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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures
Information about net periodic benefit cost for our company-sponsored pension and postretirement benefit plans is as follows for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 (in millions):
 
U.S. Pension Benefits
 
U.S. Postretirement
Medical Benefits
 
International
Pension Benefits
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Three Months Ended June 30:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
381

 
$
285

 
$
8

 
$
18

 
$
13

 
$
15

Interest cost
424

 
401

 
30

 
34

 
11

 
14

Expected return on assets
(622
)
 
(565
)
 
(4
)
 
(6
)
 
(16
)
 
(15
)
Amortization of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transition obligation

 

 

 

 

 

Prior service cost
42

 
43

 
1

 
(4
)
 
1

 
(3
)
Other net (gain) loss

 

 

 

 

 

Actuarial (gain) loss

 

 

 
746

 

 

Settlement and curtailment loss

 

 

 
$
320

 

 

Net periodic benefit cost
$
225

 
$
164

 
$
35

 
$
1,108

 
$
9

 
$
11

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Pension Benefits
 
U.S. Postretirement
Medical Benefits
 
International
Pension Benefits
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Six Months Ended June 30:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
763

 
$
569

 
$
17

 
$
39

 
$
25

 
$
27

Interest cost
847

 
802

 
61

 
86

 
22

 
26

Expected return on assets
(1,244
)
 
(1,129
)
 
(8
)
 
(12
)
 
(31
)
 
(30
)
Amortization of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transition obligation

 

 

 

 

 

Prior service cost
84

 
85

 
2

 
(3
)
 
1

 
(3
)
Other net (gain) loss

 

 

 

 

 

Actuarial (gain) loss

 

 

 
746

 

 

Settlement and curtailment loss

 

 

 
$
320

 

 

Net periodic benefit cost
$
450

 
$
327

 
$
72

 
$
1,176

 
$
17

 
$
20