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Other Assets Other Assets (Table) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Other Assets [Abstract] |
Schedule of other non-operating income | The following tables set forth information regarding our investments accounted for under the equity method of accounting, including the entities discussed above, (in thousands):
|  | For the period ended December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Share of equity income from investments |  | $ | 156,247 |  |  | $ | 128,350 |  |  | $ | 81,026 |
Dividends received |  | $ | 109,677 |  |  | $ | 75,942 |  |  | $ | 33,338 |
Related party transactions |
|  | As of December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Total notes receivable due from equity investments |  | $ | 314,323 |  |  | $ | 323,636 |
Less-current portion(1) |  | 38,658 |  |  | 40,742 |
Long-term portion(2) |  | $ | 275,665 |  |  | $ | 282,894 |
___________________________________________________________________ (1) Included within Trade and other receivables, net in our consolidated balance sheets. (2) Included within Other assets in our consolidated balance sheets. We recorded the following as it relates to these services in our operating results within our consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) (in thousands):
|  | For the period ended December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Revenues |  | $ | 53,532 |  |  | $ | 30,517 |  |  | $ | 20,217 |
Expenses |  | $ | 15,176 |  |  | $ | 12,795 |  |  | $ | 15,669 |
Summarized balance sheet information of affiliates accounted for under the equity method of accounting | Summarized financial information for our affiliates accounted for under the equity method of accounting was as follows (in thousands):
|  | As of December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Current assets |  | $ | 532,330 |  |  | $ | 492,707 |
Non-current assets |  | 3,673,613 |  |  | 2,942,580 |
Total assets |  | $ | 4,205,943 |  |  | $ | 3,435,287 |
Current liabilities |  | $ | 1,152,193 |  |  | $ | 887,175 |
Non- current liabilities |  | 1,974,166 |  |  | 1,704,495 |
Total liabilities |  | $ | 3,126,359 |  |  | $ | 2,591,670 |
Equity attributable to: |  |  |  |
Noncontrolling interest |  | $ | 1,753 |  |  | $ | 1,544 |
Summarized income statement sheet information of affiliates accounted for under the equity method of accounting |
|  | For the period ended December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Total revenues |  | $ | 1,994,014 |  |  | $ | 1,340,662 |  |  | $ | 990,172 |
Total expenses |  | (1,684,276 | ) |  | (1,078,470 | ) |  | (830,898 | )
Net income |  | $ | 309,738 |  |  | $ | 262,192 |  |  | $ | 159,274 |

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