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Leases (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Leases [Abstract]

Capital Lease Obligations

	As at			As at
	September 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
	$			$
Aframax tankers	153,140			—
Suezmax tankers	143,570			148,908
Total obligations related to capital leases	296,710			148,908
Less: current portion	(15,839	)		(7,227	)
Long-term obligations related to capital leases	280,871			141,681

Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments for Capital Leases

As at September 30, 2018, the Company's remaining commitments under the 10 capital leases for the Suezmax and Aframax tankers was approximately $445.3 million, including imputed interest of $148.6 million, repayable from 2018 through 2029, as indicated below, excluding the sale-leaseback transaction described in note 20:

Year		Commitment
Remaining 2018		$	9,574
2019		$	37,954
2020		$	38,052
2021		$	37,943
2022		$	37,936
Thereafter		$	283,836

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Tabular disclosure of future minimum lease payments as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, in aggregate and for each of the five years succeeding fiscal years, with separate deductions from the total for the amount representing executor costs, including any profit thereon, included in the minimum lease payments and for the amount of the imputed interest necessary to reduce the net minimum lease payments to present value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
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