UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
☒ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended | September 30, 2019 |
or
☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from | to |
Commission file number: | 001-36011 |
Phillips 66 Partners LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 38-3899432 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
2331 CityWest Blvd., Houston, Texas 77042
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(855) 283-9237
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: | ||||||
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||
Common Units, Representing Limited Partner Interests | PSXP | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ |
Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ |
Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
The registrant had 227,574,092 common units outstanding as of September 30, 2019.
PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Consolidated Statement of Income | Phillips 66 Partners LP |
Millions of Dollars | ||||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30 | Nine Months Ended September 30 | |||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||
Revenues and Other Income | ||||||||||
Operating revenues—related parties | $ | 262 | 256 | 814 | 749 | |||||
Operating revenues—third parties | 8 | 9 | 21 | 26 | ||||||
Equity in earnings of affiliates | 139 | 118 | 395 | 316 | ||||||
Other income | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
Total revenues and other income | 411 | 384 | 1,235 | 1,093 | ||||||
Costs and Expenses | ||||||||||
Operating and maintenance expenses | 91 | 84 | 315 | 266 | ||||||
Depreciation | 30 | 30 | 88 | 87 | ||||||
General and administrative expenses | 16 | 16 | 51 | 48 | ||||||
Taxes other than income taxes | 10 | 8 | 30 | 27 | ||||||
Interest and debt expense | 26 | 28 | 80 | 87 | ||||||
Other expenses | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||||
Total costs and expenses | 173 | 167 | 564 | 516 | ||||||
Income before income taxes | 238 | 217 | 671 | 577 | ||||||
Income tax expense | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | ||||||
Net income | 237 | 217 | 668 | 575 | ||||||
Less: Preferred unitholders’ interest in net income | 9 | 9 | 28 | 28 | ||||||
Less: General partner’s interest in net income | — | 64 | 140 | 172 | ||||||
Limited partners’ interest in net income | $ | 228 | 144 | 500 | 375 | |||||
Net Income Per Limited Partner Unit (dollars) | ||||||||||
Common units—basic | $ | 1.18 | 1.17 | 3.39 | 3.06 | |||||
Common units—diluted | 1.15 | 1.10 | 3.25 | 2.91 | ||||||
Weighted-Average Limited Partner Units Outstanding (thousands) | ||||||||||
Common units—basic | 192,274 | 123,270 | 147,368 | 122,362 | ||||||
Common units—diluted | 206,093 | 137,090 | 161,187 | 136,182 | ||||||
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. |
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Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income | Phillips 66 Partners LP |
Millions of Dollars | ||||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30 | Nine Months Ended September 30 | |||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||
Net Income | $ | 237 | 217 | 668 | 575 | |||||
Defined benefit plans | ||||||||||
Plan sponsored by equity affiliates, net of income taxes | — | — | — | — | ||||||
Other comprehensive income | — | — | — | — | ||||||
Comprehensive Income | $ | 237 | 217 | 668 | 575 | |||||
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. |
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Consolidated Balance Sheet | Phillips 66 Partners LP |
Millions of Dollars | ||||||
September 30 2019 | December 31 2018 | |||||
Assets | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 655 | 1 | |||
Accounts receivable—related parties | 97 | 90 | ||||
Accounts receivable—third parties | 4 | 5 | ||||
Materials and supplies | 13 | 13 | ||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 5 | 20 | ||||
Total current assets | 774 | 129 | ||||
Equity investments | 2,921 | 2,448 | ||||
Net properties, plants and equipment | 3,258 | 3,052 | ||||
Goodwill | 185 | 185 | ||||
Other assets | 52 | 5 | ||||
Total Assets | $ | 7,190 | 5,819 | |||
Liabilities | ||||||
Accounts payable—related parties | $ | 19 | 22 | |||
Accounts payable—third parties | 79 | 88 | ||||
Accrued interest | 34 | 36 | ||||
Deferred revenues | 19 | 60 | ||||
Short-term debt | 325 | 50 | ||||
Accrued property and other taxes | 28 | 9 | ||||
Other current liabilities | 8 | 5 | ||||
Total current liabilities | 512 | 270 | ||||
Long-term debt | 3,490 | 2,998 | ||||
Obligation from equity interest transfer | 340 | — | ||||
Other liabilities | 94 | 42 | ||||
Total Liabilities | 4,436 | 3,310 | ||||
Equity | ||||||
Preferred unitholders (2019 and 2018—13,819,791 units issued and outstanding) | 746 | 746 | ||||
Common unitholders—public (2019—57,813,955 units issued and outstanding; 2018—55,343,918 units issued and outstanding) | 2,664 | 2,485 | ||||
Common unitholder—Phillips 66 (2019—169,760,137 units issued and outstanding; 2018—68,760,137 units issued and outstanding) | (655 | ) | 592 | |||
General partner—Phillips 66 (2019—0 units issued and outstanding; 2018—2,480,051 units issued and outstanding) | — | (1,313 | ) | |||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (1 | ) | (1 | ) | ||
Total Equity | 2,754 | 2,509 | ||||
Total Liabilities and Equity | $ | 7,190 | 5,819 | |||
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. |
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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows | Phillips 66 Partners LP |
Millions of Dollars | ||||||
Nine Months Ended September 30 | ||||||
2019 | 2018 | |||||
Cash Flows From Operating Activities | ||||||
Net income | $ | 668 | 575 | |||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities | ||||||
Depreciation | 88 | 87 | ||||
Undistributed equity earnings | 7 | (5 | ) | |||
Other liabilities | 8 | (39 | ) | |||
Working capital adjustments | ||||||
Accounts receivable | (7 | ) | (9 | ) | ||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 15 | (1 | ) | |||
Accounts payable | 7 | 8 | ||||
Accrued interest | (3 | ) | (2 | ) | ||
Deferred revenues | (44 | ) | 29 | |||
Other accruals | 18 | 9 | ||||
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities | 757 | 652 | ||||
Cash Flows From Investing Activities | ||||||
Cash capital expenditures and investments | (924 | ) | (410 | ) | ||
Advances/loans—related party | (95 | ) | — | |||
Collection of advances/loans—related party | 95 | — | ||||
Return of investment from equity affiliates | 52 | 28 | ||||
Proceeds from sale of equity interest | 81 | — | ||||
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities | (791 | ) | (382 | ) | ||
Cash Flows From Financing Activities | ||||||
Proceeds from equity interest transfer | 341 | — | ||||
Issuance of debt | 1,758 | 85 | ||||
Repayment of debt | (985 | ) | (110 | ) | ||
Issuance of common units | 133 | 114 | ||||
Debt issuance costs | (6 | ) | — | |||
Quarterly distributions to preferred unitholders | (28 | ) | (28 | ) | ||
Quarterly distributions to common unitholders—public | (142 | ) | (114 | ) | ||
Quarterly distributions to common unitholder—Phillips 66 | (174 | ) | (147 | ) | ||
Quarterly distributions to General Partner—Phillips 66 | (206 | ) | (155 | ) | ||
Other distributions to Phillips 66 | (3 | ) | — | |||
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities | 688 | (355 | ) | |||
Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents | 654 | (85 | ) | |||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 1 | 185 | ||||
Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period | $ | 655 | 100 | |||
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. |
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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity | Phillips 66 Partners LP |
Millions of Dollars | |||||||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30 | |||||||||||||
Preferred Unitholders Public | Common Unitholders Public | Common Unitholder Phillips 66 | General Partner Phillips 66 | Accum. Other Comprehensive Loss | Total | ||||||||
June 30, 2019 | $ | 746 | 2,555 | 626 | (1,310 | ) | (1 | ) | 2,616 | ||||
Issuance of common units | — | 91 | — | — | — | 91 | |||||||
Net income | 9 | 67 | 161 | — | — | 237 | |||||||
Quarterly cash distributions to unitholders and General Partner ($0.855 per common unit) | (9 | ) | (49 | ) | (58 | ) | (70 | ) | — | (186 | ) | ||
Conversion of GP economic interest | — | — | (1,384 | ) | 1,381 | — | (3 | ) | |||||
Other distributions to Phillips 66 | — | — | — | (1 | ) | — | (1 | ) | |||||
September 30, 2019 | $ | 746 | 2,664 | (655 | ) | — | (1 | ) | 2,754 | ||||
June 30, 2018 | $ | 747 | 2,381 | 538 | (1,332 | ) | (1 | ) | 2,333 | ||||
Cumulative effect of accounting change | — | — | (1 | ) | — | — | (1 | ) | |||||
Issuance of common units | — | 47 | — | — | — | 47 | |||||||
Net income | 9 | 63 | 81 | 64 | — | 217 | |||||||
Quarterly cash distributions to unitholders and General Partner ($0.752 per common unit) | (10 | ) | (40 | ) | (51 | ) | (57 | ) | — | (158 | ) | ||
Other contributions from Phillips 66 | — | — | — | 5 | — | 5 | |||||||
September 30, 2018 | $ | 746 | 2,451 | 567 | (1,320 | ) | (1 | ) | 2,443 |
Units | ||||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30 | ||||||||||
Preferred Units Public | Common Units Public | Common Units Phillips 66 | General Partner Units Phillips 66 | Total Units | ||||||
June 30, 2019 | 13,819,791 | 56,178,286 | 68,760,137 | 2,480,051 | 141,238,265 | |||||
Units issued in public equity offerings | — | 1,635,669 | — | — | 1,635,669 | |||||
Units issued in conversion of GP economic interest | — | — | 101,000,000 | (2,480,051 | ) | 98,519,949 | ||||
September 30, 2019 | 13,819,791 | 57,813,955 | 169,760,137 | — | 241,393,883 | |||||
June 30, 2018 | 13,819,791 | 54,152,756 | 68,760,137 | 2,480,051 | 139,212,735 | |||||
Units issued in public equity offerings | — | 898,313 | — | — | 898,313 | |||||
September 30, 2018 | 13,819,791 | 55,051,069 | 68,760,137 | 2,480,051 | 140,111,048 |
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Millions of Dollars | ||||||||||||
Nine Months Ended September 30 | ||||||||||||
Preferred Unitholders Public | Common Unitholders Public | Common Unitholder Phillips 66 | General Partner Phillips 66 | Accum. Other Comprehensive Loss | Total | |||||||
December 31, 2018 | 746 | 2,485 | 592 | (1,313 | ) | (1 | ) | 2,509 | ||||
Cumulative effect of accounting change | — | (1 | ) | — | — | — | (1 | ) | ||||
Issuance of common units | — | 133 | — | — | — | 133 | ||||||
Net income | 28 | 189 | 311 | 140 | — | 668 | ||||||
Quarterly cash distributions to unitholders and General Partner ($2.535 per common unit) | (28 | ) | (142 | ) | (174 | ) | (206 | ) | — | (550 | ) | |
Conversion of GP economic interest | — | — | (1,384 | ) | 1,381 | — | (3 | ) | ||||
Other distributions to Phillips 66 | — | — | — | (2 | ) | — | (2 | ) | ||||
September 30, 2019 | 746 | 2,664 | (655 | ) | — | (1 | ) | 2,754 | ||||
December 31, 2017 | 746 | 2,274 | 487 | (1,345 | ) | (1 | ) | 2,161 | ||||
Cumulative effect of accounting change | — | 13 | 16 | 1 | — | 30 | ||||||
Issuance of common units | — | 114 | — | — | — | 114 | ||||||
Net income | 28 | 164 | 211 | 172 | — | 575 | ||||||
Quarterly cash distributions to unitholders and General Partner ($2.144 per common unit) | (28 | ) | (114 | ) | (147 | ) | (155 | ) | — | (444 | ) | |
Other contributions from Phillips 66 | — | — | — | 7 | — | 7 | ||||||
September 30, 2018 | 746 | 2,451 | 567 | (1,320 | ) | (1 | ) | 2,443 |
Units | ||||||||||
Nine Months Ended September 30 | ||||||||||
Preferred Units Public | Common Units Public | Common Units Phillips 66 | General Partner Units Phillips 66 | Total Units | ||||||
December 31, 2018 | 13,819,791 | 55,343,918 | 68,760,137 | 2,480,051 | 140,403,897 | |||||
Units issued in public equity offerings | — | 2,470,037 | — | — | 2,470,037 | |||||
Units issued in conversion of GP economic interest | — | — | 101,000,000 | (2,480,051 | ) | 98,519,949 | ||||
September 30, 2019 | 13,819,791 | 57,813,955 | 169,760,137 | — | 241,393,883 | |||||
December 31, 2017 | 13,819,791 | 52,811,822 | 68,760,137 | 2,480,051 | 137,871,801 | |||||
Units issued in public equity offerings | — | 2,239,247 | — | — | 2,239,247 | |||||
September 30, 2018 | 13,819,791 | 55,051,069 | 68,760,137 | 2,480,051 | 140,111,048 |
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements | Phillips 66 Partners LP |
Note 1—Description of the Business
Unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise indicates, all references to “Phillips 66 Partners,” “the Partnership,” “us,” “our,” “we,” or similar expressions refer to Phillips 66 Partners LP, including its consolidated subsidiaries. References to Phillips 66 may refer to Phillips 66 and/or its subsidiaries, depending on the context. References to our “General Partner” refer to Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC, and references to “Phillips 66 PDI” refer to Phillips 66 Project Development Inc., the Phillips 66 subsidiary that holds a limited partner interest in us and wholly owns our General Partner.
