Segment Reporting (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Information concerning business activities

Information concerning our various business activities was as follows for the periods indicated (in thousands):


	Reporting Segments
	Marketing		Transportation		Oil and Gas and Other		Total

Three Months Ended September 30, 2018
Revenues	$	453,626	$	14,265	$	—	$	467,891
Segment operating (losses) earnings ⁽¹⁾	2,982		790		—		3,772
Depreciation, depletion and amortization	1,277		1,063		—		2,340
Property and equipment additions ⁽²⁾	612		4,416		—		5,028

Three Months Ended September 30, 2017
Revenues	$	282,229	$	13,082	$	—	$	295,311
Segment operating (losses) earnings ⁽¹⁾⁽⁴⁾	2,412		(915)		—		1,497
Depreciation, depletion and amortization	1,911		1,329		—		3,240
Property and equipment additions ⁽²⁾	178		179		—		357

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
Revenues	$	1,266,055	$	41,509	$	—	$	1,307,564
Segment operating (losses) earnings ⁽¹⁾	11,712		2,002		—		13,714
Depreciation, depletion and amortization	4,110		2,904		—		7,014
Property and equipment additions ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	1,682		6,061		13		7,756

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017
Revenues	$	872,020	$	40,153	$	1,427	$	913,600
Segment operating (losses) earnings ⁽¹⁾⁽⁴⁾	5,496		(920)		53		4,629
Depreciation, depletion and amortization	5,957		4,392		423		10,772
Property and equipment additions ⁽²⁾	451		189		1,825		2,465

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(1) Our marketing segment’s operating earnings included inventory liquidation gains of $0.1 million and $2.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively, inventory valuation gains of $2.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and inventory valuation losses of $0.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

(2) Our marketing segment’s property and equipment additions do not include approximately $1.2 million and $1.8 million of tractors acquired during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, under capital leases. See Note 12 for further information.

(3) During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we had $13 thousand of property and equipment additions for leasehold improvements at our corporate headquarters level, which is not attributed or allocated to any of our reporting segments.

(4) Segment operating (losses) earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 included approximately $0.4 million of costs related to a voluntary early retirement program that was implemented in August 2017.

Reconciliation of segment earnings to earnings before income taxes

Segment operating earnings reflect revenues net of operating costs and depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and are reconciled to earnings (losses) before income taxes, as follows for the periods indicated (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,

	2018		2017		2018		2017

Segment operating earnings	$	3,772	$	1,497	$	13,714	$	4,629
General and administrative ⁽¹⁾	(1,533)		(2,787)		(6,100)		(6,884)
Operating earnings (losses)	2,239		(1,290)		7,614		(2,255)
Loss on deconsolidation of subsidiary	—		(1,870)		—		(3,505)
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated
affiliate	—		(2,500)		—		(2,500)

Interest income	601		370		1,486		789
Interest expense	(26)		(8)		(60)		(10)
(Losses) earnings before income taxes	$	2,814	$	(5,298)	$	9,040	$	(7,481)

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(1) General and administrative expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 included approximately $1.0 million of costs related to a voluntary early retirement program we implemented in August 2017.

Identifiable assets by industry segment

Identifiable assets by industry segment were as follows at the dates indicated (in thousands):


	September 30,		December 31,
	2018		2017

Reporting segment:
Marketing	$	143,427	$	134,745
Transportation	32,049		29,069
Oil and Gas⁽¹⁾	425		425
Cash and other assets	137,411		118,465
Total assets	$	313,312	$	282,704

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(1) Amounts represent our cost method investment in this segment.