035.
The VRDBs are redeemable at the option of the
bondholders on any
business day.
If they are ever redeemed, we intend to refinance
on a long-term basis, therefore, the VRDBs are
included in the “Long-term debt” line on our consolidated
balance sheet.
For additional information on Finance Leases,
see Note 17
—
Non-Mineral Leases.
Note 12—Guarantees
At December 31, 2019, we were liable for certain
contingent obligations under various contractual
arrangements as described below.
We recognize a liability, at inception, for the fair value of our obligation as
a guarantor for newly issued or modified guarantees.
Unless the carrying amount of the liability
is noted
below, we have not recognized a liability because the fair value of the obligation
is immaterial.
In addition,
unless otherwise stated, we are not currently
performing with any significance under the
guarantee and expect
future performance to be either immaterial
or have only a remote chance of occurrence.
APLNG Guarantees
At December 31, 2019, we had outstanding multiple
guarantees in connection with our
37.5
percent ownership
interest in APLNG.
The following is a description of the guarantees
with values calculated utilizing December
2019 exchange rates:
●
During the third
quarter of 2016, we issued a guarantee to facilitate
the withdrawal of our pro-rata
portion of the funds in a project finance reserve
account.
We estimate the remaining term of this
guarantee is
11 years
.
Our maximum exposure under this guarantee is
approximately $
million
and may become payable if an enforcement action
is commenced by the project finance lenders
against APLNG.
At December 31, 2019, the carrying value
of this guarantee is approximately $
million.
●
In conjunction with our original purchase of an ownership
interest in APLNG from Origin Energy in
October 2008, we agreed to reimburse Origin
Energy for our share of the existing contingent liability
arising under guarantees of an existing obligation
of APLNG to deliver natural gas under several
sales
agreements with remaining terms of up to
22 years
.
Our maximum potential liability for future
payments, or cost of volume delivery, under these guarantees is estimated
to be $
million ($
1.4
billion in the event of intentional or reckless breach)
and would become payable if APLNG fails
to
meet its obligations under these agreements and
the obligations cannot otherwise be mitigated.
Future
payments are considered unlikely, as the payments, or cost of volume delivery, would only be
triggered
if APLNG does not have enough natural gas to
meet these sales commitments and if the co-
venturers do not make necessary equity contributions
into APLNG.
●
We have guaranteed the performance of APLNG with regard to certain other contracts
executed in
connection with the project’s continued development.
The guarantees have remaining terms
of up to
26 years or the life of the venture
.
As of December 31, 2019, we were released from
certain of these
guarantees considered subordinated financial
support to APLNG.
Our remaining maximum potential
amount of future payments related to the remaining
guarantees is approximately $
million and
would become payable if APLNG does not perform.
Other Guarantees
We have other guarantees with maximum future potential payment amounts totaling
approximately
$
million, which consist primarily of
guarantees of the residual value of leased office buildings,
guarantees
of the residual value of leased corporate aircraft,
and a guarantee for our portion of a joint
venture’s project
finance reserve accounts.
These guarantees have remaining terms of up to
three years
and would become
payable if, upon sale, certain asset values are lower
than guaranteed amounts, business conditions
decline at
guaranteed entities, or as a result of nonperformance
of contractual terms by guaranteed parties.
In conjunction with the disposition of our two
U.K. subsidiaries to Chrysaor E&P Limited,
we will temporarily
continue to support various guarantees and letters
of credit which were provided for the benefit of entities
that
are now affiliates of Chrysaor E&P Limited.
Our maximum potential payment exposure under
these
obligations is approximately $
million.
Chrysaor E&P Limited has agreed to fully
indemnify
ConocoPhillips for any losses suffered by us related to
these obligations.
Indemnifications
Over the years, we have entered into agreements to
sell ownership interests in certain corporations,
joint
ventures and assets that gave rise to qualifying
indemnifications.
These agreements include indemnifications
for taxes, environmental liabilities, employee claims
and litigation.
The terms of these indemnifications vary
greatly.
The majority of these indemnifications are related
to environmental issues, the term is generally
indefinite and the maximum amount of future payments
is generally unlimited.
The carrying amount recorded
for these indemnifications at December 31, 2019,
was approximately $
million.
We amortize the
indemnification liability over the relevant time
period, if one exists, based on the facts and circumstances
surrounding each type of indemnity.
In cases where the indemnification term is
indefinite, we will reverse the
liability when we have information the liability
is essentially relieved or amortize the liability
over an
appropriate time period as the fair value of our indemnification
exposure declines.
Although it is reasonably
possible future payments may exceed amounts recorded,
due to the nature of the indemnifications, it
is not
possible to make a reasonable estimate of the
maximum potential amount of future payments.
Included in the
recorded carrying amount at December 31, 2019,
were approximately $
million of environmental accruals
for known contamination that are included in
the “Asset retirement obligations and accrued
environmental
costs” line on our consolidated balance sheet.
For additional information about environmental
liabilities, see
Note 13—Contingencies and Commitments.
Note 13—Contingencies and Commitments
A number of lawsuits involving a variety of claims
arising in the ordinary course of business
have been filed
against ConocoPhillips.
We also may be required to remove or mitigate the effects on the environment of the
placement, storage, disposal or release of certain
chemical, mineral and petroleum substances
at various active
and inactive sites.
We regularly assess the need for accounting recognition or disclosure of these
contingencies.
In the case of all known contingencies (other
than those related to income taxes), we accrue
a
liability when the loss is probable and the amount
is reasonably estimable.
If a range of amounts can be
reasonably estimated and no amount within the range
is a better estimate than any other amount,
then the
minimum of the range is accrued.
We do not reduce these liabilities for potential insurance or third-party
recoveries.
If applicable, we accrue receivables for probable
insurance or other third-party recoveries.
With
respect to income tax-related contingencies,
we use a cumulative probability-weighted loss
accrual in cases
where sustaining a tax position is less than certain.
See Note 19—Income Taxes, for additional information
about income tax-related contingencies.
Based on currently available information, we believe
it is remote that future costs related to known
contingent
liability exposures will exceed current accruals by
an amount that would have a material
adverse impact on our
consolidated financial statements.
As we learn new facts concerning contingencies,
we reassess our position
both with respect to accrued liabilities
and other potential exposures.
Estimates particularly sensitive to future
changes include contingent liabilities
recorded for environmental remediation, tax and legal
matters.
Estimated future environmental remediation
costs are subject to change due to such factors
as the uncertain
magnitude of cleanup costs, the unknown time
and extent of such remedial actions that
may be required, and
the determination of our liability in proportion
to that of other responsible parties.
Estimated future costs
related to tax and legal matters are subject to
change as events evolve and as additional
information becomes
available during the administrative and litigation
processes.
Environmental
We are subject to international, federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations.
When we prepare
our consolidated financial statements, we record
accruals for environmental liabilities based on management’s
best estimates, using all information that is
available at the time.
We measure estimates and base liabilities on
currently available facts, existing technology, and presently enacted laws
and regulations, taking into account
stakeholder and business considerations.
When measuring environmental liabilities,
we also consider our prior
experience in remediation of contaminated sites,
other companies’ cleanup experience, and data released
by
the U.S. EPA or other organizations.
We consider unasserted claims in our determination of environmental
liabilities, and we accrue them in the period they
are both probable and reasonably estimable.
Although liability of those potentially responsible
for environmental remediation costs is generally
joint and
several for federal sites and frequently so for other
sites, we are usually only one of many companies
cited at a
particular site.
Due to the joint and several liabilities, we could
be responsible for all cleanup costs related
to
any site at which we have been designated as a
potentially responsible party.
We have been successful to date
in sharing cleanup costs with other financially
sound companies.
Many of the sites at which we are potentially
responsible are still under investigation by the
EPA or the agency concerned.
Prior to actual cleanup, those
potentially responsible normally assess the
site conditions, apportion responsibility and determine
the
appropriate remediation.
In some instances, we may have no liability
or may attain a settlement of liability.
Where it appears that other potentially responsible
parties may be financially unable to bear their
proportional
share, we consider this inability in estimating
our potential liability, and we adjust our accruals accordingly.
As a result of various acquisitions in the past,
we assumed certain environmental obligations.
Some of these
environmental obligations are mitigated by indemnifications
made by others for our benefit, and some of the
indemnifications are subject to dollar limits
and time limits.
We are currently participating in environmental assessments and cleanups at numerous
federal Superfund and
comparable state and international sites.
After an assessment of environmental exposures
for cleanup and
other costs, we make accruals on an undiscounted
basis (except those acquired in a purchase
business
combination, which we record on a discounted
basis) for planned investigation and remediation
activities for
sites where it is probable future costs will be incurred
and these costs can be reasonably estimated.
We have
not reduced these accruals for possible insurance recoveries.
In the future, we may be involved in additional
environmental assessments, cleanups and proceedings.
See Note 10—Asset Retirement Obligations and
Accrued Environmental Costs, for a summary of our
accrued environmental liabilities.
Legal Proceedings
We are subject to various lawsuits and claims including but not limited to matters
involving oil and gas royalty
and severance tax payments, gas measurement and
valuation methods, contract disputes,
environmental
damages, climate change, personal injury, and property damage.
Our primary exposures for such matters
relate to alleged royalty and tax underpayments
on certain federal, state and privately owned
properties and
claims of alleged environmental contamination
from historic operations.
We will continue to defend ourselves
vigorously in these matters.
Our legal organization applies its knowledge, experience
and professional judgment to the specific
characteristics of our cases, employing a litigation
management process to manage and monitor the
legal
proceedings against us.
Our process facilitates the early evaluation and
quantification of potential exposures in
individual cases.
This process also enables us to track those cases that
have been scheduled for trial and/or
mediation.
Based on professional judgment and experience
in using these litigation management tools and
available information about current developments
in all our cases, our legal organization regularly assesses
the
adequacy of current accruals and determines if
adjustment of existing accruals, or establishment
of new
accruals, is required.
Other Contingencies
We have contingent liabilities resulting from throughput agreements with pipeline and
processing companies
not associated with financing arrangements.
Under these agreements, we may be required
to provide any such
company with additional funds through advances
and penalties for fees related to throughput capacity
not
utilized.
In addition, at December 31, 2019, we had performance
obligations secured by letters of credit
of
$
million (issued as direct bank letters of
credit) related to various purchase commitments
for materials,
supplies, commercial activities and services incident
to the ordinary conduct of business.
In 2007, ConocoPhillips was unable to reach agreement
with respect to the empresa mixta structure
mandated
by the Venezuelan government’s Nationalization Decree.
As a result, Venezuela’s
national oil company,
Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), or its affiliates, directly assumed control over ConocoPhillips’
interests in the Petrozuata and Hamaca heavy oil
ventures and the offshore Corocoro development project.
In
response to this expropriation, ConocoPhillips
initiated international arbitration on November 2,
2007, with the
ICSID.
On September 3, 2013, an ICSID arbitration tribunal
held that Venezuela unlawfully expropriated
ConocoPhillips’ significant oil investments
in June 2007.
On January 17, 2017, the Tribunal reconfirmed the
decision that the expropriation was unlawful.
In March 2019, the Tribunal unanimously ordered the
government of Venezuela to pay ConocoPhillips approximately $
8.7
billion in compensation for the
government’s unlawful expropriation of the company’s investments in Venezuela in 2007.
ConocoPhillips has
filed a request for recognition of the award in several
jurisdictions.
On August 29, 2019, the ICSID Tribunal
issued a decision rectifying the award and reducing
it by approximately $
million.
The award now stands
at $
8.5
billion plus interest.
The government of Venezuela sought annulment of the award.
In 2014, ConocoPhillips filed a separate and independent
arbitration under the rules of the ICC against
PDVSA under the contracts that had established the
Petrozuata and Hamaca projects.
The ICC Tribunal issued
an award in April 2018, finding that PDVSA owed
ConocoPhillips approximately $
billion
under their
agreements in connection with the expropriation of the projects and other pre-expropriation fiscal measures. In
August 2018, ConocoPhillips entered into a settlement with PDVSA to recover the full amount of this ICC
award, plus interest through the payment period, including initial payments totaling approximately $500
million within a period of 90 days from the time of signing of the settlement agreement. The balance of the
settlement is to be paid quarterly over a period of four and a half years.
To date, ConocoPhillips has received
approximately $
million.
Per the settlement, PDVSA recognized the ICC
award as a judgment in various
jurisdictions, and ConocoPhillips agreed to suspend
its legal enforcement actions.
ConocoPhillips sent notices
of default to PDVSA on October 14 and November
12, 2019, and to date PDVSA failed to
cure its breach.
As
a result, ConocoPhillips has resumed legal enforcement
actions.
ConocoPhillips has ensured that the
settlement and any actions thereof meet all appropriate
U.S. regulatory requirements, including those related
to
any applicable sanctions imposed by the U.S. against
Venezuela.
In 2016, ConocoPhillips filed a separate and independent
arbitration under the rules of the ICC against
PDVSA under the contracts that had established the
Corocoro project.
On August 2, 2019, the ICC Tribunal
awarded ConocoPhillips approximately $
million under the Corocoro contracts.
ConocoPhillips is seeking
recognition and enforcement of the award in various
jurisdictions.
ConocoPhillips has ensured that all the
actions related to the award meet all appropriate
U.S. regulatory requirements, including those related
to any
applicable sanctions imposed by the U.S. against
Ve
nezuela.
In February 2017, the ICSID Tribunal unanimously awarded Burlington
Resources, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of ConocoPhillips, $
million for Ecuador’s unlawful expropriation of
Burlington’s investment in
Blocks 7 and 21, in breach of the U.S.-Ecuador
Bilateral Investment Treaty.
The tribunal also issued a
separate decision finding Ecuador to be entitled
to $
million for environmental and infrastructure
counterclaims.
In December 2017, Burlington and Ecuador
entered into a settlement agreement by which
Ecuador paid Burlington $
million in two installments.
The first installment of $
million was paid in
December 2017, and the second installment
of $
million was paid in April 2018.
The settlement included
an offset for the counterclaims decision, of which Burlington
is entitled to a contribution from Perenco
Ecuador Limited, its co-venturer and consortium
operator, pursuant to a joint and several liability provision in
the JOA.
In September 2019, a separate ICSID Tribunal issued an award
in the Perenco arbitration, ordering
Perenco to pay an additional $
million to Ecuador for its environmental counterclaim.
Burlington and
Perenco will reconcile their shares of the environmental
and infrastructure counterclaims according
to their
JOA participating interests, and we expect Burlington’s share will be immaterial.
In June 2017, FAR Ltd. initiated arbitration before the ICC against ConocoPhillips
Senegal B.V.
in connection
with the sale of ConocoPhillips Senegal B.V. to Woodside Energy Holdings (Senegal) Limited in 2016.
In
February 2020, the ICC Tribunal issued an award dismissing
FAR Ltd.’s
claims in the arbitration.
In late 2017, ConocoPhillips (U.K.) Limited
(CPUKL) initiated United Nations Commission
on International
Trade and Law (UNCITRAL) arbitration against Vietnam in accordance with the U.K.-Vietnam Bilateral
Investment Treaty relating to a tax dispute arising from the
2012 sale of ConocoPhillips (U.K.) Cuu Long
Limited and ConocoPhillips (U.K.) Gama Limited.
The parties entered into a settlement agreement
in October
2019, and the arbitration was dismissed in
December 2019 as a result of this agreement.
In 2017 and 2018, cities, counties, and a state
government in California, New York, Washington, Rhode Island
and Maryland, as well as the Pacific Coast Federation
of Fishermen’s Association, Inc., have filed lawsuits
against oil and gas companies, including ConocoPhillips,
seeking compensatory damages and equitable
relief
to abate alleged climate change impacts.
ConocoPhillips is vigorously defending against
these lawsuits.
The
lawsuits brought by the Cities of San Francisco,
Oakland and New York have been dismissed by the district
courts and appeals are pending.
Lawsuits filed by other cities and counties
in California and Washington are
currently stayed pending resolution of the appeals
brought by the Cities of San Francisco and
Oakland to the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Lawsuits filed in Maryland and Rhode Island
are proceeding in
state court while rulings in those matters, on the
issue of whether the matters should proceed
in state or federal
court, are on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Fourth Circuit and First Circuit,
respectively.
Several Louisiana parishes and individual landowners
have filed lawsuits against oil and gas companies,
including ConocoPhillips, seeking compensatory
damages in connection with historical oil
and gas operations
in Louisiana.
All parish lawsuits are stayed pending an appeal
to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on the
issue of whether they will proceed in federal or
state court.
ConocoPhillips will vigorously defend against
these lawsuits.
Long-Term Throughput Agreements and Take
-or-Pay Agreements
We have certain throughput agreements and take-or-pay agreements in support of financing arrangements.
The agreements typically provide for natural gas
or crude oil transportation to be used in
the ordinary course of
the company’s business.
The aggregate amounts of estimated payments
under these various agreements are:
2020—$
million; 2021—$
million; 2022—$
million; 2023—$
million; 2024—$
million; and 2025 and
after—$
million.
Total payments under the agreements were $
million in 2019, $
million in 2018 and
$
million in 2017.
Note 14—Derivative and Financial Instruments
We use futures, forwards, swaps and options in various markets to meet our customer
needs and capture
market opportunities.
Our commodity business primarily consists of
natural gas, crude oil, bitumen, LNG and
NGLs.
Our derivative instruments are held at fair value
on our consolidated balance sheet.
Where these balances have
the right of setoff, they are presented on a net basis.
Related cash flows are recorded as operating
activities on
our consolidated statement of cash flows.
On our consolidated income statement, realized
and unrealized gains
and losses are recognized either on a gross basis
if directly related to our physical business
or a net basis if held
for trading.
Gains and losses related to contracts that meet
and are designated with the NPNS exception are
recognized upon settlement.
We generally apply this exception to eligible crude contracts.
We do not use
hedge accounting for our commodity derivatives.
The following table presents the gross fair values
of our commodity derivatives, excluding
collateral, and the
line items where they appear on our consolidated
balance sheet:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
Assets
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
$
Other assets
Liabilities
Other accruals
Other liabilities and deferred credits
The gains (losses) from commodity derivatives
incurred, and the line items where they appear
on our
consolidated income statement were:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Sales and other operating revenues
$
Other income
-
Purchased commodities
(118)
(41)
(61)
The table below summarizes our material net exposures
resulting from outstanding commodity
derivative
contracts:
Open Position
Long/(Short)
2019
2018
Commodity
Natural gas and power (billions of cubic feet equivalent)
Fixed price
(5)
(17)
Basis
(23)
(1)
Foreign Currency Exchange Derivatives
We have foreign currency exchange rate risk resulting from international operations.
Our foreign currency
exchange derivative activity primarily
relates to managing our cash-related foreign currency
exchange rate
exposures, such as firm commitments for
capital programs or local currency tax payments,
dividends and cash
returns from net investments in foreign affiliates,
and investments in equity securities.
We do not elect hedge
accounting on our foreign currency exchange
derivatives.
The following table presents the gross fair values
of our foreign currency exchange derivatives,
excluding
collateral, and the line items where they appear
on our consolidated balance sheet:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
Assets
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
$
Liabilities
Other accruals
Other liabilities and deferred credits
-
The losses from foreign currency exchange derivatives
incurred and the line item where they appear
on our
consolidated income statement were:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Foreign currency transaction losses
$
We had the following net notional position of outstanding foreign currency exchange
derivatives:
In Millions
Notional Currency
2019
2018
Foreign Currency Exchange Derivatives
Sell U.S. dollar, buy British pound
USD
-
Sell British pound, buy other currencies*
GBP
-
Buy British pound, sell euro
GBP
-
Sell Canadian dollar, buy U.S. dollar
CAD
1,337
1,242
*Primarily euro and Norwegian krone.
In December 2017, we entered into foreign exchange zero cost collars buying the right to sell $1.25 billion
CAD at $0.707 CAD and selling the right to buy $1.25 billion CAD at $0.842 CAD against the U.S. dollar.
The collar expired during the second quarter of 2019 and we entered into new foreign currency exchange
forward contracts to sell $1.35 billion CAD at $0.748 CAD against the U.S. dollar.
Financial Instruments
We invest in financial instruments with maturities based on our cash forecasts for
the various accounts and
currency pools we manage.
The types of financial instruments in which we currently
invest include:
●
Time deposits: Interest bearing deposits placed with financial
institutions.
●
Demand deposits:
Interest bearing deposits placed with financial
institutions.
Deposited funds can be
withdrawn without notice.
●
Commercial paper: Unsecured promissory notes issued
by a corporation, commercial bank or
government agency purchased at a discount to
mature at par.
●
U.S. government or government agency obligations:
Securities issued by the U.S. government or
U.S.
government agencies.
●
Corporate bonds:
Unsecured debt securities issued by corporations.
●
Asset-backed securities: Collateralized debt securities.
