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OTHER LONG TERM LIABILITIES | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
OTHER LONG TERM LIABILITIES |
OTHER LONG TERM LIABILITIES | 22. Other Long-Term Liabilities
($ millions) |  | December 31 2020 |  | December 31 2019 |
Pensions and other post-retirement benefits (note 23) |  | 2 004 |  | 1 577 |
Share-based compensation plans (note 26) |  | 143 |  | 289 |
Partnership liability (note 27)(1) |  | 436 |  | 446 |
Deferred revenue |  | 35 |  | 40 |
Libya Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) signature bonus(2) |  | 74 |  | 79 |
Other |  | 148 |  | 68 |
|  | 2 840 |  | 2 499 |
(1) | The company paid $62 million in 2020 (2019 – $62 million) in distributions to the partners, of which $52 million (2019 – $55 million) was allocated to interest expense and $10 million (2019 – $7 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, 2020, the carrying amount of the Libya EPSAs' signature bonus was $78 million (December 31, 2019 – $81 million). The current portion is $4 million (December 31, 2019 – $2 million) and is recorded in Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities.

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