International downstream operations earned $515 million in fourth-quarter 2015 compared with $629 million a year earlier. ConocoPhillips reported a fourth-quarter 2015 net loss of $3.43 billion compared with a net loss of $24 million in the same quarter in 2014. Special items for the quarter resulted in aftertax impacts of $2.3 billion, including $2.7 billion of noncash impairments primarily from price-related impacts at Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) and various assets in the UK, as well as changes to future exploration plans in Alaska's Chukchi Sea, Angola, and the Gulf of Mexico, partially offset by $366 million from net gains on asset sales. During the quarter, ConocoPhillips's dry hole expense of $565 million-or $506 million excluding special items-was incurred primarily in Canada and the Gulf of Mexico. During full-year 2015, the company recorded a net loss of $4.37 billion compared with full-year 2014 earnings of $6.94 billion.