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LEASE OBLIGATIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Leases [Abstract]  
LEASE OBLIGATIONS

NOTE 14—LEASE OBLIGATIONS

The following tables summarize our leased assets and lease liability obligations:

 

  

 

 

 

December 31,

2019

 

 

December 31,

2018

 

 

 

 

 

(In millions)

 

Leases

 

Classification

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease assets

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

$

364

 

 

$

-

 

Finance lease assets

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

 

50

 

 

 

70

 

 

 

Total leased assets

 

 

414

 

 

 

70

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating

 

Current portion of long-term lease obligations

 

 

98

 

 

 

-

 

Finance (1)

 

Finance lease obligation

 

 

47

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

145

 

 

 

8

 

Noncurrent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating

 

Long-term lease obligations

 

 

304

 

 

 

-

 

Finance

 

Finance lease obligation

 

 

-

 

 

 

66

 

 

 

 

 

 

304

 

 

 

66

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total lease liabilities

 

$

449

 

 

$

74

 

 

(1)

As a result of the debt compliance matters, we determined that the classification our finance lease obligations was current and, accordingly, we recorded those obligations within Current Liabilities on the Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2019.

 

Our finance leases as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, included the lease of the Amazon, a pipelay and construction vessel, which was purchased by us in February 2017, sold to an unrelated third party (the “Amazon Owner”) and leased back under a long-term bareboat charter that gave us the right to use the vessel and was recorded as an operating lease. On July 27, 2018, we entered into agreements (the “Amazon Modification Agreements”) providing for certain modifications to the Amazon vessel and related financing and amended bareboat charter arrangements. The total cost of the modifications, including project management and other fees and expenses, is expected to be in the range of approximately $260 million to $290 million. The Amazon Owner is expected to fund the cost of the modifications primarily through an export credit-backed senior loan provided by a group of lenders, supplemented by expected direct capital expenditures by us of approximately $58 million over the course of the modifications. The amended bareboat charter arrangement is accounted for as a finance lease, recognizing Property, plant and equipment and Lease obligation for the present value of future minimum lease payments. The cost of modifications will be recorded in Property, plant and equipment with a corresponding liability for direct capital expenditures not incurred by us. The finance lease obligation will increase upon completion of the modifications and funding by the Amazon Owner. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, Property, plant and equipment, net included a $49 million and $52 million asset, respectively (net of accumulated amortization of $6 million and $3 million, respectively), and a finance lease liability of approximately $46 million and $53 million, respectively, associated with the Amazon vessel.

 

Our finance leases as of December 31, 2018 also included $17 million associated with the jack-up barge in our MENA region, leased under a charter agreement, stipulating a purchase obligation at the end of the lease term. On November 11, 2019, we signed a charter modification agreement. Under the modified terms the lease is no longer considered a finance lease and is accounted for as an operating lease as of December 31, 2019.

The commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases constituted events of default under the Amazon charter and the jack-up barge charter. However, the ability of the owners to exercise remedies was stayed upon commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases and continues to be stayed.

Our lease cost was as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

Year ended

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

Lease cost

 

Classification in the Statement of Operations

 

(In millions)

 

Operating lease cost (1)

 

SG&A expenses

 

$

52

 

Operating lease cost (1)

 

Cost of operations

 

 

89

 

Finance lease cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of leased assets

 

Cost of operations

 

 

3

 

Interest on lease liabilities

 

Net interest expense

 

 

4

 

Net lease cost

 

 

 

$

148

 

 

(1)

Includes short-term leases and immaterial variable lease costs.

Future minimum lease payments for our operating and finance lease obligations as of December 31, 2019 are as follows:

 

 

 

Operating leases

 

 

Finance leases

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In millions)

 

2020

 

$

102

 

 

$

8

 

 

$

110

 

2021

 

 

89

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

97

 

2022

 

 

77

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

85

 

2023

 

 

61

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

69

 

2024

 

 

54

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

62

 

After 2024

 

 

287

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

311

 

Total lease payments

 

 

670

 

 

 

64

 

 

 

734

 

Less: Interest

 

 

(268

)

 

 

(17

)

 

 

(285

)

Present value of lease liabilities

 

$

402

 

 

$

47

 

 

$

449

 

 

Lease term and discount rates for our operating and finance lease obligations are as follows:

 

Lease Term and Discount Rate

 

December 31, 2019

 

Weighted-average remaining lease term (years)

 

 

 

 

Operating leases

 

 

7.5

 

Finance leases

 

 

8.1

 

Weighted-average discount rate

 

 

 

 

Operating leases

 

 

9.8

%

Finance leases

 

 

9.9

%

 

Supplemental information for our operating and finance lease obligations are as follows:  

 

 

Other information

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

 

(In millions)

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities

 

 

 

 

Operating cash flows from operating leases

 

$

(106

)

Financing cash flows from finance leases

 

 

(6

)

Leased assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities

 

 

364

 

Leased assets obtained in exchange for new finance lease liabilities

 

 

-