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Fixed Assets (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Fixed Assets And Asset Retirement Obligations [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Fixed Assets | Fixed assets consisted of the following:
| September 30, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
Crude oil pipelines and natural gas pipelines and related assets | $ | 2,667,221 |  |  | $ | 2,501,821 |
Machinery and equipment | 419,355 |  |  | 414,100 |
Transportation equipment | 18,639 |  |  | 19,025 |
Marine vessels | 842,700 |  |  | 794,508 |
Land, buildings and improvements | 49,465 |  |  | 41,202 |
Office equipment, furniture and fixtures | 9,441 |  |  | 7,540 |
Construction in progress | 653,949 |  |  | 485,575 |
Other | 46,915 |  |  | 46,455 |
Fixed assets, at cost | 4,707,685 |  |  | 4,310,226 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation | (509,419 | ) |  | (378,247 | )
Net fixed assets | $ | 4,198,266 |  |  | $ | 3,931,979 |
Depreciation Expense | Our depreciation expense for the periods presented was as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Depreciation expense | $ | 46,909 |  |  | $ | 33,716 |  |  | $ | 135,428 |  |  | $ | 78,265 |
Schedule of Change in Asset Retirement Obligation | The following table presents information regarding our AROs since December 31, 2015:
ARO liability balance, December 31, 2015 | $ | 188,662 |
AROs arising from the purchase of the remaining interest in Deepwater Gateway | 10,470 |
AROs from the consolidation of historical interest in Deepwater Gateway | 10,470 |
Accretion expense | 7,918 |
Change in estimate | 5,609 |
Settlements | (3,216 | )
ARO liability balance, September 30, 2016 | $ | 219,913 |
Schedule of Asset Retirement Obligations | With respect to our AROs, the following table presents our forecast of accretion expense for the periods indicated:
Remainder of | 2016 | $ | 2,710 |
| 2017 | $ | 9,807 |
| 2018 | $ | 8,144 |
| 2019 | $ | 8,735 |
| 2020 | $ | 9,298 |

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