Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||
In thousands | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | |||||||||
Supplemental cash flow information: | ||||||||||||
Cash paid for interest, expensed | $ | 117,442 | $ | 137,950 | $ | 137,259 | ||||||
Cash paid for interest, capitalized | 79,253 | 77,432 | 60,540 | |||||||||
Cash paid for income taxes | 28,895 | 99,194 | 45,912 | |||||||||
Cash received from income tax refunds | (17,087 | ) | (38,004 | ) | (24,677 | ) | ||||||
Noncash investing activities: | ||||||||||||
Increase in asset retirement obligations | 26,946 | 56,290 | 24,694 | |||||||||
Increase (decrease) in liabilities for capital expenditures | (18,321 | ) | (26,882 | ) | 74,697 | |||||||
Increase in restricted cash (1) | — | 1,262,559 | — | |||||||||
Decrease in restricted cash (2) | 1,050,328 | 212,544 | — | |||||||||
(1) | During 2012, $212.5 million of proceeds from the sale of certain non-core assets in the Gulf Coast Region and $1.05 billion of the cash proceeds from the Bakken Exchange Transaction were paid by the respective purchaser directly to a qualified intermediary to facilitate a like-kind-exchange transaction for federal income tax purposes. See Note 2, Acquisitions and Divestitures, for additional details regarding these transactions. |
(2) | During 2012 and 2013, proceeds from the sales of our oil and natural gas property dispositions in 2012, which were held by a qualified intermediary, were released in 2012 to fund the Thompson Field acquisition and in 2013 primarily to fund a portion of the CCA acquisition and certain post-closing costs under the Bakken Exchange Transaction. See Note 2, Acquisitions and Divestitures, for additional details regarding these transactions. |