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Fixed Assets, Mineral Leaseholds, and Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Fixed Assets And Asset Retirement Obligations [Abstract]

Schedule of Fixed Assets

Fixed assets, net consisted of the following:

			June 30, 2020						December 31, 2019
Crude oil pipelines and natural gas pipelines and related assets			$	2,883,553					$	2,891,489
Alkali facilities, machinery, and equipment			600,325						591,547
Onshore facilities, machinery, and equipment			264,208						640,376
Transportation equipment			18,728						19,864
Marine vessels			991,623						979,171
Land, buildings and improvements			217,719						238,451
Office equipment, furniture and fixtures			22,001						22,645
Construction in progress			148,865						115,162
Other			41,891						41,891
Fixed assets, at cost			5,188,913						5,540,596
Less: Accumulated depreciation			(1,238,006)						(1,246,121)
Net fixed assets			$	3,950,907					$	4,294,475

Schedule of Mineral Leaseholds

Our Mineral Leaseholds, relating to our Alkali Business, consist of the following:

			June 30, 2020						December 31, 2019
Mineral leaseholds			$	566,019					$	566,019
Less: Accumulated depletion			(11,998)						(10,194)
Mineral leaseholds, net of accumulated depletion			$	554,021					$	555,825

Schedule of Depreciation and Depletion Expense

Our depreciation and depletion expense for the periods presented was as follows:

			Three Months Ended June 30,																		Six Months Ended June 30,
			2020						2019						2020						2019
Depreciation expense			$	75,089					$	73,206					$	144,331					$	144,878
Depletion expense			841						965						1,804						2,284

Schedule of Change in Asset Retirement Obligation

The following table presents information regarding our AROs since December 31, 2019:

ARO liability balance, December 31, 2019			$	175,081
Accretion expense			4,510
Changes in estimate			560
Settlements			(9,851)
ARO liability balance, June 30, 2020			$	170,300

Schedule of Forecast of Accretion Expense of Asset Retirement Obligations

With respect to our AROs, the following table presents our estimate of accretion expense for the periods indicated:

Remainder of			2020			$	4,868
			2021			$	9,497
			2022			$	9,513
			2023			$	10,183
			2024			$	10,900

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