The following investments are carried on our
consolidated balance sheet at cost, plus accrued
interest:
Carrying Amount
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Short-Term Investments
2019
2018
2019
2018
Cash
$
Demand Deposits
1,483
-
-
-
Time Deposits
Remaining maturities from 1 to 90 days
2,030
3,509
1,395
-
Remaining maturities from 91 to 180 days
-
-
-
Commercial Paper
Remaining maturities from 1 to 90 days
1,069
U.S. Government Obligations
Remaining maturities from 1 to 90 days
1,301
-
-
$
5,079
5,915
2,929
The following table reflects our investments
in debt securities classified as available
for sale at December 31,
2019 which are carried at fair value:
Millions of Dollars
Carrying Amount
Cash and
Cash
Equivalents
Short-Term
Investments
Investments
and Long-
Term
Receivables
Corporate Bonds
Remaining maturities within one year
$
-
Remaining maturities greater than one year through
five years
-
-
Commercial Paper
Remaining maturities within one year
-
U.S. Government Obligations
Remaining maturities within one year
-
-
Remaining maturities greater than one year through
five years
-
-
Asset-backed Securities
Remaining maturities greater than one year through
five years
-
-
$
The following table summarizes the amortized
cost basis and fair value of investments in
debt securities
classified as available for sale at December 31,
2019:
Millions of Dollars
Amortized Cost
Basis
Fair Value
Major Security Type
Corporate bonds
$
Commercial paper
U.S. government obligations
Asset-backed securities
$
Gross unrealized gains and gross unrealized losses
included in other comprehensive income related
to
investments in debt securities classified as available
for sale as of December 31, 2019, were negligible.
There were no other-than-temporary impairments
recognized in earnings or in other comprehensive
income
during the year ended December 31, 2019.
Gross realized gains and gross realized losses
included in earnings from sales and redemptions
of investments
in debt securities classified as available for sale
during the year ended December 31, 2019,
were negligible.
The cost of securities sold and redeemed is determined
using the specific identification method.
Credit Risk
Financial instruments potentially exposed to concentrations
of credit risk consist primarily of cash equivalents,
short-term investments, long-term investments
in debt securities, OTC derivative contracts and trade
receivables.
Our cash equivalents and short-term investments
are placed in high-quality commercial paper,
government money market funds, government debt
securities,
time deposits with major international banks and
financial institutions,
and high-quality corporate bonds.
Our long-term investments in debt securities
are
placed in high-quality corporate bonds, U.S. government
obligations, and asset-backed securities.
The credit risk from our OTC derivative contracts,
such as forwards, swaps and options, derives
from the
counterparty to the transaction.
Individual counterparty exposure is managed
within predetermined credit
limits and includes the use of cash-call margins when appropriate,
thereby reducing the risk of significant
nonperformance.
We also use futures, swaps and option contracts that have a negligible credit risk
because
these trades are cleared primarily with an exchange
clearinghouse and subject to mandatory margin
requirements until settled; however, we are exposed to the credit
risk of those exchange brokers for receivables
arising from daily margin cash calls, as well as for cash
deposited to meet initial margin requirements.
Our trade receivables result primarily
from our petroleum operations and reflect a broad
national and
international customer base, which limits our
exposure to concentrations of credit risk.
The majority of these
receivables have payment terms of
30 days or less
, and we continually monitor this exposure and
the
creditworthiness of the counterparties.
We do not generally require collateral to limit the exposure to loss;
however, we will sometimes use letters of credit, prepayments
and master netting arrangements to mitigate
credit risk with counterparties that both buy from
and sell to us, as these agreements permit
the amounts owed
by us or owed to others
to be offset against amounts due to us.
Certain of our derivative instruments contain provisions that require us to post collateral if the derivative
exposure exceeds a threshold amount. We have contracts with fixed threshold amounts and other contracts
with variable threshold amounts that are contingent on our credit rating. The variable threshold amounts
typically decline for lower credit ratings, while both the variable and fixed threshold amounts typically revert
to zero if we fall below investment grade. Cash is the primary collateral in all contracts; however, many also
permit us to post letters of credit as collateral, such as transactions administered through the New York
Mercantile Exchange.
The aggregate fair value of all derivative
instruments with such credit risk-related contingent
features that were
in a liability position on December 31, 2019 and
December 31, 2018, was $
million and $
million,
respectively.
For these instruments,
no collateral
was posted as of December 31, 2019 or December 31,
If our credit rating had been downgraded below
investment grade on December 31, 2019,
we would be
required to post $
million of additional collateral, either with
cash or letters of credit.
Note 15—Fair Value Measurement
We carry a portion of our assets and liabilities at fair value that are measured at a reporting
date using an exit
price (i.e., the price that would be received to sell
an asset or paid to transfer a liability) and disclosed
according to the quality of valuation inputs under
the following hierarchy:
●
Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in an active
market for identical assets or liabilities.
●
Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices that
are directly or indirectly observable.
●
Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are significant
to the fair value of assets or liabilities.
The classification of an asset or liability
is based on the lowest level of input significant
to its fair value.
Those
that are initially classified as Level 3 are subsequently
reported as Level 2 when the fair value derived
from
unobservable inputs is inconsequential to the overall
fair value, or if corroborated market data becomes
available.
Assets and liabilities initially reported as Level
2 are subsequently reported as Level 3 if
corroborated market data is no longer available.
Transfers occur at the end of the reporting period.
There were
no material transfers in or out of Level 1 during
2019 or 2018.
Recurring Fair Value Measurement
Financial assets and liabilities reported at fair
value on a recurring basis primarily include
our investment in
Cenovus Energy shares,
our investments
in debt securities classified as available for sale,
and commodity
derivatives.
●
Level 1 derivative assets and liabilities primarily
represent exchange-traded futures and options that are
valued using unadjusted prices available from the
underlying exchange.
Level 1 also includes our
investment in common shares of Cenovus Energy, which is valued using quotes for shares
on the NYSE,
and our investments in U.S. government obligations
classified as available for sale debt securities,
which
are valued using exchange prices.
●
Level 2 derivative assets and liabilities primarily
represent OTC swaps, options and forward purchase
and
sale contracts that are valued using adjusted exchange
prices, prices provided by brokers or pricing
service
companies that are all corroborated by market
data.
Level 2 also includes our investments
in debt
securities classified as available for sale including
investments in corporate bonds, commercial
paper, and
asset-backed securities that are valued using
pricing provided by brokers or pricing service
companies that
are corroborated with market data.
●
Level 3 derivative assets and liabilities consist
of OTC swaps, options and forward purchase and
sale
contracts where a significant portion of fair
value is calculated from underlying market
data that is not
readily available.
The derived value uses industry standard
methodologies that may consider the historical
relationships among various commodities, modeled
market prices, time value, volatility factors
and other
relevant economic measures.
The use of these inputs results in management’s best estimate of fair
value.
Level 3 activity was not material for all periods
presented.
The following table summarizes the fair value
hierarchy for gross financial assets and
liabilities (i.e.,
unadjusted where the right of setoff exists for commodity
derivatives accounted for at fair value on a recurring
basis):
Millions of Dollars
December 31, 2019
December 31, 2018
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Assets
Investment in Cenovus Energy
$
2,111
-
-
2,111
1,462
-
-
1,462
Investments in debt securities
-
Commodity derivatives
Total assets
$
2,308
2,674
1,698
1,912
Liabilities
Commodity derivatives
$
Total liabilities
$
The following table summarizes those commodity
derivative balances subject to the right of setoff as
presented on our consolidated balance sheet.
We have elected to offset the recognized fair value amounts for
multiple derivative instruments executed with the same
counterparty in our financial statements
when a legal
right of setoff exists.
Millions of Dollars
Amounts Subject to Right of Setoff
Gross
Amounts Not
Gross
Net
Amounts
Subject to
Gross
Amounts
Amounts
Cash
Net
Recognized
Right of Setoff
Amounts
Offset
Presented
Collateral
Amounts
December 31, 2019
Assets
$
Liabilities
December 31, 2018
Assets
$
-
Liabilities
At December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018,
we did not present any amounts gross on our consolidated
balance sheet where we had the right of setoff.
Non-Recurring Fair Value Measurement
The following table summarizes the fair value
hierarchy by major category and date of
remeasurement for
assets accounted for at fair value on a non-recurring
basis:
Millions of Dollars
Fair Value Measurements Using
Fair Value
Level 1
Inputs
Level 2
Inputs
Level 3
Inputs
Before-Tax
Loss
Year
ended December 31, 2019
Net PP&E (held for sale)
November 30, 2019
$
-
-
December 31, 2019
-
-
Equity Method Investments
March 31, 2019
-
-
May 31, 2019
-
-
Year
ended December 31, 2018
Net PP&E (held for sale)
March 31, 2018
$
-
-
September 30, 2018
-
-
Net PP&E (held for sale)
Net PP&E held for sale was written down to fair
value, less costs to sell.
The fair value of each asset was
determined by its negotiated selling price (Level
- or information gathered during marketing
efforts (Level 3).
For additional information see Note 5—Asset
Acquisitions and Dispositions.
Equity Method Investments
During 2019, certain equity method investments
were determined to have fair values below their
carrying
amounts, and the impairments were considered to
be other than temporary under the guidance of
FASB ASC
Topic 323.
During 2019, investments using Level 1 inputs
were written down to fair value, less costs to
sell,
determined by negotiated selling prices.
For additional information, see Note 5—Asset
Acquisitions and
Dispositions.
During 2019, an investment using Level 2 inputs
was determined to have a fair value below its
carrying value, and was written down to fair value.
For additional information, see Note 3—Variable Interest
Entities.
Reported Fair Values of Financial Instruments
We used the following methods and assumptions to estimate the fair value of financial
instruments:
●
Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments:
The carrying amount reported on the balance
sheet approximates fair value.
For those investments classified as available
for sale debt securities,
the carrying amount reported on the balance sheet
is fair value.
●
Accounts and notes receivable (including long-term
and related parties): The carrying amount
reported on the balance sheet approximates fair
value.
The valuation technique and methods used to
estimate the fair value of the current portion
of fixed-rate related party loans is consistent
with Loans
and advances—related parties.
●
Investment in Cenovus Energy shares: See Note 7—Investment
in Cenovus Energy for a discussion of
the carrying value and fair value of our investment
in Cenovus Energy shares.
●
Investments in debt securities classified as available
for sale: The fair value of investments in debt
securities categorized as Level 1 in the fair
value hierarchy is measured using exchange
prices.
The
fair value of investments in debt securities
categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy is
measured using pricing provided by brokers or
pricing service companies that are corroborated
with
market data.
See Note 14—Derivatives and Financial Instruments,
for additional information.
●
Loans and advances—related parties: The carrying
amount of floating-rate loans approximates
fair
value.
The fair value of fixed-rate loan activity is
measured using market observable data and is
categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.
See Note 6—Investments, Loans and Long-Term
Receivables, for additional information.
●
Accounts payable (including related parties)
and floating-rate debt: The carrying amount of accounts
payable and floating-rate debt reported on the balance
sheet approximates fair value.
●
Fixed-rate debt: The estimated fair value of fixed-rate
debt is measured using prices available
from a
pricing service that is corroborated by market
data; therefore, these liabilities are categorized
as Level
2 in the fair value hierarchy.
The following table summarizes the net fair
value of financial instruments (i.e., adjusted
where the right of
setoff exists for commodity derivatives):
Millions of Dollars
Carrying Amount
Fair Value
2019
2018
2019
2018
Financial assets
Investment in Cenovus Energy
$
2,111
1,462
2,111
1,462
Commodity derivatives
Investments in debt securities
-
-
Total loans and advances—related parties
Financial liabilities
Total debt, excluding finance leases
14,175
14,191
18,108
16,147
Commodity derivatives
Commodity Derivatives
At December 31, 2019, commodity derivative
assets and liabilities are presented net with $
million in
obligations to return cash collateral and $
million of rights to reclaim cash collateral,
respectively.
At
December 31, 2018, commodity derivative assets
and liabilities are presented net with
no
obligations to return
cash collateral and $
million of rights to reclaim cash collateral,
respectively.
Note 16—Equity
Common Stock
The changes in our shares of common stock, as categorized
in the equity section of the balance sheet,
were:
Shares
2019
2018
2017
Issued
Beginning of year
1,791,637,434
1,785,419,175
1,782,079,107
Distributed under benefit plans
4,014,769
6,218,259
3,340,068
End of year
1,795,652,203
1,791,637,434
1,785,419,175
Held in Treasury
Beginning of year
653,288,213
608,312,034
544,809,771
Repurchase of common stock
57,495,601
44,976,179
63,502,263
End of year
710,783,814
653,288,213
608,312,034
Preferred Stock
We have authorized
million shares of preferred stock, par value
$
0.01
per share,
none
of which was issued
or outstanding at December 31, 2019 or 2018.
Noncontrolling Interests
At December 31, 2019 and 2018, we had $
million and $
million outstanding, respectively, of equity in
less-than-wholly owned consolidated subsidiaries
held by noncontrolling interest owners.
For both periods,
the amounts were related to the Darwin LNG
and Bayu-Darwin Pipeline operating joint
ventures we control.
Repurchase of Common Stock
As of December 31, 2019, we had announced a total
authorization to repurchase $
billion of our common
stock.
Repurchase of shares began in November 2016,
and totaled
168,553,141
shares at a cost of $
9,625
million, through December 31, 2019.
In February 2020, we announced that the
Board of Directors approved
an increase to our repurchase authorization
from $15 billion to $
billion, to support our plan for future share
repurchases.
Note 17—Non-Mineral Leases
The company primarily leases office buildings and drilling
equipment, as well as ocean transport vessels,
tugboats, corporate aircraft, and other facilities
and equipment.
Certain leases include escalation clauses for
adjusting rental payments to reflect changes in price
indices and other leases include payment provisions
that
vary based on the nature of usage of the leased
asset.
Additionally, the company has executed certain leases
that provide it with the option to extend or renew
the term of the lease, terminate the lease
prior to the end of
the lease term, or purchase the leased asset as
of the end of the lease term.
In other cases, the company has
executed lease agreements that require it to
guarantee the residual value of certain leased office buildings.
For
additional information about guarantees, see
Note 12—Guarantees.
There are no significant restrictions
imposed on us by the lease agreements with regard
to dividends, asset dispositions or borrowing
ability.
Certain arrangements may contain both lease and
non-lease components and we determine
if an arrangement is
or contains a lease at contract inception.
Only the lease components of these contractual
arrangements are
subject to the provisions of ASC Topic 842, and any non-lease components are subject
to other applicable
accounting guidance; however,
we have elected to adopt the optional practical expedient not to separate lease
components apart from non-lease components for accounting purposes.
This policy election has been adopted
for each of the company’s leased asset classes existing as of the effective date and
subject to the transition
provisions of ASC Topic 842 and will be applied to all new or modified leases
executed on or after January 1,
For contractual arrangements executed in subsequent
periods involving a new leased asset class, the
company will determine at contract inception
whether it will apply the optional practical
expedient to the new
leased asset class.
Leases are evaluated for classification as operating
or finance leases at the commencement date of the
lease
and right-of-use assets and corresponding liabilities
are recognized on our consolidated balance sheet
based on
the present value of future lease payments relating
to the use of the underlying asset during the
lease term.
Future lease payments include variable lease payments
that depend upon an index or rate using
the index or
rate at the commencement date and probable
amounts owed under residual value guarantees.
The amount of
future lease payments may be increased to include
additional payments related to lease extension, termination,
and/or purchase options when the company has
determined, at or subsequent to lease commencement,
generally due to limited asset availability
or operating commitments, it is reasonably
certain of exercising such
options.
We use our incremental borrowing rate as the discount rate in determining the
present value of future
lease payments, unless the interest rate
implicit in the lease arrangement is readily determinable.
Lease
payments that vary subsequent to the commencement
date based on future usage levels, the nature
of leased
asset activities, or certain other contingencies are
not included in the measurement of lease
right-of-use assets
and corresponding liabilities.
We have elected not to record assets and liabilities on our consolidated balance
sheet for lease arrangements with terms of 12 months
or less.
We often enter into leasing arrangements acting in the capacity as operator for and/or
on behalf of certain oil
and gas joint ventures of undivided interests.
If the lease arrangement can be legally enforced only
against us
as operator and there is no separate arrangement to
sublease the underlying leased asset
to our coventurers, we
recognize at lease commencement a right-of-use
asset and corresponding lease liability on our
consolidated
balance sheet on a gross basis.
While we record lease costs on a gross basis in
our consolidated income
statement and statement of cash flows, such costs
are offset by the reimbursement we receive from our
coventurers for their share of the lease cost as the underlying
leased asset is utilized in joint venture activities.
As a result, lease cost is presented in our consolidated
income statement and statement of cash flows
on a
proportional basis.
If we are a nonoperating coventurer, we recognize a right-of-use
asset and corresponding
lease liability only if we were a specified contractual
party to the lease arrangement and the arrangement
could
be legally enforced against us.
In this circumstance, we would recognize both
the right-of-use asset and
corresponding lease liability on our consolidated
balance sheet on a proportional basis
consistent with our
undivided interest ownership in the related joint
venture.
The company has historically recorded certain
finance leases executed by investee companies
accounted for
under the proportionate consolidation method of
accounting on its consolidated balance sheet
on a proportional
basis consistent with its ownership interest
in the investee company.
In addition, the company has historically
recorded finance lease assets and liabilities
associated with certain oil and gas joint ventures
on a proportional
basis pursuant to accounting guidance applicable
prior to January 1, 2019.
As of December 31, 2018, $
million of finance lease assets (net of accumulated
DD&A) and $
million of finance lease liabilities were
recorded on our consolidated balance sheet
associated with these leases.
In accordance with the transition
provisions of ASC Topic 842, and since we have elected to adopt the package
of optional transition-related
practical expedients, the historical accounting treatment
for these leases has been carried forward
and is subject
to reconsideration upon the modification or
other required reassessment of the arrangements
prior to lease term
expiration.
In connection with our adoption of ASC Topic 842, we have recorded on our
consolidated balance sheet $
million of operating leases executed by investee
companies accounted for under the proportionate
consolidation method of accounting on a proportional
basis consistent with our ownership interest
in the
investee company.
The following tables summarize the finance leases
amounts that were reflected on our consolidated
balance
sheet as of December 31, 2018, the operating
leases impact of adopting ASC Topic 842, and the right-of-use
asset and lease liability balances reflected for both
operating and finance leases on our consolidated
balance
sheet as of December 31, 2019:
Millions of Dollars
Carrying Amount
Operating
Leases
Finance
Leases
Amounts recognized in line items in our Consolidated
Balance Sheet upon adoption of ASC Topic 842
Right-of-Use Assets
Properties, plants and equipment
Gross
$
1,044
Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization
(550)
Net properties, plants and equipment as of December
31, 2018
$
Adoption of ASC Topic 842 as of January 1, 2019
$
Lease Liabilities
Short-term debt
$
Long-term debt
Total finance leases debt as of December 31, 2018
$
Adoption of ASC Topic 842 as of January 1, 2019
$
Amounts recognized in line items in our Consolidated
Balance Sheet at December 31, 2019
Right-of-Use Assets
Properties, plants and equipment
Gross
$
1,039
Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization
(649)
Net properties, plants and equipment
$
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
$
Other assets
- Includes proportionately consolidated finance lease assets (net of
accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization) of $
million.
Millions of Dollars
Carrying Amount
Operating
Leases
Finance
Leases
Lease Liabilities
Short-term debt
$
Other accruals
$
Long-term debt
Other liabilities and deferred credits
Total lease liabilities
$
$
Short-term debt and long-term debt include proportionately consolidated finance
lease liabilities of $
million and $
million, respectively.
The following table summarizes our lease costs
for 2019:
Millions of Dollars
2019
Lease Cost
Operating lease cost
$
Finance lease cost
Amortization of right-of-use assets
Interest on lease liabilities
Short-term lease cost
**
Total lease cost
$
*The amounts presented in the table above have not been adjusted to reflect amounts recovered or reimbursed from oil and gas coventurers.
**Short-term leases are not recorded on our consolidated balance sheet.
Our future short-term lease commitments amount to $
million, of
which $
million is related to leases whose terms have not yet commenced
as of December 31, 2019.
***Variable lease cost and sublease income are immaterial for the period presented and therefore are not included in the table above.
The following table summarizes the lease terms
and discount rates:
December 31, 2019
Lease Term and Discount Rate
Weighted-average term (years)
Operating leases
5.19
Finance leases
8.70
Weighted-average discount rate (percent)
Operating leases
3.10
Finance leases
5.53
The following table summarizes other lease information
for 2019:
Millions of Dollars
2019
Other Information
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement
of lease liabilities
Operating cash flows from operating leases
$
Operating cash flows from finance leases
Financing cash flows from finance leases
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for
operating lease liabilities
$
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for
finance lease liabilities
*The amounts presented in the table above have not been adjusted to reflect amounts recovered or reimbursed from oil and gas coventurers.
In
addition,
pursuant to other applicable accounting guidance, lease payments
made in connection with preparing another asset for its intended use
are reported in the "Cash Flows From Investing Activities" section of our consolidated statement of cash flows.
The following table summarizes future lease
payments for operating and finance leases
at December 31, 2019:
Millions of Dollars
Operating
Leases
Finance
Leases
Maturity of Lease Liabilities
2020
$
2021
2022
2023
2024
Remaining years
Total
1,019
Less: portion representing imputed interest
(87)
(160)
Total lease liabilities
$
*Future lease payments for operating and finance leases commencing on
or after January 1, 2019, also include payments related to non-lease
components in accordance with our election to adopt the optional practical
expedient not to separate lease components apart from non-lease
components for accounting purposes.
