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Goodwill and other intangible assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Intangible Assets [Abstract]  
Goodwill and other intangible assets Goodwill and other intangible assets
2024
$ million
Other intangible assets
GoodwillLNG off-take
and sales contracts
Environmental certificatesOtherTotal
Cost
At January 118,5429,7342,3919,64221,767
Additions1553,8625944,456
Sales, retirements and other movements [A]
(195)(3,147)(3,668)(180)

(6,995)
Currency translation differences(220)(71)(258)(329)
At December 3118,2826,5872,5149,79818,899
Depreciation, depletion and amortisation, including impairments
At January 11,8826,7514,76311,514
Charge for the year [B]
5105907441,334
Sales, retirements and other movements [A]
(101)(3,147)(169)(3,316)
Currency translation differences(41)(113)(113)
At December 312,2504,1945,2259,419
Carrying amount at December 3116,0322,3932,5144,573
[C]
9,480
[A]Includes the reclassification of assets classified as held for sale. (See Note 19).
[B]Includes impairment losses and reversals (except for Goodwill). (See Note 13).
[C]Includes software ($1,013 million), power purchase agreements, retail customer relationships and trademarks.
11. Goodwill and other intangible assets continued

2023
$ million
Other intangible assets
GoodwillLNG off-take
and sales contracts
Environmental certificatesOtherTotal
Cost
At January 117,5579,8332,2018,15820,192
Additions1,4363,8371,721
[C]
5,558
Sales, retirements and other movements [A]
(506)(99)(3,714)(376)

(4,189)
Currency translation differences5567139206
At December 3118,5429,7342,3919,64221,767
Depreciation, depletion and amortisation, including impairments
At January 1 1,5186,0604,47010,530
Charge for the year [B]
6357904421,232
Sales, retirements and other movements [A]
(296)(99)(222)(321)
Currency translation differences257373
At December 311,8826,7514,76311,514
Carrying amount at December 3116,6602,9832,3914,879
[D]
10,253
[A]Includes the reclassification of assets classified as held for sale. (See Note 19).
[B]Includes impairment losses and reversals. (See Note 13).
[C]Includes feedstock supply contracts and intellectual property rights ($948 million) from an acquisition in Marketing and software ($357 million) primarily in Integrated Gas and Marketing.
[D]Includes software ($829 million), power purchase agreements, retail customer relationships and trademarks.
Goodwill at December 31, 2024, related principally to the acquisition of BG Group plc in 2016, allocated to Integrated Gas ($4,945 million) and Upstream ($5,294 million) at the operating segment level, and to Pennzoil-Quaker State Company ($1,605 million), a lubricants business in the Marketing segment based largely in North America.