General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses primarily represent employee benefit expenses, professional fees and administrative fees payable to SSH under our administrative services agreement (as described in Note 17).
Employee benefit expenses consist of:
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| | | | | | | | | | | |
| For the year ended December 31, |
In thousands of U.S. dollars | 2017 | | 2016 | | 2015 |
Short term employee benefits (salaries) | $ | 9,196 |
| | $ | 12,330 |
| | $ | 19,978 |
|
Share based compensation (see Note 16) | 22,385 |
| | 30,207 |
| | 33,687 |
|
| $ | 31,581 |
| | $ | 42,537 |
| | $ | 53,665 |
|
