Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations

Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations

Note 4 Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations

Assets Held for Sale

Assets held for sale as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 was $76.7 million and $75.7 million, respectively. These assets consisted primarily of our oil and gas holdings which are mainly in the Horn River basin in western Canada of $65.0 million and $73.6 million, respectively, as of the periods noted above and the operating results have been reflected in discontinued operations. The remainder represents assets that meet the criteria to be classified as assets held for sale, but do not represent a disposal of a component of an entity or a group of components of an entity representing a strategic shift that has or will have a major effect on the entity's operations and financial results.

The carrying value of our assets held for sale represents the lower of carrying value or fair value less costs to sell. We continue to market these properties at prices that are reasonable compared to current fair value.

We have contracts with pipeline companies to pay specified fees based on committed volumes for gas transport and processing associated with these properties held for sale. At December 31, 2016, our undiscounted contractual commitments for these contracts approximated $17.2 million, and we had total liabilities of $12.5 million, $5.5 million of which were classified as current and are included in accrued liabilities. At December 31, 2015, our undiscounted contractual commitments for these contracts approximated $23.3 million, and we had total liabilities of $16.1 million, $5.2 million of which were classified as current and are included in accrued liabilities.

The amounts at each balance sheet date represented our best estimate of the fair value of the excess capacity of the pipeline commitments calculated using a discounted cash flow model, when considering our disposal plan, current production levels, natural gas prices and expected utilization of the pipeline over the remaining contractual term. Decreases in actual production or natural gas prices could result in future charges related to excess pipeline commitments.

Discontinued Operations

The operating results from the assets discussed above for all periods presented are retroactively presented and accounted for as discontinued operations in the accompanying audited consolidated statements of income (loss) and the respective accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements. Our condensed statements of income (loss) from discontinued operations for each operating segment were as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2016		2015			2014
	(In thousands, except percentages)
Operating revenues (1)	$	2,859	$	3,212		$	13,143
Income (loss) from Oil & Gas discontinued operations:
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	$	(3,978)	$	(5,003)		$	(1,840)
Less: Impairment charges or other (gains) and losses on sale of wholly owned assets (2)	$	19,445	$	49,890		$	(1,313)
Less: Income tax expense (benefit)	$	(5,060)	$	(14,455)		$	(548)
Income (loss) from Oil and Gas discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(18,363)	$	(40,438)		$	21
Income (loss) from Rig Services discontinued operations:
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	$	—	$	—		$	—
Less: Impairment charges or other (gains) and losses on sale of wholly owned assets	$	—	$	3,146	(3)	$	—
Less: Income tax expense (benefit)	$	—	$	(787)		$	—
Income (loss) from Rig Services discontinued operations, net of tax	$	—	$	(2,359)		$	—
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(18,363)	$	(42,797)		$	21

Oil and Gas

(1) Reflects operating revenues of our historical oil and gas operating segment.

(2) Includes impairment charges of $15.4 million and $51.0 million in 2016 and 2015, respectively, due to the deterioration of economic conditions in the natural gas market in western Canada, partially offset by a gain related to our restructure of our future pipeline obligations.

Rig Services

(3) Reflects an impairment charge for a note receivable of $3.1 million remaining from the sale of one of our former Canada subsidiaries that provided logistics services.

During 2014, we sold a large portion of our interest in proved oil and gas properties located on the North Slope of Alaska, which was previously classified as discontinued operations. Under the terms of the agreement, we received $35.1 million at closing and expected to receive additional payments of $27.0 million upon certain future dates or the properties achieving certain production targets. In the event these production targets are not met and payments are not received, our recourse would be to reclaim the properties. During 2016, we recognized charges of $22.4 million to reserve for amounts associated with our retained interest in these properties. We retained both a working interest and an overriding royalty interest in the properties. The working interest is fully carried up to $600 million of total project costs. The $22.2 million gain from the transaction is included in other, net in our consolidated statement of income (loss) for the year ended December 31, 2014. The retained interest is no longer classified as assets-held-for-sale and is included in other long-term assets. We have not recast prior period results as the balances are not material to our consolidated statements of income (loss) for any period.

Additional discussion of our policy pertaining to the calculations of our annual impairment tests, including any impairment to goodwill, is set forth in Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. A further protraction of lower commodity prices or an inability to sell these assets in a timely manner could result in recognition of future impairment charges.