epeform10k_123108.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-K
þ ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
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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: 1-32610
ENTERPRISE
GP HOLDINGS L.P.
(Exact name of Registrant as
Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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Incorporation
or Organization)
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1100
Louisiana, 10th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002
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(Address
of Principal Executive
Offices) (Zip
Code)
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(713)
381-6500
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(Registrant's
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each
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Name of Each Exchange
On Which Registered |
Units |
New
York Stock Exchange |
Securities to be registered pursuant
to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Yes þ No
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Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.
Yes o No
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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 þ No
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Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not
be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or
information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K
or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated
filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No
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The
aggregate market value of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P.’s (or “EPE’s”) Units held
by non-affiliates at June 30, 2008 was approximately $939.1 million, based on
the closing price of such equity securities in the daily composite list for
transactions on the New York Stock Exchange on June 30, 2008. This
figure excludes Units beneficially owned by certain affiliates, including Dan L.
Duncan. There were 139,191,640 Units of EPE outstanding at March 2,
2009.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
SIGNIFICANT
RELATIONSHIPS REFERENCED
IN
THIS ANNUAL REPORT
Unless
the context requires otherwise, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” or the
“Partnership” are intended to mean the business and operations of Enterprise GP
Holdings L.P. and its consolidated subsidiaries.
References to the “Parent Company” mean
Enterprise GP Holdings L.P., individually as the parent company, and not on a
consolidated basis. The Parent Company is owned 99.99% by its limited
partners and 0.01% by its general partner, EPE Holdings, LLC (“EPE
Holdings”). EPE Holdings is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dan Duncan,
LLC, the membership interests of which are owned by Dan L. Duncan.
References to “Enterprise Products
Partners” mean Enterprise Products Partners L.P., the common units of which are
listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the ticker symbol
“EPD.” Enterprise Products Partners has no business activities
outside those conducted by its operating subsidiary, Enterprise Products
Operating LLC (“EPO”). References to “EPGP” refer to Enterprise
Products GP, LLC, which is the general partner of Enterprise Products
Partners. EPGP is owned by the Parent Company.
References
to “Duncan Energy Partners” mean Duncan Energy Partners L.P., which is a
consolidated subsidiary of EPO. Duncan Energy Partners is a publicly
traded Delaware limited partnership, the common units of which are listed on the
NYSE under the ticker symbol “DEP.” References to “DEP GP” mean DEP
Holdings, LLC, which is the general partner of Duncan Energy
Partners.
References
to “TEPPCO” mean TEPPCO Partners, L.P., a publicly traded affiliate, the common
units of which are listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol
“TPP.” References to “TEPPCO GP” refer to Texas Eastern Products
Pipeline Company, LLC, which is the general partner of TEPPCO. TEPPCO
GP is owned by the Parent Company.
References to “Energy Transfer Equity”
mean the business and operations of Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. and its
consolidated subsidiaries, which includes Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
(“ETP”). Energy Transfer Equity is a publicly traded Delaware limited
partnership, the common units of which are listed on the NYSE under the ticker
symbol “ETE.” The general partner of Energy Transfer Equity is LE GP, LLC (“LE
GP”). The Parent Company owns non-controlling interests in both
Energy Transfer Equity and LE GP that it accounts for using the equity method of
accounting.
References to “Employee Partnerships”
mean EPE Unit L.P. (“EPE Unit I”), EPE Unit II, L.P. (“EPE Unit II”), EPE Unit
III, L.P. (“EPE Unit III”), Enterprise Unit L.P. (“Enterprise Unit”), EPCO Unit
L.P. (“EPCO Unit”), TEPPCO Unit L.P. (“TEPPCO Unit I”), and TEPPCO Unit II L.P.
(“TEPPCO Unit II”), collectively, all of which are private company affiliates of
EPCO, Inc.
References
to “MLP Entities” mean Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO and Energy Transfer
Equity.
References
to “Controlled Entities” mean Enterprise Products Partners and
TEPPCO. References to “Controlled GP Entities” mean TEPPCO GP and
EPGP.
References to “EPCO” mean EPCO, Inc.
and its private company affiliates, which are related party affiliates to all of
the foregoing named entities. Mr. Duncan is the Group Co-Chairman and
controlling shareholder of EPCO.
References to “DFI” mean Duncan Family
Interests, Inc. and “DFIGP” mean DFI GP Holdings, L.P. DFI and DFIGP
are private company affiliates of EPCO. The Parent Company acquired
its ownership interests in TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP from DFI and DFIGP.
The Parent Company, Enterprise Products
Partners, EPGP, TEPPCO, TEPPCO GP, the Employee Partnerships, EPCO, DFI and
DFIGP are affiliates under common control of Mr. Duncan. We do not control
Energy Transfer Equity or LE GP.
CAUTIONARY
STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This
annual report contains various forward-looking statements and information that
are based on our beliefs and those of EPE Holdings, as well as assumptions made
by us and information currently available to us. When used in this
document, words such as “anticipate,” “project,” “expect,” “plan,” “goal,”
“forecast,” “intend,” “could,” “should,” “will,” “believe,” “may,” “potential,”
and similar expressions and statements regarding our plans and objectives for
future operations, are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. Although we and EPE Holdings believe that such
expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable,
neither we nor EPE Holdings can give any assurances that such expectations will
prove to be correct. Such statements are subject to a variety of
risks, uncertainties and assumptions as described in more detail in Item 1A of
this annual report. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties
materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results
may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated, projected or
expected. You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking
statements.
General
Enterprise
GP Holdings L.P. is a publicly traded Delaware limited partnership, the limited
partnership interests (the “Units”) of which are listed on the NYSE under the
ticker symbol “EPE.” The business of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. is
the ownership of general and limited partner interests of publicly traded
partnerships engaged in the midstream energy industry and related
businesses. Our principal executive offices are located at 1100
Louisiana, 10th Floor,
Houston, Texas 77002, our telephone number is (713) 381-6500 and our
website is www.enterprisegp.com.
Business
Strategy
The
primary objective of the Parent Company is to increase cash available for
distributions to its unitholders and, accordingly, the value of its
Units. In recent years, major independent oil and gas and other
energy companies have divested significant midstream assets. In
addition, there has been significant demand for the development of new midstream
energy infrastructure to meet the needs of producers and consumers of natural
gas, natural gas liquids (“NGLs”), crude oil and refined products. Finally,
there have been several transactions involving the sale of general partner
interests in publicly traded partnerships. These trends are generally
expected to continue. The Parent Company seeks to capitalize on these
trends by:
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managing
the entities that it controls (e.g. Enterprise Products Partners and
TEPPCO) for the successful execution of their respective business
activities, operations and
strategies;
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evaluating
opportunities to acquire general partner interests and associated
incentive distribution rights (“IDRs”) and related limited partner
interests in publicly traded partnerships (e.g. Energy Transfer Equity and
LE GP); and
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evaluating
opportunities to acquire assets and businesses in accordance with business
opportunity agreements.
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Financial
Information by Business Segment
Financial information for each of our
reportable business segments is presented in Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this annual
report. Such financial information is incorporated by reference
into the description of Business in these Items 1 and 2.
Recent
Developments
For
information regarding our recent developments, see “Recent Developments”
included under Item 7 of this annual report, which is incorporated by reference
into this Item 1 and 2 discussion.
Basis
of Presentation
In accordance with rules and
regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and various
other accounting standard-setting organizations, our general purpose financial
statements reflect the consolidation of the financial statements of businesses
that we control through the ownership of general partner interests (e.g.,
Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO). Our general purpose
consolidated financial statements present those investments in which we do not
have a controlling interest as unconsolidated affiliates (e.g., Energy Transfer
Equity and LE GP). To the extent that Enterprise Products Partners
and TEPPCO reflect investments in unconsolidated affiliates in their respective
consolidated financial statements, such investments will also be reflected as
such in our general purpose financial statements unless subsequently
consolidated by us due to common control considerations (e.g., Jonah Gas
Gathering Company and the Texas Offshore Port System). Also, minority
interest presented in our financial statements reflects third-party and related
party ownership of our consolidated subsidiaries, which include the third-party
and related party unitholders of Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO and Duncan
Energy Partners other than the Parent Company. Unless noted
otherwise, our discussions and analysis in this annual report are presented from
the perspective of our consolidated businesses and operations.
In order
for the unitholders of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. and others to more fully
understand the Parent Company’s business and financial statements on a
standalone basis, certain sections of this annual report include information
devoted exclusively to the Parent Company apart from that of our consolidated
Partnership. A key difference between the non-consolidated Parent
Company financial information and those of our consolidated Partnership is that
the Parent Company views each of its investments (e.g., Enterprise Products
Partners, TEPPCO and Energy Transfer Equity) as unconsolidated affiliates and
records its share of the net income of each as equity earnings in the Parent
Company income information. In accordance with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), we eliminate such equity earnings in
the preparation of our consolidated Partnership financial
statements.
Segment
Discussion
Our investing activities are organized
into business segments that reflect how the Chief Executive Officer of our
general partner (i.e., our chief operating decision maker) routinely manages and
reviews the financial performance of the Parent Company’s
investments. We evaluate segment performance based on operating
income. On a consolidated basis, we have three reportable business
segments:
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Investment
in Enterprise Products
Partners – Reflects the consolidated operations of Enterprise
Products Partners and its general partner, EPGP. This segment
also includes the development stage assets of the Texas Offshore Port
System joint venture (as defined
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In
August 2008, Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO and Oiltanking Holding
Americas, Inc. (“Oiltanking”), announced the formation of a joint venture (the
“Texas Offshore Port System”) to design, construct, operate and own a Texas
offshore crude oil port and a related onshore pipeline and storage system that
would facilitate delivery of waterborne crude oil cargoes to refining centers
located along the upper Texas Gulf Coast. Enterprise Products Partners,
TEPPCO and
Oiltanking
each own, through their respective subsidiaries, a one-third interest in the
joint venture.
Within
their respective financial statements, TEPPCO and Enterprise Products Partners
account for their individual ownership interests in the Texas Offshore Port
System using the equity method of accounting. As a result of common
control of TEPPCO and Enterprise Products Partners at the Parent Company level,
the Texas Offshore Port System is a consolidated subsidiary of the Parent
Company and Oiltanking’s interest in the joint venture is accounted for as
minority interest. For financial reporting purposes, our management
determined that the joint venture should be included within the Investment in
Enterprise Products Partners’ segment.
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Investment
in TEPPCO – Reflects the consolidated operations of TEPPCO and its
general partner, TEPPCO GP. This segment also includes the
assets and operations of Jonah Gas Gathering Company
(“Jonah”).
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TEPPCO
and Enterprise Products Partners are joint venture partners in Jonah, which owns
a natural gas gathering system (the “Jonah system”) located in southwest
Wyoming. Within their respective financial statements, Enterprise
Products Partners and TEPPCO account for their individual ownership interests in
Jonah using the equity method of accounting. As a result of common
control of TEPPCO and Enterprise Products Partners at the Parent Company level,
Jonah is a consolidated subsidiary of the Parent Company. For
financial reporting purposes, our management determined that Jonah should be
included within the Investment in TEPPCO segment.
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Investment
in Energy Transfer Equity – Reflects the Parent Company’s
investments in Energy Transfer Equity and its general partner, LE
GP. These investments were acquired in May 2007. The
Parent Company accounts for these non-controlling investments using the
equity method of accounting.
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Each of the respective general partners
of Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO and Energy Transfer Equity have separate
operating management and boards of directors, with each board having at least
three independent directors. We control Enterprise Products Partners
and TEPPCO through our ownership of their respective general
partners. We do not control Energy Transfer Equity or its general
partner.
The
following sections present an overview of our business segments, including
information regarding the principal products produced, services rendered,
seasonality, competition and regulation. Our results of operations
and financial position are subject to a variety of risks. For
information regarding our risk factors, see Item 1A of this annual
report.
The business activities of the
operating entities in which we own equity interests are subject to various
federal, state and local laws and regulations governing a wide variety of
topics, including commercial, operational, environmental, safety and other
matters. For a discussion of the principal effects such laws and
regulations have on our consolidated businesses, see “Regulation” and
“Environmental and Safety Matters” included within this Item 1 and 2
discussion.
As generally used in the energy
industry and in this document, the identified terms have the following
meanings:
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BBtus
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billion British thermal units
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Bcf
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billion cubic feet
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MBPD
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thousand barrels per day
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MMBbls
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million barrels
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MMcf
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million cubic feet
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Our
Major Customers
Our
consolidated revenues are derived from a wide customer base. During
2008, 2007 and 2006, our largest customer was Valero Energy Corporation and its
affiliates, which accounted for 11.2%, 8.9% and 9.3%, respectively, of our
consolidated revenues.
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners
This
segment reflects the consolidated business activities of Enterprise Products
Partners and its general partner, EPGP. This segment also includes
the development stage assets of the Texas Offshore Port System. At
December 31, 2008, the Parent Company owned 13,670,925 common units of
Enterprise Products Partners and 100% of the membership interests of
EPGP. As a result of the Parent Company’s ownership of EPGP and
common control considerations, the Parent Company consolidates Enterprise
Products Partners and EPGP for financial reporting purposes.
EPGP
The
business purpose of EPGP is to manage the affairs and operations of Enterprise
Products Partners. EPGP has no separate business activities outside
those conducted by Enterprise Products Partners. Through its
ownership of EPGP, the Parent Company benefits from the IDRs held by
EPGP.
EPGP is entitled to 2% of the cash
distributions paid by Enterprise Products Partners as well as the associated
IDRs of Enterprise Products Partners. EPGP’s percentage interest in Enterprise
Products Partners’ quarterly cash distributions is increased through its
ownership of the associated IDRs of Enterprise Products Partners, after certain
specified target levels of distribution rates are met by Enterprise Products
Partners. EPGP’s quarterly general partner and associated incentive distribution
thresholds are as follows:
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2.0%
of quarterly cash distributions up to $0.253 per unit paid by Enterprise
Products Partners;
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15.0%
of quarterly cash distributions from $0.253 per unit up to $0.3085 per
unit paid by Enterprise Products Partners;
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25.0%
of quarterly cash distributions that exceed $0.3085 per unit paid by
Enterprise Products Partners.
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For
information regarding distributions received by the Parent Company from its
general and limited partner interests in Enterprise Products Partners, see
“Liquidity and Capital Resources – Cash Flow Analysis - Parent Company” included
under Item 7 of this annual report.
Enterprise Products
Partners
Enterprise
Products Partners is a North American midstream energy company providing a wide
range of services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil,
and certain petrochemicals. In addition, Enterprise Products Partners
is an industry leader in the development of pipeline and other midstream energy
infrastructure in the continental United States and Gulf of Mexico.
Enterprise Products Partners operates
in four business lines: (i) NGL Pipelines & Services; (ii)
Onshore Natural Gas Pipelines & Services; (iii) Offshore Pipelines &
Services; and (iv) Petrochemical Services. The following sections
summarize the activities and principal properties of each of these business
lines.
NGL
Pipelines & Services. This business line includes
Enterprise Products Partners’ (i) natural gas processing business and related
NGL marketing activities, (ii) NGL pipelines, (iii) NGL and related product
storage facilities and (iv) NGL fractionation facilities. This
business line also includes Enterprise Products Partners’ import and export
terminal operations.
Enterprise Products Partners’ natural
gas processing business consists of 24 processing plants located in Colorado,
Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas and Wyoming having a combined total
gas processing capacity of approximately 15.3 Bcf/d (8.7 Bcf/d net to Enterprise
Products Partners’ interest). These plants remove mixed NGLs from raw
natural gas streams, thus enabling the natural gas to meet pipeline and
commercial quality specifications. After extraction, mixed NGLs are
transported to a fractionation facility for separation into purity NGL products
such as ethane, propane, normal butane, isobutane and natural
gasoline. Purity NGL products are used as raw materials by the
petrochemical industry, feedstocks by refiners in the production of motor
gasoline and by industrial and residential users as fuel. When
operating and extracting costs incurred by natural gas processing plants are
higher than the incremental value of the NGL products that would be extracted,
the recovery levels of certain NGL products, principally ethane, may be reduced
or eliminated. This leads to a reduction in NGL volumes available for
transportation, fractionation and marketing.
Through its NGL marketing activities,
Enterprise Products Partners sells mixed and purity NGL products on spot and
forward markets to meet contractual requirements. A significant
portion of Enterprise Products Partners’ revenues are attributable to its NGL
marketing activities. For the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and
2006, the sale of NGL products accounted for 67%, 69% and 67%, respectively, of
Enterprise Products Partners’ revenues. The results of operations
from Enterprise Products Partners’ natural gas processing business depend on
processing spreads (i.e., the difference between (i) operating and extracting
costs of the facility and (ii) either the processing fee charged or NGL sales
price realized). Likewise, the results of operations of Enterprise
Products Partners’ NGL marketing business depend on the margin between the cost
of NGLs acquired and sales prices realized.
Enterprise Products Partners’ NGL
pipeline, storage and terminalling operations include 14,322 miles of NGL
pipelines, 157.2 MMBbls of working capacity of NGL and related product storage,
and two import/export facilities. In general, Enterprise Products
Partners’ NGL pipelines transport mixed NGLs and other hydrocarbons to
fractionation plants and storage facilities; distribute and collect NGL products
for petrochemical plants and refineries; and deliver propane to
customers. Enterprise Products Partners’ NGL and related product
underground storage wells are an integral part of its operations and are used to
store its own products and those of customers.
Enterprise Products Partners’ most
significant NGL pipeline is the 7,808-mile Mid-America Pipeline
System. This regulated NGL pipeline system operates in thirteen
states and consists of three primary segments: the 2,785-mile
Rocky Mountain pipeline, the 2,771-mile Conway North pipeline and the
2,252-mile Conway South pipeline. The Rocky Mountain pipeline
transports mixed NGLs from the Rocky Mountain Overthrust and San Juan Basin
areas to the Hobbs hub located on the Texas-New Mexico border. The
Conway North segment links the NGL hub at Conway, Kansas to refineries,
petrochemical plants and propane markets in the upper Midwest. The
Conway North segment has access to NGL supplies from Canada’s
Western Sedimentary Basin through third-party pipeline
connections. The Conway South pipeline connects the Conway hub with
Kansas refineries and transports NGLs from Conway, Kansas to the Hobbs
hub. The Mid-America Pipeline System connects at the Hobbs hub with
the 1,342-mile Seminole Pipeline, which is 90% owned by Enterprise Products
Partners. The Seminole Pipeline is a regulated pipeline that
transports NGLs from the Hobbs hub and the Permian Basin to markets in
southeast Texas. Enterprise Products Partners also owns the
1,371-mile Dixie Pipeline, which is a regulated NGL pipeline that extends from
southeast Texas and Louisiana to markets in the southeastern United
States.
The
results of operations from Enterprise Products Partners’ NGL pipelines are
generally dependent upon the volume of product transported and the level of fees
charged to customers. The transportation fees charged under these
arrangements are either contractual or regulated by governmental agencies,
including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(“FERC”). Typically, Enterprise Products Partners does not take title
to the products transported by its NGL pipelines; rather, the shipper retains
title and the associated commodity price risk.
Enterprise Product Partners’ most
significant NGL and related product storage facility is located in
Mont Belvieu, Texas, which is a key hub of the domestic and international
NGL industry. This facility consists of 33 underground caverns with
an aggregate storage capacity of approximately 100 MMBbls, a
brine
system with approximately 20 MMBbls of above-ground storage pit capacity and two
brine production wells. This facility stores and delivers NGLs and
certain petrochemical products for industrial customers located along the upper
Texas Gulf Coast. Enterprise Products Partners’ has other
NGL and related product storage facilities located primarily in Texas, Louisiana
and Mississippi. The results of operations from Enterprise Products
Partners’ NGL and related product storage operations are dependent upon the
level of capacity reserved by customers, the volume of product injected and
withdrawn from the storage facilities, and the level of fees
charged.
Enterprise
Products Partners owns or has interests in eight NGL fractionation facilities
located in Texas and Louisiana that separate mixed NGLs into purity NGL
products. Mixed NGLs from domestic natural gas processing plants
represent the largest source of volumes fractionated by Enterprise Products
Partners. Its most significant NGL fractionation facility is located
in Mont Belvieu, Texas and has a total fractionation capacity of 230 MBPD (178
MBPD net to Enterprise Products Partners’ interest). This facility
fractionates mixed NGLs from several major NGL supply basins in North America
including the Mid-Continent, Permian Basin, San Juan Basin, Rocky
Mountain Overthrust, East Texas and the U.S. Gulf Coast. The results
of operations from Enterprise Products Partners’ NGL fractionation business are
dependent upon the volume of mixed NGLs fractionated and either the level of
fractionation fees charged (under fee-based contracts) or the value of NGLs
received (under percent-of-liquids arrangements). Enterprise Products
Partners is exposed to fluctuations in NGL prices (i.e., commodity price risk)
to the extent it fractionates volumes for customers under percent-of-liquids
arrangements. For information regarding Enterprise Products Partners’
use of commodity financial instruments to mitigate price and other risks, see
“Commodity Risk Hedging Program” included under Item 7A of this annual
report.
Enterprise Products Partners owns
import and export facilities located on the Houston Ship Channel in southeast
Texas. Its import facility can offload NGLs from tanker vessels at
rates of up to 20,000 barrels per hour depending on the product. Its
export facility can load cargoes of refrigerated propane and butane onto tanker
vessels at rates of up to 6,700 barrels per hour. Enterprise Products
Partners also owns a barge dock that can load or offload two barges of NGLs or
refinery-grade propylene simultaneously at rates of up to 5,000 barrels per
hour.
Enterprise Products Partners’ natural
gas processing and NGL fractionation operations exhibit little to no seasonal
variation. Results of operations from Enterprise Products Partners’
NGL pipelines are influenced by seasonal changes in propane demand for
heating. Enterprise Products Partners’ plant locations along the U.S.
Gulf Coast may be affected by weather events such as
hurricanes. Underground storage facilities typically experience an
increase in demand for services during the spring and summer months due to an
increase in feedstock storage requirements in connection with motor gasoline
production and a decrease in the fall and winter months when propane inventories
are drawn to meet heating demand. Import terminal volumes peak during
the spring and summer months and export terminal volumes are at their highest
levels during the winter months.
Enterprise Products Partners’ natural
gas processing and NGL marketing activities encounter competition from fully
integrated oil companies, intrastate pipeline companies, major interstate
pipeline companies and their non-regulated affiliates, and independent
processors. In the markets served by its NGL pipelines, Enterprise
Products Partners competes with a number of intrastate and interstate liquids
pipeline companies (including those affiliated with major oil, petrochemical and
gas companies) and barge, rail and truck fleet operations. With
respect to NGL fractionation services, Enterprise Products Partners competes
with a number of facilities located in Texas, Louisiana and
Kansas. Enterprise Products Partners’ competitors in the NGL and
related product storage business are integrated major oil companies, chemical
companies and other storage and pipeline companies. Its import and
export terminals also compete with similar facilities operated by major oil and
chemical companies.
Onshore
Natural Gas Pipelines & Services. This business line
includes (i) 18,346 miles of onshore natural gas pipeline systems that provide
for the gathering and transmission of natural gas in Alabama, Colorado,
Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas and Wyoming, (ii) underground natural
gas storage caverns located in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, and (iii)
natural gas marketing activities.
The
results of operations from this business line are generally dependent on the
fees Enterprise Products Partners charges to transport and store natural gas and
margins earned from the sale of natural gas.
Enterprise Products Partners’ onshore
natural gas pipeline systems provide for the gathering and transmission of
natural gas from some of the most prolific production areas in North America,
including the Barnett Shale in north Texas and Piceance Basin in
Colorado. Typically, these systems receive natural gas from producers
or other parties through system interconnects and redeliver the natural gas to
processing facilities, local gas distribution companies, industrial or municipal
customers or to other onshore pipelines. The transportation
fees charged for such services are either contractual or regulated by
governmental agencies, including the FERC.
Enterprise Products Partners entered
the natural gas marketing business in 2001 when it acquired the Acadian Gas
System. Beginning in 2007, Enterprise Products Partners initiated an
expansion of its natural gas marketing business to maximize the utilization of
its portfolio of natural gas pipeline and storage assets. Enterprise
Products Partners’ natural gas marketing activities generate revenues from the
sale and delivery of natural gas obtained from (i) its natural gas processing
plants, (ii) third party well-head purchases and (iii) the open
market. In general, Enterprise Products Partners’ natural gas sales
contracts utilize market-based pricing and incorporate pricing differentials for
factors such as delivery location. Revenues from natural gas marketing
activities accounted for 14%, 9% and 8% of Enterprise Products Partners’
consolidated revenues for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006,
respectively. We expect Enterprise Products Partners’ natural gas
marketing business to continue to expand in the future.
Enterprise
Products Partners’ most significant onshore natural gas pipeline systems are its
7,860-mile Texas Intrastate System and 6,065-mile San Juan Gathering
System. The Texas Intrastate System gathers and transports natural
gas from supply basins in Texas (from both onshore and offshore sources) to
local gas distribution companies and electric generation and industrial and
municipal consumers. This system serves important natural gas
producing regions and commercial markets in Texas, including Corpus Christi, the
San Antonio/Austin area, the Beaumont/Orange area and the Houston area,
including the Houston Ship Channel industrial market. The San Juan
Gathering System serves natural gas producers in the San Juan Basin of New
Mexico and Colorado. This system gathers natural gas from
approximately 10,813 wells in the San Juan Basin and delivers the gas to
processing facilities.
Enterprise Products Partners owns two
underground natural gas storage caverns located in southern Mississippi that are
capable of delivering in excess of 1.4 Bcf/d of natural gas (on a combined
basis) into five interstate pipelines. Enterprise Products Partners
also leases underground natural gas storage caverns in Texas and
Louisiana. The total gross capacity of Enterprise Products Partners
owned and leased natural gas storage facilities is 27.2 Bcf of natural
gas.
Typically, Enterprise Products
Partners’ onshore natural gas pipelines experience higher throughput rates
during the summer months as natural gas-fired power generation facilities
increase output for electricity for air conditioning. Likewise,
seasonality impacts the injections and withdrawals at Enterprise Products
Partners’ natural gas storage facilities. In the winter months,
natural gas is needed as fuel for residential and commercial heating and during
the summer months natural gas is needed by power generation
facilities.
Within their market areas, Enterprise
Products Partners’ onshore natural gas pipelines compete with other onshore
natural gas pipelines on the basis of price (in terms of either transportation
fees or natural gas selling prices), service and
flexibility. Competition for natural gas storage is primarily based
on location and ability to deliver natural gas in a timely and reliable
manner.
Offshore
Pipelines & Services. This business line includes
Enterprise Products Partners’ offshore Gulf of Mexico assets consisting of (i)
1,544 miles of natural gas pipelines, (ii) 909 miles of crude oil pipeline
systems and (iii) six multi-purpose hub platforms with crude oil or natural gas
processing capabilities. The development stage assets of the Texas Offshore Port
System are also included within this business line.
Enterprise Products Partners’ most
significant offshore natural gas pipeline systems are its 291-mile High Island
Offshore System (“HIOS”), 162-mile Viosca Knoll Gathering System and the
134-mile Independence Trail pipeline. The HIOS pipeline system transports natural gas
from producing fields located in the Galveston, Garden Banks, West Cameron, High
Island and East Breaks areas of the Gulf of Mexico to the ANR pipeline system,
Tennessee Gas Pipeline and the U-T Offshore System. This system
includes eight pipeline junction and service platforms. This system
also includes the 86-mile East Breaks System that connects HIOS to the
Hoover-Diana deepwater platform located in Alaminos Canyon Block
25.
The Viosca Knoll Gathering System
transports natural gas from producing fields located in the Main Pass,
Mississippi Canyon and Viosca Knoll areas of the Gulf of Mexico to several major
interstate pipelines, including the Tennessee Gas, Columbia Gulf, Southern
Natural, Transco, Dauphin Island Gathering System and Destin
Pipelines.
The Independence Trail pipeline
transports natural gas from the Independence Hub platform (described below) to
the Tennessee Gas Pipeline. Natural gas transported on the
Independence Trail pipeline originates from production fields in the
Atwater Valley, DeSoto Canyon, Lloyd Ridge and
Mississippi Canyon areas of the Gulf of Mexico. Construction of
the Independence Trail pipeline was completed in 2006 and, in July 2007, it
received first production from deepwater wells connected to the Independence Hub
platform.
Enterprise Products Partners’ offshore
natural gas pipeline systems provide for the gathering and transmission of
natural gas from production developments located in the Gulf of Mexico,
primarily offshore Louisiana and Texas. Typically, these systems
receive natural gas from producers or other parties through system interconnects
and transport the natural gas to various downstream pipelines, including major
interstate transmission pipelines that access multiple markets in the eastern
half of the United States. The
results of operations from Enterprise Products Partners’ offshore natural gas
pipelines are generally dependent on the level of fees charged to customers for
the gathering and transmission of natural gas.
Enterprise
Products Partners owns interests in several offshore crude oil pipeline systems
located in the Gulf of Mexico. These systems receive crude oil from
offshore production developments and other pipelines and deliver the oil to
various downstream locations. Enterprise Products Partners’ most
significant offshore crude oil pipeline systems are its 374-mile Cameron Highway
Oil Pipeline, 367-mile Poseidon Oil Pipeline System and 67-mile Constitution Oil
Pipeline. The Cameron Highway Oil Pipeline gathers crude oil
production from deepwater areas of the Gulf of Mexico, primarily the
South Green Canyon area, for delivery to refineries and terminals in
southeast Texas. The Poseidon Oil Pipeline System gathers production
from the outer continental shelf and deepwater areas of the Gulf of Mexico for
delivery to onshore locations in south Louisiana. The Constitution
Oil Pipeline serves the Constitution and Ticonderoga fields located in the
central Gulf of Mexico. The Constitution Oil Pipeline connects with
the Cameron Highway Oil Pipeline and Poseidon Oil Pipeline System at a pipeline
junction platform.
The results of operations from
Enterprise Products Partners’ offshore crude oil pipelines are dependent on the
volume of crude oil to be delivered and the level of transportation fees
charged. Enterprise Products Partners’ consolidated revenues
generated by its offshore crude oil pipeline systems are generally
attributable to long-term transportation agreements with producers.
Enterprise Products Partners has
interests in six multi-purpose offshore hub platforms located in the Gulf of
Mexico with crude oil and/or natural gas processing
capabilities. Offshore platforms are critical components of
energy-related infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico, supporting drilling and
producing operations, and therefore play a key role in the overall development
of offshore oil and natural gas reserves. Platforms are used to: (i)
interconnect with the offshore pipeline grid; (ii) provide an efficient means to
perform pipeline maintenance; (iii) locate compression, separation and
production handling and other facilities; (iv) conduct drilling operations
during the initial development phase of an oil and natural gas property; and (v)
process off-lease production.
Enterprise Products Partners’ most
significant offshore platforms are Independence Hub and Marco
Polo. Independence Hub is located in Mississippi Canyon Block 920 in
the eastern Gulf of Mexico. This platform processes natural gas
gathered from deepwater production fields in the Atwater Valley,
DeSoto Canyon, Lloyd Ridge and Mississippi Canyon areas of the
Gulf of Mexico. The Independence Hub platform was successfully
installed in March 2007 and began processing natural gas in July
2007. The Marco Polo platform, which is located in Green Canyon Block
608, processes crude oil and natural gas production from the Marco Polo, K2, K2
North and Ghengis Khan fields located in the South Green Canyon area
of the Gulf of Mexico.
The
results of operations from Enterprise Products Partners’ offshore platforms are
dependent on the level of demand payments and commodity fees
charged. Demand fees represent charges to customers served by the
offshore platforms regardless of the volume the customer delivers to the
platform. Revenues from commodity charges are based on a fixed-fee
per unit of volume delivered to the platform multiplied by the total volume of
each product delivered. Contracts for platform services often include
both demand payments and commodity charges.
Enterprise Products Partners’ offshore
operations exhibit little to no effects of seasonality; however, they may be
affected by weather events such as hurricanes and tropical storms in the Gulf of
Mexico.
Within
their market areas, Enterprise Products Partners’ offshore natural gas and oil
pipelines compete with other pipelines (both regulated and unregulated systems)
primarily on the basis of price (in terms of transportation fees), available
capacity and connections to downstream markets. To a limited extent,
competition includes other offshore pipeline systems, built, owned and operated
by producers to handle their own production and, as capacity is available,
production for others. Enterprise Products Partners competes with
other platform service providers on the basis of proximity and access to
existing reserves and pipeline systems, as well as costs and rates.
In August 2008, Enterprise
Products Partners, TEPPCO and Oiltanking formed the Texas Offshore Port System
to design, construct, operate and own a Texas offshore crude oil port and a
related onshore pipeline and storage system that would facilitate delivery of
waterborne crude oil cargoes to refining centers located along the upper Texas
Gulf Coast. Demand for such projects is being driven by planned and
expected refinery expansions along the Gulf Coast, expected increases in
shipping traffic and operating limitations of regional ship
channels.
The joint venture’s primary project,
referred to as “TOPS,” includes (i) an offshore port (which will be located
approximately 36 miles from Freeport, Texas), (ii) an onshore storage
facility with approximately 3.9 MMBbls of crude oil storage capacity and
(iii) an 85-mile crude oil pipeline system having a transportation capacity of
up to 1.8 MMBbls/d, that will extend from the offshore port to a storage
facility near Texas City, Texas. The joint venture’s complementary
project, referred to as the Port Arthur Crude Oil Express (or “PACE”) will
transport crude oil from Texas City, including crude oil from TOPS, and will
consist of a 75-mile pipeline and 1.2 MMBbls of crude oil storage capacity in
the Port Arthur, Texas area. Development of the TOPS and PACE
projects is supported by long-term contracts with affiliates of Motiva
Enterprises LLC (“Motiva”) and Exxon Mobil Corporation (“Exxon Mobil”), which
have committed a combined 725 MBPD of crude oil to the
projects. The timing of the construction and related
capital costs of the TOPS and PACE projects will be affected by the expansion
plans of Motiva and the acquisition of requisite permits.
Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO
and Oiltanking each own, through their respective subsidiaries, a one-third
interest in the joint venture. A subsidiary of Enterprise Products
Partners acts as construction manager and will act as operator for the joint
venture. The aggregate cost of the TOPS and PACE projects is expected
to be approximately $1.8 billion (excluding capitalized interest), with the
majority of such capital expenditures currently expected to occur in 2010 and
2011. Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO have each guaranteed up to
approximately $700.0 million, which includes a contingency amount for
potential cost overruns, of the capital contribution obligations of their
respective subsidiary partners in the joint venture.
Petrochemical
Services. This business line primarily includes (i) two
propylene fractionation facilities, (ii) an isomerization complex, (iii) an
octane additive production facility and (iv) 649 miles of petrochemical pipeline
systems.
In general, propylene fractionation
plants separate refinery grade propylene (a mixture of propane and propylene)
into either polymer grade propylene or chemical grade propylene along with
by-products of propane and mixed butane. Polymer grade propylene can
also be produced from chemical grade propylene feedstock. Chemical
grade propylene is also a by-product of olefin (ethylene)
production. The demand for polymer grade propylene is attributable to
the manufacture of polypropylene, which has a variety of end uses, including
packaging film, fiber for carpets and upholstery and molded plastic parts for
appliance, automotive, houseware and medical products. Chemical grade
propylene is a basic petrochemical used in plastics, synthetic fibers and
foams.
Enterprise Products Partners’ propylene
fractionation facilities include (i) six polymer-grade fractionation units
located in Mont Belvieu, Texas having a combined plant capacity of 87 MBPD (73
MBPD net to Enterprise Products Partners’ interest) and (ii) a chemical-grade
fractionation plant located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with a total plant
capacity of 23 MPBD (7 MBPD net to Enterprise Products Partners’
interest). These operations also include 579 miles of propylene
pipeline systems, an export terminal facility located on the Houston Ship
Channel and petrochemical marketing activities.
Enterprise Products Partners’
commercial isomerization units convert normal butane into mixed butane, which is
subsequently fractionated into isobutane, high purity isobutane and residual
normal butane. The primary uses of isobutane are currently for the
production of propylene oxide, isooctane and alkylate for motor gasoline. The
demand for commercial isomerization services depends upon the industry’s
requirements for high purity isobutane and isobutane in excess of naturally
occurring isobutane produced from NGL fractionation and refinery
operations.
Enterprise Products Partners’
isomerization business includes three butamer reactor units and eight associated
deisobutanizer units located in Mont Belvieu, Texas, which comprise the largest
commercial isomerization complex in the United States. This complex
has a production capacity of 116 MBPD. This business also includes a
70-mile pipeline system used to transport high-purity isobutane from Mont
Belvieu, Texas to Port Neches, Texas. The isomerization facility
provides processing services to meet the needs of third-party customers and
Enterprise Products Partners, including its NGL marketing activities and octane
additive production facility.
Enterprise
Products Partners owns and operates an octane additive production facility
located in Mont Belvieu, Texas designed to produce 12 MBPD of petrochemical
additives used in the production of reformulated motor gasoline
blends. The facility produces isooctane and isobutylene using
feedstocks of high-purity isobutane, which is supplied by Enterprise Products
Partners’ isomerization units.
Results
of operations from Enterprise Products Partners’ propylene fractionation and
isomerization facilities are dependent upon the level of toll processing fees
charged. Results of operations from petrochemical marketing
activities and the octane additive production facility are dependent on the
level of margins realized from the sale of products. In general,
Enterprise Products Partners sells its petrochemical products at market-related
prices, which may include pricing differentials for such factors as delivery
location.
Overall, the propylene fractionation
business exhibits little seasonality. Enterprise Products Partners’
isomerization operations experience slightly higher demand in the spring and
summer months due to demand for isobutane-based fuel additives used in the
production of motor gasoline. Likewise, isooctane prices are stronger
during the April to September period of each year, which corresponds with the
summer driving season.
Enterprise Products Partners competes
with numerous producers of polymer grade propylene, which include many of the
major refiners and petrochemical companies located along the
Gulf Coast. Generally, the propylene fractionation business
competes in terms of the level of toll processing fees
charged
and access to pipeline and storage infrastructure. Enterprise
Products Partners’ petrochemical marketing activities encounter competition from
fully integrated oil companies and various petrochemical companies, and
competition generally revolves around price, service, logistics and
location.
With
respect to its isomerization operations, Enterprise Products Partners competes
primarily with facilities located in Kansas, Louisiana and New Mexico.
Competitive factors affecting this business include the level of toll processing
fees charged, the quality of isobutane that can be produced, and access to
pipeline and storage infrastructure. Enterprise Products Partners
competes with other octane additive manufacturing companies primarily on the
basis of price.
Major
customers. Enterprise Products Partners’ revenues are derived
from a wide customer base. During 2008, Enterprise Products Partners’
largest customer was LyondellBasell Industries (“LBI”) and its affiliates, which
accounted for 9.6% of its consolidated revenues. In 2007 and 2006,
Enterprise Products Partners’ largest customer was The Dow Chemical Company and
its affiliates, which accounted for 6.9% and 6.1%, respectively, of Enterprise
Products Partners’ consolidated revenues.
On
January 6, 2009, LBI announced that its U.S. operations had voluntarily filed to
reorganize under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. At the time
of the bankruptcy filing, Enterprise Products Partners had approximately $17.3
million of credit exposure to LBI, which was reduced to approximately $10.0
million through remedies provided under certain pipeline tariffs. In
addition, Enterprise Products Partners is seeking to have LBI accept certain
contracts and have filed claims pursuant to current Bankruptcy Court Orders that
Enterprise Products Partners expects will allow it to recover the majority of
the remaining credit exposure.
For 2008,
LBI accounted for 10.2%, or $1.6 billion, of revenues attributable to Enterprise
Products Partners’ NGL Pipelines & Services business line and 19.2%, or
$516.2 million, of revenues attributable to Enterprise Products Partners’
Petrochemical Services business line.
Utilization.
The following table presents utilization data for Enterprise Products Partners’
principle assets for the periods indicated. These statistics are
calculated on a net basis, taking into account Enterprise Products Partners’
ownership interests in certain joint ventures and reflect the periods in which
it owned an interest in such operations. These statistics include
volumes for newly constructed assets since the dates such assets were placed
into service and for recently purchased assets since the date of
acquisition.
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For
the Year Ended December 31,
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2008
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2007
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2006
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Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners:
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NGL
Pipelines & Services:
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Natural
gas processing plants
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64 |
% |
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66 |
% |
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56 |
% |
NGL
pipelines (MBPD) (1)
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1,747 |
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1,583 |
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1,450 |
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NGL
import and export docks (MBPD) (1)
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74 |
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84 |
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127 |
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NGL
fractionators
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83 |
% |
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78 |
% |
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72 |
% |
Onshore
Natural Gas Pipelines & Services:
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Onshore
natural gas pipelines
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64 |
% |
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62 |
% |
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71 |
% |
Offshore
Pipelines & Services:
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Offshore
natural gas pipelines
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22 |
% |
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24 |
% |
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26 |
% |
Offshore
crude oil pipelines
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20 |
% |
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19 |
% |
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18 |
% |
Offshore
natural gas processing
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37 |
% |
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29 |
% |
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17 |
% |
Offshore
crude oil processing
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17 |
% |
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26 |
% |
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19 |
% |
Petrochemical
Services:
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Butane
isomerization
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74 |
% |
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78 |
% |
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70 |
% |
Propylene
fractionation
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72 |
% |
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86 |
% |
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86 |
% |
Octane
enhancement
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58 |
% |
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58 |
% |
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58 |
% |
Petrochemical
pipelines (MBPD) (1)
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108 |
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105 |
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97 |
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(1)
The
maximum number of barrels that Enterprise Products Partners’ liquids
pipelines can transport per day depends upon the operating balance
achieved at a given point in time between various segments of the
systems. Since the operating balance is dependent upon the mix of
products to be shipped and demand levels at various delivery points, the
exact capacities of our liquids pipelines cannot be
determined. Enterprise Products Partners measures the utilization
rates of such pipelines in terms of net throughput (i.e., on a net basis
in accordance with its consolidated ownership
interest).
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Investment
in TEPPCO
This
segment reflects the consolidated business activities of TEPPCO and its general
partner, TEPPCO GP. This segment also reflects the assets and
operations of Jonah. The Parent Company owns 4,400,000 common units
of TEPPCO and 100% of the membership interests of TEPPCO GP. As a
result of the Parent Company’s ownership of TEPPCO GP and common control
considerations, the Parent Company consolidates TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP for
financial reporting purposes.
Private company affiliates of EPCO
under the common control of Mr. Duncan contributed 4,400,000 common units of
TEPPCO and 100% of the membership interests of TEPPCO GP to the Parent Company
in May 2007. As consideration for these contributions, the Parent
Company issued 14,173,304 Class B Units and 16,000,000 Class C Units to these
private company affiliates of EPCO. All of the Class B Units were
converted into Units in July 2007. All of the Class C Units
converted to Units on February 1, 2009 on a one-to-one
basis. See Note 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
included under Item 8 of this annual report for additional information regarding
the Class C Units.
TEPPCO GP
The
business purpose of TEPPCO GP is to manage the affairs and operations of
TEPPCO. TEPPCO GP has no separate business activities outside those
conducted by TEPPCO. Through its ownership of TEPPCO’s general
partner, the Parent Company benefits from the IDRs held by TEPPCO
GP.
TEPPCO GP is entitled to 2% of the cash
distributions paid by TEPPCO as well as the associated IDRs of
TEPPCO. TEPPCO GP’s percentage interest in TEPPCO’s quarterly cash
distributions is increased through its ownership of the associated IDRs, after
certain specified target levels of distribution rates are met by
TEPPCO. Currently, TEPPCO GP’s quarterly general partner and
associated incentive distribution thresholds are as follows:
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2%
of quarterly cash distributions up to $0.275 per unit paid by
TEPPCO;
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15%
of quarterly cash distributions from $0.275 per unit up to $0.325 per unit
paid by TEPPCO; and
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25%
of quarterly cash distributions that exceed $0.325 per unit paid by
TEPPCO.
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Prior to December 2006, TEPPCO GP was
entitled to 50% of any quarterly cash distributions paid by TEPPCO that exceeded
$0.45 per unit. In December 2006, this maximum distribution tier was eliminated
by TEPPCO as part of an amendment to its partnership agreement. In
exchange for giving up this level of incentive distributions, TEPPCO issued
14,091,275 of its common units to TEPPCO GP, which were subsequently distributed
to affiliates of EPCO.
For
information regarding distributions received by the Parent Company from its
general and limited partner interests in TEPPCO, see “Liquidity and Capital
Resources – Parent Company” included under Item 7 of this annual
report.
TEPPCO
TEPPCO is
a North American midstream energy company that owns and operates (i) refined
products, liquefied petroleum gas (“LPG”), petrochemical and NGL pipelines; (ii)
natural gas gathering systems; and (iii) a marine transportation
system. In addition, TEPPCO is engaged in the transportation,
storage, gathering and marketing of crude oil, and has ownership interests in
various joint venture projects.
TEPPCO operates in four business
lines: (i) Downstream; (ii) Upstream; (iii) Midstream; and (iv)
Marine Services. The following sections summarize the activities and
principal properties of each of these business lines.
Downstream. This
business line includes TEPPCO’s refined products and LPG transportation
pipelines and related terminal operations. The results of operations from this
business line are primarily dependent on the tariffs TEPPCO charges to transport
refined products and LPGs. The tariffs charged for such services are
either contractual or regulated by governmental agencies, including the
FERC.
LPGs are
a mixture of hydrocarbon gases used as a fuel in heating appliances and
vehicles, and increasingly replace chlorofluorocarbons as an aerosol propellant
and a refrigerant to reduce damage to the ozone layer. LPGs are
produced as by-products of the crude oil refining process and in connection with
natural gas production. LPGs exist in a liquid state only under
pressure. Refined products represent output from refineries and include
gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation fuel, kerosene, distillates and heating
oil. Refined products also include blend stocks such as
raffinate, natural gasoline and naphtha. Blend stocks are primarily
used to produce gasoline or as a petrochemical plant
feedstock.
TEPPCO’s most significant refined
products and LPG pipeline is the 4,700-mile Products Pipeline
System. This regulated pipeline system extends from southeast Texas
through the central and midwestern U.S. to the northeastern U.S. The
refined products and LPGs transported by the Products Pipeline System originate
from refineries, interconnects with other pipelines, and bulk and marine
terminals located principally along the southern end of the pipeline
system. The Products Pipeline System includes 35 storage facilities
with an aggregate storage capacity of 21 MMBbls of refined products and 6 MMBbls
of LPGs. The system’s 63 delivery locations (20 of which are owned by
TEPPCO) include facilities that provide customers with access to truck racks,
railcars and marine vessels. Additionally, TEPPCO owns a 50% joint
venture interest in the 794-mile Centennial pipeline system, which extends from
southeast Texas
to
Illinois and is an integral part of the Products Pipeline System. The
Centennial pipeline receives and delivers products from connecting TEPPCO
pipelines and effectively loops TEPPCO’s Products Pipeline
System. Looping TEPPCO’s Products Pipeline System permits effective
supply of product to points south of Illinois as well as incremental product
supply capacity to mid-continent markets downstream from southern
Illinois.
In addition to pipelines, this business
line includes TEPPCO’s refined product terminals. TEPPCO owns a
marine receiving terminal located in Providence, Rhode Island, that includes a
400,000 barrel refrigerated storage tank along with ship unloading and truck
loading facilities. TEPPCO’s Aberdeen, Mississippi facility, located along the
Tennessee-Tombigbee waterway system, has storage capacity of 130,000 barrels for
gasoline and diesel, which are supplied by barge for delivery to local
markets. TEPPCO’s newly constructed Boligee, Alabama facility, which
is also located along the Tennessee-Tombigbee waterway, commenced operations in
August 2008. The Boligee terminal has storage capacity of 500,000
barrels for gasoline, diesel and ethanol, which are supplied by barge for
delivery to local markets. The Boligee terminal also serves as
an origination point for refined products delivered to TEPPCO’s Aberdeen
terminal.
TEPPCO’s
refined products and LPG businesses exhibit some seasonal
variation. Gasoline demand is generally stronger in the spring and
summer months and LPG demand is generally stronger in the fall and winter
months. Weather and economic conditions in the geographic areas
served by TEPPCO’s pipeline system also affect the demand for, and the mix of,
the products delivered.
TEPPCO’s refined products and LPG
pipelines face competition in the markets they serve from other pipelines.
Competition among common carrier pipelines is based primarily on transportation
charges, quality of customer service and proximity to end
users. TEPPCO also faces competition from rail and pipeline movements
of LPGs from Canada and waterborne imports into terminals located along the
upper East Coast of the United States.
Upstream. This
business line primarily includes TEPPCO’s crude oil gathering, transportation
and storage business and related marketing activities principally in Oklahoma,
Texas, New Mexico and the Rocky Mountain region. The
operations of this business line also entail the distribution of lubrication
oils and special chemicals.
TEPPCO’s
crude oil business includes the purchase of crude oil from various producers and
operators at the wellhead and bulk purchases of crude oil at pipeline
interconnects, terminal facilities and trading locations. The crude
oil is then sold to refiners and other customers. Crude oil is
transported through proprietary gathering systems, common carrier pipelines,
equity owned pipelines, trucking operations and third party
pipelines. This business includes crude oil exchange activities, the
purpose of which is to maximize margins or meet contract delivery
requirements. The results of operations from this business line are
generally dependent on the fees TEPPCO charges to transport and store crude
oil. The fees charged for such services are either contractual or
regulated by governmental agencies, including the FERC. TEPPCO also
generates margins from the purchase and sale of crude oil.
