Other Assets Other Assets (Table)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

The following tables set forth information regarding our investments accounted for under the equity method of accounting, including the entities discussed above, (in thousands):



	For the period ended December 31,
	2017		2016		2015
Share of equity income from investments	$	156,247	$	128,350	$	81,026
Dividends received	$	109,677	$	75,942	$	33,338

Related party transactions



	As of December 31,
	2017		2016
Total notes receivable due from equity investments	$	314,323	$	323,636
Less-current portion⁽¹⁾	38,658		40,742
Long-term portion⁽²⁾	$	275,665	$	282,894

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(1) Included within Trade and other receivables, net in our consolidated balance sheets.

(2)Included within Other assets in our consolidated balance sheets.

We recorded the following as it relates to these services in our operating results within our consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) (in thousands):



	For the period ended December 31,
	2017		2016		2015
Revenues	$	53,532	$	30,517	$	20,217
Expenses	$	15,176	$	12,795	$	15,669

Summarized balance sheet information of affiliates accounted for under the equity method of accounting

Summarized financial information for our affiliates accounted for under the equity method of accounting was as follows (in thousands):



	As of December 31,
	2017		2016
Current assets	$	532,330	$	492,707
Non-current assets	3,673,613		2,942,580
Total assets	$	4,205,943	$	3,435,287

Current liabilities	$	1,152,193	$	887,175
Non- current liabilities	1,974,166		1,704,495
Total liabilities	$	3,126,359	$	2,591,670

Equity attributable to:
Noncontrolling interest	$	1,753	$	1,544

Summarized income statement sheet information of affiliates accounted for under the equity method of accounting



	For the period ended December 31,
	2017			2016			2015
Total revenues	$	1,994,014		$	1,340,662		$	990,172
Total expenses	(1,684,276		)	(1,078,470		)	(830,898		)
Net income	$	309,738		$	262,192		$	159,274