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CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Disclosure of Capital Management [Abstract] |
Schedule of invested capital | We define Invested Capital as partnership capital removing the impact of the following items: non-controlling interest - in operating subsidiaries, retained earnings or deficit, accumulated other comprehensive income and ownership changes.
US$ MILLIONS | 2021 |  | 2020
Partnership Capital | $ | 26,391 |  |  | $ | 21,673 |
Remove impact of the following items since inception: |  |  |
Non-controlling interest - in operating subsidiaries | (15,658) |  |  | (13,954) |
Deficit | 2,520 |  |  | 2,752 |
Accumulated other comprehensive income | (543) |  |  | (731) |
Ownership changes | (515) |  |  | (527) |
Invested Capital | $ | 12,195 |  |  | $ | 9,213 |
The following table presents the change in Invested Capital during year ended December 31, 2021:
| For the year ended December 31, |  |
US$ MILLIONS | 2021 |  | 2020 |  |
Opening balance | $ | 9,213 |  |  | $ | 9,009 |  |  |
Net issuance of preferred units | 8 |  |  | 195 |  |  |
Issuance of limited partnership and redeemable partnership units | 945 |  |  | 9 |  |  |
Issuance of BIPC exchangeable shares | 1,770 |  |  | — |  |  |
Issuance of BIPC exchange LP Units | 259 |  |  | — |  |  |
Ending balance | $ | 12,195 |  |  | $ | 9,213 |  |  |
Weighted Average Invested Capital | $ | 10,076 |  |  | $ | 9,067 |  |  |

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