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Discontinued Operations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations

5. Discontinued Operations

Spin-off of Exterran Corporation

In 2015 we completed the Spin-off. In order to effect the Spin-off and govern our relationship with Exterran Corporation after the Spin-off, we entered into several agreements with Exterran Corporation, which include, but are not limited to, the separation and distribution agreement and the tax matters agreement.

The separation and distribution agreement specifies, among other things, our right to promptly receive payments from Exterran Corporation based on a notional amount corresponding to payments received by Exterran Corporation from PDVSA in respect of the sale of Exterran Corporation’s previously nationalized assets after such amounts are collected by Exterran Corporation. During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2018, we received $0.7 million and $18.7 million, respectively, from Exterran Corporation pursuant to this term of the separation and distribution agreement. We entered into an assignment from Exterran Corporation in 2020 such that any future payments by PDVSA would be received directly by us.

The tax matters agreement governs the respective rights, responsibilities and obligations of Exterran Corporation and us with respect to certain tax matters. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, we had $7.9 million and $8.5 million, respectively, of unrecognized tax benefits (including interest and penalties) related to Exterran Corporation operations prior to the Spin-off recorded to noncurrent liabilities associated with discontinued operations in our consolidated balance sheets. We had an offsetting indemnification asset of $7.9 million and $8.5 million related to these unrecognized tax benefits recorded to noncurrent assets associated with discontinued operations as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The following table presents the balance sheet for our discontinued operations (in thousands):


		December 31,
		2020			2019
Other assets		$	7,868		$	8,508
Deferred tax assets			3,168			4,393
Total assets associated with discontinued operations		$	11,036		$	12,901

Deferred tax liabilities		$	7,868		$	8,508
Total liabilities associated with discontinued operations		$	7,868		$	8,508

The following table presents the statements of operations for our discontinued operations (in thousands):


		Year Ended December 31,
		2020			2019			2018
Other (income) expense, net		$	640		$	(1,473)		$	(654)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes			(640)			1,746			654
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax		$	—		$	(273)		$	—