Fair Value Measurements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

The Company has financial assets and liabilities subject to fair value measures. These financial assets and liabilities include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, net, accounts payable and long-term debt, all of which are recorded at carrying value. The amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, net and accounts payable approximate their fair value due to the short maturities of these instruments. The carrying and fair values of the Company's long-term debt (including the current portion of long-term debt) at December 31, 2017 and 2016 are summarized in the table below. The Company's long-term debt instruments are publicly-traded. A market approach, based upon quotes from financial reporting services, is used to measure the fair value of the Company's long-term debt. Because the Company's long-term debt instruments may not be actively traded, the inputs used to measure the fair value of the Company's long-term debt are classified as Level 2 inputs within the fair value hierarchy.



	2017				2016
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value
Revolving credit facility	$	—	$	—	$	325	$	325
4.625% Westlake 2021 Senior Notes ⁽¹⁾	645		639		652		651
4.625% Subsidiary 2021 Senior Notes ⁽¹⁾	65		65		66		66
3.60% 2022 Senior Notes	249		255		248		252
4.875% Westlake 2023 Senior Notes	445		449		447		451
4.875% Subsidiary 2023 Senior Notes	16		16		17		17
3.60% 2026 Senior Notes	740		757		739		722
Loan related to tax-exempt waste disposal revenue bonds due 2027	11		11		11		11
6 ½% 2029 GO Zone Senior Notes	99		111		99		112
6 ¾% 2032 GO Zone Senior Notes	—		—		248		259
6 ½% 2035 GO Zone Senior Notes	88		99		88		100
6 ½% 2035 IKE Zone Senior Notes	65		74		65		73
5.0% 2046 Senior Notes	675		787		674		692
4.375% 2047 Senior Notes	491		518		—		—
3.50% 2032 Senior Notes	248		256		—		—

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(1)	The 4.625% Westlake 2021 Senior Notes and 4.625% Subsidiary 2021 Senior Notes were classified as a component of current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2017. For additional information, see Note 9.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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