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IMPAIRMENTS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
Discontinued Operations, Supplemental Income Statement Disclosures [Table Text Block] | The following is a reconciliation of the major classes of line items included in “Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax” on the condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive loss:
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
| (Thousands of Dollars)
Revenues | $ | 138,643 |
Costs and expenses: |
Cost of revenues | 116,602 |
Impairment losses | 328,440 |
General and administrative expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization expense) | 305 |
Total costs and expenses | 445,347 |
Operating loss | (306,704 | )
Interest income, net | 23 |
Other expense, net | (4 | )
Loss from discontinued operations before income tax expense | (306,685 | )
Income tax expense | 101 |
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | $ | (306,786 | )
Discontinued Operations, Selected Cash Flow Information | The following table presents selected cash flow information associated with our discontinued operations:
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
| (Thousands of Dollars)
Capital expenditures | $ | (8,935 | )
Significant noncash operating activities: |
Depreciation and amortization expense | $ | 7,469 |
Asset impairment loss | $ | 297,317 |
Goodwill impairment loss | $ | 31,123 |

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