RELATED PARTY BALANCES

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

(9)	RELATED PARTY BALANCES

The company maintained the following balances with related parties as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017:

	Successor
	June 30,		December 31,
(In thousands)	2018		2017
Due from related parties:
Sonatide (Angola)	$	152,826		230,315
DTDW (Nigeria)		44,233		33,353

Due to related parties:
Sonatide (Angola)	$	46,742		99,448
DTDW (Nigeria)		15,611		9,645

Due from related parties, net of due to related parties	$	134,706		154,575

Included in due from related parties balances are customer receivables expected to be remitted to the company through joint ventures, receivables related to operating expenses paid by the company on behalf of joint ventures and cash received by joint ventures from customers and due to the company. Included in the due to related parties balances are commissions payable by the company to the related parties and payables related to local expenses paid by the related parties on behalf of the company. For more information regarding amounts due to and from Sonatide please refer to Note (10). Amounts due from and due to DTDW (Nigeria) of $33.4 million and $9.6 million, respectively, are included in trade and other receivables, net, and accounts payable line items at December 31, 2017.