XML 62 R19.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.20.1
Financial Risk Management Activities
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Financial Risk Management Activities

12.  Financial Risk Management Activities

In the normal course of our business, we are exposed to commodity risks related to changes in the prices of crude oil and natural gas as well as changes in interest rates and foreign currency values.  Financial risk management activities include transactions designed to reduce risk in the selling prices of crude oil or natural gas we produce or by reducing our exposure to foreign currency or interest rate movements.  Generally, futures, swaps or option strategies may be used to fix the forward selling price of a portion of our crude oil or natural gas production.  Forward contracts may also be used to purchase certain currencies in which we conduct business with the intent of reducing exposure to foreign currency fluctuations.  At March 31, 2020, these forward contracts relate to the British Pound and the Danish Krone.  Interest rate swaps may be used to convert interest payments on certain long-term debt from fixed to floating rates.

The notional amounts of outstanding financial risk management derivative contracts were as follows:

 

 

March 31,

2020

 

 

December 31,

2019

 

 

 

(In millions)

 

Commodity - crude oil (millions of barrels)

 

 

41.3

 

 

 

54.9

 

Foreign exchange

 

$

65

 

 

$

90

 

Interest rate swaps

 

$

100

 

 

$

100

 

 

For calendar year 2020 we have West Texas Intermediate (WTI) put options with an average monthly floor price of $55 per barrel for 130,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd), and Brent put options with an average monthly floor price of $60 per barrel for 20,000 bopd.

The table below reflects the gross and net fair values of risk management derivative instruments and their respective financial statement caption in the Consolidated Balance Sheet:

 

 

Assets

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

(In millions)

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative Contracts Designated as Hedging Instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crude oil derivative contracts

 

$

1,098

 

 

$

 

Interest rate - Other assets (noncurrent)

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

Total derivative contracts designated as hedging instruments

 

 

1,104

 

 

 

 

Derivative Contracts Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange

 

 

 

 

 

(2

)

Total derivative contracts not designated as hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

(2

)

Gross fair value of derivative contracts

 

 

1,104

 

 

 

(2

)

Master netting arrangements

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Fair Value of Derivative Contracts

 

$

1,104

 

 

$

(2

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative Contracts Designated as Hedging Instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crude oil derivative contracts

 

$

125

 

 

$

 

Interest rate - Other assets (noncurrent)

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

Total derivative contracts designated as hedging instruments

 

 

126

 

 

 

 

Derivative Contracts Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

Total derivative contracts not designated as hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

Gross fair value of derivative contracts

 

 

126

 

 

 

(1

)

Master netting arrangements

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Fair Value of Derivative Contracts

 

$

126

 

 

$

(1

)

All fair values in the table above are based on Level 2 inputs.

Derivative contracts designated as hedging instruments:

Crude oil derivatives:  Crude oil hedging contracts increased Sales and other operating revenues by $64 million and $15 million in the first quarter of 2020 and 2019, respectively.  At March 31, 2020, pre-tax deferred gains in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) related to outstanding crude oil price hedging contracts were $831 million, all of which will be reclassified into earnings during the remainder of 2020 as the originally hedged crude oil sales are recognized in earnings.  

Interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges:  At March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we had interest rate swaps with gross notional amounts totaling $100 million, which were designated as fair value hedges and relate to debt where we have converted interest payments on certain long-term debt from fixed to floating rates.  Changes in the fair value of interest rate swaps and the hedged fixed-rate debt are recorded in Interest expense in the Statement of Consolidated Income.  In the first quarter of 2020, the change in fair value of interest rate swaps was an increase in the asset of $5 million (2019 Q1:  decrease in the liability of $1 million) with a corresponding adjustment in the carrying value of the hedged fixed-rate debt.

Derivative contracts not designated as hedging instruments:

Foreign exchange:  Foreign exchange gains and losses which are reported in Other, net in Revenues and non-operating income in the Statement of Consolidated Income were a loss of $1 million in the first quarter of 2020 (2019 Q1: $5 million gain).  A component of foreign exchange gain is the result of foreign exchange derivative contracts that are not designated as hedges which amounted to a net gain of $2 million in the first quarter of 2020 (2019 Q1: a net loss of less than $1 million).

Fair Value Measurement:  

We have other short-term financial instruments, primarily cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable, for which the carrying value approximated fair value at March 31, 2020.  At March 31, 2020, total long-term debt, which was primarily comprised of fixed-rate debt instruments, had a carrying value of $8,194 million and a fair value of $6,468 million based on Level 2 inputs.