Deferred Charges and Other Non-Current Assets

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Other Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

DEFERRED CHARGES AND OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS

Deferred charges and other non-current assets at December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2016 were as follows (in thousands):

	December 31, 2015		March 31, 2106
Prepaid agreements not to compete, net of accumulated amortization of $5,404 and $5,507, respectively	$	1,912	$	1,892
Tradenames	8,856		8,856
Other	210		—
Deferred charges and other non-current assets	$	10,978	$	10,748

Prepaid agreements not-to-compete are amortized over the term of the respective agreements, ranging generally from one to ten years. Amortization expense was approximately $0.1 million for both the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2016. Our tradenames have indefinite lives and therefore are not amortized.