General Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Total Interest Cost to Interest Expense

A reconciliation of our total interest cost to “Interest expense” as reported in our Consolidated Statements of Operations is as follows:

	For the Year Ended December 31,
	2016			2015			2014
	(In thousands)
Total interest cost including amortization of debt issuance costs	$	110,748		$	110,242		$	122,656
Capitalized interest		(20,814	)		(16,308	)		(60,603	)
Total interest expense as reported	$	89,934		$	93,934		$	62,053

Retrospective Effect of Adoption that Impacted on Presentation of Deferred Debt Issuance Costs

The retrospective effect of our adoption of ASU 2015-03, which affected only the presentation of deferred debt issuance costs in our Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2015, is as follows:

	Other Assets			Long-term Debt
	(In thousands)
Amount as previously presented, before adoption of ASU 2015-03	$	116,480		$	1,994,773
Deferred debt issuance costs		(14,995	)		(14,995	)
Amount as restated, after adoption of ASU 2015-03	$	101,485		$	1,979,778