We are a growth-oriented master limited partnership formed to own, operate, develop and acquire primarily fee-based midstream assets. Our operations consist of crude oil, refined petroleum products and natural gas liquids (NGL) transportation, terminaling, processing and storage assets. We conduct our operations through both wholly owned and joint venture operations. The majority of our wholly owned assets are associated with, and are integral to the operation of, 9 of Phillips 66’s owned or joint venture refineries.
We primarily generate revenue by providing fee-based transportation, terminaling, processing, storage and fractionation services to Phillips 66 and other customers. Our equity affiliates primarily generate revenue from transporting and terminaling crude oil, refined petroleum products and NGL. Since we do not own any of the crude oil, refined petroleum products and NGL we handle and do not engage in the trading of crude oil, refined petroleum products and NGL, we have limited direct exposure to risks associated with fluctuating commodity prices, although these risks indirectly influence our activities and results of operations over the long term.
On August 1, 2019, we closed on the transactions contemplated by the Partnership Interests Restructuring Agreement, dated July 24, 2019, entered into with our General Partner. Pursuant to this agreement, all the outstanding incentive distribution rights (IDRs) held by our General Partner were eliminated and its approximately 2% general partner interest in us was converted into a non-economic general partner interest; both in exchange for an aggregate 101 million common units issued to Phillips 66 PDI. See Note 7—Net Income Per Limited Partner Unit for more information on how these transactions impact our earnings per unit calculations, and Note 10—Equity, for additional information on the impact to our equity accounts.
Note 2—Interim Financial Information
The unaudited interim financial information presented in the financial statements included in this report is prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP) and includes all known accruals and adjustments necessary, in the opinion of management, for a fair presentation of our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. Unless otherwise specified, all such adjustments are of a normal and recurring nature. Certain notes and other information have been condensed or omitted from the interim financial statements included in this report. Therefore, these interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes included in our 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. Certain prior period financial information has been recast to reflect the current year’s presentation.
Note 3—Changes in Accounting Principles
Effective January 1, 2019, we early adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-13, “Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments,” which amends the impairment model to utilize an expected loss methodology in place of the incurred loss methodology for financial instruments and off-balance sheet credit exposures. The amendment requires entities to consider a broader range of information to estimate expected credit losses, which may result in earlier recognition of losses. The adoption of the ASU did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
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Effective January 1, 2019, we adopted ASU 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)” using the modified retrospective transition method. The new standard establishes a right-of-use (ROU) model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and corresponding lease liability on the consolidated balance sheet for all operating leases with terms longer than 12 months. Leases will continue to be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the consolidated income statement.
We elected the package of practical expedients that allowed us to carry forward the determination of whether an arrangement contains a lease and lease classification, as well as our accounting for initial direct costs for existing contracts. We recorded a noncash cumulative effect adjustment to our opening consolidated balance sheet as of January 1, 2019, to record an aggregate operating lease ROU asset and a corresponding lease liability of $45 million. See Note 5—Lease Assets and Liabilities, for the new lease disclosures required by this ASU for lessees.
For arrangements where we are the lessor, effective for periods after January 1, 2019, we elected to account for lease and service elements of contracts classified as leases on a combined basis under the provisions of ASU No. 2016-02, except for leases of processing-type assets, which contain non-ratable fees related to turnaround activity. For these types of leases, we continued to separate the lease and service elements based on relative standalone prices and applied the new lease standard to the lease element and the revenue standard to the service element. We recorded a noncash cumulative effect adjustment of $1 million to decrease our opening equity balance as of January 1, 2019. See Note 4—Operating Revenues, for additional impacts of adopting this ASU, including new lease disclosures required for lessors.
Note 4—Operating Revenues
Operating revenues are primarily generated from long-term pipeline transportation, terminaling, storage, processing and fractionation lease and service agreements, mainly with Phillips 66. These agreements typically include escalation clauses to adjust transportation tariffs and terminaling and storage fees to reflect changes in price indices. In addition, most of these agreements contain renewal options, which typically require the mutual consent of both our customers and us.
Total operating revenues disaggregated by asset type were as follows:
Millions of Dollars | ||||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30 | Nine Months Ended September 30 | |||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||
Pipelines | $ | 121 | 123 | 347 | 336 | |||||
Terminals | 41 | 37 | 120 | 114 | ||||||
Storage, processing and other revenues | 108 | 105 | 368 | 325 | ||||||
Total operating revenues | $ | 270 | 265 | 835 | 775 |
The majority of our agreements with Phillips 66 are considered operating leases under GAAP. For reporting periods prior to our adoption of the new lease accounting standard, ASU No. 2016-02, as of January 1, 2019, the lease and service elements included in these contracts were separated with the lease element recognized in accordance with the existing lease accounting standard and the service element recognized in accordance with the revenue accounting standard. Effective for periods after January 1, 2019, we elected to account for lease and service elements of contracts classified as leases on a combined basis under the provisions of ASU No. 2016-02, except for leases of processing-type assets, which contain non-ratable fees related to turnaround activity. For these types of leases, we continued to separate the lease and service elements based on relative standalone prices and applied the new lease standard to the lease element and the revenue standard to the service element. As a result of our change in accounting policy, our lease and service revenues, lease and service accounts receivable and lease and service deferred revenues reported for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, are not prepared on the same basis as the amounts reported for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018.
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Total operating revenues disaggregated by lease and service revenues were as follows:
Millions of Dollars | ||||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30 | Nine Months Ended September 30 | |||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||
Lease revenues | $ | 217 | 159 | 688 | 446 | |||||
Service revenues | 53 | 106 | 147 | 329 | ||||||
Total operating revenues | $ | 270 | 265 | 835 | 775 |
Accounts Receivable
We bill our customers, mainly Phillips 66, under our lease and service contracts generally on a monthly basis.
Total accounts receivable by revenue type was as follows:
Millions of Dollars | ||||||
September 30 2019 | December 31 2018 | |||||
Lease receivables | $ | 81 | 53 | |||
Service receivables | 20 | 41 | ||||
Other receivables | — | 1 | ||||
Total accounts receivable | $ | 101 | 95 |
Deferred Revenues
Our deferred revenues represent payments received from our customers, mainly Phillips 66, in advance of the period in which lease and service contract performance obligations have been fulfilled. The majority of our deferred revenues relate to a tolling agreement and a storage agreement that are classified as leases. The remainder of our deferred revenues relate to lease and service agreements that contain minimum volume commitments with recovery provisions. Our deferred revenues are recorded in the “Deferred revenues” and “Other liabilities” lines on our consolidated balance sheet. Total deferred revenues under our lease and service agreements were as follows:
Millions of Dollars | ||||||
September 30 2019 | December 31 2018 | |||||
Deferred lease revenues | $ | 43 | 73 | |||
Deferred service revenues | 1 | 6 | ||||
Total deferred revenues | $ | 44 | 79 |
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Future Minimum Lease Payments from Customers
At September 30, 2019, future minimum payments to be received under our lease agreements with customers were estimated to be:
Millions of Dollars | |||
Remainder of 2019 | $ | 172 | |
2020 | 682 | ||
2021 | 679 | ||
2022 | 667 | ||
2023 | 624 | ||
Remaining years | 1,847 | ||
Total future minimum lease payments from customers | $ | 4,671 |
Remaining Service Performance Obligations
We typically have long-term service contracts with our customers, of which the original durations range from 5 to 15 years. The weighted-average remaining duration of these contracts is 11 years. These contracts include both fixed and variable transaction price components. At September 30, 2019, future service revenues expected to be recognized for the fixed component of the transaction price of our remaining performance obligations from service contracts with our customers that have an original expected duration of greater than one year were:
Millions of Dollars | |||
Remainder of 2019 | $ | 36 | |
2020 | 139 | ||
2021 | 131 | ||
2022 | 130 | ||
2023 | 130 | ||
Remaining years | 754 | ||
Total future service revenues | $ | 1,320 |
For the remaining service performance obligations, we applied the exemption for variable prices allocated entirely to a wholly unsatisfied performance obligation or to a wholly unsatisfied promise to transfer distinct services as part of a performance obligation.
