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DERIVATIVES
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
DERIVATIVES DERIVATIVES
We utilize various derivative instruments to manage our exposure to interest rate risk and commodity price risk. Our risk management policies and procedures are designed to monitor interest rates, futures and swap positions and over-the-counter positions, as well as physical commodity volumes, grades, locations and delivery schedules, to help ensure that our hedging activities address our market risks. Derivative financial instruments associated with commodity price risk with respect to our petroleum product inventories and related firm commitments to purchase and/or sell such inventories were not material for any periods presented.

We were a party to certain interest rate swap agreements to manage our exposure to changes in interest rates, which consisted of forward-starting interest rate swap agreements related to a forecasted debt issuance in 2020. We entered into these swaps in order to hedge the risk of fluctuations in the required interest payments attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate during the period from the effective date of the swap to the issuance of the forecasted debt. Under the terms of the swaps, we paid a weighted-average fixed rate and received a rate based on the three-month USD LIBOR. These swaps qualified as cash flow hedges, and we designated them as such. We recorded mark-to-market adjustments as a component of “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” (AOCI), and the amount in AOCI is recognized in “Interest expense, net” as the forecasted interest payments occur or if the interest payments are probable not to occur. In June 2020, we terminated forward-starting interest rate swaps with an aggregate notional amount of $250.0 million and paid $49.2 million, which is amortized into “Interest expense, net” as the related forecasted interest payments occur.

Our forward-starting interest rate swaps had the following impact on earnings:
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2021202020212020
(Thousands of Dollars)
Loss recognized in other comprehensive loss on derivative$— $— $— $(30,291)
Loss reclassified from AOCI into interest expense, net
$(1,343)$(1,372)$(4,026)$(2,897)

As of September 30, 2021, we expect to reclassify a loss of $3.2 million to “Interest expense, net” within the next twelve months associated with unwound forward-starting interest rate swaps.