The areas
served by TEPPCO’s crude oil gathering and transportation operations are
geographically diverse, and the factors that affect the supply of the products
gathered and transported vary by region. Crude oil prices and
production levels affect the supply of these products. The demand for
gathering and transportation is affected by the demand for crude oil by
refineries, refinery supply companies and similar customers in the regions
served by this business line.
TEPPCO’s
major crude oil pipelines include the 1,690-mile Red River System, 1,150-mile
South Texas System and 500-mile Seaway pipeline. The Red River System
extends from North Texas to South Oklahoma and includes facilities with 1.5
MMBbls of crude oil storage capacity. The South Texas System extends
from South Central Texas to Houston, Texas and includes facilities with 1.1
MMBbls of crude oil storage capacity. TEPPCO owns a 50% joint venture
interest in the Seaway pipeline, which extends from the
Texas Gulf Coast to Cushing, Oklahoma and includes facilities with 6.8
MMBbls of crude oil storage
capacity. Complementing
these pipeline assets are crude oil terminals located in Cushing, Oklahoma and
Midland, Texas.
TEPPCO’s
Upstream business line faces competition from numerous sources, including common
carrier and proprietary pipelines owned and operated by major oil companies,
large independent pipeline companies and other companies in the areas where
TEPPCO’s pipeline systems receive and deliver crude oil. Competition
among common carrier pipelines is based primarily on transportation charges,
quality of customer service, competitive pricing, knowledge of products and
markets, and proximity to refineries and other marketing hubs. The
crude oil gathering and marketing business can be characterized by thin margins
and strong competition for supplies of crude oil at the wellhead, and declines
in domestic crude oil production have intensified this
competition. TEPPCO’s upstream operations exhibit no seasonal
variation.
Midstream. This
business line includes TEPPCO’s midstream energy activities, which include NGL
transportation and fractionation and Jonah’s natural gas gathering
operations. The Jonah system consists of 714 miles of natural
gas gathering pipelines located in the Greater Green River Basin of southwest
Wyoming. Currently, the Jonah system has a transportation capacity of
2.4 Bcf/d, but will be being expanded to 2.6 Bcf/d by mid-2009 at an estimated
cost of $125.0 million. The Jonah joint venture is owned
approximately 80% by TEPPCO and approximately 20% by Enterprise Products
Partners.
TEPPCO is
also active in the San Juan Basin, where it serves natural gas producers in
northern New Mexico and southern Colorado through its Val Verde Gathering System
(“Val Verde”). Val Verde consists of approximately 400 miles of
natural gas gathering pipelines with a capacity of 1.0 Bcf/d and an amine
treating facility with a capacity of 550 MMcf/d. Val Verde is
connected to two major interstate pipeline systems that serve the western United
States.
TEPPCO
also provides NGL transportation and fractionation services. TEPPCO’s
major NGL pipelines include the 845-mile Chaparral pipeline and related 180-mile
Quanah pipeline, the 189-mile Panola pipeline and a 155-mile portion of the Dean
pipeline. The Chaparral pipeline, located in Texas and New Mexico,
can deliver up to 118 MBPD of NGLs from West Texas and New Mexico to Mont
Belvieu, Texas. The Quanah pipeline delivers NGLs to the Chaparral
pipeline. The Panola and Dean pipelines also serve customers in
Texas. TEPPCO has two small NGL fractionation facilities located in
northeast Colorado. These two facilities are supported by a fixed-fee
fractionation agreement with a third party that is in effect through
2018.
The
results of operations from TEPPCO’s natural gas gathering and NGL pipelines are
generally dependent upon the volume of product gathered or transported and the
level of fees charged to customers. The fees charged under these
arrangements are either contractual or regulated by governmental agencies,
including the FERC. Typically, TEPPCO does not take title to the
products transported in its pipelines; rather, the shipper retains title and the
associated commodity price risk. The results of operations from
TEPPCO’s NGL fractionation business are dependent upon the volume of mixed NGLs
fractionated and the level of fractionation fees charged under fee-based
contracts.
Typically, TEPPCO’s natural gas
gathering systems experience higher throughput rates during the summer months as
natural-gas fired power generation facilities increase output for electricity
for air conditioning and in the winter months, natural gas is needed as fuel for
residential and commercial heating. Historically, new well
connections on the Jonah system were subject to seasonality as a result of
winter range restrictions in the Pinedale field. Producers in the
Pinedale field were prohibited from drilling activities typically during the
November through April months due to wildlife restrictions and, as such, the
Jonah system was limited in its ability to connect new wells to the system
during that time. During 2008, the majority of these restrictions
were lifted. TEPPCO’s other midstream operations exhibit little to no
seasonal variation.
TEPPCO’s
midstream operations compete largely on the basis of efficiency, system
reliability, capacity, location and price. Key competitors in the
gathering and treating segment include independent gas gatherers as well as
other major integrated energy companies. TEPPCO’s NGL pipelines face
competition
from pipelines owned and operated by major oil and gas companies and other large
independent pipeline companies.
Marine
Services. This business line includes TEPPCO’s marine
transportation business, which consists of (i) transporting refined products,
crude oil, condensate and NGLs via tow boats and tank barges primarily on the
U.S. inland waterway system and between domestic ports along the Gulf of Mexico
Intracoastal Waterway and (ii) providing offshore support services for
well-testing and pipelines located in the Gulf of Mexico. TEPPCO
entered the marine transportation business in February 2008 when it acquired tow
boats, tank barges and related assets from Cenac Towing Co, Inc. and affiliates
(collectively, “Cenac”). At December 31, 2008, TEPPCO owned 105
inland barges and 45 inland tow boats. In addition, at December 31,
2008, TEPPCO owned eight offshore barges and six offshore tow
boats. The results of operations from this business line are
dependent upon the level of fees charged to transport cargo.
TEPPCO’s
marine services operations exhibit some seasonal variation. Gasoline
demand is generally stronger in the spring and summer months, which results in
increased demand for TEPPCO’s marine transportation services during those
seasons. Weather events, such as hurricanes and tropical storms in
the Gulf of Mexico can adversely impact TEPPCO’s marine services business
line. TEPPCO’s marine services business competes with other inland
marine transportation companies as well as providers of other modes of
transportation, such as rail tank cars, tractor-trailer tank trucks and, to a
limited extent, pipelines.
Major
customers. TEPPCO’s revenues are derived from a wide customer
base. For the year ended December 31, 2008, Valero Energy Corp.
(“Valero”), BP Oil Supply Company (“BP”) and Shell Trading Company (“Shell”)
accounted for 21%, 16%, and 13%, respectively, of TEPPCO’s total consolidated
revenues. For the year ended December 31, 2007, Valero, BP and Shell
accounted for 16%, 14% and 12%, respectively, of TEPPCO’s total consolidated
revenues. For the year ended December 31, 2006, Valero and BP
accounted for 14% and 11%, respectively, of TEPPCO’s total consolidated
revenues.
Utilization.
The following table presents utilization data for TEPPCO’s principle assets for
the periods indicated. These statistics are calculated on a net
basis, taking into account TEPPCO’s ownership interests in certain joint
ventures and reflect the periods in which it owned an interest in such
operations. These statistics include volumes for newly constructed
assets since the dates such assets were placed into service and for recently
purchased assets since the date of acquisition.
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For
the Year Ended December 31,
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2008
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2007
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2006
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Investment
in TEPPCO:
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Downstream:
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Refined
Products transportation (MBPD) (1)
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492 |
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554 |
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514 |
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LPGs
transportation (MBPD) (1)
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106 |
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115 |
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123 |
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Petrochemical
transportation (MBPD) (1)
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111 |
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120 |
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89 |
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Upstream:
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Crude
oil pipelines (MBPD) (1)
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697 |
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646 |
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678 |
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Midstream:
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Natural
gas pipelines
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83 |
% |
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82 |
% |
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78 |
% |
NGL
pipelines (MBPD) (1)
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201 |
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211 |
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191 |
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Marine
Services:
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Fleet
utilization
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93 |
% |
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n/a |
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n/a |
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(1)
The
maximum number of barrels that TEPPCO’s liquids pipelines can transport
per day depends upon the operating balance achieved at a given point in
time between various segments of the systems. Since the operating
balance is dependent upon the mix of products to be shipped and demand
levels at various delivery points, the exact capacities of TEPPCO’s
liquids pipelines cannot be determined. TEPPCO measures the
utilization rates of such pipelines in terms of net throughput (i.e., on a
net basis in accordance with its consolidated ownership
interest).
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Investment
in Energy Transfer Equity
This
segment reflects the Parent Company’s non-controlling ownership interests in
Energy Transfer Equity and its general partner, LE GP, both of which are
accounted for using the equity method. In May 2007, the Parent
Company paid $1.65 billion to acquire approximately 17.6% of the common units of
Energy Transfer Equity, or 38,976,090 units, and approximately 34.9% of the
membership interests of LE GP. On January 22, 2009, the Parent
Company acquired an additional 5.7% membership interest in LE GP for $0.8
million, which increased our total ownership in LE GP to 40.6%.
LE
GP
The
business purpose of LE GP is to manage the affairs and operations of Energy
Transfer Equity. LE GP has no separate business activities outside of
those conducted by Energy Transfer Equity. The commercial management
of Energy Transfer Equity does not overlap with that of Enterprise Products
Partners or TEPPCO. LE GP owns a 0.31% general partner interest in
Energy Transfer Equity and has no IDRs in the quarterly cash distributions of
Energy Transfer Equity.
Energy
Transfer Equity
Energy
Transfer Equity has no separate operating activities apart from those of
ETP. As of December 31, 2008, Energy Transfer Equity’s principal
sources of distributable cash flow are its investments in the limited and
general partner interests of ETP as follows:
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Direct
ownership of 62,500,797 ETP limited partner units, representing
approximately 41% of ETP’s total outstanding common
units.
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Indirect
ownership of the 2% general partner interest of ETP and all associated
IDRs held by ETP’s general partner, of which Energy Transfer Equity owns
100% of the membership interests. Currently, the quarterly
general partner and associated IDR thresholds of ETP’s general partner are
as follows:
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2%
of quarterly cash distributions up to $0.275 per unit paid by
ETP;
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15%
of quarterly cash distributions from $0.275 per unit up to $0.3175 per
unit paid by ETP;
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25%
of quarterly cash distributions from $0.3175 per unit up to $0.4125 per
unit paid by ETP; and
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50%
of quarterly cash distributions that exceed $0.4125 per unit paid by
ETP.
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ETP’s partnership agreement requires
that it distribute all of its Available Cash (as defined in such agreement)
within 45 days following the end of each fiscal quarter.
ETP is a
publicly traded partnership (NYSE: ETP) owning and operating a diversified
portfolio of midstream energy assets. ETP has pipeline operations in Arizona,
Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico and Utah, and owns the largest intrastate
natural gas pipeline system in Texas. ETP’s natural gas operations include
natural gas gathering and transportation pipelines, natural gas treating and
processing assets and three natural gas storage facilities located in Texas. ETP
is also one of the three largest retail marketers of propane in the United
States, serving more than one million customers across the
country. See Note 20 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report for litigation matters
involving ETP.
ETP
operates in four business lines: (i) Midstream; (ii) Intrastate
Transportation and Storage; (iii) Interstate Transportation; and (iv) Retail
Propane. The following sections summarize the activities and
principal properties of each of these business lines.
Midstream. This
business line includes ETP’s ownership and operation of approximately 6,700
miles of natural gas gathering pipelines, three natural gas processing
plants, eleven natural gas treating facilities and eleven natural gas
conditioning facilities. These facilities are located primarily in
Texas, Utah and Colorado. The results of operations from this business line are
primarily dependent on the level of fees charged in connection with ETP’s
gathering, transportation and processing of natural gas and processing of
NGLs. In addition, ETP generates margins from the marketing of
natural gas to utilities, industrial consumers and other marketers and pipeline
companies. ETP also utilizes financial instruments to generate income
for this business line. These trading activities are limited in scope
and in accordance with ETP’s commodity risk management policies.
Intrastate
Transportation and Storage. This business line includes ETP’s
approximately 7,800 miles of natural gas transportation pipelines, and three
natural gas storage facilities. The results of operations from this
business line are primarily dependent on the level of transportation fees
charged by ETP and margins from natural gas sales made in connection with ETP’s
HPL System.
The key assets within this business
line are the HPL System and the ET Fuel System. The HPL System
consists of approximately 4,200 miles of intrastate natural gas pipeline
with an aggregate capacity of 5.5 Bcf/d and the Bammel underground
storage reservoir and related transportation assets. The HPL System
has access to multiple sources of historically significant natural gas supply
reserves from south Texas, the Gulf Coast of Texas, east Texas and the western
Gulf of Mexico, and is directly connected to major gas distribution, electric
and industrial load centers in Houston, Corpus Christi, Texas City and other
cities located along the Gulf Coast of Texas. The ET Fuel System is
comprised of approximately 2,680 miles of intrastate natural gas pipelines and
related storage facilities located in Texas. The ET Fuel System is
located near high-growth production areas and provides ETP access to the Waha
Hub near Midland, Texas, Katy Hub near Houston, Texas and Carthage Hub in east
Texas.
Interstate
Transportation. This business line includes ETP’s Transwestern
pipeline and a 50% interest in a pipeline joint venture with Kinder Morgan
Energy Partners L.P. (“Kinder Morgan”). The results of operations
from ETP’s interstate pipelines are dependent on the level of natural gas
transportation fees charged and operational gas sales margins. ETP
expanded into this business in 2006 with the acquisition of the
Transwestern pipeline.
The Transwestern pipeline is a
FERC-regulated interstate natural gas pipeline extending approximately 2,700
miles from the gas producing regions of west Texas, eastern and northwest New
Mexico, and southern Colorado primarily to pipeline interconnects off the east
end of its system and pipeline interconnects at the California
border. The Transwestern pipeline has access to three significant gas
supply basins: the Permian Basin in west Texas and eastern New
Mexico; the San Juan Basin in northwest New Mexico and southern Colorado;
and the Anadarko Basin in the Texas and Oklahoma
panhandle. Natural gas sources from the San Juan Basin and
surrounding producing areas can be delivered eastward to Texas intrastate and
mid-continent connecting pipelines and natural gas market hubs as well as
westward to markets in Arizona, Nevada and
California. Transwestern’s customers include local distribution
companies, producers, marketers, electric power generators and industrial
end-users.
This business line also includes ETP’s
joint development with Kinder Morgan of an approximately 500-mile interstate
natural gas pipeline, the Midcontinent Express pipeline, the first
phase of which is scheduled to be in service during the second quarter of
2009. This new pipeline will originate near Bennington, Oklahoma, be
routed through Perryville, Louisiana, and terminate at an interconnect with
Transco’s interstate natural gas pipeline in Butler, Alabama. The
Transco pipeline delivers natural gas to significant markets in the northeast
portion of the United States.
In October 2008, ETP entered into an
agreement with Kinder Morgan for joint development of the Fayetteville Express
pipeline, an approximately 187-mile pipeline that will originate in Conway
County, Arkansas, continue eastward through White County, Arkansas and terminate
at an interconnect with Trunkline Gas Company in Quitman County,
Mississippi. Fayetteville Express Pipeline, LLC (“FEP”), the
entity
formed to own and operate this pipeline, initiated public review of the project
pursuant to the FERC’s National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) pre-filing
review process in November 2008. The pipeline is expected to have an initial
capacity of 2.0 Bcf/d. Pending necessary regulatory approvals, the pipeline
project is expected to be in service by early 2011. FEP has secured binding
10-year commitments for transportation of approximately 1.85 Bcf/d. Pursuant to ETP’s
agreement with Kinder Morgan related to this project, ETP and Kinder Morgan are
each obligated to fund 50% of the equity necessary to construct the
project.
In January 2009, ETP announced that it
had entered into an agreement with Chesapeake Energy Marketing, Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy Corporation (“Chesapeake”) to
construct the Tiger pipeline, a 178-mile 42-inch interstate natural gas
pipeline. The Tiger pipeline will connect to ETP’s dual
42-inch pipeline system near Carthage, Texas extend through the heart of the
Haynesville Shale and end near Delhi, Louisiana, with interconnects to at least
seven interstate pipelines at various points in Louisiana. The Tiger
pipeline is anticipated to have an initial throughput capacity of at least 1.25
Bcf/d, which capacity may be increased up to 2.0 Bcf/d based on the results of
an open season. The agreement with Chesapeake provides for a 15-year
commitment for firm transportation capacity of approximately 1.0
Bcf/d. The pipeline project is anticipated to cost between
$1.0 billion and $1.2 billion, depending on the final throughput
capacity design, with such costs to be incurred over a three-year period.
Pending necessary regulatory approvals, the Tiger pipeline is expected to be in
service in the first half of 2011.
ETP’s midstream, intrastate
transportation and storage and interstate transportation businesses experience
little to no effects from seasonality. ETP competes with other
natural gas and NGL pipelines on the basis of location, capacity, price and
reliability. ETP’s competitors include major integrated oil
companies, interstate and intrastate pipelines and other companies that gather,
compress, treat, process, transport and market natural gas. In
marketing natural gas, ETP has numerous competitors, including marketing
affiliates of interstate pipelines, major integrated oil companies, and local
and national natural gas gatherers, brokers and marketers of widely varying
sizes, financial resources and experience.
Retail
Propane. ETP, through its subsidiaries Heritage Operating,
L.P. and Titan Energy Partners, L.P., is one of the three largest retail propane
marketers in the United States based on gallons sold. ETP serves more
than one million customers from approximately 440 customer service locations in
approximately 40 states. ETP’s propane operations extend from
coast-to-coast with concentrations in the western, upper midwestern,
northeastern and southeastern regions of the United States. ETP’s
propane business has grown primarily through acquisitions of retail propane
operations and, to a lesser extent, through internal growth.
Retail propane is a margin-based
business in which gross profits depend on the excess of sales price over propane
supply cost. The market price of propane is often subject to volatile
changes as a result of supply or other market conditions over which ETP has no
control. Historically, ETP has generally been successful in
maintaining retail gross margins on an annual basis despite changes in the
wholesale cost of propane; however, there is no assurance that ETP will always
be able to fully pass on product cost increases, particularly when product costs
rise rapidly. Consequently, the profitability of ETP’s retail propane
business is sensitive to changes in wholesale propane prices.
ETP’s propane business is seasonal and
dependent upon weather conditions in its market areas. Historically,
approximately two-thirds of ETP’s retail propane volume and substantially all of
its propane-related operating income, is attributable to sales during the
six-month peak-heating season of October through March. This pattern
generally results in higher operating revenues and net income for ETP's retail
propane business line during the period October through March of each year, and
lower revenues and either net losses or lower net income during the period from
April through September of each year. ETP’s cash flow
from operations is generally greatest when customers pay for propane
purchased during the six-month peak heating season. Sales to
commercial and industrial customers are much less sensitive to changes in the
weather.
Propane competes with other sources of
energy, some of which are less costly for equivalent energy
value. ETP competes for customers against suppliers of electricity,
natural gas and fuel oil.
Competition
from alternative energy sources has been increasing as a result of reduced
utility regulation. ETP also competes with other companies engaged in
the retail propane distribution business. Competition in the propane
industry is highly fragmented and generally occurs on a local basis with other
large multi-state propane marketers, thousands of smaller local independent
marketers and farm cooperatives. The ability to compete effectively
further depends on the reliability of service, responsiveness to customers and
the ability to maintain competitive prices.
Title
to Properties
We
believe that Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO have satisfactory title to
all of their material properties owned in fee or satisfactory rights pursuant to
all of their material leases, easements, rights-of-way, permits and licenses to
properties in which their interests are derived from these
instruments. In certain cases, such properties are subject to
liabilities such as contractual interests associated with the acquisition of the
properties, liens for taxes not yet due, easements, restrictions and other minor
encumbrances. We do not believe that such liabilities materially
affect either the value of such properties or our ownership interests in such
properties. Likewise, we believe that none of these liabilities will
materially interfere with the use of such properties by Enterprise Products
Partners and TEPPCO.
Capital
Spending
For a discussion of the capital
spending forecasts for Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO, see “Liquidity
and Capital Resources” included under Item 7 of this annual report.
Weather-Related
Risks
In the
third quarter of 2008, Enterprise Products Partners’ onshore and offshore
facilities located along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana were adversely
impacted by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. To a lesser extent, these
storms affected the operations of TEPPCO as well. The disruptions in
natural gas, NGL and crude oil production caused by these storms resulted in
decreased volumes for certain of Enterprise Products Partners’ pipeline systems,
natural gas processing plants, NGL fractionators and offshore platforms, which,
in turn, caused a decrease in operating income from these
operations. See Note 21 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report for information regarding
significant risks and uncertainties related to insurance matters.
Regulation
Interstate
Regulation
Liquids
pipelines. Certain of Enterprise Products Partners’ and
TEPPCO’s crude oil, petroleum products and NGL pipeline systems (collectively
referred to as “liquids pipelines”) are interstate common carrier pipelines
subject to regulation by the FERC under the Interstate Commerce Act (“ICA”) and
the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (“Energy Policy Act”). The ICA
prescribes that interstate tariffs must be just and reasonable and must not be
unduly discriminatory or confer any undue preference upon any
shipper. FERC regulations require that interstate oil pipeline
transportation rates and terms of service be filed with the FERC and posted
publicly. Such rates may be based upon an indexing methodology,
cost-of-service, competitive market showings or contractual arrangements with
shippers.
The ICA permits interested persons to
challenge proposed new or changed rates or rules and authorizes the FERC to
investigate such changes and to suspend their effectiveness for a period of up
to seven months. If, upon completion of an investigation, the FERC
finds that the new or changed rate is unlawful, it may require the carrier to
refund the revenues in excess of the prior tariff during the term of the
investigation. The FERC may also investigate, upon complaint or on
its own motion, rates and related rules that are already in effect and may order
a carrier to change them prospectively. Upon an appropriate showing,
a shipper may obtain reparations for damages sustained for a period of up to two
years prior to the filing of its complaint. Enterprise Products
Partners and TEPPCO believe that the regulated rates charged by their interstate
liquids pipelines are in accordance with the ICA. However, Enterprise
Products Partners
and
TEPPCO cannot predict that such rates will not be challenged or at what levels
they may be in the future.
Enterprise
Products Partners’ Lou-Tex Propylene and Sabine Propylene Pipelines are
interstate common carrier pipelines regulated under the ICA by the Surface
Transportation Board (“STB”). If the STB finds that a carrier’s rates are not
just and reasonable or are unduly discriminatory or preferential, it may
prescribe a reasonable rate. In determining a reasonable rate, the
STB will consider, among other factors, the effect of the rate on the volumes
transported by that carrier, the carrier’s revenue needs and the availability of
other economic transportation alternatives.
The STB
does not need to provide rate relief unless shippers lack effective competitive
alternatives. If the STB determines that effective competitive alternatives are
not available and a pipeline holds market power, then we may be required to show
that our rates are reasonable.
Enterprise
Products Partners’ Mid-America Pipeline Company, LLC (“Mid-America”) is
currently involved in a rate case before the FERC. The case primarily
involves shipper protests of rate increases on Mid-America's Conway
North pipeline filed on March 31, 2005 and March 31, 2006. A
hearing before an Administrative Law Judge began on October 2, 2007 and
culminated with an initial decision on September 3, 2008. Briefs on
Exceptions were filed October 31, 2008, with Briefs Opposing Exceptions filed on
January 8, 2009. The matter is presently pending before the FERC,
with a decision expected to be issued in the second half of 2009. We
are unable to predict the outcome of this litigation.
Natural
gas. Enterprise Products Partners’ and ETP’s natural gas
storage facilities and interstate natural gas pipelines that provide services in
interstate commerce are regulated by the FERC under the Natural Gas Act of 1938
(“NGA”). Under the NGA, rates for service must be just and reasonable
and not unduly discriminatory. Enterprise Products Partners and ETP
operate their respective assets subject to the NGA pursuant to tariffs that set
forth rates and terms and conditions of service. These tariffs must
be filed with and approved by the FERC pursuant to its regulations and
orders. Approved tariff rates may be decreased on a prospective basis
only by the FERC if it finds, on its own initiative, or as a result of
challenges to the rates by third parties, that they are unjust, or unreasonable
or otherwise unlawful. Unless the FERC grants specific authority to
charge market-based rates, our rates are derived and charged based on a
cost-of-service methodology.
The FERC’s authority over companies
that provide natural gas pipeline transportation or storage services in
interstate commerce also includes (i) certification, construction and operation
of certain new facilities, (ii) the acquisition, extension, disposition or
abandonment of such facilities, (iii) the maintenance of accounts and records,
(iv) the initiation, extension and termination of regulated services and (v)
various other matters. The FERC’s rules require interstate pipelines
and their affiliates to adhere to Standards of Conduct that, among other things,
require that transmission employees function independently of marketing
employees. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 amended the NGA to add an
anti-manipulation provision. Pursuant to that act, the FERC
established rules prohibiting energy market manipulation. A violation
of these rules may subject us to civil penalties, disgorgement of unjust
profits, or appropriate non-monetary remedies imposed by the FERC. In
addition, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 amended the NGA and Natural Gas Policy
Act of 1978 (“NGPA”) to increase civil and criminal penalties for any violation
of the NGA, NGPA and any rules, regulations or orders of the FERC to up to $1.0
million per day per violation.
Offshore
pipelines. Enterprise Products Partners’ offshore natural gas
gathering pipeline systems and crude oil pipeline systems are subject to federal
regulation under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, which requires that all
pipelines operating on or across the outer continental shelf provide
nondiscriminatory transportation service.
Marine
transportation. TEPPCO’s marine transportation business is
subject to federal regulation under the Jones Act. The Jones Act is a
federal law that restricts maritime transportation between locations in the
United States to vessels built and registered in the United States and owned and
manned by United States citizens. The federal Merchant
Marine Act of 1936 provides that, upon proclamation by the President of the
United States of a national emergency or a threat to national security, the
United States
Secretary
of Transportation may requisition or purchase any vessel or other watercraft
owned by United States citizens, including TEPPCO.
Intrastate
Regulation
Certain
intrastate NGL and natural gas pipelines owned by Enterprise Products Partners,
TEPPCO and ETP are subject to regulation by state agencies. Some of
these pipelines may also be subject to federal regulation. Under
Section 311 of the NGPA and FERC’s regulations, an intrastate natural gas
pipeline may transport gas for an interstate pipeline or any local distribution
company served by an interstate pipeline under certain circumstances provided
that such services are provided on an open and nondiscriminatory basis and the
rates charged are fair and equitable.
Intrastate pipelines are subject to
various regulations and statutes mandated by state regulatory
authorities. Although the applicable state statutes and regulations
vary, these generally require intrastate pipelines to publish tariffs setting
forth all rates, rules and regulations applying to intrastate service, and
generally require that pipeline rates and practices be reasonable and
nondiscriminatory. Shippers may challenge the intrastate tariff rates
and practices of Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO and ETP.
Sales
of Natural Gas
ETP and
Enterprise Products Partners are engaged in natural gas marketing
activities. The resale of natural gas in interstate commerce is
subject to FERC jurisdiction. However, under current federal rules
the price at which we sell natural gas currently is not regulated, insofar as
the interstate market is concerned and, for the most part, is not subject to
state regulation. The entities that engage in natural gas marketing
are considered marketing affiliates of certain of our interstate natural gas
pipelines. The FERC’s rules require interstate pipelines and their
affiliates who sell natural gas in interstate commerce subject to the FERC’s
jurisdiction to adhere to Standards of Conduct that, among other things, require
that they function independently of each other. Pursuant to the
Energy Policy Act of 2005, the FERC has also established rules prohibiting
energy market manipulation. Those who violate the Standards on
Conduct or these rules may be subject to civil penalties, suspension, or loss of
authorization to perform such interstate natural gas sales, disgorgement of
unjust profits, or other appropriate non-monetary remedies imposed by the
FERC.
The FERC
is continually proposing and implementing new rules and regulations affecting
segments of the natural gas industry. For example, the FERC recently
established rules requiring certain non-interstate pipelines to post daily
scheduled volume information and design capacity for certain points, and has
also required the annual reporting of gas sales information, in order to
increase transparency in natural gas markets. In November 2008, the
FERC commenced an inquiry into whether to expand the contract reporting
requirements of Section 311 service providers. We cannot predict the
ultimate impact of these regulatory changes on ETP’s or Enterprise Products
Partners’ natural gas marketing activities; however, we believe that any new
regulations will also be applied to other natural gas marketers with whom we
compete.
Environmental
and Safety
Matters
General
The
operations of the MLP Entities are subject to multiple environmental obligations
and potential liabilities under a variety of federal, state and local laws and
regulations. These include, without limitation: the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act; the Federal Clean Air Act; the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (or Clean Water Act); the Oil Pollution Act; and analogous
state and local laws and regulations. Such laws and regulations
affect many aspects of the MLP Entities present and future operations, and
generally require the MLP Entities to obtain and comply with a wide variety of
environmental registrations, licenses, permits, inspections and other approvals,
with respect to air emissions, water quality, wastewater discharges, and solid
and hazardous waste management. Failure to comply with these
requirements may expose the MLP Entities to fines, penalties and/or
interruptions in their respective operations that could influence our
consolidated
results of operations. If an accidental leak, spill or release of
hazardous substances occurs at a facility that one of the MLP Entities own,
operate or otherwise use, or where it sends materials for treatment or disposal,
the responsible party could be held jointly and severally liable for all
resulting liabilities, including investigation, remedial and clean-up
costs. Likewise, the responsible party could be required to remove or
remediate previously disposed wastes or property contamination, including
groundwater contamination. Any or all of this could materially affect our
consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash
flows.
We
believe that the operations of the MLP Entities are in material compliance with
applicable environmental and safety laws and regulations, other than certain
matters discussed under Note 20 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report, and that compliance with
existing environmental and safety laws and regulations are not expected to have
a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of
operations or cash flows.
Environmental
and safety laws and regulations are subject to change. The clear
trend in environmental regulation is to place more restrictions and limitations
on activities that may be perceived to affect the environment, and thus there
can be no assurance as to the amount or timing of future expenditures for
environmental regulation compliance or remediation, and actual future
expenditures may be different from the amounts we currently
anticipate. Revised or additional regulations that result in
increased compliance costs or additional operating restrictions, particularly if
those costs are not fully recoverable from customers of the MLP Entities, could
have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results
of operations and cash flows.
Where we
discuss our belief or knowledge with respect to Energy Transfer Equity’s or
ETP’s compliance with laws and regulations, our statements are based solely on
public disclosures by these entities and not on any independent inquiry with
respect to these matters.
Water
The
Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, as renamed and amended as the Clean
Water Act (“CWA”), and analogous state laws impose restrictions and strict
controls regarding the discharge of pollutants into navigable waters of the
United States, as well as state waters. Permits must be obtained to
discharge pollutants into these waters. The CWA imposes substantial
potential liability for the removal and remediation of pollutants.
The
primary federal law for oil spill liability is the Oil Pollution Act of 1990
(“OPA”), which addresses three principal areas of oil pollution: prevention,
containment and cleanup, and liability. The OPA subjects owners of
certain facilities to strict, joint and potentially unlimited liability for
containment and removal costs, natural resource damages and certain other
consequences of an oil spill, where such spill affects navigable waters, along
shorelines or in the exclusive economic zone of the United
States. Any unpermitted release of petroleum or other pollutants from
the operations of the MLP Entities could also result in fines or
penalties. The OPA applies to vessels, offshore platforms and onshore
facilities, including terminals, pipelines and transfer
facilities. In order to handle, store or transport oil, shore
facilities are required to file oil spill response plans with the United States
Coast Guard, the United States Department of Transportation Office of Pipeline
Safety (“OPS”) or the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), as
appropriate.
Some states maintain groundwater
protection programs that require permits for discharges or commercial operations
that may impact groundwater conditions. Groundwater contamination
resulting from spills or releases of petroleum products is an inherent risk
within the midstream energy industry. To the extent that groundwater
contamination requiring remediation exists along our pipeline systems as a
result of past operations, we believe any such contamination could be controlled
or remedied without having a material adverse effect on our financial position,
but such costs are site specific and we cannot predict that the effect will not
be material in the aggregate.
Air
Emissions
The
operations of the MLP Entities are subject to the Federal Clean Air Act (the
“Clean Air Act”) and comparable state laws and regulations. These
laws and regulations regulate emissions of air pollutants from various
industrial sources, including facilities owned and/or operated by the MLP
Entities, and also impose various monitoring and reporting requirements. Such
laws and regulations may require that the MLP Entities obtain pre-approval for
the construction or modification of certain projects or facilities expected to
produce air emissions (or result in the increase of existing air emissions),
obtain and strictly comply with air permits containing various emissions and
operational limitations, or utilize specific emission control technologies to
limit emissions.
The MLP
Entities’ permits and related compliance obligations under the Clean Air Act, as
well as recent or soon to be adopted changes to state implementation plans for
controlling air emissions in regional non-attainment areas, may require the MLP
Entities to incur capital expenditures to add to or modify existing air emission
control equipment and strategies. In addition, some of the facilities
owned and/or operated by the MLP Entities are included within the categories of
hazardous air pollutant sources, which are subject to increasing regulation
under the Clean Air Act and many state laws. Failure by the MLP
Entities to comply with these requirements could subject them to monetary
penalties, injunctions, conditions or restrictions on operations, and
enforcement actions. The MLP Entities may also be required to incur
certain capital expenditures for air pollution control equipment in connection
with obtaining and maintaining operating permits and approvals for air
emissions. We believe, however, that such requirements will not have
a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of
operations and cash flows, and the requirements are not expected to be any more
burdensome to the MLP Entities than to any other similarly situated
companies.
Some
recent scientific studies have suggested that emissions of certain gases,
commonly referred to as “greenhouse gases” and including carbon dioxide and
methane, may be contributing to the warming of the Earth’s atmosphere. In
response to such studies, the U.S. Congress is actively considering legislation
to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. In addition, at least 17 states
have declined to wait on Congress to develop and implement climate control
legislation and have already taken legal measures to reduce emissions of
greenhouse gases. Also, as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision
on April 2, 2007 in Massachusetts, et al. v. EPA,
the EPA must consider whether it is required to regulate greenhouse gas
emissions from mobile sources (e.g., cars and trucks) even if Congress does not
adopt new legislation specifically addressing emissions of greenhouse
gases. The Supreme Court’s position in the Massachusetts case that
greenhouse gases fall under the federal Clean Air Act’s definition of “air
pollutant” may also result in future regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from
stationary sources under various Clean Air Act programs, including those that
may be used in the operations of the MLP Entities. It is not possible at
this time to predict how legislation that may be enacted to address greenhouse
gas emissions would impact the MLP Entities. However, future laws and
regulations could result in increased compliance costs or additional operating
restrictions, and could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Solid
Waste
In normal
operations, the MLP Entities generate hazardous and non-hazardous solid wastes,
including hazardous substances, that are subject to the requirements of the
federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) and comparable state
laws, which impose detailed requirements for the handling, storage treatment and
disposal of hazardous and solid waste. The MLP Entities utilize waste
minimization and recycling processes to reduce the waste
volumes. Amendments to RCRA required the EPA to promulgate
regulations banning the land disposal of all hazardous wastes unless the waste
meets certain treatment standards or the land-disposal method meets certain
waste containment criteria.
Environmental
Remediation
The
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”),
also known as “Superfund,” imposes liability, without regard to fault or the
legality of the original act, on
certain
classes of persons who contributed to the release of a “hazardous substance”
into the environment. These persons include the owner or operator of a facility
where a release occurred, transporters that select the site of disposal of
hazardous substances and companies that disposed of or arranged for the disposal
of any hazardous substances found at a facility. Under CERCLA, these
persons may be subject to joint and several liability for the costs of cleaning
up the hazardous substances that have been released into the environment, for
damages to natural resources and for the costs of certain health
studies. CERCLA also authorizes the EPA and, in some instances, third
parties to take actions in response to threats to the public health or the
environment and to seek to recover the costs they incur from the responsible
classes of persons. It is not uncommon for neighboring landowners and
other third parties to file claims for personal injury and property damage
allegedly caused by hazardous substances or other pollutants released into the
environment. In the course of the operations of the MLP Entities,
their respective pipeline systems generate wastes that may fall within CERCLA’s
definition of a “hazardous substance.” In the event a disposal
facility previously used by any one of the MLP Entities requires clean up in the
future, that entity may be responsible under CERCLA for all or part of the costs
required to clean up sites at which such wastes have been disposed.
Pipeline
Safety Matters
The MLP Entities are subject to
regulation by the United States Department of Transportation (“DOT”) under the
Accountable Pipeline and Safety Partnership Act of 1996, sometimes referred to
as the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act (“HLPSA”), and comparable state
statutes relating to the design, installation, testing, construction, operation,
replacement and management of pipeline facilities. The HLPSA covers
petroleum and petroleum products. The HLPSA requires any entity that
owns or operates pipeline facilities to (i) comply with such regulations, (ii)
permit access to and copying of records, (iii) file certain reports and (iv)
provide information as required by the Secretary of Transportation.
The MLP Entities are also subject to
DOT regulations requiring qualification of pipeline personnel. The
regulation requires pipeline operators to develop and maintain a written
qualification program for individuals performing covered tasks on pipeline
facilities. The intent of this regulation is to ensure a qualified
work force and to reduce the probability and consequence of incidents caused by
human error. The regulation establishes qualification requirements
for individuals performing covered tasks.
In addition, the MLP Entities are
subject to the DOT Integrity Management regulations, which specify how companies
should assess, evaluate, validate and maintain the integrity of pipeline
segments that, in the event of a release, could impact High Consequence Areas
(“HCAs”). HCAs are defined to include populated areas, unusually
sensitive environmental areas and commercially navigable
waterways. The regulation requires the development and implementation
of an Integrity Management Program that utilizes internal pipeline inspection,
pressure testing, or other equally effective means to assess the integrity of
HCA pipeline segments. The regulation also requires periodic review
of HCA pipeline segments to ensure adequate preventative and mitigative measures
exist and that companies take prompt action to address integrity issues raised
by the assessment and analysis. Enterprise Products Partners and
TEPPCO have identified their respective HCA pipeline segments and developed
appropriate Integrity Management Programs.
To our knowledge, we believe that the
MLP Entities are in material compliance with the aforementioned pipeline safety
matters.
Risk
Management Plans
The MLP
Entities are subject to the EPA’s Risk Management Plan (“RMP”) regulations at
certain facilities. These regulations are intended to work with the
Occupational Safety and Health Act (“OSHA”) Process Safety Management
regulations (see “Safety Matters” below) to minimize the offsite consequences of
catastrophic releases. The regulations required the MLP Entities to
develop and implement a risk management program that includes a five-year
accident history, an offsite consequence analysis process, a prevention program
and an emergency response program. To our knowledge, we believe that
the MLP Entities are operating in material compliance with their respective risk
management program.
Safety
Matters
Certain
of the facilities owned by the MLP Entities are also subject to the requirements
of the federal OSHA and comparable state statutes. To our knowledge,
we believe that the MLP Entities are in material compliance with OSHA and state
requirements, including general industry standards, record keeping requirements
and monitoring of occupational exposures.
The MLP
Entities are subject to OSHA Process Safety Management (“PSM”) regulations,
which are designed to prevent or minimize the consequences of catastrophic
releases of toxic, reactive, flammable or explosive chemicals. These
regulations apply to any process which involves a chemical at or above the
specified thresholds or any process which involves certain flammable liquid or
gas. To our knowledge, we believe that the MLP Entities are in
material compliance with the OSHA PSM regulations.
The OSHA hazard communication standard,
the EPA community right-to-know regulations under Title III of the federal
Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act and comparable state statutes
require the MLP Entities to organize and disclose information about the
hazardous materials used in their operations. Certain parts of this
information must be reported to employees, state and local governmental
authorities and local citizens upon request.
National Fire Protection Pamphlets No.
54 and No. 58, which establish rules and procedures governing the safe handling
of propane, or comparable regulations, have been adopted as the industry
standard in all of the states in which ETP’s retail propane business
operates. In some states, these laws are administered by state
agencies, and in others they are administered on a municipal
level. With respect to the transportation of propane by truck, ETP is
subject to regulations governing the transportation of hazardous materials under
the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act, which is administered by the U.S.
Department of Transportation. ETP conducts ongoing training programs
to help ensure that its propane operations are in compliance with applicable
regulations. ETP believes that the procedures in effect at its
propane facilities for the handling, storage and distribution of propane are
consistent with industry standards and are in substantial compliance with
applicable laws and regulations.
Employees
Consistent with many publicly traded
partnerships, we have no employees. All of our management,
administrative and operating functions are performed by employees of EPCO
pursuant to an administrative services agreement (the “ASA”). For
additional information regarding the ASA, see “EPCO Administrative Services
Agreement” under Item 13 of this annual report. As of December 31,
2008, there were approximately 4,500 EPCO personnel who spend all or a portion
of their time engaged in our consolidated businesses. Approximately
3,100 of these individuals devote all of their time performing management and
operating duties for us. The remaining approximate 1,400 personnel
are part of EPCO’s shared service organization and spend all or a portion of
their time engaged in our consolidated businesses.
Available
Information
As a large accelerated filer, we
electronically file certain documents with the SEC. We file annual
reports on Form 10-K; quarterly reports on Form 10-Q; and current reports on
Form 8-K (as appropriate); along with any related amendments and supplements
thereto. Occasionally, we may also file registration statements and
related documents in connection with equity or debt offerings. You
may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public
Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. You
may obtain information regarding the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at
(800) SEC-0330. In addition, the SEC maintains an Internet website at
www.sec.gov
that contains reports and other information regarding registrants that file
electronically with the SEC.
We provide electronic access to our
periodic and current reports on our Internet website, www.enterprisegp.com. These
reports are available as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically
file such materials with, or furnish such materials to, the SEC. You
may also contact our investor relations department at (866) 230-0745 for paper
copies of these reports free of charge.
Additionally,
Enterprise Products Partners, Duncan Energy Partners, TEPPCO, Energy Transfer
Equity and ETP electronically file certain documents with the SEC, including
annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. These
entities also provide electronic access to their respective periodic and current
reports on their Internet websites. The SEC file number for each
registrant and company website address is as follows:
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Products Partners – SEC File No. 1-14323; website address: www.epplp.com
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Duncan
Energy Partners – SEC File No. 1-33266; website address:
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Transfer Equity – SEC File No. 1-32740; website address: www.energytransfer.com
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An
investment in our Units involves certain risks. If any of these risks
were to occur, our business, financial position, results of operations and cash
flows could be materially adversely affected. In that case, the
trading price of our Units could decline and you could lose part or all of your
investment.
The
following section lists some, but not all, of the key risk factors that may have
a direct impact on our business, financial position, results of operations and
cash flows. We also recommend that investors read the “Risk Factors”
sections of reports filed by each of Enterprise Products Partners, Duncan Energy
Partners, TEPPCO and Energy Transfer Equity for more detailed information about
risks specific to these investments that may impact our business, financial
position, results of operations and cash flows.
Risks
Inherent in an Investment in Us
The
Parent Company’s operating cash flow is derived primarily from cash
distributions it receives from each of the MLP Entities and the Controlled GP
Entities.
The
Parent Company’s operating cash flow is derived primarily from cash
distributions it receives from each of the MLP Entities and the Controlled GP
Entities. The amount of cash that each MLP Entity can distribute to
its partners, including us and its general partner, each quarter principally
depends upon the amount of cash it generates from its operations, which will
fluctuate from quarter to quarter based on, among other things,
the:
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of hydrocarbons transported in its gathering and transmission
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volumes in its processing and treating
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it charges and the margins it realizes for its
services;
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relationships
among crude oil, natural gas and NGL prices, including differentials
between regional markets;
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in its working capital needs;
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level
of its operating costs, including reimbursements to its general
partner;
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economic conditions; and
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of competition in its business
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addition, the actual amount of cash the MLP Entities will have available for
distribution will depend on other factors, including:
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level of sustaining capital expenditures it
makes;
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cost of any capital projects and
acquisitions;
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debt service requirements and restrictions contained in its obligations
for borrowed money; and
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the
amount of cash reserves established by EPGP, TEPPCO GP and LE GP for the
proper conduct of Enterprise Products Partners’, TEPPCO’s and Energy
Transfer Equity’s businesses,
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We do not
have any direct or indirect control over the cash distribution policies of
Energy Transfer Equity or its general partner, LE GP.
Because
of these factors, the MLP Entities may not have sufficient available cash each
quarter to continue paying distributions at their current
levels. Furthermore, the amount of cash that each of the MLP Entities
has available for distribution depends primarily upon its cash flow, including
cash flow from financial reserves and working capital borrowings, and is not
solely a function of profitability, which will be affected by non-cash items
such as depreciation, amortization and provisions for asset
impairments. As a result, the MLP Entities may be able to make cash
distributions during periods when it records losses and may not be able to make
cash distributions during periods when it records net income. See
sections relating to specific risk factors of each of the MLP Entities included
below for a discussion of further risks affecting the MLP Entities’ ability to
generate distributable cash flow.
In
the future, we may not have sufficient cash to pay distributions at our current
distribution level or to increase distributions.
Because
our primary source of operating cash flow is conditioned upon cash distributions
from the MLP Entities, the amount of distributions we are able to make to our
unitholders may fluctuate based on the level of distributions the MLP Entities
makes to its partners. We cannot assure you that the MLP Entities
will continue to make quarterly distributions at their current levels or will
increase its quarterly distributions in the future. In addition,
while we would expect to increase or decrease distributions to our unitholders
if the distributions of the MLP Entities increase or decrease, the timing and
amount of such changes in distributions, if any, will not necessarily be
comparable to the timing and amount of any changes in distributions made by the
MLP Entities. Factors such as capital contributions, debt service
requirements, general, administrative and other expenses, reserves for future
distributions and other cash reserves established by the board of directors of
EPE Holdings may affect the distributions we make to our
unitholders. Prior to making any distributions to our unitholders, we
will reimburse EPE Holdings and its affiliates for all direct and indirect
expenses incurred by them on our behalf. EPE Holdings has the sole
discretion to determine the amount of these reimbursed expenses. The
reimbursement of these expenses, in addition to the other factors listed above,
could adversely affect the level of distributions we make to our
unitholders. We cannot guarantee that in the future we will be able
to pay distributions or that any distributions we do make will be at or above
our current quarterly distribution. The actual amount of cash that is
available for distribution to our unitholders will depend on numerous factors,
many of which are beyond our control or the control of EPE
Holdings.
A
significant amount of the distributions we receive are associated with general
partner IDRs. Should Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO or ETP
reduce their cash distributions to partners, this could have an adverse,
disproportionate effect on the cash distributions we receive. This
could result in a reduction in cash distributions to partners.
Restrictions
in our credit facility could limit our ability to make distributions to our
unitholders.
Our
credit facility contains covenants limiting our ability to take certain
actions. This credit facility also contains covenants requiring us to
maintain certain financial ratios. We are prohibited from making any
distribution to our unitholders if such distribution would cause an event of
default or otherwise violate a covenant under this credit
facility. For more information about our credit facility, see
Note 15 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under
Item 8 in this annual report.
Our
unitholders do not elect our general partner or vote on our general partner’s
officers or directors. Affiliates of our general partner currently
own a sufficient number of Units to block any attempt to remove EPE Holdings as
our general partner.
Unlike
the holders of common stock in a corporation, our unitholders have only limited
voting rights on matters affecting our business and, therefore, limited ability
to influence management’s decisions regarding our business. Our
unitholders do not have the ability to elect our general partner or the officers
or directors of our general partner. Dan L. Duncan, through his
control of Dan Duncan LLC, the sole member of EPE Holdings, controls our general
partner and the election of all of the officers and directors of our general
partner.
Furthermore,
if our unitholders are dissatisfied with the performance of our general partner,
they will have little ability to remove our general partner or the officers or
directors of our general partner. Our general partner may not be
removed except upon the vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of our
outstanding Units. Because affiliates of EPE Holdings own more than
one-third of our outstanding Units, EPE Holdings currently cannot be removed
without the consent of such affiliates. As a result, the price at
which our Units will trade may be lower because of the absence or reduction of a
takeover premium in the trading price.
We
may issue an unlimited number of limited partner interests without the consent
of our unitholders, which will dilute your ownership interest in us and may
increase the risk that we will not have sufficient available cash to maintain or
increase our per Unit distribution level.
Our
partnership agreement provides that we may issue an unlimited number of limited
partner interests without the consent of our unitholders. Such Units
may be issued on the terms and conditions established in the sole discretion of
our general partner. Any issuance of additional Units would result in
a corresponding decrease in the proportionate ownership interest in us
represented by, and could adversely affect market price of, units outstanding
prior to such issuance. The payment of distributions on these
additional Units may increase the risk that we will be unable to maintain or
increase our current quarterly distribution.
The
market price of our Units could be adversely affected by sales of substantial
amounts of our units in the public markets, including sales by our existing
unitholders.
Sales by
certain of our existing unitholders of a substantial number of our Units in the
public markets, or the perception that such sales might occur, could have a
material adverse effect on the price of our Units or could impair our ability to
obtain capital through an offering of equity securities. We do not
know whether any such sale would be made in the public market or in a private
placement, nor do we know what impact such potential or actual sales would have
on our Unit price in the future.
Risks
arising in connection with the execution of our business strategy may adversely
affect our ability to make or increase distributions and/or the market price of
our Units.
In
addition to seeking to maximize distributions from the Controlled Entities, a
principal focus of our business strategy includes acquiring general partner
interests and associated incentive distribution rights and limited partner
interests in publicly traded partnerships and, subject to our business
opportunity agreements, acquiring assets and businesses that may or may not
relate to the MLP Entities’ businesses. However, we may not be able
to grow through acquisitions if we are unable to identify attractive
acquisition
opportunities or acquire identified targets. In addition, increased
competition for acquisition opportunities may increase our cost of making
acquisitions or cause us to refrain from making acquisitions.
