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Fixed Assets (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Fixed Assets And Asset Retirement Obligations [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Fixed Assets | Fixed assets consisted of the following:
| March 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
Crude oil pipelines and natural gas pipelines and related assets | $ | 2,848,339 |  |  | $ | 2,901,202 |
Machinery and equipment | 467,126 |  |  | 427,658 |
Transportation equipment | 17,049 |  |  | 17,543 |
Marine vessels | 864,103 |  |  | 863,199 |
Land, buildings and improvements | 77,986 |  |  | 55,712 |
Office equipment, furniture and fixtures | 9,642 |  |  | 9,654 |
Construction in progress | 481,595 |  |  | 440,225 |
Other | 48,204 |  |  | 48,203 |
Fixed assets, at cost | 4,814,044 |  |  | 4,763,396 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation | (591,275 | ) |  | (548,532 | )
Net fixed assets | $ | 4,222,769 |  |  | $ | 4,214,864 |
Depreciation Expense | Our depreciation expense for the periods presented was as follows:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016
Depreciation expense | $ | 49,924 |  |  | $ | 39,712 |
Schedule of Change in Asset Retirement Obligation | The following table presents information regarding our AROs since December 31, 2016:
ARO liability balance, December 31, 2016 | $ | 213,726 |
Accretion expense | 2,808 |
Change in estimate | (525 | )
Settlements | (1,318 | )
ARO liability balance, March 31, 2017 | $ | 214,691 |
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 | 2017 | $ | 8,284 |
| 2018 | $ | 9,619 |
| 2019 | $ | 8,841 |
| 2020 | $ | 9,411 |
| 2021 | $ | 10,019 |

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