Note 5—Lease Assets and Liabilities
We have agreements with Phillips 66 to lease land underlying or associated with certain of our assets that are classified as operating leases. Due to the economic infeasibility of canceling these leases, we consider them non-cancellable. Certain leases include escalation clauses for adjusting rental payments to reflect changes in price indices. There are no significant restrictions imposed on us in our lease agreements with regards to distribution payments, asset dispositions or borrowing ability.
Effective with our implementation of ASU No. 2016-02, we elected to discount lease obligations using our incremental borrowing rate. For all leases, we elected the practical expedient to not separate service and lease costs. Our right-of-way agreements in effect prior to January 1, 2019, were not accounted for as leases as they were not initially determined
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to be leases at their commencement dates. However, modifications to these agreements or new agreements will be assessed and accounted for accordingly under ASU No. 2016-02. For short-term leases, which are leases that, at the commencement date, have a lease term of 12 months or less and do not include an option to purchase the underlying asset that is reasonably certain to be exercised, we elected to not recognize the ROU asset and corresponding lease liability on our consolidated balance sheet.
Operating lease ROU assets are recorded in the “Other assets” line and lease liabilities are recorded in the “Other current liabilities” and “Other liabilities” lines on our consolidated balance sheet. At September 30, 2019, the total operating lease ROU asset was $44 million.
Future minimum lease payments and recorded short- and long-term lease liabilities at September 30, 2019, for operating leases were:
Millions of Dollars | |||
Remainder of 2019 | $ | 1 | |
2020 | 3 | ||
2021 | 3 | ||
2022 | 3 | ||
2023 | 3 | ||
Remaining years | 93 | ||
Future minimum lease payments | 106 | ||
Amount representing interest or discounts | (62 | ) | |
Total lease liabilities | 44 | ||
Short-term lease liabilities | (1 | ) | |
Long-term lease liabilities | $ | 43 |
Operating lease costs and operating cash outflows for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, were not material.
The weighted-average remaining lease term for our operating leases as of September 30, 2019, was 36 years. The weighted-average discount rate for our operating leases as of September 30, 2019, was 5.9%.
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Note 6—Equity Investments and Loans
Equity Investments
The following table summarizes the carrying value of our equity investments:
Millions of Dollars | |||||||||
Percentage Ownership | September 30 2019 | December 31 2018 | |||||||
Dakota Access, LLC and Energy Transfer Crude Oil Company, LLC (Bakken Pipeline) | 25.00 | % | $ | 589 | 608 | ||||
Bayou Bridge Pipeline, LLC (Bayou Bridge) | 40.00 | 293 | 277 | ||||||
DCP Sand Hills Pipeline, LLC (Sand Hills) | 33.34 | 599 | 601 | ||||||
DCP Southern Hills Pipeline, LLC (Southern Hills) | 33.34 | 210 | 206 | ||||||
Explorer Pipeline Company (Explorer) | 21.94 | 106 | 115 | ||||||
Gray Oak Pipeline, LLC (Gray Oak) | 65.00 | 748 | 288 | ||||||
Paradigm Pipeline LLC (Paradigm) | 50.00 | 144 | 145 | ||||||
Phillips 66 Partners Terminal LLC (Phillips 66 Partners Terminal) | 70.00 | 70 | 71 | ||||||
South Texas Gateway Terminal LLC (South Texas Gateway Terminal) | 25.00 | 49 | 20 | ||||||
STACK Pipeline LLC (STACK) | 50.00 | 113 | 117 | ||||||
Total equity investments | $ | 2,921 | 2,448 |
Earnings from our equity investments were as follows:
Millions of Dollars | ||||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30 | Nine Months Ended September 30 | |||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||
Bakken Pipeline | $ | 58 | 48 | 167 | 119 | |||||
Bayou Bridge | 9 | 2 | 21 | 10 | ||||||
Sand Hills | 39 | 34 | 113 | 90 | ||||||
Southern Hills | 10 | 12 | 34 | 28 | ||||||
Explorer | 12 | 11 | 26 | 35 | ||||||
Gray Oak | (2 | ) | — | (2 | ) | — | ||||
Paradigm | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | ||||||
Phillips 66 Partners Terminal | 6 | 6 | 18 | 21 | ||||||
South Texas Gateway Terminal | — | — | — | — | ||||||
STACK | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | ||||||
Total equity in earnings of affiliates | $ | 139 | 118 | 395 | 316 |
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Gray Oak
In April 2018, we entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with Phillips 66 PDI to acquire its 100% interest in Gray Oak Holdings LLC (Holdings LLC), a limited liability company that, at that time, owned a 100% interest in Gray Oak. Gray Oak is developing and constructing the Gray Oak Pipeline which, upon completion, will provide crude oil transportation from the Permian and Eagle Ford to destinations in Corpus Christi, Texas, and the Sweeny, Texas, area, including the Phillips 66 Sweeny Refinery. The pipeline system is anticipated to begin initial service in the fourth quarter of 2019. We accounted for the acquisition of Holdings LLC as an acquisition of assets under common control accounting. Also in April 2018, a co-venturer acquired a 25% interest in Gray Oak, along with sufficient voting rights over key governance provisions such that we no longer could assert control over Gray Oak. As a result, we (through our consolidated subsidiary Holdings LLC) began using the equity method of accounting for our investment in Gray Oak at that time.
In December 2018, a third party exercised its option to acquire a 35% interest in Holdings LLC. Because Holdings LLC’s sole asset was its 75% ownership interest in Gray Oak, which is considered a financial asset, and because certain restrictions were placed on the third party’s ability to transfer or sell its interest in Holdings LLC during the construction of the Gray Oak Pipeline, the legal sale of the 35% interest did not qualify as a sale under GAAP. Rather, the third party’s cash contributions to Holdings LLC in 2019 to fund its share of previously incurred and future construction costs plus a premium to us are reflected as a long-term obligation in the “Obligation from equity interest transfer” line on our consolidated balance sheet and financing cash inflows in the “Proceeds from equity interest transfer” line on our consolidated statement of cash flows. After construction of the Gray Oak Pipeline is fully completed, these restrictions expire, and the sale will be recognized under GAAP. We will continue to control and consolidate Holdings LLC after sale recognition, and therefore the third party’s 35% interest will be recharacterized from a long-term obligation to a noncontrolling interest on our consolidated balance sheet at that time. Also at that time, the premium paid will be recharacterized from a long-term obligation to a gain in our consolidated statement of income. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the third party contributed an aggregate of $341 million into Holdings LLC, which Holdings LLC used to fund its portion of Gray Oak’s cash calls.
In February 2019, Holdings LLC transferred a 10% interest in Gray Oak to a third party that exercised a purchase option, for proceeds of $81 million. This transfer was accounted for as a sale and resulted in a decrease in Holdings LLC’s ownership interest in Gray Oak from 75% to 65% and the recognition of an immaterial gain. The proceeds received from this sale are reflected as an investing cash inflow in the “Proceeds from sale of equity interest” line on our consolidated statement of cash flows. At September 30, 2019, our effective ownership interest in the Gray Oak Pipeline was 42.25%.
In June 2019, Gray Oak entered into a third-party term loan facility with an initial borrowing capacity of $1,230 million, which was increased in July 2019 to $1,317 million. Borrowings under the facility are due on June 3, 2022. We and our co-venturers provided a guarantee through an equity contribution agreement requiring proportionate equity contributions to Gray Oak up to the total outstanding loan amount. Under the agreement, our maximum potential amount of future obligations is $556 million, plus any accrued interest and associated fees, which would be required if the term loan facility is fully utilized and Gray Oak defaults on its obligations. At September 30, 2019, Gray Oak had borrowings of $904 million outstanding, and our 42.25% proportionate exposure was $382 million. The net proceeds from the term loan were used by Gray Oak for construction of the Gray Oak Pipeline and repayment of amounts borrowed under a related party loan agreement that we and our co-venturers executed in March 2019 and terminated upon the repayment by Gray Oak in June. Our total related party loan to and repayment received from Gray Oak was $95 million.
Gray Oak is considered a variable interest entity because it does not have sufficient equity at risk to fully fund the construction of all assets required for principal operations. We have determined we are not the primary beneficiary because we and our co-venturers jointly direct the activities of Gray Oak that most significantly impact economic performance. At September 30, 2019, our maximum exposure to loss was $1,130 million, which represented our guarantee of the third-party term loan facility of $382 million and the aggregate book value of our equity method investment in Gray Oak of $748 million.
Bakken Pipeline
In March 2019, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dakota Access, LLC (Dakota Access) closed on an offering of $2,500 million aggregate principal amount of unsecured senior notes. The net proceeds from the issuance of these notes were used to repay amounts outstanding under existing credit facilities of Dakota Access and Energy Transfer Crude Oil Company, LLC (ETCO). Dakota Access and ETCO have guaranteed repayment of the notes. In addition, we and our
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co-venturers provided a Contingent Equity Contribution Undertaking (CECU) in conjunction with the notes offering. Under the CECU, if Dakota Access receives an unfavorable court ruling related to certain disputed construction permits and Dakota Access determines that an equity contribution trigger event has occurred, the venturers may be severally required to make proportionate equity contributions to Dakota Access and ETCO up to an aggregate maximum of approximately $2,525 million. Our share of the maximum potential equity contributions under the CECU is approximately $631 million.
Note 7—Net Income Per Limited Partner Unit
Net income per limited partner unit applicable to common units is computed by dividing the limited partners’ interest in net income by the weighted-average number of common units outstanding for the period. Prior to August 1, 2019, we had more than one class of participating securities and used the two-class method to calculate net income per unit applicable to the limited partners. The classes of participating securities prior to August 1, 2019, included common units, general partner units and IDRs. Effective August 1, 2019, common units are the only class of participating security. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, our preferred units are potentially dilutive securities and were dilutive to net income per limited partner unit. See Note 10—Equity, for a discussion of the elimination of our General Partner’s IDRs and 2% economic interest effective August 1, 2019.
Net income earned by the Partnership is allocated between the classes of participating securities in accordance with our partnership agreement, after giving effect to priority income allocations to the holders of the preferred units. First, earnings are allocated based on actual cash distributions declared to our unitholders, including those attributable to the General Partner’s IDRs, if applicable. To the extent net income exceeds or is less than cash distributions, this difference is allocated based on the unitholders’ respective ownership percentages, after consideration of any priority allocations of earnings. For the diluted net income per limited partner unit calculation, the preferred units are assumed to be converted at the beginning of the period into common limited partner units on a one-for-one basis, and the distribution formula for available cash in our partnership agreement is recalculated, using the original available cash amount increased only for the preferred distributions which would not have been paid after conversion.
