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Fair Value Measurement
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Fair Value Measurement [Abstract]  
Fair Value Measurement
Note 12—Fair Value
 
Measurement
We carry a portion of our assets and liabilities
 
at fair value that are measured
 
at the reporting date using an exit
price (i.e., the price that would be received to sell an
 
asset or paid to transfer
 
a liability) and disclosed according to
the quality of valuation inputs under the following hierarchy:
Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in an
 
active market for identical
 
assets or liabilities.
Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices that are
 
directly or indirectly observable.
Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are
 
significant to the fair value of assets
 
or liabilities.
The classification of an asset or liability is based on the lowest
 
level of input significant to its fair value.
 
Those that
are initially classified as Level 3 are subsequently
 
reported as Level 2 when the fair value derived
 
from unobservable
inputs is inconsequential to the overall
 
fair value, or if corroborated
 
market data becomes available.
 
Assets and
liabilities initially reported as Level 2 are subsequently
 
reported as Level 3 if corroborated
 
market data is no longer
available.
 
There were no material transfers
 
into or out of Level 3 during the three-
 
and nine-month periods ended
September 30, 2021, nor during the year ended December
 
31, 2020.
Recurring Fair Value
 
Measurement
Financial assets and liabilities reported at fair
 
value on a recurring basis primarily include our investment
 
in CVE
common shares, our investments
 
in debt securities classified as available for
 
sale, and commodity derivatives.
Level 1 derivative assets and
 
liabilities primarily represent exchange-traded
 
futures and options that are
valued using unadjusted prices available
 
from the underlying exchange.
 
Level 1 also includes our
investment in common shares
 
of CVE, which is valued using quotes for shares
 
on the NYSE, and our
investments in U.S. government
 
obligations classified as available for
 
sale debt securities, which are
valued using exchange prices.
Level 2 derivative assets and
 
liabilities primarily represent OTC
 
swaps, options and forward
 
purchase and
sale contracts that are
 
valued using adjusted exchange
 
prices, prices provided by brokers
 
or pricing
service companies that are all corroborated
 
by market data.
 
Level 2 also includes our investments
 
in debt
securities classified as available for sale including
 
investments in corporate
 
bonds, commercial paper,
asset-backed securities, U.S. government
 
agency obligations and foreign
 
government obligations
 
that are
valued using pricing provided by brokers
 
or pricing service companies that are corroborated
 
with market
data.
Level 3 derivative assets and
 
liabilities consist of OTC swaps,
 
options and forward purchase and
 
sale
contracts where a significant
 
portion of fair value is calculated
 
from underlying market data
 
that is not
readily available.
 
The derived value uses industry standard
 
methodologies that may consider the
historical relationships
 
among various commodities, modeled market
 
prices, time value,
 
volatility factors
and other relevant economic measures.
 
The use of these inputs results in management’s
 
best estimate of
fair value.
 
Level 3 activity was not material for
 
all periods presented.
The following table summarizes the
 
fair value hierarchy
 
for gross financial assets and liabilities (i.e., unadjusted
where the right of setoff exists
 
for commodity derivatives accounted
 
for at fair value on a recurring
 
basis):
Millions of Dollars
September 30, 2021
December 31, 2020
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Assets
Investment in CVE shares
$
1,416
-
-
1,416
1,256
-
-
1,256
Investments in debt securities
6
560
-
566
17
501
-
518
Commodity derivatives
882
788
40
1,710
142
101
12
255
Total
 
assets
$
2,304
1,348
40
3,692
1,415
602
12
2,029
Liabilities
Commodity derivatives
$
893
723
159
1,775
120
91
9
220
Total
 
liabilities
$
893
723
159
1,775
120
91
9
220
The following table summarizes those
 
commodity derivative balances subject to
 
the right of setoff as
 
presented on our consolidated
 
balance sheet.
 
We have elected to
 
offset the recognized fair
 
value amounts for
 
multiple derivative instruments
 
executed with the same counterparty
 
in our financial statements when a legal
right of setoff exists.
Millions of Dollars
Amounts Subject to Right of Setoff
Gross
Amounts Not
Gross
Net
Amounts
Subject to
Gross
Amounts
Amounts
Cash
Net
Recognized
Right of Setoff
Amounts
Offset
Presented
Collateral
Amounts
September 30, 2021
Assets
$
1,710
113
1,597
883
714
-
714
Liabilities
1,775
129
1,646
883
763
34
729
December 31, 2020
Assets
$
255
2
253
157
96
10
86
Liabilities
220
1
219
157
62
4
58
At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we
 
did not present any amounts
 
gross on our consolidated
 
balance sheet where we had the right of setoff.
Reported Fair Values
 
of Financial Instruments
We used the following methods
 
and assumptions to estimate the fair value
 
of financial instruments:
Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments:
 
The carrying amount reported on the balance
sheet approximates fair
 
value.
 
For those investments classified as
 
available for sale debt securities, the
carrying amount reported on the balance sheet
 
is fair value.
Accounts and notes receivable (including
 
long-term and related parties): The carrying
 
amount reported on
the balance sheet approximates
 
fair value.
 
The valuation technique and methods used to
 
estimate the
fair value of the current portion of fixed
 
-rate related party
 
loans is consistent with Loans and advances—
related parties.
Investment in CVE:
for a discussion of the carrying value and fair
 
value of our investment in
CVE common shares.
Investments in debt securities classified
 
as available for sale: The fair value
 
of investments in debt
securities categorized as Level
 
1 in the fair value hierarchy
 
is measured using exchange prices.
 
The fair
value of investments in debt
 
securities categorized as Level 2 in
 
the fair value hierarchy
 
is measured using
pricing provided by brokers
 
or pricing service companies that are corroborated
 
with market data.
Loans and advances—related parties: The carrying
 
amount of floating-rate loans
 
approximates fair value.
 
The fair value of fixed-rate
 
loan activity is measured using market
 
observable data and is categorized
 
as
Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.
Accounts payable (including
 
related parties) and floating-rate
 
debt: The carrying amount of accounts
payable and floating-rate
 
debt reported on the balance sheet approximates
 
fair value.
Fixed-rate debt: The estimated
 
fair value of fixed-rate
 
debt is measured using prices available from
 
a
pricing service that is corroborated
 
by market data; therefore,
 
these liabilities are categorized
 
as Level 2 in
the fair value hierarchy.
Commercial paper: The carrying amount of our commercial
 
paper instruments approximates
 
fair value
and is reported on the balance sheet as short-term
 
debt.
The following table summarizes the
 
net fair value of financial instruments
 
(i.e., adjusted where the right of setoff
exists for commodity derivatives):
Millions of Dollars
Carrying Amount
Fair Value
September 30
December 31
September 30
December 31
2021
2020
2021
2020
Financial assets
Investment in CVE shares
$
1,416
1,256
1,416
1,256
Commodity derivatives
827
88
827
88
Investments in debt securities
566
518
566
518
Loans and advances—related parties
114
220
114
220
Financial liabilities
Total
 
debt, excluding finance leases
18,815
14,478
22,797
19,106
Commodity derivatives
858
59
858
59