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JOINT VENTURES (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Schedule of changes in noncontrolling interests | The following table presents the changes in noncontrolling interests for our consolidated JVs, which is reported in equity and mezzanine equity on the condensed consolidated balance sheets for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019:
| Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest |  | Mezzanine Equity - Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests
| Ares JV |  | BSP JV |  | Total |  | Ares JV |  | Elk Hills Carbon JV |  | Total
| (in millions) |  |
Balance, December 31, 2019 | $ | — |  |  | $ | 93 |  |  | $ | 93 |  |  | $ | 802 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 802 |
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | 2 |  |  | 19 |  |  | 21 |  |  | 30 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 30 |
Contributions from noncontrolling interest holders, net | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | $ | 2 |
Distributions to noncontrolling interest holders | (2 | ) |  | (24 | ) |  | (26 | ) |  | (18 | ) |  | — |  |  | $ | (18 | )
Balance, March 31, 2020 | $ | — |  |  | $ | 88 |  |  | $ | 88 |  |  | $ | 814 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 816 |
Balance, December 31, 2018 | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 99 |  |  | $ | 114 |  |  | $ | 756 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 756 |
Net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests | (3 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (5 | ) |  | 28 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 28 |
Contributions from noncontrolling interest holders, net | — |  |  | 49 |  |  | 49 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |
Accrued distributions | — |  |  | (19 | ) |  | (19 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |
Distributions to noncontrolling interest holders | (2 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2 | ) |  | (18 | ) |  | — |  |  | $ | (18 | )
Balance, March 31, 2019 | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 127 |  |  | $ | 137 |  |  | $ | 766 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 766 |

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