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Fixed Assets | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Fixed Assets And Asset Retirement Obligations [Abstract] |
Fixed Assets And Asset Retirement Obligations | 5. Fixed Assets Fixed Assets Fixed assets consisted of the following:
| September 30, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
Pipelines and related assets | $ | 460,118 |  |  | $ | 338,920 |
Machinery and equipment | 268,172 |  |  | 173,092 |
Transportation equipment | 18,369 |  |  | 19,140 |
Marine vessels | 594,322 |  |  | 554,679 |
Land, buildings and improvements | 31,776 |  |  | 30,170 |
Office equipment, furniture and fixtures | 5,541 |  |  | 5,633 |
Construction in progress | 255,497 |  |  | 183,037 |
Other | 34,336 |  |  | 23,303 |
Fixed assets, at cost | 1,668,131 |  |  | 1,327,974 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation | (248,145 | ) |  | (199,230 | )
Net fixed assets | $ | 1,419,986 |  |  | $ | 1,128,744 |
Our depreciation expense for the periods presented was as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Depreciation expense | $ | 20,736 |  |  | $ | 11,362 |  |  | $ | 52,422 |  |  | $ | 32,920 |

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