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IMPAIRMENTS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 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 statements of comprehensive income (loss):
| Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 |  | Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
| (Thousands of Dollars) |  |
Revenues | $ | 92,837 |  |  | $ | 231,480 |
Costs and expenses: |  |  |
Cost of revenues | 86,278 |  |  | 202,880 |
Impairment losses | 8,398 |  |  | 336,838 |
General and administrative expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization expense) | 305 |  |  | 610 |
Total costs and expenses | 94,981 |  |  | 540,328 |
Operating loss | (2,144) |  |  | (308,848) |
Interest income, net | 9 |  |  | 32 |
Other income, net | 1,171 |  |  | 1,167 |
Loss from discontinued operations before income tax expense | (964) |  |  | (307,649) |
Income tax expense | — |  |  | 101 |
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | $ | (964) |  |  | $ | (307,750) |
Discontinued Operations, Selected Cash Flow Information | The following table presents selected cash flow information associated with our discontinued operations:
| Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
| (Thousands of Dollars)
Capital expenditures | $ | (23,635) |
Significant noncash operating activities: |
Depreciation and amortization expense | $ | 8,536 |
Asset impairment losses | $ | 305,715 |
Goodwill impairment loss | $ | 31,123 |

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