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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 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 nine months ended September 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 September 30:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
382

 
$
284

 
$
8

 
$
12

 
$
12

 
$
10

Interest cost
423

 
401

 
30

 
33

 
11

 
12

Expected return on assets
(622
)
 
(564
)
 
(5
)
 
(6
)
 
(15
)
 
(15
)
Amortization of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transition obligation
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Prior service cost
42

 
42

 
2

 
1

 
—

 
1

Other net (gain) loss
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Actuarial (gain) loss
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Settlement and curtailment loss
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Net periodic benefit cost
$
225

 
$
163

 
$
35

 
$
40

 
$
8

 
$
8

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Pension Benefits
 
U.S. Postretirement
Medical Benefits
 
International
Pension Benefits
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Nine Months Ended September 30:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
1,145

 
$
853

 
$
25

 
$
51

 
$
37

 
$
37

Interest cost
1,270

 
1,203

 
91

 
119

 
33

 
38

Expected return on assets
(1,866
)
 
(1,693
)
 
(13
)
 
(18
)
 
(46
)
 
(45
)
Amortization of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transition obligation
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Prior service cost
126

 
127

 
4

 
(2
)
 
1

 
(2
)
Other net (gain) loss
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Actuarial (gain) loss
—

 
—

 
—

 
746

 
—

 
—

Settlement and curtailment loss
—

 
—

 
—

 
320

 
—

 
—

Net periodic benefit cost
$
675

 
$
490

 
$
107

 
$
1,216

 
$
25

 
$
28