The balance in accumulated other comprehensive income related to taxes on discontinued cash flow hedges.

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Total tax effect of the accumulated gains and losses from derivative instruments designated and qualifying as the effective portion of cash flow hedges. The change includes an entity's share of an equity investee's increase or decrease in deferred hedging gains or losses.

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General period of time over which entity hedges its exposure to commodity price risk.

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Aggregate notional amount specified by the derivative(s). Expressed as an absolute value.

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The reference rate for the variable rate of the debt instrument, such as LIBOR or the US Treasury rate and the maturity of the reference rate used, such as three months or six months LIBOR.

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Fair value of the assets less the liabilities of a derivative or group of derivatives.

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Fixed interest rate related to the interest rate derivative.

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Fair value as of the balance sheet date of interest rate derivative liabilities, which includes all such derivative instruments in hedging and nonhedging relationships that are recognized as liabilities on the balance sheet.

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Financial Instruments, Derivatives and Hedging Activities (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified					6 Months Ended						6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2014 Commodity Contract [Member] Minimum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Commodity Contract [Member] Maximum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Cash Flow Hedging [Member] Commodity Contract [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Cash Flow Hedging [Member] Commodity Contract [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Cash Flow Hedging [Member] Treasury Lock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Cash Flow Hedging [Member] Treasury Lock [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Fair Value Hedging [Member] Interest Rate Swap [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Fair Value Hedging [Member] Interest Rate Swap [Member] Senior Notes 3.20 Percent Due November 1, 2015 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Fair Value Hedging [Member] Interest Rate Swap [Member] Senior Notes 3.20 Percent Due November 1, 2015 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Fair Value Hedging [Member] Foreign Exchange Forward [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Fair Value Hedging [Member] Foreign Exchange Forward [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Fair Value Hedging [Member] Foreign Exchange Forward [Member] Short [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Fair Value Hedging [Member] Foreign Exchange Forward [Member] Short [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Fair Value Hedging [Member] Foreign Exchange Forward [Member] Long [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Fair Value Hedging [Member] Foreign Exchange Forward [Member] Long [Member]
Financial instruments, derivatives and hedging activities
Maturity period of price risk derivative					12 months	18 months
Accumulated gains (losses) from derivative instruments, net of tax effect	$ (562.0)	$ (583.0)	$ (615.0)	$ (475.0)			$ (18.0)	$ (32.0)	$ (8.0)	$ (8.0)				$ (0.3)	$ 1.0
Accumulated gains (losses) from derivative instruments, income tax effect							(8)	(15)
Debt, fixed interest rate (as a percent)												3.20%
Debt, face amount												350
Debt, fixed interest rate (as a percent)												3.20%
Fair value of interest rate derivatives									0	0		11	13
Debt, floating rate of interest basis											six-month US dollar LIBOR rate plus a spread
Losses on cash flow hedges, income tax effect									(4)	(5)
Fair value of foreign currency forward contract liabilities														0.3	5.0
Foreign currency hedging
Derivative notional amount																$ 116	$ 147	$ 59	$ 78