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IMPAIRMENTS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 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 (loss) income:
| Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
| (Thousands of Dollars)
Revenues | $ | 17,501 |  |  | $ | 248,981 |
Costs and expenses: |  |  |
Cost of revenues | 17,715 |  |  | 220,595 |
Impairment losses | — |  |  | 336,838 |
General and administrative expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization expense) | 621 |  |  | 1,231 |
Total costs and expenses | 18,336 |  |  | 558,664 |
Operating loss | (835) |  |  | (309,683) |
Interest income, net | — |  |  | 32 |
Other expense, net | (3,942) |  |  | (2,775) |
Loss from discontinued operations before income tax expense | (4,777) |  |  | (312,426) |
Income tax expense | — |  |  | 101 |
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | $ | (4,777) |  |  | $ | (312,527) |
Discontinued Operations, Selected Cash Flow Information | The following table presents selected cash flow information associated with our discontinued operations:
| Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
| (Thousands of Dollars)
Capital expenditures | $ | (27,954) |
Significant noncash operating activities: |
Depreciation and amortization expense | $ | 8,536 |
Asset impairment losses | $ | 305,715 |
Goodwill impairment loss | $ | 31,123 |
Loss from sale of the St. Eustatius Operations | $ | 3,942 |

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