Interest And Other Income

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

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 and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014:

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
	(in millions)
Equity interest in income of EFS Midstream (a)	$	—		$	3		$	5		$	10
Deferred compensation plan income	—			—			4			3
Interest income	2			—			2			—
Loss from vertical integration services (b)	(20		)	(2		)	(16		)	(9		)
Other income	1			1			5			5
Total interest and other income	$	(17	)	$	2		$	—		$	9

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(a) The Company accounted for its investment in EFS Midstream LLC ("EFS Midstream") prior to its sale in July 2015 using the equity method. EFS Midstream provided gathering, treating and transportation services for the Company. See Note C for additional information on the Company's sale of EFS Midstream.

(b) Loss from vertical integration services primarily represents net margins that result from Company-provided fracture stimulation and 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 and nine months ended September 30, 2015, these vertical integration net margins included $66 million and $264 million, respectively, of revenues and $86 million and $280 million, respectively, of costs and expenses. For the same periods in 2014, these vertical integration net margins included $125 million and $321 million, respectively, of revenues and $127 million and $330 million, respectively, of costs and expenses.