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13. Other Deferred Credits and Liabilities
Other deferred credits and liabilities consist of the following (in millions of dollars):
December 31
2008 2007
Self-insurance accrual ............................................. $ 84 $ 96
Unrecognized tax benefits and related interest and penalties (Note 4) ...... 56 86
Environmental remediation accrual (Note 14) ........................... 87 83
Deferred revenue on power contract restructuring* ...................... 70 73
Asset retirement obligations ......................................... 73 69
Other ........................................................... 163 131
$533 $538
*Amortized over a 30-year period ending in 2035.
14. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities
Leases and Other Commitments
Sunoco, as lessee, has noncancelable operating leases for marine transportation vessels, service stations,
office space and other property and equipment. Total rental expense for such leases for the years 2008, 2007 and
2006 amounted to $229, $199 and $199 million, respectively, which include contingent rentals totaling $19, $15
and $13 million, respectively. Approximately 5 percent of total rental expense was recovered through related
sub-lease rental income during 2008.
The aggregate amount of future minimum annual rentals applicable to noncancelable operating leases,
including amounts pertaining to lease extension options which are assumed to be exercised, are as follows (in
millions of dollars):
Current
Lease
Term
Lease
Extension
Options Total
Year ending December 31:
2009 ............................................... $166 $ 1 $167
2010 ............................................... 151 2 153
2011 ............................................... 83 4 87
2012 ............................................... 56 7 63
2013 ............................................... 48 8 56
Thereafter ........................................... 221 182 403
Future minimum lease payments ...................... $725 $204 929
Less: Sub-lease rental income .......................... (19)
Net minimum lease payments ......................... $910
Approximately 29 percent of the aggregate amount of future minimum annual rentals applicable to
noncancelable operating leases relates to time charters for marine transportation vessels. Most of these time
charters contain terms of between three to seven years with renewal and sublease options. The time charter leases
typically require a fixed-price payment or a fixed-price minimum and a variable component based on spot-
market rates. In the table above, the variable component of the lease payments has been estimated utilizing the
average spot-market prices for the year 2008. The actual variable component of the lease payments attributable to
these time charters could vary significantly from the estimates included in the table.
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