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SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Cash Flow Statement [Abstract] |
Disclosure of interest and income taxes paid |
|  | For the Year Ended December 31,
US$ MILLIONS |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Interest paid |  | $ | 451 |  |  | $ | 366 |  |  | $ | 332 |
Income taxes paid |  | $ | 132 |  |  | $ | 33 |  |  | $ | 22 |
Disclosure of changes in non-cash working capital | Details of “Changes in non-cash working capital, net” on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows are as follows:
|  | For the Year Ended December 31,
US$ MILLIONS |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Accounts receivable |  | $ | (31 | ) |  | $ | 31 |  |  | $ | 27 |
Prepayments and other |  | 4 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 1 |
Accounts payable and other |  | 158 |  |  | 11 |  |  | (110 | )
Changes in non-cash working capital, net |  | $ | 131 |  |  | $ | 45 |  |  | $ | (82 | )

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