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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Property, plant and equipment [abstract]  
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
($ millions)
Land and
Land Rights

Pipelines

Facilities and
Equipment

Cavern Storage and Other

Assets Under Construction

Total

Cost
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2017
329

6,650

6,715

1,223

659

15,576

Additions and transfers
12

531

469

231

291

1,534

Change in decommissioning provision

(10
)
5

19


14

Disposals and other
(1
)
(7
)
(30
)
5

(11
)
(44
)
Balance at December 31, 2018
340

7,164

7,159

1,478

939

17,080

Reclassification on adoption of IFRS 16 (Note 3)



(44
)

(44
)
Additions and transfers
32

215

691

203

534

1,675

Acquisition (Note 6)
86

1,434

798

314

28

2,660

Change in decommissioning provision

10

143

5


158

Foreign exchange adjustments
(2
)
(17
)
(4
)

(11
)
(34
)
Disposals and other

(3
)
(31
)
(12
)
3

(43
)
Balance at December 31, 2019
456

8,803

8,756

1,944

1,493

21,452

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2017
9

1,096

721

204


2,030

Depreciation
3

142

164

55


364

Disposals and other

(17
)
(18
)
(9
)

(44
)
Balance at December 31, 2018
12

1,221

867

250


2,350

Reclassification on adoption of IFRS 16 (Note 3)



(26
)

(26
)
Depreciation
4

155

174

59


392

Disposals and other

(13
)
(26
)


(39
)
Balance at December 31, 2019
16

1,363

1,015

283


2,677

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Carrying amounts
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2018
328

5,943

6,292

1,228

939

14,730

Balance at December 31, 2019
440

7,440

7,741

1,661

1,493

18,775

Property, Plant and Equipment Under Construction
Costs of assets under construction at December 31, 2019 totaled $1.5 billion (2018: $939 million) including capitalized borrowing costs.
For the year ended December 31, 2019, included in additions and transfers are capitalized borrowing costs related to the construction of new pipelines or facilities amounting to $42 million (2018: $35 million), with capitalization rates ranging from 3.91 percent to 4.05 percent (2018: 3.86 percent to 4.01 percent).
Depreciation
Pipeline assets are depreciated using the straight line method over three to 75 years with the majority of assets depreciated over 40 years. Facilities and equipment are depreciated using the straight line method over three to 75 years with the majority of assets depreciated over 40 years. Cavern storage and other assets are depreciated using the straight line method over three to 40 years with the majority of assets depreciated over 40 years. These rates are established to depreciate remaining net book value over the shorter of their useful lives or economic lives.