In addition, future payments related to operating and finance leases proportionately consolidated by the
company have been included in the table on a proportionate basis consistent
with our respective ownership interest in the underlying investee
company or oil and gas venture.
At December 31, 2018, future minimum payments
due under finance (capital) leases pursuant
to
ASC Topic 840 were:
Millions
of Dollars
2019
$
2020
2021
2022
2023
Remaining years
Total
Less: portion representing imputed interest
(195)
Capital lease obligations
$
At December 31, 2018, future undiscounted minimum
rental payments due under noncancelable operating
leases pursuant to ASC Topic 840 were:
Millions
of Dollars
2019
$
2020
2021
2022
2023
Remaining years
Total
1,394
Less: income from subleases
(7)
Net minimum operating lease payments
$
1,387
For the years ended December 31, operating
lease rental expense pursuant to ASC Topic 840 was:
Millions of Dollars
2018
2017
Total rentals
$
Less: sublease rentals
(16)
(20)
$
Note 18—Employee Benefit Plans
Pension and Postretirement Plans
An analysis of the projected benefit obligations
for our pension plans and accumulated benefit
obligations for
our postretirement health and life insurance plans
follows:
Millions of Dollars
Pension Benefits
Other Benefits
2019
2018
2019
2018
U.S.
Int’l.
U.S.
Int’l.
Change in Benefit Obligation
Benefit obligation at January 1
$
2,136
3,438
3,236
3,845
Service cost
Interest cost
Plan participant contributions
-
-
Plan amendments
-
-
-
-
-
Actuarial (gain) loss
(44)
(259)
(10)
Benefits paid
(253)
(147)
(507)
(143)
(59)
(67)
Curtailment
-
(69)
(4)
(3)
-
-
Settlement
-
-
(730)
-
-
-
Recognition of termination benefits
-
-
-
-
Foreign currency exchange rate change
-
-
(199)
(1)
Benefit obligation at December 31*
$
2,319
3,880
2,136
3,438
*Accumulated benefit obligation portion of above at
December 31:
$
2,161
3,594
1,969
3,066
Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets
Fair value of plan assets at January 1
$
1,336
3,358
2,541
3,647
-
-
Actual return on plan assets
(112)
(106)
-
-
Company contributions
Plan participant contributions
-
-
Benefits paid
(253)
(147)
(507)
(143)
(59)
(67)
Settlement
-
-
(730)
-
-
-
Foreign currency exchange rate change
-
-
(198)
-
-
Fair value of plan assets at December 31
$
1,591
4,306
1,336
3,358
-
-
Funded Status
$
(728)
(800)
(80)
(216)
(218)
Millions of Dollars
Pension Benefits
Other Benefits
2019
2018
2019
2018
U.S.
Int’l.
U.S.
Int’l.
Amounts Recognized in the
Consolidated Balance Sheet at
December 31
Noncurrent assets
$
-
-
-
-
Current liabilities
(21)
(6)
(59)
(4)
(42)
(44)
Noncurrent liabilities
(707)
(333)
(741)
(308)
(174)
(174)
Total recognized
$
(728)
(800)
(80)
(216)
(218)
Weighted-Average Assumptions Used to
Determine Benefit Obligations at
December 31
Discount rate
3.25
%
2.35
4.25
3.05
3.10
4.05
Rate of compensation increase
4.00
3.35
4.00
3.65
-
Weighted-Average Assumptions Used to
Determine Net Periodic Benefit Cost for
Years
Ended December 31
Discount rate
3.95
%
2.90
3.80
2.90
4.05
3.30
Expected return on plan assets
5.80
4.10
5.80
4.30
-
Rate of compensation increase
4.00
3.65
4.00
3.75
-
For both U.S. and international pensions, the
overall expected long-term rate of return is
developed from the
expected future return of each asset class, weighted
by the expected allocation of pension assets
to that asset
class.
We rely on a variety of independent market forecasts in developing the expected
rate of return for each
class of assets.
Included in accumulated other comprehensive
income (loss) at December 31 were the following
before-tax
amounts that had not been recognized in net
periodic benefit cost:
Millions of Dollars
Pension Benefits
Other Benefits
2019
2018
2019
2018
U.S.
Int’l.
U.S.
Int’l.
Unrecognized net actuarial (gain) loss
$
(21)
Unrecognized prior service cost (credit)
-
(2)
-
(4)
(183)
(216)
Millions of Dollars
Pension Benefits
Other Benefits
2019
2018
2019
2018
U.S.
Int’l.
U.S.
Int’l.
Sources of Change in Other
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Net gain (loss) arising during the period
$
(79)
(177)
(27)
Amortization of actuarial (gain) loss included
in income (loss)*
(2)
(1)
Net change during the period
$
(29)
Prior service credit (cost) arising during the
period
$
-
-
-
(7)
-
-
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)
included in income (loss)
-
(2)
-
(5)
(33)
(35)
Net change during the period
$
-
(2)
-
(12)
(33)
(35)
*Includes settlement losses recognized in 2019 and 2018.
Included in accumulated other comprehensive
loss at December 31, 2019, were the following
before-tax
amounts that are expected to be amortized into
net periodic benefit cost during 2020:
Millions of Dollars
Pension
Other
Benefits
Benefits
U.S.
Int’l.
Unrecognized net actuarial (gain) loss
$
Unrecognized prior service credit
-
(2)
(31)
For our tax-qualified pension plans with projected
benefit obligations in excess of plan
assets, the projected
benefit obligation, the accumulated benefit obligation,
and the fair value of plan assets were $
2,073
million,
$
1,919
million, and $
1,635
million, respectively, at December 31, 2019, and $
1,871
million, $
1,737
million,
and $
1,373
million, respectively, at December 31, 2018.
For our unfunded nonqualified key employee supplemental
pension plans, the projected benefit obligation and
the accumulated benefit obligation were $
million and $
million, respectively, at December 31, 2019,
and were $
million and $
million, respectively, at December 31, 2018.
The components of net periodic benefit cost of
all defined benefit plans are presented in
the following table:
Millions of Dollars
Pension Benefits
Other Benefits
2019
2018
2017
2019
2018
2017
U.S.
Int’l.
U.S.
Int’l.
U.S.
Int’l.
Components of Net
Periodic Benefit Cost
Service cost
$
Interest cost
Expected return on plan
assets
(74)
(138)
(114)
(155)
(132)
(158)
-
-
-
Amortization of prior
service cost (credit)
-
(2)
-
(5)
(6)
(33)
(35)
(36)
Recognized net actuarial
loss (gain)
(2)
(1)
(3)
Settlements
-
-
-
-
-
-
Net periodic benefit cost
$
(26)
(27)
(28)
The components of net periodic benefit cost, other
than the service cost component, are included
in the “Other
expenses” line item on our consolidated income statement.
In 2018, we purchased a group annuity contract
from Prudential and transferred $
million of future benefit
obligations from the U.S. qualified pension plan to
Prudential.
The purchase of the group annuity contract
was
funded directly by plan assets of the U.S. qualified
pension plan.
Effective January 1, 2019, the Cash Balance
Account (Title II) of the ConocoPhillips Retirement Plan,
a U.S. qualified pension plan, was closed to new
entrants.
New employees and rehires on or after January
1, 2019, and employees that elected to opt out of
Title II will no longer receive pay credits to their Cash Balance
Account and instead will be eligible for a
Company Retirement Contribution (CRC) as
described in the Defined Contribution Plans section.
We recognized pension settlement losses of $
million in 2019, $
million in 2018, and $
million in
2017 as lump-sum benefit payments from certain
U.S. pension plans exceeded the sum of service
and interest
costs for those plans and led to recognition of settlement
losses.
The sale of two ConocoPhillips U.K. subsidiaries
completed during the third quarter of 2019 led
to a
significant reduction of future services of active
employees in certain international pension
plans, resulting in a
curtailment.
In conjunction with the recognition of the curtailment,
the fair market values of pension plan
assets were updated, the pension benefit obligation
was remeasured, and the net pension asset
decreased by
$
million, resulting in a corresponding decrease
to other comprehensive income.
This is primarily a result of
a decrease in the discount rate from
2.90
percent at December 31, 2018 to
1.80
percent at September 30, 2019
offset by a decrease in the pension benefit obligation from
curtailment.
In determining net pension and other postretirement
benefit costs, we amortize prior service costs
on a straight-
line basis over the average remaining service period
of employees expected to receive benefits
under the plan.
For net actuarial gains and losses, we amortize
percent of the unamortized balance each year.
We have multiple nonpension postretirement benefit plans for health and life insurance.
The health care plans
are contributory and subject to various cost sharing
features, with participant and company contributions
adjusted annually; the life insurance plans are
noncontributory.
The measurement of the U.S. pre-65 retiree
medical accumulated postretirement benefit
obligation assumes a health care cost trend rate
of
percent in
2020 that declines to
percent by
2028
.
The measurement of the U.S. post-65 retiree
medical accumulated
postretirement benefit obligation assumes an ultimate
health care cost trend rate of
percent achieved in 2020
that increases to
percent by
2028
.
A one-percentage-point change in the assumed
health care cost trend rate
would be immaterial to ConocoPhillips.
Plan Assets
—We follow a policy of broadly diversifying pension plan assets across asset
classes and
individual holdings.
As a result, our plan assets have no significant
concentrations of credit risk.
Asset classes
that are considered appropriate include U.S. equities,
non-U.S. equities, U.S. fixed income, non-U.S. fixed
income, real estate and private equity investments.
Plan fiduciaries may consider and add other
asset classes to
the investment program from time to time.
The target allocations for plan assets are
percent equity
securities,
percent debt securities,
percent real estate and
percent other.
Generally, the plan investments
are publicly traded, therefore minimizing liquidity
risk in the portfolio.
The following is a description of the valuation methodologies
used for the pension plan assets.
There have
been no changes in the methodologies used at
December 31, 2019 and 2018.
●
Fair values of equity securities and government
debt securities categorized in Level 1 are primarily
based on quoted market prices in active markets
for identical assets and liabilities.
●
Fair values of corporate debt securities, agency and
mortgage-backed securities and government
debt
securities categorized in Level 2 are estimated
using recently executed transactions and quoted market
prices for similar assets and liabilities in
active markets and for identical assets and liabilities
in
markets that are not active.
If there have been no market transactions
in a particular fixed income
security, its fair value is calculated by pricing models that benchmark the security
against other
securities with actual market prices.
When observable quoted market prices are not
available, fair
value is based on pricing models that use something
other than actual market prices (e.g., observable
inputs such as benchmark yields, reported trades and
issuer spreads for similar securities), and these
securities are categorized in Level 3 of the fair
value hierarchy.
●
Fair values of investments in common/collective
trusts are determined by the issuer of each fund
based on the fair value of the underlying assets.
●
Fair values of mutual funds are based on quoted
market prices, which represent the net asset
value of
shares held.
●
Time deposits are valued at cost, which approximates fair
value.
●
Cash is valued at cost, which approximates fair
value.
Fair values of international cash equivalents
categorized in Level 2 are valued using observable
yield curves, discounting and interest
rates.
U.S.
cash balances held in the form of short-term
fund units that are redeemable at the measurement
date
are categorized as Level 2.
●
Fair values of exchange-traded derivatives classified
in Level 1 are based on quoted market prices.
For other derivatives classified in Level 2, the values
are generally calculated from pricing models
with market input parameters from third-party
sources.
●
Fair values of insurance contracts are valued at the
present value of the future benefit payments owed
by the insurance company to the plans’ participants.
●
Fair values of real estate investments are valued
using real estate valuation techniques
and other
methods that include reference to third-party sources
and sales comparables where available.
●
A portion of U.S. pension plan assets is held as
a participating interest in an insurance
annuity
contract, which is calculated as the market value
of investments held under this contract, less
the
accumulated benefit obligation covered by the
contract.
The participating interest is classified as
Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy as the fair value
is determined via a combination of quoted
market
prices, recently executed transactions, and
an actuarial present value computation for
contract
obligations.
At December 31, 2019, the participating interest
in the annuity contract was valued at
$
million and consisted of $
million in debt securities, less $
million for the accumulated
benefit obligation covered by the contract.
At December 31, 2018, the participating interest
in the
annuity contract was valued at $
million and consisted of $
million in debt securities, less
$
million for the accumulated benefit obligation
covered by the contract.
The net change from 2018 to
2019 is due to an increase in the fair value of the
underlying investments of $
million offset by a
decrease in the present value of the contract obligation
of $
million.
The participating interest is not
available for meeting general pension benefit
obligations in the near term.
No future company
contributions are required and no new benefits
are being accrued under this insurance annuity
contract.
The fair values of our pension plan assets at
December 31, by asset class were as follows:
Millions of Dollars
U.S.
International
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
2019
Equity securities
U.S.
$
-
-
-
International
-
-
-
-
Mutual funds
-
-
-
Debt securities
Government
-
-
-
-
1,412
-
-
1,412
Corporate
-
-
-
-
-
-
Mutual funds
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cash and cash equivalents
-
-
-
-
-
-
Derivatives
-
-
-
-
-
-
Real estate
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total in fair value hierarchy
$
2,859
3,258
Investments measured at net asset value*
Equity securities
Common/collective trusts
$
-
-
-
-
-
-
Debt securities
Common/collective trusts
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cash and cash equivalents
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Real estate
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total**
$
1,496
2,859
4,297
*In accordance with FASB ASC Topic
715, “Compensation—Retirement Benefits,” certain investments that are to be measured at fair value
using the net asset value per share (or its equivalent) practical expedient
have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy.
The fair value
amounts presented in this table are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the amounts presented in the Change in
Fair Value of Plan Assets.
**Excludes the participating interest in the insurance annuity contract with a
net asset of $
million and net receivables related to security
transactions of $
million.
The fair values of our pension plan assets at
December 31, by asset class were as follows:
Millions of Dollars
U.S.
International
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
2018
Equity securities
U.S.
$
-
-
-
International
-
-
-
-
Mutual funds
-
-
-
Debt securities
Government
-
-
-
-
-
-
Corporate
-
-
-
-
-
-
Mutual funds
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cash and cash equivalents
-
-
-
-
-
-
Time deposits
-
-
-
-
-
-
Derivatives
-
-
-
-
(17)
-
-
(17)
Real estate
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total in fair value hierarchy
$
2,137
2,442
Investments measured at net asset value*
Equity securities
Common/collective trusts
$
-
-
-
-
-
-
Debt securities
Common/collective trusts
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cash and cash equivalents
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Real estate
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total**
$
1,249
2,137
3,345
*In accordance with FASB ASC Topic
715, “Compensation—Retirement Benefits,” certain investments that are to be measured at fair value
using the net asset value per share (or its equivalent) practical expedient
have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy.
The fair value
amounts presented in this table are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the amounts presented in the Change in
Fair Value of Plan Assets.
**Excludes the participating interest in the insurance annuity contract with a
net asset of $
million and net receivables related to security
transactions of $
million.
Level 3 activity was not material for all
periods.
Our funding policy for U.S. plans is to contribute
at least the minimum required by the Employee
Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Contributions to foreign
plans are dependent upon local laws and tax regulations.
In 2020, we expect to contribute approximately $
million to our domestic qualified and nonqualified
pension and postretirement benefit plans and $
million to
our international qualified and nonqualified
pension and postretirement benefit plans.
The following benefit payments, which are exclusive
of amounts to be paid from the insurance annuity
contract
and which reflect expected future service, as appropriate,
are expected to be paid:
Millions of Dollars
Pension
Other
Benefits
Benefits
U.S.
Int’l.
2020
$
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025–2029
Severance Accrual
The following table summarizes our severance accrual
activity for the year ended December 31, 2019:
Millions of Dollars
Balance at December 31, 2018
$
Accruals
(1)
Benefit payments
(24)
Balance at December 31, 2019
$
Of the remaining balance at December 31, 2019,
$
million is classified as short-term.
Defined Contribution Plans
Most U.S. employees are eligible to participate
in the ConocoPhillips Savings Plan (CPSP).
Employees can
deposit up to
percent of their eligible pay, subject to statutory limits, in the CPSP to
a choice of
approximately
investment options.
Employees who participate in the CPSP and contribute
percent of
their eligible pay receive a
percent company cash match with a potential
company discretionary cash
contribution of up to
percent.
Effective January 1, 2019, new employees, rehires, and
employees that elected
to opt out of Title II are eligible to receive a CRC of
percent of eligible pay into their CPSP.
After
three
years
of service with the company, the employee is
percent vested in any CRC.
Company contributions
charged to expense for the CPSP and predecessor plans
were $
million in 2019, $
million in 2018, and
$
million in 2017.
We have several defined contribution plans for our international employees, each
with its own terms and
eligibility depending on location.
Total compensation expense recognized for these international plans was
approximately $
million in 2019, $
million in 2018, and $
million in 2017.
Share-Based Compensation Plans
The 2014 Omnibus Stock and Performance Incentive
Plan of ConocoPhillips (the Plan) was approved
by
shareholders in May 2014.
Over its
-year life, the Plan allows the issuance of
up to
million shares of our
common stock for compensation to our employees
and directors; however, as of the effective date of the Plan,
(i) any shares of common stock available for future
awards under the prior plans and (ii)
any shares of common
stock represented by awards granted under the prior
plans that are forfeited, expire or are cancelled
without
delivery of shares of common stock or which result
in the forfeiture of shares of common stock
back to the
company shall be available for awards under the
Plan, and no new awards shall be granted under
the prior
plans.
Of the 79 million shares available for issuance
under the Plan, no more than
million shares of
common stock are available for incentive stock
options.
The Human Resources and Compensation Committee
of our Board of Directors is authorized to determine
the types, terms, conditions and limitations
of awards
granted.
Awards may be granted in the form of, but not limited to, stock options, restricted stock units
and
performance share units to employees and non-employee
directors who contribute to the company’s continued
success and profitability.
Total share-based compensation expense is measured using the grant date fair value
for our equity-classified
awards and the settlement date fair value for our
liability-classified awards.
We recognize share-based
compensation expense over the shorter of the service
period (i.e., the stated period of time required
to earn the
award); or the period beginning at the start of the
service period and ending when an employee
first becomes
eligible for retirement, but not less than six months,
as this is the minimum period of time
required for an
award to not be subject to forfeiture.
Our share-based compensation programs generally
provide accelerated
vesting (i.e., a waiver of the remaining period of service
required to earn an award) for awards held
by
employees at the time of their retirement.
Some of our share-based awards vest ratably (i.e., portions
of the
award vest at different times) while some of our awards
cliff vest (i.e., all of the award vests at the same time).
We recognize expense on a straight-line basis over the service period for the entire
award, whether the award
was granted with ratable or cliff vesting.
Compensation Expense
—Total share-based compensation expense recognized in income (loss) and the
associated tax benefit for the years ended
December 31 were as follows:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Compensation cost
$
Tax benefit
Stock Options
—
Stock options granted under the provisions of the Plan and prior plans permit purchase of our
common stock at exercise prices equivalent to the average fair market value of ConocoPhillips common stock
on the date the options were granted. The options have terms of 10 years and generally vest ratably, with one-
third of the options awarded vesting and becoming exercisable on each anniversary date following the date of
grant. Options awarded to certain employees already eligible for retirement vest within six months of the grant
date, but those options do not become exercisable until the end of the normal vesting period. Beginning in
2018, stock option grants were discontinued and replaced with three-year, time-vested restricted stock units
which generally will be cash-settled.
The fair market values of the options granted in
2017 were measured on the date of grant
using the
Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model.
The weighted-average assumptions used were as follows:
2017
Assumptions used
Risk-free interest rate
2.24
%
Dividend yield
4.00
%
Volatility
factor
28.12
%
Expected life (years)
6.39
There were no ranges in the assumptions used to
determine the fair market values of our options
granted in
We believe our historical volatility for periods prior to the 2012 separation of our
Downstream businesses is no
longer relevant in estimating expected volatility.
For 2017,
expected volatility was based on the weighted-
average blend of the company’s historical stock price volatility from
May 1, 2012 (the date of separation of our
Downstream businesses) through the stock option
grant date and the average historical
stock price volatility of
a group of peer companies for the expected term
of the options.
The following summarizes our stock option activity
for the year ended December 31, 2019:
Millions of Dollars
Weighted-Average
Aggregate
Options
Exercise Price
Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2018
19,379,677
$
52.88
$
Exercised
(1,339,480)
36.28
Forfeited
-
Expired or cancelled
-
Outstanding at December 31, 2019
18,040,197
$
54.11
$
Vested at December 31, 2019
17,922,026
$
54.14
$
Exercisable at December 31, 2019
17,172,815
$
54.33
$
The weighted-average remaining contractual term
of outstanding options, vested options and exercisable
options at December 31, 2019, was
4.43
years,
4.41
years and
4.29
years, respectively.
The weighted-average
grant date fair value of stock option awards granted
during 2017 was $
9.18
.
The aggregate intrinsic value of
options exercised was $
million in 2018 and $
million in 2017.
During 2019, we received $
million in cash and realized a tax benefit
of $
million from the exercise of
options.
At December 31, 2019, the remaining unrecognized
compensation expense from unvested options
was
zero
.
