Interest And Other Income

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Interest and Other Income [Abstract]

Interest And Other Income

Interest and Other Income

The following table provides the components of the Company's interest and other income for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013:

		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2014			2013
	(in millions)
Equity interest in income of EFS Midstream (a)		3			3
Other income		1			2
Deferred compensation plan income		2			2
Loss from vertical integration services (b)		(2		)	(7		)
Total interest and other income		$	4		$	—

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(a) The Company accounts for its investment in EFS Midstream LLC ("EFS Midstream") using the equity method. EFS Midstream is providing gathering, treating and transportation services for the Company during a 20-year contractual term.

(b) Loss from vertical integration services represents net margins that result from Company-provided fracture stimulation, drilling and related service operations, which are ancillary to and supportive of the Company's oil and gas joint operating activities, and do not represent intercompany transactions. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, these net margins included $92 million of gross vertical integration revenues and $94 million of total vertical integration costs and expenses. For the same periods in 2013, these net margins included $56 million of gross vertical integration revenues and $63 million of total vertical integration costs and expenses.