Millions of Dollars | ||||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30 | Nine Months Ended September 30 | |||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||
Net income | $ | 237 | 217 | 668 | 575 | |||||
Less: | ||||||||||
General partner’s distributions declared (including IDRs)* | — | 61 | 139 | 169 | ||||||
Limited partners’ distributions declared on preferred units* | 9 | 9 | 28 | 28 | ||||||
Limited partners’ distributions declared on common units* | 197 | 99 | 409 | 278 | ||||||
Distributions less than net income | $ | 31 | 48 | 92 | 100 |
*Distributions declared attributable to the indicated periods.
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Limited Partners’ Common Units | Limited Partners’ Preferred Units | Total | |||||
Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 | |||||||
Net income (millions): | |||||||
Distributions declared | $ | 197 | 9 | 206 | |||
Distributions less than net income | 31 | — | 31 | ||||
Net income (basic) | 228 | 9 | 237 | ||||
Dilutive effect of preferred units | 9 | ||||||
Net income (diluted) | $ | 237 | |||||
Weighted-average units outstanding—basic | 192,273,672 | ||||||
Dilutive effect of preferred units | 13,819,792 | ||||||
Weighted-average units outstanding—diluted | 206,093,464 | ||||||
Net income per limited partner unit—basic (dollars) | $ | 1.18 | |||||
Net income per limited partner unit—diluted (dollars) | 1.15 |
Limited Partners’ Common Units | General Partner (including IDRs) | Limited Partners’ Preferred Units | Total | ||||||
Three Months Ended September 30, 2018 | |||||||||
Net income (millions): | |||||||||
Distributions declared | $ | 99 | 61 | 9 | 169 | ||||
Distributions less than net income | 45 | 3 | — | 48 | |||||
Net income (basic) | 144 | 64 | 9 | 217 | |||||
Dilutive effect of preferred units* | 7 | ||||||||
Net income (diluted) | $ | 151 | |||||||
Weighted-average units outstanding—basic | 123,269,827 | ||||||||
Dilutive effect of preferred units* | 13,819,791 | ||||||||
Weighted-average units outstanding—diluted | 137,089,618 | ||||||||
Net income per limited partner unit—basic (dollars) | $ | 1.17 | |||||||
Net income per limited partner unit—diluted (dollars) | 1.10 | ||||||||
*The dilutive effect of preferred units assumes the reallocation of net income to the limited and general partners, including a reallocation associated with IDRs, pursuant to the available cash formula in the partnership agreement. |
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Limited Partners’ Common Units | General Partner (including IDRs) | Limited Partners’ Preferred Units | Total | ||||||
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 | |||||||||
Net income (millions): | |||||||||
Distributions declared | $ | 409 | 139 | 28 | 576 | ||||
Distributions less than net income | 91 | 1 | — | 92 | |||||
Net income (basic) | 500 | 140 | 28 | 668 | |||||
Dilutive effect of preferred units* | 23 | ||||||||
Net income (diluted) | $ | 523 | |||||||
Weighted-average units outstanding—basic | 147,367,681 | ||||||||
Dilutive effect of preferred units* | 13,819,791 | ||||||||
Weighted-average units outstanding—diluted | 161,187,472 | ||||||||
Net income per limited partner unit—basic (dollars) | $ | 3.39 | |||||||
Net income per limited partner unit—diluted (dollars) | 3.25 | ||||||||
*The dilutive effect of preferred units assumes the reallocation of net income to the limited and general partners, including a reallocation associated with IDRs, pursuant to the available cash formula in the partnership agreement. |
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 | |||||||||
Net income (millions): | |||||||||
Distributions declared | $ | 278 | 169 | 28 | 475 | ||||
Distributions less than net income | 97 | 3 | — | 100 | |||||
Net income (basic) | 375 | 172 | 28 | 575 | |||||
Dilutive effect of preferred units* | 21 | ||||||||
Net income (diluted) | $ | 396 | |||||||
Weighted-average units outstanding—basic | 122,362,079 | ||||||||
Dilutive effect of preferred units* | 13,819,791 | ||||||||
Weighted-average units outstanding—diluted | 136,181,870 | ||||||||
Net income per limited partner unit—basic (dollars) | $ | 3.06 | |||||||
Net income per limited partner unit—diluted (dollars) | 2.91 | ||||||||
*The dilutive effect of preferred units assumes the reallocation of net income to the limited and general partners, including a reallocation associated with IDRs, pursuant to the available cash formula in the partnership agreement. |
On October 16, 2019, the Board of Directors of our General Partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.865 per common unit which, excluding distributions to holders of our preferred units, will result in a total distribution of $197 million attributable to the third quarter of 2019. This distribution is payable on November 13, 2019, to unitholders of record as of October 31, 2019.
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Note 8—Properties, Plants and Equipment
Our investment in properties, plants and equipment (PP&E), with the associated accumulated depreciation, was:
Millions of Dollars | ||||||
September 30 2019 | December 31 2018 | |||||
Land | $ | 19 | 19 | |||
Buildings and improvements | 92 | 89 | ||||
Pipelines and related assets* | 1,413 | 1,398 | ||||
Terminals and related assets* | 742 | 710 | ||||
Rail racks and related assets* | 137 | 137 | ||||
Processing and related assets* | 1,033 | 842 | ||||
Caverns and related assets* | 585 | 584 | ||||
Construction-in-progress | 266 | 216 | ||||
Gross PP&E | 4,287 | 3,995 | ||||
Accumulated depreciation | (1,029 | ) | (943 | ) | ||
Net PP&E | $ | 3,258 | 3,052 | |||
*Assets for which we are the lessor. |
Note 9—Debt
Millions of Dollars | ||||||
September 30 2019 | December 31 2018 | |||||
2.646% Senior Notes due February 2020 | $ | 300 | 300 | |||
2.450% Senior Notes due December 2024 | 300 | — | ||||
3.605% Senior Notes due February 2025 | 500 | 500 | ||||
3.550% Senior Notes due October 2026 | 500 | 500 | ||||
3.750% Senior Notes due March 2028 | 500 | 500 | ||||
3.150% Senior Notes due December 2029 | 600 | — | ||||
4.680% Senior Notes due February 2045 | 450 | 450 | ||||
4.900% Senior Notes due October 2046 | 625 | 625 | ||||
Tax-exempt bonds due April 2020 and April 2021 at 1.910% and 1.885% at September 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, respectively | 75 | 75 | ||||
Revolving credit facility due January 2019 at 3.669% at December 31, 2018 | — | 125 | ||||
Debt at face value | 3,850 | 3,075 | ||||
Net unamortized discounts and debt issuance costs | (35 | ) | (27 | ) | ||
Total debt | 3,815 | 3,048 | ||||
Short-term debt | (325 | ) | (50 | ) | ||
Long-term debt | $ | 3,490 | 2,998 |
The fair value of our fixed-rate and floating-rate debt is estimated based on observable market prices and is classified in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The fair value of our fixed-rate debt amounted to $3,927 million and $2,660 million at September 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, respectively. The fair value of our floating-rate debt approximated carrying value of $75 million and $200 million at September 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, respectively.
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2019 Senior Notes
On September 6, 2019, we closed on a public offering of $900 million aggregate principal amount of unsecured notes consisting of:
• | $300 million aggregate principal amount of 2.450% Senior Notes due December 15, 2024. |
• | $600 million aggregate principal amount of 3.150% Senior Notes due December 15, 2029. |
Interest on each series of senior notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on June 15, 2020. Total proceeds received from the offering were $892 million, net of underwriting discounts and commissions. On September 13, 2019, we used a portion of the proceeds to repay the $400 million outstanding principal balance of the term loans due March 2020, and on October 15, 2019, we used a portion of the proceeds to repay the $300 million outstanding principal balance of our 2.646% Senior Notes due February 2020.
Revolving Credit Facility
On July 30, 2019, we amended and restated our revolving credit agreement. The agreement extended the termination date from October 3, 2021, to July 30, 2024. No other material amendments were made to the agreement, and the overall capacity remains at $750 million with an option to increase the overall capacity to $1 billion, subject to certain conditions.
As of September 30, 2019, 0 amount had been directly drawn under our $750 million revolving credit facility; however, $1 million in letters of credit had been issued that were supported by this facility. As of December 31, 2018, we had an aggregate of $125 million borrowed and outstanding under the credit facility.
Note 10—Equity
ATM Programs
Our initial $250 million continuous offering of common units, or at-the-market (ATM) program, was completed in June 2018. At that time, we commenced issuing common units under our second $250 million ATM program. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, on a settlement date basis, we issued an aggregate of 1,635,669 and 2,470,037 common units under our ATM programs, respectively, generating net proceeds of $91 million and $133 million, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, we issued an aggregate of 898,313 and 2,239,247 common units under our ATM programs, respectively, generating net proceeds of $47 million and $114 million, respectively. Since inception in June 2016 through September 30, 2019, we issued an aggregate of 8,721,001 common units under our ATM programs, generating net proceeds of $452 million, after broker commissions of $5 million. The net proceeds from sales under the ATM programs are used for general partnership purposes, which may include debt repayment, acquisitions, capital expenditures and additions to working capital.
Restructuring Transaction
On August 1, 2019, we closed on the transactions contemplated by the Partnership Interests Restructuring Agreement, dated July 24, 2019, entered into with our General Partner. Pursuant to this agreement, all of the outstanding IDRs held by our General Partner were eliminated and its approximately 2% general partner interest in us was converted into a non-economic general partner interest; both in exchange for an aggregate of 101 million common units issued to Phillips 66 PDI. Because these transactions were between entities under common control, the common units issued to Phillips 66 PDI were assigned no value; rather, our General Partner’s historical negative equity balance of $1.4 billion as of August 1, 2019, was transferred to Phillips 66’s limited partner equity account.
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Note 11—Contingencies
From time to time, lawsuits involving a variety of claims that arise in the ordinary course of business are filed against us. We also may be required to remove or mitigate the effects on the environment of the placement, storage, disposal or release of certain chemical, mineral and petroleum substances at various sites. We regularly assess the need for accounting recognition or disclosure of these contingencies. In the case of all known contingencies (other than those related to income taxes), we accrue a liability when the loss is probable and the amount is reasonably estimable. If a range of amounts can be reasonably estimated and no amount within the range is a better estimate than any other amount, then the minimum of the range is accrued. We do not reduce these liabilities for potential insurance or third-party recoveries. If applicable, we accrue receivables for probable insurance or other third-party recoveries. In the case of income-tax-related contingencies, we use a cumulative probability-weighted loss accrual in cases where sustaining a tax position is less than certain.
