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SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION |
Schedule of supplement cash flow information |
|  | Years Ended September 30, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
|  |  |  | (in thousands) |  |  |
Cash payments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest paid, net of amounts capitalized |  | $ | 11,663 |  | $ | 5,374 |  | $ | 6,991 |
Income taxes paid |  | $ | 131,128 |  | $ | 317,599 |  | $ | 363,326 |
Schedule of reconciliation of total capital expenditures incurred to total capital expenditures in the consolidated statements of cash flows |
|  | September 30, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Capital expenditures incurred |  | $ | 1,035,278 |  | $ | 1,047,176 |  | $ | 791,741 |
Additions incurred prior year but paid for in current year |  |  | 123,548 |  |  | 29,264 |  |  | 46,589 |
Additions incurred but not paid for as of the end of the year |  |  | (25,344 | ) |  | (123,548 | ) |  | (29,264 | )
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Capital expenditures per Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows |  | $ | 1,133,482 |  | $ | 952,892 |  | $ | 809,066 |
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