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Other long-term liabilities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract]  
Other long-term liabilities
Other long-term liabilities:
As at
Dec 31
2018

Dec 31
2017

Site restoration costs(a)
$
27,638

$
33,975

Finance lease obligations(b)
198,374

204,242

Share-based compensation liability (note 13)
52,794

111,405

Cash flow hedges (note 18)
105,721

90,199

Defined benefit pension plans (note 20)
24,783

25,076

Land mortgage
30,242


Other
4,692

5,214

 
444,244

470,111

Less current maturities
(46,146
)
(65,226
)
 
$
398,098

$
404,885

a) Site restoration costs:
The Company has accrued liabilities related to the decommissioning and reclamation of its methanol production sites and oil and gas properties. Because of uncertainties in estimating the amount and timing of the expenditures related to the sites, actual results could differ from the amounts estimated. As at December 31, 2018, the total undiscounted amount of estimated cash flows required to settle the liabilities was $37.6 million (2017 - $44.9 million). The movement in the provision during the year is explained as follows:
 
2018

2017

Balance at January 1
$
33,975

$
30,512

New or revised provisions
(7,036
)
2,823

Accretion expense
699

640

Balance at December 31
$
27,638

$
33,975



b) Finance lease obligations:
As at December 31, 2018, the Company has finance lease obligations related to a methanol terminal and storage tanks in Geismar, Louisiana, an oxygen production facility in Trinidad, and two ocean-going vessels. Total finance lease payments for 2018 of $32.1 million include an interest component of $23.8 million.
Finance lease obligations are payable as follows:
 
Lease
payments

Interest
component

Finance lease obligations

2019
$
32,222

$
22,990

$
9,232

2020
32,614

22,001

10,613

2021
33,014

20,837

12,177

2022
33,422

19,473

13,949

2023
32,779

17,915

14,864

Thereafter
206,223

68,684

137,539

 
$
370,274

$
171,900

$
198,374