Stock Unit Program—
Generally, restricted stock units are granted annually under the provisions of the Plan
and vest in an aggregate installment on the third anniversary of the grant date. In addition, restricted stock
units granted under the Plan for a variable long-term incentive program vest ratably in three equal annual
installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date. Restricted stock units are also granted ad hoc
to attract or retain key personnel, and the terms and conditions under which these restricted stock units vest
vary by award
.
Stock-Settled
Upon vesting, these restricted stock units are settled by issuing one share of ConocoPhillips common stock per
unit. Units awarded to retirement eligible employees vest six months from the grant date; however, those units
are not issued as common stock until the earlier of separation from the company or the end of the regularly
scheduled vesting period. Until issued as stock, most recipients of the restricted stock units receive a quarterly
cash payment of a dividend equivalent that is charged to retained earnings. The grant date fair market value of
these restricted stock units is deemed equal to the average ConocoPhillips stock price on the grant date. The
grant date fair market value of units that do not receive a dividend equivalent while unvested is deemed equal
to the average ConocoPhillips stock price on the grant date, less the net present value of the dividends that will
not be received
.
The following summarizes our stock-settled stock
unit activity for the year ended December
31, 2019:
Weighted-Average
Millions of Dollars
Stock Units
Grant Date Fair Value
Total Fair Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2018
7,546,973
$
43.41
Granted
2,045,503
67.77
Forfeited
(99,748)
62.93
Issued
(3,269,682)
34.32
$
Outstanding at December 31, 2019
6,223,046
$
55.99
Not Vested at December 31, 2019
4,185,141
56.17
At December 31, 2019,
the remaining unrecognized compensation
cost from the unvested stock-settled units
was $
million, which will be recognized over
a weighted-average period of
1.71
years, the longest period
being
2.73
years.
The weighted-average grant date fair value
of stock unit awards granted during 2018 and
2017 was $
52.45
and $
48.77
, respectively.
The total fair value of stock units issued during
2018 and 2017 was
$
million and $
million, respectively.
Cash-Settled
Beginning in 2018, cash-settled executive restricted stock units replaced the stock option program. These
restricted stock units, subject to elections to defer, will be settled in cash equal to the fair market value of a
share of ConocoPhillips common stock per unit on the settlement date and are classified as liabilities on the
balance sheet. Units awarded to retirement eligible employees vest six months from the grant date; however,
those units are not settled until the earlier of separation from the company or the end of the regularly scheduled
vesting period. Compensation expense is initially measured using the average fair market value of
ConocoPhillips common stock and is subsequently adjusted, based on changes in the ConocoPhillips stock
price through the end of each subsequent reporting period, through the settlement date. Recipients receive an
accrued reinvested dividend equivalent that is charged to compensation expense. The accrued reinvested
dividend is paid at the time of settlement, subject to the terms and conditions of the award.
The following summarizes our cash-settled stock
unit activity for the year ended December 31, 2019:
Weighted-Average
Millions of Dollars
Stock Units
Grant Date Fair Value
Total Fair Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2018
376,608
$
62.21
Granted
319,552
68.20
Forfeited
(6,914)
61.35
Issued
(92,255)
61.61
$
Outstanding at December 31, 2019
596,991
$
64.54
Not Vested at December 31, 2019
153,457
64.54
At December 31, 2019,
the remaining unrecognized compensation
cost from the unvested cash-settled units
was $
million, which will be recognized over a
weighted-average period of
1.70
years, the longest period
being
2.12
years.
The weighted-average grant date fair value
of stock unit awards granted during 2018
was
$
53.68
.
The total fair value of stock units issued during
2018 was $
million.
Performance Share Program
—Under the Plan, we also annually grant restricted
performance share units
(PSUs) to senior management.
These PSUs are authorized three years prior to
their effective grant date (the
performance period).
Compensation expense is initially measured
using the average fair market value of
ConocoPhillips common stock and is subsequently
adjusted, based on changes in the ConocoPhillips
stock
price through the end of each subsequent reporting
period, through the grant date for stock-settled
awards and
the settlement date for cash-settled awards.
Stock-Settled
For performance periods beginning before 2009, PSUs do not vest until the employee becomes eligible for
retirement by reaching age 55 with five years of service, and restrictions do not lapse until the employee
separates from the company. With respect to awards for performance periods beginning in 2009 through 2012,
PSUs do not vest until the earlier of the date the employee becomes eligible for retirement by reaching age 55
with five years of service or five years after the grant date of the award, and restrictions do not lapse until the
earlier of the employee’s separation from the company or five years after the grant date (although recipients
can elect to defer the lapsing of restrictions until separation). We recognize compensation expense for these
awards beginning on the grant date and ending on the date the PSUs are scheduled to vest. Since these awards
are authorized three years prior to the grant date, for employees eligible for retirement by or shortly after the
grant date, we recognize compensation expense over the period beginning on the date of authorization and
ending on the date of grant. Until issued as stock, recipients of the PSUs receive a quarterly cash payment of a
dividend equivalent that is charged to retained earnings. Beginning in 2013, PSUs authorized for future grants
will vest, absent employee election to defer, upon settlement following the conclusion of the three-year
performance period. We recognize compensation expense over the period beginning on the date of
authorization and ending on the conclusion of the performance period. PSUs are settled by issuing one share
of ConocoPhillips common stock per unit.
The following summarizes our stock-settled Performance
Share Program activity for the year ended
December 31, 2019:
Weighted-Average
Millions of Dollars
Stock Units
Grant Date Fair Value
Total Fair Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2018
2,335,542
$
50.45
Granted
77,841
68.90
Forfeited
-
Issued
(388,559)
53.66
$
Outstanding at December 31, 2019
2,024,824
$
50.55
Not Vested at December 31, 2019
15,616
$
47.80
At December 31, 2019,
the remaining unrecognized compensation
cost from unvested stock-settled
performance share awards was
zero
.
The weighted-average grant date fair value of
stock-settled PSUs granted
during 2018 and 2017 was $
53.28
and $
49.76
, respectively.
The total fair value of stock-settled PSUs issued
during 2018 and 2017 was $
million and $
million, respectively.
Cash-Settled
In connection with and immediately following the
separation of our Downstream businesses
in 2012, grants of
new PSUs, subject to a shortened performance
period, were authorized.
Once granted, these PSUs vest, absent
employee election to defer, on the earlier of five years after
the grant date of the award or the date the
employee becomes eligible for retirement.
For employees eligible for retirement by or shortly
after the grant
date, we recognize compensation expense
over the period beginning on the date of authorization
and ending on
the date of grant.
Otherwise, we recognize compensation expense
beginning on the grant date and ending on
the date the PSUs are scheduled to vest.
These PSUs are settled in cash equal to the fair
market value of a
share of ConocoPhillips common stock per unit
on the settlement date and thus are classified
as liabilities on
the balance sheet.
Until settlement occurs, recipients of the PSUs receive
a quarterly cash payment of a
dividend equivalent that is charged to compensation expense.
Beginning in 2013, PSUs authorized for future grants
will vest upon settlement following the conclusion
of the
three-year performance period.
We recognize compensation expense over the period beginning on the date of
authorization and ending at the conclusion of
the performance period.
These PSUs will be settled in cash equal
to the fair market value of a share of ConocoPhillips
common stock per unit on the settlement date
and are
classified as liabilities on the balance sheet.
For performance periods beginning before
2018, during the
performance period, recipients of the PSUs do
not receive a quarterly cash payment of a dividend
equivalent,
but after the performance period ends, until
settlement in cash occurs, recipients of the PSUs
receive a
quarterly cash payment of a dividend equivalent
that is charged to compensation expense.
For the performance
period beginning in 2018, recipients of the PSUs
receive an accrued reinvested dividend equivalent
that is
charged to compensation expense.
The accrued reinvested dividend is paid at
the time of settlement, subject to
the terms and conditions of the award.
The following summarizes our cash-settled Performance
Share Program activity for the year ended
December 31, 2019:
Weighted-Average
Millions of Dollars
Stock Units
Grant Date Fair Value
Total Fair Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2018
1,131,007
$
62.21
Granted
1,958,043
68.90
Forfeited
-
Settled
(2,479,776)
69.10
$
Outstanding at December 31, 2019
609,274
$
64.54
Not Vested at December 31, 2019
38,487
$
64.54
At December 31, 2019,
the remaining unrecognized compensation
cost from unvested cash-settled
performance share awards was
zero
.
The weighted-average grant date fair value of
cash-settled PSUs granted
during 2018 and 2017 was $
53.28
and $
49.76
, respectively.
The total fair value of cash-settled performance
share awards settled during 2018 and 2017
was $
million and $
million, respectively.
From inception of the Performance Share Program
through 2013, approved PSU awards
were granted after the
conclusion of performance periods.
Beginning in February 2014, initial target PSU awards are issued near the
beginning of new performance periods. These initial target PSU awards will terminate at the end of the
performance periods and will be settled after the performance periods have ended. Also in 2014, initial target
PSU awards were issued for open performance periods that began in prior years. For the open performance
period beginning in 2012, the initial target PSU awards terminated at the end of the three-year performance
period and were replaced with approved PSU awards. For the open performance period beginning in 2013, the
initial target PSU awards terminated at the end of the three-year performance period and were settled after the
performance period ended.
There is no effect on recognition of compensation expense.
Other
—In addition to the above active programs,
we have outstanding shares of restricted stock and
restricted
stock units that were either issued as part of
our non-employee director compensation program
for current and
former members of the company’s Board of Directors or as part of an executive
compensation program that
has been discontinued.
Generally, the recipients of the restricted shares or units receive a quarterly dividend
or
dividend equivalent.
The following summarizes the aggregate activity
of these restricted shares and units for the
year ended
December 31, 2019:
Weighted-Average
Millions of Dollars
Stock Units
Grant Date Fair Value
Total Fair Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2018
1,107,315
$
46.57
Granted
64,063
63.58
Cancelled
(2,307)
23.73
Issued
(177,163)
49.23
$
Outstanding at December 31, 2019
991,908
$
47.24
At December 31, 2019, all outstanding restricted
stock and restricted stock units were fully vested
and there
was
no
remaining compensation cost to be recorded.
The weighted-average grant date fair value of awards
granted during 2018 and 2017 was $
62.01
and $
48.87
, respectively.
The total fair value of awards issued
during 2018 and 2017 was $
million and $
million, respectively.
Note 19—Income Taxes
Income taxes charged to net income (loss) were:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Income Taxes
Federal
Current
$
Deferred
(113)
(3,046)
Foreign
Current
2,545
3,273
1,729
Deferred
(323)
(166)
(510)
State and local
Current
Deferred
(8)
(96)
(125)
$
2,267
3,668
(1,822)
Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effect of temporary
differences between the carrying amounts of
assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes
and the amounts used for tax purposes.
Major components
of deferred tax liabilities and assets at December
31 were:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
Deferred Tax Liabilities
PP&E and intangibles
$
8,660
8,004
Inventory
Deferred state income tax
-
Other
Total deferred tax liabilities
8,929
8,281
Deferred Tax Assets
Benefit plan accruals
Asset retirement obligations and accrued environmental
costs
2,339
2,891
Investments in joint ventures
1,722
Other financial accruals and deferrals
Loss and credit carryforwards
8,968
2,378
Other
Total deferred tax assets
14,693
6,742
Less: valuation allowance
(10,214)
(3,040)
Net deferred tax assets
4,479
3,702
Net deferred tax liabilities
$
4,450
4,579
At December 31, 2019, noncurrent assets and liabilities
included deferred taxes of $
million and
$
4,634
million, respectively.
At December 31, 2018, noncurrent assets and liabilities
included deferred taxes
of $
million and $
5,021
million, respectively.
At December 31, 2019, the components of
our loss and credit carryforwards before and
after consideration of
the applicable valuation allowances were:
Millions of Dollars
Net Deferred
Expiration of
Gross Deferred
Tax Asset After
Net Deferred
Tax Asset
Valuation Allowance
Tax Asset
U.S. foreign tax credits
$
7,696
2028
U.S. general business credits
2036-2038
U.S. capital loss
2024
State net operating losses and tax credits
Various
Foreign net operating losses and tax credits
Post 2025
$
8,968
Valuation
allowances have been established to reduce
deferred tax assets to an amount that will,
more likely
than not, be realized.
During 2019, valuation allowances increased a total
of $
7,174
million.
The increase
primarily relates to deferred tax assets recognized
during 2019 as a result of the finalization of rules
related to
the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Tax Legislation including ongoing issuance of tax regulations related to such
legislation), as further discussed below.
Based on our historical taxable income, expectations
for the future,
and available tax-planning strategies, management
expects deferred tax assets, net of valuation
allowance, will
primarily be realized as offsets to reversing deferred tax
liabilities.
On December 2, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service
finalized foreign tax credit regulations related
to the 2017
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Due to the finalization of these regulations, in the
fourth quarter of 2019 we
recognized $
million of net deferred tax assets.
Correspondingly, we recorded $
6,642
million of existing
foreign tax credit carryovers where recognition
was previously considered to be remote.
Present legislation
still makes their realization unlikely and therefore
these credits have been offset with a full valuation
allowance.
At December 31, 2019, unremitted income
considered to be permanently reinvested in
certain foreign
subsidiaries and foreign corporate joint ventures
totaled approximately $
4,196
million.
Deferred income taxes
have not been provided on this amount, as
we do not plan to initiate any action that would
require the payment
of income taxes.
The estimated amount of additional tax, primarily
local withholding tax, that would be
payable on this income if distributed is approximately
$
million.
The following table shows a reconciliation
of the beginning and ending unrecognized tax
benefits for 2019,
2018 and 2017:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Balance at January 1
$
1,081
Additions based on tax positions related to the current
year
Additions for tax positions of prior years
Reductions for tax positions of prior years
(22)
(73)
(129)
Settlements
(9)
(35)
(5)
Lapse of statute
(2)
(4)
(86)
Balance at December 31
$
1,177
1,081
Included in the balance of unrecognized tax benefits
for 2019, 2018 and 2017 were $
1,100
million,
$
1,081
million and $
million, respectively, which, if recognized, would impact our effective tax rate.
The
balance of the unrecognized tax benefits increased
in 2019 mainly due to the treatment of our
PDVSA
settlement. The balance of the unrecognized tax
benefits increased in 2018 mainly due to the
treatment of
distributions from certain foreign subsidiaries.
The balance of unrecognized tax benefits
increased in 2017
mainly due to the recognition of a U.S. worthless securities
deduction that we do not believe will generate a
cash tax benefit.
See Note 13—Contingencies and Commitments,
for more information on the PDVSA
settlement.
At December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, accrued liabilities
for interest and penalties totaled $
million,
$
million and $
million, respectively, net of accrued income taxes.
Interest and penalties resulted in a
benefit to earnings of $
million in 2019, a benefit to earnings
of $
million in 2018, and
no
impact to earnings
in 2017.
We file tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and in many foreign and state jurisdictions.
Audits in major
jurisdictions are generally complete as follows:
U.K. (2015), Canada (2014), U.S. (2014)
and Norway (2018).
Issues in dispute for audited years and audits for
subsequent years are ongoing and in various stages
of
completion in the many jurisdictions in which
we operate around the world.
Consequently, the balance in
unrecognized tax benefits can be expected to fluctuate
from period to period.
It is reasonably possible such
changes could be significant when compared
with our total unrecognized tax benefits, but the amount
of
change is not estimable.
The amounts of U.S. and foreign income (loss)
before income taxes, with a reconciliation of tax
at the federal
statutory rate with the provision for income taxes,
were:
Millions of Dollars
Percent of Pre-Tax Income (Loss)
2019
2018
2017
2019
2018
2017
Income (loss) before income taxes
United States
$
4,704
2,867
(5,250)
49.4
%
28.7
200.8
Foreign
4,820
7,106
2,635
50.6
71.3
(100.8)
$
9,524
9,973
(2,615)
100.0
%
100.0
100.0
Federal statutory income tax
$
2,000
2,095
(915)
21.0
%
21.0
35.0
Non-U.S. effective tax rates
1,399
1,766
14.7
17.7
(23.9)
Tax Legislation
-
(10)
(852)
-
(0.1)
32.6
Canada disposition
-
-
(1,277)
-
-
48.8
U.K. disposition
(732)
(150)
-
(7.7)
(1.5)
-
Recovery of outside basis
(77)
(21)
(962)
(0.8)
(0.2)
36.8
Adjustment to tax reserves
(4)
0.1
-
(33.7)
Adjustment to valuation allowance
(225)
(26)
-
(2.4)
(0.3)
-
APLNG impairment
-
-
-
-
(31.9)
State income tax
(84)
1.3
1.4
3.2
Malaysia Deepwater Incentive
(164)
-
-
(1.7)
-
-
Enhanced oil recovery credit
(27)
(99)
(68)
(0.3)
(1.0)
2.6
Other
(39)
(18)
(4)
(0.4)
(0.2)
0.2
$
2,267
3,668
(1,822)
23.8
%
36.8
69.7
Our effective tax rate for 2019 was favorably impacted
by the sale of two of our U.K. subsidiaries.
The
disposition generated a before-tax gain of more than
$
1.7
billion with an associated tax benefit of $
million. The disposition generated a U.S. capital
loss of approximately $
2.1
billion which has generated a U.S.
tax benefit of approximately $
million. The remaining U.S. capital loss
has been recorded as a deferred tax
asset fully offset with a valuation allowance.
See Note 5—Asset Acquisitions and Dispositions,
for additional
information on the disposition.
During the third quarter of 2019, we received final
partner approval in Malaysia Block G to claim
certain
deepwater tax credits. As a result, we recorded
an income tax benefit of $
million.
The decrease in the effective tax rate for 2018 was primarily
due to the impact of the Clair Field disposition
in
the U.K. and our overall income position, partially
offset by our mix of income among taxing jurisdictions.
Our effective tax rate for 2018 was favorably impacted
by the sale of a U.K. subsidiary to BP.
The subsidiary
held 16.5 percent of our 24 percent interest
in the BP-operated Clair Field in the U.K.
The disposition
generated a before-tax gain of $
million with no associated tax cost.
See Note 5—Asset Acquisitions and
Dispositions,
for additional information on the disposition.
Tax Legislation was enacted in the U.S. on December 22, 2017, reducing the
U.S. federal corporate income tax
rate to 21 percent from 35 percent, requiring companies
to pay a one-time transition tax on earnings of certain
foreign subsidiaries that were previously tax deferred
and creating new taxes on certain foreign-sourced
earnings.
SAB 118 measurement period
We applied the guidance in Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 when accounting for the enactment-date effects
of Tax Legislation in 2017 and throughout 2018.
At December 31, 2017, we had not completed
our
accounting for all the enactment-date income
tax effects of Tax Legislation under ASC 740, Income Taxes, for
the remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities
and the one-time transition tax.
As of December 31,
2018, we had completed our accounting for all the
enactment-date income tax effects of Tax Legislation.
As
further discussed below, during 2018, we recognized adjustments of $
million to the provisional amounts
recorded at December 31, 2017, and included these
adjustments as a component
of income tax provision.
Provisional Amounts—Foreign tax effects
The one-time transition tax is based on our total
post-1986 earnings, the tax on which we previously
deferred
from U.S. income taxes under U.S. law.
We estimated at December 31, 2017, that we would not incur a one-
time transition tax.
Upon further analyses of Tax Legislation and Notices and regulations issued and proposed
by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue
Service, we finalized our calculations of the
transition tax liability during 2018.
Based upon this analysis, we did not incur a
one-time transition tax.
As a result of the Tax Legislation, we removed the indefinite reinvestment
assertion on one of our foreign
subsidiaries and recorded a tax expense of $
million in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
As of December 31, 2017, we remeasured certain deferred
tax assets and liabilities based on the rates at
which
they were expected to reverse in the future (which
was generally 21 percent), by recording a provisional
amount of $
million.
Upon further analysis of certain aspects of
Tax Legislation and refinement of our
calculations during the 12 months ended December
31, 2018, we adjusted our provisional amount by
$
million, which is included as a component of income
tax expense.
Global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI)
We have elected to account for GILTI
in the year the tax is incurred.
For 2019 and 2018,
the current-year U.S.
income tax impact related to GILTI activities is immaterial.
Our effective tax rate in 2017 was favorably impacted
by a tax benefit of $
1,277
million related to the Canada
disposition.
This tax benefit was primarily associated with
a deferred tax recovery related to the Canadian
capital gains exclusion component of the 2017
Canada disposition and the recognition
of previously
unrealizable Canadian capital asset tax basis.
The Canada disposition, along with the
associated restructuring
of our Canadian operations, may generate an additional
tax benefit of $
million.
However, since we
believe it is not likely we will receive a corresponding
cash tax savings, this $
million benefit has been
offset by a full tax reserve.
See Note 5—Asset Acquisitions and Dispositions
for additional information on our
Canada disposition.
The impairment of our APLNG investment in the
second quarter of 2017 did not generate
a tax benefit.
See
the “APLNG” section of Note 6—Investments,
Loans and Long-Term Receivables, for information on the
impairment of our APLNG investment.
Certain operating losses in jurisdictions outside
of the U.S.
only yield a tax benefit in the U.S. as a worthless
security deduction.
