Other Expense

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Other Expense

Other Expense

The components of other expense are as follows:

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
	(in millions)
South Texas deficiency fee obligation (Note 4)	$	—	$	—	$	69	$	—
Termination and idle drilling and frac equipment charges (a)	44		8		53		12
Loss on early extinguishment of debt (Note 7)	27		—		27		—
Transportation commitment charges (b)	5		23		8		63
Legal and environmental charges	2		2		5		8
Restructuring charges (Note 3)	1		146		1		158
Asset impairment (Note 4)	—		2		1		31
Vertical integration services (income) loss, net (c)	5		(1)		1		19
Asset divestiture-related charges (Note 3)	—		23		—		23
Accelerated depreciation (Note 3)	—		—		—		23
Other	6		8		10		21
	$	90	$	211	$	175	$	358

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(a)Includes idle frac fleet fees, stacked drilling rig charges and drilling rig early termination charges.

(b)Primarily represents firm transportation payments on excess pipeline capacity commitments.

(c)For the six months ended June 30, 2019, amount includes $12 million of decommissioning operating expenses related to the Company's Brady sand mine and $13 million of carryover and winding down operating expenses related to the Company's sale of its pressure pumping services assets in December 2018. The components of the vertical integration services net margins are as follows:

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
	(in millions)
Gross revenues	$	14	$	28	$	25	$	63
Gross costs and expenses	$	19	$	27	$	26	$	82