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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND IMPAIRMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |
Discontinued Operations, Supplemental Income Statement Disclosures [Table Text Block] | The following is a reconciliation of the major classes of line items included in “(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax” on the consolidated statements of (loss) income:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
| (Thousands of Dollars)
Revenues | $ | 248,981 |  |  | $ | 441,495 |  |  | $ | 369,247 |
Costs and expenses: |  |  |  |  |
Cost of revenues | 220,595 |  |  | 407,256 |  |  | 318,532 |
Impairment losses | 336,838 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
General and administrative expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization expense) | 1,231 |  |  | 6,133 |  |  | 4,684 |
Other depreciation and amortization expense | — |  |  | 271 |  |  | 263 |
Total costs and expenses | 558,664 |  |  | 413,660 |  |  | 323,479 |
Operating (loss) income | (309,683 | ) |  | 27,835 |  |  | 45,768 |
Interest income (expense), net | 32 |  |  | (1,839 | ) |  | (1,309 | )
Other (expense) income, net | (2,775 | ) |  | 34,674 |  |  | (5,226 | )
(Loss) income from discontinued operations before income tax expense | (312,426 | ) |  | 60,670 |  |  | 39,233 |
Income tax expense | 101 |  |  | 1,251 |  |  | 2,164 |
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax | $ | (312,527 | ) |  | $ | 59,419 |  |  | $ | 37,069 |
Discontinued Operations, Selected Cash Flow Information [Table Text Block] | The following table presents selected cash flow information associated with our discontinued operations:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
| (Thousands of Dollars)
Capital expenditures | $ | (27,954 | ) |  | $ | (114,811 | ) |  | $ | (153,785 | )
Significant noncash operating activities and other adjustments: |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation and amortization expense | $ | 8,536 |  |  | $ | 41,982 |  |  | $ | 36,040 |
Asset impairment losses | $ | 305,715 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Goodwill impairment loss | $ | 31,123 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Loss from sale of the St. Eustatius Operations | $ | 3,942 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Loss from sale of the European Operations | $ | — |  |  | $ | 43,366 |  |  | $ | — |
Gain from insurance recoveries | $ | — |  |  | $ | (78,756 | ) |  | $ | — |
Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Table Text Block] | The following is a reconciliation of the carrying amounts of the major classes of assets and liabilities included in “Assets held for sale” and “Liabilities held for sale” on the consolidated balance sheet:
| December 31, 2018
| (Thousands of Dollars)
Total current assets | $ | 54,404 |
Property, plant and equipment, net | 513,820 |
Goodwill | 31,123 |
Assets held for sale | $ | 599,347 |
Current liabilities | $ | 69,834 |

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