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Debt Redemption Price Percent Of Principal Amount

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Gross Proceeds from Issuance of Debt

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Offering Expense

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Date the debt agreement requires the first payment to be made, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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The cash inflow from additional borrowings, net of cash paid to third parties in connection with debt origination.

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CONSOLIDATED DEBT 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2015	Apr. 03, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	$ 2,349			$ 2,252
Senior Notes 5.875 Percent Due 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	400			0
Senior Notes 5.875 Percent Due 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	$ 400	$ 400		$ 400
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date	Mar. 01, 2024
Debt Instrument, Date of First Required Payment	Sep. 01, 2014
Proceeds from Debt, Net of Issuance Costs		393
Gross Proceeds From Issuance Of Debt		400
Offering Expense		$ 7
Debt Instrument Percent Of Principal Amount	35.00%
Senior Notes [Member] \| Senior Notes 5.875 Percent Due 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	5.875%		5.875%
Long-term Debt	$ 393
Senior Notes [Member] \| Senior Notes 5.875 Percent Due 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	5.875%
Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member] \| Senior Notes 5.875 Percent Due 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage	105.875%
Scenario 1 [Member] \| Senior Notes 5.875 Percent Due 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Redemption Price Percent Of Principal Amount	105.875%
Scenario 2 [Member] \| Senior Notes 5.875 Percent Due 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Redemption Price Percent Of Principal Amount	100.00%