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Fixed Assets, Mineral Leaseholds, and Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Fixed Assets And Asset Retirement Obligations [Abstract] |
Schedule of Fixed Assets | Fixed assets, net consisted of the following:
| September 30, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Crude oil pipelines and natural gas pipelines and related assets | $ | 2,880,802 |  |  | $ | 2,891,489 |
Alkali facilities, machinery, and equipment | 614,403 |  |  | 591,547 |
Onshore facilities, machinery, and equipment | 264,763 |  |  | 640,376 |
Transportation equipment | 19,336 |  |  | 19,864 |
Marine vessels | 993,346 |  |  | 979,171 |
Land, buildings and improvements | 217,770 |  |  | 238,451 |
Office equipment, furniture and fixtures | 21,993 |  |  | 22,645 |
Construction in progress | 155,099 |  |  | 115,162 |
Other | 41,891 |  |  | 41,891 |
Fixed assets, at cost | 5,209,403 |  |  | 5,540,596 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation | (1,295,654) |  |  | (1,246,121) |
Net fixed assets | $ | 3,913,749 |  |  | $ | 4,294,475 |
Schedule of Mineral Leaseholds | Our Mineral Leaseholds, relating to our Alkali Business, consist of the following:
| September 30, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019 |
Mineral leaseholds | $ | 566,019 |  |  | $ | 566,019 |  |
Less: Accumulated depletion | (12,602) |  |  | (10,194) |  |
Mineral leaseholds, net of accumulated depletion | $ | 553,417 |  |  | $ | 555,825 |  |
Schedule of Depreciation and Depletion Expense | Our depreciation and depletion expense for the periods presented was as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Depreciation expense | $ | 62,499 |  |  | $ | 77,228 |  |  | $ | 206,830 |  |  | $ | 222,106 |
Depletion expense | 604 |  |  | 1,204 |  |  | 2,408 |  |  | 3,488 |
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 | 6,809 |
Changes in estimate | 609 |
Settlements | (11,547) |
ARO liability balance, September 30, 2020 | $ | 170,952 |
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 | $ | 2,619 |
| 2021 | $ | 9,493 |
| 2022 | $ | 9,513 |
| 2023 | $ | 10,183 |
| 2024 | $ | 10,900 |

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