Income Taxes (Tables)
|
12 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2013
|
Provision for Income Taxes |
Provision for income taxes consists of the following:
(in thousands) |
Year Ended December 31, |
|
|
2013 |
|
|
2012 |
|
|
2011 |
|
U.S. Federal: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current |
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Deferred |
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Foreign: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current |
|
34,115 |
|
|
|
81,813 |
|
|
|
93,468 |
|
Deferred |
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Total |
$ |
34,115 |
|
|
$ |
81,813 |
|
|
$ |
93,468 |
|
|
Summary of Differences between the Financial Statement and Tax Bases of Assets and Liabilities |
The primary differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities at December 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows: (In thousands)
|
2013 |
|
|
2012 |
|
Deferred Tax Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basis difference in fixed assets |
$ |
31,440 |
|
|
$ |
30,619 |
|
Foreign tax credit carry forward |
|
55,908 |
|
|
|
23,836 |
|
Alternative minimum tax credit carryover |
|
1,349 |
|
|
|
1,349 |
|
Foreign net operating losses |
|
42,688 |
|
|
|
38,782 |
|
Asset retirement obligations |
|
4,012 |
|
|
|
3,629 |
|
Other |
|
3,300 |
|
|
|
2,731 |
|
|
$ |
138,697 |
|
|
$ |
100,946 |
|
Valuation allowance |
|
(137,348 |
) |
|
|
(99,597 |
) |
Total deferred tax asset |
$ |
1,349 |
|
|
$ |
1,349 |
|
|
Pretax Income |
Pretax income (loss) is comprised of the following:
(in thousands) |
Year Ended December 31, |
|
|
2013 |
|
|
2012 |
|
|
2011 |
|
United States |
$ |
(17,649 |
) |
|
$ |
(56,979 |
) |
|
$ |
(16,282 |
) |
Foreign |
|
94,836 |
|
|
|
144,131 |
|
|
|
150,312 |
|
|
$ |
77,187 |
|
|
$ |
87,152 |
|
|
$ |
134,030 |
|
|
Statutory Rate Reconciliation |
The statutory rate reconciliation is as follows:
(In Thousands) |
Year Ended December 31, |
|
|
2013 |
|
|
2012 |
|
|
2011 |
|
Tax Provision Computed at Statutory Rate |
|
27,015 |
|
|
$ |
30,503 |
|
|
$ |
46,911 |
|
Foreign taxes not offset in U.S. by foreign tax credits |
|
(2,072 |
) |
|
|
25,266 |
|
|
|
28,414 |
|
Permanent Differences |
|
973 |
|
|
|
2,370 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Foreign Tax Credit Adjustments |
|
(28,027 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in Tax Rate on Deferred |
|
(0 |
) |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
-2,889 |
|
Increase/(Decrease) in Valuation Allowance |
|
37,752 |
|
|
|
23,675 |
|
|
|
22,038 |
|
Other |
|
(1,526 |
) |
|
|
(0 |
) |
|
|
-1,006 |
|
Total Tax Expense |
$ |
34,115 |
|
|
$ |
81,813 |
|
|
$ |
93,468 |
|
|
Income Tax Years Subject to Examination by Major Tax Jurisdictions |
The following table summarizes the tax years that remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions:
|
|
United States |
2008-2013 |
Gabon |
2007-2013 |
|