If we are
able to make future acquisitions, we may not be successful in integrating our
acquisitions into our existing or future assets and businesses. Risks
related to our acquisition strategy include but are not limited to:
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creation of conflicts of interests and competing fiduciary obligations
that may inhibit our ability to grow or make additional
acquisitions;
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or increased regulatory or compliance obligations, including financial
reporting obligations;
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delays
or unforeseen operational difficulties or diminished financial performance
associated with the integration of new acquisitions, and the resulting
delayed or diminished cash flows from such
acquisitions;
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inefficiencies
and complexities that may arise due to unfamiliarity with new assets,
businesses or markets;
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conflicts
with regard to the sharing of management responsibilities and allocation
of time among overlapping officers, directors and other
personnel;
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inability to hire, train and retain qualified personnel to manage and
operate our growing business; and
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inability to obtain required financing for our existing business and new
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To the
extent we pursue an acquisition that causes us to incur unexpected costs, or
that fails to generate expected returns, our financial position, results of
operations and cash flows may be adversely affected, and our ability to make
distributions and/or the market price of our Units may be negatively
impacted.
The
control of our general partner may be transferred to a third party without
unitholder consent.
Our
general partner may transfer its general partner interest in us to a third party
in a merger or in a sale of all or substantially all of its assets without the
consent of our unitholders. Furthermore, there is no restriction in
our partnership agreement on the ability of Dan Duncan LLC, as the sole member
of EPE Holdings, to sell or transfer all or part of its ownership interest in
EPE Holdings to a third party. The new owner of our general partner
would then be in a position to replace the directors and officers of EPE
Holdings.
Substantially
all of our Units that are owned by EPCO and its affiliates and substantially all
of the common units of Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO that are owned by
EPCO and its affiliates are pledged as security under the credit facility of an
affiliate of EPCO. Upon an event of default under this credit facility, a change
in ownership or control of us, Enterprise Products Partners or TEPPCO could
result.
Substantially
all of our Units that are owned by EPCO and its affiliates and substantially all
of the common units of Enterprise Products Partners (other than the 13,670,925
common units we currently own) and TEPPCO that are owned or controlled by EPCO
Holdings, Inc. and its privately-held subsidiaries, are pledged as security
under a credit facility of EPCO Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned indirect
subsidiary of EPCO. This credit facility contains customary and other
events of default relating to certain defaults of the borrower, us, Enterprise
Products Partners, TEPPCO and other affiliates of EPCO. Upon an event
of default, a change in control or ownership of us or Enterprise Products
Partners or TEPPCO could result.
Substantially
all of the Parent Company’s assets are pledged under its credit
facilities.
Borrowings
under the Parent Company’s August 2007 Credit Agreement are secured by its
ownership of (i) 13,454,498 common units of Enterprise Products Partners, (ii)
100% of the membership interests in EPGP, (iii) 38,976,090 common units of
Energy Transfer Equity, (iv) 4,400,000 common units of TEPPCO and (v) 100% of
the membership interests in TEPPCO GP. The Parent Company’s credit
facilities contain customary and other events of default. Upon an
event of default, the lenders under the Parent Company’s credit facilities could
foreclose on its assets, which would have a material adverse effect on the
Parent Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash
flows. For additional information regarding the Parent Company’s debt
obligations, see Note 15 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
included under Item 8 of this annual report.
Our
general partner has a limited call right that may require you to sell your Units
at an undesirable time or price.
If at any
time our general partner and its affiliates own more than 90% of our outstanding
Units, our general partner will have the right, but not the obligation, which it
may assign to any of its affiliates or to us, to acquire all, but not less than
all, of the Units held by unaffiliated persons at a price not less than their
then-current market price. As a result, our unitholders may be
required to sell their Units at an undesirable time or price and may not receive
any return on their investment. Our unitholders may also incur a tax
liability upon a sale of their Units. At March 2, 2009, affiliates of
EPE Holdings, including Dan L. Duncan, EPCO and the Employee Partnerships, owned
approximately 77.8% of our outstanding units.
We
depend on the leadership and involvement of Dan L. Duncan and other key
personnel for the success of our businesses.
We depend
on the leadership, involvement and services of Dan L. Duncan, the founder of
EPCO and the chairman of each of EPE Holdings and EPGP. Mr. Duncan
has been integral to our success and the success of EPCO due in part to his
ability to identify and develop business opportunities, make strategic decisions
and attract and retain key personnel. The loss of his leadership and
involvement or the services of any key members of our senior management team
could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position,
results of operations, cash flows and market price of our Units.
An
increase in interest rates may cause the market price of our Units to
decline.
As
interest rates rise, the ability of investors to obtain higher risk-adjusted
rates of return by purchasing government-backed debt securities may cause a
corresponding decline in demand for riskier investments generally, including
yield-based equity investments such as publicly traded limited partnership
interests. Reduced demand for our Units resulting from investors
seeking other more favorable investment opportunities may cause the trading
price of our Units to decline.
The
MLP Entities may issue additional common units, which may increase the risk that
the MLP Entities will not have sufficient available cash to maintain or increase
their per unit distribution level.
Each of
the MLP Entities has wide latitude to issue additional common units on terms and
conditions established by each of their respective general
partners. The payment of distributions on those additional common
units may increase the risk that the MLP Entities will be unable to maintain or
increase their per unit distribution level, which in turn may impact the
available cash that we have to distribute to our unitholders.
Unitholders’
liability as a limited partner may not be limited, and our unitholders may have
to repay distributions or make additional contributions to us under certain
circumstances.
As a
limited partner in a partnership organized under Delaware law, our unitholders
could be held liable for our obligations to the same extent as a general partner
if they participate in the “control” of our
business. EPE
Holdings generally has unlimited liability for the obligations of the
partnership, except for those contractual obligations of the partnership that
are expressly made without recourse to EPE Holdings. Additionally, the
limitations on the liability of holders of limited partner interests for the
obligations of a limited partnership have not been clearly established in many
jurisdictions.
Under
certain circumstances, our unitholders may have to repay amounts wrongfully
distributed to them. Under Section 17-607 of the Delaware Revised
Uniform Limited Partnership Act, neither we nor any of the MLP Entities may make
a distribution to our unitholders if the distribution would cause our or the MLP
Entities’ respective liabilities to exceed the fair value of our respective
assets. Delaware law provides that for a period of three years from the date of
the impermissible distribution, partners who received the distribution and who
knew at the time of the distribution that it violated Delaware law will be
liable to the partnership for the distribution amount. Liabilities to
partners on account of their partnership interest and liabilities that are
non-recourse to the partnership are not counted for purposes of determining
whether a distribution is permitted.
We
may have to take actions that are disruptive to our business strategy to avoid
registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
The Investment Company Act of 1940, or
Investment Company Act, requires registration for companies that are engaged
primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading
in securities. Registration as an investment company would subject us
to restrictions that are inconsistent with our fundamental business
strategy.
A company may be deemed to be an
investment company if it owns investment securities with a fair value exceeding
40% of the fair value of its total assets (excluding governmental securities and
cash items) on an unconsolidated basis, unless an exemption or safe harbor
applies. Securities issued by companies other than majority-owned
subsidiaries are generally counted as investment securities for purposes of the
Investment Company Act. We own minority equity interests in certain
entities, including Energy Transfer Equity and LE GP, that could be counted as
investment securities. In the event we acquire additional investment
securities in the future, or if the fair value of our interests in companies
that we do not control were to increase relative to the fair value of our
Controlled Subsidiaries, we might be required to divest some of our
non-controlled business interests, or take other action, in order to avoid being
classified as an investment company. Similarly, we may be limited in
our strategy to make future acquisitions of general partner interests and
related limited partner interests to the extent they are counted as investment
securities.
If we
cease to manage and control either of the Controlled Entities and are deemed to
be an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, we may either
have to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act,
obtain exemptive relief from the Securities and Exchange Commission, or modify
our organizational structure or our contract rights to fall outside the
definition of an investment company. Registering as an investment
company could, among other things, materially limit our ability to engage in
transactions with affiliates, including the purchase and sale of certain
securities or other property to or from our affiliates, restrict our ability to
borrow funds or engage in other transactions involving leverage and require us
to add additional directors who are independent of us or our
affiliates.
Moreover,
treatment of us as an investment company would prevent our qualification as a
partnership for federal income tax purposes, in which case we would be treated
as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. As a result we
would pay federal income tax on our taxable income at the corporate tax rate,
distributions to our unitholders generally be taxed again as corporate
distributions and none of our income, gains, losses or deductions available for
distribution to unitholders would be substantially reduced. As a
result, treatment of us as an investment company would result in a material
reduction in distributions to our unitholders, which would materially reduce the
value of our Units.
Our
partnership agreement restricts the rights of unitholders owning 20% or more of
our Units.
Our
unitholders’ voting rights are restricted by the provision in our partnership
agreement generally providing that any Units held by a person that owns 20% or
more of any class of Units then outstanding, other than EPE Holdings and its
affiliates, cannot be voted on any matter. In addition, our
partnership agreement contains provisions limiting the ability of our
unitholders to call meetings or to acquire information about our operations, as
well as other provisions limiting our unitholders’ ability to influence the
manner or direction of our management. As a result, the price at
which our Units will trade may be lower because of the absence or reduction of a
takeover premium in the trading price.
Risks
Relating to Conflicts of Interest
Conflicts
of interest exist and may arise among us, Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO
and our respective general partners and affiliates and entities affiliated with
any general partner interests that we may acquire in the future.
Conflicts
of interest exist and may arise in the future as a result of the relationships
among us, Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO and our respective general
partners and affiliates. EPE Holdings is controlled by Dan Duncan
LLC, of which Dan L. Duncan is the sole member. Accordingly, Mr.
Duncan has the ability to elect, remove and replace the directors and officers
of EPE Holdings. Similarly, through his indirect control of the
general partner of Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO, Mr. Duncan has the
ability to elect, remove and replace the directors and officers of the general
partner of Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO. The assets of
Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO overlap in certain areas, which may
result in various conflicts of interest in the future.
EPE
Holdings’ directors and officers have fiduciary duties to manage our business in
a manner beneficial to us and our partners. However, all of EPE
Holdings’ executive officers and non-independent directors (excluding O.S.
Andras and Randa Duncan Williams) also serve as executive officers or directors
of EPGP and, as a result, have fiduciary duties to manage the business of
Enterprise Products Partners in a manner beneficial to Enterprise Products
Partners and its partners. Consequently, these directors and officers
may encounter situations in which their fiduciary obligations to Enterprise
Products Partners, on the one hand, and us, on the other hand, are in
conflict. The resolution of these conflicts may not always be in our
best interest or that of our unitholders.
Future
conflicts of interest may arise among us and any entities whose general partner
interests we or our affiliates acquire or among Enterprise Products Partners,
TEPPCO and such entities. It is not possible to predict the nature or
extent of these potential future conflicts of interest at this time, nor is it
possible to determine how we will address and resolve any such future conflicts
of interest. However, the resolution of these conflicts may not
always be in our best interest or that of our unitholders.
If
we are presented with certain business opportunities, Enterprise Products
Partners (for itself or Duncan Energy Partners) will have the first right to
pursue such opportunities.
Pursuant
to an administrative services agreement, we have agreed to certain business
opportunity arrangements to address potential conflicts that may arise among us,
Enterprise Products Partners and the EPCO Group (which includes EPCO and its
affiliates, excluding EPGP, Enterprise Products Partners and its subsidiaries
(including Duncan Energy Partners), us and EPE Holdings and TEPPCO, its general
partner and their controlled affiliates). If a business opportunity
in respect of any assets other than equity securities, which we generally define
to include general partner interests in publicly traded partnerships and similar
interests and associated incentive distribution rights and limited partner
interests or similar interests owned by the owner of such general partner or its
affiliates, is presented to the EPCO Group, us, EPE Holdings, EPGP or Enterprise
Products Partners, then Enterprise Products Partners (for itself or Duncan
Energy Partners) will have the first right to acquire such
assets. The administrative services agreement provides, among other
things, that Enterprise Products Partners (for itself or Duncan Energy Partners)
will be presumed to desire to acquire the assets until such time as it advises
the EPCO Group and us that it has abandoned the pursuit of such business
opportunity, and we may not pursue the acquisition of such assets
prior to
that time. These business opportunity arrangements limit our ability
to pursue acquisitions of assets that are not “equity securities.”
Our
general partner’s affiliates may compete with us.
Our
partnership agreement provides that our general partner will be restricted from
engaging in any business activities other than acting as our general partner and
those activities incidental to its ownership of interests in
us. Except as provided in our partnership agreement and subject to
certain business opportunity agreements, affiliates of our general partner are
not prohibited from engaging in other businesses or activities, including those
that might be in direct competition with us.
Potential
conflicts of interest may arise among our general partner, its affiliates and
us. Our general partner and its affiliates have limited fiduciary duties to us
and our unitholders, which may permit them to favor their own interests to the
detriment of us and our unitholders.
At March
2, 2009, Dan L. Duncan, EPCO and their controlled affiliates, including the
Employee Partnerships, owned approximately 77.8% of our outstanding Units, and
Dan Duncan LLC owned 100% of EPE Holdings. Dan Duncan serves as EPE
Holdings’ Chairman as well as the Chairman of EPGP. Conflicts of
interest may arise among EPE Holdings and its affiliates, including TEPPCO, on
the one hand, and us and our unitholders, on the other hand. As a
result of these conflicts, EPE Holdings may favor its own interests and the
interests of its affiliates over the interests of our
unitholders. These conflicts include, among others, the
following:
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EPE
Holdings is allowed to take into account the interests of parties other
than us, including EPCO, EPGP, Enterprise Products Partners,
TEPPCO GP, TEPPCO and their respective affiliates and any future
general partners and limited partnerships acquired in the future in
resolving conflicts of interest, which has the effect of limiting its
fiduciary duty to our unitholders;
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our
general partner has limited its liability and reduced its fiduciary duties
under our partnership agreement, while also restricting the remedies
available to our unitholders for actions that, without these limitations,
might constitute breaches of fiduciary duty. As a result of purchasing our
Units, unitholders consent to various actions and conflicts of interest
that might otherwise constitute a breach of fiduciary or other duties
under applicable state law;
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our
general partner determines the amount and timing of our investment
transactions, borrowings, issuances of additional partnership securities
and reserves, each of which can affect the amount of cash that is
available for distribution to our
unitholders;
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our
general partner determines which costs incurred by it and its affiliates
are reimbursable by us;
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our
partnership agreement does not restrict our general partner from causing
us to pay it or its affiliates for any services rendered, or from entering
into additional contractual arrangements with any of these entities on our
behalf, so long as the terms of any such payments or additional
contractual arrangements are fair and reasonable to
us;
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our
general partner controls the enforcement of obligations owed to us by it
and its affiliates; and
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our
general partner decides whether to retain separate counsel, accountants or
others to perform services for us.
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Our
partnership agreement limits our general partner’s fiduciary duties to us and
our unitholders and restricts the remedies available to our unitholders for
actions taken by our general partner that might otherwise constitute breaches of
fiduciary duty.
Our
partnership agreement contains provisions that reduce the standards to which our
general partner would otherwise be held by state fiduciary duty
law. For example, our partnership agreement:
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permits
EPE Holdings to make a number of decisions in its individual capacity, as
opposed to in its capacity as our general partner. This
entitles EPE Holdings to consider only the interests and factors that it
desires, and it has no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any
interest of, or factors affecting, us, our affiliates or any limited
partner;
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provides
that our general partner is entitled to make other decisions in “good
faith” if it reasonably believes that the decision is in our best
interests;
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generally
provides that affiliated transactions and resolutions of conflicts of
interest not approved by the Audit, Conflicts and Governance Committee of
the board of directors of our general partner and not involving a vote of
unitholders must be on terms no less favorable to us than those generally
being provided to or available from unrelated third parties or be “fair
and reasonable” to us and that, in determining whether a transaction or
resolution is “fair and reasonable,” our general partner may consider the
totality of the relationships among the parties involved, including other
transactions that may be particularly advantageous or beneficial to us;
and
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provides
that our general partner and its officers and directors will not be liable
for monetary damages to us, our limited partners or assignees for any acts
or omissions unless there has been a final and non-appealable judgment
entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that the general
partner or those other persons acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud,
willful misconduct or gross
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In order
to become a limited partner of our partnership, our unitholders are required to
agree to be bound by the provisions in the partnership agreement, including the
provisions discussed above.
Each
of the Controlled GP Entities controls its respective Controlled Entity and may
influence cash distributed to us.
Although
we are the sole member of each of the Controlled GP Entities, our control over
the Controlled Entities’ actions is limited. The fiduciary duties
owed by each of the Controlled GP Entities to each of their respective
Controlled Entities and its unitholders prevent us from influencing the
Controlled GP Entities to take any action that would benefit us to the detriment
of the Controlled Entities or its unitholders. For example, each of
the Controlled GP Entities makes business determinations on behalf of their
respective Controlled Entities that impact the amount of cash distributed by
each of the Controlled Entities to its unitholders and to its respective
Controlled GP Entities, which in turn, affects the amount of cash distributions
we receive from the Controlled Entities and the Controlled GP Entities and
consequently, the amount of distributions we can pay to our
unitholders.
EPCO’s
employees may be subjected to conflicts in managing our business and the
allocation of time and compensation costs between our business and the business
of EPCO and its other affiliates.
We have no officers or employees and
rely solely on officers of our general partner and employees of
EPCO. Certain of our officers are also officers of EPCO and other
affiliates of EPCO. These relationships may create conflicts of
interest regarding corporate opportunities and other matters, and the resolution
of any such conflicts may not always be in our or our unitholders’ best
interests. In addition, these overlapping officers allocate their time among us,
EPCO and other affiliates of EPCO. These officers face potential
conflicts regarding the allocation of their time, which may adversely affect our
business, financial position and results of operations.
We have entered into an administrative
services agreement that governs business opportunities among entities controlled
by EPCO, which includes us and our general, Enterprise Products Partners and its
general partner, Duncan Energy Partners and its general partner and TEPPCO and
its general partner. For information regarding how business
opportunities are handled within the EPCO group of companies, see Item 13 of
this annual report.
We do not have an independent
compensation committee, and aspects of the compensation of our executive
officers and other key employees, including base salary, are not reviewed or
approved by our independent directors. The determination of executive
officer and key employee compensation could involve conflicts of interest
resulting in economically unfavorable arrangements for us.
Risks
Relating to the MLP Entities’ Business
Since our
cash flows primarily consist exclusively of distributions from the MLP Entities,
risks to the MLP Entities’ businesses are also risks to us. We have
set forth below some, but not all, of the key risks to the MLP Entities’
businesses, the occurrence of which could have negative impact on the MLP
Entities’ financial performance and decrease the amount of cash they are able to
distribute to us, thereby impacting the amount of cash that we are able to
distribute to our unitholders. These key risks are not in terms of
importance or level of risk. In some instances, each of the MLP
Entities share similar risks. However, in some cases, certain risks
are specific to the businesses of Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO and
Energy Transfer Equity. These risks will be discussed separately,
when necessary. Any risks related to Energy Transfer Equity will
refer to the business of ETP since the business of Energy Transfer Equity is to
receive distributions from ETP.
Enterprise
Products Partners and TEPPCO recently announced their participation in the
Texas Offshore Port System joint venture. Like other
projects for new facilities, the Texas Offshore Port System joint
venture is subject to various business, operational and regulatory risks and may
not be successful.
The Texas
Offshore Port System joint venture (including the TOPS and PACE projects
thereunder) is expected to represent an important investment for Enterprise
Products Partners and TEPPCO, requiring an estimated combined $1.2 billion in
capital contributions from them (excluding capitalized interest). Either or both
Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO may be unable to make required capital
contributions due to an inability to access capital markets or otherwise, in
which event the non-contributing partner’s interest could be diluted, and such
partner could suffer other adverse consequences.
Commencement
of the Texas Offshore Port System joint venture operations, like other new
facilities, is also subject to obtaining necessary regulatory and third-party
approvals. The offshore terminal will require approval by the U.S.
Coast Guard and issuance of a Deepwater Port License, while the onshore pipeline
and storage facilities will be subject to review by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Army Corps of Engineers and Department of Transportation.
Obtaining such approvals is a time consuming process. For example,
management estimates that the Deepwater Port License could take as long as two
years, assuming there are no delaying factors. These and other
regulatory, environmental, political and legal risks are beyond the control of
Enterprise Products Partners or TEPPCO and may also require the expenditure of
unexpected amounts of capital.
The Texas
Offshore Port System joint venture is also subject to significant logistical,
technological and staffing requirements, as well as force majeure events such as
hurricanes along the Gulf Coast, that could result in delays or significant
increases in the project’s current estimated costs. Increased project costs or
delays due to any cause, including financial, regulatory, environmental,
political, legal, economic or logistical difficulties, could have a material
adverse effect on the success of the Texas Offshore Port System joint venture
and on our business, financial position, results of operations and
prospects.
The
interruption of distributions to the MLP Entities from their respective
subsidiaries and joint ventures may affect their ability to satisfy their
obligations and to make distributions to their partners.
Each of the MLP Entities is a
partnership holding company with no business operations and its operating
subsidiaries conduct all of its operations and own all of its operating
assets. The only significant
assets
that each MLP Entity owns are the ownership interests in its subsidiaries and
joint ventures. As a result, each MLP Entity depends upon the
earnings and cash flow of its subsidiaries and joint ventures and the
distribution of that cash in order to meet its obligations and to allow it to
make distributions to its partners. The ability of an MLP Entity’s
subsidiaries and joint ventures to make distributions may be restricted by,
among other things, the provisions of existing and future indebtedness,
applicable state partnership and limited liability company laws and other laws
and regulations, including FERC policies.
In addition, the charter documents
governing each of the MLP Entities’ joint ventures typically allow their
respective joint venture management committees sole discretion regarding the
occurrence and amount of distributions. Some of the joint ventures in
which such MLP Entity participates have separate credit agreements that contain
various restrictive covenants. Among other things, those covenants
may limit or restrict the joint venture’s ability to make distributions to the
MLP Entities under certain circumstances. Accordingly, each of the
MLP Entities’ joint ventures may be unable to make distributions to it at
current levels, if at all.
Changes
in demand for and production of hydrocarbon products may materially adversely
affect the MLP Entities’ financial position, results of operations and cash
flows.
The MLP Entities operate predominantly
in the midstream energy sector, which includes gathering, transporting,
processing, fractionating and storing natural gas, NGLs, crude oil and refined
products. As such, the financial position, results of operations and
cash flows of each of the MLP Entities may be materially adversely affected by
changes in the prices of these hydrocarbon products and by changes in the
relative price levels among these hydrocarbon products.
Changes
in prices and changes in the relative price levels may impact demand for
hydrocarbon products, which in turn may impact production and volumes of product
for which each of the MLP Entities provide services. An MLP Entity
may also incur price risk to the extent counterparties do not perform in
connection with its marketing of crude oil, natural gas, NGLs and propylene, as
applicable.
In the
past, the price of natural gas has been extremely volatile, and this volatility
may continue. The New York Mercantile Exchange daily settlement price
for natural gas for the prompt month contract in 2006 ranged from a high of
$10.63 per MMBtu to a low of $4.20 per MMBtu. In 2007, the same index
ranged from a high of $8.64 per MMBtu to a low of $5.38 per MMBtu. In
2008, the same index ranged from a high of $13.58 per MMBtu to a low of $5.29
per MMBtu.
Generally,
the prices of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil and other hydrocarbon products are
subject to fluctuations in response to changes in supply, demand, market
uncertainty and a variety of additional factors that are impossible to
control. These factors include but are not limited to:
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level of domestic production;
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the
availability of imported oil and natural
gas;
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actions
taken by foreign oil and natural gas producing
nations;
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the
availability of transportation systems with adequate
capacity;
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the
availability of competitive fuels;
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fluctuating
and seasonal demand for oil, natural gas and
NGLs;
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the
impact of conservation efforts;
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the
extent of governmental regulation and taxation of production;
and
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the
overall economic environment.
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A
decline in the volume of natural gas, NGLs and crude oil delivered to the MLP
Entities’ facilities could adversely affect its financial position, results of
operations and cash flows.
The MLP Entities’ profitability could
be materially impacted by a decline in the volume of natural gas, NGLs and crude
oil transported, gathered or processed at their facilities. A
material decrease in natural gas or crude oil production or crude oil refining,
as a result of depressed commodity prices, a decrease in domestic and
international exploration and development activities or otherwise, could result
in a decline in the volume of natural gas, NGLs and crude oil handled by the MLP
Entities’ facilities.
The crude oil, natural gas and NGLs
currently transported, gathered or processed at the MLP Entities’ facilities
originate from existing domestic and international resource basins, which
naturally deplete over time. To offset this natural decline, the MLP
Entities’ facilities will need access to production from newly discovered
properties that are either being developed or expected to be developed.
Exploration and development of new oil and natural gas reserves is capital
intensive, particularly offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Many economic
and business factors are beyond the MLP Entities’ control and can adversely
affect the decision by producers to explore for and develop new
reserves. These factors could include relatively low oil and natural
gas prices, cost and availability of equipment and labor, regulatory changes,
capital budget limitations, the lack of available capital or the probability of
success in finding hydrocarbons. For example, a sustained decline in
the price of natural gas and crude oil could result in a decrease in natural gas
and crude oil exploration and development activities in the regions where the
MLP Entities’ facilities are located. This could result in a decrease
in volumes to the MLP Entities’ offshore platforms, natural gas processing
plants, natural gas, crude oil and NGL pipelines, and NGL fractionators, which
would have a material adverse affect on the MLP Entities’ financial position,
results of operations cash flows. Additional reserves, if discovered,
may not be developed in the near future or at all.
In addition, imported liquefied natural
gas (“LNG”) is expected to be a significant component of future natural gas
supply to the United States. Much of this increase in LNG supplies is
expected to be imported through new LNG facilities to be developed over the next
decade. Twelve LNG projects have been approved by the FERC to be
constructed in the Gulf Coast region and an additional two LNG projects
have been proposed for the region. We cannot predict which, if any,
of these projects will be constructed. The MLP Entities may not
realize expected increases in future natural gas supply available to their
facilities and pipelines if (i) a significant number of these new projects fail
to be developed with their announced capacity, (ii) there are significant delays
in such development, (iii) they are built in locations where they are not
connected to the MLP Entities’ assets or (iv) they do not influence sources of
supply on the MLP Entities’ systems. If the expected increase in
natural gas supply through imported LNG is not realized, projected natural gas
throughput on the MLP Entities’ pipelines would decline, which could have a
material adverse effect on the MLP Entities’ results of operations, cash flows
and financial position.
Acquisitions that
appear to be accretive may nevertheless reduce the MLP Entities’ cash from
operations on a per unit basis.
Even if the MLP Entities make
acquisitions that they believe will be accretive, these acquisitions may
nevertheless reduce cash from operations on a per unit basis. Any
acquisition involves potential risks, including, among other
things:
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mistaken
assumptions about volumes, revenues and costs, including
synergies;
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an
inability to integrate successfully the acquired
businesses;
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decreased
liquidity as a result of using a significant portion of available cash or
borrowing capacity to finance the
acquisition;
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a
significant increase in interest expense or financial leverage if
additional debt is incurred to finance the
acquisition;
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the
assumption of known or unknown liabilities for which there is no
indemnification or for which indemnity is inadequate or
limited;
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an
inability to hire, train or retain qualified personnel to manage and
operate new businesses and assets;
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mistaken
assumptions about the overall costs of equity or
debt;
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the
diversion of management’s and employees’ attention from other business
concerns;
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unforeseen
difficulties operating in new product areas or new geographic
areas; and
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customer
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If any of the MLP Entities consummates
any future acquisitions, its capitalization and results of operations may change
significantly, and you will not have the opportunity to evaluate the economic,
financial and other relevant information that it will consider in determining
the application of these funds and other resources.
The MLP Entities may not be able to fully execute
their growth strategies if they encounter illiquid capital markets or increased
competition for investment opportunities.
Each of the MLP Entities’ have a
strategy that contemplates growth through the development and acquisition of a
wide range of midstream and other energy infrastructure assets while maintaining
a strong balance sheet. These strategies include constructing and
acquiring additional assets and businesses to enhance the ability to compete
effectively and diversifying its asset portfolio, thereby providing more stable
cash flow. Each of the MLP Entities regularly considers and enters
into discussions regarding, and is currently contemplating and/or pursuing,
potential joint ventures, stand alone projects or other transactions that it
believes will present opportunities to realize synergies, expand its role in the
energy infrastructure business and increase its market position.
Each of the MLP Entities will require
substantial new capital to finance the future development and acquisition of
assets and businesses. Any limitations on any MLP Entity’s access to
capital will impair its ability to execute its strategy. If the cost
of such capital becomes too expensive, the MLP Entity’s ability to develop or
acquire accretive assets will be limited. The MLP Entities may not be
able to raise the necessary funds on satisfactory terms, if at
all. The primary factors that influence each MLP Entity’s initial
cost of equity include market conditions, fees it pays to underwriters and other
offering costs, which include amounts it pays for legal and accounting
services. The primary factors influencing cost of borrowing include
interest rates, credit spreads, covenants, underwriting or loan origination fees
and similar charges it pays to lenders.
Recent
conditions in the financial markets have limited the MLP Entities’ ability to
access equity and credit markets. Generally, credit has become more
expensive and difficult to obtain, and the cost of equity capital has also
become more expensive. Some lenders are imposing more stringent
credit terms and there may be a general reduction in the amount of credit
available in the markets in which we and the MLP Entities conduct
business. Tightening of the credit markets may have a material
adverse effect on us and the MLP Entities by, among other things, decreasing our
ability to finance expansion projects or business acquisitions on favorable
terms and by the imposition of increasingly restrictive borrowing covenants. In
addition, the distribution yields of new equity issued either by us or the MLP
Entities may be at a higher yield than historical levels, making additional
equity issuances more expensive.
In addition, each of the MLP Entities
is experiencing increased competition for the types of assets and businesses it
has historically purchased or acquired. Increased competition for a
limited pool of assets could result in the MLP Entities losing to other bidders
more often or acquiring assets at less attractive prices. Either
occurrence would limit the affected MLP Entity’s ability to fully execute its
growth strategy.
The
inability of any MLP Entity to execute its growth strategy may materially
adversely affect its ability to maintain or pay higher distributions in the
future.
The
global financial crisis may have impacts on our business and financial position
that we currently cannot predict.
The
continued credit crisis and related turmoil in the global financial system has
had, and may continue to have, an impact on our business and financial
position. We may face significant challenges if conditions in the
financial markets revert to those that existed in the fourth quarter of
2008. The ability of Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO and ETP to
access the capital markets may be severely restricted at a time when they would
like, or need, to do so, which could have an adverse impact on their ability to
meet capital commitments and achieve the flexibility needed to react to changing
economic and business conditions. The credit crisis could have a negative
impact on lenders or customers of Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO or ETP,
causing such parties to fail to meet their obligations. Additionally,
demand for the services and products of Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO and
ETP depends on activity and expenditure levels in the energy industry, which are
directly and negatively impacted by depressed oil and gas prices. Also, a
decrease in demand for NGLs by petrochemical and refining industries due to a
decrease in demand for their products due to general economic conditions would
impact demand for services and products of Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO
and ETP. Any of these factors could lead to reduced usage of the
pipelines and energy logistics services of Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO
and ETP, which could have a material negative impact on our financial position,
results of operations, cash flows and prospects.
Increases in
interest rates could materially adversely affect the MLP Entities’ business,
financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
We,
including Energy Transfer Equity, have significant exposure to increases in
interest rates. At December 31, 2008, Parent Company debt was $1.08
billion, of which $500.0 million was at fixed interest rates and the remainder
at variable interest rates, after giving effect to existing interest rate swap
agreements. At December 31, 2008, the principal amount of Enterprise
Products Partners’ consolidated debt was $9.05 billion, of which
$7.48 billion was at fixed interest rates and $1.57 billion was at
variable interest rates, after giving effect to existing interest rate swap
arrangements. At December 31, 2008, the principal amount of TEPPCO’s
consolidated debt was $2.52 billion, of which $2.00 billion was at
fixed interest rates and $516.7 million was at variable interest
rates. Energy Transfer Equity reported $7.2 billion of consolidated
debt, which includes debt with variable interest rates, in their annual report
on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2008.
From
time to time, we may enter into additional interest rate swap arrangements,
which could increase our exposure to variable interest rates. As a result, our
financial position, results of operations and cash flows could be materially
adversely affected by significant increases in interest rates.
An
increase in interest rates may also cause a corresponding decline in demand for
equity investments, in general, and in particular for yield-based equity
investments such as our limited partnership Units. Any such reduction in demand
for our equity securities resulting from other more attractive investment
opportunities may cause the trading price of our securities to
decline.
The
MLP Entities’ future debt level may limit their flexibility to obtain additional
financing and pursue other business opportunities.
The amount of any of the MLP Entities’
future debt could have significant effects on its operations, including, among
other things:
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substantial portion of the MLP Entities’ cash flow, including that of
Duncan Energy Partners to Enterprise Products Partners, could be dedicated
to the payment of principal and interest on its future debt and may not be
available for other purposes, including the payment of distributions on
its common units and capital
expenditures;
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rating agencies may view its debt level
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covenants
contained in its existing and future credit and debt arrangements will
require it to continue to meet financial tests that may adversely affect
its flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in its business,
including possible acquisition
opportunities;
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its
ability to obtain additional financing, if necessary, for working capital,
capital expenditures, acquisitions or other purposes may be impaired or
such financing may not be available on favorable
terms;
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may be at a competitive disadvantage relative to similar companies that
have less debt; and
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it
may be more vulnerable to adverse economic and industry conditions as a
result of its significant debt
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Each
of the MLP Entities’ ability to access capital markets to raise capital on
favorable terms will be affected by its debt level, the amount of its debt
maturing in the next several years and current maturities, and by prevailing
market conditions. Moreover, if the rating agencies were to downgrade
any of the MLP Entities’ credit rating, then the MLP Entity could experience an
increase in its borrowing costs, difficulty assessing capital markets or a
reduction in the market price of its common units. Such a development
could adversely affect the MLP Entity’s ability to obtain financing for working
capital, capital expenditures or acquisitions or to refinance existing
indebtedness. If any of the MLP Entities’ is unable to access the
capital markets on favorable terms in the future, it might be forced to seek
extensions for some of its short-term securities or to refinance some of its
debt obligations through bank credit, as opposed to long-term public debt
securities or equity securities. The price and terms upon which the
MLP Entities might receive such extensions or additional bank credit, if at all,
could be more onerous than those contained in existing debt
agreements. Any such arrangements could, in turn, increase the risk
that such MLP Entity’s leverage may adversely affect its future financial and
operating flexibility and thereby impact its ability to pay cash distributions
at expected rates.
The
MLP Entities face competition from third parties in their midstream
businesses.
Even
if crude oil and natural gas reserves exist in the areas accessed by the MLP
Entities’ facilities and are ultimately produced, the MLP Entities may not be
chosen by the producers in these areas to gather, transport, process,
fractionate, store or otherwise handle the hydrocarbons that are
produced. The MLP Entities compete with others, including producers
of oil and natural gas, for any such production on the basis of many factors,
including but not limited to:
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The MLP Entities’ refined products
transportation business competes with other pipelines in the areas where it
deliver products. The MLP Entities also compete with trucks, barges
and railroads in some of the areas it serves. Competitive pressures
may adversely affect the MLP Entities’ tariff rates or volumes
shipped. The crude oil gathering and marketing business can be
characterized by thin margins and intense competition for supplies of crude oil
at the wellhead. A decline in domestic crude oil production has
intensified competition among gatherers and marketers. Enterprise
Products Partners’ and TEPPCO’s crude oil transportation business competes with
common carriers and proprietary pipelines owned and
operated
by major oil companies, large independent pipeline companies and other companies
in the areas where such MLP Entities’ pipeline systems deliver crude oil and
NGLs.
In the MLP Entities’ natural gas
gathering business, new supplies of natural gas are necessary to offset natural
declines in production from wells connected to its gathering systems and to
increase throughput volume, and it encounters competition in obtaining contracts
to gather natural gas supplies. Competition in natural gas gathering is based in
large part on reputation, efficiency, system reliability, gathering system
capacity and price arrangements. The MLP Entities’ key competitors in
the gas gathering segment include independent gas gatherers and major integrated
energy companies. Alternate gathering facilities are available to
producers they serve, and those producers may also elect to construct
proprietary gas gathering systems. If the production delivered to any
of the MLP Entities’ gathering system declines, its revenues from such
operations will decline.
The
use of derivative financial instruments could result in material financial
losses by each of the MLP Entities.
Each of the MLP Entities historically
has sought to limit a portion of the adverse effects resulting from changes in
energy commodity prices and interest rates by using financial derivative
instruments and other hedging mechanisms from time to time. To the
extent that any of the MLP Entities hedges its commodity price and interest rate
exposures, it will forego the benefits it would otherwise experience if
commodity prices or interest rates were to change in its favor. In
addition, even though monitored by management, hedging activities can result in
losses. Such losses could occur under various circumstances,
including if a counterparty does not perform its obligations under the hedge
arrangement, the hedge is imperfect, or hedging policies and procedures are not
followed.
The MLP Entities’
construction of new assets is subject to regulatory, environmental, political,
legal and economic risks, which may result in delays, increased costs or
decreased cash flows.
One of the ways each of the MLP
Entities intends to grow its business is through the construction of new
midstream energy assets. The construction of new assets involves
numerous operational, regulatory, environmental, political and legal risks
beyond its control and may require the expenditure of significant amounts of
capital. These potential risks include, among other things, the
following:
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MLP Entity may be unable to complete construction projects on schedule or
at the budgeted cost due to the unavailability of required construction
personnel or materials, accidents, weather conditions or an inability to
obtain necessary permits;
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the
MLP Entity will not receive any material increases in revenues until the
project is completed, even though it may have expended considerable funds
during the construction phase, which may be
prolonged;
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the
MLP Entity may construct facilities to capture anticipated future growth
in production in a region in which such growth does not
materialize;
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the MLP Entities are not engaged in the exploration for and development of
natural gas reserves, it may not have access to third-party estimates of
reserves in an area prior to its constructing facilities in the
area. As a result, the MLP Entities may construct facilities in
an area where the reserves are materially lower than it
anticipate;
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the MLP Entities do rely on third-party estimates of reserves in making a
decision to construct facilities, these estimates may prove to be
inaccurate because there are numerous uncertainties inherent in estimating
reserves; and
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the
MLP Entities may be unable to obtain rights-of-way to construct additional
pipelines or the cost to do so may not be
economical.
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A
materialization of any of these risks could adversely affect any of the MLP
Entities’ ability to achieve growth in the level of its cash flows or realize
benefits from expansion opportunities or construction projects.
The
MLP Entities’ growth strategy may adversely affect its results of operations if
it does not successfully integrate the businesses that it acquires or if it
substantially increases its indebtedness and contingent liabilities to make
acquisitions.
Each
of the MLP Entities’ growth strategy includes making accretive
acquisitions. As a result, from time to time, each of the MLP
Entities will evaluate and acquire assets and businesses that it believes
complement its existing operations. Any of the MLP Entities may be
unable to integrate successfully businesses it acquires in the
future. Any of the MLP Entities may incur substantial expenses or
encounter delays or other problems in connection with its growth strategy that
could negatively impact its financial position, results of operations and cash
flows. Moreover, acquisitions and business expansions involve
numerous risks, including but not limited to:
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in the assimilation of the operations, technologies, services and products
of the acquired companies or business
segments;
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the internal controls and procedures required to be maintained under the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002;
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relationships with new joint venture
partners;
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inefficiencies
and complexities that can arise because of unfamiliarity with new assets
and the businesses associated with them, including with their
markets; and
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diversion
of the attention of management and other personnel from day-to-day
business to the development or acquisition of new businesses and other
business opportunities.
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If consummated, any acquisition or
investment would also likely result in the incurrence of indebtedness and
contingent liabilities and an increase in interest expense and depreciation,
depletion and amortization expenses. As a result, the MLP Entities’
capitalization and results of operations may change significantly following an
acquisition. A substantial increase in any of the MLP Entities’
indebtedness and contingent liabilities could have a material adverse effect on
its financial position, results of operations and cash flows. In
addition, any anticipated benefits of a material acquisition, such as expected
cost savings, may not be fully realized, if at all.
A
natural disaster, catastrophe or other event could result in severe personal
injury, property damage and environmental damage, which could curtail the MLP
Entities’ operations and otherwise materially adversely affect cash flow and,
accordingly, affect the market price of their common units.
Some of the MLP Entities’ operations
involve risks of personal injury, property damage and environmental damage,
which could curtail their operations and otherwise materially adversely affect
cash flow. For example, natural gas facilities operate at high
pressures, sometimes in excess of 1,100 pounds per square
inch. Enterprise Products Partners also operates oil and natural gas
facilities located underwater in the Gulf of Mexico, which can involve
complexities, such as extreme water pressure. Virtually all of the
MLP Entities’ operations are exposed to potential natural disasters, including
hurricanes, tornadoes, storms, floods and/or earthquakes. The
location of their assets and customers’ assets in the U.S. Gulf Coast region
makes them particularly vulnerable to hurricane risk.
If one or more facilities that are
owned by the MLP Entities or that deliver oil, natural gas or other products to
them are damaged by severe weather or any other disaster, accident, catastrophe
or event, the MLP Entities’ operations could be significantly
interrupted. Similar interruptions could result from damage to
production or other facilities that supply the MLP Entities’ facilities or other
stoppages arising
from
factors beyond their control. These interruptions might involve
significant damage to people, property or the environment, and repairs might
take from a week or less for a minor incident to six months or more for a major
interruption. Additionally, some of the storage contracts that the
MLP Entities are a party to obligate such MLP Entities’ to indemnify customers
for any damage or injury occurring during the period in which the customers’
products is in their possession. Any event that interrupts the
revenues generated by the MLP Entities’ operations, or which causes them to make
significant expenditures not covered by insurance, could reduce cash available
for paying distributions and, accordingly, adversely affect the market price of
their common units.
We believe that the MLP Entities have
adequate insurance coverage, although insurance will not cover many types of
interruptions that might occur and will not cover amounts up to applicable
deductibles. As a result of market conditions, premiums and
deductibles for certain insurance policies can increase substantially, and in
some instances, certain insurance may become unavailable or available only for
reduced amounts of coverage. For example, change in the insurance
markets subsequent to the hurricanes in 2005 and 2008 have made it more
difficult for the Controlled Entities to obtain certain types of
coverage. As a result, EPCO and LE GP may not be able to renew
existing insurance policies on behalf of the MLP Entities or procure other
desirable insurance on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. If
the MLP Entities were to incur a significant liability for which they were not
fully insured, a material adverse effect on their financial position, results of
operations and cash flows could occur. In addition, the proceeds of
any such insurance may not be paid in a timely manner and may be insufficient if
such an event were to occur.
Federal
or state regulation could materially adversely affect the MLP Entities’
business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
The FERC, pursuant to the ICA, the
Energy Policy Act and rules and orders promulgated thereunder, regulates the
tariff rates for the MLP Entities’ interstate common carrier pipeline
operations, including the transportation of crude oil, NGLs, petrochemical
products and refined products. Pursuant to the NGA, the FERC also
regulates the MLP Entities’ interstate natural gas pipeline and storage
facilities. The Surface Transportation Board (“STB”), pursuant to the
ICA, regulates interstate propylene pipelines. State regulatory agencies, such
as the Texas Railroad Commission (“TRRC”), regulate the MLP Entities’ intrastate
natural gas and NGL pipelines, intrastate natural gas storage facilities and
natural gas gathering lines.
Under the
ICA, interstate tariffs must be just and reasonable and must not be unduly
discriminatory or confer an undue preference upon any shipper. In
addition, interstate transportation rates must be filed with the FERC and
publicly posted. Shippers may protest, and the FERC may investigate,
the lawfulness of new or changed tariff rates. The FERC can suspend
those tariff rates for up to seven months. It can also require
refunds of amounts collected pursuant to rates that are ultimately found to be
unlawful. The FERC and interested parties may challenge tariff rates
that have become final and effective. Because of the complexity of
rate making, the lawfulness of any rate is never assured. A
successful challenge of the rates charged by the MLP Entities could adversely
affect their revenues.
The Energy Policy Act deemed liquid
pipeline rates that were in effect for the twelve months preceding enactment and
that had not been subject to complaint, protest or investigation, just and
reasonable under the Energy Policy Act (i.e., deemed
grandfathered). Some, but not all, of the MLP Entities’ interstate
rates are considered grandfathered rates under the Energy Policy
Act. A person challenging a grandfathered rate must, as a threshold
matter, establish a substantial change since the date of enactment of the Energy
Policy Act, in either the economic circumstances or the nature of the service
that formed the basis of the rate. In May 2007, the D. C. Circuit
upheld the FERC’s view that a substantial change in the economic circumstances
requires a change to the pipeline’s total cost of service rather than to a
single cost element. A successful challenge to the grandfathered
rates charged by the MLP Entities could adversely affect their
revenues.
The FERC uses several prescribed rate
methodologies for approving regulated tariff rates under the
ICA. Some of the MLP Entities’ interstate tariff rates are
market-based and others are derived in
accordance
with the FERC’s indexing methodology, which currently allows a pipeline to
increase its rates by a percentage linked to the Producer Price Index for
finished goods. These methodologies may limit the ability to set
rates based on actual costs or may delay the use of rates reflecting increased
costs. Changes in the FERC’s approved methodology for approving rates
could adversely affect the MLP Entities. Adverse decisions by the
FERC in approving any of the MLP Entities’ regulated rates could adversely
affect their cash flow.
In July 2004, the D.C. Circuit issued
its opinion in BP West Coast
Products, LLC v. FERC, which upheld, among other things, the FERC’s
determination that certain rates of an interstate petroleum products pipeline,
Santa Fe Pacific Pipeline (“SFPP”), were grandfathered rates under the Energy
Policy Act of 1992 and that SFPP’s shippers had not demonstrated substantially
changed circumstances that would justify modification to those
rates. The Court also vacated the portion of the FERC’s decision
applying the Lakehead
policy. In the Lakehead
decision, the FERC allowed an oil pipeline publicly traded partnership to
include in its cost-of-service an income tax allowance to the extent that its
unitholders were corporations subject to income tax. In 2005, the
FERC issued a statement of general policy, as well as an order on remand of
BP West Coast, in which
the FERC stated it will permit pipelines to include in cost of service a tax
allowance to reflect actual or potential tax liability on their public utility
income attributable to all partnership or limited liability company interests,
if the ultimate owner of the interest has an actual or potential income tax
liability on such income. Whether a pipeline’s owners have such actual or
potential income tax liability will be reviewed by the FERC on a case-by-case
basis. Although the new policy is generally favorable for pipelines that are
organized as pass-through entities, it still entails rate risk due to the
case-by-case review requirement.
In December 2005, the FERC concluded
that for tax allowance purposes, the FERC would apply a rebuttable presumption
that corporate partners of pass-through entities pay the maximum marginal tax
rate of 35% and that non-corporate partners of pass-through entities pay a
marginal rate of 28%. The FERC indicated that it would address the
income tax allowance issues further in the context of SFPP’s compliance filing
submitted in March 2006. In December 2006, the FERC ruled on some of
the issues raised as to the March 2006 SFPP compliance filing, upholding most of
its determinations in the December 2005 order. However, the FERC did
revise its rebuttable presumption as to corporate partners’ marginal tax rate
from 35% to 34%. The FERC’s BP West Coast remand decision
and the tax allowance policy were appealed to the D.C. Circuit and certain
parties requested a rehearing of the December 2005 order with the
FERC.
In May 2007, the D.C. Circuit affirmed
FERC’s tax allowance policy. Therefore, the MLP Entities may include
in an income tax allowance in their cost of service to the extent they are able
to comply with FERC policy. In December 2007, the FERC issued a
rehearing order which, among other things, addressed the 2005 order affirming
that a pipeline can establish an accrual or potential income tax liability if
the partners provide certain information and concluded that the concept of a
potential tax liability recognizes that that liability may be deferred and that
partners should benefit from tax deferrals. However, FERC left open
the possibility that it could require different criteria before permitting an
income tax allowance. Rehearing requests of the December 2007 order
are pending at the FERC.
Under the NGA, the FERC has authority
to regulate natural gas companies that provide natural gas pipeline
transportation services in interstate commerce. Its authority to
regulate those services is comprehensive and includes the rates charged for the
services, terms and condition of service and certification and construction of
new facilities. To be lawful under the NGA, interstate tariff rates,
terms and conditions of service must be just and reasonable and not unduly
discriminatory, and must be on file with FERC. Existing pipeline
rates may be challenged by customer complaint or by the FERC Staff and proposed
rate increases may be challenged by protest. The FERC can require
refunds of amounts collected pursuant to rates that are ultimately found to be
unlawful. Because of the complexity of rate making, the lawfulness of
any rate is never assured. A successful challenge of the MLP
Entities’ interstate natural gas transportation rates could adversely affect
their revenues.
Under the ICA, the STB regulates
interstate common carrier propylene pipelines. If the STB finds that
a pipeline’s rates are not just and reasonable or are unduly discriminatory or
preferential, the STB may prescribe a reasonable rate. In addition,
if the STB determines that effective competitive alternatives are
not
available to a shipper and a pipeline holds market power, then Enterprise
Products Partners may be required to show that the rates are just and
reasonable.