For 2019, 2018 and 2017, before consideration
of unrecorded tax benefits discussed above,
the amount of the tax benefit was $
million, $
million and $
million, respectively.
Note 20—Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Accumulated other comprehensive loss in the
equity section of the balance sheet included:
Millions of Dollars
Defined
Benefit Plans
Net
Unrealized
Loss on
Securities
Foreign
Currency
Translation
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
December 31, 2016
$
(547)
-
(5,646)
(6,193)
Other comprehensive income (loss)
(58)
December 31, 2017
(400)
(58)
(5,060)
(5,518)
Other comprehensive income (loss)
-
(642)
(603)
Cumulative effect of adopting ASU No. 2016-01*
-
-
December 31, 2018
(361)
-
(5,702)
(6,063)
Other comprehensive income
-
Cumulative effect of adopting ASU No. 2018-02**
(40)
-
-
(40)
December 31, 2019
$
(350)
-
(5,007)
(5,357)
*We adopted ASU No. 2016-01, "Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Liabilities," beginning
January 1, 2018.
**See Note 2
—
Changes in Accounting Principles for additional information.
During 2019, we recognized $
million of foreign currency translation adjustments
related to the completion
of our sale of two ConocoPhillips U.K. subsidiaries.
For additional information related to this
disposition, see
Note 5—Asset Acquisitions and Dispositions.
There were no items within accumulated other comprehensive
loss related to noncontrolling interests.
The following table summarizes reclassifications
out of accumulated other comprehensive loss during
the years
ended December 31:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
Defined Benefit Plans
$
Above amounts are included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost
and
are presented net of tax expense of:
$
See Note 18—Employee Benefit Plans, for additional information.
Note 21—Cash Flow Information
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Noncash Investing Activities
Increase (decrease) in PP&E related to an increase
(decrease) in asset
retirement obligations
$
(37)
Increase (decrease) in assets and liabilities
acquired in a nonmonetary
exchange*
Accounts receivable
-
(44)
-
Inventories
-
-
Investments and long-term receivables
-
-
PP&E
-
1,907
-
Other long-term assets
-
(9)
-
Accounts payable
-
-
Accrued income and other taxes
-
-
Cash Payments
Interest
$
1,163
Income taxes
2,905
2,976
1,168
Net Sales (Purchases) of Investments
Short-term investments purchased
$
(4,902)
(1,953)
(6,617)
Short-term investments sold
2,138
3,573
4,827
Investments and long-term receivables purchased
(146)
-
-
$
(2,910)
1,620
(1,790)
*See Note 5—Asset Acquisitions and Dispositions.
The following items are included in the “Cash
Flows from Operating Activities” section
of our consolidated
cash flows.
We collected $
million and $
million in 2019 and 2018, respectively, from PDVSA under a settlement
agreement related to an award issued by the ICC
Tribunal in 2018.
We collected $
million and $
million
from Ecuador in 2018 and 2017, respectively, as installment payments related
to an agreement reached with
Ecuador in 2017.
For more information on these settlements,
see Note 13—Contingencies and Commitments.
In 2019, we made a $
million contribution to our U.K. pension plan.
We made discretionary payments to
our domestic qualified pension plan of $
million and $
million in 2018 and 2017, respectively.
In 2017, we recognized a $
million adverse cash impact from the settlement
of cross-currency swap
transactions.
Note 22—Other Financial Information
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Interest and Debt Expense
Incurred
Debt
$
1,114
Other
1,217
Capitalized
(57)
(170)
(119)
Expensed
$
1,098
Other Income
Interest income
$
Unrealized gains (losses) on Cenovus Energy common shares*
(437)
-
Other, net
$
1,358
*See Note 7—Investment in Cenovus Energy, for additional information.
Research and Development Expenditures
—expensed
$
Shipping and Handling Costs
$
1,008
1,075
1,050
Foreign Currency Transaction (Gains) Losses
—after-tax
Alaska
$
-
-
-
Lower 48
-
-
-
Canada
(11)
Europe and North Africa
-
(26)
Asia Pacific and Middle East
Other International
-
Corporate and Other
(3)
$
(13)
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
Properties, Plants and Equipment
Proved properties
$
88,284
100,657
Unproved properties
3,980
4,662
Other
5,482
5,278
Gross properties, plants and equipment
97,746
110,597
Less: Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization
(55,477)
(64,899)
Net properties, plants and equipment
$
42,269
45,698
*Excludes assets classified as held for sale at December 31,
See Note 5
—
Asset Acquisitions and Dispositions, for additional information.
Note 23—Related Party Transactions
Our related parties primarily include equity method
investments and certain trusts for the benefit
of employees.
Significant transactions with our equity affiliates
were:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Operating revenues and other income
$
Purchases
Operating expenses and selling, general and administrative
expenses
Net interest (income) expense*
(13)
(14)
(13)
*We paid interest to, or received interest from,
various affiliates.
See Note 6—Investments, Loans and Long-Term Receivables, for additional
information on loans to affiliated companies.
The table above includes transactions with the
FCCL Partnership through the date of the
sale.
See Note 6—
Investments, Loans and Long-Term Receivables, for additional information.
Note 24—Sales and Other Operating Revenues
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
The following table provides further disaggregation
of our consolidated sales and other operating
revenues:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Revenue from contracts with customers
$
26,106
28,098
20,525
Revenue from contracts outside the scope of ASC
Topic 606
Physical contracts meeting the definition of a derivative
6,558
8,218
8,669
Financial derivative contracts
(97)
(88)
Consolidated sales and other operating revenues
$
32,567
36,417
29,106
Revenues from contracts outside the scope of ASC
Topic 606 relate primarily to physical gas contracts at
market prices which qualify as derivatives accounted
for under ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging,”
and for which we have not elected NPNS.
There is no significant difference in contractual
terms or the policy
for recognition of revenue from these contracts
and those within the scope of ASC Topic 606.
The following
disaggregation of revenues is provided in conjunction
with Note 25—Segment Disclosures and Related
Information:
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Revenue from Outside the Scope of ASC Topic 606
by Segment
Lower 48
$
4,989
6,358
6,302
Canada
Europe and North Africa
1,231
1,503
Physical contracts meeting the definition of a derivative
$
6,558
8,218
8,669
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Revenue from Outside the Scope of ASC Topic 606
by Product
Crude oil
$
1,112
Natural gas
5,313
6,734
7,811
Other
Physical contracts meeting the definition of a derivative
$
6,558
8,218
8,669
Practical Expedients
Typically,
our commodity sales contracts are less than
12 months in duration; however, in certain specific
cases may extend longer, which may be out to the end of
field life.
We have long-term commodity sales
contracts which use prevailing market prices at the time of delivery, and under these contracts, the market-
based variable consideration for each performance obligation (i.e., delivery of commodity) is allocated to each
wholly unsatisfied performance obligation within the contract.
Accordingly,
we have applied the practical
expedient allowed in ASC Topic 606 and do not disclose the aggregate amount of the transaction price
allocated to performance obligations or when we expect to recognize revenues that are unsatisfied (or partially
unsatisfied) as of the end of the reporting period.
Receivables and Contract Liabilities
Receivables from Contracts with Customers
At December 31, 2019, the “Accounts and
notes receivable” line on our consolidated
balance sheet included
trade receivables of $
2,372
million compared with $
2,889
million at December 31, 2018, and included both
contracts with customers within the scope of ASC
Topic 606 and those that are outside the scope of ASC
Topic 606.
We typically receive payment within 30 days or less (depending on the terms of the invoice) once
delivery is made.
Revenues that are outside the scope of ASC Topic 606 relate primarily to
physical gas sales
contracts at market prices for which we do not
elect NPNS and are therefore accounted for
as a derivative
under ASC Topic 815.
There is little distinction in the nature
of the customer or credit quality of trade
receivables associated with gas sold under contracts
for which NPNS has not been elected
compared with trade
receivables where NPNS has been elected.
Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers
We have entered into contractual arrangements where we license proprietary technology to customers related
to the optimization process for operating LNG plants. The agreements typically provide for negotiated
payments to be made at stated milestones. The payments are not directly related to our performance under the
contract and are recorded as deferred revenue to be recognized as revenue when the customer can utilize and
benefit from their right to use the license. Payments are received in installments over the construction period.
Millions of
Dollars
Contract Liabilities
At December 31, 2018
$
Contractual payments received
Revenue recognized
(199)
At December 31, 2019
$
We expect to recognize the contract liabilities as of December 31, 2019, as revenue during 2021 and 2022.
Note 25—Segment Disclosures and Related Information
We explore for, produce, transport and market crude oil, bitumen, natural gas, LNG and NGLs on
a worldwide
basis.
We manage our operations through
six
operating segments, which are primarily defined
by geographic
region: Alaska, Lower 48, Canada, Europe and
North Africa, Asia Pacific and Middle East,
and Other
International.
Corporate and Other represents costs not directly
associated with an operating segment, such as most
interest
expense, premiums on early retirement of debt,
corporate overhead and certain technology activities,
including
licensing revenues.
Corporate assets include all cash and cash equivalents
and short-term investments.
We evaluate performance and allocate resources based on net income (loss) attributable
to ConocoPhillips.
Segment accounting policies are the same as those
in Note 1—Accounting Policies.
Intersegment sales are at
prices that approximate market.
Analysis of Results by Operating Segment
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Sales and Other Operating Revenues
Alaska
$
5,483
5,740
4,224
Lower 48
15,514
17,029
12,968
Intersegment eliminations
(46)
(40)
(4)
Lower 48
15,468
16,989
12,964
Canada
2,910
3,184
3,178
Intersegment eliminations
(1,141)
(1,160)
(559)
Canada
1,769
2,024
2,619
Europe and North Africa
5,101
6,635
5,181
Asia Pacific and Middle East
4,525
4,861
4,014
Other International
-
-
-
Corporate and Other
Consolidated sales and other operating revenues
$
32,567
36,417
29,106
Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization and Impairments
Alaska
$
1,026
Lower 48
3,224
2,370
6,693
Canada
Europe and North Africa
1,041
1,313
Asia Pacific and Middle East
1,285
1,382
3,819
Other International
-
-
-
Corporate and Other
Consolidated depreciation, depletion, amortization
and impairments
$
6,495
5,983
13,446
The market for our products is large and diverse, therefore,
our sales and other operating revenues are not
dependent upon any single customer.
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
Alaska
$
Lower 48
(159)
Canada
-
-
Europe and North Africa
Asia Pacific and Middle East
1,051
Other International
-
-
-
Corporate and Other
-
-
-
Consolidated equity in earnings of affiliates
$
1,074
Income Taxes
Alaska
$
(689)
Lower 48
(2,453)
Canada
(43)
(96)
(616)
Europe and North Africa
1,435
2,265
1,165
Asia Pacific and Middle East
Other International
Corporate and Other
(233)
(103)
Consolidated income taxes
$
2,267
3,668
(1,822)
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to ConocoPhillips
Alaska
$
1,520
1,814
1,466
Lower 48
1,747
(2,371)
Canada
2,564
Europe and North Africa
2,724
1,866
Asia Pacific and Middle East
1,929
2,070
(1,098)
Other International
Corporate and Other
(1,667)
(2,136)
Consolidated net income (loss) attributable
to ConocoPhillips
$
7,189
6,257
(855)
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates
Alaska
$
Lower 48
Canada
-
-
-
Europe and North Africa
Asia Pacific and Middle East
8,281
8,821
9,077
Other International
-
-
-
Corporate and Other
-
-
-
Consolidated investments in and advances to affiliates
$
8,453
9,340
9,590
Millions of Dollars
2019
2018
2017
Total Assets
Alaska
$
15,453
14,648
12,108
Lower 48
14,425
14,888
14,632
Canada
6,350
5,748
6,214
Europe and North Africa
8,121
9,883
11,870
Asia Pacific and Middle East
14,716
16,151
16,985
Other International
Corporate and Other
11,164
8,573
11,456
Consolidated total assets
$
70,514
69,980
73,362
Capital Expenditures and Investments
Alaska
$
1,513
1,298
Lower 48
3,394
3,184
2,136
Canada
Europe and North Africa
Asia Pacific and Middle East
Other International
Corporate and Other
Consolidated capital expenditures and investments
$
6,636
6,750
4,591
Interest Income and Expense
Interest income
Alaska
$
-
-
-
Lower 48
-
-
-
Canada
-
-
-
Europe and North Africa
Asia Pacific and Middle East
Other International
-
-
-
Corporate and Other
Interest and debt expense
Corporate and Other
$
1,098
Sales and Other Operating Revenues by
Product
Crude oil
$
18,482
19,571
13,260
Natural gas
8,715
10,720
10,773
Natural gas liquids
1,114
1,102
Other*
4,556
5,012
3,971
Consolidated sales and other operating revenues
by product
$
32,567
36,417
29,106
*Includes LNG and bitumen.
Geographic Information
Millions of Dollars
Sales and Other Operating Revenues
(1)
Long-Lived Assets
(2)
2019
2018
2017
2019
2018
2017
United States
(3)
$
21,159
22,740
17,204
26,566
26,838
23,623
Australia and Timor-Leste
(4)
1,647
1,798
1,448
7,228
9,301
9,657
Canada
1,769
2,024
2,619
5,769
5,333
5,613
China
1,447
1,380
1,275
Indonesia
Libya
1,103
1,142
Malaysia
1,230
1,346
1,103
1,871
2,327
2,736
Norway
2,349
2,886
2,348
5,258
5,582
6,154
United Kingdom
1,649
2,606
2,248
1,583
3,335
Other foreign countries
1,308
1,346
1,423
Worldwide consolidated
$
32,567
36,417
29,106
50,722
55,038
55,273
(1) Sales and other operating revenues are attributable
to countries based on the location of the selling operation.
(2) Defined as net PP&E plus equity investments
and advances to affiliated companies.
(3) Long-lived assets do not include $
million of net PP&E associated with assets held
for sale as of December 31,
See Note 5—Acquisitions and Dispositions, for additional
information.
(4) Long-lived assets do not include $
1,236
million of net PP&E associated with assets
held for sale as of December
31, 2019.
See Note 5—Acquisitions and Dispositions, for additional
information.
Note 26—New Accounting Standards
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, “Measurement of Credit Losses on
Financial Instruments”
(ASU No. 2016-13), which sets forth the current
expected credit loss model, a new forward-looking
impairment model for certain financial instruments
based on expected losses rather than incurred losses.
The
ASU is effective for interim and annual periods beginning
after December 15, 2019.
Entities are required to
adopt ASU No. 2016-13 using a modified retrospective
approach, subject to certain limited exceptions.
The
impact
of adopting this ASU is not expected to be material
to our financial statements.
Oil and Gas Operations
(Unaudited)
In accordance with FASB ASC Topic 932, “Extractive Activities—Oil and Gas,” and regulations of the SEC,
we are making certain supplemental disclosures
about our oil and gas exploration and production
operations.
These disclosures include information about our
consolidated oil and gas activities and our proportionate
share
of our equity affiliates’ oil and gas activities in our operating
segments.
As a result, amounts reported as
equity affiliates in Oil and Gas Operations may differ from
those shown in the individual segment disclosures
reported elsewhere in this report.
Our disclosures by geographic area include the
U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia
Pacific/Middle East, and Africa. Period end proved
reserves, capitalized costs, wells and acreage
include held-
for-sale assets at December 31, 2019. See Note 5—Asset
Acquisitions and Dispositions, in the Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements, for additional
information on held-for-sale assets.
As required by current authoritative guidelines,
the estimated future date when an asset will be permanently
shut down for economic reasons is based on historical
12-month first-of-month average prices and current
costs.
This estimated date when production will
end affects the amount of estimated reserves.
Therefore, as
prices and cost levels change from year to year, the estimate of proved
reserves also changes.
Generally, our
proved reserves decrease as prices decline and increase
as prices rise.
Our proved reserves include estimated quantities
related to PSCs, which are reported under the “economic
interest” method, as well as variable-royalty regimes,
and are subject to fluctuations in commodity
prices,
recoverable operating expenses and capital
costs.
If costs remain stable, reserve quantities
attributable to
recovery of costs will change inversely to changes
in commodity prices.
For example, if prices increase, then
our applicable reserve quantities would decline.
At December 31, 2019, approximately
6 percent of our total
proved reserves were under PSCs, located in
our Asia Pacific/Middle East geographic
reporting area, and 6
percent of our total proved reserves were under
a variable-royalty regime, located in our Canada
geographic
reporting area.
Reserves Governance
The recording and reporting of proved reserves
are governed by criteria established by regulations
of the SEC
and FASB.
Proved reserves are those quantities of oil
and gas, which, by analysis of geoscience and
engineering data, can be estimated with reasonable
certainty to be economically producible—from
a given date
forward, from known reservoirs, and under existing
economic conditions, operating methods, and government
regulations—prior to the time at which contracts
providing the right to operate expire, unless
evidence
indicates renewal is reasonably certain, regardless
of whether deterministic or probabilistic
methods are used
for the estimation.
The project to extract the hydrocarbons must
have commenced or the operator must be
reasonably certain it will commence the project
within a reasonable time.
Proved reserves are further classified as either
developed or undeveloped.
Proved developed reserves are
proved reserves that can be expected to be recovered
through existing wells with existing equipment
and
operating methods, or in which the cost of the required
equipment is relatively minor compared
with the cost
of a new well, and through installed extraction
equipment and infrastructure operational
at the time of the
reserves estimate if the extraction is by means not
involving a well.
Proved undeveloped reserves are proved
reserves expected to be recovered from new
wells on undrilled acreage, or from existing wells
where a
relatively major expenditure is required for
recompletion. Reserves on undrilled acreage
are limited to those
directly offsetting development spacing areas that
are reasonably certain of production when drilled,
unless
evidence provided by reliable technologies exists
that establishes reasonable certainty of economic
producibility at greater distances. As defined
by SEC regulations, reliable technologies
may be used in reserve
estimation when they have been demonstrated
in the field to provide reasonably certain results
with
consistency and repeatability in the formation
being evaluated or in an analogous formation.
The technologies
and data used in the estimation of our proved reserves
include, but are not limited to, performance-based
methods, volumetric-based methods, geologic
maps, seismic interpretation, well logs, well
test data, core data,
analogy and statistical analysis.
We have a companywide, comprehensive, SEC-compliant internal policy that
governs the determination and
reporting of proved reserves.
This policy is applied by the geoscientists
and reservoir engineers in our
business units around the world.
As part of our internal control process, each
business unit’s reserves
processes and controls are reviewed annually by
an internal team which is headed by the company’s Manager
of Reserves Compliance and Reporting.
This team, composed of internal reservoir engineers,
geoscientists,
finance personnel and a senior representative
from DeGolyer and MacNaughton (D&M),
a third-party
petroleum engineering consulting firm, reviews
the business units’ reserves for adherence to SEC
guidelines
and company policy through on-site visits,
teleconferences and review of documentation.
In addition to
providing independent reviews, this internal team
also ensures reserves are calculated using
consistent and
appropriate standards and procedures.
This team is independent of business unit line
management and is
responsible for reporting its findings to senior management.
The team is responsible for communicating
our
reserves policy and procedures and is available
for internal peer reviews and consultation
on major projects or
technical issues throughout the year.
All of our proved reserves held by consolidated
companies and our share
of equity affiliates have been estimated by ConocoPhillips.
During 2019, our processes and controls used
to assess over 90 percent of proved reserves
as of December 31,
2019, were reviewed by D&M.
The purpose of their review was to assess
whether the adequacy and
effectiveness of our internal processes and controls used to
determine estimates of proved reserves are
in
accordance with SEC regulations.
In such review, ConocoPhillips’ technical staff presented D&M with an
overview of the reserves data, as well as the
methods and assumptions used in estimating
reserves.
The data
presented included pertinent seismic information,
geologic maps, well logs, production tests, material
balance
calculations, reservoir simulation models, well
performance data, operating procedures and relevant
economic
criteria.
Management’s intent in retaining D&M to review its processes and controls
was to provide objective
third-party input on these processes and controls.
D&M’s opinion was the general processes and controls
employed by ConocoPhillips in estimating
its December 31, 2019, proved reserves for
the properties reviewed
are in accordance with the SEC reserves definitions.
D&M’s report is included as Exhibit 99 of this Annual
Report on Form 10-K.
The technical person primarily responsible for
overseeing the processes and internal controls
used in the
preparation of the company’s reserves estimates is the Manager of Reserves
Compliance and Reporting.
This
individual holds a master’s degree in petroleum engineering.
He is a member of the Society of Petroleum
Engineers with over 25 years of oil and gas industry
experience and has held positions of increasing
responsibility in reservoir engineering, subsurface
and asset management in the U.S. and
several international
field locations.
Engineering estimates of the quantities of proved reserves
are inherently imprecise.
See the “Critical
Accounting Estimates” section of Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations for additional discussion of the
sensitivities surrounding these estimates.
Proved Reserves
Years Ended
Crude Oil
December 31
Millions of Barrels
Lower
Total
Asia Pacific/
Alaska
U.S.
