Lease Obligations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

LEASE OBLIGATIONS

We have entered into several operating lease arrangements for office space, land, equipment and pipeline facilities. Rent expense related to these leases for 2018, 2017 and 2016 was $3.8 million, $3.6 million and $2.5 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2018, future minimum payments under our current lease agreements are as follows:



Year(s)	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Thereafter	Total
(in thousands)
Expected payments	$2,349	$1,998	$1,761	$1,689	$1,642	$5,398	$14,837

For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 we paid $2.4 million ,$1.5 million and $1.5 million respectively, for capital lease arrangements related to Sandpiper's capacity, supply and operating agreement and our Mid-Atlantic propane operations' lease arrangement for property in Anne Arundel County, Maryland which it intends to purchase during the first quarter of 2019. Future minimum payments under these lease arrangements are $1.3 million in 2019.