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Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale [Abstract] |
Major Categories of Assets and Liabilities Reflected as Held for Sale |
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﻿(Thousands of dollars) |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016
﻿Current assets |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿ Cash |  | $ | 16,631 |  |  | 4,126
﻿ Accounts receivable |  |  | 6,298 |  |  | 22,944
﻿ Other |  |  | – |  |  | –
﻿ Total current assets held for sale |  | $ | 22,929 |  |  | 27,070
﻿Current liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿ Accounts payable |  | $ | 837 |  |  | 270
﻿ Accrued compensation and severance |  |  | – |  |  | –
﻿ Refinery decommissioning cost |  |  | 2,693 |  |  | 2,506
﻿ Total current liabilities associated with assets held for sale |  | $ | 3,530 |  |  | 2,776
﻿Non-current liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿ Asset retirement obligation – Seal asset |  | $ | – |  |  | 85,900
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Results of Operations Associated with Discontinued Operations |
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﻿(Thousands of dollars) | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
﻿Revenues | $ | 854 |  | 1,464 |  | 381,747
﻿Loss from operations before income taxes | $ | (853) |  | (2,027) |  | (6,758)
﻿Loss on sale before income taxes |  | – |  | – |  | (4,990)
﻿Total loss from discontinued operations before taxes |  | (853) |  | (2,027) |  | (11,748)
﻿Income tax expense |  | – |  | – |  | 3,313
﻿Loss from discontinued operations | $ | (853) |  | (2,027) |  | (15,061)
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