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Fixed Assets, Mineral Leaseholds, and Asset Retirement Obligations | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2022
Fixed Assets And Asset Retirement Obligations [Abstract] |
Fixed Assets, Mineral Leaseholds, and Asset Retirement Obligations | Fixed Assets, Mineral Leaseholds and Asset Retirement Obligations Fixed Assets Fixed assets consisted of the following:
| September 30, 2022 |  | December 31, 2021
Crude oil and natural gas pipelines and related assets | $ | 2,840,829 |  |  | $ | 2,839,443 |
Alkali facilities, machinery and equipment | 688,569 |  |  | 670,880 |
Onshore facilities, machinery and equipment | 269,249 |  |  | 269,245 |
Transportation equipment | 22,032 |  |  | 21,106 |
Marine vessels | 1,013,713 |  |  | 1,018,284 |
Land, buildings and improvements | 229,202 |  |  | 227,540 |
Office equipment, furniture and fixtures | 27,066 |  |  | 23,965 |
Construction in progress | 599,802 |  |  | 350,137 |
Other | 41,168 |  |  | 43,440 |
Fixed assets, at cost | 5,731,630 |  |  | 5,464,040 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation | (1,711,306) |  |  | (1,551,855) |
Net fixed assets | $ | 4,020,324 |  |  | $ | 3,912,185 |
Mineral Leaseholds Our Mineral Leaseholds, relating to our Alkali Business, consist of the following:
| September 30, 2022 |  | December 31, 2021 |
Mineral leaseholds | $ | 566,019 |  |  | $ | 566,019 |  |
Less: Accumulated depletion | (19,844) |  |  | (17,014) |  |
Mineral leaseholds, net of accumulated depletion | $ | 546,175 |  |  | $ | 549,005 |  |
Our depreciation and depletion expense for the periods presented was as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Depreciation expense | $ | 70,328 |  |  | $ | 63,482 |  |  | $ | 206,111 |  |  | $ | 190,332 |
Depletion expense | 896 |  |  | 959 |  |  | 2,830 |  |  | 2,575 |
Asset Retirement Obligations We record asset retirement obligations (“AROs”) in connection with legal requirements to perform specified retirement activities under contractual arrangements and/or governmental regulations. The following table presents information regarding our AROs since December 31, 2021:
ARO liability balance, December 31, 2021 | $ | 220,906 |
Accretion expense | 10,175 |
Changes in estimate | 3,189 |
Settlements | (12,267) |
ARO liability balance, September 30, 2022 | $ | 222,003 |
At September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, $28.8 million and $36.3 million are included as current in “Accrued liabilities” on our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, respectively. The remainder of the ARO liability as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 is included in “Other long-term liabilities” on our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. With respect to our AROs, the following table presents our forecast of accretion expense for the periods indicated:
Remainder of | 2022 | $ | 2,909 |
| 2023 | $ | 10,640 |
| 2024 | $ | 9,827 |
| 2025 | $ | 10,532 |
| 2026 | $ | 8,281 |
Certain of our unconsolidated affiliates have AROs recorded at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 relating to contractual agreements and regulatory requirements. In addition, certain entities that we consolidate have non-controlling interest owners that are responsible for their representative share of future costs of the related ARO liability. These amounts are immaterial to our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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