Canada
Europe
Middle East
Africa
Total
Developed and Undeveloped
Consolidated operations
End of 2016
1,343
2,047
Revisions
-
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
-
-
Production
(60)
(64)
(124)
(1)
(45)
(34)
(7)
(211)
Sales
-
(10)
(10)
(12)
-
-
-
(22)
End of 2017
1,644
2,322
Revisions
(90)
(18)
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
Production
(59)
(82)
(141)
(1)
(40)
(33)
(13)
(228)
Sales
-
(12)
(12)
-
(36)
-
-
(48)
End of 2018
1,233
1,936
2,533
Revisions
(36)
(1)
(5)
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
-
Production
(74)
(95)
(169)
-
(36)
(31)
(14)
(250)
Sales
-
(2)
(2)
-
(30)
-
-
(32)
End of 2019
1,231
2,028
2,562
Equity affiliates
End of 2016
-
-
-
-
-
-
Revisions
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Production
-
-
-
-
-
(5)
-
(5)
Sales
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2017
-
-
-
-
-
-
Revisions
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Production
-
-
-
-
-
(5)
-
(5)
Sales
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2018
-
-
-
-
-
-
Revisions
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Production
-
-
-
-
-
(5)
-
(5)
Sales
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2019
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
company
End of 2016
1,343
2,135
End of 2017
1,644
2,405
End of 2018
1,233
1,936
2,611
End of 2019
1,231
2,028
2,635
Years Ended
Crude Oil
December 31
Millions of Barrels
Lower
Total
Asia Pacific/
Alaska
U.S.
Canada
Europe
Middle East
Africa
Total
Developed
Consolidated operations
End of 2016
1,003
1,509
End of 2017
1,143
1,651
End of 2018
1,058
1,404
1,896
End of 2019
1,048
1,382
1,809
Equity affiliates
End of 2016
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2017
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2018
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2019
-
-
-
-
-
-
Undeveloped
Consolidated operations
End of 2016
-
-
End of 2017
-
-
End of 2018
End of 2019
Equity affiliates
End of 2016
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2017
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2018
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2019
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Notable changes in proved crude oil reserves
in the three years ended December 31, 2019,
included:
●
Revisions
: In 2019, Alaska upward revisions were due to
cost and technical revisions of 74 million barrels,
partially
offset by downward price revisions of 34 million barrels.
Upward revisions in Europe and Africa
were primarily due to
infill drilling and technical
revisions.
Downward revisions in Lower 48 were due
to changes in development timing for
specific well locations from the unconventional plays
of 71 million barrels and price revisions
of 22 million barrels,
partially offset by upward revisions related to infill
drilling and improved well performance of 57 million
barrels.
In 2018, downward revisions in Lower 48 were
primarily due to changes in development
timing for specific well
locations from the unconventional plays and are
more than offset by increases in planned well locations
in the
unconventional plays in the extensions and discoveries
category.
Downward revisions in Lower 48 due to development
timing were partially offset by higher prices. Revisions in
Alaska, Europe and Asia Pacific/Middle
East were primarily
due to higher prices.
In 2017, revisions in Alaska, Lower 48, Europe
and Asia Pacific/Middle East were primarily
due to higher prices.
●
Purchases:
In 2018, Alaska purchases were due to the
Greater Kuparuk Area and Western North Slope acquisitions.
●
Extensions and discoveries
: In 2019, extensions and discoveries in
Lower 48 were due to planned development to
add
specific well locations from the unconventional plays
which more than offset the decreases in the revisions
category.
In Asia Pacific/Middle East, increases were
due to sanctioning of development programs
in China and Malaysia.
In 2018, extensions and discoveries in Lower 48
were primarily due to changes in the development
strategy to add
specific well locations from the unconventional plays.
Extensions and discoveries in Alaska
were driven by drilling
success in Western North Slope.
In 2017, extensions and discoveries in Lower 48
were primarily due to continued drilling success
in the Permian
Unconventional, Eagle Ford and Bakken.
●
Sales
: In 2019, Europe sales represent the disposition
of the U.K. assets. In 2018, Europe sales
were due to the
disposition of a subsidiary that held 16.5 percent
of our 24 percent interest in the Clair Field
in the U.K.
In 2017,
Canada sales were due to the disposition of
a majority of our western Canada assets.
Years Ended
Natural Gas Liquids
December 31
Millions of Barrels
Lower
Total
Asia Pacific/
Alaska
U.S.
Canada
Europe
Middle East
Total
Developed and Undeveloped
Consolidated operations
End of 2016
Revisions
-
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
-
-
Production
(5)
(24)
(29)
(3)
(3)
(2)
(37)
Sales
-
(130)
(130)
(44)
-
-
(174)
End of 2017
Revisions
(25)
(20)
-
(1)
(20)
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
-
-
Production
(5)
(25)
(30)
-
(3)
(1)
(34)
Sales
-
(21)
(21)
-
-
-
(21)
End of 2018
Revisions
(1)
(11)
(12)
-
(1)
(10)
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
-
-
Production
(5)
(28)
(33)
-
(3)
(1)
(37)
Sales
-
-
-
-
(4)
-
(4)
End of 2019
Equity affiliates
End of 2016
-
-
-
-
-
Revisions
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Production
-
-
-
-
-
(2)
(2)
Sales
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2017
-
-
-
-
-
Revisions
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Production
-
-
-
-
-
(3)
(3)
Sales
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2018
-
-
-
-
-
Revisions
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Production
-
-
-
-
-
(3)
(3)
Sales
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2019
-
-
-
-
-
Total
company
End of 2016
End of 2017
End of 2018
End of 2019
Years Ended
Natural Gas Liquids
December 31
Millions of Barrels
Lower
Total
Asia Pacific/
Alaska
U.S.
Canada
Europe
Middle East
Total
Developed
Consolidated operations
End of 2016
End of 2017
End of 2018
-
End of 2019
Equity affiliates
End of 2016
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2017
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2018
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2019
-
-
-
-
-
Undeveloped
Consolidated operations
End of 2016
-
-
End of 2017
-
-
End of 2018
-
-
End of 2019
-
-
Equity affiliates
End of 2016
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2017
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2018
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2019
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Notable changes in proved NGL reserves in the three
years ended December 31, 2019,
included:
●
Revisions
: In 2019, downward revisions in Lower 48
were due to changes in development timing
for specific well
locations from the unconventional plays of 32 million
barrels and price revisions of 11 million barrels, partially
offset
by upward revisions related to infill drilling
and improved well performance of 32 million barrels.
In 2018, downward revisions in Lower 48 were
primarily due to changes in development
timing for specific well
locations from the unconventional plays and are
more than offset by increases in planned well locations
in the
unconventional plays in the extensions and discoveries
category.
In 2017, revisions in Lower 48 were primarily
due to higher prices.
●
Extensions and discoveries
: In 2019, extensions and discoveries in
Lower 48 were due to planned development to add
specific well locations from the unconventional plays
which more than offset the decreases in the revisions
category.
In 2018, extensions and discoveries in Lower 48
were primarily due to changes in the development
strategy to add
specific well locations from the unconventional plays.
In 2017, extensions and discoveries in Lower 48
were primarily due to continued drilling success
in the Permian
Unconventional, Eagle Ford and Bakken.
●
Sales
: In 2019, Europe sales represent the disposition
of the U.K. assets.
In 2018, Lower 48 sales were primarily
due to
the disposition of our interests in the Barnett.
In 2017, Lower 48 sales were due to the
disposition of our interests in the
San Juan Basin and Panhandle assets, while Canada
sales were due to the disposition of a majority
of our western
Canada assets.
Years Ended
Natural Gas
December 31
Billions of Cubic Feet
Lower
Total
Asia Pacific/
Alaska
U.S.
Canada
Europe
Middle East
Africa
Total
Developed and Undeveloped
Consolidated operations
End of 2016
2,102
4,714
6,816
1,037
1,238
1,526
10,844
Revisions
-
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
-
Production
(71)
(338)
(409)
(71)
(188)
(267)
(3)
(938)
Sales
-
(2,885)
(2,885)
(966)
-
-
-
(3,851)
End of 2017
2,320
2,533
4,853
1,217
1,298
7,603
Revisions
(283)
(133)
-
(34)
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
Production
(71)
(237)
(308)
(5)
(188)
(246)
(10)
(757)
Sales
-
(223)
(223)
-
(13)
-
-
(236)
End of 2018
2,736
2,318
5,054
1,212
1,079
7,585
Revisions
(113)
(83)
(2)
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
-
Production
(85)
(252)
(337)
(4)
(178)
(250)
(11)
(780)
Sales
-
(7)
(7)
-
(298)
-
-
(305)
End of 2019
2,688
2,431
5,119
7,259
Equity affiliates
End of 2016
-
-
-
-
-
4,381
-
4,381
Revisions
-
-
-
-
-
-
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
-
-
-
-
-
Production
-
-
-
-
-
(374)
-
(374)
Sales
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2017
-
-
-
-
-
4,303
-
4,303
Revisions
-
-
-
-
-
-
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
-
-
-
-
-
Production
-
-
-
-
-
(381)
-
(381)
Sales
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2018
-
-
-
-
-
4,564
-
4,564
Revisions
-
-
-
-
-
(7)
-
(7)
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
-
-
-
-
-
Production
-
-
-
-
-
(388)
-
(388)
Sales
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2019
-
-
-
-
-
4,421
-
4,421
Total
company
End of 2016
2,102
4,714
6,816
1,037
1,238
5,907
15,225
End of 2017
2,320
2,533
4,853
1,217
5,601
11,906
End of 2018
2,736
2,318
5,054
1,212
5,643
12,149
End of 2019
2,688
2,431
5,119
5,398
11,680
Years Ended
Natural Gas
December 31
Billions of Cubic Feet
Lower
Total
Asia Pacific/
Alaska
U.S.
Canada
Europe
Middle East
Africa
Total
Developed
Consolidated operations
End of 2016
2,094
4,199
6,293
1,031
1,188
9,737
End of 2017
2,310
1,597
3,907
6,084
End of 2018
2,720
1,427
4,147
1,052
6,188
End of 2019
2,601
1,398
3,999
5,793
Equity affiliates
End of 2016
-
-
-
-
-
4,110
-
4,110
End of 2017
-
-
-
-
-
4,044
-
4,044
End of 2018
-
-
-
-
-
4,059
-
4,059
End of 2019
-
-
-
-
-
3,898
-
3,898
Undeveloped
Consolidated operations
End of 2016
-
1,107
End of 2017
-
-
1,519
End of 2018
-
1,397
End of 2019
1,033
1,120
-
1,466
Equity affiliates
End of 2016
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2017
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2018
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2019
-
-
-
-
-
-
Natural gas production in the reserves table may differ from
gas production (delivered for sale) in our statistics
disclosure,
primarily because the quantities above include
gas consumed in production operations.
Quantities consumed in production
operations are not significant in the periods presented.
The value of net production consumed in operations
is not reflected in
net revenues and production expenses, nor do the
volumes impact the respective per unit metrics.
Reserve volumes include natural gas to be consumed
in operations of 3,141 Bcf,
3,131 Bcf, and 3,825 Bcf as of December 31,
2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
These volumes are not included in the calculation
of our Standardized Measure of
Discounted Future Net Cash Flows Relating to
Proved Oil and Gas Reserve Quantities.
Natural gas reserves are computed at 14.65 pounds
per square inch absolute and 60 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Notable changes in proved natural gas reserves
in the three years ended December 31, 2019, included:
●
Revisions
: In 2019, upward revisions in Europe were due
to technical and cost revisions.
In Asia Pacific/Middle East
upward revisions were primarily due to the Indonesia
Corridor PSC term extension.
Downward revisions in Lower 48
were due to changes in development timing
for specific well locations from the unconventional
plays of 207 Bcf and
price revisions of 125 Bcf, partially offset by upward revisions
related to infill drilling and improved well performance
of 219 Bcf.
In 2018, downward revisions in Lower 48 were
primarily due to changes in development
timing for specific well
locations from the unconventional plays and are
more than offset by increases in planned well locations
in the
unconventional plays in the extensions and discoveries
category.
Downward revisions in Lower 48 due to development
timing were partially offset by higher prices.
Revisions in Alaska, Canada, Europe and our equity
affiliates in Asia
Pacific/Middle East were primarily due to higher prices.
In 2017, revisions in Alaska, Lower 48 and
Europe were primarily due to higher prices.
●
Purchases
: In 2018, Alaska purchases were due to
the Greater Kuparuk Area and Western North Slope acquisitions.
●
Extensions and discoveries
: In 2019, extensions and discoveries in
Lower 48 were due to planned development to
add
specific well locations from the unconventional plays
which more than offset the decreases in the revisions
category.
Extensions and discoveries in our equity affiliates were
due to ongoing development in APLNG.
In 2018, extensions and discoveries in Lower 48
were primarily due to changes in the development
strategy to add
specific well locations from the unconventional plays.
Extensions and discoveries in Canada,
Europe and our equity
affiliates in Asia Pacific/Middle East were primarily
driven by ongoing drilling successes in Montney, Norway and
APLNG, respectively.
In 2017, extensions and discoveries in Lower 48
were primarily due to continued drilling success
in the Permian
Unconventional, Eagle Ford and Bakken.
●
Sales
: In 2019, Europe
sales represent the disposition of the U.K.
assets.
In 2018, Lower 48 sales were primarily
due to
the disposition of our interest in Barnett.
In 2017, Lower 48 sales were due to the disposition
of our interests in the San
Juan Basin and Panhandle assets, while Canada sales
were due to the disposition of a majority
of our western Canada
assets.
Years Ended
Bitumen
December 31
Millions of Barrels
Canada
Developed and Undeveloped
Consolidated operations
End of 2016
Revisions
Improved recovery
-
Purchases
-
Extensions and discoveries
Production
(21)
Sales
-
End of 2017
Revisions
Improved recovery
-
Purchases
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
Production
(24)
Sales
-
End of 2018
Revisions
Improved recovery
-
Purchases
-
Extensions and discoveries
Production
(22)
Sales
-
End of 2019
Equity affiliates
End of 2016
1,089
Revisions
-
Improved recovery
-
Purchases
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
Production
(23)
Sales
(1,066)
End of 2017
-
Revisions
Improved recovery
Purchases
Extensions and discoveries
Production
Sales
End of 2018
Revisions
Improved recovery
Purchases
Extensions and discoveries
Production
Sales
End of 2019
Total
company
End of 2016
1,248
End of 2017
End of 2018
End of 2019
Years Ended
Bitumen
December 31
Millions of Barrels
Canada
Developed
Consolidated operations
End of 2016
End of 2017
End of 2018
End of 2019
Equity affiliates
End of 2016
End of 2017
-
End of 2018
-
End of 2019
-
Undeveloped
Consolidated operations
End of 2016
-
End of 2017
End of 2018
End of 2019
Equity affiliates
End of 2016
End of 2017
-
End of 2018
-
End of 2019
-
Notable changes in proved bitumen reserves
in the three years ended December 31, 2019,
included:
●
Revisions
: In 2019, upward revisions in Canada were due
to technical revisions in Surmont of 70
million barrels, partially offset by downward revisions
due to changes in development timing
for
specific pad locations from the Surmont development
program of 31 million
barrels.
In 2018 and 2017,
revisions were primarily due to higher
prices at Surmont.
●
Extensions and discoveries
: In 2019, extensions and discoveries in
Canada were due to planned
development to add specific pad locations from
the Surmont development program, which
offset the
decrease in the revisions category of 31 million
barrels.
In 2017, extensions and discoveries were primarily
due to higher prices at Surmont, which allowed
undeveloped reserves previously de-booked due
to low prices to be recognized.
●
Sales
: In 2017, sales were due to the disposition of
our 50 percent interest in the FCCL Partnership
in
Canada.
Years Ended
Total Proved
Reserves
December 31
Millions of Barrels of Oil Equivalent
Lower
Total
Asia Pacific/
Alaska
U.S.
Canada
Europe
Middle East
Africa
Total
Developed and Undeveloped
Consolidated operations
End of 2016
1,294
1,570
2,864
4,470
Revisions
-
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
-
Production
(77)
(144)
(221)
(37)
(79)
(81)
(8)
(426)
Sales
-
(621)
(621)
(217)
-
-
-
(838)
End of 2017
1,430
1,353
2,783
4,193
Revisions
(161)
(59)
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
Production
(76)
(146)
(222)
(25)
(75)
(75)
(15)
(412)
Sales
-
(70)
(70)
-
(38)
-
-
(108)
End of 2018
1,795
1,312
3,107
4,383
Revisions
(67)
(23)
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
-
Production
(93)
(165)
(258)
(23)
(68)
(74)
(16)
(439)
Sales
-
(3)
(3)
-
(85)
-
-
(88)
End of 2019
1,779
1,447
3,226
4,414
Equity affiliates
End of 2016
-
-
-
1,089
-
-
1,954
Revisions
-
-
-
-
-
-
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
-
-
-
-
-
Production
-
-
-
(23)
-
(69)
-
(92)
Sales
-
-
-
(1,066)
-
-
-
(1,066)
End of 2017
-
-
-
-
-
-
Revisions
-
-
-
-
-
-
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
-
-
-
-
-
Production
-
-
-
-
-
(71)
-
(71)
Sales
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2018
-
-
-
-
-
-
Revisions
-
-
-
-
-
(1)
-
(1)
Improved recovery
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Purchases
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Extensions and discoveries
-
-
-
-
-
-
Production
-
-
-
-
-
(73)
-
(73)
Sales
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2019
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
company
End of 2016
1,294
1,570
2,864
1,482
1,309
6,424
End of 2017
1,430
1,353
2,783
1,251
5,038
End of 2018
1,795
1,312
3,107
1,222
5,263
End of 2019
1,779
1,447
3,226
1,146
5,262
Years Ended
Total Proved
Reserves
December 31
Millions of Barrels of Oil Equivalent
Lower
Total
Asia Pacific/
Alaska
U.S.
Canada
Europe
Middle East
Africa
Total
Developed
Consolidated operations
End of 2016
1,203
1,165
2,368
3,674
End of 2017
1,319
2,001
3,045
End of 2018
1,617
2,298
3,305
End of 2019
1,582
2,248
3,174
Equity affiliates
End of 2016
-
-
-
-
-
1,142
End of 2017
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2018
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2019
-
-
-
-
-
-
Undeveloped
Consolidated operations
End of 2016
-
End of 2017
-
1,148
End of 2018
1,078
End of 2019
1,240
Equity affiliates
End of 2016
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2017
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2018
-
-
-
-
-
-
End of 2019
-
-
-
-
-
-
Natural gas reserves are converted to barrels
of oil equivalent (BOE) based on a 6:1 ratio:
six MCF of natural gas converts to
one BOE.
Proved Undeveloped Reserves
We had 1,327 MMBOE of PUDs at year-end 2019,
compared with 1,162 MMBOE at year-end 2018.
The following table
shows changes in total proved undeveloped reserves
for 2019:
Proved Undeveloped Reserves
Millions of Barrels of
Oil Equivalent
End of 2018
1,162
Transfers to proved developed
(286)
Revisions
(5)
Improved recovery
Purchases
Extensions and discoveries
Sales
(20)
End of 2019
1,327
Transfers to proved developed reserves were driven by the ongoing
development of our assets. Approximately half
of the
transfers were from the development of our
Lower 48 unconventional plays. The remainder
of transfers were from development
across the Asia Pacific/Middle East, Alaska, Europe
and Canada regions.
Downward revisions were driven by changes in
development timing of 166 MMBOE primarily
in Lower 48 and Canada,
largely offset by upward revisions for infill drilling of 147 MMBOE
primarily in Lower 48, Europe, Alaska and
Africa.
Extensions and discoveries were largely driven by an addition
of 358 MMBOE in Lower 48 for the continued development
of
unconventional plays. The remaining extensions
and discoveries were driven by the continued
development planned in Alaska,
Canada and Asia Pacific/Middle East.
Sales were due to the disposition of the U.K.
assets.
At December 31, 2019, our PUDs represented
25 percent of total proved reserves, compared
with 22 percent at December 31,
Costs incurred for the year ended December
31, 2019, relating to the development of PUDs
were $4.6 billion.
A portion
of our costs incurred each year relates to
development projects where the PUDs will be
converted to proved developed reserves
in future years.
At the end of 2019, more than 90 percent of total
PUDs were under development or scheduled for
development within five
years of initial disclosure. The remainder are to
be developed as parts of major projects ongoing
in our Canada, Asia
Pacific/Middle East and Europe regions.
All major development areas are currently producing
and are expected to have PUDs
convert to proved developed over time.
Of our total PUDs at year-end 2019, 81 percent are
in North America, and 95 percent of
these reserve volumes are planned for development
within five years of initial disclosure.
Results of Operations
The company’s results of operations from oil and gas activities
for the years 2019, 2018 and 2017 are shown in the
following
tables.
Non-oil and gas activities, such as pipeline and marine
operations, LNG operations, crude oil and gas marketing
activities, and the profit element of transportation
operations in which we have an ownership
interest are excluded.
Additional
information about selected line items within the
results of operations tables is shown below:
●
Sales include sales to unaffiliated entities attributable
primarily to the company’s net working interests and royalty
interests.
Sales are net of fees to transport our produced hydrocarbons
beyond the production function to a final
delivery point using transportation operations which
are not consolidated.
