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11. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
Interest Rate Swap
In March 2008, we entered into a pay-fixed, receive-variable interest rate swap agreement with Bank of America related to a $10.0 million (later increased to $14 million) term loan secured by plant, pipeline and equipment. The effective date of the interest rate swap agreement was August 15, 2008, and terminates on December 15, 2017. The notional amount of the interest rate swap was $1.25 million and $1.75 million at June 30, 2017, and December 31, 2016, respectively. We receive credit for payments of variable rate interest made on the term loan at the loan's variable rates, which are based upon the London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR), and pay Bank of America an interest rate of 5.83% less the credit on the interest rate swap. We originally designated the transaction as a cash flow hedge according to ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging. Beginning on August 15, 2008, the derivative instrument was reported at fair value with any changes in fair value reported within other comprehensive income (loss) in the Company's Statement of Stockholders' Equity. We entered into the interest rate swap to minimize the effect of changes in the LIBOR rate.
Due to the ARC discussed in Note 9, we believe that the hedge is no longer entirely effective; therefore, we began treating the interest rate swap as ineffective at that point. The changes in fair value are now recorded in the Statement of Income. For the three months ended June 30, 2017, an unrealized loss of approximately $2,000 and a realized loss of approximately $18,000 were recorded. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, an unrealized gain of approximately $1,000 and a realized loss of approximately $38,000 were recorded. For the three months ended June 30, 2016, an unrealized loss of approximately $8,000 and a realized loss of approximately $33,000 were recorded. For the six months ended June 30, 2016, an unrealized loss of approximately $14,000 and a realized loss of approximately $70,000 were recorded.
The following table shows (in thousands) the impact the agreement had on the financial statements:
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