Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
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, 2012 and 2011 (in millions):
 
U.S. Pension Benefits
 
U.S. Postretirement
Medical Benefits
 
International
Pension Benefits
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Three Months Ended September 30:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
249

 
$
218

 
$
23

 
$
22

 
$
12

 
$
9

Interest cost
353

 
327

 
52

 
52

 
10

 
10

Expected return on assets
(493
)
 
(489
)
 
(4
)
 
(4
)
 
(11
)
 
(11
)
Amortization of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transition obligation
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Prior service cost
43

 
43

 
1

 
2

 
1

 
—

Other net (gain) loss
—

 
29

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
1

Actuarial (gain) loss
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Net periodic benefit cost
$
152

 
$
128

 
$
72

 
$
72

 
$
12

 
$
9

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Pension Benefits
 
U.S. Postretirement
Medical Benefits
 
International
Pension Benefits
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Nine Months Ended September 30:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
748

 
$
654

 
$
67

 
$
66

 
$
41

 
$
27

Interest cost
1,058

 
981

 
156

 
156

 
31

 
30

Expected return on assets
(1,478
)
 
(1,467
)
 
(13
)
 
(12
)
 
(35
)
 
(33
)
Amortization of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transition obligation
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Prior service cost
130

 
129

 
3

 
6

 
1

 
—

Other net (gain) loss
—

 
88

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
3

Actuarial (gain) loss
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Net periodic benefit cost
$
458

 
$
385

 
$
213

 
$
216

 
$
38

 
$
27