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Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Current assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents $ 81,855us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 45,225us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Receivables, net 693,318us-gaap_ReceivablesNetCurrent 713,067us-gaap_ReceivablesNetCurrent
Inventories 300,811us-gaap_InventoryNet 282,391us-gaap_InventoryNet
Deferred income taxes 23,806us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent 25,048us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent
Commodity derivative instruments 18,335us-gaap_DerivativeAssetsCurrent 1,447us-gaap_DerivativeAssetsCurrent
Prepayments and other current assets 76,848us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent 49,510us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent
Total current assets 1,194,973us-gaap_AssetsCurrent 1,116,688us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Investments 117,920us-gaap_LongTermInvestments 112,939us-gaap_LongTermInvestments
Property, plant and equipment (Note 1) 9,693,171us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross 8,803,866us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Less accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization 4,166,407us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment 3,872,487us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Net property, plant and equipment 5,526,764us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 4,931,379us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Deferred charges and other assets:    
Goodwill (Note 5) 635,204us-gaap_Goodwill [1] 636,039us-gaap_Goodwill [1]
Other intangible assets, net (Note 5) 9,840us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill 13,099us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
Other 325,277us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent 251,188us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
Total deferred charges and other assets 970,321mdu_TotalDeferredChargesAndOtherAssets 900,326mdu_TotalDeferredChargesAndOtherAssets
Total assets 7,809,978us-gaap_Assets 7,061,332us-gaap_Assets
Current liabilities:    
Short-term borrowings (Note 9) 0us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings 11,500us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings
Long-term debt due within one year 269,449us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent 12,277us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent
Accounts payable 382,671us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent 404,961us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
Taxes payable 45,631us-gaap_TaxesPayableCurrent 74,175us-gaap_TaxesPayableCurrent
Dividends payable 35,607us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrent 33,737us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrent
Accrued compensation 62,775us-gaap_AccruedSalariesCurrent 69,661us-gaap_AccruedSalariesCurrent
Commodity derivative instruments 0us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilitiesCurrent 7,483us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilitiesCurrent
Other accrued liabilities 172,561us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent 171,106us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent
Total current liabilities 968,694us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent 784,900us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Long-term debt (Note 9) 1,825,278us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations 1,842,286us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
Deferred credits and other liabilities:    
Deferred income taxes 952,413us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent 859,306us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Other liabilities 813,809us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent 718,938us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Total deferred credits and other liabilities 1,766,222us-gaap_LiabilitiesNoncurrent 1,578,244us-gaap_LiabilitiesNoncurrent
Equity:    
Preferred stocks (Note 11) 15,000us-gaap_PreferredStockValue 15,000us-gaap_PreferredStockValue
Common stockholders' equity:    
Common stock (Note 12) Authorized - 500,000,000 shares, $1.00 par value Issued - 194,754,812 shares in 2014 and 189,868,780 shares in 2013 194,755us-gaap_CommonStockValue 189,869us-gaap_CommonStockValue
Other paid-in capital 1,207,188us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock 1,056,996us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock
Retained earnings 1,762,827us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit 1,603,130us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (42,103)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax (38,205)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Treasury stock at cost - 538,921 shares (3,626)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue (3,626)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue
Total common stockholders' equity 3,119,041mdu_Commonequitystockholders 2,808,164mdu_Commonequitystockholders
Total stockholders' equity 3,134,041us-gaap_StockholdersEquity 2,823,164us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Noncontrolling interest 115,743us-gaap_MinorityInterest 32,738us-gaap_MinorityInterest
Total equity 3,249,784us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest 2,855,902us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Total liabilities and equity $ 7,809,978us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity $ 7,061,332us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity
[1] Balance is presented net of accumulated impairment of $12.3 million at the pipeline and energy services segment, which occurred in prior periods.