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OTHER LONG TERM LIABILITIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
OTHER LONG TERM LIABILITIES |
Schedule of other long-term liabilities |
($ millions) |  | December 31 2019 |  | December 31 2018 |
Pensions and other post-retirement benefits (note 22) |  | 1 577 |  | 1 420 |
Share-based compensation plans (note 25) |  | 289 |  | 259 |
Partnership liability(1) |  | 446 |  | 470 |
Deferred revenue |  | 40 |  | 46 |
Libya Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) signature bonus(2) |  | 79 |  | 83 |
Other |  | 68 |  | 68 |
|  | 2 499 |  | 2 346 |
(1) | The company paid $62 million in 2019 (2018 – $62 million) in distributions to the partners, of which $55 million (2018 – $56 million) was allocated to interest expense and $7 million (2018 – $6 million) to the principal.
(2) | As part of the 2009 acquisition of Petro-Canada, the company assumed the remaining US$500 million obligation for a signature bonus relating to Petro-Canada's ratification of six EPSAs in Libya. At December 31, 2019, the carrying amount of the Libya EPSAs' signature bonus was $81 million (December 31, 2018 – $85 million). The current portion is $2 million (December 31, 2018 – $2 million) and is recorded in Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities.

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