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SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION |
Schedule of supplemental cash flow information |
|  | Years Ended September 30, |
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Cash payments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest paid, net of amounts capitalized |  | $ | 28,011 |  | $ | 11,651 |  | $ | 5,377 |
Income taxes paid |  | $ | 15,577 |  | $ | 131,128 |  | $ | 317,599 |
Schedule of reconciliation of total capital expenditures incurred to total capital expenditures in the consolidated statements of cash flows |
|  | September 30, |
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 (as adjusted) |  | 2014 (as adjusted) |
|  | (in thousands) |
Capital expenditures incurred |  | $ | 241,290 |  | $ | 1,033,241 |  | $ | 1,045,820 |
Additions incurred prior year but paid for in current year |  |  | 25,344 |  |  | 123,548 |  |  | 29,264 |
Additions incurred but not paid for as of the end of the year |  |  | (9,465 | ) |  | (25,344 | ) |  | (123,548 | )
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Capital expenditures per Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows |  | $ | 257,169 |  | $ | 1,131,445 |  | $ | 951,536 |
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