Financial Risk Management | 13. Financial Risk Management In the normal course of its business, the Corporation is exposed to commodity risks related to changes in the prices of crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas as well as changes in interest rates and foreign currency values. In the disclosures that follow, corporate risk management activities refer to the mitigation of these risks through hedging activities. Corporate Financial risk management activities include transactions designed to reduce risk in the selling prices of crude oil or natural gas produced by the Corporation or to reduce exposure to foreign currency or interest rate movements. Generally, futures, swaps or option strategies may be used to fix or reduce volatility in the forward selling price of a portion of the Corporation’s crude oil or natural gas production. Forward contracts may also be used to purchase certain currencies in which the Corporation does business with the intent of reducing exposure to foreign currency fluctuations. These forward contracts comprise various currencies, primarily the British Pound and Danish Krone. Interest rate swaps may be used to convert interest payments on certain long-term debt from fixed to floating rates. The gross notional volumes of Corporate risk management derivative contracts outstanding were as follows: June 30, December 31, 2015 2014 Commodity, primarily crude oil (millions of barrels) 13 — Foreign exchange (millions of USD) $ 947 $ 1,189 Interest rate swaps (millions of USD) $ 1,300 $ 1,300 In the first quarter of 2015, the Corporation entered into Brent crude oil collars to hedge 50,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) from March 2015 to December 2015 at a cost of $38 million. This program was supplemented in the second quarter of 2015 by entering into West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil collars to hedge 20,000 bopd from May 6, 2015 to December 2015 at a cost of $10 million. Under the terms of both programs, the floor price to be received by the Corporation is $60 per barrel and the ceiling price it may receive is $80 per barrel. All crude oil collars have been designated as cash flow hedges. Realized and unrealized losses from Brent and WTI crude oil collars for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 decreased Sales and other operating revenues by $35 million and $18 million, respectively, which included pre-tax losses of $35 million and $23 million, respectively, associated with changes in time value of the hedging contracts. Realized and unrealized losses in 2014 amounted to $10 million and $1 million for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively. There was no significant hedge ineffectiveness for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2015 and an ineffectiveness loss of approximately $3 million and $4 million for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively, under the 2014 hedge program. At June 30, 2015, the after-tax deferred gains in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) related to crude oil collars was approximately $1 million, which will be reclassified into earnings during 2015 as the hedged crude oil sales are recognized in earnings. At June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Corporation had interest rate swaps with gross notional amounts of $1,300 million. During the first quarter of 2015, the Corporation settled existing interest rate swaps and received cash proceeds of $41 million. Simultaneously, the Corporation entered into new interest rate swap arrangements. All interest rate swaps have been designated as fair value hedges. The Corporation recorded a decrease of approximately $6 million and an increase of approximately $4 million for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2015, respectively, and increases of approximately $4 million and $5 million for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively, in the fair value of interest rate swaps (excluding accrued interest). These items, excluding accrued interest, offset changes in the carrying value of the hedged fixed-rate debt. Total foreign exchange gains and losses are reported in Other, net in Revenues and non-operating income in the Statement of Consolidated Income and amounted to a loss of $7 million and a gain of $8 million in the three months and six months ended June 30, 2015, respectively, compared with a loss of $19 million and $25 million in the three months and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively. Gains or losses on foreign exchange derivative contracts not designated as hedges, which are a component of total foreign exchange gains and losses, amounted to a loss of $41 million and a gain of $57 million in the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, respectively, and a loss of $13 million in both the three and six months ended June 30, 2014. Fair Value Measurements: The following table provides information about the effect of netting arrangements on the presentation of the Corporation’s physical and financial derivative assets and (liabilities) that are measured at fair value, with the effect of single counterparty multilateral netting being included in column (v): Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet Physical Net Amounts Gross Amounts Derivative Presented in Not Offset in and the the Gross Financial Cash Consolidated Consolidated Net Amounts Instruments Collateral Balance Balance Amounts (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)=(i)+(ii)+(iii) (v) (vi)=(iv)+(v) (In millions) June 30, 2015 Assets Derivative contracts Commodity $ 33 $ (8 ) $ — $ 25 $ — $ 25 Interest rate and other 7 (4 ) — 3 — 3 Counterparty netting — — — — — — Total derivative contracts $ 40 $ (12 ) $ — $ 28 $ — $ 28 Liabilities Derivative contracts Commodity $ (11 ) $ 8 $ — $ (3 ) $ — $ (3 ) Other (10 ) 4 — (6 ) — (6 ) Counterparty netting — — — — — — Total derivative contracts $ (21 ) $ 12 $ — $ (9 ) $ — $ (9 ) The net assets and liabilities reflected in column (iv) of the table above were included in Accounts receivable – Trade and Accounts payable, respectively. The table below reflects the gross and net fair values of risk management derivative instruments: Accounts Accounts Receivable Payable (In millions) June 30, 2015 Derivative contracts designated as hedging instruments Commodity $ 25 $ — Interest rate and other 2 — Total derivative contracts designated as hedging instruments 27 — Derivative contracts not designated as hedging instruments Commodity 8 (11 ) Foreign exchange 5 (10 ) Total derivative contracts not designated as hedging instruments 13 (21 ) Gross fair value of derivative contracts 40 (21 ) Master netting arrangements (12 ) 12 Net fair value of derivative contracts $ 28 $ (9 ) At June 30, 2015, Level 1 items comprised $3 million of Derivative liabilities. Level 2 items comprised Derivative liabilities of $6 million and Derivative assets of $28 million, which included commodity contracts of $25 million and interest rate and other items of $3 million. The Corporation did not have Level 3 instruments at June 30, 2015. For all other short-term financial instruments, primarily cash equivalents and accounts receivable and payable, the carrying value approximated the respective fair value at June 30, 2015. Total Long-term debt of $5,957 million at June 30, 2015, had a fair value of $6,642 million based on Level 2 inputs. Discontinued Operations - Trading Activities: In the first quarter of 2015, the Corporation sold its interest in the energy trading joint venture, HETCO. Pursuant to the terms of the sale, the successor entity is permitted to continue to utilize the Corporation’s guarantees issued in favor of counterparties existing as of the sales date until November 12, 2015, provided that new trades are for a period of one year or less, comply with certain credit requirements, and net exposures remain within value at risk limits previously applied by the Corporation. The Corporation has the right to seek reimbursement from the successor entity upon any counterparty draw on the applicable guarantee from the Corporation. The fair value of the guarantee recorded by the Corporation amounted to $11 million. |