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Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
Major Categories of Assets and Liabilities Reflected as Held for Sale | The following table presents the carrying value of the major categories of assets and liabilities of the Brunei exploration and production and the U.K. refining and marketing operations reflected as held for sale on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2019. As of December 31, 2018, Malaysia exploration and production business was also held for sale. The Malaysia sale closed on July 10, 2019.
(Thousands of dollars) | 2019 |  | 2018
Current assets |  |  |
Cash | $ | 25,185 |  |  | 44,669 |
Accounts receivable | 4,834 |  |  | 103,158 |
Inventories | 406 |  |  | 7,887 |
Prepaid expenses and other | 1,882 |  |  | 18,151 |
Property, Plant, and Equipment, net | 82,116 |  |  | — |
Deferred income taxes and other assets | 9,441 |  |  | — |
Total current assets associated with assets held for sale | 123,864 |  |  | 173,865 |
Non-current assets |  |  |
Property, Plant, and Equipment, net | — |  |  | 1,325,431 |
Deferred income taxes and other assets | — |  |  | 219,577 |
Total non-current assets associated with assets held for sale | — |  |  | 1,545,008 |
Current liabilities |  |  |
Accounts payable | 3,702 |  |  | 203,236 |
Other accrued liabilities | — |  |  | 55,273 |
Current maturities of long-term debt (finance lease) | 705 |  |  | 9,915 |
Taxes payable | 1,411 |  |  | 18,034 |
Asset retirement obligation | 240 |  |  | — |
Long-term debt (finance lease) | 7,240 |  |  | — |
Total current liabilities associated with assets held for sale | 13,298 |  |  | 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 |
Results of Operations Associated with Discontinued Operations | The results of operations associated with discontinued operations are presented in the following table.
(Thousands of dollars) | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Revenues 1 | $ | 1,364,943 |  |  | 854,251 |  |  | 781,995 |
Costs and expenses |  |  |  |  |
Lease operating expense | 127,138 |  |  | 202,062 |  |  | 168,903 |
Depreciation, depletion and amortization | 33,697 |  |  | 196,287 |  |  | 205,841 |
Other costs and expenses (benefits) | 81,538 |  |  | 70,088 |  |  | 53,409 |
Total income from discontinued operations before taxes | 1,122,570 |  |  | 385,814 |  |  | 353,842 |
Income tax expense | 58,083 |  |  | 135,466 |  |  | 112,616 |
Income from discontinued operations | $ | 1,064,487 |  |  | 250,348 |  |  | 241,226 |
1 2019 includes a $985.4 million gain on sale of the Malaysia operations.

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