The MLP Entities’ intrastate NGL and
natural gas pipelines are subject to regulation in many states, including
Alabama, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas, and by the FERC
pursuant to Section 311 of the Natural Gas Policy Act. Amounts
charged in excess of fair and equitable rates for Section 311 service are
subject to refund with interest and the terms and conditions of service, set
forth in the pipeline’s Statement of Operating Conditions, are subject to FERC
approval. The MLP Entities also have intrastate natural gas
underground storage facilities in Louisiana, Mississippi and
Texas. Although state regulation is typically less onerous than at
the FERC, proposed and existing rates subject to state regulation and the
provision of services on a non-discriminatory basis are also subject to
challenge by protest and complaint, respectively.
The MLP Entities’ intrastate pipelines
and natural gas gathering systems are generally exempt from FERC regulation
under the NGA, however FERC regulation still significantly affects the natural
gas gathering business. In recent years, the FERC has pursued
pro-competition policies in its regulation of interstate natural gas
pipelines. If the FERC does not continue this approach, it could have
an adverse effect on the rates the MLP Entities’ are able to charge in the
future. In addition, its natural gas gathering operations could be
adversely affected in the future should they become subject to the application
of federal regulation of rates and services. Additional rules and
legislation pertaining to these matters are considered and adopted from time to
time. We cannot predict what effect, if any, such regulatory changes
and legislation might have on the MLP Entities’ operations, but they could be
required to incur additional capital expenditures.
Enterprise Products Partners has
interests in natural gas pipeline facilities offshore from Texas and
Louisiana. These facilities are subject to regulation by the FERC and
other federal agencies, including the Department of Interior, under the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act, and by the Department of Transportation's Office of
Pipeline Safety under the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act. TEPPCO’s
new maritime transportation business line is subject to federal regulation under
the Jones Act and the Merchant Marine Act of 1936.
ETP’s pipeline operations are subject
to ratable take and common purchaser statutes in Texas and
Louisiana. Ratable take statutes generally require gatherers to take,
without undue discrimination, natural gas production that may be tendered to the
gatherer for handling. Similarly, common purchaser statutes generally
require gatherers to purchase without undue discrimination as to source of
supply or producer. These statutes have the effect of restricting
ETP’s right as an owner of gathering facilities to decide with whom it contracts
to purchase or transport natural gas. Federal law leaves any economic
regulation of natural gas gathering to the states, and some of the states in
which ETP operates have adopted complaint-based or other limited economic
regulation of natural gas gathering activities which generally allow natural gas
producers and shippers to file complaints with state regulators in an effort to
resolve grievances relating to natural gas gathering rates and
access. Other state and local regulations also affect ETP’s
business.
ETP’s and Enterprise Products Partners’
intrastate storage facilities are subject to the jurisdiction of the
TRRC. Generally, the TRRC has jurisdiction over all underground
storage of natural gas in Texas, unless the facility is part of an interstate
gas pipeline facility. Because ETP’s ET Fuel System and the Houston
Pipeline System natural gas storage facilities are only connected to intrastate
gas pipelines, they fall within the TRRC’s jurisdiction and must be operated
pursuant to TRRC permit. Certain changes in ownership or operation of
TRCC–jurisdictional storage facilities, such as facility expansions and
increases in the maximum operating pressure, must be approved by the TRRC
through an amendment to the facility’s existing permit. In addition, the TRRC
must approve transfers of the permits. The TRRC’s regulations also
require all natural gas storage facilities to be operated to prevent waste, the
uncontrolled escape of gas, pollution and danger to life or
property. Accordingly, the TRRC requires natural gas storage
facilities to implement certain safety, monitoring, reporting and record-keeping
measures. Violations of the terms and provisions of a TRRC permit or
a TRRC order or regulation can result in the modification, cancellation or
suspension of an operating permit and/or civil penalties, injunctive relief, or
both. The TRRC’s jurisdiction extends to both rates and pipeline
safety. The rates the MLP Entities charge for transportation and
storage
services
are deemed just and reasonable under Texas law unless challenged in a
complaint. Should a complaint be filed or should regulation become
more active, the MLP Entities’ business may be adversely affected.
The
MLP Entities’ pipeline integrity programs may impose significant costs and
liabilities on them.
The U.S. Department of Transportation
issued final rules (effective March 2001 with respect to hazardous liquid
pipelines and February 2004 with respect to natural gas pipelines) requiring
pipeline operators to develop integrity management programs to comprehensively
evaluate their pipelines, and take measures to protect pipeline segments located
in what the rules refer to as “high consequence areas.” The final
rule resulted from the enactment of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of
2002. At this time, we cannot predict the ultimate costs of
compliance with this rule because those costs will depend on the number and
extent of any repairs found to be necessary as a result of the pipeline
integrity testing that is required by the rule. The MLP Entities will
continue their pipeline integrity testing programs to assess and maintain the
integrity of their pipelines. The results of these tests could cause
the MLP Entities to incur significant and unanticipated capital and operating
expenditures for repairs or upgrades deemed necessary to ensure the continued
safe and reliable operation of their pipelines.
Environmental
costs and liabilities and changing environmental regulation, including climate
change regulation, could affect the MLP Entities’ financial position, results of
operations and cash flows.
The MLP Entities’ operations are
subject to extensive federal, state and local regulatory requirements relating
to environmental affairs, health and safety, waste management and chemical and
petroleum products. Further, the MLP Entities cannot ensure that
existing environmental regulations will not be revised or that new regulations,
such as regulations designed to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, will not
be adopted or become applicable to the MLP Entities. Governmental
authorities have the power to enforce compliance with applicable regulations and
permits and to subject violators to civil and criminal penalties, including
substantial fines, injunctions or both. Certain environmental laws,
including CERCLA and analogous state laws and regulations, impose strict, joint
and several liability for costs required to cleanup and restore sites where
hazardous substances or hydrocarbons have been disposed or otherwise released.
Moreover, third parties, including neighboring landowners, may also have the
right to pursue legal actions to enforce compliance or to recover for personal
injury and property damage allegedly caused by the release of hazardous
substances, hydrocarbons or other waste products into the
environment.
Each of the MLP Entities will make
expenditures in connection with environmental matters as part of normal capital
expenditure programs. However, future environmental law developments,
such as stricter laws, regulations, permits or enforcement policies, could
increase some costs of the MLP Entities’ operations, including the handling,
manufacture, use, emission or disposal of substances and wastes.
Climate
change regulation is one area of potential future environmental law
development. Studies have suggested that emissions of certain gases,
commonly referred to as “greenhouse gases,” may be contributing to warming of
the Earth’s atmosphere. Methane, a primary component of natural gas,
and carbon dioxide, a byproduct of the burning of natural gas, are examples of
greenhouse gases. The U.S. Congress is considering legislation to
reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. In addition, at least nine
states in the Northeast and five states in the West have developed initiatives
to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases, primarily through the planned
development of greenhouse gas emission inventories and/or regional greenhouse
gas cap and trade programs. The EPA is separately considering whether
it will regulate greenhouse gases as “air pollutants” under the existing federal
Clean Air Act.
Passage
of climate control legislation or other regulatory initiatives by Congress or
various states of the U.S. or the adoption of regulations by the EPA or
analogous state agencies that regulate or restrict emissions of greenhouse
gases, including methane or carbon dioxide in areas in which the MLP Entities
conduct business, could result in changes to the consumption and demand for
natural gas and could have adverse effects on their business, financial
position, results of operations and prospects. These changes could
increase the MLP Entities’ costs of operations, including costs to operate and
maintain facilities,
install
new emission controls on facilities, acquire allowances to authorize greenhouse
gas emissions, pay any taxes related to greenhouse gas emissions and administer
and manage a greenhouse gas emissions program. While the MLP Entities
may be able to include some or all of such increased costs in the rates charged
by their pipelines or other facilities, such recovery of costs is uncertain and
may depend on events beyond their control including the outcome of future rate
proceedings before the FERC and the provisions of any final
legislation.
The
MLP Entities are subject to strict regulations at many of their facilities
regarding employee safety, and failure to comply with these regulations could
adversely affect their ability to make distributions to us and the Controlled GP
Entities.
The
workplaces associated with the MLP Entities’ facilities are subject to the
requirements of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act, or OSHA, and
comparable state statutes that regulate the protection of the health and safety
of workers. In addition, the OSHA hazard communication standard requires that
each MLP Entity maintains information about hazardous materials used or produced
in its operations and that it provide this information to employees, state and
local governmental authorities and local residents. The failure to
comply with OSHA requirements or general industry standards, keep adequate
records or monitor occupational exposure to regulated substances could have a
material adverse effect on the MLP Entities’ business, financial position,
results of operations and ability to make distributions to us and the Controlled
GP Entities.
An
impairment of goodwill and intangible assets could reduce the MLP Entities’ net
income.
At December 31, 2008, Enterprise
Products Partners’ balance sheet reflected $706.9 million of goodwill and
$855.4 million of intangible assets. At December 31, 2008,
TEPPCO’s balance sheet reflected $106.6 million of goodwill and
$207.7 million of intangible assets. At December 31, 2008,
Energy Transfer Equity’s balance sheet reflected $773.3 million of goodwill
and $403.0 million of intangible assets. Additionally, we have
recorded $197.6 million of goodwill and $606.9 million of indefinite-lived
intangible assets related to the Parent Company’s investment in
TEPPCO.
Goodwill is recorded when the purchase
price of a business exceeds the fair market value of the tangible and separately
measurable intangible net assets. GAAP requires the MLP Entities to
test goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment on an annual
basis or when events or circumstances occur indicating that goodwill might be
impaired. Long-lived assets such as intangible assets with finite
useful lives are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in
circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be
recoverable. If any of the MLP Entities determines that any of its
goodwill or intangible assets were impaired, it would be required to take an
immediate charge to earnings with a correlative effect on partners’ equity and
balance sheet leverage as measured by debt to total capitalization.
The
MLP Entities may be unable to cause their joint ventures to take or not to take
certain actions unless some or all of the joint venture participants
agree.
The MLP Entities participate in several
joint ventures. Due to the nature of some of these arrangements, the
participants have made substantial investments and, accordingly, have required
that the relevant charter documents contain certain features designed to provide
each participant with the opportunity to participate in the management of the
joint venture and to protect its investment, as well as any other assets which
may be substantially dependent on or otherwise affected by the activities of
that joint venture. These participation and protective features
customarily include a corporate governance structure that requires at least a
majority-in-interest vote to authorize many basic activities and requires a
greater voting interest (sometimes up to 100%) to authorize more significant
activities. Examples of these more significant activities are large
expenditures or contractual commitments, the construction or acquisition of
assets, borrowing money or otherwise raising capital, transactions with
affiliates of a joint venture participant, litigation and transactions not in
the ordinary course of business, among others. Thus, without the
concurrence of joint venture participants with enough voting interests, the
affected MLP Entity may be unable to cause any of its joint ventures to take or
not to take certain actions, even though those actions may be in the best
interest of the affected MLP Entity or the particular joint
venture.
Moreover, any joint venture owner may
sell, transfer or otherwise modify its ownership interest in a joint venture,
whether in a transaction involving third parties or the other joint venture
owners. Any such transaction could result in the affected MLP Entity
being required to partner with different or additional parties.
Terrorist
attacks aimed at any of the MLP Entities’ facilities could adversely affect
their business, financial position, results of operations and cash
flows.
Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist
attacks on the United States, the United States government has issued warnings
that energy assets, including our nation’s pipeline infrastructure, may be the
future target of terrorist organizations. Any terrorist attack on the
MLP Entities’ facilities or pipelines or those of their customers could have a
material adverse effect on their business.
Risks
Relating to Energy Transfer Equity and ETP
The following risks are specific to
Energy Transfer Equity and ETP. The following summaries are derived
from the risk factors presented by Energy Transfer Equity in its filings with
the SEC. We do not control Energy Transfer Equity or ETP, and
accordingly rely in large part on information, including risk factors, provided
by Energy Transfer Equity in identifying and describing the risks set forth
below.
A
reduction in ETP’s distributions will disproportionately affect the amount of
cash distributions to which Energy Transfer Equity and we are
entitled.
Energy
Transfer Equity’s direct and indirect ownership of 100% of the IDRs in ETP (50%
prior to November 1, 2006), through its ownership of equity interests in
the general partner of ETP, the holder of the IDRs, entitles Energy Transfer
Equity to receive its pro rata share of specified percentages of total cash
distributions made by ETP as it reaches established target cash distribution
levels. The amount of the cash distributions that Energy Transfer
Equity received from ETP during its fiscal year 2006 related to its ownership
interest in the IDRs has increased at a more rapid rate than the amount of the
cash distributions related to its 2% general partner interest in ETP and its
common units of ETP. Energy Transfer Equity currently receives its
pro rata share of cash distributions from ETP based on the highest incremental
percentage, 48%, to which the general partner of ETP is entitled pursuant to its
IDRs in ETP. A decrease in the amount of distributions by ETP to less
than $0.4125 per ETP common unit per quarter would reduce the general
partner of ETP’s percentage of the incremental cash distributions above $0.3175
per common unit per quarter from 48% to 23%. As a result, any such
reduction in quarterly cash distributions from ETP would have the effect of
disproportionately reducing the amount of all distributions that Energy Transfer
Equity receives from ETP based on our ownership interest in the IDRs in ETP as
compared to cash distributions Energy Transfer Equity receives from ETP on its
2% general partner interest in ETP and its ETP common units. Any such
reduction would reduce the amounts that Energy Transfer Equity could distribute
to us directly and indirectly through our equity interests in its general
partner.
ETP
is under investigation by the FERC and CFTC relating to certain trading and
transportation activities, and is a party to certain other commodity-based
litigation.
ETP is
under investigation by the FERC and Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(“CFTC”) with respect to whether ETP engaged in manipulation or
improper trading activities in the Houston Ship Channel market around the times
of the hurricanes in the fall of 2005 and other prior periods in order to
benefit financially from its commodities derivative positions and from
certain of our index-priced physical gas purchases in the Houston Ship Channel
market. The FERC is also investigating certain of ETP’s intrastate
transportation activities. In addition, third parties have asserted claims
and may assert additional claims for damages related to these
matters.
A
consolidated class action complaint alleging, among other things, manipulation
of natural gas index prices has been filed against ETP. For
additional information regarding the above actions, see “Commitments and
Contingencies – Litigations” in Note 20 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report.
At this
time, ETP is unable to predict the outcome of these matters; however, it is
possible that the amount it becomes obligated to pay as a result of the final
resolution of these matters, whether on a negotiated settlement basis or
otherwise, will exceed the amount of existing accrual related to these
matters.
As of
December 31, 2008, ETP’s accrued amounts for all of its contingencies and
current litigation matters (excluding environmental matters) was $20.8
million. Since ETP’s accrual amounts are non-cash, any cash payment
of an amount in resolution of these matters would likely be made from cash from
operations or borrowings, which payments would reduce its cash available for
distributions either directly or as a result of increased principal and interest
payments necessary to service any borrowings incurred to finance such payments.
If these payments are substantial, ETP and, ultimately, our investee, Energy
Transfer Equity, may experience a material adverse impact on results of
operations, cash available for distribution and liquidity.
Tax
Risks to Our Unitholders
Our tax treatment
depends on our status as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, as well
as our not being subject to a material amount of entity-level taxation by
individual states. If the IRS were to treat us as a corporation or if we were to
become subject to a material amount of entity-level taxation for state tax
purposes, then our cash
available for distribution to our unitholders would be substantially
reduced.
The
anticipated after-tax benefit of an investment in our Units depends largely on
our being treated as a partnership for federal income tax
purposes. We have not requested, and do not plan to request, a ruling
from the IRS (“Internal Revenue Service”) on this matter. The value
of our investment in the MLP Entities depends largely on each of the MLP
Entities being treated as a partnership for federal income tax
purposes.
If we
were treated as a corporation for federal income tax purposes, we would pay
federal income tax on our taxable income at the corporate tax rate, which is
currently a maximum of 35%. Distributions to our unitholders would
generally be taxed again as corporate distributions, and no income, gains,
losses, deductions or credits would flow through to our unitholders. Because a
tax would be imposed upon us as a corporation, our cash available for
distribution to our unitholders would be substantially reduced. Thus,
treatment of us as a corporation would result in a material reduction in our
anticipated cash flow and after-tax return to our unitholders, likely causing a
substantial reduction in the value of our Units.
If any of
the MLP Entities were treated as a corporation for federal income tax purposes,
it would pay federal income tax on its taxable income at the corporate tax
rate. Distributions to us would generally be taxed again as corporate
distributions, and no income, gains, losses, deduction or credits would flow
through to us. As a result, there would be a material reduction in
our anticipated cash flow, likely causing a substantial reduction in the value
of our Units.
Current
law may change, causing us or any of the MLP Entities to be treated as a
corporation for federal income tax purposes or otherwise subjecting us or any of
the MLP Entities to a material amount of entity level taxation. In
addition, because of widespread state budget deficits and other reasons, several
states (including Texas) are evaluating ways to enhance state-tax collections.
For example, our operating subsidiaries are subject to the Revised Texas
Franchise Tax, on the portion of their revenue that is generated in Texas
beginning for tax reports due on or after January 1, 2008. Specifically,
the Revised Texas Franchise Tax is imposed at a maximum effective rate of 0.7%
of the operating subsidiaries’ gross revenue that is apportioned to
Texas. If any additional state were to impose an entity-level tax
upon us or the MLP Entities as an entity, the cash available for distribution to
our unitholders would be reduced.
The
tax treatment of publicly traded partnerships or an investment in our Units
could be subject to potential legislative, judicial or administrative changes
and differing interpretations, possibly on a retroactive basis.
The present U.S. federal income tax
treatment of publicly traded partnerships, including us and the MLP Entities, or
an investment in our Units may be modified by administrative, legislative or
judicial
interpretation
at any time. Any modification to the U.S. federal income tax laws and
interpretations thereof may or may not be applied retroactively and could make
it more difficult or impossible to meet the exception for us to be treated as a
partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes that is not taxable as a
corporation, or Qualifying Income Exception, affect or cause us to change our
business activities, affect the tax considerations of an investment in us,
change the character or treatment of portions of our income and adversely affect
an investment in our Units. For example, in response to certain
recent developments, members of Congress are considering substantive changes to
the definition of qualifying income under Section 7704(d) of the Internal
Revenue Code. It is possible that these legislative efforts could
result in changes to the existing U.S. tax laws that affect publicly traded
partnerships, including us and the MLP Entities. Modifications to the
U.S. federal income tax laws and interpretations thereof may or may not be
applied retroactively. We are unable to predict whether any changes
will ultimately be enacted. Any such changes could negatively impact
the value of an investment in our Units.
If
the IRS contests the federal income tax positions we take, the market for our
Units may be adversely impacted, and the costs of any contest will be borne by
our unitholders and EPE Holdings.
The IRS
may adopt positions that differ from the position we take, even positions taken
with advice of counsel. It may be necessary to resort to
administrative or court proceedings to sustain some or all of our counsel’s
conclusions or the positions we take. A court may not agree with some
or all of our counsel’s conclusions or the positions we take. Any
contest with the IRS may materially and adversely impact the market for our
Units and the price at which they trade. In addition, the costs of
any contest with the IRS, principally legal, accounting and related fees will
result in a reduction in cash available for distribution to our unitholders and
our general partner and thus will be borne indirectly by our unitholders and our
general partner.
A
successful IRS contest of the federal income tax positions taken by any of the
MLP Entities may adversely impact the market for its common units, and the costs
of any contest will be borne by such MLP Entity, and therefore indirectly by us
and the other unitholders of the MLP Entities.
The IRS
may adopt positions that differ from the positions each of the MLP Entities
takes, even positions taken with the advice of counsel. It may be
necessary to resort to administrative or court proceedings to sustain some or
all of the positions such MLP Entity takes. A court may not agree
with all of the positions such MLP Entity takes. Any contest with the
IRS may materially and adversely impact the market for the MLP Entities’ common
units and the prices at which the common units trade. In addition,
the costs of any contest with the IRS, principally legal, accounting and related
fees will be borne by the MLP Entities and therefore indirectly by us, as a
unitholder of such MLP Entity, and by the other unitholders of the MLP
Entities.
Even
if our unitholders do not receive any cash distributions from us, they will be
required to pay taxes on their share of our taxable income.
Our
unitholders will be required to pay federal income taxes and, in some cases,
state and local income taxes on their share of our taxable income, whether or
not they receive cash distributions from us. Our unitholders may not receive
cash distributions from us equal to their share of our taxable income or even
equal to the actual tax liability that results from their share of our taxable
income.
Tax
gain or loss on the disposition of our Units could be different than
expected.
If our
unitholders sell their Units, they will recognize gain or loss equal to the
difference between the amount realized and their tax basis in those
Units. Prior distributions in excess of the total net taxable income
allocated to a unitholder for a Unit, which decreased his tax basis in that
Unit, will, in effect, become taxable income if the Unit is sold at a price
greater than such unitholder’s tax basis in that Unit, even if the price
received is less than such unitholder’s original cost. A substantial
portion of the amount realized, whether or not representing gain, may be
ordinary income to our unitholders.
Tax-exempt
entities and non-U.S. persons face unique tax issues from owning Units that may
result in adverse tax consequences to them.
Investment
in Units by tax-exempt entities, such as individual retirement accounts (known
as IRAs), other retirement plans and non-U.S. persons raises issues unique to
them. For example, virtually all of our income allocated to
organizations exempt from federal income tax, including individual retirement
accounts and other retirement plans, will be unrelated business taxable income
and will be taxable to them. Distributions to non-U.S. persons will
be reduced by withholding taxes at the highest applicable effective tax rate,
and non-U.S. persons will be required to file United States federal income tax
returns and pay tax on their share of our taxable income.
We
will treat each purchaser of our Units as having the same tax benefits without
regard to the Units purchased. The IRS may challenge this treatment,
which could adversely affect the value of our Units.
Because we cannot match transferors and
transferees of Units, we will adopt depreciation and amortization positions that
may not conform with all aspects of existing Treasury regulations. A
successful IRS challenge to those positions could adversely affect the amount of
tax benefits available to you. It also could affect the timing of
these tax benefits or the amount of gain from your sale of Units and could have
a negative impact on the value of our Units or result in audit adjustments to
our unitholders’ tax returns.
We
prorate our items of income, gain, loss and deduction between transferors and
transferees of the Units each month based upon the ownership of the units on the
first day of each month, instead of on the basis of the date a particular Unit
is transferred.
We prorate our items of income, gain,
loss and deduction between transferors and transferees of the Units each month
based upon the ownership of the Units on the first day of each month, instead of
on the basis of the date a particular Unit is transferred. The use of
this proration method may not be permitted under existing Treasury regulations,
and, accordingly, our counsel is unable to opine as to the validity of this
method. If the IRS were to successfully challenge this method or new
Treasury regulations were issued, we may be required to change the allocation of
items of income, gain, loss and deduction amount our unitholders.
The
publicly traded partnerships in which we own interests have adopted certain
methodologies that may result in a shift of income, gain, loss and deduction
between the general partner and the unitholders of these publicly traded
partnerships. The Internal Revenue Service may challenge this
treatment, which could adversely affect the value of the units of a publicly
traded partnership in which we own interests and our Units.
When we, or an MLP Entity, issue
additional equity securities or engage in certain other transactions, the
applicable MLP Entity determines the fair market value of its assets and
allocates any unrealized gain or loss attributable to such assets to the capital
accounts of the MLP Entity’s public unitholders and the MLP Entity’s general
partner. This methodology may be viewed as understating the value of
the applicable MLP Entity’s assets. In that case, there may be a
shift of income, gain, loss and deduction between certain unitholders and the
general partner of the MLP Entity, which may be unfavorable to such
unitholders. Moreover, under this methodology, subsequent purchasers
of our units may have a greater portion of their Internal Revenue Code Section
743(b) adjustment allocated to an MLP Entity’s intangible assets and a lesser
portion allocated to an MLP Entity’s tangible assets. The Internal
Revenue Service may challenge these methods, or our or an MLP Entity’s
allocation of income, gain, loss and deduction between the general partner of
the MLP Entity and certain of the MLP Entity’s public unitholders.
A successful Internal Revenue Service
challenge to these methods or allocations could adversely affect the amount of
gain on the sale of units by our unitholders or an MLP Entity’s unitholders and
could have a negative impact on the value of our units or those of an MLP Entity
or result in audit adjustments to the tax returns of our or an MLP Entity’s
unitholders without the benefit of additional deductions.
Our
unitholders will likely be subject to state and local taxes and return filing
requirements in states where they do not live as a result of investing in our
Units.
In
addition to federal income taxes, our unitholders will likely be subject to
other taxes, such as state and local income taxes, unincorporated business taxes
and estate, inheritance or intangible taxes that are imposed by the various
jurisdictions in which we or each of the MLP Entities do business or own
property. Our unitholders will likely be required to file state and
local income tax returns and pay state and local income taxes in some or all of
these various jurisdictions. Further, our unitholders may be subject
to penalties for failure to comply with those requirements. We or the
MLP Entities may own property or conduct business in other states or foreign
countries in the future. It is our unitholders’ responsibility to file all
federal, state and local tax returns.
The sale or exchange of 50% or more of
our capital and profits interests during any twelve-month period will result in
the termination of our partnership for federal income tax purposes.
We will be considered to
have terminated for federal income tax purposes if there is a sale or exchange
of 50% or more of the total interests in our capital and profits within a
twelve-month period. Our termination would, among other things,
result in the closing of our taxable year for all unitholders and could result
in a deferral of depreciation deductions allowable in computing our taxable
income.
None.
In
February 2008, Joel A. Gerber, a purported unitholder of the Parent Company,
filed a derivative complaint on behalf of the Parent Company in the
Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware. The complaint names as
defendants EPE Holdings; the Board of Directors of EPE Holdings; EPCO; and
Dan L. Duncan and certain of his affiliates. The Parent Company is
named as a nominal defendant. The complaint alleges that the defendants, in
breach of their fiduciary duties to the Parent Company and its unitholders,
caused the Parent Company to purchase in May 2007 the TEPPCO GP membership
interests and TEPPCO common units from Mr. Duncan’s affiliates at an unfair
price. The complaint also alleges that Charles E. McMahen, Edwin E.
Smith and Thurmon Andress, constituting the three members of EPE Holdings’ ACG
Committee, cannot be considered independent because of their relationships with
Mr. Duncan. The complaint seeks relief (i) awarding damages for
profits allegedly obtained by the defendants as a result of the alleged
wrongdoings in the complaint and (ii) awarding plaintiff costs of the
action, including fees and expenses of his attorneys and
experts. Management believes this lawsuit is without merit and
intends to vigorously defend against it. For information regarding
our relationship with Mr. Duncan and his affiliates, see Note 17 of the Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this annual
report.
Information
regarding significant legal proceedings affecting Enterprise Products Partners,
TEPPCO or Energy Transfer Equity is presented under “Commitments and
Contingencies – Litigation” in Note 20 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report. Such
information is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.
None.
and Issuer Purchases of Equity
Securities.
Market
Information and Cash Distributions
Our Units are listed on the NYSE under
the ticker symbol “EPE.” As of February 2, 2009, there were
approximately 50 unitholders of record of our Units. The following
table presents the high and low sales prices for our Units during the periods
indicated (as reported by the NYSE Composite Transaction Tape) and the amount,
record date and payment date of the quarterly cash distributions we paid on each
of our Units with respect to such periods.
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Cash
Distribution History
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|
Price Ranges
|
Per
|
Record
|
Payment
|
|
High
|
Low
|
Unit
|
Date
|
Date
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
1st
Quarter
|
$40.100
|
$34.700
|
$ 0.365
|
Apr.
30, 2007
|
May
11, 2007
|
2nd
Quarter
|
$41.880
|
$36.330
|
$ 0.380
|
Jul.
31, 2007
|
Aug.
10, 2007
|
3rd
Quarter
|
$46.960
|
$32.760
|
$ 0.395
|
Oct.
31, 2007
|
Nov.
9, 2007
|
4th
Quarter
|
$37.750
|
$32.850
|
$ 0.410
|
Jan.
31, 2008
|
Feb.
8, 2008
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
1st
Quarter
|
$36.86
|
$27.86
|
$0.4250
|
Apr.
30, 2008
|
May
8, 2008
|
2nd
Quarter
|
$33.76
|
$29.51
|
$0.4400
|
Jul.
31, 2008
|
Aug.
8, 2008
|
3rd
Quarter
|
$30.64
|
$21.16
|
$0.4550
|
Oct.
31, 2008
|
Nov.
13, 2008
|
4th
Quarter
|
$24.20
|
$14.50
|
$0.4700
|
Jan.
30, 2009
|
Feb.
10, 2009
|
The quarterly cash distributions shown
in the table above correspond to cash flows for the quarters
indicated. The actual cash distributions (i.e., the payments made to
our unitholders) occur within 50 days after the end of such
quarter. We expect to fund our quarterly cash distributions to our
unitholders primarily with cash provided by operating activities. For
additional information regarding our cash flows from operating activities, see
“Liquidity and Capital Resources” included under Item 7 of this annual
report. Although the payment of cash distributions is not guaranteed,
we expect to continue to pay comparable cash distributions in the
future.
Recent
Sales of Unregistered Securities
There
were no sales of unregistered securities in 2008. See Note 16 of the
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this annual
report for information regarding our Units.
Units
Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plan
See “Securities Authorized for Issuance
Under Equity Compensation Plans” under Item 12 of this annual report, which is
incorporated by reference into this Item 5.
Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
None.
The
following table presents selected historical consolidated financial data for the
Partnership. Information presented with respect to the years ended
December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 and at December 31, 2008 and 2007 should be
read in conjunction with the audited financial statements included under Item 8
of this annual report. The operating results and balance sheet
information for periods prior to our initial public offering in April 2005 were
derived from the consolidated financial information of our predecessor, EPGP and
its subsidiaries, which includes Enterprise Products Partners. Information
regarding our results of operations and liquidity and capital resources can be
found under Item 7 of this annual report. As presented in the table,
amounts are in thousands (except per unit data).
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|
For
the Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2004
|
|
Results of operations data:
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$ |
35,469,576 |
|
|
$ |
26,713,769 |
|
|
$ |
23,612,146 |
|
|
$ |
20,858,240 |
|
|
$ |
8,321,202 |
|
Income
from continuing operations (2)
|
|
$ |
164,055 |
|
|
$ |
109,021 |
|
|
$ |
133,899 |
|
|
$ |
82,436 |
|
|
$ |
29,562 |
|
Basic
and diluted net income per unit (3)
|
|
$ |
1.33 |
|
|
$ |
0.97 |
|
|
$ |
1.30 |
|
|
$ |
0.90 |
|
|
$ |
0.40 |
|
Other
financial data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions
per unit (4)
|
|
$ |
1.79 |
|
|
$ |
1.55 |
|
|
$ |
1.29 |
|
|
$ |
0.372 |
|
|
|
n/a |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2004
|
|
Financial position
data: (1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
assets
|
|
$ |
25,371,346 |
|
|
$ |
23,724,102 |
|
|
$ |
18,699,891 |
|
|
$ |
17,074,071 |
|
|
$ |
11,315,901 |
|
Long-term
and current maturities of debt (5)
|
|
$ |
12,714,928 |
|
|
$ |
9,861,205 |
|
|
$ |
7,053,877 |
|
|
$ |
6,493,301 |
|
|
$ |
4,647,669 |
|
Partners’
equity (6)
|
|
$ |
1,845,303 |
|
|
$ |
2,039,022 |
|
|
$ |
1,440,249 |
|
|
$ |
1,469,606 |
|
|
$ |
74,045 |
|
Total
Units outstanding (7)
|
|
|
123,192 |
|
|
|
112,325 |
|
|
|
103,057 |
|
|
|
91,802 |
|
|
|
74,667 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
In
general, our historical results of operations and financial position have
been affected by business combinations, asset acquisitions and other
capital spending, including the consolidation of TEPPCO effective January
1, 2005. In February 2005, private company affiliates of EPCO under common
control with the Parent Company acquired ownership interests in TEPPCO and
TEPPCO GP. In May 2007, the Parent Company acquired non-controlling
interests in both Energy Transfer Equity and LE GP.
(2)
Amounts
presented are before the cumulative effect of changes in accounting
principles.
(3)
For
information regarding our earnings per unit for the years ended December
31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, see Note 19 of the Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this annual
report.
(4)
For
information regarding the Parent Company’s cash distributions, see Note 16
of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of
this annual report.
(5)
In
general, our consolidated debt has increased over time as a result of
financing all or a portion of acquisitions and other capital
spending. In addition, the inclusion of TEPPCO effective January 1,
2005 increased our consolidated debt.
(6)
For
information regarding our partners’ equity, see Note 16 of the Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this annual
report.
(7)
Represents
the weighted-average number of Units outstanding during each year. For
additional information regarding Units outstanding, see Note 19 of the
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this
annual report.
|
|
For
the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006.
The following information should be
read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and our
accompanying notes included under Item 8 of this annual report. Our
discussion and analysis includes the following:
§
|
Cautionary
Note Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements.
|
§
|
Significant
Relationships Referenced in this Discussion and
Analysis.
|
§
|
General
Outlook for 2009.
|
§
|
Parent
Company Recent Developments – Discusses significant matters pertaining to
the Parent Company during the year ended December 31,
2008.
|
§
|
Results
of Operations – Discusses material year-to-year changes in operating
income, interest expense, other income and minority interest as presented
in our Statements of Consolidated
Operations.
|
§
|
Liquidity
and Capital Resources – Addresses available sources of liquidity and
capital resources and includes a discussion of our consolidated capital
spending program.
|
§
|
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates.
|
§
|
Other
Items – Includes information related to contractual obligations,
off-balance sheet arrangements, related party transactions, recent
accounting pronouncements and other
matters.
|
As generally used in the energy
industry and in this discussion, the identified terms have the following
meanings:
/d
|
=
per day
|
BBtus
|
=
billion British thermal units
|
Bcf
|
=
billion cubic feet
|
MBPD
|
=
thousand barrels per day
|
MMBbls
|
=
million barrels
|
MMcf
|
=
million cubic feet
|
Our financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
(“GAAP”).
Cautionary
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This
management’s discussion and analysis contains various forward-looking statements
and information that are based on our beliefs and those of EPE Holdings, as well
as assumptions made by us and information currently available to
us. When used in this document, words such as “anticipate,”
“project,” “expect,” “plan,” “seek,” “goal,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “intend,”
“could,” “should,” “will,” “believe,” “may,” “potential,” and similar
expressions and statements regarding our plans and objectives for future
operations, are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. Although we and EPE Holdings believe that such
expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable,
neither we nor EPE Holdings can give any assurances that such expectations will
prove to be correct.
Such
statements are subject to a variety of risks, uncertainties and assumptions as
described in more detail in Item 1A of this annual report. If one or
more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if underlying assumptions
prove incorrect, our actual results may vary materially from those anticipated,
estimated, projected or expected. You should not put undue reliance
on any forward-looking statements.
Significant
Relationships Referenced in this Discussion and Analysis
Unless
the context requires otherwise, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” or the
“Partnership” are intended to mean the business and operations of Enterprise GP
Holdings L.P. and its consolidated subsidiaries.
References to the “Parent Company” mean
Enterprise GP Holdings L.P., individually as the parent company, and not on a
consolidated basis. The Parent Company is owned 99.99% by its limited
partners and 0.01% by its general partner, EPE Holdings, LLC (“EPE
Holdings”). EPE Holdings is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dan Duncan,
LLC, the membership interests of which are owned by Dan L. Duncan.
References to “Enterprise Products
Partners” mean Enterprise Products Partners L.P., the common units of which are
listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the ticker symbol
“EPD.” Enterprise Products Partners has no business activities
outside those conducted by its operating subsidiary, Enterprise Products
Operating LLC (“EPO”). References to “EPGP” refer to Enterprise
Products GP, LLC, which is the general partner of Enterprise Products
Partners. EPGP is owned by the Parent Company.
References
to “Duncan Energy Partners” mean Duncan Energy Partners L.P., which is a
consolidated subsidiary of EPO. Duncan Energy Partners is a publicly
traded Delaware limited partnership, the common units of which are listed on the
NYSE under the ticker symbol “DEP.” References to “DEP GP” mean DEP
Holdings, LLC, which is the general partner of Duncan Energy
Partners.
References
to “TEPPCO” mean TEPPCO Partners, L.P., a publicly traded affiliate, the common
units of which are listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol
“TPP.” References to “TEPPCO GP” refer to Texas Eastern Products
Pipeline Company, LLC, which is the general partner of TEPPCO. TEPPCO
GP is owned by the Parent Company.
References to “Energy Transfer Equity”
mean the business and operations of Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. and its
consolidated subsidiaries, which includes Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
(“ETP”). Energy Transfer Equity is a publicly traded Delaware limited
partnership, the common units of which are listed on the NYSE under the ticker
symbol “ETE.” The general partner of Energy Transfer Equity is LE GP, LLC (“LE
GP”). The Parent Company owns non-controlling interests in both
Energy Transfer Equity and LE GP that it accounts for using the equity method of
accounting.
References to “Employee Partnerships”
mean EPE Unit L.P. (“EPE Unit I”), EPE Unit II, L.P. (“EPE Unit II”), EPE Unit
III, L.P. (“EPE Unit III”), Enterprise Unit L.P. (“Enterprise Unit”), EPCO Unit
L.P. (“EPCO Unit”), TEPPCO Unit L.P. (“TEPPCO Unit I”), and TEPPCO Unit II L.P.
(“TEPPCO Unit II”), collectively, all of which are private company affiliates of
EPCO, Inc.
References to “EPCO” mean EPCO, Inc.
and its private company affiliates, which are related party affiliates to all of
the foregoing named entities. Mr. Duncan is the Group Co-Chairman and
controlling shareholder of EPCO.
References to “DFI” mean Duncan Family
Interests, Inc. and “DFIGP” mean DFI GP Holdings, L.P. DFI and DFIGP are private
company affiliates of EPCO. The Parent Company acquired its ownership
interests in TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP from DFI and DFIGP.
The Parent Company, Enterprise Products
Partners, EPGP, TEPPCO, TEPPCO GP, the Employee Partnerships, EPCO, DFI and
DFIGP are affiliates under common control of Mr. Duncan. We do not control
Energy Transfer Equity or LE GP.
Overview
of Business
We are a publicly traded Delaware
limited partnership, the limited partnership interests (the “Units”) of which
are listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “EPE.” The business of
Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. is the ownership of general and limited partner
interests of publicly traded partnerships engaged in the midstream energy
industry and related businesses to increase cash distributions to its
unitholders.
The Parent Company is owned 99.99% by
its limited partners and 0.01% by its general partner, EPE
Holdings. EPE Holdings is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dan Duncan,
LLC, the membership interests of which are owned by Dan L.
Duncan. The Parent Company has no operations apart from its investing
activities and indirectly overseeing the management of the entities controlled
by it. At December 31, 2008 the Parent Company had investments in
Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO, Energy Transfer Equity and their
respective general partners.
See Note 24 of the Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report
for financial information regarding the Parent Company.
Basis
of Presentation
In accordance with rules and
regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and various
other accounting standard-setting organizations, our general purpose financial
statements reflect the consolidation of the financial statements of businesses
that we control through the ownership of general partner interests (e.g.
Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO). Our general purpose
consolidated financial statements present those investments in which we do not
have a controlling interest as unconsolidated affiliates (e.g. Energy Transfer
Equity and LE GP). To the extent that Enterprise Products Partners
and TEPPCO reflect investments in unconsolidated affiliates in their respective
consolidated financial statements, such investments will also be reflected as
such in our general purpose financial statements unless subsequently
consolidated by us due to common control considerations (e.g. Jonah Gas
Gathering Company and the Texas Offshore Port System). Also, minority
interest presented in our financial statements reflects third-party and related
party ownership of our consolidated subsidiaries, which include the third-party
and related party unitholders of Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO and Duncan
Energy Partners other than the Parent Company. Unless noted
otherwise, our discussions and analysis in this annual report are presented from
the perspective of our consolidated businesses and operations.
General
Outlook for 2009
Enterprise
Products Partners and TEPPCO
The current global recession and
financial crisis have impacted energy companies generally. The
recession and related slowdown in economic activity has reduced demand for
energy and related products, which in turn has generally led to significant
decreases in the prices of crude oil, natural gas and NGLs. The
financial crisis has resulted in the effective insolvency, liquidation or
government intervention for a number of financial institutions, investment
companies, hedge funds and highly leveraged industrial
companies. This has had an adverse impact on the prices of debt and
equity securities that has generally increased the cost and limited the
availability of debt and equity capital.
Commercial
Outlook. In 2008, there was significant volatility in the
prices of refined products, crude oil, natural gas, LPGs and
NGLs. For example, the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil
ranged from a high near $147 per barrel in mid-2008 to $35 per barrel in January
2009; while the price of natural gas at the Henry Hub ranged from a high of over
$13.00 per MMBtu in mid-2008 to $5.00 per MMBtu in January 2009. On a
composite basis, the average price of NGLs declined from $1.68 per gallon for
the third quarter of 2008 to $0.74 per gallon for the fourth quarter of
2008. The decrease in energy commodity prices combined with higher
costs of capital have led many crude oil and natural gas producers to reconsider
their drilling budgets for 2009. As midstream energy companies,
Enterprise Products
Partners
and TEPPCO provide services for producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs,
crude oil and certain petrochemicals. The products that they process,
sell or transport are principally used as fuel for residential, agricultural and
commercial heating; feedstocks in petrochemical manufacturing; and in the
production of motor gasoline.
The
decrease in energy commodity prices has caused many oil and natural gas
producers, which include many customers of Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO
and ETP, to reduce their drilling budgets in 2009. This has resulted
in a substantial reduction in the number of drilling rigs operating in the
United States as surveyed by Baker Hughes Incorporated. The U.S.
operating rig count decreased from a peak of 2,031 rigs in September 2008 to
approximately 1,300 in February 2009. We expect oil and gas producers
in our operating areas to reduce their drilling activity to varying degrees,
which may lead to lower crude oil, natural gas and NGL production growth in the
near term and, as a result, lower transportation, processing and marketing
volumes for Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO than would have otherwise
been the case.
In its
natural gas processing business, Enterprise Products Partners hedged
approximately 80% of its equity NGL production margins for 2008 to mitigate the
commodity price risk associated with these volumes. It has
hedged approximately 67% of its expected equity NGL production margins for
2009. Since the hedges were consummated at prices that are
significantly higher than current levels, Enterprise Products Partners is
expected to be partially insulated from lower natural gas processing margins in
2009.
The
recession has reduced demand for midstream energy services and products by
industrial customers. In the fourth quarter of 2008, the
petrochemical industry experienced a dramatic destocking of inventories, which
reduced demand for purity NGL products such as ethane, propane and normal
butane. We expect that petrochemical demand will strengthen in early
2009 and have starting seeing signs of such demand through February 2009 as
petrochemical customers have begun to restock their depleted
inventories. This trend is also evidenced by slightly higher
operating rates of U.S. ethylene crackers, which averaged approximately 70% of
capacity in February 2009 as compared to 56% in December 2008. Four
additional ethylene crackers were expected to recommence operations in February
2009. The average utilization rate for ethylene crackers in 2008 was
approximately 80%. Based on currently available information, we
expect that the operating rates of U.S. ethylene crackers will approximate 80%
of capacity in 2009. We expect that crude oil prices will rebound
from recent lows in the second half of 2009. As a result, we believe the
petrochemical industry will continue to prefer NGL feedstocks over crude-based
alternatives such as naphtha. In general, when the price of crude oil
rises relative to that of natural gas, NGLs become more attractive as a source
of feedstocks for the petrochemical industry.
The recession has also impacted the
demand for refined products such as gasoline, diesel and jet
fuel. According to EIA statistics, gasoline demand decreased 3.5% for
2008 when compared to 2007. Demand for diesel and jet fuel have also
weakened in response to the slowing economy. Many refiners have
announced plans to perform major maintenance projects during the first quarter
of 2009 in response to weakened demand for their products. This
situation will most likely contribute to a decrease in transportation volumes on
refined products pipelines such as those owned by TEPPCO. We expect
that demand for refined products will remain at current levels until the
domestic economy begins to recover from the current recession.
The reduction in near-term demand for
crude oil and NGLs has created a contango market (i.e., a market in which the
price of a commodity is higher in future months than the current spot price) for
these products, which, in turn, we are benefiting from through an increase in
revenues earned by our storage assets in Mont Belvieu, Texas and Cushing,
Oklahoma.
Liquidity
Outlook. Debt and equity capital markets have also experienced
significant recent volatility. The major U.S. and international
equity market indices experienced significant losses in 2008, including losses
of approximately 38% and 34% for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial
Average, respectively. Likewise, the Alerian MLP Index, which is a
recognized major index for publicly traded partnerships, lost approximately 42%
of its value. The contraction in credit available to and investor
redemptions of holdings in certain investment companies and hedge funds
exacerbated the selling pressure
and
volatility in both the debt and equity capital markets. This has
resulted in a higher cost of debt and equity capital for the public and private
sector. Near term demand for equity securities through follow on
offerings, including common units of Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO,
may be reduced due to the recent problems encountered by investment companies
and hedge funds, both of which significantly participated in equity offerings
over the past few years.
While the
cost of capital has increased, Enterprise Products Partners has demonstrated its
ability to access the debt and equity capital markets during this distressed
period. In December 2008, Enterprise Products Partners issued $500.0
million of 9.75% senior notes. The higher cost of capital is evident
when you compare the interest rate of the December 2008 senior notes offering to
the $400.0 million of 5.65% senior notes that Enterprise Products Partners
issued in March 2008. On a positive note, Enterprise Products
Partners’ indicative cost of long-term borrowing has improved approximately 250
basis points in early 2009 in conjunction with the recent improvement in the
debt capital markets. Enterprise Products Partners believes that it
will be able to either access the capital markets or utilize availability under
its long-term multi-year revolving credit facility to refinance its $717.6
million of debt obligations that mature in 2009. In January 2009, Enterprise
Products Partners issued approximately 10.6 million of its common units at an
effective annual distribution yield of 9.5%. Net proceeds from this
offering were $225.6 million and used to reduce borrowings and for general
partnership purposes.
TEPPCO’s
actions to raise approximately $510.0 million of capital in the third quarter of
2008, including $264.0 million of net proceeds from a September 2008 equity
offering and $250.0 million from increasing commitments under its credit
facility, put TEPPCO in position to avoid the higher cost of debt and equity
capital that prevailed in the fourth quarter of 2008.
The increase in the cost of capital has
caused Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO to prioritize their respective
internal growth projects to select those with higher rates of
return. However, consistent with their business strategies,
Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO continuously evaluate possible
acquisitions of assets that would complement their current
operations. Given the current state of the credit markets,
Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO believe competition for such assets has
decreased, which may result in opportunities for them to acquire assets at
attractive prices that would be accretive to their partners and expand their
portfolio of midstream energy assets.
Based on
information currently available, Enterprise Products Partners estimates that its
capital spending for property, plant and equipment in 2009 will approximate $1.0
billion, which includes $820.0 million for growth capital projects and
$180.0 million for sustaining capital expenditures. TEPPCO
estimates that its spending for property, plant and equipment in 2009 will
approximate $340.0 million, which includes $288.0 million for growth capital
projects and $52.0 million primarily for sustaining capital
expenditures. The 2009 forecast amounts for growth capital
projects include amounts that are expected to be spent by Enterprise Products
Partners and TEPPCO on the Texas Offshore Port System. See “Results
of Operations – Investment in Enterprise Products Partners” for additional
information regarding the Texas Offshore Port System joint venture.
Enterprise
Products Partners expects four of its significant construction projects to be
completed and the assets placed into service during the first half of
2009. These projects include (i) the expansion of the Meeker natural
gas processing plant, which began operations in February 2009, (ii) the Exxon
Mobil central treating facility, (iii) the Sherman Extension natural gas
pipeline, and (iv) the Shenzi crude oil pipeline in the Gulf of
Mexico. Substantially all of the financing to fund these projects has
been completed. In 2009, Enterprise Products Partners expects these
projects to contribute significant new sources of revenue, operating income and
cash flow from operations.
Hurricanes
Gustav and Ike damaged a number of energy-related assets onshore and offshore
along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast in the summer of 2008,
including certain of Enterprise Products Partners’ offshore pipelines and
platforms. Repairs are being completed on Enterprise Products
Partners’ affected assets and they are expected to be ready to return to service
once third party production fields return to operational status over the course
of 2009.
A few of
Enterprise Products Partners’ and TEPPCO’s customers have experienced severe
financial problems leading to a significant impact on their
creditworthiness. These financial problems are rooted in various
factors including the significant use of debt, current financial crises,
economic recession and changes in commodity prices. Enterprise
Products Partners and TEPPCO are working to implement, to the extent allowable
under applicable contracts, tariffs and regulations, prepayments and other
security requirements, such as letters of credit, to enhance their respective
credit position relating to amounts owed them by certain
customers. We cannot provide assurance that one or more of our
customers will not default on their obligations to us or that such a default or
defaults will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial
position, results of operations, or cash flows; however, Enterprise Products
Partners and TEPPCO believe that they have provided adequate allowances for such
customers.
We expect
that Enterprise Products Partners’ and TEPPCO’s proactive approach to funding
capital spending and other partnership needs, combined with sufficient trade
credit to operate their businesses efficiently, and available borrowing capacity
under their credit facilities, will provide them with a foundation to meet their
anticipated liquidity and capital requirements in 2009. We believe that
Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO will be able to access the capital
markets in 2009 to maintain financial flexibility. Based on
information currently available to us, we believe that Enterprise Product
Partners and TEPPCO will maintain their investment grade credit ratings and meet
their loan covenant obligations in 2009.