Based on currently available information, we believe it is remote that future costs related to known contingent liability exposures will exceed current accruals by an amount that would have a material adverse impact on our consolidated financial statements. As we learn new facts concerning contingencies, we reassess our position both with respect to accrued liabilities and other potential exposures. Estimates particularly sensitive to future changes include any contingent liabilities recorded for environmental remediation, tax and legal matters. Estimated future environmental remediation costs are subject to change due to such factors as the uncertain magnitude of cleanup costs, the unknown time and extent of such remedial actions that may be required, and the determination of our liability in proportion to that of other potentially responsible parties. Estimated future costs related to tax and legal matters are subject to change as events evolve and as additional information becomes available during the administrative and litigation processes.
Environmental
We are subject to federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations. We record accruals for contingent environmental liabilities based on management’s best estimates, using all information that is available at the time. We measure estimates and base liabilities on currently available facts, existing technology, and presently enacted laws and regulations, taking into account stakeholder and business considerations. When measuring environmental liabilities, we also consider our prior experience in remediation of contaminated sites, other companies’ cleanup experience, and data released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or other organizations. We consider unasserted claims in our determination of environmental liabilities, and we accrue them in the period they are both probable and reasonably estimable.
In the future, we may be involved in additional environmental assessments, cleanups and proceedings.
Legal Proceedings
Under our amended omnibus agreement, Phillips 66 provides certain services for our benefit, including legal support services, and we pay an operational and administrative support fee for these services. Phillips 66’s legal organization applies its knowledge, experience and professional judgment to the specific characteristics of our cases, employing a litigation management process to manage and monitor the legal proceedings against us. The process facilitates the early evaluation and quantification of potential exposures in individual cases and enables tracking of those cases that have been scheduled for trial and/or mediation. Based on professional judgment and experience in using these litigation management tools and available information about current developments in all our cases, Phillips 66’s legal organization regularly assesses the adequacy of current accruals and determines if adjustment of existing accruals, or establishment of new accruals, is required. As of September 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, we did not have any material accrued contingent liabilities associated with litigation matters.
Indemnification and Excluded Liabilities
Under our amended omnibus agreement and pursuant to the terms of various agreements under which we acquired assets from Phillips 66, Phillips 66 will indemnify us, or assume responsibility, for certain environmental liabilities, tax liabilities, litigation and any other liabilities attributable to the ownership or operation of the assets contributed to us and that arose prior to the effective date of each acquisition. These indemnifications and exclusions from liability have, in some cases, time limits and deductibles. When Phillips 66 performs under any of these indemnifications or exclusions from liability, we recognize noncash expenses and associated noncash capital contributions from our General Partner, as these are considered liabilities paid for by a principal unitholder.
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Note 12—Cash Flow Information
Capital Expenditures and Investments
Our capital expenditures and investments consisted of:
Millions of Dollars | ||||||
Nine Months Ended September 30 | ||||||
2019 | 2018 | |||||
Cash capital expenditures and investments | $ | 924 | 410 | |||
Change in capital expenditure accruals | (17 | ) | 35 | |||
Total capital expenditures and investments | $ | 907 | 445 |
Note 13—Related Party Transactions
Commercial Agreements
We have entered into long-term, fee-based commercial agreements with Phillips 66 to provide transportation, terminaling, storage, stevedoring, fractionation, processing, and rail terminal services. Under these agreements, Phillips 66 commits to provide us with minimum transportation, throughput or storage volumes, or minimum monthly service fees. If Phillips 66 does not meet its minimum volume commitments, Phillips 66 pays us a deficiency payment based on the calculation described in the agreement.
Amended and Restated Operational Services Agreement
Under our amended and restated operational services agreement, we reimburse Phillips 66 for certain operational services in support of our pipelines, terminaling, processing, and storage facilities. These services include routine and emergency maintenance and repair services, routine operational activities, routine administrative services, construction and related services and such other services as we and Phillips 66 may mutually agree upon from time to time.
Amended Omnibus Agreement
The amended omnibus agreement addresses our payment of an operating and administrative support fee and our obligation to reimburse Phillips 66 for all other direct or allocated costs and expenses incurred by Phillips 66 in providing general and administrative services. Additionally, the omnibus agreement addresses Phillips 66’s indemnification to us and our indemnification to Phillips 66 for certain environmental and other liabilities. Further, it addresses the granting of a license from Phillips 66 to us with respect to the use of certain Phillips 66 trademarks.
Tax Sharing Agreement
Under our tax sharing agreement, we reimburse Phillips 66 for our share of state and local income and other taxes incurred by Phillips 66 due to our results of operations being included in a combined or consolidated tax return filed by Phillips 66. Any reimbursement is limited to the tax that we (and our subsidiaries) would have paid had we not been included in a combined group with Phillips 66. Phillips 66 may use its tax attributes to cause its combined or consolidated group to owe no tax; however, we would nevertheless reimburse Phillips 66 for the tax we would have owed, even though Phillips 66 had no cash expense for that period.
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Related Party Transactions
Significant related party transactions included in our total costs and expenses were:
Millions of Dollars | ||||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30 | Nine Months Ended September 30 | |||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||
Operating and maintenance expenses | $ | 48 | 46 | 203 | 161 | |||||
General and administrative expenses | 14 | 15 | 47 | 45 | ||||||
Total | $ | 62 | 61 | 250 | 206 |
We pay Phillips 66 a monthly operational and administrative support fee under the terms of our amended omnibus agreement in the amount of $8 million. The operational and administrative support fee is for the provision of certain services, including: logistical services; asset oversight, such as operational management and supervision; corporate engineering services, including asset integrity and regulatory services; business development services; executive services; financial and administrative services (including treasury and accounting); information technology; legal services; corporate health, safety and environmental services; facility services; human resources services; procurement services; investor relations; tax matters; and public company reporting services. We also reimburse Phillips 66 for all other direct or allocated costs incurred on behalf of us, pursuant to the terms of our amended omnibus agreement. The classification of these charges between operating and maintenance expenses and general and administrative expenses is based on the functional nature of the services performed for our operations. Under our amended and restated operational services agreement, we reimburse Phillips 66 for the provision of certain operational services in support of our operating assets. Additionally, we pay Phillips 66 for insurance services provided to us, and recoveries under these policies are recorded as an offset to our expenses. Operating and maintenance expenses also include volumetric gains and losses associated with volumes transported by Phillips 66.
Other related party balances were included in the following line items on our consolidated balance sheet, all of which were related to commercial agreements with Phillips 66:
Millions of Dollars | ||||||
September 30 2019 | December 31 2018 | |||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | $ | 3 | 4 | |||
Other assets | 44 | — | ||||
Deferred revenues | 18 | 60 | ||||
Other current liabilities | 1 | — | ||||
Other liabilities | 70 | 18 |
Equity Affiliate Guarantee
In June 2019, we issued a guarantee for 42.25% of the third-party term loan facility for Gray Oak. See Note 6—Equity Investments and Loans, for additional information.
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Item 2. | MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
Unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise indicates, all references to “Phillips 66 Partners,” “the Partnership,” “us,” “our,” “we,” or similar expressions refer to Phillips 66 Partners LP, including its consolidated subsidiaries. References to Phillips 66 may refer to Phillips 66 and/or its subsidiaries, depending on the context. References to our “General Partner” refer to Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC, and references to “Phillips 66 PDI” refer to Phillips 66 Project Development Inc., the Phillips 66 subsidiary that holds a limited partner interest in us and wholly owns our General Partner.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis is the Partnership’s analysis of its financial performance, financial condition, and of significant trends that may affect future performance. It should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this report. It contains forward-looking statements including, without limitation, statements relating to the Partnership’s plans, strategies, objectives, expectations and intentions. The words “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “budget,” “continue,” “could,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “seek,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “expect,” “objective,” “projection,” “forecast,” “goal,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “effort,” “target” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. The Partnership does not undertake to update, revise or correct any of the forward-looking information unless required to do so under the federal securities laws. Readers are cautioned that such forward-looking statements should be read in conjunction with the Partnership’s disclosures under the heading: “CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS.”
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW
Partnership Overview
We are a growth-oriented master limited partnership formed to own, operate, develop and acquire primarily fee-based midstream assets. Our operations consist of crude oil, refined petroleum products and natural gas liquids (NGL) transportation, terminaling, processing and storage assets. We conduct our operations through both wholly owned and joint venture operations. The majority of our wholly owned assets are associated with, and are integral to the operation of, nine of Phillips 66’s owned or joint venture refineries.
We primarily generate revenue by providing fee-based transportation, terminaling, processing, storage and fractionation services to Phillips 66 and other customers. Our equity affiliates primarily generate revenue from transporting and terminaling crude oil, refined petroleum products and NGL.
On August 1, 2019, we closed on the transactions contemplated by the Partnership Interests Restructuring Agreement, dated July 24, 2019, entered into with our General Partner. Pursuant to this agreement, all of the outstanding incentive distribution rights (IDRs) held by our General Partner were eliminated and its approximately 2% general partner interest in us was converted into a non-economic general partner interest; both in exchange for an aggregate 101 million common units issued to Phillips 66 PDI.
Our common units trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol PSXP.
How We Evaluate Our Operations
Our management uses a variety of financial and operating metrics to analyze our performance, including: (1) volumes handled; (2) operating and maintenance expenses; (3) net income (loss) before net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA); (4) adjusted EBITDA; and (5) distributable cash flow.
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Volumes Handled
The amount of revenue we generate primarily depends on the volumes of crude oil, refined petroleum products and NGL that we handle in our pipeline, terminal, rail rack, processing, storage and fractionator systems. In addition, our equity affiliates generate revenue from transporting and terminaling crude oil, refined petroleum products and NGL. These volumes are primarily affected by the supply of, and demand for, crude oil, refined petroleum products and NGL in the markets served directly or indirectly by our assets, as well as the operational status of the refineries served by our assets. Phillips 66 has committed to minimum throughput volumes under many of our commercial agreements.
Operating and Maintenance Expenses
Our management seeks to maximize the profitability of our operations by effectively managing operating and maintenance expenses. These expenses primarily consist of labor expenses (including contractor services), utility costs, and repair and maintenance expenses. Operating and maintenance expenses generally remain relatively stable across broad ranges of throughput volumes but can fluctuate from period to period depending on the mix of activities, particularly maintenance activities, performed during the period. Although we seek to manage our maintenance expenditures on our facilities to avoid significant variability in our quarterly cash flows, we balance this approach with our high standards of safety and environmental stewardship, such that critical maintenance is regularly performed.
