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Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale [Abstract] |
Results of Operations Associated with Discontinued Operations |
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﻿ | Three Months Ended |
﻿ | March 31, |
﻿(Thousands of dollars) |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |
﻿Revenues | $ | 195,412 |  | 210,815 |
﻿Costs and expenses |  |  |  |  |
﻿ Lease operating expenses |  | 62,716 |  | 47,610 |
﻿ Depreciation, depletion and amortization |  | 31,353 |  | 47,991 |
﻿ Other costs and expenses (benefits) |  | 13,080 |  | (2,451) |
﻿Total costs and expenses |  | 88,263 |  | 117,665 |
﻿Income tax expense |  | 38,417 |  | 39,993 |
﻿Income from discontinued operations | $ | 49,846 |  | 77,672 |
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Major Categories of Assets and Liabilities Reflected as Held for Sale |
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﻿ |  | March 31, |  | December 31,
﻿(Thousands of dollars) |  | 2019 |  | 2018
﻿Current assets |  |  |  |
﻿Cash | $ | 93,072 |  | 44,669
﻿Accounts receivable |  | 98,268 |  | 103,158
﻿Inventories |  | 8,881 |  | 7,887
﻿Prepaid expenses and other |  | 28,248 |  | 18,151
﻿Property, Plant, and Equipment, net |  | 1,316,985 |  |
﻿Deferred income taxes and other assets |  | 214,103 |  |
﻿Operating lease asset |  | 120,011 |  |
﻿Total current assets associated with assets held for sale |  | 1,879,568 |  | 173,865
﻿Non-current assets |  |  |  |
﻿Property, Plant, and Equipment, net |  | – |  | 1,325,431
﻿Deferred income taxes and other assets |  | – |  | 219,577
﻿Operating lease asset |  | – |  | –
﻿Total non-current assets associated with assets held for sale | $ | – |  | 1,545,008
﻿Current liabilities |  |  |  |
﻿Accounts payable | $ | 209,012 |  | 203,236
﻿Other accrued liabilities |  | 50,524 |  | 55,273
﻿Current maturities of long-term debt |  | 10,067 |  | 9,915
﻿Taxes payable |  | 35,032 |  | 18,034
﻿Current operating lease liabilities |  | 45,982 |  | –
﻿Long-term debt |  | 115,264 |  |
﻿Asset retirement obligation |  | 279,784 |  | –
﻿Non-current operating lease liabilities |  | 74,029 |  | –
﻿Total current liabilities associated with assets held for sale | $ | 819,694 |  | 286,458
﻿Non-current liabilities |  |  |  |
﻿Long-term debt |  | – |  | 117,816
﻿Asset retirement obligation |  | – |  | 274,904
﻿Total non-current liabilities associated with assets held for sale | $ | – |  | 392,720
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