Energy
Transfer Equity (as excerpted from Energy Transfer Equity L.P. s Form
10-K
for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008)
The
following information was taken directly from the “Trends and Outlook” section
under Item 7 of Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. annual report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2008. Within the context of the following
quotes, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” and “ETE” mean Energy Transfer Equity,
L.P. and its consolidated subsidiaries, which include ETP. References
to “the Parent Company” mean Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. on a stand-alone
basis. References to “FEP” mean Fayetteville Express Pipeline,
LLC. The following statements are the responsibility of the
management of Energy Transfer Equity L.P. and we have not made any independent
inquiry with respect to such matters.
“The current constraints in the capital
markets may affect our ability to obtain funding through new borrowings or the
issuance of Common Units. In addition, we expect that, to the extent
we are successful in arranging new debt financing, we will incur increased costs
associated with these debt financings. In light of the current market
conditions, we have taken steps to preserve our liquidity position including,
but not limited to, reducing discretionary capital expenditures, maintaining our
cash distribution rate and continuing to appropriately manage operating and
administrative costs to improve profitability. ETP also successfully
completed a $600.0 million senior note offering in December 2008 and a 6.9
million ETP Common Unit offering in January 2009. As of December
31, 2008, in addition to approximately $91.9 million of cash on hand, we had
available capacity under the Parent Company’s debt facilities and the ETP Credit
Facility of $1.42 billion. On a pro forma basis, as of December 31,
2008, taking into account net proceeds of approximately $225.9 million from
ETP’s January 2009 equity offering, available capacity under the ETP Credit
Facility was $1.27 billion. We expect to utilize these resources,
along with cash from operations, to fund our announced growth capital
expenditures for 2009 and working capital needs during 2009. In
addition to these sources of liquidity, we may also access the debt and equity
markets during 2009 in order to provide additional liquidity to fund growth
capital expenditures for future years or for other partnership
purposes.
ETP will continue to evaluate a variety
of financing sources in order to fund its future growth capital expenditures and
working capital needs, including funds available under our existing revolving
credit facility, funds raised from future equity and/or debt offerings and funds
raised from other sources, which sources may include project financing or other
alternative financing arrangements from third parties or affiliated
parties. In this regard, ETP has initiated discussions with us
regarding the prospect of our purchasing additional ETP Common Units from
ETP. We have an aggregate of approximately $378.4 million of cash on
hand and available borrowing capacity under our revolving credit facility as of
December 31, 2008.
We believe that the size and scope of
our operations, our stable asset base and cash flow profile and our investment
grade status will be significant positive factors in our efforts to obtain new
debt or equity funding; however, there is no assurance that we will be
successful in obtaining financing under any of the alternatives discussed above
if current capital market conditions continue for an extended period of time or
if markets deteriorate further from current conditions. Furthermore,
the terms, size and cost of any one of these financing alternatives could be
less favorable and could be impacted by the timing and magnitude of our funding
requirements, market conditions, and other uncertainties.
Current economic conditions also
indicate that many of our customers may encounter increased credit risk in the
near term. In particular, our natural gas transportation and
midstream revenues are derived significantly from companies that engage in
natural gas exploration and production activities. Prices for natural gas and
NGLs have fallen dramatically since July 2008. Many of our customers have been
negatively impacted by these recent declines in natural gas prices as well as
current conditions in the capital markets, which factors have caused several of
our customers to announce plans to decrease drilling levels and, in some cases,
to consider shutting in natural gas production from some producing
wells.
In our intrastate and interstate
natural gas operations, a significant portion of our revenue is derived from
long-term fee-based arrangements pursuant to which our customers pay us capacity
reservation charges regardless of the volume of natural gas transported;
however, a portion of our revenue is derived from charges based on actual
volumes transported. As a result, our operating cash flows from our
natural gas pipeline operations are not tied directly to changes in natural gas
and NGL prices; however, the volumes of natural gas we transport may be
adversely affected by reduced drilling activity of our customers as a result of
lower natural gas prices. As a portion of our pipeline transportation revenue is
based on volumes transported, lower volumes of natural gas transported would
result in lower revenue from our intrastate and interstate natural gas
operations. Based on the significant level of revenue we receive from
reservation capacity charges under long-term contracts and our review of the
recent announcements of drilling plans by our customers, we do not expect the
current level of natural gas prices to have a significant adverse effect on our
operating results; however, there are no assurances that commodity prices will
not decline further, which could result in a further reduction in drilling
activities by our customers.
Since certain of our natural gas
marketing operations and substantially all of our propane operations involve the
purchase and resale of natural gas and NGLs, we expect our revenues and costs of
products sold to be lower than prior periods if commodity prices remain at or
fall below existing levels. However, we do not expect our margins
from these activities to be significantly impacted as we typically purchase the
commodity at a lower price than the sales price. Since the prices of
natural gas and NGLs have been volatile, there are no assurances that we will
ultimately sell the commodity for a profit.
As noted above, we may reduce our level
of discretionary capital expenditures for growth projects in order to preserve
our capital resources in the event that the capital market conditions do not
allow us to obtain debt or equity financing on reasonable terms. In the event we
do not pursue growth projects due to lack of capital, we would likely not
achieve the growth in distributable cash flow as we have previously
planned.
We actively monitor the credit status
of our counterparties, performing both quantitative and qualitative assessments
based on their credit ratings and credit default swaps where applicable, and to
date have not had any significant credit defaults associated with our
transactions. However, given the current volatility in the financial
markets, we cannot be certain that we will not experience such losses in the
future.”
Parent
Company Recent Developments
The
following information highlights the Parent Company’s significant developments
since January 1, 2008 through the date of this filing.
Conversion
of Class C Units
On
February 1, 2009, all of the Parent Company’s 16,000,000 Class C Units converted
to Units on a one-to-one basis. These Units are eligible to receive
cash distributions beginning with the distribution expected to be paid in May
2009 with respect to the first quarter of 2009. For additional
information regarding the Class C Units, see Note 16 of the Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this annual
report.
Acquisition
of additional interests in LE GP
On
January 22, 2009, the Parent Company acquired an additional 5.7% membership
interest in LE GP for $0.8 million, which increased our total ownership in LE GP
to 40.6%.
Results
of Operations
Our investing activities are organized
into business segments that reflect how the Chief Executive Officer of our
general partner (i.e., our chief operating decision maker) routinely manages and
reviews the financial performance of the Parent Company’s
investments. On a consolidated basis, we have three reportable
business segments:
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Investment
in Enterprise Products
Partners – Reflects the consolidated operations of Enterprise
Products Partners and its general partner, EPGP. This segment
also includes the development stage assets of the Texas Offshore Port
System joint venture (as defined
below).
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In
August 2008, Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO and Oiltanking, announced
the formation of a joint venture (the “Texas Offshore Port System”) to design,
construct, operate and own a Texas offshore crude oil port and a related onshore
pipeline and storage system that would facilitate delivery of waterborne crude
oil cargoes to refining centers located along the upper Texas Gulf Coast.
Demand for such projects is being driven by planned and expected refinery
expansions along the Gulf Coast, expected increases in shipping traffic and
operating limitations of regional ship channels.
The joint
venture’s primary project, referred to as “TOPS,” includes (i) an offshore port
(which will be located approximately 36 miles from Freeport, Texas), (ii)
an onshore storage facility with approximately 3.9 MMBbls of crude oil
storage capacity, and (iii) an 85-mile crude oil pipeline system having a
transportation capacity of up to 1.8 MMBbls/d, that will extend from the
offshore port to a storage facility near Texas City, Texas. The joint
venture’s complementary project, referred to as the Port Arthur Crude Oil
Express (or “PACE”) will transport crude oil from Texas City, including crude
oil from TOPS, and will consist of a 75-mile pipeline and 1.2 MMBbls of crude
oil storage capacity in the Port Arthur, Texas area. Development of the TOPS and
PACE projects is supported by long-term contracts with affiliates of Motiva and
Exxon Mobil, which have committed a combined 725,000 barrels per day of
crude oil to the projects. The timing of the construction and related
capital costs of the TOPS and PACE projects will be affected by the expansion
plans of Motiva and the acquisition of requisite permits.
Enterprise
Products Partners, TEPPCO and Oiltanking each own, through their respective
subsidiaries, a one-third interest in the joint venture. A subsidiary of
Enterprise Products Partners acts as construction manager and will act as
operator for the joint venture. The aggregate cost of the TOPS and
PACE projects is expected to be approximately $1.8 billion (excluding
capitalized interest), with the majority of such capital expenditures currently
expected to occur in 2010 and 2011. Enterprise Products Partners and
TEPPCO have each guaranteed up to approximately
$700.0 million,
which includes a contingency amount for potential cost overruns, of the capital
contribution obligations of their respective subsidiary partners in the joint
venture.
Within
their respective financial statements, TEPPCO and Enterprise Products Partners
will account for their individual ownership interests in the Texas Offshore Port
System using the equity method of accounting. As a result of common
control of TEPPCO and Enterprise Products Partners at the Parent Company level,
the Texas Offshore Port System is a consolidated subsidiary of the Parent
Company and Oiltanking’s interest in the joint venture is accounted for as
minority interest. For financial reporting purposes, our management
determined that the joint venture should be included within the Investment in
Enterprise Products Partners segment.
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Investment
in TEPPCO – Reflects the consolidated operations of TEPPCO and its
general partner, TEPPCO GP. This segment also includes the
assets and operations of Jonah Gas Gathering Company
(“Jonah”).
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TEPPCO
and Enterprise Products Partners are joint venture partners in Jonah, which owns
a natural gas gathering system (the “Jonah system”) located in southwest
Wyoming. Within their respective financial statements, Enterprise
Products Partners and TEPPCO account for their individual ownership interests in
Jonah using the equity method of accounting. As a result of common
control of TEPPCO and Enterprise Products Partners at the Parent Company level,
Jonah is a consolidated subsidiary of the Parent Company. For
financial reporting purposes, our management determined that Jonah should be
included within the Investment in TEPPCO segment.
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Investment
in Energy Transfer Equity – Reflects the Parent Company’s
investments in Energy Transfer Equity and its general partner, LE
GP. These investments were acquired in May 2007. The
Parent Company accounts for these non-controlling investments using the
equity method of accounting.
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Each of
the respective general partners of Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO and
Energy Transfer Equity have separate operating management and boards of
directors, with each board having at least three independent
directors. We control Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO through
our ownership of their respective general partners. We do not control
Energy Transfer Equity or its general partner.
We evaluate segment performance based
on operating income. For additional information regarding our business segments,
see Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of
this annual report.
The
following table summarizes our historical financial information by business
segment for the periods indicated (dollars in thousands):
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|
For
the Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners
|
|
$ |
21,905,656 |
|
|
$ |
16,950,125 |
|
|
$ |
13,990,969 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO
|
|
|
13,765,905 |
|
|
|
9,862,676 |
|
|
|
9,691,320 |
|
Eliminations
(1)
|
|
|
(201,985 |
) |
|
|
(99,032 |
) |
|
|
(70,143 |
) |
Total
revenues
|
|
|
35,469,576 |
|
|
|
26,713,769 |
|
|
|
23,612,146 |
|
Costs
and expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners
|
|
|
20,551,874 |
|
|
|
16,097,178 |
|
|
|
13,154,755 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO
|
|
|
13,398,579 |
|
|
|
9,520,610 |
|
|
|
9,425,153 |
|
Other,
non-segment including Parent Company (2)
|
|
|
(189,803 |
) |
|
|
(84,241 |
) |
|
|
(59,569 |
) |
Total
costs and expenses
|
|
|
33,760,650 |
|
|
|
25,533,547 |
|
|
|
22,520,339 |
|
Equity
earnings (loss):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners
|
|
|
37,734 |
|
|
|
20,301 |
|
|
|
21,327 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO
|
|
|
(2,871 |
) |
|
|
(9,793 |
) |
|
|
3,886 |
|
Investment
in Energy Transfer Equity (3)
|
|
|
31,298 |
|
|
|
3,095 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
equity earnings
|
|
|
66,161 |
|
|
|
13,603 |
|
|
|
25,213 |
|
Operating
income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners
|
|
|
1,391,516 |
|
|
|
873,248 |
|
|
|
857,541 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO
|
|
|
364,455 |
|
|
|
332,273 |
|
|
|
270,053 |
|
Investment
in Energy Transfer Equity
|
|
|
31,298 |
|
|
|
3,095 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Other,
non-segment including Parent Company
|
|
|
(12,182 |
) |
|
|
(14,791 |
) |
|
|
(10,574 |
) |
Total
operating income
|
|
|
1,775,087 |
|
|
|
1,193,825 |
|
|
|
1,117,020 |
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(608,223 |
) |
|
|
(487,419 |
) |
|
|
(333,742 |
) |
Provision
for income taxes
|
|
|
(31,019 |
) |
|
|
(15,813 |
) |
|
|
(21,974 |
) |
Other
income, net
|
|
|
9,668 |
|
|
|
71,788 |
|
|
|
11,180 |
|
Income
before minority interest and cumulative
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
effect
of change in accounting principle
|
|
|
1,145,513 |
|
|
|
762,381 |
|
|
|
772,484 |
|
Minority interest
(4)
|
|
|
(981,458 |
) |
|
|
(653,360 |
) |
|
|
(638,585 |
) |
Cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle (5)
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
93 |
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
164,055 |
|
|
$ |
109,021 |
|
|
$ |
133,992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Represents
the elimination of revenues between our business
segments.
(2)
Represents
the elimination of expenses between business segments. In addition,
these amounts include nominal amounts of general and administrative costs
of the Parent Company. Such costs were $7.3 million, $4.3 million and
$2.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
(3)
Represents
equity earnings from the Parent Company’s investments in Energy Transfer
Equity and LE GP. See Note 12 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report for information
regarding these investments, including related excess cost
amortization.
(4)
Minority
interest represents the allocation of earnings of our consolidated
subsidiaries to third party and related party owners of such entities
other than the Parent Company. See Note 2 of the Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this annual
report for information regarding our minority interest
amounts.
(5)
For
information regarding the change in accounting principle, including a
presentation of the pro forma effects these changes would have on our
historical earnings, see Note 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements included under Item 8 of this annual
report.
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Review
of Segment Operating Income Amounts
Comparison
of 2008 with 2007
Investment
in Enterprise
Products Partners. Segment revenues increased
$4.96 billion year-to-year primarily due to higher energy commodity sales
volumes and prices associated with Enterprise Products Partners’ marketing
activities. These factors contributed to a $5.01 billion year-to-year
increase in segment revenues associated with Enterprise Products Partners’
marketing activities. Equity NGLs produced at Enterprise Products
Partners’ newly constructed Meeker and Pioneer natural gas plants and
sold in
connection with Enterprise Products Partners’ NGL marketing activities
contributed $731.3 million of the year-to-year increase in marketing activity
revenues.
Segment costs and expenses, which
include operating expenses and general and administrative costs, increased
$4.45 billion year-to-year. The cost of sales associated with
Enterprise Products Partners’ marketing activities increased $3.57 billion
year-to-year primarily due to higher energy commodity sales volumes and
prices. The remainder of the year-to-year increase in segment
operating costs and expenses is attributable to (i) a $306.3 million
year-to-year increase in operating expenses associated with Enterprise Products
Partners’ natural gas processing plants as a result of higher energy commodity
prices and (ii) a $414.3 million year-to-year increase in operating costs and
expenses attributable to Enterprise Products Partners’ newly constructed
assets. Segment general and administrative costs increased $2.8
million year-to-year.
Changes in Enterprise Products
Partners’ revenues and costs and expenses year-to-year are explained in part by
changes in energy commodity prices. The weighted-average indicative
market price for NGLs was $1.40 per gallon during 2008 versus $1.19 per gallon
during 2007. Our determination of the weighted-average indicative
market price for NGLs is based on U.S. Gulf Coast prices for such products at
Mont Belvieu, Texas, which is the primary industry hub for domestic NGL
production. The market price of natural gas (as measured at Henry
Hub) averaged $9.04 per MMBtu during 2008 versus $6.86 per MMBtu during
2007.
Total segment operating income
increased $518.3 million year-to-year due to strength in the underlying
performance of Enterprise Products Partners’ business
lines. Enterprise Products Partners operates in four primary business
lines: NGL Pipelines & Services, Onshore Natural Gas Pipelines &
Services, Offshore Pipelines & Services and Petrochemical
Services.
Operating
income attributable to NGL Pipelines & Services increased
$438.9 million year-to-year primarily due to strong natural gas processing
margins and demand for NGLs from the petrochemical and motor gasoline refining
industries during 2008. These factors lead to higher NGL sales
margins during 2008 relative to 2007. In addition, these factors also
resulted in a year-to-year increase in equity NGL production and higher NGL
throughput volumes at certain of Enterprise Products Partners’ pipelines and
fractionation facilities.
Operating income attributable to
Onshore Natural Gas Pipelines & Services increased $68.9 million
year-to-year primarily due to higher revenues from Enterprise Products Partners’
San Juan Gathering System and increased transportation volumes and fees on its
Texas Intrastate System. This business line also benefited from
higher natural gas volumes on certain of Enterprise Products Partners’ other
pipelines and storage assets as well as higher natural gas sales margins on its
Acadian Gas System.
Operating
income attributable to Offshore Pipelines & Services increased
$13.6 million year-to-year primarily due to increased volumes on Enterprise
Products Partners’ Independence Hub platform and Trail pipeline and its Cameron
Highway Oil Pipeline. Contributions to operating income from these
assets were largely offset by the effects of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, which
include (i) downtime resulting from damage sustained by Enterprise Products
Partners’ offshore assets as well as downstream assets owned by third-parties,
(ii) reduced volumes available to Enterprise Products Partners’ offshore assets
as a result of upstream supply disruptions and (iii) property damage repair
expenses.
Operating
income attributable to Petrochemical Services decreased $3.2 million
year-to-year. A decrease in operating income from Enterprise
Products Partners’ octane enhancement business attributable to the effects of
operational issues and Hurricane Ike during 2008 was partially offset by an
increase in operating income from Enterprise Products Partners’ propylene
fractionation business. Enterprise Products Partners’ propylene
fractionation business benefited from a year-to-year increase in propylene sales
margins.
As a
result of Enterprise Products Partners’ allocated share of EPCO’s insurance
deductibles for windstorm coverage, segment operating income for 2008 includes
$47.9 million of repair expenses for property damage sustained by Enterprise
Products Partners’ assets as a result of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
Investment
in TEPPCO. Segment revenues increased $3.90 billion
year-to-year primarily due to higher crude oil prices and petroleum products
sales volumes during 2008 relative to 2007. These factors contributed to a $3.66
billion increase in segment revenues associated with TEPPCO’s marketing
activities, primarily crude oil sales. TEPPCO’s Marine Services business line,
which TEPPCO acquired in February 2008, contributed $164.3 million of revenues
during 2008.
Segment
costs and expenses, which include operating expenses and general and
administrative costs, increased $3.88 billion year-to-year. The cost of
sales associated with TEPPCO’s marketing activities increased $3.66 billion
year-to-year as a result of higher crude oil prices and sales volumes.
TEPPCO’s Marine Services business line accounted for $129.8 million of costs and
expenses during 2008. The remainder of the year-to-year increase in
segment costs and expenses is primarily attributable to higher pipeline
operating and maintenance expenses. Segment general and administrative
costs increased $7.0 million year-to-year largely due to expenses associated
with the Marine Services business line.
Changes
in TEPPCO’s revenues and costs and expenses year-to-year are explained in part
by changes in energy commodity prices. The market price of crude oil (as
measured on the New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”)) averaged $99.73 per
barrel during 2008 compared to an average of $72.24 per barrel during 2007 – a
38% increase.
Segment
operating income increased $32.2 million year-to-year primarily due to the
underlying results of TEPPCO’s four primary business lines: Downstream,
Upstream, Midstream and Marine Services. Segment operating income for 2008
included $34.5 million attributable to TEPPCO’s Marine Services business
line.
Operating
income attributable to the Upstream business line increased $20.6 million
year-to-year primarily due to higher pipeline throughput volumes.
Operating income attributable to the Midstream business line increased $22.9
million year-to-year primarily due to higher volumes on the Jonah system
attributable to the completion of the Phase V expansion project. Capacity
on the Jonah system to gather natural gas from the Jonah and Pinedale fields
increased to 2.35 Bcf/d from 1.5 Bcf/d as a result of the Phase V expansion
project. Operating income attributable to the Downstream business line
decreased $46.3 million year-to-year primarily due to expenses associated with
pipeline and storage tank maintenance, inventory adjustments during 2008 and a
gain that TEPPCO recorded in connection with its sale of assets to a third-party
in March 2007.
As a
result of TEPPCO’s allocated share of EPCO’s insurance deductibles for windstorm
coverage, segment operating income for 2008 includes $1.2 million of repair
expenses for property damage sustained by TEPPCO’s assets as a result of
Hurricane Ike.
Investment
in Energy Transfer Equity. Segment operating income was $31.3
million for 2008 versus $3.1 million for 2007. This segment reflects
the Parent Company’s non-controlling ownership interests in Energy Transfer
Equity and its general partner, LE GP, both of which are accounted for using the
equity method. Total segment operating income increased
$28.2 million year-to-year primarily as a result of our acquisition of
interests in Energy Transfer Equity and LE GP in May 2007. In May
2007, the Parent Company paid $1.65 billion to acquire approximately 17.5% of
the common units of Energy Transfer Equity, or 38,976,090 units, and
approximately 34.9% of the membership interests of LE GP.
Equity
earnings from these investments are derived from financial statements published
in the SEC filings of Energy Transfer Equity. Our equity earnings
from these investments were reduced by $34.3 million and $26.7 million of excess
cost amortization during 2008 and 2007, respectively. For additional
information regarding our investments in Energy Transfer Equity and LE GP, see
Note 12 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8
of this annual report.
According
to Energy Transfer Equity, it completed several significant intrastate pipeline
projects in 2008 that contributed to its operating income, which was $1.10
billion for the year ended December 31, 2008 versus $809.3 million for the
fiscal year ended August 31, 2007. In addition, Energy Transfer
Equity experienced increased volumes in its natural gas operations and better
than expected processing margins throughout most of 2008. The
year-to-year increase in Energy Transfer Equity’s operating income was partially
offset by losses on interest rate hedging derivatives and higher interest
expense and minority interest amounts. On a consolidated basis,
Energy Transfer Equity incurred losses on non-hedged interest rate derivatives
of $128.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to gains of
$29.1 million during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2007.
In
November 2007, Energy Transfer Equity changed its fiscal year end to the
calendar year end; thus, its current fiscal year began on January 1, 2008.
Energy Transfer Equity did not recast its consolidated financial data for prior
fiscal periods. According to Energy Transfer Equity, comparability
between periods is impacted primarily by weather, fluctuations in commodity
prices, volumes of natural gas sold and transported, its hedging strategies and
use of financial instruments, trading activities, basis differences between
market hubs and interest rates. Energy Transfer Equity believes that the trends
indicated by comparison of the results for the calendar year ended December 31,
2008 are substantially similar to what is reflected in the information for the
fiscal year ended August 31, 2007.
Comparison
of 2007 with 2006
Investment
in Enterprise
Products Partners. Segment revenues increased $2.96 billion
year-to-year primarily due to higher energy commodity sales volumes and prices
during 2007 relative to 2006. Revenues for 2007 include $36.1 million
of proceeds from business interruption insurance claims compared to $63.9
million of proceeds during 2006.
Segment
costs and expenses, which include operating, general and administrative costs,
increased $2.94 billion year-to-year. Operating costs and expenses
for this business segment increased $2.45 billion year-to-year as a result of
higher cost of sales associated with Enterprise Products Partners’ natural gas,
NGL and petrochemical marketing activities. Segment operating costs
and expenses increased $188.1 million year-to-year attributable to acquired
businesses and constructed assets Enterprise Products Partners placed in service
since January 1, 2006. Operating costs and expenses associated with
Enterprise Products Partners’ natural gas processing plants increased $185.7
million year-to-year as a result of higher energy commodity prices in 2007
relative to 2006. Segment general and administrative costs increased
$22.5 million year-to-year primarily due to the recognition of a severance
obligation in 2007 and an increase in legal fees.
Changes
in Enterprise Products Partners’ revenues and costs and expenses year-to-year
are explained in part by changes in energy commodity prices. The
weighted-average indicative market price for NGLs was $1.19 per gallon during
2007 versus $1.00 per gallon during 2006. The Henry Hub market price
of natural gas averaged $6.86 per MMBtu during 2007 versus $7.24 per MMBtu
during 2006.
Total
segment operating income increased $15.7 million year-to-year due to strength in
the underlying performance of Enterprise Products Partners’ business
lines.
Segment
operating income attributable to NGL Pipelines & Services increased $19.3
million year-to-year. Strong demand for NGLs in 2007 compared to 2006
led to higher natural gas processing margins, increased volumes of natural gas
processed under fee-based contracts and higher NGL throughput volumes at certain
of Enterprise Products Partners’ pipelines and fractionation
facilities. This business line benefited from higher tariff rates on
Enterprise Products Partners’ Mid-America Pipeline System and contributions to
operating income during 2007 from its DEP South Texas NGL
Pipeline. In addition, operating income for 2007 includes $32.7
million of proceeds from business interruption insurance claims compared to
$40.4 million of proceeds during 2006.
Segment
operating income attributable to Onshore Natural Gas Pipelines & Services
decreased $40.0 million year-to-year primarily due to higher operating costs and
expenses from Enterprise Products
Partners’
Acadian System, Carlsbad Gathering System and Texas Intrastate
System. Segment operating income attributable to Offshore Pipelines
& Services increased $43.5 million year-to-year. Enterprise
Products Partners’ Independence Hub platform and Independence Trail pipeline
contributed $64.6 million to operating income during 2007. In
addition, operating income for 2007 includes $3.4 million of proceeds from
business interruption insurance claims compared to $23.5 million during
2006.
Segment
operating income attributable to Petrochemical Services decreased $8.9 million
year-to-year. Improved results from this business line attributable
to higher butane isomerization processing volumes were more than offset by lower
octane enhancement sales margins during 2007 relative to 2006.
Investment
in TEPPCO. Segment revenues increased $171.4 million
year-to-year primarily due to a gain related to the sale of equity interests in
March 2007, higher crude oil prices and petroleum products sales volumes and
higher pipeline throughput volumes during 2007 relative to 2006. TEPPCO
recorded a gain of approximately $60.0 million related to the sale of equity
interests in March 2007. TEPPCO’s marketing activities, primarily crude
oil sales, accounted for $93.4 million of the increase in segment
revenue. The remaining increase was primarily due to earnings growth from
expansions on the Jonah system.
Segment
costs and expenses increased $95.5 million year-to-year. Operating costs
and expenses for this business segment increased $73.4 million year-to-year as a
result of an increase in the cost of sales associated with TEPPCO’s marketing
activities. The cost of sales of its petroleum products increased
year-to-year due to higher sales volumes and energy commodity prices. The
remainder of the year-to-year increase in segment costs and expenses is
primarily attributable to higher pipeline operating and maintenance
fees. Segment general and administrative costs increased $7.0 million
year-to-year primarily due to expenses associated with office facilities and
insurance costs.
Changes
in TEPPCO’s revenues and costs and expenses year-to-year are explained in part
by changes in energy commodity prices. The NYMEX market price of crude oil
averaged $72.24 per barrel during 2007 compared to an average of $66.23 per
barrel during 2006 – a 9% increase. The year-to-year increase in TEPPCO’s
revenues and costs and expenses is partially offset by the effects of
implementing new accounting guidance. Beginning in April 2006, TEPPCO
ceased to record gross revenues and costs and expenses for sales of crude oil
inventory under buy/sell agreements with the same counterparty. These
transactions are currently presented on a net basis in our Statements of
Consolidated Operations.
Segment
operating income increased $62.2 million year-to-year primarily due to the
underlying results of TEPPCO’s business lines. Prior to its February
2008 acquisition of the Marine Services business line, TEPPCO operated in three
primary business lines: Downstream, Upstream and Midstream. Segment
operating income attributable to Downstream increased $39.4 million year-to-year
primarily due to improved results from TEPPCO’s pipeline operations and a gain
that TEPPCO recorded in connection with its sale of equity interests and assets
to a third-party in March 2007. Segment operating income attributable to
Downstream benefited from a year-to-year increase in refined products
transportation volumes.
Segment
operating income attributable to Upstream increased $4.1 million year-to-year
primarily due to higher crude oil sales volumes and prices during 2007 compared
to 2006. Segment operating income attributable to Midstream increased
$20.1 million year-to-year primarily due to earnings growth from expansions on
the Jonah system. Natural gas gathering volumes on the Jonah system
averaged 1.6 Bcf/d during 2007 compared to 1.3 Bcf/d during 2006.
Investment
in Energy Transfer Equity. Segment operating income was $3.1
million for 2007. We recorded total equity earnings of $3.1 million
from Energy Transfer Equity and LE GP for the period since our acquisition of
such interests on May 7, 2007 through December 31, 2007. Our equity
earnings from Energy Transfer Equity and LE GP were reduced by $26.7 million of
excess cost amortization.
Review
of Consolidated Interest Expense Amounts
The
following table presents the components of interest expense as presented in our
Statements of Consolidated Operations for the periods indicated (dollars in
thousands):
|
|
For
the Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Interest
expense attributable to:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
debt obligations of Enterprise Products Partners
|
|
$ |
400,686 |
|
|
$ |
311,764 |
|
|
$ |
238,023 |
|
Consolidated
debt obligations of TEPPCO
|
|
|
140,042 |
|
|
|
101,223 |
|
|
|
86,171 |
|
Parent
Company debt obligations
|
|
|
67,495 |
|
|
|
74,432 |
|
|
|
9,548 |
|
Total
interest expense
|
|
$ |
608,223 |
|
|
$ |
487,419 |
|
|
$ |
333,742 |
|
Interest
expense for Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO increased in the current
year periods relative to the prior year periods primarily due to borrowings made
in connection with their respective capital spending programs. In
addition, TEPPCO’s interest expense for year ended December 31, 2008 includes
$8.7 million for losses it recognized on the early extinguishment of debt during
the first quarter of 2008. See Note 15 of the Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report for information
regarding our consolidated debt obligations, which include the consolidated debt
obligations of Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO.
The Parent Company’s interest expense
increased during the 2007 period as a result of borrowings it made during May
2007 to acquire interests in Energy Transfer Equity and LE GP.
Review
of Consolidated Other Income, Net Amounts
On March
1, 2007, TEPPCO sold its 49.5% ownership interest in Mont Belvieu Storage
Partners, L.P. (“MB Storage”) and its 50% ownership interest in Mont Belvieu
Venture, LLC (the general partner of MB Storage) to Louis Dreyfus Energy
Services L.P. for approximately $156.0 million in cash. TEPPCO
recognized a gain of approximately $60.0 million related to its sale of these
equity interests, which is included in our other income.
Review
of Consolidated Minority Interest Expense Amounts
Minority interest expense amounts
attributable to the limited partners of Enterprise Products Partners, Duncan
Energy Partners and TEPPCO primarily represent allocations of earnings by these
entities to their unitholders, excluding those earnings allocated to the Parent
Company in connection with its ownership of common units of Enterprise Products
Partners and TEPPCO. The following table presents the components of
minority interest expense as presented on our Statements of Consolidated
Operations for the periods indicated (dollars in thousands):
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Limited
partners of Enterprise Products Partners (1)
|
|
$ |
786,528 |
|
|
$ |
404,779 |
|
|
$ |
486,398 |
|
Limited
partners of Duncan Energy Partners (2)
|
|
|
17,300 |
|
|
|
13,879 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Related
party former owners of TEPPCO GP
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
16,502 |
|
Limited
partners of TEPPCO (3)
|
|
|
153,592 |
|
|
|
217,938 |
|
|
|
126,606 |
|
Joint
venture partners (4)
|
|
|
24,038 |
|
|
|
16,764 |
|
|
|
9,079 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
981,458 |
|
|
$ |
653,360 |
|
|
$ |
638,585 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Minority
interest expense attributable to this subsidiary increased in 2008
relative to 2007 primarily due to an increase in Enterprise Products
Partners’ operating income, partially offset by an increase in interest
expense. In addition, the number of Enterprise Products Partners’
common units outstanding increased in 2008 relative to
2007.
(2)
Duncan
Energy Partners completed its initial public offering in February
2007. The increase in minority interest expense during 2008 is
primarily due to an increase in Duncan Energy Partners’ net
income.
(3)
Minority
interest expense attributable to this subsidiary decreased in 2008
relative to 2007 primarily due to a decrease in TEPPCO’s net income in
2008. TEPPCO recognized an approximate $60.0 million gain on the sale
of an equity investment in the first quarter of 2007.
(4)
Represents
third-party ownership interests in joint ventures that we
consolidate.
|
|
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
On a
consolidated basis, our primary cash requirements, in addition to normal
operating expenses and debt service, are for capital expenditures, business
combinations and distributions to partners and minority interest holders.
Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO expect to fund their short-term needs
for amounts such as operating expenses and sustaining capital expenditures with
operating cash flows and short-term revolving credit
arrangements. Capital expenditures for long-term needs resulting from
internal growth projects and business acquisitions are expected to be funded by
a variety of sources (either separately or in combination), including cash flows
from operating activities, borrowings under credit facilities, the issuance of
additional equity and debt securities and proceeds from divestitures of
ownership interests in assets to affiliates or third parties. We expect to fund
cash distributions to partners primarily with operating cash flows. Our debt
service requirements are expected to be funded by operating cash flows and/or
refinancing arrangements.
The
following table summarizes key components of our consolidated statements of cash
flows for the periods indicated (dollars in thousands):
|
|
For
the Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash flows provided by operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPGP
and Subsidiaries (1)
|
|
$ |
1,234,302 |
|
|
$ |
1,588,959 |
|
|
$ |
1,174,837 |
|
TEPPCO
GP and Subsidiaries (2)
|
|
|
346,270 |
|
|
|
350,499 |
|
|
|
273,122 |
|
Parent
Company (3)
|
|
|
234,772 |
|
|
|
184,673 |
|
|
|
166,123 |
|
Eliminations
and adjustments (4)
|
|
|
(248,800 |
) |
|
|
(187,297 |
) |
|
|
(174,508 |
) |
Net
cash flows provided by operating activities
|
|
$ |
1,566,544 |
|
|
$ |
1,936,834 |
|
|
$ |
1,439,574 |
|
Cash
used in investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPGP
and Subsidiaries (1)
|
|
$ |
(2,411,409 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,553,607 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,689,200 |
) |
TEPPCO
GP and Subsidiaries (2)
|
|
|
(831,020 |
) |
|
|
(317,400 |
) |
|
|
(273,716 |
) |
Parent
Company (3)
|
|
|
(7,735 |
) |
|
|
(1,650,827 |
) |
|
|
(18,920 |
) |
Eliminations
and adjustments
|
|
|
3,264 |
|
|
|
(19,264 |
) |
|
|
11,189 |
|
Cash
used in investing activities
|
|
$ |
(3,246,900 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,541,098 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,970,647 |
) |
Cash
provided by (used in) financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPGP
and Subsidiaries (1)
|
|
$ |
1,172,907 |
|
|
$ |
981,815 |
|
|
$ |
495,074 |
|
TEPPCO
GP and Subsidiaries (2)
|
|
|
484,722 |
|
|
|
(33,154 |
) |
|
|
594 |
|
Parent
Company
|
|
|
(226,177 |
) |
|
|
1,467,027 |
|
|
|
(146,928 |
) |
Eliminations
and adjustments (4)
|
|
|
264,327 |
|
|
|
206,792 |
|
|
|
163,086 |
|
Cash
provided by financing activities
|
|
$ |
1,695,779 |
|
|
$ |
2,622,480 |
|
|
$ |
511,826 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
on hand at end of period (unrestricted)
|
|
$ |
56,828 |
|
|
$ |
41,920 |
|
|
$ |
23,290 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Represents
consolidated cash flow information reported by EPGP and subsidiaries,
which includes Enterprise Products Partners.
(2)
Represents
consolidated cash flow information reported by TEPPCO GP and subsidiaries,
which includes TEPPCO.
(3)
Equity
earnings and distributions from the Parent Company's Investment in Energy
Transfer Equity are reflected as operating cash flows and its initial
investment is reflected in investing activities.
(4)
Distributions
received by the Parent Company from its Investments in Enterprise Products
Partners and TEPPCO (as reflected in operating cash flows for the
Parent Company) are eliminated against cash distributions paid to
owners by EPGP, TEPPCO GP and their respective subsidiaries (as reflected
in financing activities).
|
|
Net cash
flows provided by operating activities are largely dependent on earnings from
our consolidated businesses. As a result, these cash flows are exposed to
certain risks. We operate predominantly in the midstream energy
industry. We provide services for producers and consumers of natural
gas, NGLs, LPGs, crude oil and certain petrochemical products. The
products that we process, sell or transport are principally used as fuel for
residential, agricultural and commercial heating; feedstocks in petrochemical
manufacturing; and in the production of motor gasoline. Reduced
demand for our services or products by industrial customers, whether because of
general economic conditions, reduced demand for the end products made with our
products or increased competition from other service providers or producers due
to pricing differences or other reasons could have a negative impact on our
earnings and the availability of cash from operating activities. For
a more complete discussion of these and other risk factors pertinent to our
business, see Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” of this annual report.
We use
the indirect method to compute net cash flows provided by operating
activities. See Note 22 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report for information regarding
this method of presentation.
Cash used in investing activities
primarily represents expenditures for additions to property, plant and
equipment, business combinations and investments in unconsolidated
affiliates. Cash provided by (or used in) financing activities
generally consists of borrowings and repayments of debt, distributions to
partners, proceeds from the issuance of equity securities, and
distributions and contributions to minority interests.
Our
consolidated debt obligations totaled $12.71 billion and $9.86 billion at
December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. For detailed information
regarding our consolidated debt obligations, see Note 15 of the Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this annual
report.
For
information regarding our risks in connection with the global financial crisis,
see “The global financial
crisis may have impacts on our business and financial position that we currently
cannot predict,” under Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” of this annual
report.
At
December 31, 2008, Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO each have a universal
shelf registration statement on file with the SEC that allows them to issue an
unlimited amount of debt and equity securities. In March 2008, Duncan
Energy Partners filed a universal shelf registration statement with the SEC that
authorized its issuance of up to $1.00 billion in debt and equity
securities. As of February 2, 2008, Duncan Energy Partners has issued
$0.5 million in equity securities under this registration
statement.
In
addition, Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO each
have registration statements on file with the SEC in connection with
their respective distribution reinvestment programs (“DRIP”). The
DRIP programs provide unitholders of record and beneficial owners of common
units of Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO a voluntary means by which such
unitholders and owners can increase the number of common units they own of
each registrant by reinvesting the quarterly cash distributions they would
otherwise receive into the purchase of additional common units of either
Enterprise Products Partners or TEPPCO. In November 2008,
affiliates of EPCO reinvested $3.3 million of the distributions they received
from TEPPCO into the acquisition of additional common units of TEPPCO through
its DRIP. In addition, in November 2008, the Parent Company and
affiliates of EPCO reinvested $5.0 million and $62.0 million, respectively, of
the distributions they each received from Enterprise Products Partners into the
acquisition of additional common units of Enterprise Products Partners through
its DRIP.
We forecast that Enterprise Products
Partners’ capital spending for property, plant and equipment for 2009 will
approximate $1.0 billion. In addition, we forecast that TEPPCO’s
capital spending for 2009 will be approximately $340.0 million. These
forecasts are based on Enterprise Products Partners’ and TEPPCO’s announced
strategic operating and growth plans. These plans are dependent upon
each entity’s ability to obtain the required funds from its operating cash flows
or other means, including borrowings under debt agreements, the issuance of debt
and equity securities and/or the divestiture of assets. Such
forecasts may change due to factors beyond Enterprise Prodcuts Partners or
TEPPCO's control, such as weather-related issues, changes in supplier
prices or adverse economic conditions. Furthermore, such forecasts
may change as a result of decisions made by management at a later date, which
may include unexpected acquisitions, decisions to take on additional partners
and changes in the timing of expenditures. The success of Enterprise
Products Partners or TEPPCO in raising capital, including the formation of joint
ventures to share costs and risks, continues to be a principal factor that
determines how much each entity can spend in connection with their respective
capital programs.
EPO’s
publicly traded debt securities were rated investment-grade as of March 2, 2009.
Moody’s Investor Service (“Moody’s”) assigned a rating of Baa3 and Standard
& Poor’s and Fitch Ratings each assigned a rating of BBB-. The
publicly traded debt securities of TEPPCO were also rated as investment-grade as
of March 2, 2009. These debt securities are rated BBB- by Standard
& Poor’s and Fitch Ratings and Baa3 by Moody’s.
As of
March 2, 2009, the Parent Company’s credit facilities are rated Ba2, BB and BB-
by Moody’s, Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor’s,
respectively. Recently, there has been limited access to the
institutional leveraged loan market for companies with similar ratings to those
of the Parent Company. At this time, we are unable to estimate when
these market conditions will improve.
Cash
Flow Analysis - EPGP and Subsidiaries
At
December 31, 2008, total liquidity of EPGP and its consolidated subsidiaries
(primarily Enterprise Products Partners) was $1.51 billion, which includes
availability under Enterprise Products Partners’ consolidated credit facilities
and unrestricted cash on hand. The principal amount of Enterprise
Products Partners’ consolidated debt obligations totaled $9.05 billion at
December 31, 2008. The following information highlights significant changes in
the operating, investing and financing cash flows for EPGP and its consolidated
subsidiaries.
Comparison
of 2008 with 2007
Operating
Activities. Net cash flow provided by operating activities was $1.23
billion for 2008 compared to $1.59 billion for 2007. Although Enterprise
Products Partners’ businesses generated higher earnings year-to-year, the
reduction in operating cash flows is generally due to the timing of related cash
receipts and disbursements. The overall $354.7 million year-to-year
decrease in operating cash flows also reflects a $127.3 million decrease in cash
proceeds Enterprise Products Partners received from insurance claims related to
certain named storms. For information regarding proceeds from business
interruption and property damage claims, see Note 21 of the Notes to
Consolidated Statements included under Item 8 of this annual
report. Enterprise Products Partners’ cash payments for interest
increased $116.3 million year-to-year primarily due to increased borrowings to
finance its capital spending program.
Investing
Activities. Cash used in investing activities was $2.41 billion for
2008 compared to $2.55 billion for 2007. Capital spending for
property, plant and equipment, net of contributions in aid of construction
costs, decreased $174.6 million year-to-year. Cash outlays for
investments in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates decreased $208.9
million year-to-year. Enterprise Products Partners contributed $216.5 million to
Cameron Highway during the second quarter of 2007. Cameron Highway
used these funds, along with an equal contribution from its other owner, to
repay approximately $430.0 million of its outstanding debt.
Restricted
cash related to Enterprise Products Partners' hedging activities increased $85.4
million year-to-year (a cash outflow). See Item 7A of this annual report for
information regarding Enterprise Products Partners’ interest rate and commodity
risk hedging portfolios.
Cash used
for business combinations increased $166.4 million year-to-year primarily due to
Enterprise Products Partners’ acquisition of a 100.0% membership
interest in Great Divide Gathering, LLC for $125.2 million, the acquisition of
remaining interests in Dixie for $57.1 million and the acquisition of additional
interests in Tri-States NGL Pipeline, L.L.C. for $18.7 million.
Financing
Activities. Cash provided by
financing activities was $1.17 billion for 2008 compared to $981.8 million for
2007. Net borrowings under Enterprise Products Partners’ consolidated
debt agreements increased $588.9 million year-to-year. Borrowings
under debt agreements for 2008 include (i) the issuance of $400.0 million in
principal amount of 5-year senior notes (“EPO Senior Notes M”) and $700.0
million in principal amount of 10-year senior notes (“EPO Senior Notes N”) in
April 2008, (ii) the execution of a Japanese yen term loan agreement in the
amount of 20.7 billion yen (approximately $217.6 million U.S. dollar
equivalent) in November 2008 and (iii) the issuance of $500.0 million in
principal amount of 5-year senior notes (“EPO Senior Notes O”) in December
2008. Enterprise Products Partners used the proceeds from these
borrowings primarily to repay amounts borrowed under the EPO Revolver and, to a
lesser extent, for general partnership purposes. For information
regarding Enterprise Products Partners’ consolidated debt obligations, see Note
14 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of
this annual report.
Cash
distributions paid by Enterprise Products Partners to its limited partners
increased $62.4 million year-to-year due to increases in common units
outstanding and quarterly cash distribution rates. Contributions from
minority interests decreased $230.9 million year-to-year primarily due to the
initial public offering of Duncan Energy Partners in February 2007.
The early
termination and settlement by Enterprise Products Partners of interest rate
hedging financial instruments during 2008 resulted in net cash payments of $14.4
million compared to net cash receipts of $48.9 million during 2007, which
resulted in a $63.3 million decrease in financing cash flows between
years.
Comparison
of 2007 with 2006
Operating
Activities. Net cash flow provided by operating activities was $1.59
billion for 2007 compared to $1.17 billion for 2006. The $414.1
million year-to-year increase in net cash flows provided by operating activities
was primarily due to increased earnings from Enterprise Products Partners’
businesses and the timing of related cash collections and disbursements between
periods. The year-to-year increase in operating cash flows includes a
$42.1 million increase in cash proceeds Enterprise Products Partners received
from insurance claims related to certain named storms.
Investing
Activities. Cash used in investing activities was $2.55
billion for 2007 compared to $1.69 billion for 2006. The $864.4
million overall increase in net cash outflows is primarily due to an $847.7
million increase in capital spending for property, plant and equipment (net of
contributions in aid of construction costs) and a $194.6 million increase in
investments in unconsolidated affiliates, partially offset by a $240.7 million
decrease in cash outlays for business combinations. Enterprise
Products Partners contributed $216.5 million to Cameron Highway during the
second quarter of 2007. As noted previously, Cameron Highway used
these funds, along with an equal contribution from its other owner, to repay
approximately $430.0 million of its outstanding debt. During 2006,
Enterprise Products Partners paid $100.0 million for Piceance Creek Pipeline,
LLC and $145.2 million in connection with its Encinal
acquisition. Enterprise Products Partners’ spending for business
combinations during 2007 was limited and primarily attributable to the $35.0
million it paid to acquire the South Monco pipeline business.
Financing
Activities. Cash provided by financing activities was $981.8
million for 2007 versus $495.1 million for 2006. Net borrowings under
Enterprise Products Partners’ consolidated debt agreements increased $1.10
billion year-to-year. In May 2007, EPO sold $700.0 million in
principal amount of junior subordinated notes (“Junior Notes B”). In
September 2007, EPO sold $800.0 million in principal amount of senior notes
(“Senior Notes L”) and, in October 2007, EPO repaid $500.0 million in principal
amount of senior notes (“Senior Notes E”).
Net
proceeds from the issuance of Enterprise Products Partners’ common units
decreased $788.0 million year-to-year. Underwritten equity offerings
in March and September of 2006 generated net proceeds of $750.8 million
reflecting the sale of 31.1 million common units of Enterprise Products
Partners.
Contributions
from minority interests increased $275.4 million year-to-year primarily due to
the initial public offering of Duncan Energy Partners in February 2007, which
generated net proceeds of approximately $291.0 million from the sale of
approximately 15.0 million of its common units.
Cash
distributions to Enterprise Products Partners’ limited partners increased $90.6
million year-to-year due to an increase in common units outstanding and
quarterly cash distribution rates. Enterprise Products Partners received $48.9
million from the settlement of treasury lock financial instruments during 2007
related to its interest rate risk hedging activities.
Cash
Flow Analysis - TEPPCO GP and Subsidiaries
At
December 31, 2008, total liquidity of TEPPCO GP and its consolidated
subsidiaries (primarily TEPPCO) was $404.4 million, which includes availability
under TEPPCO’s consolidated credit facilities. The principal amount of TEPPCO’s
consolidated debt obligations totaled $2.53 billion at December 31, 2008.
The
following information highlights significant changes in the operating, investing
and financing cash flows for TEPPCO GP and its consolidated
subsidiaries.
Comparison
of 2008 with 2007
Operating
Activities. Net cash flow provided
by operating activities was $346.3 million for 2008 compared to $350.5 million
for 2007. The $4.2 million decrease in operating cash flows is
primarily due to the timing of cash receipts and disbursements between periods,
partially offset by a $23.2 million increase in distributions from
unconsolidated affiliates (primarily Jonah). TEPPCO’s
cash payments for interest increased $23.9 million year-to-year primarily due to
increased borrowings to finance its capital spending program.
Investing
Activities. Cash used in investing activities was $831.0
million for 2008 compared to $317.4 million for 2007. The $513.6 million
year-to-year increase in cash used for investing activities is primarily due to
a $351.3 million increase in cash outlays for business combinations and a $165.1
million decrease in proceeds from the sale of assets. TEPPCO spent
approximately $345.8 million in cash during 2008 to complete business
combinations related to its new Marine Services business line. During
2007, TEPPCO reported $155.8 million of proceeds from the sale of certain equity
interests and related storage assets located in Mont Belvieu,
Texas.
Financing
Activities. Cash provided by
financing activities was $484.7 million for 2008 compared to cash used in
financing activities of $33.2 million for 2007. Net borrowings under
TEPPCO’s consolidated debt agreements increased $334.9 million
year-to-year. In March 2008, TEPPCO sold $250.0 million in principal
amount of 5-year senior notes, $350.0 million of 10-year senior notes and $400.0
million of 30-year senior notes. In January 2008, TEPPCO repaid
$355.0 million in principal amount of the TE Products senior
notes. In May 2007, TEPPCO sold $300.0 million in principal
amount of its junior subordinated notes.