Our operating and maintenance expenses are also affected by volumetric gains/losses resulting from variances in meter readings and other measurement methods, as well as volume fluctuations due to pressure and temperature changes. Under certain commercial agreements with Phillips 66, the value of any crude oil, refined petroleum product and NGL volumetric gains and losses are determined by reference to the monthly average reference price for the applicable commodity. Any gains/losses under these provisions decrease or increase, respectively, our operating and maintenance expenses in the period in which they are realized. These contractual volumetric gain/loss provisions could increase variability in our operating and maintenance expenses.
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow
We define EBITDA as net income (loss) plus net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization.
Adjusted EBITDA is EBITDA, further adjusted for:
• | The proportional share of equity affiliates’ net interest expense, income taxes and depreciation and amortization. |
• | Transaction costs associated with acquisitions. |
• | Certain other noncash items, including expenses indemnified by Phillips 66. |
Distributable cash flow is defined as adjusted EBITDA less (i) equity affiliate distributions less than proportional EBITDA, (ii) maintenance capital expenditures, (iii) net interest expense, (iv) income taxes paid and (v) preferred unit distributions; plus adjustments for deferred revenue impacts.
EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, and distributable cash flow are not presentations made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP). EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow are non-GAAP supplemental financial measures that management believes external users of our consolidated financial statements, such as industry analysts, investors, lenders and rating agencies, may find useful to assess:
• | Our operating performance as compared to other publicly traded partnerships in the midstream energy industry, without regard to historical cost basis or, in the case of EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA, financing methods. |
• | The ability of our business to generate sufficient cash to support our decision to make distributions to our unitholders. |
• | Our ability to incur and service debt and fund capital expenditures. |
• | The viability of acquisitions and other capital expenditure projects and the returns on investment of various investment opportunities. |
The GAAP performance measure most directly comparable to EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA is net income. The GAAP liquidity measure most directly comparable to EBITDA and distributable cash flow is net cash provided by operating
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activities. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered alternatives to GAAP net income or net cash provided by operating activities. They have important limitations as analytical tools because they exclude some items that affect net income and net cash provided by operating activities. Additionally, because EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, and distributable cash flow may be defined differently by other companies in our industry, our definition of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies, thereby diminishing their utility.
Business Environment
Since we do not own any of the crude oil, refined petroleum products and NGL we handle and do not engage in the trading of crude oil, refined petroleum products and NGL, we have limited direct exposure to risks associated with fluctuating commodity prices, although these risks indirectly influence our activities and results of operations over the long term.
Our throughput volumes primarily depend on the volume of crude oil processed and refined petroleum products produced at Phillips 66’s owned or operated refineries with which our assets are integrated. These volumes are primarily dependent on Phillips 66’s refining margins and maintenance schedules. Refining margins depend on the price of crude oil or other feedstocks and the price of refined petroleum products. These prices are affected by numerous factors beyond our or Phillips 66’s control, including the domestic and global supply of and demand for crude oil and refined petroleum products. Throughput volumes of our equity affiliates primarily depend on upstream drilling activities, refinery performance and product supply and demand.
While we believe we have substantially mitigated our indirect exposure to commodity price fluctuations through the minimum volume commitments in our commercial agreements with Phillips 66 during the respective terms of those agreements, our ability to execute our growth strategy will depend, in part, on the availability of attractively priced crude oil in the areas served by our crude oil pipelines and rail racks, demand for refined petroleum products in the markets served by our refined petroleum product pipelines and terminals, and the general demand for midstream services, including NGL transportation and fractionation.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Unless otherwise indicated, discussion of results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, is based on a comparison with the corresponding period of 2018.
Millions of Dollars | ||||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30 | Nine Months Ended September 30 | |||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||
Revenues and Other Income | ||||||||||
Operating revenues—related parties | $ | 262 | 256 | 814 | 749 | |||||
Operating revenues—third parties | 8 | 9 | 21 | 26 | ||||||
Equity in earnings of affiliates | 139 | 118 | 395 | 316 | ||||||
Other income | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
Total revenues and other income | 411 | 384 | 1,235 | 1,093 | ||||||
Costs and Expenses | ||||||||||
Operating and maintenance expenses | 91 | 84 | 315 | 266 | ||||||
Depreciation | 30 | 30 | 88 | 87 | ||||||
General and administrative expenses | 16 | 16 | 51 | 48 | ||||||
Taxes other than income taxes | 10 | 8 | 30 | 27 | ||||||
Interest and debt expense | 26 | 28 | 80 | 87 | ||||||
Other expenses | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||||
Total costs and expenses | 173 | 167 | 564 | 516 | ||||||
Income before income taxes | 238 | 217 | 671 | 577 | ||||||
Income tax expense | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | ||||||
Net income | 237 | 217 | 668 | 575 | ||||||
Less: Preferred unitholders’ interest in net income | 9 | 9 | 28 | 28 | ||||||
Less: General partner’s interest in net income | — | 64 | 140 | 172 | ||||||
Limited partners’ interest in net income | $ | 228 | 144 | 500 | 375 | |||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 276 | 255 | 757 | 652 | |||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 323 | 305 | 923 | 828 | |||||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 255 | 218 | 735 | 616 |
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Three Months Ended September 30 | Nine Months Ended September 30 | |||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||
Wholly Owned Operating Data | ||||||||||
Pipelines | ||||||||||
Pipeline revenues (millions of dollars) | $ | 121 | 123 | 347 | 336 | |||||
Pipeline volumes(1) (thousands of barrels daily) | ||||||||||
Crude oil | 998 | 1,047 | 986 | 1,005 | ||||||
Refined petroleum products and NGL | 990 | 959 | 918 | 893 | ||||||
Total | 1,988 | 2,006 | 1,904 | 1,898 | ||||||
Average pipeline revenue per barrel (dollars) | $ | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.67 | 0.65 | |||||
Terminals | ||||||||||
Terminal revenues (millions of dollars) | $ | 41 | 37 | 120 | 114 | |||||
Terminal throughput (thousands of barrels daily) | ||||||||||
Crude oil(2) | 493 | 436 | 473 | 463 | ||||||
Refined petroleum products | 819 | 754 | 788 | 760 | ||||||
Total | 1,312 | 1,190 | 1,261 | 1,223 | ||||||
Average terminaling revenue per barrel (dollars) | $ | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.34 | |||||
Storage, processing and other revenues (millions of dollars) | $ | 108 | 105 | 368 | 325 | |||||
Total operating revenues (millions of dollars) | $ | 270 | 265 | 835 | 775 | |||||
Joint Venture Operating Data(3) | ||||||||||
Crude oil, refined petroleum products and NGL (thousands of barrels daily) | 786 | 668 | 749 | 636 |
(1) Represents the sum of volumes transported through each separately tariffed pipeline segment.
(2) Bayway and Ferndale rail rack volumes included in crude oil terminals.
(3) Proportional share of total pipeline and terminal volumes of joint ventures consistent with recognized equity in earnings of affiliates.
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The following tables present reconciliations of EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA to net income, and EBITDA and distributable cash flow to net cash provided by operating activities, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, for each of the periods indicated.
Millions of Dollars | ||||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30 | Nine Months Ended September 30 | |||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||
Reconciliation to Net Income | ||||||||||
Net income | $ | 237 | 217 | 668 | 575 | |||||
Plus: | ||||||||||
Depreciation | 30 | 30 | 88 | 87 | ||||||
Net interest expense | 25 | 28 | 78 | 86 | ||||||
Income tax expense | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | ||||||
EBITDA | 293 | 275 | 837 | 750 | ||||||
Plus: | ||||||||||
Proportional share of equity affiliates’ net interest, taxes and depreciation and amortization | 30 | 30 | 85 | 73 | ||||||
Expenses indemnified or prefunded by Phillips 66 | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Transaction costs associated with acquisitions | — | — | — | 4 | ||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | 323 | 305 | 923 | 828 | ||||||
Plus: | ||||||||||
Deferred revenue impacts*† | — | (5 | ) | (4 | ) | (5 | ) | |||
Less: | ||||||||||
Equity affiliate distributions less than proportional EBITDA | 9 | 22 | 31 | 50 | ||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures† | 25 | 23 | 46 | 43 | ||||||
Net interest expense | 25 | 28 | 78 | 86 | ||||||
Preferred unit distributions | 9 | 9 | 28 | 28 | ||||||
Income taxes paid | — | — | 1 | — | ||||||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 255 | 218 | 735 | 616 |
*Difference between cash receipts and revenue recognition.
†Excludes Merey Sweeny capital reimbursements and turnaround impacts.
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Millions of Dollars | ||||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30 | Nine Months Ended September 30 | |||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||
Reconciliation to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities | ||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 276 | 255 | 757 | 652 | |||||
Plus: | ||||||||||
Net interest expense | 25 | 28 | 78 | 86 | ||||||
Income tax expense | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | ||||||
Changes in working capital | (9 | ) | (7 | ) | 14 | (34 | ) | |||
Undistributed equity earnings | (4 | ) | (2 | ) | (7 | ) | 5 | |||
Deferred revenues and other liabilities | 2 | 1 | (6 | ) | 44 | |||||
Other | 2 | — | (2 | ) | (5 | ) | ||||
EBITDA | 293 | 275 | 837 | 750 | ||||||
Plus: | ||||||||||
Proportional share of equity affiliates’ net interest, taxes and depreciation and amortization | 30 | 30 | 85 | 73 | ||||||
Expenses indemnified or prefunded by Phillips 66 | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Transaction costs associated with acquisitions | — | — | — | 4 | ||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | 323 | 305 | 923 | 828 | ||||||
Plus: | ||||||||||
Deferred revenue impacts*† | — | (5 | ) | (4 | ) | (5 | ) | |||
Less: | ||||||||||
Equity affiliate distributions less than proportional EBITDA | 9 | 22 | 31 | 50 | ||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures† | 25 | 23 | 46 | 43 | ||||||
Net interest expense | 25 | 28 | 78 | 86 | ||||||
Preferred unit distributions | 9 | 9 | 28 | 28 | ||||||
Income taxes paid | — | — | 1 | — | ||||||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 255 | 218 | 735 | 616 |
*Difference between cash receipts and revenue recognition.
†Excludes Merey Sweeny capital reimbursements and turnaround impacts.
Statement of Income Analysis
Operating revenues increased $60 million in the nine-month period of 2019. The increase was attributable to recognition of previously deferred revenues associated with fees charged to Phillips 66 related to turnaround activity at Merey Sweeny LLC (Merey Sweeny) in the first quarter of 2019, and higher volumes and rates on wholly owned assets.
