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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Retirement Benefits [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, 2018 and 2017 (in millions):
 
U.S. Pension Benefits
 
U.S. Postretirement
Medical Benefits
 
International
Pension Benefits
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Three Months Ended September 30:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
415

 
$
382

 
$
7

 
$
7

 
$
15

 
$
15

Interest cost
450

 
445

 
26

 
28

 
11

 
10

Expected return on assets
(800
)
 
(730
)
 
(2
)
 
(2
)
 
(19
)
 
(17
)
Amortization of prior service cost
48

 
48

 
2

 
1

 
—

 
1

Net periodic benefit cost
$
113

 
$
145

 
$
33

 
$
34

 
$
7

 
$
9

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Pension Benefits
 
U.S. Postretirement
Medical Benefits
 
International
Pension Benefits
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Nine Months Ended September 30:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
1,246

 
$
1,161

 
$
21

 
$
21

 
$
47

 
$
44

Interest cost
1,349

 
1,369

 
78

 
84

 
34

 
30

Expected return on assets
(2,401
)
 
(2,154
)
 
(6
)
 
(5
)
 
(58
)
 
(49
)
Amortization of prior service cost
145

 
144

 
6

 
5

 
—

 
1

Net periodic benefit cost
$
339

 
$
520

 
$
99

 
$
105

 
$
23

 
$
26