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, 2014
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, 2014 and 2013 (in millions):
 
U.S. Pension Benefits
 
U.S. Postretirement
Medical Benefits
 
International
Pension Benefits
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
Three Months Ended September 30:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
284

 
$
337

 
$
12

 
$
20

 
$
10

 
$
11

Interest cost
401

 
362

 
33

 
46

 
12

 
11

Expected return on assets
(564
)
 
(537
)
 
(6
)
 
(8
)
 
(15
)
 
(14
)
Amortization of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transition obligation
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Prior service cost
42

 
44

 
1

 
1

 
1

 
—

Other net (gain) loss
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Actuarial (gain) loss
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Settlement and curtailment loss
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Net periodic benefit cost
$
163

 
$
206

 
$
40

 
$
59

 
$
8

 
$
8

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Pension Benefits
 
U.S. Postretirement
Medical Benefits
 
International
Pension Benefits
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
Nine Months Ended September 30:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
853

 
$
1,012

 
$
51

 
$
72

 
$
37

 
$
37

Interest cost
1,203

 
1,087

 
119

 
139

 
38

 
33

Expected return on assets
(1,693
)
 
(1,611
)
 
(18
)
 
(25
)
 
(45
)
 
(42
)
Amortization of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transition obligation
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Prior service cost
127

 
130

 
(2
)
 
3

 
(2
)
 
—

Other net (gain) loss
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Actuarial (gain) loss
—

 
—

 
746

 
—

 
—

 
—

Settlement and curtailment loss
—

 
—

 
320

 
—

 
—

 
—

Net periodic benefit cost
$
490

 
$
618

 
$
1,216

 
$
189

 
$
28

 
$
28