Net
proceeds from the issuance of TEPPCO’s common units increased $274.2 million
year-to-year. In September 2008, TEPPCO sold 9.2 million of its
common units in an underwritten equity offering which generated net proceeds of
$257.0 million. Cash
distributions to TEPPCO’s limited partners increased $26.9 million
year-to-year due to an increase in common units outstanding and quarterly cash
distribution rates.
The early
termination and settlement by TEPPCO of interest rate hedging financial
instruments during 2008 resulted in net cash payments of $52.1 million compared
to net cash receipts of $1.4 million during 2007, which resulted in a $53.5
million decrease in financing cash flows between years.
Comparison of 2007 with
2006
Operating
Activities. Net cash flow provided by operating activities was $350.5
million for 2007 compared to $273.1 million for 2006. The $77.4
million increase in operating cash flows is generally due to increased earnings
of TEPPCO and the timing of related cash collections and disbursements between
years. Operating income for 2007 attributable to our Investment in
TEPPCO segment increased $62.2 million over 2006’s results as discussed under
“Results of Operations” within this Item 7. TEPPCO’s cash payments
for interest increased $16.1 million year-to-year primarily due to increased
borrowings to finance its capital spending program.
Investing
Activities. Cash
used in investing activities was $317.4 million for 2007 compared to $273.7
million for 2006. The $43.7 million year-to-year increase in cash
used for investing activities is primarily due to a $83.6 million increase in
capital expenditures for property, plant and equipment and a $70.3 million
increase in investments in unconsolidated affiliates (primarily Jonah),
partially offset by a $113.5 million decrease in proceeds from the sale of
assets.
TEPPCO reported $165.1 million of
proceeds from the sale of assets during 2007 compared to $51.6 million during
2006. During the first quarter of 2007, TEPPCO sold its ownership
interest in certain storage assets located in Mont Belvieu, Texas (along with
other related assets) to a third party for $155.8 million. During the
first quarter of 2006, TEPPCO sold a natural gas processing facility to
Enterprise Products Partners for $38.0 million. The receipt of cash
from Enterprise Products Partners is a component of TEPPCO GP and subsidiaries’
cash flows; however, this intercompany amount is eliminated in the preparation
of our consolidated cash flow information.
Financing
Activities. Cash
used for financing activities was $33.2 million for 2007 compared to cash
provided by financing activities of $0.6 million for 2006. TEPPCO’s
net borrowings equaled its net proceeds in 2007 compared to net borrowings of
$84.1 million in 2006. The 2007 period includes TEPPCO’s issuance of
its junior subordinated notes in the principal amount of $300.0 million and the
redemption of $35.0 million of its senior notes. Distributions
increased $15.9 million year-to-year due to an increase in distribution-bearing
units outstanding coupled with higher distribution rates per
unit. Net cash proceeds from the issuance of TEPPCO’s common units
were $1.7 million in 2007 compared to $195.1 million in 2006. TEPPCO
issued 0.1 million of its common units in 2007 compared with 5.8 million in
2006.
Cash
Flow Analysis - Parent Company
The
primary sources of cash flow for the Parent Company are its investments in
limited and general partner interests of publicly-traded limited
partnerships. The cash distributions the Parent Company receives from
its investments in Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO, Energy Transfer Equity
and their respective general partners are exposed to certain risks inherent in
the underlying business of each entity. For information regarding
such risks, see Part I, Item 1A of this annual report.
The
Parent Company’s primary cash requirements are for general and administrative
costs, debt service costs, investments and distributions to
partners. The Parent Company expects to fund its short-term cash
requirements for such amounts as general and administrative costs using
operating cash flows. Debt service requirements are expected to be
funded by operating cash flows and/or refinancing arrangements. The
Parent Company expects to fund its cash distributions to partners primarily with
operating cash flows.
The following table summarizes key
components of the Parent Company’s cash flow information for the periods
indicated (dollars in thousands):
|
|
For
the Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash provided by operating activities (1)
|
|
$ |
234,772 |
|
|
$ |
184,673 |
|
|
$ |
166,123 |
|
Cash
used in investing activities (2)
|
|
|
7,735 |
|
|
|
1,650,827 |
|
|
|
18,920 |
|
Cash
provided by (used in) financing activities (3)
|
|
|
(226,177 |
) |
|
|
1,467,027 |
|
|
|
(146,928 |
) |
Cash
and cash equivalents, end of period
|
|
|
2,516 |
|
|
|
1,656 |
|
|
|
783 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Primarily
represents distributions received from unconsolidated affiliates less cash
payments for interest and general and administrative costs. See
following table for detailed information regarding distributions from
unconsolidated affiliates.
(2)
Primarily
represents investments in unconsolidated affiliates.
(3)
Primarily
represents net cash proceeds from borrowings and equity offerings offset
by repayments of debt principal and distribution payments to unitholders
and former owners of TEPPCO GP. The amount presented for 2007
includes $739.4 million in net proceeds from an equity offering in July
2007.
|
|
The following table presents cash
distributions received from unconsolidated affiliates and cash distributions
paid by the Parent Company for the periods indicated (dollars in
thousands):
|
|
For
the Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Cash distributions from
investees: (1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enterprise
Products Partners and EPGP:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From
common units of Enterprise Products Partners (2)
|
|
$ |
27,514 |
|
|
$ |
25,766 |
|
|
$ |
24,150 |
|
From
2% general partner interest in Enterprise Products
Partners
|
|
|
18,219 |
|
|
|
16,944 |
|
|
|
15,096 |
|
From
general partner IDRs in distributions of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enterprise
Products Partners
|
|
|
123,855 |
|
|
|
104,652 |
|
|
|
84,802 |
|
TEPPCO
and TEPPCO GP:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From
4,400,000 common units of TEPPCO
|
|
|
12,496 |
|
|
|
12,056 |
|
|
|
10,869 |
|
From
2% general partner interest in TEPPCO
|
|
|
5,573 |
|
|
|
5,023 |
|
|
|
4,014 |
|
From
general partner IDRs in distributions of TEPPCO
|
|
|
49,353 |
|
|
|
43,210 |
|
|
|
43,077 |
|
Energy
Transfer Equity and LE GP: (3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From
38,976,090 common units of Energy Transfer Equity
|
|
|
76,004 |
|
|
|
29,720 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
From
34.9% member interest in LE GP
|
|
|
492 |
|
|
|
224 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
cash distributions received
|
|
$ |
313,506 |
|
|
$ |
237,595 |
|
|
$ |
182,008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions
by the Parent Company:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPCO
and affiliates
|
|
$ |
158,947 |
|
|
$ |
125,875 |
|
|
$ |
93,910 |
|
Public
|
|
|
54,175 |
|
|
|
33,153 |
|
|
|
14,528 |
|
General
partner interest
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
Total
distributions by the Parent Company (4)
|
|
$ |
213,143 |
|
|
$ |
159,042 |
|
|
$ |
108,449 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions
paid to affiliates of EPCO that were the former
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
owners
of the TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP interests contributed
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
to the Parent
Company in May 2007 (5)
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
29,760 |
|
|
$ |
57,960 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Represents
cash distributions received during each reporting
period.
(2)
Prior
to November 2008, the Parent Company owned 13,454,498 common units of
Enterprise Products Partners. In November 2008, the Parent Company
used $5.0 million in distributions received from Enterprise Products
Partners with respect to the third quarter of 2008 to purchase an
additional 216,427 common units. As of December 31, 2008, the Parent
Company owned 13,670,925 common units of Enterprise Products
Partners.
(3)
The
Parent Company received its first cash distribution from Energy Transfer
Equity and LE GP in July 2007.
(4)
The
quarterly cash distributions paid by the Parent Company increased
effective with the August 2007 distribution due to the issuance of
20,134,220 Units in July 2007.
(5)
Represents
cash distributions paid to affiliates of EPCO that were former owners of
these partnership and membership interests prior to the contribution of
such interests to the Parent Company in May 2007.
|
|
For additional financial information
pertaining to the Parent Company, see Note 24 of the Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report.
The amount of cash distributions the
Parent Company is able to pay its unitholders may fluctuate based on the level
of distributions it receives from Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO, Energy
Transfer Equity and their respective general partners. For example,
if EPO is not able to satisfy certain financial covenants in accordance with its
credit agreements, Enterprise Products Partners would be restricted from making
quarterly cash distributions to its partners. Factors such as capital
contributions, debt service requirements, general, administrative and other
expenses, reserves for future distributions and other cash reserves established
by the board of directors of EPE Holdings may affect the distributions the
Parent Company makes to its unitholders. The Parent Company’s credit
agreements contain covenants requiring it to maintain certain financial
ratios. Also, the Parent Company is prohibited from making any
distribution to its unitholders if such distribution would cause an event of
default or otherwise violate a covenant under its credit
agreements.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
In our
financial reporting process, we employ methods, estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of our financial
statements. These methods, estimates and assumptions also affect the
reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting
period. Investors should be aware that actual results could differ
from these estimates if the underlying assumptions prove to be
incorrect. The following describes the estimation risk underlying our
most significant financial statement items.
Depreciation
methods and estimated useful lives of property, plant and equipment
In
general, depreciation is the systematic and rational allocation of an asset’s
cost, less its residual value (if any), to the periods it
benefits. The majority of our property, plant and equipment is
depreciated using the straight-line method, which results in depreciation
expense being incurred evenly over the life of the assets. Our
estimate of depreciation incorporates assumptions regarding the useful economic
lives and residual values of our assets. At the time we place our
assets in-service, we believe such assumptions are reasonable; however,
circumstances may develop that would cause us to change these assumptions, which
would change our depreciation amounts prospectively. Examples of such
circumstances include: (i) changes in laws and regulations that limit the
estimated economic life of an asset; (ii) changes in technology that render an
asset obsolete; (iii) changes in expected salvage values; or (iv) changes in the
forecast life of applicable resource basins, if any.
At
December 31, 2008 and 2007, the net book value of our property, plant and
equipment was $16.72 billion and $14.30 billion, respectively. We
recorded $595.5 million, $515.4 million, and $434.6 million in depreciation
expense for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
For
additional information regarding our property, plant and equipment, see Notes 2
and 11 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8
of this annual report.
Measuring
recoverability of long-lived assets with finite lives
Long-lived
assets include property, plant and equipment and intangible assets with finite
useful lives. These assets are reviewed for impairment whenever
events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying values may not
be recoverable. Examples of such circumstances include (i) an
unexpected and material decline in natural gas and crude oil production
resulting in a decrease in throughput and processing volumes for our assets and
(ii) a long-term decrease in the demand for natural gas, crude oil or NGLs that
results in an economic downturn in the midstream energy industry.
Long-lived
assets with carrying values that are not expected to be recovered through future
cash flows are written-down to their estimated fair values. A
long-lived asset’s carrying value is deemed not recoverable if it exceeds the
sum of the asset’s estimated undiscounted future cash flows, including those
associated with the eventual disposition of the asset. Our estimates
of undiscounted future cash flows are based on a number of assumptions
including: (i) the asset’s anticipated future operating margins and volumes;
(ii) the asset’s estimated useful (or economic) life; and (iii) the asset’s
estimated salvage value, if
applicable. If
warranted, we record an impairment charge for the excess of a long-lived asset’s
carrying value over its estimated fair value, which reflects an asset’s market
value, replacement cost estimates and future earnings potential.
For the
year ended December 31, 2006, we recorded $0.1 million of non-cash asset
impairment charges related to property, plant and equipment, which are reflected
as components of operating costs and expenses. No such asset
impairment charges were recorded in 2008 or 2007.
For
additional information regarding our property, plant and equipment and
intangible assets, see Notes 11 and 14 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report.
Measuring
recoverability of goodwill
Goodwill
represents the excess of the purchase price paid to complete a business
combination over the respective fair value of assets acquired and liabilities
assumed in the transaction.
We do not amortize goodwill; however,
we test goodwill amounts for impairment annually, or more frequently if
circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not that the fair value of
goodwill is less than its carrying value. Goodwill amounts attributable to our
Investment in Enterprise Products Partners segment are tested during the second
quarter of each fiscal year. Goodwill amounts attributable to our
Investment in TEPPCO segment are tested during the fourth quarter of each fiscal
year.
Goodwill testing involves the
determination of a reporting unit’s estimated fair value, which considers the
reporting unit’s market value and future earnings potential. Our
estimate of a reporting unit’s fair value is based on a number of assumptions
including: (i) the discount rate we select to present value underlying cash flow
streams; (ii) the reporting unit’s future operating margins and volumes for a
discrete forecast period; and (iii) the reporting units long-term growth rate
beyond the discrete forecast period. If the estimated fair value of
the reporting unit (including its inherent goodwill) is less than its carrying
value, a charge to earnings is required to reduce the carrying value of goodwill
to its implied fair value. The financial models we develop to
estimate a reporting unit’s fair value are sensitive to changes in these
assumptions. Consequently, a significant change in any of these underlying
assumptions may result in our recording an impairment charge where none was
warranted in prior periods.
At December 31, 2008 and 2007, the
carrying value of our goodwill was $1.01 billion and $807.6 million,
respectively. We did not record any goodwill impairment charges
during the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006.
For
additional information regarding our goodwill, see Note 14 of the Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this annual
report.
Measuring
recoverability of intangible assets with indefinite lives
At
December 31, 2008 and 2007, the Parent Company had an indefinite-life intangible
asset valued at $606.9 million associated with IDRs in TEPPCO’s quarterly cash
distributions. This intangible asset is not subject to amortization,
but is subject to periodic testing for recoverability in a manner similar to
goodwill. In addition, we review this asset annually to determine whether events
or circumstances continue to support an indefinite life. The IDRs
represent contractual rights to the incentive cash distributions paid by
TEPPCO. Such rights were granted to TEPPCO GP under the terms of
TEPPCO’s partnership agreement. In accordance with TEPPCO’s
partnership agreement, TEPPCO GP may separate and sell the IDRs independent of
its other residual general partner and limited partner interests in
TEPPCO.
We
consider the IDRs to be an indefinite-life intangible asset. Our
determination of an indefinite-life is based upon our expectation that TEPPCO
will continue to pay incentive distributions under the terms of its partnership
agreement to TEPPCO GP indefinitely. TEPPCO’s partnership agreement
contains
renewal
provisions that provide for TEPPCO to continue as a going concern beyond the
initial term of its partnership agreement, which ends in December
2084.
We test
the carrying value of the IDRs for impairment annually, or more frequently if
circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not that the fair value of
the asset is less than its carrying value. This test is performed
during the fourth quarter of each fiscal year. If the estimated fair
value of this intangible asset is less than its carrying value, a charge to
earnings is required to reduce the asset’s carrying value to its implied fair
value.
Our
estimate of the fair value of this asset is based on a number of assumptions
including: (i) the discount rate we select to present value
underlying cash flow streams; (ii) the expected increase in TEPPCO’s cash
distribution rate over a discreet forecast period; and (iii) the long-term
growth rate of TEPPCO’s cash distributions beyond the discreet forecast
period. The financial models we use to estimate the fair value of the
IDRs are sensitive to changes in these assumptions. Consequently, a
significant change in any of these underlying assumptions may result in our
recording an impairment charge where none was warranted in prior
periods.
We did
not record any impairment charges in connection with our indefinite-lived
intangible assets during the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and
2006.
For
additional information regarding the TEPPCO IDRs, see Note 24 of the Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this annual
report.
Measuring
recoverability of equity method investments
We
evaluate equity method investments for impairment whenever events or changes in
circumstances indicate an other than temporary decline in the value of the
investment. Examples of such circumstances include a history of
operating losses by the entity and/or a long-term adverse change in the entity’s
industry.
The
carrying value of an equity method investment is deemed not recoverable if it
exceeds the sum of estimated discounted future cash flows we expect to derive
from the investment. Our estimates of discounted future cash flows
are based on a number of assumptions including: (i) the discount rate we select
to present value underlying cash flow streams; (ii) the probabilities we assign
to different future cash flow scenarios; (iii) the entity’s anticipated future
operating margins and volumes; and (iv) the estimated economic life of the
entity’s underlying assets. The financial models we develop to test
such investments for impairment are sensitive to changes in these
assumptions. Consequently, a significant change in any of these
underlying assumptions may result in our recording an impairment charge where
none was warranted in prior periods.
During
2007, we evaluated our equity method investment in Nemo Gathering Company, LLC
for impairment. As a result of this evaluation, we recorded a $7.0
million non-cash impairment charge that is a component of equity income from
unconsolidated affiliates for the year ended December 31,
2007. Similarly, during the year ended December 31, 2006, we
evaluated our equity method investment in Neptune Pipeline Company, L.L.C. for
impairment and recorded a $7.4 million non-cash impairment charge. We
had no such impairment charges during the year ended December 31,
2008.
For
additional information regarding impairment charges associated with our equity
method investments, see Note 12 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report.
Amortization
methods and estimated useful lives of finite-lived intangible
assets
We have
recorded intangible assets in connection with certain contracts, customer
relationships and similar finite-lived agreements acquired in connection with
business combinations and asset purchases.
Contract-based intangible assets
represent specific commercial rights we acquired in connection with business
combinations or asset purchases. Examples of such agreements include
the Jonah and Val Verde natural gas gathering agreements, Shell processing
agreement and Mississippi natural gas storage
contracts. Contract-based intangible assets are amortized over their
estimated useful life using methods that closely resemble the pattern in which
the economic benefits of the contract are expected to be realized by
us. For example, the Jonah and Val Verde natural gas gathering
agreements are being amortized to earnings using a units-of-production method
that closely resembles the pattern in which the economic benefits of the
underlying natural gas resource bases are expected to be consumed or otherwise
used, which correlates with amounts we expect to realize from gathering services
rendered under these contracts. Other contracts such as the Shell
processing agreement and Mississippi natural gas storage contracts are being
amortized to earnings over their respective contract terms using a straight-line
method, which closely matches the benefits we expect to realize from services
rendered under these contracts. Our estimates of the useful life of
contract-based intangible assets are predicated on a number of factors,
including (i) contractual provisions that enable us to renew or extend such
agreements, (ii) any legal or regulatory developments that would impact such
contractual rights, (iii) volumetric estimates with respect to contracts
amortized on a units-of-production basis, and (iv) the expected useful life of
related fixed assets.
Customer relationship intangible assets
represent the estimated economic value assigned to certain relationships
acquired in connection with business combinations and asset purchases whereby
(i) we acquired information about or access to customers and now have regular
contact with them and (ii) the customers now have the ability to make direct
contact with us. Customer relationships may arise from contractual arrangements
(such as supplier contracts and service contracts) and through means other than
contracts, such as through regular contact by sales or service
representatives. The values assigned to our customer relationship
intangible assets are being amortized to earnings using a method that closely
resembles the pattern in which the economic benefits of the underlying crude oil
and natural gas resource bases are expected to be consumed or otherwise used,
which correlates with amounts we expect to realize from such
relationships. Our estimate of the useful life of each resource base
is based on a number of factors, including reserve estimates, the economic
viability of production and exploration activities and other industry
factors.
If our
underlying assumptions regarding the estimated useful life of an intangible
asset changes, then the amortization period for such asset would be adjusted
accordingly. Additionally, if we determine that an intangible asset’s
unamortized cost may not be recoverable due to impairment; we may be required to
reduce the carrying value and the subsequent useful life of the
asset. Any such write-down of the value and unfavorable change in the
useful life of an intangible asset would increase operating costs and expenses
at that time.
For
additional information regarding our intangible assets, see Note 14 of the Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this annual
report.
Our
revenue recognition policies and use of estimates for revenues and
expenses
In
general, we recognize revenue from our customers when all of the following
criteria are met: (i) persuasive evidence of an exchange arrangement
exists, (ii) delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, (iii) the
buyer’s price is fixed or determinable and (iv) collectibility is reasonably
assured. When revenue transactions are settled, we record any
necessary allowance for doubtful accounts.
Our use
of estimates in recording revenues and expenses has increased as a result of SEC
regulations that require us to submit financial information on accelerated time
frames. Such estimates are necessary due to the time it takes to
compile actual billing information and receive third-party data needed to record
transactions for financial accounting and reporting purposes. Two
examples of estimates are the accrual of processing plant revenue and the cost
of natural gas for a given month, prior to receiving actual customer and
vendor-related plant operating information for the reporting
period. Such estimates reverse in the following month and are offset
by the corresponding actual customer billing and vendor-invoiced
amounts.
We
include one month of certain estimated data in our results of
operations. Such estimates are generally based on actual volume and
price data through the first part of the month and estimated for the remainder
of the month, after adjusting for known or expected changes in volumes or rates
through the end of the month. If the basis of our estimates proves to
be substantially incorrect, it could result in material adjustments in results
of operations between periods. Management reviews its estimates based
on currently available information. Changes in facts and
circumstances may result in revised estimates.
For
additional information regarding our revenue recognition policies, see Note 5 of
the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this
annual report.
Reserves
for environmental matters
Each of
our business segments is subject to federal, state and local laws and
regulations governing environmental quality and pollution
control. Such laws and regulations may, in certain instances, require
us to remediate current or former sites where specified substances have been
released or disposed of. We accrue reserves for estimated
environmental remediation costs when (i) our assessments indicate that it is
probable that a liability has been incurred and (ii) a dollar amount can be
reasonably estimated. Our assessments are based on studies, as well
as site surveys, to determine the extent of any environmental damage and
required remediation activities. We follow the provisions of American
Institute of Certified Public Accounts (“AICPA”) Statement of Position 96-1,
which provides key guidance on recognition, measurement and disclosure of
remediation liabilities. We have recorded our best estimate of the
cost of remediation activities. Future environmental developments,
such as new environmental laws or additional claims for damages, could result in
costs beyond our current level of reserves. In accruing for
environmental remediation liabilities, costs of future expenditures for
environmental remediation are not discounted to their present value, unless the
amount and timing of the expenditures are fixed or reliably determinable.
At December 31, 2008 and 2007, none of our estimated environmental remediation
liabilities are discounted to present value since the ultimate amount and timing
of cash payments for such liabilities are not readily determinable.
At December 31, 2008 and 2007, our
reserves for environmental remediation costs were $22.3 million and $30.5
million, respectively. For additional information regarding our
environmental costs, see Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report.
Natural
gas imbalances
In the
pipeline transportation business, imbalances frequently result from differences
in gas volumes received from and delivered to our customers. Such differences
occur when a customer delivers more or less gas into our pipelines than is
physically redelivered back to them during a particular time
period. The vast majority of our settlements are through in-kind
arrangements whereby incremental volumes are delivered to a customer (in the
case of an imbalance payable) or received from a customer (in the case of an
imbalance receivable). Such in-kind deliveries are on-going and take place over
several months. In some cases, settlements of imbalances built up over a period
of time are ultimately cashed out and are generally negotiated at values which
approximate average market prices over a period of time. As a result,
for gas imbalances that are ultimately settled over future periods, we estimate
the value of such current assets and liabilities using average market prices,
which is representative of the estimated value of the imbalances upon final
settlement. Changes in natural gas prices may impact our estimates.
At
December 31, 2008 and 2007, our natural gas imbalance receivables, net of
allowance for doubtful accounts, were $63.4 million and $73.9 million,
respectively, and are reflected as a component of “Accounts and notes receivable
– trade” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets included under Item 8
of this annual report. At December 31, 2008 and 2007, our
imbalance payables were $50.8 million and $48.7 million, respectively, and are
reflected as a component of “Accrued product payables” on our Consolidated
Balance Sheets included under Item 8 of this annual report.
For additional information regarding
our natural gas imbalances, see Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report.
Other
Items
Contractual
Obligations
The
following table summarizes our significant contractual obligations as of
December 31, 2008 (dollars in thousands).
|
|
|
Payment
or Settlement due by Period
|
|
|
|
Less
than
|
|
1-3
|
|
4-5
|
|
More
than
|
Contractual
Obligations
|
Total
|
|
1
year
|
|
years
|
|
years
|
|
5
years
|
Scheduled maturities of
long-term debt: (1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parent
Company
|
$ |
1,077,000 |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
17,000 |
|
$ |
261,000 |
|
$ |
799,000 |
Enterprise
Products Partners
|
$ |
9,046,046 |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
1,488,250 |
|
$ |
2,267,596 |
|
$ |
5,290,200 |
TEPPCO
|
$ |
2,516,653 |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
1,466,653 |
|
$ |
1,050,000 |
Estimated cash payments for
interest: (2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parent
Company
|
$ |
327,858 |
|
$ |
64,121 |
|
$ |
121,594 |
|
$ |
100,542 |
|
$ |
41,601 |
Enterprise
Products Partners
|
$ |
9,351,928 |
|
$ |
544,658 |
|
$ |
993,886 |
|
$ |
821,123 |
|
$ |
6,992,261 |
TEPPCO
|
$ |
2,624,101 |
|
$ |
146,838 |
|
$ |
293,676 |
|
$ |
215,449 |
|
$ |
1,968,138 |
Operating lease obligations
(3)
|
$ |
388,291 |
|
$ |
44,901 |
|
$ |
75,829 |
|
$ |
66,861 |
|
$ |
200,700 |
Purchase obligations:
(4)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product
purchase commitments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Estimated
payment obligations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crude
oil
|
$ |
161,194 |
|
$ |
161,194 |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
-- |
Refined
products
|
$ |
1,642 |
|
$ |
1,642 |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
-- |
Natural
gas
|
$ |
5,225,141 |
|
$ |
323,309 |
|
$ |
1,150,102 |
|
$ |
1,148,610 |
|
$ |
2,603,120 |
NGLs
|
$ |
1,923,792 |
|
$ |
969,870 |
|
$ |
272,672 |
|
$ |
272,500 |
|
$ |
408,750 |
Petrochemicals
|
$ |
1,746,138 |
|
$ |
685,643 |
|
$ |
624,393 |
|
$ |
268,418 |
|
$ |
167,684 |
Other
|
$ |
66,657 |
|
$ |
24,221 |
|
$ |
14,159 |
|
$ |
12,865 |
|
$ |
15,412 |
Underlying
major volume commitments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crude
oil (in MBbls)
|
|
3,404 |
|
|
3,404 |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
Refined
products (in MBbls)
|
|
28 |
|
|
28 |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
Natural
gas (in BBtus)
|
|
981,955 |
|
|
56,650 |
|
|
209,075 |
|
|
214,730 |
|
|
501,500 |
NGLs
(in MBbls)
|
|
56,622 |
|
|
23,576 |
|
|
9,446 |
|
|
9,440 |
|
|
14,160 |
Petrochemicals
(in MBbls)
|
|
67,696 |
|
|
24,949 |
|
|
23,848 |
|
|
11,665 |
|
|
7,234 |
Service
payment commitments (5)
|
$ |
534,426 |
|
$ |
57,289 |
|
$ |
100,752 |
|
$ |
93,167 |
|
$ |
283,218 |
Capital
expenditure commitments (6)
|
$ |
786,675 |
|
$ |
786,675 |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
-- |
Other
long-term liabilities, as reflected
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
in our Consolidated Balance
Sheet (7)
|
$ |
123,811 |
|
$ |
2,230 |
|
$ |
37,116 |
|
$ |
15,286 |
|
$ |
69,179 |
Total
|
$ |
35,901,353 |
|
$ |
3,812,591 |
|
$ |
5,189,429 |
|
$ |
7,010,070 |
|
$ |
19,889,263 |
|
(1)
Represents
our scheduled future maturities of consolidated debt obligations. For
additional information on our consolidated debt obligations, see Note 15
of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of
this annual report.
(2)
Our
estimated cash payments for interest are based on the principal amount of
consolidated debt obligations outstanding at December 31, 2008. With
respect to variable-rate debt, we applied the weighted-average interest
rates paid during 2008. See Note 15 of the Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report for
information regarding variable interest rates charged in 2008 under our
credit agreements. In addition, our estimate of cash payments for
interest gives effect to interest rate swap agreements in place at
December 31, 2008. See Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report for information
regarding our interest rate swap agreements. Our estimated cash payments
for interest are significantly influenced by the long-term maturities of
EPO’s $550.0 million Junior Notes A (due August 2066) and $682.7 million
Junior Notes B (due January 2068) and TEPPCO’s $300.0 million Junior
Subordinated Notes (due June 2067). Our estimated cash payments for
interest assume that the EPO and TEPPCO junior note obligations are not
called prior to maturity.
(3)
Primarily
represents operating leases for (i) underground caverns for the storage of
natural gas and NGLs, (ii) leased office space with an affiliate of EPCO,
(iii) a railcar unloading terminal in Mont Belvieu, Texas and (iv) land
held pursuant to right-of-way agreements.
(4)
Represents
enforceable and legally binding agreements to purchase goods or services
based on the contractual price under terms of each agreement at December
31, 2008.
(5)
Represents
future payment commitments for services provided by
third-parties.
(6)
Represents
short-term unconditional payment obligations relating to our capital
projects and those of our unconsolidated affiliates to vendors for
services rendered or products purchased.
(7)
Other
long-term liabilities as reflected on our Consolidated Balance Sheet at
December 31, 2008 primarily represent (i) asset retirement obligations
expected to settled in periods beyond 2012, (ii) reserves for
environmental remediation costs that are expected to settle beginning in
2009 and afterwards and (iii) guarantee agreements relating to
Centennial.
|
For
additional information regarding our significant contractual obligations
involving operating leases and purchase obligations, see Note 20 of the Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this annual
report.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
Except
for the following information regarding debt obligations of certain
unconsolidated affiliates of Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO, we have no
off-balance sheet arrangements, as described in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation
S-K, that have or are reasonably expected to have a material current or future
effect on our financial position, revenues, expenses, results of operations,
liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources. The following
information summarizes the significant terms of such unconsolidated debt
obligations.
Poseidon. At December 31,
2008, Poseidon’s debt obligations consisted of $109.0 million outstanding under
its $150.0 million revolving credit facility. Amounts borrowed under
this facility mature in May 2011 and are secured by substantially all of
Poseidon’s assets.
Evangeline. At
December 31, 2008, Evangeline’s debt obligations consisted of (i) $8.2 million
in principal amount of 9.90% fixed rate Series B senior secured notes due
December 2010 and (ii) a $7.5 million subordinated note
payable. Duncan Energy Partners had $1.0 million of letters of credit
outstanding on December 31, 2008 that were furnished on behalf of Evangeline’s
debt.
Centennial. At
December 31, 2008, Centennial’s debt obligations consisted of $129.9 million
borrowed under a master shelf loan agreement. Borrowings under the
master shelf agreement mature in May 2024 and are collateralized by
substantially all of Centennial’s assets and severally guaranteed by
Centennial’s owners. Specifically, TEPPCO and its joint venture partner in
Centennial have each guaranteed one-half of Centennial’s debt
obligations. If Centennial defaults on its debt obligations, the
estimated payment obligation for TEPPCO is $65.0 million at December 31,
2008.
Summary
of Related Party Transactions
We have
an extensive and ongoing relationship with EPCO and its private company
affiliates. Our revenues from these entities primarily consist of
sales of NGL products. Our expenses attributable to these affiliates
primarily consist of reimbursements under an administrative services
agreement.
We acquired equity method investments
in Energy Transfer Equity in May 2007. As a result, Energy Transfer
Equity became a related party to us. The majority of our revenues
from Energy Transfer Equity are primarily from NGL marketing
activities.
Many of
our unconsolidated affiliates perform supporting or complementary roles to our
consolidated business operations. Our revenues from unconsolidated
affiliates primarily relate to natural gas sales to Evangeline and NGL sales to
Energy Transfer Equity. The majority of our expenses with
unconsolidated affiliates pertain to payments Enterprise Products Partners makes
to K/D/S Promix, L.L.C. for NGL transportation, storage and fractionation
services.
For
additional information regarding our related party transactions, see Note 17 of
the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this
annual report.
Recent
Accounting Developments
The accounting standard setting bodies
have recently issued the following accounting guidance that will affect our
future financial statements:
§
|
Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) 141(R), Business
Combinations;
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§
|
FASB
Staff Position SFAS 142-3, Determination of the Useful Life of
Intangible Assets;
|
§
|
SFAS
157, Fair Value Measurements;
|
§
|
SFAS
160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements – an
amendment of ARB No. 51;
|
§
|
SFAS
161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities – An
Amendment of SFAS 133; and
|
§
|
Emerging
Issue Task Force (“EITF”) 08-6, Equity Method Investment Accounting
Considerations.
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For
additional information regarding recent accounting developments, see Note 3 of
the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this
annual report.
Significant
Risks and Uncertainties
Weather-Related
Risks. We
participate as named insureds in EPCO’s insurance program, which provides us
with property damage, business interruption and other coverages, the scope and
amounts of which are customary and sufficient for the nature and extent of our
operations. While we believe EPCO maintains adequate insurance
coverage on our behalf, insurance will not cover every type of damage or
interruption that might occur. If we were to incur a significant
liability for which we were not fully insured, it could have a material impact
on our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash
flows. In addition, the proceeds of any such insurance may not be
paid in a timely manner and may be insufficient to reimburse us for our repair
costs or lost income. Any event that interrupts the revenues
generated by our consolidated operations, or which causes us to make significant
expenditures not covered by insurance, could reduce our ability to pay
distributions to our partners and, accordingly, adversely affect the market
price of our common units.
For
windstorm events such as hurricanes and tropical storms, EPCO’s deductible for
onshore physical damage is $10.0 million per storm. For offshore
assets, the windstorm deductible is $10.0 million per storm plus a one-time
$15.0 million aggregate deductible per policy period. To qualify for
business interruption coverage in connection with a windstorm event, covered
assets must be out-of-service in excess of 60 days for onshore assets and 75
days for offshore assets. For non-windstorm events, EPCO’s deductible
for onshore and offshore physical damage is $5.0 million per
occurrence. To qualify for business interruption coverage in
connection with a non-windstorm event, covered onshore and offshore assets must
be out-of-service in excess of 60 days. In meeting the deductible
amounts, property damage costs are aggregated for EPCO and its affiliates,
including us. Accordingly, our exposure with respect to the
deductibles may be equal to or less than the stated amounts depending on whether
other EPCO or affiliate assets are also affected by an event.
In
the third quarter of 2008, Enterprise Products Partners’ onshore and offshore
facilities located along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana were adversely
impacted by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. To a lesser extent, these
storms affected the operations of TEPPCO as well. The disruptions in
natural gas, NGL and crude oil production caused by these storms resulted in
decreased volumes for some of Enterprise Products Partners’ pipeline systems,
natural gas processing plants, NGL fractionators and offshore platforms, which,
in turn, caused a decrease in operating income from these
operations. As a result of our allocated share of EPCO’s insurance
deductibles for windstorm coverage, Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO
expensed $47.9 million and $1.0 million, respectively, of repair costs for
property damage in connection with these two storms. Enterprise
Products Partners’ expects to file property damage insurance claims to the
extent repair costs exceed deductible amounts. Due to the recent
nature of these storms, Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO are still
evaluating the total cost of repairs and the potential for business interruption
claims on certain assets.
See Note 21 of the Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report
for information regarding insurance matters in connection with Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita.
FERC and
CFTC Investigation – Energy Transfer Equity. In July 2007,
ETP announced that it was under investigation by the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission (“CFTC”) with respect to whether ETP engaged in manipulation or
improper trading activities in the Houston Ship Channel market around the time
of the hurricanes in the fall of 2005 and other prior periods in order to
benefit financially from commodity financial instrument positions and from
certain index-priced physical gas purchases in the Houston Ship Channel
market. In March 2008, ETP entered into a consent order with the
CFTC. Pursuant to this consent order, ETP agreed to pay the CFTC
$10.0 million and the CFTC agreed to release ETP and its affiliates, directors
and employees from all claims or causes of action asserted by the CFTC in this
proceeding. ETP neither admitted nor denied the allegations made by
the CFTC in this proceeding. The settlement was paid in March 2008.
In July
2007, ETP announced that it was also under investigation by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (the “FERC”) for the same matters noted in the CFTC
proceeding described above. The FERC is also investigating certain of
ETP’s intrastate transportation activities. The FERC’s actions
against ETP also included allegations related to its Oasis pipeline, which is an
intrastate pipeline that transports natural gas between the Waha and Katy hubs
in Texas. The Oasis pipeline transports interstate natural gas
pursuant to NGPA Section 311 authority, and is subject to FERC-approved rates,
terms and conditions of service. The allegations related to the Oasis
pipeline included claims that the pipeline violated NGPA regulations from
January 2004 through June 2006 by granting undue preference to ETP’s affiliates
for interstate NGPA Section 311 pipeline service to the detriment of similarly
situated non-affiliated shippers and by charging in excess of the FERC-approved
maximum lawful rate for interstate NGPA Section 311
transportation.
In July
2007, the FERC announced that it was taking preliminary action against ETP and
proposed civil penalties of $97.5 million and disgorgement of profits, plus
interest, of $70.1 million. In October 2007, ETP filed a response
with the FERC refuting the FERC’s claims as being fundamentally flawed and
requested a dismissal of the FERC’s proceedings. In February 2008,
the FERC staff recommended an increase in the proposed civil penalties of $25.0
million and disgorgement of profits of $7.3 million. The total amount of civil
penalties and disgorgement of profits sought by the FERC is approximately $200.0
million. In March 2008, ETP responded to the FERC staff regarding the
recommended increase in the proposed civil penalties. In April 2008,
the FERC staff filed an answer to ETP’s March 2008 pleading. The FERC
has not taken any actions related to the recommendations of its staff with
respect to the proposed increase in civil penalties. In May 2008, the
FERC ordered hearings to be conducted by FERC administrative law judges with
respect to the FERC’s intrastate transportation claims and market manipulation
claims. The hearing related to the intrastate transportation claims
involving the Oasis pipeline was scheduled to commence in December 2008 with the
administrative law judge’s initial decision due in May 2009; however, as
discussed below, ETP entered into a settlement agreement with FERC Enforcement
Staff and that agreement was approved by the FERC in its entirety and without
modification on February 27, 2009. The hearing related to the market
manipulation claims is scheduled to commence in June 2009 with the
administrative law judge’s initial decision due in December 2009. The
FERC denied ETP’s request for dismissal of the proceeding and has ordered that,
following completion of the hearings, the administrative law judge make
recommendations with respect to whether ETP engaged in market manipulation in
violation of the Natural Gas Act and FERC regulations, and, whether ETP violated
the Natural Gas Policy Act (“NGPA”) and FERC regulations related to ETP’s
intrastate transportation activities. The FERC reserved for itself
the issues of possible civil penalties, revocation of ETP’s blanket market
certificate, method by which ETP would disgorge any unjust profits and whether
any conditions should be placed on ETP’s NGPA Section 311
authorization. Following the issuance of each of the administrative
law judges’ initial decisions, the FERC would then issue an order with respect
to each of these matters. ETP management has stated that it expects
that the FERC will require a payment in order to conclude these investigations
on a negotiated settlement basis.
In
November 2008, the administrative law judge presiding over the Oasis claims
granted ETP’s motion for summary disposition of the claim that Oasis unduly
discriminated in favor of affiliates regarding the provision of Section
311(a)(2) interstate transportation service. Oasis subsequently
entered into an agreement with the Enforcement Staff to settle all claims
related to Oasis. In January 2009, this agreement was submitted under
seal to the FERC by the presiding administrative law judge for the FERC’s
approval as an uncontested settlement of all Oasis claims. On
February 27, 2009, the settlement agreement was approved by the FERC in its
entirety and without modification and the terms of the settlement were made
public. If no person seeks rehearing of the order approving the
settlement within thirty days of such order, the FERC’s order will become final
and non-appealable. ETP has stated that it does not believe the Oasis
settlement, as approved by the FERC, will have a material adverse effect on it
business, financial position or results of operations.
In
addition to the CFTC and FERC, third parties have asserted claims, and may
assert additional claims, against Energy Transfer Equity and ETP for damages
related to the aforementioned matters. Several natural gas producers
and a natural gas marketing company have initiated legal proceedings against
Energy Transfer Equity and ETP in Texas state courts for claims related to the
FERC claims. These suits contain contract and tort claims relating to
the alleged manipulation of natural gas prices at the Houston Ship Channel and
the Waha Hub in West Texas, as well as the natural gas price indices related to
these markets and the Permian Basin natural gas price index during the period
from December 2003 through December 2006, and seek unspecified direct, indirect,
consequential and exemplary damages. Energy Transfer Equity and ETP
are seeking to compel arbitration in several of these suits on the grounds that
the claims are subject to arbitration agreements, and one suit is pending before
the Texas Supreme Court on issues of arbitrability. One of the suits
against Energy Transfer Equity and ETP contains an additional allegation that
the defendants transported natural gas in a manner that favored their affiliates
and discriminated against the plaintiff, and otherwise artificially affected the
market price of natural gas to other parties in the market. ETP has
moved to compel arbitration and/or contested subject-matter jurisdiction in some
of these cases. One such case currently is on appeal before the Texas
Supreme Court on, among other things, the issue of whether the dispute is
arbitrable.
ETP has
also been served with a complaint from an owner of royalty interests in natural
gas producing properties, individually and on behalf of a putative class of
similarly situated royalty owners, working interest owners and
producers/operators, seeking arbitration to recover damages based on alleged
manipulation of natural gas prices at the Houston Ship Channel. ETP
filed an original action in Harris County, Texas seeking a stay of the
arbitration on the grounds that the action is not arbitrable, and the state
court granted ETP their motion for summary judgment on that
issue. The claimants have filed a motion of appeal.
A
consolidated class action complaint has been filed against ETP and certain
affiliates in the United States District Court for the Southern District of
Texas. This action alleges that ETP engaged in intentional and unlawful
manipulation of the price of natural gas futures and options contracts on the
NYMEX in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”). It is further alleged
that during the class period December 2003 to December 2005, ETP had
the market power to manipulate index prices, and that ETP used this market power
to artificially depress the index prices at major natural gas trading hubs,
including the Houston Ship Channel, in order to benefit its natural gas physical
and financial trading positions and intentionally submitted price and volume
trade information to trade publications. This complaint also alleges that ETP
also violated the CEA because ETP knowingly aided and abetted violations of the
CEA. This action alleges that the unlawful depression of index prices by ETP
manipulated the NYMEX prices for natural gas futures and options contracts to
artificial levels during the period stipulated in the complaint, causing
unspecified damages to the plaintiff and all other members of the putative class
who purchased and/or sold natural gas futures and options contracts on the NYMEX
during the period. This class action complaint consolidated two class actions
which were pending against ETP. Following the consolidation order,
the plaintiffs who had filed these two earlier class actions filed a
consolidated complaint. They have requested certification of their
suit as a class action, unspecified damages, court costs and other appropriate
relief. In January 2008, ETP filed a motion to dismiss this suit
on the grounds of failure to allege facts sufficient to state a
claim. In March 2008, the plaintiffs filed a second consolidated
class action complaint. In response to this new pleading, ETP filed a
motion to dismiss this second consolidated complaint in May 2008. In
June 2008, the plaintiffs filed a response opposing ETP’s motion to
dismiss. ETP filed a reply in support of its motion in July
2008.
In March
2008, another class action complaint was filed against ETP in the United States
District Court for the Southern District of Texas. This action
alleges that ETP engaged in unlawful restraint of trade and intentional
monopolization and attempted monopolization of the market for fixed-price
natural gas baseload transactions at the Houston Ship Channel from December 2003
through December 2005 in violation of federal antitrust law. The
complaint further alleges that during this period ETP exerted monopolistic power
to suppress the price of these transactions to non-competitive levels in order
to benefit from its own physical natural gas positions. The plaintiff
has, individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated sellers of
physical natural gas, requested certification of its suit as a class action and
seeks
unspecified
treble damages, court costs and other appropriate relief. In May
2008, ETP filed a motion to dismiss this complaint. In July 2008, the
plaintiffs filed a response opposing ETP’s motion to dismiss. ETP
filed a reply in support of its motion in August 2008.
At this
time, ETE is unable to predict the outcome of these matters; however, it is
possible that the amount it becomes obliged to pay as a result of the final
resolution of these matters, whether on a negotiated settlement basis or
otherwise, will exceed the amount of its existing accrual related to these
matters.
ETP
disclosed in its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008
that its accrued amounts for contingencies and current litigation matters
(excluding environmental matters) aggregated $20.8 million at December 31,
2008. Since ETP’s accrual amounts are non-cash, any cash payment of
an amount in resolution of these matters would likely be made from its operating
cash flows or from borrowings. If these payments are substantial, ETP and,
ultimately, our investee, Energy Transfer Equity, may experience a material
adverse impact on their results of operations, cash available for distribution
and liquidity.
See Note 20 of the Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report
for additional information regarding our litigation-related
matters.
We are
exposed to financial market risks, including changes in commodity prices,
interest rates and foreign exchange rates. We may use financial
instruments (e.g., futures, forwards, swaps, options and other financial
instruments with similar characteristics) to mitigate the risks of certain
identifiable and anticipated transactions. In general, the types of
risks we attempt to hedge are those related to (i) the variability of future
earnings, (ii) fair values of certain debt obligations and (iii) cash flows
resulting from changes in applicable interest rates, commodity prices or
exchange rates.
We
routinely review our outstanding financial instruments in light of current
market conditions. If market conditions warrant, some financial
instruments may be closed out in advance of their contractual settlement dates
thus realizing income or loss depending on the specific hedging
criteria. When this occurs, we may enter into a new financial
instrument to reestablish the hedge to which the closed instrument
relates.
The following table presents gains
(losses) recorded in net income attributable to our interest rate risk and
commodity risk hedging transactions for the periods indicated (dollars in
thousands). These amounts do not present the corresponding gains
(losses) attributable to the underlying hedged items.
|
|
For
the Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Interest
Rate Risk Hedging Portfolio:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parent
Company:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ineffective
portion of cash flow hedges
|
|
$ |
866 |
|
|
$ |
(2,127 |
) |
|
$ |
-- |
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts from AOCI, net
|
|
|
(6,610 |
) |
|
|
742 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Enterprise
Products Partners (excluding Duncan Energy Partners):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts from AOCI, net
|
|
|
4,409 |
|
|
|
5,429 |
|
|
|
4,234 |
|
Other
gains (losses) from derivative transactions
|
|
|
5,340 |
|
|
|
(8,934 |
) |
|
|
(5,195 |
) |
Duncan
Energy Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ineffective
portion of cash flow hedges
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
(155 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts from AOCI, net
|
|
|
(2,008 |
) |
|
|
350 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ineffective
portion of cash flow hedges
|
|
|
(43 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts from AOCI, net
|
|
|
(4,924 |
) |
|
|
64 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Loss
from treasury lock cash flow hedge
|
|
|
(3,586 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Other
gains (losses) from derivative transactions
|
|
|
4,056 |
|
|
|
5,202 |
|
|
|
8,568 |
|
Total
hedging gains (losses), net, in consolidated interest
expense
|
|
$ |
(2,505 |
) |
|
$ |
571 |
|
|
$ |
7,607 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commodity
Risk Hedging Portfolio:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enterprise
Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts from
AOCI,
net - natural gas marketing activities
|
|
$ |
(30,175 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,299 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,327 |
) |
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts from
AOCI,
net - NGL and petrochemical operations
|
|
|
(28,232 |
) |
|
|
(4,564 |
) |
|
|
13,891 |
|
Other
gains (losses) from derivative transactions
|
|
|
29,772 |
|
|
|
(20,712 |
) |
|
|
(2,307 |
) |
TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts from AOCI, net
|
|
|
(37,898 |
) |
|
|
(1,654 |
) |
|
|
261 |
|
Other
gains (losses) from derivative transactions
|
|
|
(343 |
) |
|
|
189 |
|
|
|
(96 |
) |
Total
hedging gains (losses), net, in consolidated operating costs and
expenses
|
|
$ |
(68,876 |
) |
|
$ |
(30,040 |
) |
|
$ |
10,422 |
|
The
following table provides additional information regarding derivative assets and
derivative liabilities included in our Consolidated Balance Sheets at the dates
indicated (dollars in thousands):
|
|
At
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Current
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
rate risk hedging portfolio
|
|
$ |
7,780 |
|
|
$ |
637 |
|
Commodity
risk hedging portfolio
|
|
|
201,473 |
|
|
|
10,796 |
|
Foreign
currency risk hedging portfolio
|
|
|
9,284 |
|
|
|
1,308 |
|
Total
derivative assets – current
|
|
$ |
218,537 |
|
|
$ |
12,741 |
|
Other
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
rate risk hedging portfolio
|
|
$ |
38,939 |
|
|
$ |
14,744 |
|
Total
derivative assets – long-term
|
|
$ |
38,939 |
|
|
$ |
14,744 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
rate risk hedging portfolio
|
|
$ |
19,205 |
|
|
$ |
49,689 |
|
Commodity
risk hedging portfolio
|
|
|
296,850 |
|
|
|
48,930 |
|
Foreign
currency risk hedging portfolio
|
|
|
109 |
|
|
|
27 |
|
Total
derivative liabilities – current
|
|
$ |
316,164 |
|
|
$ |
98,646 |
|
Other
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
rate risk hedging portfolio
|
|
$ |
17,131 |
|
|
$ |
13,047 |
|
Commodity risk
hedging portfolio
|
|
|
233 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
derivative liabilities– long-term
|
|
$ |
17,364 |
|
|
$ |
13,047 |
|
The
following table presents gains (losses) recorded in other comprehensive income
(loss) for cash flow hedges associated with our interest rate risk, commodity
risk and foreign currency risk hedging portfolios for the periods indicated
(dollars in thousands). These amounts do not present the
corresponding gains (losses) attributable to the underlying hedged
items.
|
|
For
the Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Interest
Rate Risk Hedging Portfolio:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parent
Company:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Losses
on cash flow hedges
|
|
$ |
(21,178 |
) |
|
$ |
(9,284 |
) |
|
$ |
-- |
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts to net income, net
|
|
|
6,610 |
|
|
|
(742 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
Enterprise
Products Partners (excluding Duncan Energy Partners):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gains
(losses) on cash flow hedges
|
|
|
(20,772 |
) |
|
|
17,996 |
|
|
|
11,196 |
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts to net income, net
|
|
|
(4,409 |
) |
|
|
(5,429 |
) |
|
|
(4,234 |
) |
Duncan
Energy Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Losses
on cash flow hedges
|
|
|
(7,989 |
) |
|
|
(3,271 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts to net income, net
|
|
|
2,008 |
|
|
|
(350 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Losses
on cash flow hedges
|
|
|
(26,802 |
) |
|
|
(23,604 |
) |
|
|
(248 |
) |
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts to net income, net
|
|
|
4,924 |
|
|
|
(64 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
Total
interest rate risk hedging gains (losses), net
|
|
|
(67,608 |
) |
|
|
(24,748 |
) |
|
|
6,714 |
|
Commodity
Risk Hedging Portfolio:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enterprise
Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Natural
gas marketing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gains
(losses) on cash flow hedges
|
|
|
(30,642 |
) |
|
|
(3,125 |
) |
|
|
(1,034 |
) |
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts to net income, net
|
|
|
30,175 |
|
|
|
3,299 |
|
|
|
1,327 |
|
NGL
and petrochemical operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gains
(losses) on cash flow hedges
|
|
|
(120,223 |
) |
|
|
(22,735 |
) |
|
|
9,975 |
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts to net income, net
|
|
|
28,232 |
|
|
|
4,564 |
|
|
|
(13,891 |
) |
TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gains
(losses) on cash flow hedges
|
|
|
(19,257 |
) |
|
|
(21,036 |
) |
|
|
991 |
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts to net income, net
|
|
|
37,898 |
|
|
|
1,654 |
|
|
|
(261 |
) |
Total
commodity risk hedging losses, net
|
|
|
(73,817 |
) |
|
|
(37,379 |
) |
|
|
(2,893 |
) |
Foreign
Currency Risk Hedging Portfolio:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gains
on cash flow hedges
|
|
|
9,287 |
|
|
|
1,308 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
foreign currency risk hedging gains, net
|
|
|
9,287 |
|
|
|
1,308 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
cash flow hedge amounts in other comprehensive income
(loss)
|
|
$ |
(132,138 |
) |
|
$ |
(60,819 |
) |
|
$ |
3,821 |
|
The following information summarizes
the principal elements of our interest rate risk, commodity risk and foreign
currency risk hedging programs. For amounts recorded in net income and other
comprehensive income (loss) and on our balance sheet related to our consolidated
hedging activities, please refer to the preceding tables.
