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INCOME TAXES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]
Components of income tax expense related to certain of our continuing operations conducted through separate taxable wholly owned corporate subsidiaries were as follows:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
 
(Thousands of Dollars)
Current:
 
 
 
 
 
U.S.
$
3,117

 
$
2,280

 
$
908

Foreign
6,335

 
6,329

 
9,820

Foreign withholding tax
479

 
3,833

 
1,926

Total current
9,931

 
12,442

 
12,654

 
 
 
 
 
 
Deferred:
 
 
 
 
 
U.S.
1,468

 
2,680

 
1,022

Foreign
(1,065
)
 
(1,122
)
 
(1,464
)
Foreign withholding tax
(397
)
 
(2,027
)
 
2,500

Total deferred
6

 
(469
)
 
2,058

 
 
 
 
 
 
Total income tax expense
$
9,937

 
$
11,973

 
$
14,712

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]
The tax effects of significant temporary differences representing deferred income tax assets and liabilities were as follows:
 
December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
(Thousands of Dollars)
Deferred income tax assets:
 
 
 
Net operating losses
$
20,688

 
$
31,539

Employee benefits
483

 
697

Environmental and legal reserves
185

 
148

Allowance for bad debt
1,982

 
2,697

Other
2,050

 
1,697

Total deferred income tax assets
25,388

 
36,778

Less: Valuation allowance
(11,251
)
 
(12,759
)
Net deferred income tax assets
14,137

 
24,019

 
 
 
 
Deferred income tax liabilities:
 
 
 
Property, plant and equipment
(36,176
)
 
(43,788
)
Foreign withholding tax

 
(384
)
Total deferred income tax liabilities
(36,176
)
 
(44,172
)
 
 
 
 
Net deferred income tax liability
$
(22,039
)
 
$
(20,153
)
 
 
 
 
Reported on the consolidated balance sheets as:
 
 
 
Deferred income tax asset
$
233

 
$
2,051

Deferred income tax liability
(22,272
)
 
(22,204
)
Net deferred income tax liability
$
(22,039
)
 
$
(20,153
)