Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Quarterly Financial Data

Quarter	Net Sales and Operating Revenues		Cost of Sales (Excluding Depreciation and Amortization)		Earnings Before Interest Expense, Income Taxes and Noncontrolling Interests		Net Income Attributable to Tenneco Inc.
	(Millions)
2016
1st	$	2,136	$	1,770	$	124	$	57
2nd	2,212		1,816		171		82
3rd	2,096		1,743		150		179
4th	2,155		1,794		71		38
	$	8,599	$	7,123	$	516	$	356
2015
1st	$	2,012	$	1,677	$	118	$	47
2nd	2,118		1,757		150		75
3rd	2,020		1,707		111		49
4th	2,031		1,687		129		70
	$	8,181	$	6,828	$	508	$	241

Quarter	Basic Earnings  per Share of Common Stock		Diluted Earnings per Share of Common Stock
2016
1st	$	1.00	$	0.99
2nd	1.44		1.43
3rd	3.22		3.19
4th	0.70		0.69
Full Year	6.36		6.31
2015
1st	$	0.79	$	0.78
2nd	1.24		1.23
3rd	0.84		0.83
4th	1.19		1.18
Full Year	4.05		4.01