Other Expense

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Other Expense

Other Expense

The components of other expense are as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
	(in millions)
Restructuring charges (Note 3)	$	74	$	1	$	75	$	159
South Texas deficiency fee obligation (Note 4)	—		—		69		—
Termination and idle drilling and frac equipment charges (a)	16		5		69		18
Loss on early extinguishment of debt (Note 7)	—		—		27		—
Transportation commitment charges (b)	4		5		12		70
Legal and environmental charges	2		4		7		12
Asset impairment (Note 4)	—		4		1		34
Vertical integration services (income) loss, net (c)	(2)		1		(1)		19
Asset divestiture-related charges (Note 3)	—		4		—		28
Accelerated depreciation (Note 3)	—		—		—		23
Other	4		8		14		27
	$	98	$	32	$	273	$	390

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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)Vertical integration services (income) loss represents net margins (attributable to third party working interest owners) that result from Company-provided well service operations, which are ancillary to and supportive of the Company's oil and gas joint operating activities, and do not represent intercompany transactions. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company incurred incremental winding down operating expenses associated with the sale of its pressure pumping services assets and incurred decommissioning operating expenses related to the decommissioning of the Company's Brady sand mine. The components of the vertical integration services net margins are as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
	(in millions)
Gross revenues	$	11	$	25	$	36	$	89
Gross costs and expenses	$	9	$	26	$	35	$	108