The following table provides information regarding the net effect of changes in our operating accounts and cash payments for interest and income taxes for the periods indicated:


	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2026		2025
Decrease (increase) in:
Accounts receivable – trade	$	(4,026)	$	1,725
Accounts receivable – related parties	–		3
Inventories	(934)		(101)
Prepaid and other current assets	96		(81)
Other assets	73		23
Increase (decrease) in:
Accounts payable – trade	243		26
Accounts payable – related parties	(12)		(37)
Accrued product payables	4,806		(1,353)
Accrued interest	(278)		(248)
Other current liabilities	(433)		(17)
Other long-term liabilities	32		(109)
Net effect of changes in operating accounts	$	(433)	$	(169)

Cash payments for interest, net of $68 and $147 capitalized during the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively	$	1,414	$	1,260

Cash payments for federal and state income taxes	$	2	$	12

We incurred liabilities for construction in progress that had not been paid at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 of $453 million and $401 million, respectively. Such amounts are not included under the caption “Capital expenditures” on the Unaudited Condensed Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows.

(1)In December 2025, we completed the sale of a 40% undivided joint interest in our Bahia NGL Pipeline to ExxonMobil for approximately $655 million in cash. The cash consideration was payable in two installments, with $60 million received in December 2025 and the remaining $595 million received in January 2026.