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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND OTHER (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract] |
Disclosure of accounts receivable and other |
US$ MILLIONS |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Current: |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable |  | $ | 738 |  |  | $ | 395 |
Prepayments & other assets |  | 100 |  |  | 109 |
Total current |  | $ | 838 |  |  | $ | 504 |
Non-current: |  |  |  |
Tax recovery receivables |  | $ | 52 |  |  | $ | 55 |
Other assets |  | 221 |  |  | 110 |
Total non-current |  | $ | 273 |  |  | $ | 165 |

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