Equity in earnings of affiliates increased $21 million, or 18%, and increased $79 million, or 25%, in the third quarter and nine-month period of 2019, respectively. The increases in both periods were attributable to higher earnings from Dakota Access, LLC (Dakota Access) and Energy Transfer Crude Oil Company, LLC (ETCO), together referred to as the Bakken Pipeline, DCP Sand Hills Pipeline, LLC (Sand Hills), and Bayou Bridge Pipeline, LLC (Bayou Bridge), primarily due to higher volumes. In addition, the increase in the nine-month period of 2019 was partially offset by a decrease in earnings from Explorer Pipeline Company due to a one-time benefit from U.S. tax reform in the first quarter of 2018.
Operating and maintenance expenses increased by $49 million, or 18%, in the nine-month period of 2019. The increase was primarily due to turnaround activity at Merey Sweeny.
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CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY
Significant Sources of Capital
Our sources of liquidity include cash generated from operations, borrowings from related parties and under our revolving credit facility, and issuances of additional debt and equity securities. We believe that cash generated from these sources will be sufficient to meet our short-term working capital requirements, long-term capital expenditure requirements and our quarterly cash distributions.
Operating Activities
We generated $757 million in cash from operations during the first nine months of 2019, an improvement over cash from operations of $652 million for the corresponding period of 2018. The improvement was primarily driven by higher operating revenues and distributions from equity affiliates, offset by higher operating expenses.
ATM Programs
Our initial $250 million continuous offering of common units, or at-the-market (ATM) program, was completed in June 2018. At that time, we commenced issuing common units under our second $250 million ATM program. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, on a settlement date basis, we issued an aggregate of 1,635,669 and 2,470,037 common units under our ATM programs, respectively, generating net proceeds of $91 million and $133 million, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, we issued an aggregate of 898,313 and 2,239,247 common units under our ATM programs, respectively, generating net proceeds of $47 million and $114 million, respectively. Since inception in June 2016 through September 30, 2019, we issued an aggregate of 8,721,001 common units under our ATM programs, generating net proceeds of $452 million, after broker commissions of $5 million. The net proceeds from sales under the ATM programs are used for general partnership purposes, which may include debt repayment, acquisitions, capital expenditures and additions to working capital.
Revolving Credit Facility
On July 30, 2019, we amended and restated our revolving credit agreement. The agreement extended the termination date from October 3, 2021 to July 30, 2024. No other material amendments were made to the agreement, and the overall capacity remains at $750 million with an option to increase the overall capacity to $1 billion, subject to certain conditions.
As of September 30, 2019, no amount had been directly drawn under our $750 million revolving credit facility; however, $1 million in letters of credit had been issued that were supported by this facility.
2019 Senior Notes
On September 6, 2019, we closed on a public offering of $900 million aggregate principal amount of unsecured notes consisting of:
• | $300 million aggregate principal amount of 2.450% Senior Notes due December 15, 2024. |
• | $600 million aggregate principal amount of 3.150% Senior Notes due December 15, 2029. |
Interest on each series of senior notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on June 15, 2020. Total proceeds received from the offering were $892 million, net of underwriting discounts and commissions. On September 13, 2019, we used a portion of the proceeds to repay the $400 million outstanding principal balance of the term loans due March 2020, and on October 15, 2019, we used a portion of the proceeds to repay the $300 million outstanding principal balance of our 2.646% Senior Notes due February 2020.
Transfers of Equity Interests
In December 2018, a third party exercised an option to acquire a 35% interest in Gray Oak Holdings LLC (Holdings LLC), a consolidated subsidiary. This transfer did not qualify as a sale under GAAP because of certain restrictions placed on the acquirer. The contributions received by Holdings LLC from the third party to cover capital calls from Gray Oak Pipeline, LLC (Gray Oak) are presented as a long-term obligation on our consolidated balance sheet and financing cash inflows on our consolidated statement of cash flows until construction of the Gray Oak Pipeline is completed and the restrictions expire. During the first three months of 2019, the third party contributed an aggregate of $341 million into Holdings LLC, which Holdings LLC used to fund its portion of Gray Oak’s cash calls.
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In February 2019, Holdings LLC sold a 10% ownership interest in Gray Oak to a third party that exercised a purchase option, for proceeds of $81 million. The proceeds received from this sale are presented as an investing cash inflow on our consolidated statement of cash flows.
See Note 6—Equity Investments and Loans, in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, for additional information regarding these transactions.
Shelf Registration
We have a universal shelf registration statement on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under which we, as a well-known seasoned issuer, have the ability to issue and sell an indeterminate amount of common units representing limited partner interests, preferred units representing limited partner interests, and debt securities.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
In March 2019, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dakota Access closed on an offering of $2,500 million aggregate principal amount of unsecured senior notes. The net proceeds from the issuance of these notes were used to repay amounts outstanding under existing credit facilities of Dakota Access and ETCO. Dakota Access and ETCO have guaranteed repayment of the notes. In addition, we and our co-venturers provided a Contingent Equity Contribution Undertaking (CECU) in conjunction with the notes offering. Under the CECU, if Dakota Access receives an unfavorable court ruling related to certain disputed construction permits and Dakota Access determines that an equity contribution trigger event has occurred, the venturers may be severally required to make proportionate equity contributions to Dakota Access and ETCO up to an aggregate maximum of approximately $2,525 million. Our share of the maximum potential equity contributions under the CECU is approximately $631 million.
In June 2019, Gray Oak entered into a third-party term loan facility with an initial borrowing capacity of $1,230 million, which was increased in July 2019 to $1,317 million. Borrowings under the facility are due on June 3, 2022. We and our co-venturers provided a guarantee through an equity contribution agreement requiring proportionate equity contributions to Gray Oak up to the total outstanding loan amount. Under the agreement, our maximum potential amount of future obligations is $556 million, plus any accrued interest and associated fees, which would be required if the term loan facility is fully utilized and Gray Oak defaults on its obligations. At September 30, 2019, Gray Oak had borrowings of $904 million outstanding, and our 42.25% proportionate exposure was $382 million. The net proceeds from the term loan were used by Gray Oak for construction of the Gray Oak Pipeline and repayment of amounts borrowed under a related party loan agreement that we and our co-venturers executed in March 2019 and terminated upon the repayment by Gray Oak in June. Our total related party loan to and repayment received from Gray Oak was $95 million.
Capital Requirements
Capital Expenditures and Investments
Our operations are capital intensive and require investments to expand, upgrade, maintain or enhance existing operations and to meet environmental and operational requirements of our wholly owned and joint venture entities. Our capital requirements consist of maintenance and expansion capital expenditures, as well as contributions to our joint ventures. Expansion capital expenditures are those made to expand and upgrade our systems and facilities and to construct or acquire new systems or facilities to grow our business, including contributions to joint ventures that are using the contributed funds for such purposes. In contrast, maintenance capital expenditures are those made to replace partially or fully depreciated assets, to maintain the existing operating capacity of our assets and to extend their useful lives, or to maintain existing system volumes and related cash flows.
Our capital expenditures and investments represent the total spending for our capital requirements. Our adjusted capital spending is a non-GAAP financial measure that demonstrates our net share of capital spending, and reflects an adjustment for the portion of consolidated capital spending funded by certain of our Gray Oak joint venture partners. Additionally, the disaggregation of adjusted capital spending between expansion and maintenance is not a distinction recognized under GAAP. We disaggregate adjusted capital spending because our partnership agreement requires that we treat expansion and maintenance capital differently for certain surplus determinations. Further, we generally fund expansion capital spending with both operating and financing cash flows and fund maintenance capital spending with operating cash flows.
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Our capital expenditures and investments were:
Millions of Dollars | ||||||
Nine Months Ended September 30 | ||||||
2019 | 2018 | |||||
Capital expenditures and investments | ||||||
Capital expenditures and investments | $ | 907 | 445 | |||
Capital expenditures and investments funded by Gray Oak joint venture partners* | (422 | ) | — | |||
Adjusted capital spending | $ | 485 | 445 | |||
Expansion | $ | 433 | 399 | |||
Maintenance | 52 | 46 |
*See Note 6—Equity Investments and Loans, in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, for additional information.
Our capital expenditures and investments for the first nine months of 2019 were primarily associated with the following activities:
• | Contributions to Gray Oak to progress construction of the pipeline, which will provide crude oil transportation from the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford to Texas Gulf Coast destinations that include Corpus Christi, the Sweeny area, including the Phillips 66 Sweeny Refinery, as well as access to the Houston market. |
• | Construction activities related to increasing storage capacity at Clemens Caverns. |
• | Construction activities related to a new ethane pipeline from the Clemens Caverns to petrochemical facilities in Gregory, Texas, near Corpus Christi. |
• | Construction activities related to the new isomerization unit at the Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery. |
• | Contributions to South Texas Gateway Terminal for construction activities related to the marine export terminal that will connect to the Gray Oak Pipeline in Corpus Christi, Texas. |
• | Contributions to Bayou Bridge to complete the pipeline segment from Lake Charles to St. James, Louisiana. |
• | Construction activities related to the Lake Charles products pipeline that connects storage in Lake Charles to its Clifton Ridge Marine Terminal. |
• | Spending associated with other return, reliability and maintenance projects. |
Cash Distributions
On October 16, 2019, the Board of Directors of our General Partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.865 per common unit which, excluding distributions to holders of our preferred units, will result in a total distribution of $197 million attributable to the third quarter of 2019. This distribution is payable on November 13, 2019, to unitholders of record as of October 31, 2019.
The holders of our preferred units are entitled to receive cumulative quarterly distributions equal to $0.678375 per preferred unit. Preferred unitholders will receive $9 million of distributions attributable to the third quarter of 2019. This distribution is payable on November 13, 2019, to preferred unitholders of record as of October 31, 2019.
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Contingencies
From time to time, lawsuits involving a variety of claims that arise in the ordinary course of business are filed against us. We also may be required to remove or mitigate the effects on the environment of the placement, storage, disposal or release of certain chemical, mineral and petroleum substances at various sites. We regularly assess the need for accounting recognition or disclosure of these contingencies. In the case of all known contingencies (other than those related to income taxes), we accrue a liability when the loss is probable and the amount is reasonably estimable. If a range of amounts can be reasonably estimated and no amount within the range is a better estimate than any other amount, then the minimum of the range is accrued. We do not reduce these liabilities for potential insurance or third-party recoveries. If applicable, we accrue receivables for probable insurance or other third-party recoveries. In the case of income-tax-related contingencies, we use a cumulative probability-weighted loss accrual in cases where sustaining a tax position is less than certain.
Based on currently available information, we believe it is remote that future costs related to known contingent liability exposures will exceed current accruals by an amount that would have a material adverse impact on our consolidated financial statements. As we learn new facts concerning contingencies, we reassess our position both with respect to accrued liabilities and other potential exposures. Estimates particularly sensitive to future changes include any contingent liabilities recorded for environmental remediation, tax and legal matters. Estimated future environmental remediation costs are subject to change due to such factors as the uncertain magnitude of cleanup costs, the unknown time and extent of such remedial actions that may be required, and the determination of our liability in proportion to that of other potentially responsible parties. Estimated future costs related to tax and legal matters are subject to change as events evolve and as additional information becomes available during the administrative and litigation processes.
