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SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Cash Flow Statement [Abstract] |
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION | SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
|  | For the Year Ended December 31,
US$ MILLIONS |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Interest paid |  | $ | 451 |  |  | $ | 366 |  |  | $ | 332 |
Income taxes paid |  | $ | 132 |  |  | $ | 33 |  |  | $ | 22 |
Amounts paid and received for interest were reflected as operating cash flows in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Interest paid is net of debt related hedges. Amounts paid for income taxes were reflected as either operating cash flows or investing cash flows in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows depending upon the nature of the underlying transaction. 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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