Interest
Rate Risk Hedging Portfolio
The following information summarizes
significant components of our interest rate risk hedging portfolio:
Parent
Company. The Parent Company’s interest rate exposure results
from its variable interest rate borrowings under its credit
facility. A portion of the Parent Company’s interest rate exposure is
managed by utilizing interest rate swaps and similar arrangements, which
effectively convert a portion of its variable rate debt into fixed rate
debt. As presented in the following table, the Parent Company had
four interest rate swap agreements outstanding at December 31, 2008 that were
accounted for as cash flow hedges.
|
Number
|
Period
Covered
|
Termination
|
Variable
to
|
Notional
|
|
Hedged
Variable Rate Debt
|
of
Swaps
|
by
Swap
|
Date
of Swap
|
Fixed
Rate (1)
|
Value
|
|
Parent
Company variable-rate borrowings
|
2
|
Aug.
2007 to Aug. 2009
|
Aug.
2009
|
4.32% to
5.01%
|
$250.0
million
|
|
Parent
Company variable-rate borrowings
|
2
|
Sep.
2007 to Aug. 2011
|
Aug.
2011
|
4.32% to
4.82%
|
$250.0
million
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Amounts
receivable from or payable to the swap counterparties are settled every
three months (the “settlement
period”).
|
As cash
flow hedges, any increase or decrease in fair value (to the extent effective)
would be recorded in other comprehensive income and reclassified into net income
based on the settlement period hedged. Any ineffectiveness of the
cash flow hedge is recorded directly into net income as a component of interest
expense. At December 31, 2008 and 2007, the aggregate fair value of
the Parent Company’s interest rate swaps was a liability of $26.5 million and
$11.8 million, respectively.
The
Parent Company expects to reclassify $14.6 million of cumulative net losses from
its cash flow hedges into net income (as an increase to interest expense) during
2009.
The
following table shows the effect of hypothetical price movements on the
estimated fair value (“FV”) of the Parent Company’s interest rate swap portfolio
(dollars in millions). Income is not affected by changes in the fair value
of these swaps; however, these swaps effectively convert the hedged portion of
fixed-rate debt to variable-rate debt. As a result, interest expense
(and related cash outlays for debt service) will increase or decrease with the
change in the periodic “reset” rate associated with the respective
swap.
|
|
|
Swap
Fair Value at
|
|
Scenario
|
Resulting
Classification
|
|
December
31,
2007
|
|
|
December
31,
2008
|
|
|
February
3,
2009
|
|
FV
assuming no change in underlying interest rates
|
Liability
|
|
$ |
11.8 |
|
|
$ |
26.5 |
|
|
$ |
24.1 |
|
FV
assuming 10% increase in underlying interest rates
|
Liability
|
|
|
7.0 |
|
|
|
25.4 |
|
|
|
22.9 |
|
FV
assuming 10% decrease in underlying interest rates
|
Liability
|
|
|
16.5 |
|
|
|
27.7 |
|
|
|
25.3 |
|
Enterprise
Products Partners. Enterprise Products Partners’ interest rate
exposure results from variable and fixed rate borrowings under various debt
agreements.
Enterprise
Products Partners manages a portion of its interest rate exposure by utilizing
interest rate swaps and similar arrangements, which allows it to convert a
portion of fixed rate debt into variable rate debt or a portion of variable rate
debt into fixed rate debt. At December 31, 2008, Enterprise Products Partners
had four interest rate swap agreements outstanding having an
aggregate notional value of $400.0 million that were accounted for as fair
value hedges. The aggregate fair value of these interest rate swaps
at December 31, 2008, was $46.7 million (an asset), with an offsetting increase
in the fair value of the underlying debt. There were eleven interest
rate swaps outstanding at December 31, 2007 having an aggregate fair value of
$12.9 million (an asset).
The
following table shows the effect of hypothetical price movements on the
estimated fair value of Enterprise Products Partners’ interest rate swap
portfolio and the related change in fair value of the underlying debt at the
dates indicated (dollars in millions).
|
|
|
Swap
Fair Value at
|
|
Scenario
|
Resulting
Classification
|
|
December
31,
2007
|
|
|
December
31,
2008
|
|
|
February
3,
2009
|
|
FV
assuming no change in underlying interest rates
|
Asset
|
|
$ |
12.9 |
|
|
$ |
46.7 |
|
|
$ |
36.3 |
|
FV
assuming 10% increase in underlying interest rates
|
Asset
(Liability)
|
|
|
(7.4 |
) |
|
|
42.4 |
|
|
|
31.1 |
|
FV
assuming 10% decrease in underlying interest rates
|
Asset
|
|
|
33.1 |
|
|
|
51.1 |
|
|
|
41.5 |
|
The fair
value of the interest rate swaps excludes related hedged amounts Enterprise
Products Partners have recorded in earnings. The change in fair value
between December 31, 2008 and February 3, 2009 is primarily due to an increase
in market interest rates relative to the interest rates used to determine the
fair value of our financial instruments at December 31, 2008. The
underlying floating LIBOR forward interest rate curve used to determine the
February 3, 2009 fair values ranged from approximately 1.3% to 3.8% using
6-month reset periods ranging from February 2008 to March 2014.
Enterprise
Products Partners may enter into treasury rate lock transactions (“treasury
locks”) to hedge U.S. treasury rates related to its anticipated issuances of
debt. Each of Enterprise Products Partners’ treasury lock transactions was
designated as a cash flow hedge. Gains or losses on the termination of such
instruments are reclassified into net income (as a component of interest
expense) using the effective interest method over the estimated term of the
underlying fixed-rate debt. At December 31, 2008, Enterprise
Products Partners had no treasury lock financial instruments
outstanding. At December 31, 2007, the aggregate notional value of
Enterprise Products Partners’ treasury lock financial instruments was $600.0
million, which had a total fair value (a liability) of $19.6
million. Enterprise Products Partners terminated a number of
treasury lock financial instruments during 2008 and 2007. These
terminations resulted in realized losses of $40.4 million in 2008 and gains of
$48.8 million in 2007.
Enterprise
Products Partners expects to reclassify $1.6 million of cumulative net gains
from its interest rate risk cash flow hedges into net income (as a decrease to
interest expense) during 2009.
Duncan
Energy Partners. At December 31, 2008, Duncan Energy Partners had
interest rate swap agreements outstanding having an aggregate notional
value of $175.0 million. These swaps were accounted for as cash flow
hedges. The purpose of these financial instruments is to reduce the
sensitivity of Duncan Energy Partners’ earnings to the variable interest rates
charged under its revolving credit facility. The aggregate fair value
of these interest rate swaps at December 31, 2008 and 2007 was a liability of
$9.8 million and $3.8 million, respectively. Duncan Energy Partners
expects to reclassify $6.0 million of cumulative net losses from its interest
rate risk cash flow hedges into net income (as an increase to interest expense)
during 2009.
The
following table shows the effect of hypothetical price movements on the
estimated fair value of Duncan Energy Partners’ interest rate swap portfolio
(dollars in millions).
|
|
|
Swap
Fair Value at
|
|
Scenario
|
Resulting
Classification
|
|
December
31,
2007
|
|
|
December
31,
2008
|
|
|
February
3,
2009
|
|
FV
assuming no change in underlying interest rates
|
Liability
|
|
$ |
(3.8 |
) |
|
$ |
(9.8 |
) |
|
$ |
(9.4 |
) |
FV
assuming 10% increase in underlying interest rates
|
Liability
|
|
|
(2.2 |
) |
|
|
(9.4 |
) |
|
|
(9.0 |
) |
FV
assuming 10% decrease in underlying interest rates
|
Liability
|
|
|
(5.3 |
) |
|
|
(10.2 |
) |
|
|
(9.8 |
) |
TEPPCO. TEPPCO’s
interest rate exposure results from variable and fixed rate borrowings under
various debt agreements. At December 31, 2007, TEPPCO had interest
rate swap agreements outstanding having an aggregate notional value of $200.0
million and a fair value (an asset) of $0.3 million. These swap
agreements settled in January 2008, and there are currently no swap agreements
outstanding. These swaps were accounted for as cash flow
hedges.
TEPPCO
also utilizes treasury locks to hedge underlying U.S. treasury rates related to
its anticipated issuances of debt. At December 31, 2007, the
aggregate notional value of TEPPCO’s treasury lock financial instruments was
$600.0 million, which had a total fair value (a liability) of $25.3
million. TEPPCO terminated these treasury lock financial instruments
during 2008, which resulted in $52.1 million of realized
losses. TEPPCO recognized approximately $3.6 million of this loss in
interest expense as a result of interest payments hedged under the treasury
locks not occurring as forecasted. At December 31, 2008, TEPPCO had
no treasury lock financial instruments outstanding.
TEPPCO
expects to reclassify $5.8 million of cumulative net losses from its interest
rate risk cash flow hedges into net income (as an increase to interest expense)
during 2009.
Commodity
Risk Hedging Portfolio
Our
commodity risk hedging portfolio was impacted by a significant decline in
natural gas and crude oil prices during the second half of
2008. As a result of the global recession, commodity prices
have continued to be volatile during the first quarter of 2009. We
may experience additional losses related to our commodity risk hedging portfolio
in 2009.
Enterprise
Products Partners. The prices of natural gas, NGLs and certain
petrochemical products are subject to fluctuations in response to changes in
supply, market uncertainty and a variety of additional factors that are beyond
the control of Enterprise Products Partners. In order to manage the
price risks associated with such products, Enterprise Products Partners may
enter into commodity financial instruments.
The
primary purpose of Enterprise Products Partners’ commodity risk management
activities is to reduce its exposure to price risks associated with (i) natural
gas purchases, (ii) the value of NGL production and inventories, (iii) related
firm commitments, (iv) fluctuations in transportation revenues where the
underlying fees are based on natural gas index prices and (v) certain
anticipated transactions involving either natural gas, NGLs or certain
petrochemical products. From time to time, Enterprise Products
Partners injects natural gas into storage and may utilize hedging instruments to
lock in the value of its inventory positions. The commodity financial
instruments utilized by Enterprise Products Partners are settled in
cash.
We have segregated Enterprise Products
Partners’ commodity financial instruments portfolio between those financial
instruments utilized in connection with its natural gas marketing activities and
those used in connection with its NGL and petrochemical operations.
A
significant number of the financial instruments in this portfolio hedge the
purchase of physical natural gas. If natural gas prices fall below
the price stipulated in such financial instruments, Enterprise Products Partners
recognizes a liability for the difference; however, if prices partially or fully
recover, this liability would be reduced or eliminated, as
appropriate. Enterprise Products Partners’ restricted cash balance at
December 31, 2008 was $203.8 million in order to meet commodity exchange deposit
requirements and the negative change in the fair value of its natural gas
hedge positions.
Natural
gas marketing activities
At
December 31, 2008 and 2007, the aggregate fair value of those financial
instruments utilized in connection with Enterprise Products Partners’ natural
gas marketing activities was an asset of $6.5 million and a liability of $0.3
million, respectively. Enterprise Products Partners’ natural
gas marketing business and its related use of financial instruments has
increased significantly during 2008. Almost all of the
financial
instruments within this portion of the commodity financial instruments portfolio
are accounted for using mark-to-market accounting, with a small number accounted
for as cash flow hedges. Enterprise Products Partners did not have
any cash flow hedges outstanding related to its natural gas marketing activities
at December 31, 2008.
The
following table shows the effect of hypothetical price movements on the
estimated fair value of this component of the overall portfolio at the dates
presented (dollars in millions):
|
|
|
Portfolio
Fair Value at
|
|
Scenario
|
Resulting
Classification
|
|
December
31,
2007
|
|
|
December
31,
2008
|
|
|
February
3,
2009
|
|
FV
assuming no change in underlying commodity prices
|
Asset
(Liability)
|
|
$ |
(0.3 |
) |
|
$ |
6.5 |
|
|
$ |
13.9 |
|
FV
assuming 10% increase in underlying commodity prices
|
Asset
(Liability)
|
|
|
(1.4 |
) |
|
|
2.7 |
|
|
|
9.4 |
|
FV
assuming 10% decrease in underlying commodity prices
|
Asset
|
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
|
9.9 |
|
|
|
18.3 |
|
The
change in fair value of the instruments between December 31, 2008 and February
3, 2009 is primarily due to a decrease in natural gas prices.
NGL
and petrochemical operations
At
December 31, 2008 and 2007, the aggregate fair value of those financial
instruments utilized in connection with Enterprise Products Partners’ NGL and
petrochemical operations were liabilities of $102.1 million and $19.0 million,
respectively. Almost all of the financial instruments within this
portion of the commodity financial instruments portfolio are accounted for as
cash flow hedges, with a small number accounted for using mark-to-market
accounting.
Enterprise Products Partners has
employed a program to economically hedge a portion of its earnings from natural
gas processing in the Rocky Mountain region. This program
consists of (i) the forward sale of a portion of Enterprise Products Partners’
expected equity NGL production volumes at fixed prices through 2009 and (ii) the
purchase, using commodity financial instruments, of the amount of natural gas
expected to be consumed as plant thermal reduction (“PTR”) in the production of
such equity NGL volumes. The objective of this strategy is to hedge a level of
gross margins (i.e., NGL sales revenues less actual costs for PTR and the gain
or loss on the PTR hedge) associated with the forward sales contracts by fixing
the cost of natural gas used for PTR, through the use of commodity financial
instruments. At December 31, 2008, this hedging program had hedged
future expected gross margins (before plant operating expenses) of $483.9
million on 22.5 million barrels of forecasted NGL forward sales transactions
extending through 2009.
Our NGL forward sales contracts are not
accounted for as financial instruments under SFAS 133 since they meet normal
purchase and sale exception criteria; therefore, changes in the aggregate
economic value of these sales contracts are not reflected in net income and
other comprehensive income until the volumes are delivered to
customers. On the other hand, the commodity financial instruments
used to purchase the related quantities of PTR (i.e., “PTR hedges”) are
accounted for as cash flow hedges; therefore, changes in the aggregate fair
value of the PTR hedges are presented in other comprehensive
income. Once the forecasted NGL forward sales transactions occur, any
realized gains and losses on the cash flow hedges would be reclassified into net
income in that period.
Prior to actual settlement, if the
market price of natural gas is less than the price stipulated in a commodity
financial instrument, Enterprise Products Partners recognizes an unrealized loss
in other comprehensive income (loss) for the excess of the natural gas price
stated in the hedge over the market price. To the extent that
Enterprise Products Partners realizes such financial losses upon settlement of
the instrument, the losses are added to the actual cost it has to pay for PTR,
which would then be based on the lower market price. Conversely, if
the market price of natural gas is greater than the price stipulated in such
hedges, Enterprise Products Partners recognizes an unrealized gain in other
comprehensive income (loss) for the excess of the market price over the natural
gas price stated in the PTR hedge. If realized, the gains on
the financial instrument would serve to reduce the actual cost paid for PTR,
which would then be based on the higher market price. The net effect
of these hedging relationships is that Enterprise Products
Partners’
total cost of natural gas used for PTR approximates the amount it originally
hedged under this program.
Enterprise
Products Partners expects to reclassify $114.0 million of cumulative net losses
from the cash flow hedges within its NGL and petrochemical operations portfolio
into net income (as an increase to operating costs and expenses) during
2009.
The
following table shows the effect of hypothetical price movements on the
estimated fair value of this component of the overall portfolio at the dates
presented (dollars in millions):
|
|
|
Portfolio
Fair Value at
|
|
Scenario
|
Resulting
Classification
|
|
December
31,
2007
|
|
|
December
31,
2008
|
|
|
February
3,
2009
|
|
FV
assuming no change in underlying commodity prices
|
Liability
|
|
$ |
(19.0 |
) |
|
$ |
(102.1 |
) |
|
$ |
(111.6 |
) |
FV
assuming 10% increase in underlying commodity prices
|
Asset
(Liability)
|
|
|
11.3 |
|
|
|
(94.0 |
) |
|
|
(109.2 |
) |
FV
assuming 10% decrease in underlying commodity prices
|
Liability
|
|
|
(49.2 |
) |
|
|
(110.1 |
) |
|
|
(114.1 |
) |
The
change in fair value of the NGL and petrochemical portfolio between December 31,
2008 and February 3, 2009 is primarily due to a decrease in natural gas
prices.
TEPPCO. As part of its crude
oil marketing business, TEPPCO enters into financial instruments such as crude
oil swaps. The purpose of such hedging activity is to either balance
TEPPCO’s inventory position or to lock in a profit margin. The fair value of the
open positions at December 31, 2008 and 2007 was an asset of $3 thousand and a
liability of $18.9 million, respectively. At December 31, 2008,
TEPPCO had no commodity financial instruments that were accounted for as cash
flow hedges. At December 31, 2007, TEPPCO had a limited number of
commodity financial instruments that were accounted for as cash flow hedges.
TEPPCO has some commodity financial instruments that do not qualify for hedge
accounting. These financial instruments had a minimal impact on
TEPPCO’s earnings.
The
following table shows the effect of hypothetical price movements on the
estimated fair value of this portfolio at the dates indicated (dollars in
millions):
|
|
|
Portfolio
Fair Value at
|
|
Scenario
|
Resulting
Classification
|
|
December
31,
2007
|
|
|
December
31,
2008 (1)
|
|
|
February
3,
2009
|
|
FV
assuming no change in underlying commodity prices
|
Asset
(Liability)
|
|
$ |
(18.9 |
) |
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
0.2 |
|
FV
assuming 10% increase in underlying commodity prices
|
Asset
(Liability)
|
|
|
(33.6 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
FV
assuming 10% decrease in underlying commodity prices
|
Asset
(Liability)
|
|
|
(4.2 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Amounts
were minimal at December 31, 2008
|
|
Foreign
Currency Hedging Program – Enterprise Products Partners
Enterprise Products Partners is exposed
to foreign currency exchange rate risk through a Canadian NGL marketing
subsidiary. As a result, Enterprise Products Partners could be
adversely affected by fluctuations in the foreign currency exchange rate between
the U.S. dollar and the Canadian dollar. Enterprise Products Partners
attempts to hedge this risk using foreign exchange purchase contracts to fix the
exchange rate. Mark-to-market accounting is utilized for these
contracts, which typically have a duration of one month. For the year
ended December 31, 2008, Enterprise Products Partners recorded minimal gains
from these financial instruments.
In
addition, Enterprise Products Partners is exposed to foreign currency exchange
rate risk through its Japanese Yen Term Loan Agreement (“Yen Term Loan”) that
EPO entered into in November 2008. As a result, Enterprise Products
Partners could be adversely affected by fluctuations in the foreign currency
exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Japanese
yen. Enterprise Products Partners hedged this risk by entering into a
foreign exchange purchase contract to fix the exchange rate. This
purchase contract was
designated
as a cash flow hedge. At December 31, 2008, the fair value of this
contract was $9.3 million (an asset). This contract will be settled
in March 2009 upon repayment of the Yen Term Loan.
Product
Purchase Commitments
We have
long and short-term purchase commitments for NGLs, petrochemicals and natural
gas with several suppliers. The purchase prices that we are obligated
to pay under these contracts are based on market prices at the time we take
delivery of the volumes. For additional information regarding these
commitments, see “Contractual Obligations” included under Item 7 of this annual
report.
Fair
Value Information
On
January 1, 2008, we adopted the provisions of SFAS 157 that apply to
financial assets and liabilities. SFAS 157 defines fair value as the
price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in
an orderly transaction between market participants at a specified measurement
date. See Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included
under Item 8 of this annual report for information regarding fair value
disclosures pertaining to our financial assets and liabilities.
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Accumulated other comprehensive income
(loss) primarily includes the effective portion of the gain or loss on financial
instruments designated and qualified as a cash flow hedge, foreign currency
adjustments and Dixie’s minimum pension liability
adjustments. Amounts accumulated in other comprehensive income (loss)
from cash flow hedges are reclassified into earnings in the same period(s) in
which the hedged forecasted transactions (such as a forecasted forward sale of
NGLs) affect earnings. If it becomes probable that the forecasted
transaction will not occur, the net gain or loss in accumulated other
comprehensive income (loss) must be immediately reclassified.
The following table presents the
components of accumulated other comprehensive loss at the balance sheet dates
indicated (dollars in thousands):
|
|
At
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Commodity
financial instruments – cash flow hedges
|
|
$ |
(114,087 |
) |
|
$ |
(40,271 |
) |
Interest
rate financial instruments – cash flow hedges
|
|
|
(66,560 |
) |
|
|
1,048 |
|
Foreign
currency cash flow hedges
|
|
|
10,594 |
|
|
|
1,308 |
|
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
(1,301 |
) |
|
|
1,200 |
|
Pension
and postretirement benefit plans
|
|
|
(751 |
) |
|
|
588 |
|
Proportionate
share of other comprehensive loss of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
unconsolidated
affiliates, primarily Energy Transfer Equity
|
|
|
(13,723 |
) |
|
|
(3,848 |
) |
Total
accumulated other comprehensive loss
|
|
$ |
(185,828 |
) |
|
$ |
(39,975 |
) |
The following table summarizes the
components of other comprehensive income (loss) for the periods indicated
(dollars in thousands):
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Other
comprehensive income (loss):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flow hedges
|
|
$ |
(132,138 |
) |
|
$ |
(60,819 |
) |
|
$ |
3,821 |
|
Change
in funded status of pension and postretirement plans, net of
tax
|
|
|
(1,339 |
) |
|
|
(52 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
Proportionate
share of other comprehensive loss of unconsolidated
affiliates
|
|
|
(9,875 |
) |
|
|
(3,848 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
(2,501 |
) |
|
|
2,007 |
|
|
|
(807 |
) |
Total
other comprehensive income (loss)
|
|
$ |
(145,853 |
) |
|
$ |
(62,712 |
) |
|
$ |
3,014 |
|
Our
consolidated financial statements, together with the independent registered
public accounting firm’s report of Deloitte & Touche LLP begin on page F-1
of this annual report.
None.
Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
As of the end of the period covered by
this Report, our management carried out an evaluation, with the participation of
our general partner’s principal executive officer (the “CEO”) and our general
partner’s principal financial officer (the “CFO”), of the effectiveness of our
disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. Based on this evaluation, as of the end of the
period covered by this Report, the CEO and CFO concluded:
(i)
|
that
our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or
submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s
rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated
to our management, including the CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow
timely decisions regarding required disclosure;
and
|
(ii)
|
that
our disclosure controls and procedures are
effective.
|
Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There
were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in
Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) or in other factors
during the fourth quarter of 2008, that have materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial
reporting.
The certifications of our general
partner’s CEO and CFO required under Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 have been included as exhibits to this annual report.
MANAGEMENT’S
ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL
OVER
FINANCIAL REPORTING AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2008
The management of Enterprise GP
Holdings L.P. and its consolidated subsidiaries, including its chief
executive officer and chief financial officer, is responsible for establishing
and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined
in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. Our internal control system was designed to provide
reasonable assurance to Enterprise GP Holdings’ management and Board of
Directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial
statements. However, our management does not represent that our
disclosure controls and procedures or internal controls over financial reporting
will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how
well conceived and operated, can provide only a reasonable, not an absolute,
assurance that the objectives of the control system are met.
Our management assessed the
effectiveness of Enterprise GP Holdings’ internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2008. In making this assessment, it used the
criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
Commission (“COSO”) in Internal Control—Integrated
Framework. This assessment included a review of the design and
operating effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting as well as
the safeguarding of assets. Based on our assessment, we believe
that, as of December 31, 2008, Enterprise GP Holdings’ internal control over
financial reporting is effective based on those criteria.
Our Audit, Conflicts and Governance
Committee is composed of directors who are not officers or employees of our
general partner. It meets regularly with members of management, the internal
auditors and the representatives of the independent registered public accounting
firm to discuss the adequacy of Enterprise GP Holdings’ internal controls over
financial reporting, financial statements and the nature, extent and results of
the audit effort. Management reviews with the Audit, Conflicts and Governance
Committee all of Enterprise GP Holdings’ significant accounting policies and
assumptions affecting the results of operations. Both the independent registered
public accounting firm and internal auditors have direct access to the Audit,
Conflicts and Governance Committee without the presence of
management.
Our
independent registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report
on our internal control over financial reporting. That report is
included within this
Item 9A.
Pursuant
to the requirements of Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, this Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial
Reporting has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities indicated below on March 2, 2009.
/s/
Dr. Ralph S. Cunningham
|
|
/s/
W. Randall Fowler
|
Name:
|
Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham
|
|
Name:
|
W.
Randall Fowler
|
Title:
|
Chief
Executive Officer of
|
|
Title:
|
Chief
Financial Officer of
|
|
our
general partner,
|
|
|
our
general partner,
|
|
EPE
Holdings, LLC
|
|
|
EPE
Holdings, LLC
|
REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the
Board of Directors of EPE Holdings, LLC and
Unitholders
of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P.
Houston,
Texas
We have audited the internal control
over financial reporting of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. and subsidiaries (the
"Company") as of December 31, 2008, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated
Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission. The Company's management is responsible for
maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its
assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting,
included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over
Financial Reporting as of December 31, 2008. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting
based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance
with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United
States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over
financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit
included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial
reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and
evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on
the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered
necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
A company's internal control over
financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the
company's principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons
performing similar functions, and effected by the company's board of directors,
management, and other personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes
those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records
that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that
receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with
authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use, or disposition of the company's assets that could have a
material effect on the financial statements.
Because of the inherent limitations of
internal control over financial reporting, including the possibility of
collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements
due to error or fraud may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
Also, projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of the internal control
over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the
controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the
degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may
deteriorate.
In our
opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, based on the criteria
established in Internal
Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
We have
also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet and the related
consolidated statements of operations, cash flows, and partners’
equity as of and for the year ended December 31, 2008 of the Company and our
report dated March 2, 2009 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial
statements.
/s/
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Houston, Texas
March 2,
2009
None.
Partnership
Management
As is commonly the case with publicly
traded limited partnerships, we do not directly employ any of the persons
responsible for the management or operations of our business. These
functions are performed by the employees of EPCO pursuant to the ASA under the
direction of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) and executive officers of EPE
Holdings. For a description of the ASA, see “EPCO Administrative
Services Agreement” in Note 17 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial
Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report.
The executive officers of our general
partner are elected for one-year terms and may be removed, with or without
cause, only by the Board. Our unitholders do not elect the officers
or directors of EPE Holdings. Dan
L. Duncan, through his indirect control of EPE Holdings, has the ability to
elect, remove and replace at any time, all of the officers and directors of our
general partner. Each member of the Board of our general partner
serves until such member’s death, resignation or removal. The current
employees of EPCO who served as directors of EPE Holdings during 2008 were Dan
L. Duncan, Randa D. Williams, Dr. Ralph S. Cunningham, Richard H. Bachmann and
W. Randall Fowler.
Because we are a limited partnership
and meet the definition of a “controlled company” under the listing standards of
the NYSE, we are not required to comply with certain requirements of the
NYSE. Accordingly, we have elected to not comply with Section 303A.01
of the NYSE Listed Company Manual, which would require that the Board of our
general partner be comprised of a majority of independent
directors. In addition, we have elected to not comply with Sections
303A.04 and 303A.05 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual, which would require that
the Board of our general partner maintain a Nominating Committee and a
Compensation Committee, each consisting entirely of independent
directors.
Notwithstanding
any contractual limitation on its obligations or duties, EPE Holdings is liable
for all debts we incur (to the extent not paid by us), except to the extent that
such indebtedness or other obligations are non-recourse to EPE
Holdings. Whenever possible, EPE Holdings intends to make any such
indebtedness or other obligations non-recourse to itself.
Under our limited partnership agreement
and subject to specified limitations, we will indemnify to the fullest extent
permitted by Delaware law, from and against all losses, claims, damages or
similar events any director or officer, or while serving as director or officer,
any person who is or was serving as a tax matters member or as a director,
officer, tax matters member, employee, partner, manager, fiduciary or trustee of
our partnership or any of our affiliates. Additionally, we will
indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by law, from and against all losses,
claims, damages or similar events any person who is or was an employee (other
than an officer) or agent of our Partnership.
Corporate
Governance
We are committed to sound principles of
governance. Such principles are critical for us to achieve our
performance goals, and maintain the trust and confidence of investors,
employees, suppliers, business partners and stakeholders.
A key element for strong governance is
independent members of the Board. Pursuant to the NYSE listing
standards, a director will be considered independent if the Board determines
that he or she does not have a material relationship with EPE Holdings or us
(either directly or as a partner, unitholder or officer of an organization that
has a material relationship with EPE Holdings or us). Based on the
foregoing, the Board has affirmatively determined that Charles E. McMahen, Edwin
E. Smith, and Thurmon Andress are “independent” directors under the NYSE
rules.
Code
of Conduct and Ethics and Corporate Governance Guidelines
EPE Holdings has adopted a “Code of
Conduct” that applies to all directors, officers and employees. This
code sets out our requirements for compliance with legal and ethical standards
in the conduct of our business, including general business principles, legal and
ethical obligations, compliance policies for specific subjects, obtaining
guidance, the reporting of compliance issues and discipline for violations of
the code.
In addition, EPE Holdings has adopted a
code of ethics, the “Code of Ethical Conduct for Senior Financial Officers and
Managers,” that applies to the CEO, CFO, principal accounting officer and senior
financial and other managers. In addition to other matters, this code
of ethics establishes policies to prevent wrongdoing and to promote honest and
ethical conduct, including ethical handling of actual and apparent conflicts of
interest, compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, full, fair,
accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in public communications and
prompt internal reporting violations of the code.
Governance guidelines, together with
applicable committee charters, provide the framework for effective
governance. The Board has adopted the “Governance Guidelines of
Enterprise GP Holdings,” which address several matters, including qualifications
for directors, responsibilities of directors, retirement of directors, the
composition and responsibilities of the ACG Committee, the conduct and frequency
of Board and committee meetings, management succession plans, director access to
management and outside advisors, director compensation, director orientation and
continuing education, and annual self-evaluation of the Board. The
Board recognizes that effective governance is an on-going process, and thus, it
will review the Governance Guidelines of Enterprise GP Holdings annually or more
often as deemed necessary.
We
provide investors access to current information relating to our governance
procedures and principles, including the Code of Ethical Conduct for Senior
Financial Officers and Managers, the Governance Guidelines of Enterprise GP
Holdings and other matters, through our Internet website, www.enterprisegp.com. You
may also contact us at (866) 230-0745 for printed copies of these documents free
of charge.
ACG
Committee
The sole committee of the Board is its
ACG Committee. In accordance with NYSE rules and Section 3(a)(58)(A)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Board has named three of its members
to serve on the ACG Committee. The members of the ACG Committee are
independent directors, free from any relationship with us or any of our
affiliates or subsidiaries that would interfere with the exercise of independent
judgment. The members of the ACG Committee must have a basic
understanding of finance and accounting and be able to read and understand
fundamental financial statements, and at least one member of the ACG Committee
shall have accounting or related financial management expertise.
At December 31, 2008, the members of
the ACG Committee are Messrs. McMahen, Smith and Andress. Mr. McMahen
is the chairman of ACG Committee. Our Board has determined that Mr.
McMahen satisfies the definition of “audit committee financial expert” as
defined in Item 407(d) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC.
The ACG
Committee’s duties are addressing audit and conflicts-related items and general
corporate governance matters. From an audit and conflicts standpoint,
the primary responsibilities of the ACG Committee include:
§
|
monitoring
the integrity of our financial reporting process and related systems of
internal control;
|
§
|
ensuring
our legal and regulatory compliance and that of EPE
Holdings;
|
§
|
overseeing
the independence and performance of our independent public
accountants;
|
§
|
approving
all services performed by our independent public
accountants;
|
§
|
providing
for an avenue of communication among the independent public accountants,
management, internal audit function and the
Board;
|
§
|
encouraging
adherence to and continuous improvement of our policies, procedures and
practices at all levels; and
|
§
|
reviewing
areas of potential significant financial risk to our
businesses.
|
If the Board believes that a particular
matter presents a conflict of interest and proposes a resolution, the ACG
Committee has the authority to review such matter to determine if the proposed
resolution is fair and reasonable to us. Any matters approved by the
ACG Committee are conclusively deemed to be fair and reasonable to our business,
approved by all of our partners and not a breach by EPE Holdings or the Board of
any duties it may owe us or our unitholders.
Pursuant to its formal written charter,
the ACG Committee has the authority to conduct any investigation appropriate to
fulfilling its responsibilities, and it has direct access to our independent
public accountants as well as any EPCO personnel whom it deems necessary in
fulfilling its responsibilities. The ACG Committee has the ability to
retain, at our expense, special legal, accounting or other consultants or
experts it deems necessary in the performance of its duties.
From a governance standpoint, the
primary responsibilities of the ACG Committee are to (i) develop and maintain
governance guidelines for the Board; (ii) interview possible candidates for
Board membership; and (iii) communicate with the Board regarding formats and
procedures pertaining to Board meetings.
A copy of
the ACG Committee charter is available on our Internet website, www.enterprisegp.com. You
may also contact our investor relations department at (866) 230-0745 for a
printed copy of this document free of charge.
NYSE
Corporate Governance Listing Standards
On March
4, 2008, Dr. Ralph S. Cunningham, our Chief Executive Officer, certified to the
NYSE (as required by Section 303A.12(a) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual) that
he was not aware of any violation by us of the NYSE’s Corporate Governance
listing standards as of March 4, 2008.
Executive
Sessions of Non-Management Directors
The Board holds regular executive
sessions in which non-management directors meet without any members of
management present. The purpose of these executive sessions is to
promote open and candid discussion among the non-management directors. During
such executive sessions, one director is designated as the “presiding director,”
who is responsible for leading and facilitating such executive
sessions. Currently, the presiding director is Mr.
McMahen.
In accordance with NYSE rules, we have
established a toll-free, confidential telephone hotline (the “Hotline”) so that
interested parties may communicate with the presiding director or with all the
non-management directors as a group. All calls to this Hotline are
reported to the chairman of the ACG Committee, who is responsible for
communicating any necessary information to the other non-management
directors. The number of our confidential Hotline is (877)
888-0002.
Directors
and Executive Officers of EPE Holdings
The
following table sets forth the name, age and position of each of the directors
and executive officers of EPE Holdings at March 2, 2009.
Name
|
Age
|
Position
with EPE Holdings
|
Dan
L. Duncan (1)
|
76
|
Director
and Chairman
|
Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham (1)
|
68
|
Director,
President and Chief Executive Officer
|
W.
Randall Fowler (1)
|
52
|
Director,
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
|
Richard
H. Bachmann (1)
|
56
|
Director,
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and
Secretary
|
Randa
Duncan Williams
|
47
|
Director
|
O.
S. Andras
|
73
|
Director
|
Charles
E. McMahen (2,3)
|
69
|
Director
|
Edwin
E. Smith (2)
|
77
|
Director
|
Thurmon
Andress (2)
|
75
|
Director
|
William
Ordemann (1)
|
49
|
Executive
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
|
Michael
J. Knesek (1)
|
54
|
Senior
Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting
Officer
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Executive
officer
(2) Member
of ACG Committee
(3) Chairman
of ACG Committee
|
The following information summarizes
the business experience of the directors and executive officers of EPE Holdings
who were serving in such capacity at December 31, 2008.
Dan L.
Duncan. Mr.
Duncan was elected Chairman and a Director of EPGP in April 1998, Chairman and a
Director of the general partner of EPO in December 2003, Chairman and a Director
of EPE Holdings in August 2005 and Chairman and a Director of DEP GP in October
2006. Mr. Duncan served as the sole Chairman of EPCO from 1979 to
December 2007. Mr. Duncan now serves as Group Co-Chairman of EPCO
alongside his daughter, Ms. Randa Duncan Williams, also a Director of EPE
Holdings. He also serves as an Honorary Trustee of the Board of
Trustees of the Texas Heart Institute at Saint Luke’s Episcopal
Hospital.
Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham. Dr. Cunningham was elected a Director of
EPGP in February 2006, having previously served as a Director of EPGP from 1998
until March 2005. In addition to these duties, Dr. Cunningham served
as Group Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of EPGP from
December 2005 to August 2007 and its Interim President and Chief Executive
Officer from June 2007 to August 2007. Dr. Cunningham was elected a
Director and the President and Chief Executive Officer of EPE Holdings in August
2007. He served as Chairman and a Director of TEPPCO GP from March
2005 until November 2005.
Dr. Cunningham was elected a Group Vice
Chairman of EPCO in December 2007, having previously served as a Director of
EPCO from 1987 to 1997. He serves as a Director of Tetra
Technologies, Inc. (a publicly traded energy services and chemical company),
EnCana Corporation (a Canadian publicly traded independent oil and natural gas
company) and Agrium, Inc. (a Canadian publicly traded agricultural chemicals
company). Dr. Cunningham retired in 1997 from CITGO Petroleum
Corporation, where he served as its President and Chief Executive Officer from
1995 to 1997.
W.
Randall Fowler. Mr. Fowler was elected Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of EPGP, EPE Holdings and DEP GP in August
2007. Mr. Fowler served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of
EPGP from February 2005 to August 2007 and of DEP GP from October 2006 to August
2007. Mr. Fowler has also served as a Director of EPGP and of EPE
Holdings since February 2006 and of DEP GP since October 2006. Mr.
Fowler also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EPE
Holdings from August 2005 to August 2007.
Mr. Fowler
was elected President and Chief Executive Officer of EPCO in December
2007. Prior to these elections, he served as Chief Financial Officer
of EPCO from April 2005 to December 2007. Mr. Fowler, a
certified public accountant (inactive), joined Enterprise Products Partners as
Director of Investor Relations in January 1999.
Richard
H. Bachmann. Mr. Bachmann was elected an Executive Vice
President and the Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of EPGP and a Director of
EPGP in February 2006. He previously served as a Director of EPGP
from June 2000 to January 2004. Mr. Bachmann has served as a Director
of EPO’s general partner since December 2003 and as an Executive Vice President
and the Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of EPE Holdings since August
2005.
Mr.
Bachmann was elected a Group Vice Chairman and the Chief Legal Officer and
Secretary of EPCO in December 2007. In October 2006, Mr. Bachmann was
elected President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of DEP
GP. Mr. Bachmann was elected a Director of EPE Holdings in February
2006. Since January 1999, Mr. Bachmann has served as a Director of
EPCO. In November 2006, Mr. Bachmann was appointed an independent
manager of Constellation Energy Partners LLC. Mr. Bachmann also
serves as a member of the Audit, Compensation, Conflicts and Nominating and
Governance Committees of Constellation Energy Partners LLC.
Randa
Duncan Williams. Ms. Williams was elected a Director
of EPE Holdings in May 2007. Ms. Duncan is a daughter of Dan L.
Duncan and a Director of EPCO. Prior to joining EPCO in 1994, Ms.
Williams practiced law with the firms Butler & Binion and Brown, Sims, Wise
& White. She currently
serves on
the boards of directors of Encore Bancshares and Encore Bank and also serves on
the board of trustees for numerous charitable organizations.
O. S.
Andras. Mr. Andras was elected a Director of EPE Holdings in
February 2007, having served as a Director of EPGP from April 1998 to February
2006. Mr. Andras served as the Vice Chairman of EPGP from September
2004 to July 2005 and as the Chief Executive Officer of EPGP from April 1998 to
February 2005. Mr. Andras served as President of EPGP from April 1998
until September 2004. He served as President and Chief Executive
Officer of EPCO from 1996 to February 2001.
Charles
E. McMahen. Mr. McMahen was elected a Director of EPE Holdings
in August 2005 and serves as Chairman of its ACG Committee. Mr.
McMahen served as Vice Chairman of Compass Bank from March 1999 until December
2003 and served as Vice Chairman of Compass Bancshares from April 2001 until his
retirement in December 2003. Mr. McMahen also served as Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Compass Banks of Texas from March 1990 until March
1999. Mr. McMahen has served as a Director of Compass Bancshares
since 2001. Mr. McMahen serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee
of the Greater Houston Partnership. He also served as chairman of the
Board of Regents of the University of Houston from September 1998 to August
2000.
Edwin E.
Smith. Mr. Smith was elected a Director of EPE Holdings in
August 2005 and is a member of its ACG Committee. Mr. Smith has been
a private investor since he retired from Allied Bank of Texas in 1989 after a
31-year career in banking. Mr. Smith serves as a Director of Encore
Bank and previously served as a director of EPCO from 1987 until
1997.
Thurmon
Andress. Mr. Andress was elected a Director of EPE Holdings in
November 2006 and is a member of its ACG Committee. Mr. Andress
serves as the Managing Director – Houston for Breitburn Energy Company L.P. and
is also a member of its Board of Directors. In 1990, he founded
Andress Oil & Gas Company, serving as its President and Chief Executive
Officer until it merged with Breitburn Energy Company L.P. in
1998. In 1982, he founded Bayou Resources, Inc. a publicly traded
energy company that was sold in 1987. Since 2002, Mr. Andress has
been a member of the Board of Directors of Edge Petroleum Corp. and currently
serves on its Governance and Compensation Committees. Mr. Andress is
currently a member of the National Petroleum Council and on the Board of
Governors of Houston for the Independent Petroleum Association of
America. In 1993, Mr. Andress was inducted into All American
Wildcatter’s, a 100-member organization dedicated to American oil and gas
explorationists and producers. Beginning in 2008, Mr. Andress will
also serve on the Board of the Natural Gas Council.
William
Ordemann. Mr. Ordemann was elected an Executive Vice President
and the Chief Operating Officer of EPGP in August 2007. He previously
served as a Senior Vice President of EPGP from September 2001 to August 2007 and
was a Vice President of EPGP from October 1999 to September 2001. Mr.
Ordemann joined Enterprise Products Partners in connection with its purchase of
certain midstream energy assets from affiliates of Shell Oil Company in
1999. Prior to joining Enterprise Products Partners, he was a Vice
President of Shell Midstream Enterprises, LLC from January 1997 to February
1998, and Vice President of Tejas Natural Gas Liquids, LLC from February 1998 to
September 1999.
Michael J.
Knesek. Mr.
Knesek, a Certified Public Accountant, was elected a Senior Vice President of
EPGP in February 2005, having served as a Vice President of EPGP since August
2000. Mr. Knesek has been the Principal Accounting Officer and
Controller of EPGP since August 2000, of EPE Holdings since August 2005 and of
DEP GP since October 2006. He has served as Senior Vice President of
EPE Holdings since August 2005 and of DEP GP since October 2006. Mr.
Knesek has been the Controller of EPCO since 1990 and currently serves as one of
its Senior Vice Presidents.
Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Under federal securities laws, EPE
Holdings, directors and executive officers of EPE Holdings, certain other
officers, and any persons holding more than 10.0% of the Parent Company’s Units
are required to report their beneficial ownership of Units and any changes in
their beneficial ownership levels to the Parent Company and the
SEC. Specific due dates for these reports have been established by
regulation,
and the Parent Company is required to disclose in this annual report any failure
to file this information within the specified timeframes. With the
exception of the following late filings, all such reporting was done in a timely
manner in 2008.
On February 20, 2008, EPCO formed
Enterprise Unit L.P. (“Enterprise Unit”) to serve as an incentive arrangement
for certain employees of EPCO through a profits interest in Enterprise
Unit. Form 4 filings related to beneficial ownership changes in
connection with the creation of Enterprise Unit for Richard H. Bachmann, Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham, W. Randall Fowler, Michael J. Knesek and William Ordemann
were filed on February 27, 2008, but were due on February 26, 2008. Also, two
transactions by Mr. McMahen from 2006 were reported on a Form 4 filing made on
February 27, 2009. In addition, beneficial ownership of certain holdings
attributed to Randa Duncan Williams that should have been reported on her
initial Form 3 were reported on February 27, 2009 on an amended Form
3.
Executive
Officer Compensation
We do not directly employ any of the
persons responsible for managing our partnership. Instead, we are
managed by our general partner, the executive officers of which are employees of
EPCO. Our reimbursement of EPCO’s compensation costs is governed by the ASA (see
Item 13 of this annual report).
Summary
Compensation Table
The following table presents
consolidated compensation amounts paid, accrued or otherwise expensed by us with
respect to the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 for our CEO, CFO and
three other most highly compensated executive officers as of December 31,
2008.
Our Named Executive Officers include
certain executive officers of our wholly-owned subsidiaries and
EPGP. The executive officers of EPGP routinely perform policy-making
functions that determine the success of our business
strategy. Compensation paid or awarded by us with respect to such
Named Executive Officers reflects only that portion of compensation paid by EPCO
allocated to us pursuant to the ASA, including an allocation of a portion of the
cost of EPCO’s equity-based long-term incentive plans.
Name
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unit
|
|
Option
|
|
All
Other
|
|
|
Principal
|
|
|
Salary
|
|
Bonus
|
|
Awards
|
|
Awards
|
|
Compensation
|
|
Total
|
Position
|
Year
|
|
($)
|
|
($)
(2)
|
|
($)
(3)
|
|
($)
(4)
|
|
($)
(5)
|
|
($)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham (CEO) (1)
|
2008
|
|
$ |
408,188 |
|
$ |
255,000 |
|
$ |
670,499 |
|
$ |
62,318 |
|
$ |
107,482 |
|
$ |
1,503,487 |
|
2007
|
|
|
398,813 |
|
|
242,250 |
|
|
327,799 |
|
|
33,345 |
|
|
53,626 |
|
|
1,055,833 |
|
2006
|
|
|
478,667 |
|
|
250,000 |
|
|
52,815 |
|
|
13,707 |
|
|
33,208 |
|
|
828,397 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
W.
Randall Fowler (CFO)
|
2008
|
|
|
254,375 |
|
|
175,000 |
|
|
515,818 |
|
|
41,854 |
|
|
83,528 |
|
|
1,070,575 |
|
2007
|
|
|
258,495 |
|
|
157,320 |
|
|
361,375 |
|
|
30,359 |
|
|
64,791 |
|
|
872,340 |
|
2006
|
|
|
237,463 |
|
|
77,000 |
|
|
191,262 |
|
|
15,666 |
|
|
44,188 |
|
|
565,579 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Michael
A. Creel (6)
|
2008
|
|
|
563,200 |
|
|
552,000 |
|
|
1,115,948 |
|
|
90,902 |
|
|
200,241 |
|
|
2,522,291 |
|
2007
|
|
|
399,893 |
|
|
403,830 |
|
|
572,203 |
|
|
49,127 |
|
|
119,387 |
|
|
1,544,440 |
|
2006
|
|
|
336,600 |
|
|
137,500 |
|
|
333,984 |
|
|
25,975 |
|
|
78,521 |
|
|
912,580 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A.
J. Teague
|
2008
|
|
|
558,333 |
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
1,005,532 |
|
|
102,783 |
|
|
176,651 |
|
|
2,343,299 |
|
2007
|
|
|
445,660 |
|
|
300,000 |
|
|
587,905 |
|
|
77,980 |
|
|
110,336 |
|
|
1,521,881 |
|
2006
|
|
|
428,480 |
|
|
250,000 |
|
|
299,984 |
|
|
47,227 |
|
|
69,563 |
|
|
1,095,254 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Richard
H. Bachmann
|
2008
|
|
|
447,125 |
|
|
297,500 |
|
|
923,131 |
|
|
71,948 |
|
|
165,354 |
|
|
1,905,058 |
|
2007
|
|
|
378,408 |
|
|
229,338 |
|
|
559,941 |
|
|
48,075 |
|
|
121,149 |
|
|
1,336,911 |
|
2006
|
|
|
236,560 |
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
242,898 |
|
|
18,891 |
|
|
60,935 |
|
|
659,284 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Dr.