●
Transportation costs reflect fees to transport our produced hydrocarbons
beyond the production function to a final
delivery point using transportation operations which
are consolidated.
●
Other revenues include gains and losses from asset
sales, certain amounts resulting from
the purchase and sale of
hydrocarbons, and other miscellaneous income.
●
Production costs include costs incurred to operate
and maintain wells, related equipment and facilities
used in the
production of petroleum liquids and natural gas.
●
Taxes other than income taxes include production, property and other non-income
taxes.
●
Depreciation of support equipment is reclassified
as applicable.
●
Other related expenses include inventory fluctuations,
foreign currency transaction gains and losses
and other
miscellaneous expenses.
Results of Operations
Year Ended
Millions of Dollars
December 31, 2019
Lower
Total
Asia Pacific/
Other
Alaska
U.S.
Canada
Europe
Middle East
Africa
Areas
Total
Consolidated operations
Sales
$
4,883
6,356
11,239
3,207
3,032
-
19,106
Transfers
-
-
-
-
-
Transportation costs
(629)
-
(629)
-
-
(41)
-
-
(670)
Other revenues
1,785
2,449
Total revenues
4,319
6,434
10,753
4,992
3,452
1,020
21,338
Production costs excluding taxes
1,235
1,578
2,813
(8)
4,615
Taxes other than income taxes
(2)
Exploration expenses
Depreciation, depletion and
amortization
2,804
3,504
1,172
-
5,785
Impairments
-
-
-
-
Other related expenses
(12)
(38)
(42)
Accretion
-
-
1,929
2,547
3,207
1,426
8,520
Income tax provision (benefit)
(74)
2,406
Results of operations
$
1,485
1,956
2,616
6,114
Equity affiliates
Sales
$
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Transfers
-
-
-
-
-
2,229
-
-
2,229
Transportation costs
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Other revenues
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total revenues
-
-
-
-
-
2,859
-
-
2,859
Production costs excluding taxes
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Taxes other than income taxes
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Exploration expenses
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Depreciation, depletion and
amortization
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Impairments
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Other related expenses
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Accretion
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,098
-
-
1,098
Income tax provision (benefit)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Results of operations
$
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Year Ended
Millions of Dollars
December 31, 2018
Lower
Total
Asia Pacific/
Other
Alaska
U.S.
Canada
Europe
Middle East
Africa
Areas
Total
Consolidated operations
Sales
$
4,816
6,573
11,389
4,449
3,177
-
20,547
Transfers
-
-
-
-
-
Transportation costs
(722)
-
(722)
-
-
(45)
-
-
(767)
Other revenues
1,997
Total revenues
4,434
6,786
11,220
5,186
3,683
1,060
22,327
Production costs excluding taxes
1,533
2,497
4,480
Taxes other than income taxes
-
Exploration expenses
(4)
Depreciation, depletion and
amortization
2,279
2,895
1,070
1,186
-
5,497
Impairments
(78)
-
-
Other related expenses
(62)
(19)
(1)
Accretion
-
-
2,365
2,188
4,553
(98)
3,132
1,679
10,642
Income tax provision (benefit)
(114)
1,354
(8)
3,726
Results of operations
$
1,946
1,722
3,668
1,778
6,916
Equity affiliates
Sales
$
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Transfers
-
-
-
-
-
2,018
-
-
2,018
Transportation costs
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Other revenues
-
-
-
-
-
(6)
-
-
(6)
Total revenues
-
-
-
-
-
2,770
-
-
2,770
Production costs excluding taxes
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Taxes other than income taxes
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Exploration expenses
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Depreciation, depletion and
amortization
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Impairments
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Other related expenses
-
-
-
-
-
(4)
-
-
(4)
Accretion
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Income tax provision (benefit)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Results of operations
$
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Year Ended
Millions of Dollars
December 31, 2017
Lower
Total
Asia Pacific/
Other
Alaska
U.S.
Canada
Europe
Middle East
Africa
Areas
Total
Consolidated operations
Sales
$
3,542
4,557
8,099
3,527
2,752
-
15,570
Transfers
-
-
-
-
-
Transportation costs
(706)
-
(706)
-
-
(80)
-
-
(786)
Other revenues
2,158
2,649
Total revenues
2,854
4,585
7,439
2,863
3,595
3,094
17,848
Production costs excluding taxes
1,607
2,554
(1)
4,537
Taxes other than income taxes
-
Exploration expenses
Depreciation, depletion and
amortization
2,685
3,415
1,234
1,283
-
6,386
Impairments
3,969
4,148
-
-
-
4,216
Other related expenses
(7)
-
Accretion
-
-
(4,703)
(4,108)
1,721
1,239
1,012
Income tax provision (benefit)
(669)
(2,401)
(3,070)
(651)
(2,217)
Results of operations
$
1,264
(2,302)
(1,038)
2,372
(22)
2,765
Equity affiliates
Sales
$
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,091
Transfers
-
-
-
-
-
1,398
-
-
1,398
Transportation costs
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Other revenues
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total revenues
-
-
-
-
1,961
-
-
2,494
Production costs excluding taxes
-
-
-
-
-
-
Taxes other than income taxes
-
-
-
-
-
-
Exploration expenses
-
-
-
-
1,699
-
-
1,700
Depreciation, depletion and
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
amortization
-
-
-
-
-
-
Impairments
-
-
-
-
-
1,717
-
-
1,717
Other related expenses
-
-
-
-
-
Accretion
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(3,072)
-
(19)
(2,896)
Income tax provision (benefit)
-
-
-
-
(998)
-
(959)
Results of operations
$
-
-
-
-
(2,074)
-
(32)
(1,937)
Statistics
Net Production
2019
2018
2017
Thousands of Barrels Daily
Crude Oil
Consolidated operations
Alaska
Lower 48
United States
Canada
Europe
Asia Pacific/Middle East
Africa
Total consolidated
operations
Equity affiliates—
Asia Pacific/Middle East
Total company
Greater Prudhoe Area
(Alaska)*
Natural Gas Liquids
Consolidated operations
Alaska
Lower 48
United States
Canada
-
Europe
Asia Pacific/Middle East
Total consolidated
operations
Equity affiliates—
Asia Pacific/Middle East
Total company
Greater Prudhoe Area
(Alaska)*
Bitumen
Consolidated operations—
Canada
Equity affiliates—
Canada
Total company
Natural Gas
Millions of Cubic Feet Daily
Consolidated operations
Alaska
Lower 48
United States
Canada
Europe
Asia Pacific/Middle East
Africa
Total consolidated
operations
1,753
1,743
2,263
Equity affiliates—
Asia Pacific/Middle East
1,052
1,031
1,007
Total company
2,805
2,774
3,270
Greater Prudhoe Area
(Alaska)*
*At year-end 2019, the Greater Prudhoe Area in Alaska contained more than 15% of total proved reserves.
Average Sales
Prices
2019
2018
2017
Crude Oil Per Barrel
Consolidated operations
Alaska
$
55.85
60.23
42.69
Lower 48
55.30
62.99
47.36
United States
55.54
61.75
45.01
Canada
40.87
48.73
43.69
Europe
65.12
70.98
54.04
Asia Pacific/Middle East
65.02
70.93
54.38
Africa
64.47
69.83
55.11
Total international
64.85
70.67
54.16
Total consolidated
operations
58.51
65.01
48.70
Equity affiliates
—Asia Pacific/Middle East
61.32
72.49
54.76
Total operations
58.57
65.17
48.84
Natural Gas Liquids Per Barrel
Consolidated operations
Lower 48
$
16.83
27.30
22.20
United States
16.85
27.30
22.20
Canada
19.87
43.70
21.51
Europe
29.37
36.87
34.07
Asia Pacific/Middle East
37.85
47.20
41.37
Total international
32.29
40.00
30.34
Total consolidated
operations
18.73
29.03
24.21
Equity affiliates
—Asia Pacific/Middle East
36.70
45.69
38.74
Total operations
20.09
30.48
25.22
Bitumen Per Barrel
Consolidated operations—
Canada
$
31.72
22.29
21.43
Equity affiliates—
Canada
23.83
Natural Gas Per Thousand Cubic Feet
Consolidated operations
Alaska
$
3.19
2.48
2.72
Lower 48
2.12
2.82
2.73
United States
2.12
2.82
2.73
Canada
0.49
1.00
1.93
Europe
4.92
7.79
5.72
Asia Pacific/Middle East
5.73
5.95
4.66
Africa
4.87
4.84
3.53
Total international
5.35
6.64
4.64
Total consolidated
operations
4.19
5.33
3.87
Equity affiliates
—Asia Pacific/Middle East
6.29
6.06
4.27
Total operations
4.99
5.60
4.00
Average sales prices for Alaska crude oil and Asia Pacific/Middle East natural gas
above reflect a reduction for transportation costs in which we
have an ownership interest that are incurred subsequent to the terminal point of the production function.
Accordingly, the average sales prices
differ from those discussed in Item 7 of Management's Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
2019
2018
2017
Average Production
Costs Per Barrel of Oil Equivalent*
Consolidated operations
Alaska
$
15.52
14.20
14.26
Lower 48
9.59
10.58
11.03
United States
11.52
11.73
12.04
Canada
16.53
16.32
16.22
Europe
11.22
11.73
10.09
Asia Pacific/Middle East
8.74
9.03
7.31
Africa
4.46
4.14
5.74
Total international
10.26
10.72
9.99
Total consolidated operations
10.99
11.26
11.05
Equity affiliates
Canada
7.57
Asia Pacific/Middle East
4.68
4.56
5.26
Total equity affiliates
4.68
4.56
5.84
Average Production
Costs Per Barrel—Bitumen
Consolidated operations—
Canada
$
13.74
13.59
14.63
Equity affiliates—
Canada
18.74
Taxes
Other Than Income Taxes Per Barrel
of Oil Equivalent
Consolidated operations
Alaska
$
3.87
5.26
4.14
Lower 48
2.65
2.98
2.18
United States
3.05
3.71
2.80
Canada
0.78
0.82
0.89
Europe
0.48
0.45
0.42
Asia Pacific/Middle East
0.76
1.33
0.50
Africa
0.19
0.20
0.26
Total international
0.60
0.82
0.53
Total consolidated operations
2.03
2.37
1.70
Equity affiliates
Canada
0.30
Asia Pacific/Middle East
11.46
11.41
8.76
Total equity affiliates
11.46
11.41
6.64
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization Per Barrel of Oil Equivalent
Consolidated operations
Alaska
$
8.80
9.07
10.99
Lower 48
17.03
15.73
18.44
United States
14.35
13.60
16.10
Canada
10.00
12.25
11.76
Europe
12.75
14.66
16.18
Asia Pacific/Middle East
16.55
16.58
16.58
Africa
2.36
2.21
2.09
Total international
12.99
14.06
14.96
Total consolidated operations
13.78
13.82
15.55
Equity affiliates
Canada
6.52
Asia Pacific/Middle East
8.09
9.09
8.94
Total equity affiliates
8.09
9.09
8.34
*Includes bitumen.
Development and Exploration Activities
The following two tables summarize our net interest
in productive and dry exploratory and development
wells
in the years ended December 31, 2019,
2018 and 2017.
A “development well” is a well drilled
within the
proved area of a reservoir to the depth of a stratigraphic
horizon known to be productive.
An “exploratory
well” is a well drilled to find and produce crude
oil or natural gas in an unknown field or
a new reservoir
within a proven field.
Exploratory wells also include wells
drilled in areas near or offsetting current
production, or in areas where well density or production
history have not achieved statistical certainty
of
results.
Excluded from the exploratory well count are stratigraphic-type
exploratory wells, primarily relating
to oil sands delineation wells located in Canada
and CBM test wells located in Asia Pacific/Middle
East.
Net Wells Completed
Productive
Dry
2019
2018
2017
2019
2018
2017
Exploratory
Consolidated operations
Alaska
-
-
-
-
Lower 48
United States
Canada
-
-
-
-
Europe
Asia Pacific/Middle East
-
Africa
-
-
-
-
-
Other areas
-
-
-
-
-
Total consolidated
operations
Equity affiliates
Asia Pacific/Middle East
-
-
Total equity affiliates
-
-
Development
Consolidated operations
Alaska
-
-
-
Lower 48
-
-
-
United States
-
-
-
Canada
-
-
-
Europe
-
-
-
Asia Pacific/Middle East
-
-
-
Africa
-
-
-
-
Other areas
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total consolidated
operations
-
-
-
Equity affiliates
Canada
-
-
-
-
-
Asia Pacific/Middle East
-
-
-
Other areas
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total equity affiliates
-
-
-
*Our total proportionate interest was less than one.
The table below represents the status of our wells
drilling at December 31, 2019, and includes
wells in the
process of drilling or in active completion.
It also represents gross and net productive
wells, including
producing wells and wells capable of production
at December 31, 2019.
Wells at December 31, 2019
Productive
In Progress
Oil
Gas
Gross
Net
Gross
Net
Gross
Net
Consolidated operations
Alaska
1,656
-
-
Lower 48
10,070
4,547
4,329
1,704
United States
11,726
5,544
4,329
1,704
Canada
Europe
Asia Pacific/Middle East
Africa
Other areas
-
-
-
-
Total consolidated
operations
13,523
5,996
4,478
1,762
Equity affiliates
Asia Pacific/Middle East
-
-
4,307
1,051
Total equity affiliates
-
-
4,307
1,051
Acreage at December 31, 2019
Thousands of Acres
Developed
Undeveloped
Gross
Net
Gross
Net
Consolidated operations
Alaska
1,331
1,320
Lower 48
2,569
2,012
10,337
8,396
United States
3,220
2,479
11,668
9,716
Canada
3,270
1,798
Europe
2,102
Asia Pacific/Middle East
1,538
9,910
5,735
Africa
12,545
2,049
Other areas
-
-
1,400
Total consolidated
operations
5,752
3,434
40,895
20,650
Equity affiliates
Asia Pacific/Middle East
3,723
Total equity affiliates
3,723
Costs Incurred
Year Ended
Millions of Dollars
December 31
Lower
Total
Asia Pacific/
Other
Alaska
U.S.
Canada
Europe
Middle East
Africa
Areas
Total
2019
Consolidated operations
Unproved property acquisition
$
-
-
-
Proved property acquisition
-
-
-
-
-
-
Exploration
1,103
Development
1,125
3,028
4,153
-
5,501
$
1,508
3,579
5,087
7,193
Equity affiliates
Unproved property acquisition
$
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Proved property acquisition
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Exploration
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Development
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2018
Consolidated operations
Unproved property acquisition
$
-
-
-
-
Proved property acquisition
2,227
2,243
-
-
-
-
2,249
2,346
2,488
-
-
-
-
2,620
Exploration
(6)
Development
2,715
3,433
-
5,226
$
3,267
3,357
6,624
8,821
Equity affiliates
Unproved property acquisition
$
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Proved property acquisition
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Exploration
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Development
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2017
Consolidated operations
Unproved property acquisition
$
-
-
-
Proved property acquisition
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Exploration
Development
1,559
2,295
-
3,579
$
2,260
3,088
4,813
Equity affiliates
Unproved property acquisition
$
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Proved property acquisition
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Exploration
-
-
-
-
-
-
Development
-
-
-
-
-
-
$
-
-
-
-
-
-
Capitalized Costs
At December 31
Millions of Dollars
Lower
Total
Asia Pacific/
Other
Alaska
U.S.
Canada
Europe
Middle East
Africa
Areas
Total
2019
Consolidated operations
Proved property
$
20,957
37,491
58,448
6,673
14,113
14,566
-
94,724
Unproved property
1,429
1,055
2,484
1,149
4,634
22,386
38,546
60,932
7,822
14,200
15,067
1,047
99,358
Accumulated depreciation,
depletion and amortization
9,419
26,294
35,713
2,050
9,017
10,253
57,421
$
12,967
12,252
25,219
5,772
5,183
4,814
41,937
Equity affiliates
Proved property
$
-
-
-
-
-
9,996
-
-
9,996
Unproved property
-
-
-
-
-
2,223
-
-
2,223
-
-
-
-
-
12,219
-
-
12,219
Accumulated depreciation,
depletion and amortization
-
-
-
-
-
6,390
-
-
6,390
$
-
-
-
-
-
5,829
-
-
5,829
2018
Consolidated operations
Proved property
$
20,154
35,269
55,423
5,946
23,520
14,866
-
100,657
Unproved property
1,184
1,125
2,309
1,083
4,662
21,338
36,394
57,732
7,029
23,708
15,740
1,021
105,319
Accumulated depreciation,
depletion and amortization
9,055
23,999
33,054
1,692
16,591
9,974
61,662
$
12,283
12,395
24,678
5,337
7,117
5,766
43,657
Equity affiliates
Proved property
$
-
-
-
-
-
9,990
-
-
9,990
Unproved property
-
-
-
-
-
2,162
-
-
2,162
-
-
-
-
-
12,152
-
-
12,152
Accumulated depreciation,
depletion and amortization
-
-
-
-
-
5,960
-
-
5,960
$
-
-
-
-
-
6,192
-
-
6,192
Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows
Relating to Proved Oil and Gas Reserve Quantities
In accordance with SEC and FASB requirements, amounts were computed using
12-month average prices (adjusted only for
existing contractual terms)
and end-of-year costs,
appropriate statutory tax rates and a prescribed
10 percent discount factor.
Twelve-month average prices are calculated as the unweighted arithmetic average of
the first-day-of-the-month price for each
month within the 12-month period prior to the end
of the reporting period.
For all years, continuation of year-end economic
conditions was assumed.
The calculations were based on estimates
of proved reserves, which are revised over time as
new data
becomes available.
Probable or possible reserves, which may become
proved in the future, were not considered.
The
calculations also require assumptions as to the
timing of future production of proved reserves
and the timing and amount of
future development costs,
including dismantlement, and future production costs,
including taxes other than income taxes.
While due care was taken in its preparation, we
do not represent that this data is the fair value
of our oil and gas properties, or a
fair estimate of the present value of cash flows to
be obtained from their development and production.
Discounted Future Net Cash Flows
Millions of Dollars
Lower
Total
Asia Pacific/
Alaska
U.S.
Canada
Europe
Middle East
Africa
Total
2019
Consolidated operations
Future cash inflows
$
70,341
53,400
123,741
8,244
16,919
13,084
15,582
177,570
Less:
Future production costs
40,464
22,194
62,658
4,525
5,843
5,162
1,314
79,502
Future development costs
9,721
14,083
23,804
4,143
2,179
31,187
Future income tax provisions
3,904
2,793
6,697
-
4,201
1,931
12,747
25,576
Future net cash flows
16,252
14,330
30,582
3,142
2,732
3,812
1,037
41,305
10 percent annual discount
6,571
4,311
10,882
1,198
13,933
Discounted future net cash flows
$
9,681
10,019
19,700
1,944
2,174
2,977
27,372
Equity affiliates
Future cash inflows
$
-
-
-
-
-
31,671
-
31,671
Less:
Future production costs
-
-
-
-
-
16,157
-
16,157
Future development costs
-
-
-
-
-
1,218
-
1,218
Future income tax provisions
-
-
-
-
-
3,086
-
3,086
Future net cash flows
-
-
-
-
-
11,210
-
11,210
10 percent annual discount
-
-
-
-
-
4,040
-
4,040
Discounted future net cash flows
$
-
-
-
-
-
7,170
-
7,170
Total
company
Discounted future net cash flows
$
9,681
10,019
19,700
1,944
2,174
10,147
34,542
Millions of Dollars
Lower
Total
Asia Pacific/
Alaska
U.S.
Canada
Europe
Middle East
Africa
Total
2018
Consolidated operations
Future cash inflows
$
82,072
56,922
138,994
6,039
26,989
16,368
16,434
204,824
Less:
Future production costs
42,755
21,363
64,118
4,099
8,567
5,705
1,336
83,825
Future development costs
10,053
12,136
22,189
7,608
1,995
32,905
Future income tax provisions
5,538
4,418
9,956
-
7,102
2,873
13,492
33,423
Future net cash flows
23,726
19,005
42,731
1,334
3,712
5,795
1,099
54,671
10 percent annual discount
10,349
6,461
16,810
1,132
19,237
Discounted future net cash flows
$
13,377
12,544
25,921
3,341
4,663
35,434
Equity affiliates
Future cash inflows
$
-
-
-
-
-
33,606
-
33,606
Less:
Future production costs
-
-
-
-
-
16,449
-
16,449
Future development costs
-
-
-
-
-
1,228
-
1,228
Future income tax provisions
-
-
-
-
-
3,147
-
3,147
Future net cash flows
-
-
-
-
-
12,782
-
12,782
10 percent annual discount
-
-
-
-
-
4,853
-
4,853
Discounted future net cash flows
$
-
-
-
-
-
7,929
-
7,929
Total
company
Discounted future net cash flows
$
13,377
12,544
25,921
3,341
12,592
43,363
Millions of Dollars
Lower
Total
Asia Pacific/
Alaska
U.S.