Regulatory Matters
Our interstate common carrier crude oil and refined petroleum products pipeline operations are subject to rate regulation by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Interstate Commerce Act and Energy Policy Act of 1992, and certain of our pipeline systems providing intrastate service are subject to rate regulation by applicable state authorities under their respective laws and regulations. Our pipeline, rail rack and terminal operations are also subject to safety regulations adopted by the Department of Transportation, as well as to state regulations.
Legal and Tax Matters
Under our amended omnibus agreement, Phillips 66 provides certain services for our benefit, including legal and tax support services, and we pay an operational and administrative support fee for these services. Phillips 66’s legal and tax organizations apply their knowledge, experience and professional judgment to the specific characteristics of our cases and uncertain tax positions. Phillips 66’s legal organization employs a litigation management process to manage and monitor the legal proceedings against us. The process facilitates the early evaluation and quantification of potential exposures in individual cases and enables tracking of those cases that have been scheduled for trial and/or mediation. Based on professional judgment and experience in using these litigation management tools and available information about current developments in all our cases, Phillips 66’s legal organization regularly assesses the adequacy of current accruals and recommends if adjustment of existing accruals, or establishment of new accruals, is required. As of September 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, we did not have any material accrued contingent liabilities associated with litigation matters.
Environmental
We are subject to extensive federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations. These requirements, which frequently change, regulate the discharge of materials into the environment or otherwise relate to protection of the environment. Compliance with these laws and regulations may require us to remediate environmental damage from any discharge of petroleum or chemical substances from our facilities or require us to install additional pollution control equipment at or on our facilities. Our failure to comply with these or any other environmental or safety-related regulations could result in the assessment of administrative, civil, or criminal penalties, the imposition of investigatory and remedial liabilities, and the issuance of governmental orders that may subject us to additional operational constraints. Future expenditures may be required to comply with the Federal Clean Air Act and other federal, state and local requirements in respect of our various sites, including our pipelines and storage assets. The impact of legislative and regulatory developments, if enacted or adopted, could result in increased compliance costs and additional operating restrictions on our business, each of which could have an adverse impact on our financial position, results of operations and liquidity.
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As with all costs, if these expenditures are not ultimately recovered in the tariffs and other fees we receive for our services, our operating results will be adversely affected. We believe that substantially all similarly situated parties and holders of comparable assets must comply with similar environmental laws and regulations. However, the specific impact on each may vary depending on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the age and location of its operating facilities.
We accrue for environmental remediation activities when the responsibility to remediate is probable and the amount of associated costs can be reasonably estimated. As environmental remediation matters proceed toward ultimate resolution or as additional remediation obligations arise, charges in excess of those previously accrued may be required. New or expanded environmental requirements, which could increase our environmental costs, may arise in the future. We believe we are in substantial compliance with all legal obligations regarding the environment and have established the environmental accruals that are currently required; however, it is not possible to predict all of the ultimate costs of compliance, including remediation costs that may be incurred and penalties that may be imposed, because not all of the costs are fixed or presently determinable (even under existing legislation) and the costs may be affected by future legislation or regulations.
Indemnification and Excluded Liabilities
Under our amended omnibus agreement and pursuant to the terms of various agreements under which we acquired assets from Phillips 66, Phillips 66 will indemnify us, or assume responsibility, for certain environmental liabilities, tax liabilities, litigation and any other liabilities attributable to the ownership or operation of the assets contributed to us and that arose prior to the effective date of each acquisition. These indemnifications and exclusions from liability have, in some cases, time limits and deductibles. When Phillips 66 performs under any of these indemnifications or exclusions from liability, we recognize noncash expenses and associated noncash capital contributions from our General Partner, as these are considered liabilities paid for by a principal unitholder.
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This report includes forward-looking statements. You can identify our forward-looking statements by the words “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “budget,” “continue,” “could,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “seek,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “expect,” “objective,” “projection,” “forecast,” “goal,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “effort,” “target” and similar expressions.
We based the forward-looking statements on our current expectations, estimates and projections about us and the industries in which we operate in general. We caution you these statements are not guarantees of future performance as they involve assumptions that, while made in good faith, may prove to be incorrect, and involve risks and uncertainties we cannot predict. In addition, we based many of these forward-looking statements on assumptions about future events that may prove to be inaccurate. Accordingly, our actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what we have expressed or forecast in the forward-looking statements. Any differences could result from a variety of factors, including the following:
• | The continued ability of Phillips 66 to satisfy its obligations under our commercial and other agreements. |
• | Reductions in the volume of crude oil, refined petroleum products and NGL we transport, fractionate, process, terminal and store. |
• | Changes to the tariff rates with respect to volumes that we transport through our regulated assets, which rates are subject to review and possible adjustment by federal and state regulators. |
• | Changes in revenue we realize under the loss allowance provisions of our regulated tariffs resulting from changes in underlying commodity prices. |
• | Fluctuations in the prices and demand for crude oil, refined petroleum products and NGL. |
• | Changes in global economic conditions and the effects of a global economic downturn on the business of Phillips 66 and the business of its suppliers, customers, business partners and credit lenders. |
• | Potential liabilities associated with the risks and operational hazards inherent in transporting, fractionating, processing, terminaling and storing crude oil, refined petroleum products and NGL. |
• | Curtailment of operations due to severe weather disruption or natural disasters; riots, strikes, lockouts or other industrial disturbances; or failure of information technology systems due to various causes, including unauthorized access or attack. |
• | Accidents or other unscheduled shutdowns affecting our pipelines, processing, fractionating, terminaling, and storage facilities or equipment, or those of our suppliers or customers. |
• | Our inability to obtain or maintain permits in a timely manner, if at all, including those necessary for capital projects, or the revocation or modification of existing permits. |
• | Our inability to comply with government regulations or make capital expenditures required to maintain compliance. |
• | The failure to complete construction of announced and future capital projects in a timely manner and any cost overruns associated with such projects. |
• | Our ability to successfully execute growth strategies, whether through organic growth or acquisitions. |
• | The operation, financing and distribution decisions of our joint ventures. |
• | Costs or liabilities associated with federal, state, and local laws and regulations relating to environmental protection and safety, including spills, releases and pipeline integrity. |
• | Costs associated with compliance with evolving environmental laws and regulations on climate change. |
• | Costs associated with compliance with safety regulations, including pipeline integrity management program testing and related repairs. |
• | Changes in the cost or availability of third-party vessels, pipelines, railcars and other means of delivering and transporting crude oil, refined petroleum products and NGL. |
• | Direct or indirect effects on our business resulting from actual or threatened terrorist incidents or acts of war. |
• | Our ability to comply with the terms of our credit facility, indebtedness and other financing arrangements, which, if accelerated, we may not be able to repay. |
• | Our ability to incur additional indebtedness or our ability to obtain financing on terms that we deem acceptable, including the refinancing of our current obligations; higher interest rates and costs of financing would increase our expenses. |
• | Changes in tax, environmental and other laws and regulations. |
• | The factors generally described in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 22, 2019. |
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Item 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Commodity Price Risk
Our commodity price risk at September 30, 2019, did not differ materially from that disclosed under Item 7A of our 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Interest Rate Risk
During the third quarter of 2019, we repaid our $400 million term loans due March 2020. On September 6, 2019, we issued $900 million in aggregate principal amount of senior notes with varying maturity dates. Fixed-rate debt, such as our senior notes, exposes us to changes in the fair value of our debt due to changes in market interest rates. The following table presents the principal cash flow and associated interest rates of these notes by their expected maturity dates, as of September 30, 2019. We estimated the fair value using quoted market prices.
Millions of Dollars, Except as Indicated | ||||||||||||
Expected Maturity Date | Fixed-Rate Maturity | Weighted-Average Interest Rate | Floating Rate Maturity | Weighted-Average Interest Rate | ||||||||
At September 30, 2019 | ||||||||||||
2019 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||
2020 | 300 | 2.6 | % | 25 | 1.9 | % | ||||||
2021 | — | 50 | 1.9 | % | ||||||||
2022 | — | — | ||||||||||
2023 | — | — | ||||||||||
Thereafter | 3,475 | 3.8 | % | — | ||||||||
Total | $ | 3,775 | $ | 75 | ||||||||
Fair value | $ | 3,927 | $ | 75 |
Item 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our General Partner’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. As of September 30, 2019, our General Partner’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and its Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, with the participation of the General Partner’s management, carried out an evaluation, pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) of the Act, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Act). Based upon that evaluation, our General Partner’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and its Vice President and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were operating effectively as of September 30, 2019.
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Act, in the quarterly period ended September 30, 2019, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Under our amended omnibus agreement, and pursuant to the terms of various agreements under which we acquired assets from Phillips 66, Phillips 66 indemnifies us or assumes responsibility for certain liabilities relating to litigation and environmental matters attributable to the ownership or operation of our assets prior to their contribution to us from Phillips 66. See Note 11—Contingencies, in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, for additional information.
This section identifies reportable legal proceedings attributable to the ownership or operation of our assets, including those involving governmental authorities under federal, state and local laws regulating the discharge of materials into the environment, for this reporting period. There are no new matters to report.
Item 1A. RISK FACTORS
There were no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in Item 1A of our 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Item 6. EXHIBITS
Incorporated by Reference | ||||||
Exhibit Number | Exhibit Description | Form | Exhibit Number | Filing Date | SEC File No. | |
8-K | 3.1 | 8/1/2019 | 001-36011 | |||
As permitted by Item 601(b)(4)(iii)(A) of Regulation S-K, the partnership has not filed with this Quarterly Report on Form 10- Q certain instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term debt of the partnership and its subsidiaries because the total amount of securities authorized thereunder does not exceed 10 percent of the total assets of the partnership and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. The partnership agrees to furnish a copy of such agreements to the Commission upon request. | ||||||
8-K | 10.1 | 7/26/2019 | 001-36011 | |||
8-K | 10.1 | 8/1/2019 | 001-36011 | |||
101.INS* | Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. | |||||
101.SCH* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. | |||||
101.CAL* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. | |||||
101.DEF* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. | |||||
101.LAB* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document. | |||||
101.PRE* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. | |||||
104* | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). | |||||
* Filed herewith.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP | |
By: Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC, its general partner | |
/s/ Chukwuemeka A. Oyolu | |
Chukwuemeka A. Oyolu Vice President and Controller (Chief Accounting and Duly Authorized Officer) | |
Date: October 25, 2019
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