Canada
Europe
Middle East
Africa
Total
2017
Consolidated operations
Future cash inflows
$
44,969
44,556
89,525
5,479
23,137
15,207
13,181
146,529
Less:
Future production costs
29,524
18,947
48,471
4,417
8,128
5,398
1,401
67,815
Future development costs
7,255
10,881
18,136
8,758
2,511
30,638
Future income tax provisions
2,375
2,428
-
3,333
2,459
10,356
18,576
Future net cash flows
8,137
12,353
20,490
2,918
4,839
29,500
10 percent annual discount
2,712
4,358
7,070
1,032
8,891
Discounted future net cash flows
$
5,425
7,995
13,420
2,629
3,807
20,609
Equity affiliates
Future cash inflows
$
-
-
-
-
-
23,222
-
23,222
Less:
Future production costs
-
-
-
-
-
12,984
-
12,984
Future development costs
-
-
-
-
-
1,444
-
1,444
Future income tax provisions
-
-
-
-
-
2,083
-
2,083
Future net cash flows
-
-
-
-
-
6,711
-
6,711
10 percent annual discount
-
-
-
-
-
2,316
-
2,316
Discounted future net cash flows
$
-
-
-
-
-
4,395
-
4,395
Total
company
Discounted future net cash flows
$
5,425
7,995
13,420
2,629
8,202
25,004
Sources of Change in Discounted Future Net Cash Flows
Millions of Dollars
Consolidated Operations
Equity Affiliates
Total Company
2019
2018
2017
2019
2018
2017
2019
2018
2017
Discounted future net cash flows
at the beginning of the year
$
35,434
20,609
8,151
7,929
4,395
3,937
43,363
25,004
12,088
Changes during the year
Revenues less production
costs for the year
(13,424)
(14,909)
(9,844)
(1,673)
(1,651)
(1,341)
(15,097)
(16,560)
(11,185)
Net change in prices and
production costs
(13,538)
25,391
19,310
(422)
4,559
2,750
(13,960)
29,950
22,060
Extensions, discoveries and
improved recovery, less
estimated future costs
2,985
4,574
1,445
(4)
3,245
4,956
1,441
Development costs for the year
5,333
5,197
3,653
5,572
5,468
4,079
Changes in estimated future
development costs
(1,141)
1,225
(21)
(64)
(1,127)
1,161
Purchases of reserves in place,
less estimated future costs
3,033
-
-
-
-
3,033
-
Sales of reserves in place,
less estimated future costs
(1,997)
(1,531)
(855)
-
-
(786)
(1,997)
(1,531)
(1,641)
Revisions of previous quantity
estimates
2,099
(365)
2,300
(648)
2,168
(303)
1,652
Accretion of discount
5,144
3,055
1,313
6,013
3,540
1,726
Net change in income taxes
4,767
(8,479)
(6,089)
(80)
(588)
(288)
4,687
(9,067)
(6,377)
Total changes
(8,062)
14,825
12,458
(759)
3,534
(8,821)
18,359
12,916
Discounted future net cash flows
at year end
$
27,372
35,434
20,609
7,170
7,929
4,395
34,542
43,363
25,004
●
The net change in prices and production costs
is the beginning-of-year reserve-production
forecast multiplied by the net
annual change in the per-unit sales price and production cost,
discounted at 10 percent.
●
Purchases and sales of reserves in place, along with
extensions, discoveries and improved recovery, are calculated using
production forecasts of the applicable reserve
quantities for the year multiplied by the
12-month average sales prices, less
future estimated costs, discounted at 10 percent.
●
Revisions of previous quantity estimates are
calculated using production forecast changes
for the year, including changes in
the timing of production, multiplied by the 12-month
average sales prices, less future estimated
costs, discounted at
10 percent.
●
The accretion of discount is 10 percent of the prior
year’s discounted future cash inflows, less future production
and
development costs.
●
The net change in income taxes is the annual
change in the discounted future income tax provisions.
Selected Quarterly Financial Data
(Unaudited)
Millions of Dollars
Per Share of Common Stock
Sales and
Net Income
Net Income (Loss)
Other
Income (Loss)
Net
(Loss)
Attributable
Operating
Before
Income
Attributable to
to ConocoPhillips
Revenues
Income Taxes
(Loss)
ConocoPhillips
Basic
Diluted
2019
First
$
9,150
2,687
1,846
1,833
1.61
1.60
Second
7,953
2,058
1,597
1,580
1.40
1.40
Third
7,756
3,493
3,071
3,056
2.76
2.74
Fourth
7,708
1,286
0.66
0.66
2018
First
$
8,798
1,776
0.75
0.75
Second
8,504
2,619
1,654
1,640
1.40
1.39
Third
9,449
2,906
1,873
1,861
1.60
1.59
Fourth
9,666
2,672
1,878
1,868
1.62
1.61
For additional information on the commodity price environment, see the
Business Environment and Executive Overview section of Management's Discussion
and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Supplementary Information—Condensed Consolidating
Financial Information
We have various cross guarantees among ConocoPhillips, ConocoPhillips Company
and Burlington Resources
LLC, with respect to publicly held debt securities.
ConocoPhillips Company is 100 percent owned
by
ConocoPhillips.
Burlington Resources LLC is 100 percent
owned by ConocoPhillips Company.
ConocoPhillips and/or ConocoPhillips Company
have fully and unconditionally guaranteed
the payment
obligations of Burlington Resources LLC, with respect
to its publicly held debt securities.
Similarly,
ConocoPhillips has fully and unconditionally
guaranteed the payment obligations of ConocoPhillips
Company
with respect to its publicly held debt securities.
In addition, ConocoPhillips Company
has fully and
unconditionally guaranteed the payment obligations
of ConocoPhillips with respect to its publicly
held debt
securities.
All guarantees are joint and several.
The following condensed consolidating financial
information
presents the results of operations, financial position
and cash flows for:
●
ConocoPhillips, ConocoPhillips Company and
Burlington Resources LLC (in each case, reflecting
investments in subsidiaries utilizing the equity
method of accounting).
●
All other nonguarantor subsidiaries of ConocoPhillips.
●
The consolidating adjustments necessary to present
ConocoPhillips’ results on a consolidated
basis.
In 2017, ConocoPhillips Company received a $
9.8
billion return of capital and a $
1.4
billion loan repayment
from nonguarantor subsidiaries to settle certain
accumulated intercompany balances.
These transactions had
no impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In 2017, ConocoPhillips received a $
7.8
billion return of capital and a $
0.2
billion return of earnings from
ConocoPhillips Company to settle certain
accumulated intercompany balances.
These transactions had no
impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In 2018, ConocoPhillips Company received a $
4.8
billion return of earnings and a $
2.4
billion loan repayment
from nonguarantor subsidiaries to settle certain
accumulated intercompany balances.
These transactions had
no impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In 2018, ConocoPhillips received a $
3.5
billion return of capital and a $
1.0
billion return of earnings from
ConocoPhillips Company to settle certain
accumulated intercompany balances.
These transactions had no
impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In 2019, ConocoPhillips received a $
2.4
billion return of capital and a $
1.7
billion return of earnings from
ConocoPhillips Company to settle certain
accumulated intercompany balances.
This transaction had no impact
on our consolidated financial statements.
In 2019, ConocoPhillips Company received a $
4.5
billion return of earnings and a $
4.2
billion return of capital
from nonguarantor subsidiaries to settle certain
accumulated intercompany balances.
These transactions had
no impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In 2019, Burlington Resources LLC received
a $
3.2
billion return of earnings from nonguarantor
subsidiaries
to settle certain accumulated intercompany balances.
These transactions had no impact on our consolidated
financial statements.
This condensed consolidating financial information
should be read in conjunction with the accompanying
consolidated financial statements and notes.
Millions of Dollars
Year Ended December 31,
2019
Income Statement
ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips
Company
Burlington
Resources LLC
All Other
Subsidiaries
Consolidating
Adjustments
Total
Consolidated
Revenues and Other Income
Sales and other operating revenues
$
-
14,510
-
18,057
-
32,567
Equity in earnings of affiliates
7,419
5,281
1,610
(14,306)
Gain (loss) on dispositions
-
2,786
-
(820)
-
1,966
Other income
-
1,358
Intercompany revenues
-
5,542
(5,695)
-
Total Revenues and Other
Income
7,420
23,565
1,655
24,031
(20,001)
36,670
Costs and Expenses
Purchased commodities
-
12,838
-
4,038
(5,034)
11,842
Production and operating expenses
1,380
4,345
(405)
5,322
Selling, general and administrative expenses
-
(5)
Exploration expenses
-
-
-
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
-
-
5,494
-
6,090
Impairments
-
-
-
Taxes other than income taxes
-
-
-
Accretion on discounted liabilities
-
-
-
Interest and debt expense
(251)
Foreign currency transaction losses
-
-
-
Other expenses
-
-
-
Total Costs and Expenses
16,594
15,820
(5,695)
27,146
Income before income taxes
7,127
6,971
1,521
8,211
(14,306)
9,524
Income tax provision (benefit)
(62)
(448)
(46)
2,823
-
2,267
Net income
7,189
7,419
1,567
5,388
(14,306)
7,257
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
-
-
-
(68)
-
(68)
Net Income Attributable to ConocoPhillips
$
7,189
7,419
1,567
5,320
(14,306)
7,189
Comprehensive Income Attributable to ConocoPhillips
$
7,935
8,165
1,873
6,058
(16,096)
7,935
Income Statement
Year Ended December 31,
2018
Revenues and Other Income
Sales and other operating revenues
$
-
16,113
-
20,304
-
36,417
Equity in earnings of affiliates
6,503
8,142
1,953
1,072
(16,596)
1,074
Gain on dispositions
-
-
-
1,063
Other income (loss)
-
(384)
-
-
Intercompany revenues
5,627
(5,867)
-
Total Revenues and Other
Income
6,538
24,272
1,996
28,384
(22,463)
38,727
Costs and Expenses
Purchased commodities
-
14,591
-
5,131
(5,428)
14,294
Production and operating expenses
-
1,023
4,245
(59)
5,213
Selling, general and administrative expenses
-
(5)
Exploration expenses
-
-
-
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
-
-
5,372
-
5,956
Impairments
-
(10)
-
-
Taxes other than income taxes
-
-
-
1,048
Accretion on discounted liabilities
-
-
-
Interest and debt expense
(375)
Foreign currency transaction (gains) losses
(12)
(167)
-
(17)
Other expenses
-
-
Total Costs and Expenses
17,757
16,343
(5,867)
28,754
Income before income taxes
6,189
6,515
1,824
12,041
(16,596)
9,973
Income tax provision (benefit)
(68)
(41)
3,765
-
3,668
Net income
6,257
6,503
1,865
8,276
(16,596)
6,305
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
-
-
-
(48)
-
(48)
Net Income Attributable to ConocoPhillips
$
6,257
6,503
1,865
8,228
(16,596)
6,257
Comprehensive Income Attributable to ConocoPhillips
$
5,654
5,900
1,364
7,961
(15,225)
5,654
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Millions of Dollars
Year Ended December 31,
2017
Income Statement
ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips
Company
Burlington
Resources LLC
All Other
Subsidiaries
Consolidating
Adjustments
Total
Consolidated
Revenues and Other Income
Sales and other operating revenues
$
-
12,433
-
16,673
-
29,106
Equity in earnings (losses) of affiliates
(454)
2,047
(2,477)
Gain on dispositions
-
-
1,261
-
2,177
Other income
-
-
Intercompany revenues
3,369
(3,721)
-
Total Revenues and Other
Income
(404)
15,722
22,565
(6,198)
32,584
Costs and Expenses
Purchased commodities
-
11,145
-
4,580
(3,250)
12,475
Production and operating expenses
-
-
4,366
(17)
5,162
Selling, general and administrative expenses
-
(6)
Exploration expenses
-
-
-
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
-
-
5,990
-
6,845
Impairments
-
1,159
-
5,442
-
6,601
Taxes other than income taxes
-
-
Accretion on discounted liabilities
-
-
-
Interest and debt expense
(448)
1,098
Foreign currency transaction (gains) losses
(43)
(137)
-
Other expenses
-
(6)
-
Total Costs and Expenses
15,893
(84)
22,458
(3,721)
35,199
Income (Loss) before income taxes
(1,057)
(171)
(2,477)
(2,615)
Income tax provision (benefit)
(202)
(337)
(1,566)
-
(1,822)
Net income (loss)
(855)
(454)
1,320
1,673
(2,477)
(793)
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
-
-
-
(62)
-
(62)
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to ConocoPhillips
$
(855)
(454)
1,320
1,611
(2,477)
(855)
Comprehensive Income (Loss) Attributable to ConocoPhillips
$
(180)
1,672
2,275
(4,168)
(180)
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Millions of Dollars
At December 31, 2019
Balance Sheet
ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips
Company
Burlington
Resources LLC
All Other
Subsidiaries
Consolidating
Adjustments
Total
Consolidated
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
$
-
3,439
-
1,649
-
5,088
Short-term investments
-
2,670
-
-
3,028
Accounts and notes receivable
2,088
3,881
(2,575)
3,401
Investment in Cenovus Energy
-
2,111
-
-
-
2,111
Inventories
-
-
-
1,026
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
-
1,906
-
2,259
Total Current Assets
10,828
8,652
(2,575)
16,913
Investments, loans and long-term receivables*
34,076
44,969
11,662
15,612
(97,413)
8,906
Net properties, plants and equipment
-
3,552
-
38,717
-
42,269
Other assets
2,210
(805)
2,426
Total Assets
$
34,085
60,114
11,917
65,191
(100,793)
70,514
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Accounts payable
$
-
2,670
3,084
(2,575)
3,200
Short-term debt
(3)
-
Accrued income and other taxes
-
-
-
1,030
Employee benefit obligations
-
-
-
Other accruals
1,518
-
2,045
Total Current Liabilities
3,669
5,799
(2,575)
7,043
Long-term debt
3,794
6,670
2,129
2,197
-
14,790
Asset retirement obligations and accrued environmental costs
-
-
5,030
-
5,352
Deferred income taxes
-
-
-
5,438
(804)
4,634
Employee benefit obligations
-
1,329
-
-
1,781
Other liabilities and deferred credits*
1,787
7,514
9,271
(17,534)
1,864
Total Liabilities
5,662
19,504
3,024
28,187
(20,913)
35,464
Retained earnings
33,184
21,898
2,164
10,481
(27,985)
39,742
Other common stockholders’ equity
(4,761)
18,712
6,729
26,454
(51,895)
(4,761)
Noncontrolling interests
-
-
-
-
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’
Equity
$
34,085
60,114
11,917
65,191
(100,793)
70,514
Balance Sheet
At December 31, 2018
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
$
-
1,428
-
4,487
-
5,915
Short-term investments
-
-
-
-
Accounts and notes receivable
5,646
6,707
(8,392)
4,067
Investment in Cenovus Energy
-
1,462
-
-
-
1,462
Inventories
-
-
-
1,007
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
-
-
Total Current Assets
8,987
12,572
(8,392)
13,274
Investments, loans and long-term receivables*
29,942
47,062
15,199
16,926
(99,465)
9,664
Net properties, plants and equipment
-
4,367
-
41,796
(465)
45,698
Other assets
1,269
(798)
1,344
Total Assets
$
29,975
61,058
15,504
72,563
(109,120)
69,980
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Accounts payable
$
-
5,098
7,113
(8,392)
3,895
Short-term debt
(3)
(9)
Accrued income and other taxes
-
-
1,235
-
1,320
Employee benefit obligations
-
-
-
Other accruals
-
1,259
Total Current Liabilities
6,420
9,170
(8,401)
7,395
Long-term debt
3,791
7,151
2,143
2,249
(478)
14,856
Asset retirement obligations and accrued environmental costs
-
-
7,273
-
7,688
Deferred income taxes
-
-
-
5,819
(798)
5,021
Employee benefit obligations
-
1,340
-
-
1,764
Other liabilities and deferred credits*
9,277
8,126
(17,775)
1,192
Total Liabilities
4,598
24,603
3,106
33,061
(27,452)
37,916
Retained earnings
27,512
18,511
1,113
9,764
(22,890)
34,010
Other common stockholders’ equity
(2,135)
17,944
11,285
29,613
(58,778)
(2,071)
Noncontrolling interests
-
-
-
-
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’
Equity
$
29,975
61,058
15,504
72,563
(109,120)
69,980
*Includes intercompany loans.
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Millions of Dollars
Year Ended December 31,
2019
Statement of Cash Flows
ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips
Company
Burlington
Resources LLC
All Other
Subsidiaries
Consolidating
Adjustments
Total
Consolidated
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
$
1,457
7,986
3,207
9,803
(11,349)
11,104
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
Capital expenditures and investments
-
(2,517)
-
(5,714)
1,595
(6,636)
Working capital changes associated
with investing activities
-
-
(140)
-
(103)
Proceeds from asset dispositions
2,374
7,047
1,055
(8,233)
3,012
Net purchases of investments
-
(2,803)
-
(107)
-
(2,910)
Long-term advances/loans—related parties
-
(812)
-
-
-
Collection of advances/loans—related parties
-
-
(161)
Intercompany cash management
1,060
(2,849)
1,402
-
-
Other
-
(149)
-
-
(108)
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities
3,434
(1,905)
2,171
(4,331)
(5,987)
(6,618)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
Issuance of debt
-
-
-
(812)
-
Repayment of debt
-
(21)
-
(220)
(80)
Issuance of company common stock
-
-
-
(135)
(30)
Repurchase of company common stock
(3,500)
-
-
-
-
(3,500)
Dividends paid
(1,500)
(4,034)
(454)
(7,097)
11,585
(1,500)
Other
-
(4,924)
(1,736)
6,537
(119)
Net Cash Used in Financing Activities
(4,891)
(4,055)
(5,378)
(8,241)
17,336
(5,229)
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash, Cash Equivalents and
Restricted Cash
-
(11)
-
(35)
-
(46)
Net Change in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash
-
2,015
-
(2,804)
-
(789)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
-
1,428
-
4,723
-
6,151
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash at End of Period
$
-
3,443
-
1,919
-
5,362
Statement of Cash Flows
Year Ended December 31,
2018*
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
Net Cash
Provided by Operating Activities
$
4,019
14,132
(6,915)
12,934
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
Capital expenditures and investments
-
(980)
(603)
(5,777)
(6,750)
Working capital changes associated
with investing activities
-
(110)
-
-
(68)
Proceeds from asset dispositions
3,457
1,926
(5,672)
1,082
Net sales of short-term investments
-
-
-
1,620
-
1,620
Long-term advances/loans—related parties
-
(126)
(173)
(10)
-
Collection of advances/loans—related parties
3,432
(4,243)
Intercompany cash management
(803)
3,504
(2,150)
(551)
-
-
Other
-
-
-
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities
3,243
6,537
(788)
(3,839)
(8,996)
(3,843)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
Issuance
of debt
-
-
(309)
-
Repayment of debt
-
(4,865)
(53)
(4,320)
4,243
(4,995)
Issuance of company common stock
-
-
-
(133)
Repurchase of company common stock
(2,999)
-
-
-
-
(2,999)
Dividends paid
(1,363)
(1,043)
-
(6,057)
7,100
(1,363)
Other
(3,468)
-
(1,670)
5,010
(123)
Net Cash Used in Financing Activities
(4,103)
(9,366)
(53)
(11,748)
15,911
(9,359)
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash, Cash Equivalents and
Restricted Cash
-
-
(121)
-
(117)
Net Change in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash
-
1,194
(3)
(1,576)
-
(385)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
-
6,299
-
6,536
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash at End of Period
$
-
1,428
-
4,723
-
6,151
*Revised to reclassify certain intercompany distributions from Operating Activities to 'Proceeds from asset dispositions' within Investing Activities based on the nature of the distributions.
There was no impact to Total Consolidated results.
Millions of Dollars
Year Ended December 31,
2017
Statement of Cash Flows
ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips
Company
Burlington
Resources LLC
All Other
Subsidiaries
Consolidating
Adjustments
Total
Consolidated
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
$
1,183
2,971
5,904
(3,052)
7,077
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
Capital expenditures and investments
-
(1,663)
(4,351)
(3,795)
5,218
(4,591)
Working capital changes associated
with investing activities
-
-
(62)
-
Proceeds from asset dispositions
7,765
11,146
12,178
12,796
(30,025)
13,860
Net purchases of short-term investments
-
-
-
(1,790)
-
(1,790)
Long-term advances/loans—related parties
-
(214)
(65)
(20)
-
Collection of advances/loans—related parties
1,527
2,196
(4,655)
Intercompany cash management
1,151
(1,341)
-
-
Other
-
(8)
-
-
Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities
9,574
11,083
6,810
9,458
(29,163)
7,762
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
Issuance of debt
-
-
(299)
-
Repayment of debt
(5,459)
(4,411)
-
(2,661)
4,655
(7,876)
Issuance of company common stock
-
-
-
(178)
(63)
Repurchase of company common stock
(3,000)
-
-
-
-
(3,000)
Dividends paid
(1,305)
(235)
-
(2,995)
3,230
(1,305)
Other
(7,765)
(9,781)
(7,377)
24,807
(112)
Net Cash Used in Financing Activities
(9,645)
(12,391)
(9,781)
(12,754)
32,215
(12,356)
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash and Cash Equivalents
-
(2)
-
Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents
-
(124)
(2)
2,841
-
2,715
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
-
3,247
-
3,610
Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period
$
-
6,088
-
6,325
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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