Cunningham was appointed our Chief Executive Officer effective August 1,
2007.
(2)
Amounts
represent discretionary annual cash awards accrued with respect to the
years presented. Cash awards are paid in February of the following
year (e.g., the cash awards for 2008 were paid in February
2009).
(3)
Amounts
represent expense recognized in accordance with SFAS 123(R) with respect
to restricted unit awards issued under the EPCO 1998 Plan and Employee
Partnership profits interests awards.
(4)
Amounts
represent expense recognized in accordance with SFAS 123(R) with respect
to unit options issued under the EPCO 1998 Plan and EPD 2008
LTIP.
(5)
Amounts
primarily represent (i) matching contributions under funded, qualified,
defined contribution retirement plans, (ii) quarterly distributions paid
on incentive plan awards and (iii) the imputed value of life insurance
premiums paid on behalf of the officer.
(6)
Mr.
Creel served as our Chief Executive Officer until July 31,
2007.
|
Compensation
Discussion and Analysis
With respect to our Named
Executive Officers, compensation paid or awarded by us for the last three fiscal
years reflects only that portion of compensation paid by EPCO allocated to us
pursuant to the ASA, including an allocation of a portion of the cost of
equity-based long-term incentive plans of EPCO. Dan L. Duncan controls EPCO and
has ultimate decision-making authority with respect to the compensation of our
Named Executive Officers. The following elements of compensation, and EPCO’s
decisions with respect to determination of payments, are not subject to
approvals by our Board or the ACG Committee of our general
partner. Equity awards under EPCO’s long-term incentive plans are
approved by the ACG Committee of the respective issuer. We do not
have a separate compensation committee.
As discussed below, the elements of
EPCO’s compensation program, along with EPCO’s other rewards (e.g., benefits,
work environment, career development), are intended to provide a total rewards
package to employees. The compensation package is designed to reward
contributions by employees in support of the business strategies of EPCO and its
affiliates at both the partnership and individual levels. With respect to the
three years ended December 31, 2008, EPCO’s compensation package for Named
Executive Officers did not include any elements based on targeted
performance-related criteria.
The primary elements of EPCO’s
compensation program are a combination of annual cash and long-term equity-based
incentive compensation. For the three years ended December 31, 2008,
the elements of compensation for the Named Executive Officers consisted of the
following:
§
|
Discretionary
annual cash awards;
|
§
|
Awards
under long-term incentive arrangements;
and
|
§
|
Other
compensation, including very limited
perquisites.
|
In order to assist Mr. Duncan and EPCO
with compensation decisions, our CEO and the senior vice president of Human
Resources for EPCO formulate preliminary compensation recommendations for all of
the Named Executive Officers other than our CEO. Mr. Duncan, after
consulting with the senior vice president of Human Resources for EPCO,
independently makes compensation decisions with respect to our Named Executive
Officers. In making these compensation decisions, EPCO considers
market data for determining relevant compensation levels and compensation
program elements through the review of and, in certain cases, participation in,
relevant compensation surveys and reports. These surveys and reports
are conducted and prepared by a third party compensation
consultant.
Periodically,
EPCO will engage a third party consultant to review compensation elements
provided to our executive officers. In 2006, EPCO engaged Towers
Perrin to review executive compensation relative to our
industry. Towers Perrin provided comparative market data on
compensation practices and programs for executive level positions based on an
analysis of industry competitors. Neither we nor EPCO, which engages
the consultant, are aware of the identity of the component companies who supply
data to the consultant. EPCO uses the data provided in the Towers
Perrin analysis to gauge whether compensation levels reported by the consultant
are within the general ranges of compensation for EPCO employees in similar
positions, but that comparison is only a factor taken into consideration and may
or may not impact compensation of our executive officers, for which Dan L.
Duncan has the ultimate decision-making authority. EPCO does not
otherwise engage in benchmarking executive level positions.
Mr. Duncan and EPCO do not use any
formula or specific performance-based criteria for our Named Executive Officers
in connection with determining compensation for services performed for us;
rather, Mr. Duncan and EPCO determine an appropriate level and mix of
compensation on a case-by-case basis. Further, there is no
established policy or target for the allocation between either cash and non-cash
or short-term and long-term incentive compensation. However, some
considerations that Mr. Duncan may take into account in making the case-by-case
compensation determinations include total value of wealth accumulated and the
appropriate balance of internal pay equity among executive
officers. Mr. Duncan and
EPCO also
consider individual performance, levels of responsibility, skills and
experience. All compensation determinations are discretionary and, as noted
above, subject to Mr. Duncan’s ultimate decision-making authority except for
equity awards under EPCO’s long-term incentive plans, as discussed
below.
We believe the absence of specific
performance-based criteria associated with our salary compensation and equity
awards, and the long-term nature of our equity awards, has the effect of not
encouraging excessive risk taking by our executive officers in order to reach
certain targets. Further, the practice of making compensation
decisions on a case-by-case basis permits consideration of flexible criteria,
including current overall market conditions. Because our 2008 annual
base salaries and the majority of our 2008 equity awards were made in the first
half of 2008, recent market volatility and market declines did not have a
material impact on 2008 compensation decisions. However, current
market conditions may impact 2009 compensation decisions regarding annual base
salaries and equity award grants.
The discretionary cash awards paid to
each of our Named Executive Officers were determined by consultation among Mr.
Duncan, our CEO and the senior vice president of Human Resources for EPCO,
subject to Mr. Duncan’s final determination. These cash awards, in
combination with annual base salaries, are intended to yield competitive total
cash compensation levels for the Named Executive Officers and drive performance
in support of our business strategies, as well as the performance of other EPCO
affiliates for which the Named Executive Officers perform
services. It is EPCO’s general policy to pay these awards in February
of each year.
The incentive awards granted under
EPCO’s long-term incentive plans to our Named Executive Officers were determined
by consultation among Mr. Duncan, our CEO and the senior vice president of Human
Resources for EPCO. Incentive awards issued under EPCO’s long-term
incentive plans involving securities of Enterprise Products Partners are also
approved by the ACG Committee of EPGP. In addition, our Named
Executive Officers are Class B limited partners in certain of the Employee
Partnerships. Mr. Duncan approves the issuance of all limited
partnership interests in the Employee Partnerships to our Named Executive
Officers. See “Summary of Long-Term Incentive Arrangements Underlying 2008 Award
Grants” within this Item 11 for information regarding the long-term incentive
plans. See Notes 2 and 6 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report for information regarding
the accounting for such awards.
EPCO generally does not pay for
perquisites for any of our Named Executive Officers, other than reimbursement of
certain parking expenses, and expects to continue its policy of covering very
limited perquisites allocable to our Named Executive Officers. EPCO also makes
matching contributions under its 401(k) plan for the benefit of our Named
Executive Officers in the same manner as it does for other EPCO
employees.
EPCO does not offer our Named Executive
Officers a defined benefit pension plan. Also, none of our Named
Executive Officers had nonqualified deferred compensation during the three years
ended December 31, 2008.
We believe that each of the base
salary, cash awards, and incentive awards fit the overall compensation
objectives of us and of EPCO, as stated above (i.e., to provide competitive
compensation opportunities to align and drive employee performance toward the
creation of sustained long-term unitholder value, which will also allow us to
attract, motivate and retain high quality talent with the skills and
competencies required by us).
Compensation
Committee Report
We do not have a separate compensation
committee. In addition, we do not directly employ or compensate our
Named Executive Officers. Rather, under the ASA with EPCO, we reimburse EPCO for
the compensation of our executive officers. Accordingly, to the
extent that decisions are made regarding the compensation policies pursuant to
which our Named Executive Officers are compensated, they are
made by
Mr. Duncan and EPCO alone (except for equity awards, as previously noted), and
not by our Board.
In light of the foregoing, the Board
has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis with
management and determined that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be
included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2008.
Submitted
by: |
Dan L.
Duncan |
|
Dr. Ralph S.
Cunningham |
|
Richard H.
Bachmann |
|
W. Randall
Fowler |
|
Randa Duncan
Williams |
|
O.S.
Andras |
|
Charles E.
McMahen |
|
Edwin E.
Smith |
|
Thurmon
Andress |
Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary set forth in any previous filings under the Securities Act, as amended,
or the Exchange Act, as amended, that incorporate future filings, including this
Report, in whole or in part, the foregoing report shall not be incorporated by
reference into any such filings.
Grants
of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2008
The following table presents
information concerning grants of plan-based awards to the Named Executive
Officers in 2008. The restricted unit and unit option awards granted
during 2008 were under the EPCO 1998 Plan and EPD 2008 LTIP. See
“Summary of Long-Term Incentive Arrangements Underlying 2008 Award Grants”
within this Item 11 for additional information regarding the long-term incentive
plans under which these awards were granted.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise
|
|
|
Date
Fair
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
or
Base
|
|
|
Value
of
|
|
|
|
|
Estimated
Future Payouts Under
|
|
|
Price
of
|
|
|
Unit
and
|
|
|
|
|
Equity
Incentive Plan Awards
|
|
|
Option
|
|
|
Option
|
|
|
Grant
|
|
Threshold
|
|
|
Target
|
|
|
Maximum
|
|
|
Awards
|
|
|
Awards
|
|
Name
|
Date
|
|
(#)
|
|
|
(#)
|
|
|
(#)
|
|
|
($/Unit)
|
|
|
($) (1)
|
|
Restricted unit awards:
(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham (CEO)
|
5/22/08
|
|
--
|
|
|
28,100
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
$ |
651,850 |
|
W.
Randall Fowler (CFO)
|
5/22/08
|
|
--
|
|
|
28,100
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
$ |
434,537 |
|
Michael
A. Creel
|
5/22/08
|
|
--
|
|
|
40,000
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
$ |
989,760 |
|
A.J.
Teague
|
5/22/08
|
|
--
|
|
|
28,100
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
$ |
869,133 |
|
Richard
H. Bachmann
|
5/22/08
|
|
--
|
|
|
28,100
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
$ |
608,393 |
|
Unit option awards:
(3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham (CEO)
|
5/22/08
|
|
--
|
|
|
60,000
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
$30.93
|
|
|
$ |
107,100 |
|
W.
Randall Fowler (CFO)
|
5/22/08
|
|
--
|
|
|
60,000
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
$30.93
|
|
|
$ |
71,400 |
|
Michael
A. Creel
|
5/22/08
|
|
--
|
|
|
90,000
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
$30.93
|
|
|
$ |
171,360 |
|
A.J.
Teague
|
5/22/08
|
|
--
|
|
|
60,000
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
$30.93
|
|
|
$ |
142,800 |
|
Richard
H. Bachmann
|
5/22/08
|
|
--
|
|
|
60,000
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
$30.93
|
|
|
$ |
99,960 |
|
Profits interest awards:
(4)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enterprise
Unit:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham (CEO)
|
2/20/08
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
$ |
305,357 |
|
W.
Randall Fowler (CFO)
|
2/20/08
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
$ |
161,598 |
|
Michael
A. Creel
|
2/20/08
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
$ |
586,622 |
|
A.J.
Teague
|
2/20/08
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
$ |
407,143 |
|
Richard
H. Bachmann
|
2/20/08
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
$ |
223,929 |
|
EPCO
Unit:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham (CEO)
|
11/13/08
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
$ |
1,049,905 |
|
W.
Randall Fowler (CFO)
|
11/13/08
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
$ |
699,937 |
|
Michael
A. Creel
|
11/13/08
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
$ |
1,119,899 |
|
A.J.
Teague
|
11/13/08
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
$ |
1,399,873 |
|
Richard
H. Bachmann
|
11/13/08
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
$ |
979,911 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Amounts
presented reflect that portion of grant date fair value allocable to us
based on the percentage of time each Named Executive Officer spent on our
consolidated business activities during 2008. Based on current
allocations, we estimate that the consolidated compensation expense we
record for each Named Executive Officer with respect to these awards will
equal these amounts over time.
(2)
For
the period in which the restricted unit awards were outstanding during
2008, we recognized a total of $0.5 million of consolidated compensation
expense related to these awards. The remaining portion of grant date
fair value will be recognized as expense in future
periods.
(3)
For
the period in which the unit option awards were outstanding during 2008,
we recognized a total of $0.1 million of consolidated compensation
expense related to these awards. The remaining portion of grant date
fair value will be recognized as expense in future
periods.
(4)
For
the period in which the profits interest awards were outstanding during
2008, we recognized a total of $0.3 million of consolidated compensation
expense related to these awards. The remaining portion of grant date
fair value will be recognized as expense in future
periods.
|
|
The fair
value amounts presented in the table are based on certain assumptions and
considerations made by management. See Note 6 of the Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report
for additional information regarding our fair value assumptions.
Summary
of Long-Term Incentive Arrangements Underlying 2008 Award Grants
The
following information summarizes the types of awards granted to our Named
Executive Officers during the year ended December 31, 2008. For
detailed information regarding our accounting for equity awards, see Note 6 of
the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this
annual report.
As used
in the context of the EPCO, the term “restricted unit” represents a time-vested
unit under SFAS 123(R). Such awards are non-vested until the required
service period expires.
EPCO
1998 Plan. The
EPCO 1998 Plan provides for incentive awards to EPCO’s key employees who perform
management, administrative or operational functions for us or our
affiliates. Awards granted under the EPCO 1998 Plan may be in the
form of unit options, restricted units, phantom units and distribution
equivalent rights (“DERs”).
When issued, the exercise price of each
option grant is equivalent to the market price per unit of Enterprise Products
Partners’ common units on the date of grant. In general, options
granted under the EPCO 1998 Plan have a vesting period of four years and remain
exercisable for ten years from the date of grant.
A total of 152,400 restricted units
were granted under this plan to the Named Executive Officers in May
2008. Restricted unit awards under the EPCO 1998 Plan allow
recipients to acquire common units of Enterprise Products Partners (at no cost
to the recipient) once a defined vesting period expires, subject to certain
forfeiture provisions. The restrictions on such awards generally
lapse four years from the date of grant. The fair value of restricted
units is based on the market price per unit of Enterprise Products Partners’
common units on the date of grant less an allowance for estimated
forfeitures. Each recipient is also entitled to cash distributions
equal to the product of the number of restricted units outstanding for the
participant and the cash distribution per unit paid by Enterprise Products
Partners to its unitholders.
The EPCO 1998 Plan also provides for
the issuance of phantom unit awards, including related DERs. No
phantom unit awards or associated DERs have been granted under the EPCO 1998
Plan.
EPD 2008
LTIP. The EPD 2008 LTIP provides for incentive awards to
EPCO’s key employees who perform management, administrative or operational
functions for us or our affiliates. Awards granted under the EPD 2008
LTIP may be in the form of unit options, restricted units, phantom units and
DERs.
A total
of 330,000 options were granted under this plan to the Named Executive Officers
in May 2008. When issued, the exercise price of each option grant was
equivalent to the market price per unit of Enterprise Products Partners’ common
units on the date of grant. In general, these options have a vesting
period of four years and are exercisable during specified periods within the
calendar year immediately following the year in which vesting occurs. At
December 31, 2008, no restricted units, phantom units or DERs had been issued
under this plan.
Profits
interests awards. Our
Named Executive Officers were granted awards consisting of profits
interests, or Class B limited partner interests, in Enterprise Unit in February
2008 and EPCO Unit in November 2008. In addition, the Named Executive
Officers have received profits interests awards in the other Employee
Partnerships in prior years. Profits interest awards entitle each
holder to participate in the expected long-term appreciation in value of the
equity securities owned by each Employee Partnership. The Employee
Partnerships in which the Named Executive Officers participate own either Parent
Company Units or Enterprise Products Partners’ common units or a combination of
both. Such awards are subject to forfeiture. For additional
information regarding the Employee Partnerships, including the assumptions we
used to estimate the fair value of these awards, see Note 6 of the Notes to
Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report.
The following table presents each Named
Executive Officer’s share of the total profits interest in the Employee
Partnerships at December 31, 2008.
|
Percentage
Ownership of Class B Interests
|
|
EPE
|
EPE
|
EPE
|
Enterprise
|
EPCO
|
Named
Executive Officer
|
Unit
I
|
Unit
II
|
Unit
III
|
Unit
|
Unit
|
Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham (CEO)
|
--
|
100.0%
|
7.8%
|
9.7%
|
20.0%
|
W.
Randall Fowler (CFO)
|
5.5%
|
--
|
7.8%
|
7.8%
|
20.0%
|
Michael
A. Creel
|
8.2%
|
--
|
7.8%
|
17.5%
|
20.0%
|
A.J.
Teague
|
5.5%
|
--
|
6.5%
|
9.7%
|
20.0%
|
Richard
H. Bachmann
|
8.2%
|
--
|
7.8%
|
9.7%
|
20.0%
|
EPCO
2005 Plan. The EPCO 2005 Plan was established to encourage our
independent directors and employees of EPCO that perform services for the Parent
Company to increase their ownership of Parent Company Units and to develop a
sense of proprietorship and personal involvement in the business and financial
success of the Parent Company. This plan provides for the future
issuance of unit options, restricted units, phantom units and UARs denominated
in the Parent Company’s Units. The maximum number of Units that can
be issued under the EPCO 2005 Plan is 250,000. With the exception of
90,000 UARs issued to the independent directors of EPE Holdings, no other awards
have been issued under this plan. For information regarding the
compensation of our independent directors, see “Director Compensation” within
this Item 11.
Equity
Awards Outstanding at December 31, 2008
The
following tables present information concerning each Named Executive Officer’s
long-term incentive awards outstanding at December 31, 2008. We
expect to be allocated our pro rata share of the cost of such awards under the
ASA. As a result, the gross amounts listed in the table do not
represent the amount of expense we will recognize in connection with these
awards.
The following table presents
information concerning each Named Executive Officer’s nonvested restricted units
and unexercised unit options at December 31, 2008:
|
|
Option
Awards
|
Unit
Awards
|
|
|
Number
of
|
|
|
|
Market
|
|
|
Units
|
|
|
Number
|
Value
|
|
|
Underlying
|
Option
|
|
of
Units
|
of
Units
|
|
|
Options
|
Exercise
|
Option
|
That
Have
|
That
Have
|
|
Vesting
|
Unexercisable
|
Price
|
Expiration
|
Not
Vested
|
Not
Vested
|
Name
|
Date
|
(#)
|
($/Unit)
|
Date
|
(#)(2)
|
($)(3)
|
Restricted
unit awards:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham (CEO)
|
Various
(1)
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
66,600
|
$1,380,618
|
W.
Randall Fowler (CFO)
|
Various
(1)
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
63,100
|
$1,308,063
|
Michael
A. Creel
|
Various
(1)
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
88,500
|
$1,834,605
|
A.J.
Teague
|
Various
(1)
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
76,600
|
$1,587,918
|
Richard
H. Bachmann
|
Various
(1)
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
76,600
|
$1,587,918
|
Unit
option awards:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham (CEO):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
May
1, 2006 option grant
|
5/01/10
|
40,000
|
24.85
|
5/01/16
|
--
|
--
|
May
29, 2007 option grant
|
5/29/11
|
60,000
|
30.96
|
5/29/17
|
--
|
--
|
May
22, 2008 option grant
|
5/22/12
|
60,000
|
30.93
|
12/31/13
|
--
|
--
|
W.
Randall Fowler (CFO):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
May
10, 2004 option grant
|
5/10/08
|
10,000
|
20.00
|
5/10/14
|
--
|
--
|
August
4, 2005 option grant
|
8/04/09
|
25,000
|
26.47
|
8/04/15
|
--
|
--
|
May
1, 2006 option grant
|
5/01/10
|
40,000
|
24.85
|
5/01/16
|
--
|
--
|
May
29, 2007 option grant
|
5/29/11
|
45,000
|
30.96
|
5/29/17
|
--
|
--
|
May
22, 2008 option grant
|
5/22/12
|
60,000
|
30.93
|
12/31/13
|
--
|
--
|
Michael
A. Creel:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
May
10, 2004 option grant
|
5/10/08
|
35,000
|
20.00
|
5/10/14
|
--
|
--
|
August
4, 2005 option grant
|
8/04/09
|
35,000
|
26.47
|
8/04/15
|
--
|
--
|
May
1, 2006 option grant
|
5/01/10
|
40,000
|
24.85
|
5/01/16
|
--
|
--
|
May
29, 2007 option grant
|
5/29/11
|
60,000
|
30.96
|
5/29/17
|
--
|
--
|
May
22, 2008 option grant
|
5/22/12
|
90,000
|
30.93
|
12/31/13
|
--
|
--
|
A.J.
Teague:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
May
10, 2004 option grant
|
5/10/08
|
35,000
|
20.00
|
5/10/14
|
--
|
--
|
August
4, 2005 option grant
|
8/04/09
|
35,000
|
26.47
|
8/04/15
|
--
|
--
|
May
1, 2006 option grant
|
5/01/10
|
40,000
|
24.85
|
5/01/16
|
--
|
--
|
May
29, 2007 option grant
|
5/29/11
|
60,000
|
30.96
|
5/29/17
|
--
|
--
|
May
22, 2008 option grant
|
5/22/12
|
60,000
|
30.93
|
12/31/13
|
--
|
--
|
Richard
H. Bachmann:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
May
10, 2004 option grant
|
5/10/08
|
35,000
|
20.00
|
5/10/14
|
--
|
--
|
August
4, 2005 option grant
|
8/04/09
|
35,000
|
26.47
|
8/04/15
|
--
|
--
|
May
1, 2006 option grant
|
5/01/10
|
40,000
|
24.85
|
5/01/16
|
--
|
--
|
May
29, 2007 option grant
|
5/29/11
|
60,000
|
30.96
|
5/29/17
|
--
|
--
|
May
22, 2008 option grant
|
5/22/12
|
60,000
|
30.93
|
12/31/13
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Of
the 371,400 restricted unit awards presented in the table, 36,000 vest in
2009 60,000 vest in 2010, 123,000 vest in 2011 and 152,400 vest in
2012.
(2)
Amounts
represent total number of restricted unit awards granted to Named
Executive Officer.
(3)
Amounts
derived by multiplying the total number of restricted unit awards granted
to the Named Executive Officer by the closing price of Enterprise Products
Partners’ common units at December 31, 2008 of $20.73 per
unit.
|
The following table presents
information concerning each Named Executive Officer’s nonvested profits interest
awards at December 31, 2008:
|
|
Option
Awards
|
Unit
Awards
|
|
|
Number
of
|
|
|
|
Market
|
|
|
Units
|
|
|
Number
|
Value
|
|
|
Underlying
|
Option
|
|
of
Units
|
of
Units
|
|
|
Options
|
Exercise
|
Option
|
That
Have
|
That
Have
|
|
Vesting
|
Unexercisable
|
Price
|
Expiration
|
Not
Vested
|
Not
Vested
|
Name
|
Date
|
(#)
|
($/Unit)
|
Date
|
(#)
|
($)
|
EPE
Unit I:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
W.
Randall Fowler (CFO)
|
11/09/12
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$
0
|
Michael
A. Creel
|
11/09/12
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$
0
|
A.J.
Teague
|
11/09/12
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$
0
|
Richard
H. Bachmann
|
11/09/12
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$
0
|
EPE
Unit II:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham (CEO)
|
2/10/14
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$
0
|
EPE
Unit III:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham (CEO)
|
5/09/14
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$
0
|
W.
Randall Fowler (CFO)
|
5/09/14
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$
0
|
Michael
A. Creel
|
5/09/14
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$
0
|
A.J.
Teague
|
5/09/14
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$
0
|
Richard
H. Bachmann
|
5/09/14
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$
0
|
Enterprise
Unit:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham (CEO)
|
2/20/14
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$
0
|
W.
Randall Fowler (CFO)
|
2/20/14
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$
0
|
Michael
A. Creel
|
2/20/14
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$
0
|
A.J.
Teague
|
2/20/14
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$
0
|
Richard
H. Bachmann
|
2/20/14
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$
0
|
EPCO
Unit:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham (CEO)
|
11/13/13
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$
0
|
W.
Randall Fowler (CFO)
|
11/13/13
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$
0
|
Michael
A. Creel
|
11/13/13
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$
0
|
A.J.
Teague
|
11/13/13
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$
0
|
Richard
H. Bachmann
|
11/13/13
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$
0
|
The profits interest awards had no
market (or assumed liquidation) value at December 31, 2008 due to a decrease in
the market value of the limited partner interests owned by each Employee
Partnership since the formation.
Option
Exercises and Stock Vested Table
The
following table presents the exercise of unit options by and vesting of
restricted units to our Named Executive Officers during the year ended December
31, 2008 for which we were historically responsible for a share of the related
cost of such awards.
|
Option
Awards
|
Unit
Awards
|
|
Number
of
|
|
Number
of
|
Gross
|
|
Units
|
Value
|
Units
|
Value
|
|
Acquired
on
|
Realized
on
|
Acquired
on
|
Realized
on
|
|
Exercise
|
Exercise
|
Vesting
|
Vesting
|
Name
|
(#)
|
($)
|
(#)
|
($)
(1)
|
W.
Randall Fowler (CFO)
|
--
|
--
|
23,777
|
$467,209
|
Michael
A. Creel
|
--
|
--
|
54,553
|
$1,146,990
|
A.J.
Teague
|
--
|
--
|
12,000
|
$364,440
|
Richard
H. Bachmann
|
--
|
--
|
54,553
|
$1,146,990
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Amount
determined by multiplying the number of restricted unit awards that vested
during 2008 by the closing price of Enterprise Products Partners’ common
units on the date of
vesting.
|
No options were exercised by the Named
Executive Officers during 2008. Also, Dr. Cunningham had no awards
vest during 2008.
Nonqualified
Deferred Compensation for the 2008 Fiscal Year
During 2008, no Named Executive Officer
received deferred compensation (other than incentive awards described elsewhere)
on a basis that was not tax-qualified with respect to any defined contribution
or other plan.
Director
Compensation
The following table presents
information regarding compensation to the independent directors of our general
partner during 2008.
|
Fees
Earned
|
|
Unit
|
|
|
or
Paid
|
Unit
|
Appreciation
|
|
|
in
Cash
|
Awards
|
Rights
|
Total
|
Name
|
($)
|
($)
|
($)
(1)
|
($)
|
Charles
E. McMahen
|
$90,000
|
--
|
$(7,979)
|
$82,021
|
Edwin
E. Smith
|
$75,000
|
--
|
$(7,979)
|
$67,021
|
Thurmon
Andress
|
$75,000
|
--
|
$(5,945)
|
$69,055
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Amounts
presented reflect compensation expense recognized in accordance with SFAS
123(R) by EPE Holdings. Expense credits were recognized in 2008
as a result of a decrease in the Parent Company’s Unit prices during the
period.
|
Neither we nor EPE Holdings provide any
additional compensation to employees of EPCO who serve as directors of our
general partner. The employees of EPCO who served as directors of EPE Holdings
during 2008 were Messrs. Duncan, Fowler and Bachmann.
Currently,
EPE Holdings’ three independent directors, Messrs. McMahen, Smith, and Andress,
are provided cash compensation for their services as follows:
§
|
Each
independent director receives $75 thousand in cash
annually.
|
§
|
If
the individual serves as Chairman of the ACG Committee of the Board of
Directors, then he receives an additional $15 thousand in cash
annually.
|
As of
December 31, 2008, each of Messrs. McMahen, Smith and Andress have been granted
30,000 UARs under the EPCO 2005 Plan. Of the 90,000 UARs
outstanding, 20,000 vest in August 2011 (issued August 2006) and 70,000 vest in
November 2011 (issued November 2006). The grant date price of
the UARs vesting in August 2011 is $35.71 per Unit. The grant
date price of the UARs vesting in November 2011 is $34.10. The UARs
entitle the directors to receive an amount in the future equal to the excess, if
any, of the fair market value of the Parent Company’s Units (determined as of
the future vesting date) over the grant date price per Unit, in Units or cash
(at the discretion of EPE Holdings). The UARs are accounted for as
liability awards by EPE Holdings since it is management’s current intent to
satisfy these obligations with cash. If a director resigns prior to
vesting, his UAR awards are forfeited.
At December 31, 2008, the estimated
fair value (as determined in accordance with SFAS 123(R)) of the 30,000 UARs
granted to each independent director was as follows: Mr. McMahen, $46
thousand; Mr. Smith, $46 thousand; and Mr. Andress, $43
thousand. These estimates were based on the following
assumptions: (i) remaining life of award of three years; (ii)
risk-free interest rate of 1.0%; (iii) an expected distribution yield on the
Parent Company’s Units of 5.4%; and (iv) an expected unit price volatility of
the Parent Company’s Units of 30.3%.
and Related Unitholder
Matters.
Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
The
following table sets forth certain information as of February 2, 2009, regarding
each person known by our general partner to beneficially own more than 5.0% of
the Parent Company’s Units.
|
|
Amount
and
|
|
|
|
Nature
of
|
|
Title
of
|
Name
and Address
|
Beneficial
|
Percent
|
Class
|
of
Beneficial Owner
|
Ownership
|
of
Class
|
Units
|
Dan
L. Duncan
|
108,287,968
|
77.8%
|
|
1100
Louisiana Street, 10th Floor
|
|
|
|
Houston,
Texas 77002
|
|
|
Security
Ownership of Management
The
following sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of
the Parent Company’s Units and the common units of Enterprise Products Partners,
Duncan Energy Partners and TEPPCO as of February 2, 2009 by:
§
|
our
Named Executive Officers;
|
§
|
the
current directors of EPE Holdings;
and
|
§
|
the
current directors and executive officers of EPE Holdings as a
group.
|
If an individual does not own any
securities in the foregoing registrants, he or she is not listed in the
following tables.
Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO
are subsidiaries of the Parent Company. Duncan Energy Partners is a
subsidiary of Enterprise Products Partners.
All information with respect to
beneficial ownership has been furnished by the respective directors or
officers. Each person has sole voting and dispositive power over the
securities shown unless otherwise indicated below. Mr. Duncan owns 50.4% of the
voting stock of EPCO and, accordingly, exercises sole voting and dispositive
power with respect to the securities beneficially owned by affiliates of
EPCO. The remaining shares of EPCO capital stock are owned primarily
by trusts for the benefit of members of Mr. Duncan’s family. The
address of EPCO is 1100 Louisiana Street, 10th Floor,
Houston, Texas 77002.
Essentially
all of the ownership interests in the Parent Company, Enterprise Products
Partners and TEPPCO that are owned or controlled by EPCO are pledged as security
under the credit facility of an EPCO affiliate. This credit facility
contains customary and other events of default relating to EPCO and certain of
its affiliates, including us.
Borrowings under the EPE Revolver, Term
Loan A and Term Loan B are secured by the Parent Company’s ownership of (i)
13,454,498 common units of Enterprise Products Partners, (ii) 100% of the
membership interests in EPGP, (iii) 38,976,090 common units of Energy Transfer
Equity, (iv) 4,400,000 common units of TEPPCO and (v) 100% of the membership
interests in TEPPCO GP. See Note 15 of the Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report for information
regarding our consolidated debt obligations.
Parent
Company and Enterprise Products Partners
|
|
Parent
Company Units
|
|
|
Enterprise
Products Partners L.P.
Common
Units
|
|
|
|
Amount
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amount
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nature
Of
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nature
Of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beneficial
|
|
|
Percent
|
|
|
Beneficial
|
|
|
Percent
of
|
|
Name
of Beneficial Owner
|
|
Ownership
|
|
|
of
Class
|
|
|
Ownership
|
|
|
Class
|
|
Dan
L. Duncan:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Units
owned by EPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Through
DFI GP Holdings L.P.
|
|
|
25,162,804 |
|
|
|
18.1 |
% |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Through
DFI Delaware Holdings L.P.
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
121,990,717 |
|
|
|
27.0 |
% |
Through
Duncan Family Interests, Inc.
|
|
|
71,860,405 |
|
|
|
51.6 |
% |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Through
EPCO Holdings, Inc.
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
1,037,037 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Units
owned by DD Securities LLC
|
|
|
3,745,673 |
|
|
|
2.7 |
% |
|
|
487,100 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Units
owned by Employee Partnerships (1)
|
|
|
7,165,315 |
|
|
|
5.1 |
% |
|
|
1,623,654 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Units
owned by Parent Company
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
13,670,925 |
|
|
|
3.0 |
% |
Units
owned by family trusts (2)
|
|
|
243,071 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
12,517,338 |
|
|
|
2.8 |
% |
Units
owned personally
|
|
|
110,700 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
1,179,756 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Total
for Dan L. Duncan
|
|
|
108,287,968 |
|
|
|
77.8 |
% |
|
|
152,506,527 |
|
|
|
33.8 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham (3)
|
|
|
4,000 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
76,847 |
|
|
|
* |
|
W.
Randall Fowler (3)
|
|
|
3,000 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
105,300 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Michael
A. Creel (3)
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
195,842 |
|
|
|
* |
|
A.J.
Teague (3)
|
|
|
17,000 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
260,442 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Richard
H. Bachmann (3)
|
|
|
18,698 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
190,822 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Randa
Duncan Williams
|
|
|
75,000 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
O.
S. Andras
|
|
|
178,571 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
1,280,000 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Charles
E. McMahen
|
|
|
10,167 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Edwin
E. Smith
|
|
|
20,800 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
112,004 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Thurmon
Andress
|
|
|
9,400 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
7,400 |
|
|
|
* |
|
All
current directors and executive officers
of
EPE Holdings, as a group (11 individuals
in
total) (4)
|
|
|
108,624,604 |
|
|
|
78.0 |
% |
|
|
154,735,184 |
|
|
|
34.2 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
Represents a beneficial ownership of less than 1% of class
|
|
(1)
As
a result of EPCO’s ownership of the general partners of the Employee
Partnerships, Mr. Duncan is deemed beneficial owner of the limited partner
interests held by these entities.
(2)
Mr.
Duncan is deemed beneficial owner of the limited partner interests held by
certain family trusts, the beneficiaries of which are shareholders of
EPCO.
(3)
These
individuals are Named Executive Officers.
(4)
Cumulatively,
this group’s beneficial ownership amount includes 115,000 options to
acquire Enterprise Products Partners common units that were issued under
the EPCO 1998 Plan. These options vested in prior periods and remain
exercisable within 60 days of the filing date of this annual
report.
|
|
Duncan
Energy Partners and TEPPCO
|
|
Duncan
Energy Partners L.P.
Common
Units
|
|
|
TEPPCO
Partners, L.P.
Common
Units
|
|
|
|
Amount
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amount
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nature
Of
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nature
Of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beneficial
|
|
|
Percent
|
|
|
Beneficial
|
|
|
Percent
of
|
|
Name
of Beneficial Owner
|
|
Ownership
|
|
|
of
Class
|
|
|
Ownership
|
|
|
Class
|
|
Dan
L. Duncan:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Units
owned by EPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Through
EPO (1)
|
|
|
42,726,987 |
|
|
|
74.1 |
% |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Through
DFI GP Holdings L.P.
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
2,500,000 |
|
|
|
2.4 |
% |
Through
Duncan Family Interests, Inc.
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
8,986,711 |
|
|
|
8.6 |
% |
Units
owned by DD Securities LLC
|
|
|
103,100 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
704,564 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Units
owned by Employee Partnerships (2)
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
364,565 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Units
owned by Parent Company
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
4,400,000 |
|
|
|
4.2 |
% |
Units
owned by family trusts (3)
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
53,275 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Units
owned personally
|
|
|
282,500 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
64,200 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Total
for Dan L. Duncan
|
|
|
43,112,587 |
|
|
|
74.7 |
% |
|
|
17,073,315 |
|
|
|
16.3 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham (4)
|
|
|
3,000 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
W.
Randall Fowler (4)
|
|
|
2,000 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Michael
A. Creel (4)
|
|
|
7,500 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
A.J.
Teague (4)
|
|
|
6,000 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Richard
H. Bachmann (4)
|
|
|
10,171 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Randa
Duncan Williams
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
O.
S. Andras
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Charles
E. McMahen
|
|
|
20,000 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Edwin
E. Smith
|
|
|
29,000 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
|
* |
|
Thurmon
Andress
|
|
|
3,200 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
All
current directors and executive officers
of
EPE Holdings, as a group (11 individuals
in
total)
|
|
|
43,198,609 |
|
|
|
74.9 |
% |
|
|
17,079,315 |
|
|
|
16.3 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
Represents a beneficial ownership of less than 1% of class
|
|
(1)
Amount
includes 37,333,887 Class B units of Duncan Energy Partners that converted
to common units on a one-to-one basis on February 1, 2009. EPO was
issued Class B units as partial consideration for a December 2008 asset
dropdown transaction with Duncan Energy Partners.
(2)
As
a result of EPCO’s ownership of the general partners of the Employee
Partnerships, Mr. Duncan is deemed beneficial owner of the limited partner
interests held by these entities.
(3)
Mr.
Duncan is deemed beneficial owner of the limited partner interests held by
certain family trusts, the beneficiaries of which are shareholders of
EPCO.
(4)
These
individuals are Named Executive Officers.
|
|
Securities
Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
In
November 2005, the Parent Company filed a registration statement covering the
potential future issuance of up to 250,000 of its Units in connection with the
EPCO 2005 Plan (see Item 11 of this annual report). The following
table sets forth certain information as of December 31, 2008 regarding the EPCO
2005 Plan.
|
|
|
|
Number
of
|
|
|
|
|
Units
|
|
|
|
|
remaining
|
|
|
|
|
available
for
|
|
|
|
|
future
issuance
|
|
|
Number
of
|
|
under
equity
|
|
|
Units
to
|
Weighted-
|
compensation
|
|
|
be
issued
|
average
|
plans
(excluding
|
|
|
upon
exercise
|
exercise
price
|
securities
|
|
|
of
outstanding
|
of
outstanding
|
reflected
in
|
Plan
Category
|
awards
|
awards
|
column
(a)
|
|
|
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
Equity
compensation plans approved by unitholders:
|
|
|
|
|
EPCO
2005 Plan
|
--
|
--
|
160,000
|
Equity
compensation plans not approved by unitholders:
|
|
|
|
|
None.
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
Total
for equity compensation plans
|
--
|
--
|
160,000
|
The 160,000 Units remaining available
for future issuance under the EPCO 2005 Plan assumes that EPE Holdings elects to
issue Units to its independent directors when the 90,000 UARs outstanding at
December 31, 2008 vest. EPE Holdings has the option of issuing Units
or making cash payments when the UARs vest. The EPCO 2005 Plan
is effective until the earlier of (i) all available Units under the plan have
been issued to participants, (ii) early termination of the EPCO 2005 Plan by
EPCO or (iii) the tenth anniversary of the EPCO 2005 Plan, which is August
2015.
Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions
The following information summarizes
our business relationships and transactions with related parties during the year
ended December 31, 2008. We believe that the terms and provisions of
our related party agreements are fair to us; however, such agreements and
transactions may not be as favorable to us as we could have obtained from
unaffiliated third parties. For additional information regarding our
related party transactions, see Note 17 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements included under Item 8 of this annual report.
Relationship
with EPCO and affiliates
We have an extensive and ongoing
relationship with EPCO and its affiliates, which include the following
significant entities that are not part of our consolidated group of
companies:
§
|
EPCO
and its consolidated private company
subsidiaries;
|
§
|
EPE
Holdings, our general partner; and
|
§
|
the
Employee Partnerships.
|
EPCO is a
private company controlled by Dan L. Duncan, who is also a director and Chairman
of EPE Holdings and EPGP. At December 31, 2008, EPCO and its private
company affiliates beneficially owned 108,287,968 (or 77.8%) of the Parent
Company’s outstanding Units and 100% of its general partner,
EPE
Holdings. In addition, at December 31, 2008, EPCO and its affiliates
beneficially owned 152,506,527 (or 34.5%) of Enterprise Products Partners’
common units, including 13,670,925 common units owned by the Parent
Company. At December 31, 2008, EPCO and its affiliates beneficially
owned 17,073,315 (or 16.3%) of TEPPCO’s common units, including the 4,400,000
common units owned by the Parent Company. The Parent Company owns all
of the membership interests of EPGP and TEPPCO GP. The principal
business activity of EPGP is to act as the sole managing partner of Enterprise
Products Partners. The principal business activity of TEPPCO GP is to
act as the sole general partner of TEPPCO. The executive officers and
certain of the directors of EPGP, TEPPCO GP, and EPE Holdings are employees of
EPCO.
The
Parent Company, EPE Holdings, TEPPCO, TEPPCO GP, Enterprise Products Partners
and EPGP are separate legal entities apart from each other and apart from EPCO
and its other affiliates, with assets and liabilities that are separate from
those of EPCO and its other affiliates. EPCO and its private company
subsidiaries depend on the cash distributions they receive from the Parent
Company, TEPPCO, Enterprise Products Partners and other investments to fund
their other operations and to meet their debt obligations. EPCO and
its affiliates received $439.8 million in cash distributions from us during the
year ended December 31, 2008.
The ownership interests in Enterprise
Products Partners and TEPPCO that are owned or controlled by the Parent Company
are pledged as security under its credit facility. In addition, the
ownership interests in the Parent Company, Enterprise Products Partners, and
TEPPCO that are owned or controlled by EPCO and its affiliates, other than those
interests owned by the Parent Company, Dan Duncan LLC and certain trusts
affiliated with Dan L. Duncan, are pledged as security under the credit facility
of a private company affiliate of EPCO. This credit facility contains
customary and other events of default relating to EPCO and certain affiliates,
including the Parent Company, Enterprise Products Partners and
TEPPCO.
An affiliate of EPCO provides us
trucking services for the transportation of NGLs and other
products. For the year ended December 31, 2008, Enterprise Products
Partners and TEPPCO paid this trucking affiliate $21.7 million for such
services.
We lease
office space in various buildings from affiliates of EPCO. The rental
rates in these lease agreements approximate market rates. For the
year ended December 31, 2008, we paid EPCO $7.8 million for office space
leases.
EPCO
Administrative Services Agreement. We
have no employees. All of our management, administrative and
operating functions are performed by employees of EPCO pursuant to an
ASA. Enterprise Products Partners and its general partner, the Parent
Company and its general partner, Duncan Energy Partners and its general partner,
and TEPPCO and its general partner, among other affiliates, are parties to the
ASA. The significant terms of the ASA are as follows:
§
|
EPCO
will provide selling, general and administrative services, and management
and operating services, as may be necessary to manage and operate our
business, properties and assets (in accordance with prudent industry
practices). EPCO will employ or otherwise retain the services
of such personnel as may be necessary to provide such
services.
|
§
|
We
are required to reimburse EPCO for its services in an amount equal to the
sum of all costs and expenses incurred by EPCO which are directly or
indirectly related to our business or activities (including expenses
reasonably allocated to us by EPCO). In addition, we have
agreed to pay all sales, use, and excise, value added or similar taxes, if
any, that may be applicable from time to time in respect of the services
provided to us by EPCO.
|
§
|
EPCO
will allow us to participate as a named insured in its overall insurance
program with the associated premiums and other costs being allocated to
us.
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Under the
ASA, EPCO subleases to Enterprise Products Partners (for $1 per year) certain
equipment which it holds pursuant to operating leases and has assigned to
Enterprise Products Partners its
purchase
option under such leases (the “retained leases”). EPCO remains liable
for the actual cash lease payments associated with these
agreements. Enterprise Products Partners records the full value of
these payments made by EPCO on Enterprise Products Partners’ behalf as a
non-cash related party operating lease expense, with the offset to partners’
equity accounted for as a general contribution to its
partnership. Enterprise Products Partners exercised its election
under the retained leases to purchase a cogeneration unit in December 2008 for
$2.3 million. Should Enterprise Products Partners decide to exercise
the purchase option associated with the remaining agreement, it would pay the
original lessor $3.1 million in June 2016.
Our operating costs and expenses for
the year ended December 31, 2008 include reimbursement payments to EPCO for the
costs it incurs to operate our facilities, including compensation of
employees. We reimburse EPCO for actual direct and indirect expenses
it incurs related to the operation of our assets. Such reimbursements
were $451.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2008.
Likewise, our general and
administrative costs for the year ended December 31, 2008 include amounts we
reimburse to EPCO for administrative services, including compensation of
employees. In general, our reimbursement to EPCO for administrative
services is either (i) on an actual basis for direct expenses it may incur on
our behalf (e.g., the purchase of office supplies) or (ii) based on an
allocation of such charges between the various parties to ASA based on the
estimated use of such services by each party (e.g., the allocation of general
legal or accounting salaries based on estimates of time spent on each entity’s
business and affairs). Such reimbursements were $91.9 million during
the year ended December 31, 2008.
Since the
vast majority of such expenses are charged to us on an actual basis (i.e. no
mark-up or subsidy is charged or received by EPCO), we believe that such
expenses are representative of what the amounts would have been on a standalone
basis. With respect to allocated costs, we believe that the
proportional direct allocation method employed by EPCO is reasonable and
reflective of the estimated level of costs we would have incurred on a
standalone basis.
The ASA also addresses potential
conflicts that may arise among parties to the agreement, including (i)
Enterprise Products Partners and EPGP; (ii) Duncan Energy Partners and DEP GP;
(iii) the Parent Company and EPE Holdings; and (iv) the EPCO Group, which
includes EPCO and its affiliates (but does not include the aforementioned
entities and their controlled affiliates). The administrative
services agreement provides, among other things, that:
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If
a business opportunity to acquire “equity securities” (as
defined) is presented to the EPCO Group; Enterprise Products Partners and
EPGP; Duncan Energy Partners and DEP GP; or the Parent Company and EPE
Holdings, then the Parent Company will have the first right to pursue such
opportunity. The term “equity securities” is defined to
include:
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general
partner interests (or securities which have characteristics similar to
general partner interests) and IDRs or similar rights in publicly traded
partnerships or interests in persons that own or control such general
partner or similar interests (collectively, “GP Interests”) and securities
convertible, exercisable, exchangeable or otherwise representing ownership
or control of such GP Interests;
and
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IDRs
and limited partner interests (or securities which have characteristics
similar to IDRs or limited partner interests) in publicly traded
partnerships or interest in “persons” that own or control such limited
partner or similar interests (collectively, “non-GP Interests”); provided
that such non-GP Interests are associated with GP Interests and are owned
by the owners of GP Interests or their respective
affiliates.
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The
Parent Company will be presumed to desire to acquire the equity securities until
such time as EPE Holdings advises the EPCO Group, EPGP and DEP GP that the
Parent Company has abandoned the pursuit of such business
opportunity. In the event that the purchase price of the equity
securities is reasonably likely to equal or exceed $100.0 million, the
decision to decline the acquisition will be made by the chief executive officer
of EPE Holdings after consultation with and subject to the approval of the
Audit, Conflicts and Governance (“ACG”) Committee of EPE
Holdings. If
the purchase price is reasonably likely to be less than such threshold amount,
the chief executive officer of EPE Holdings may make the determination to
decline the acquisition without consulting the ACG Committee of EPE
Holdings.
In the
event that the Parent Company abandons the acquisition and so notifies the EPCO
Group, EPGP and DEP GP, Enterprise Products Partners will have the second right
to pursue such acquisition either for it or, if desired by Enterprise Products
Partners in its sole discretion, for the benefit of Duncan Energy
Partners. In the event that Enterprise Products Partners
affirmatively directs the opportunity to Duncan Energy Partners, Duncan Energy
Partners may pursue such acquisition. Enterprise Products Partners
will be presumed to desire to acquire the equity securities until such time as
EPGP advises the EPCO Group and DEP GP that Enterprise Products Partners has
abandoned the pursuit of such acquisition. In determining whether or
not to pursue the acquisition of the equity securities, Enterprise Products
Partners will follow the same procedures applicable to the Parent Company, as
described above but utilizing EPGP’s chief executive officer and ACG
Committee. In the event Enterprise Products Partners abandons the
acquisition opportunity for the equity securities and so notifies the EPCO Group
and DEP GP, the EPCO Group may pursue the acquisition or offer the opportunity
to TEPPCO, TEPPCO GP or their controlled affiliates, in either case, without any
further obligation to any other party or offer such opportunity to other
affiliates.
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If
any business opportunity not covered by the preceding bullet point (i.e.
not involving equity securities) is presented to the EPCO Group, EPGP, EPE
Holdings or the Parent Company, then Enterprise Products Partners will
have the first right to pursue such opportunity or, if desired by
Enterprise Products Partners in its sole discretion, for the benefit of
Duncan Energy Partners. Enterprise Products Partners will be
presumed to desire to pursue the business opportunity until such time as
EPGP advises the EPCO Group, EPE Holdings and DEP GP that Enterprise
Products Partners has abandoned the pursuit of such business
opportunity.
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In the
event the purchase price or cost associated with the business opportunity is
reasonably likely to equal or exceed $100.0 million, any decision to
decline the business opportunity will be made by the chief executive officer of
EPGP after consultation with and subject to the approval of the ACG Committee of
EPGP. If the purchase price or cost is reasonably likely to be less
than such threshold amount, the chief executive officer of EPGP may make the
determination to decline the business opportunity without consulting EPGP’s ACG
Committee. In the event that Enterprise Products Partners
affirmatively directs the business opportunity to Duncan Energy Partners, Duncan
Energy Partners may pursue such business opportunity. In the event
that Enterprise Products Partners abandons the business opportunity for itself
and for Duncan Energy Partners and so notifies the EPCO Group, EPE Holdings and
DEP GP, the Parent Company will have the second right to pursue such business
opportunity, and will be presumed to desire to do so, until such time as EPE
Holdings shall have determined to abandon the pursuit of such opportunity in
accordance with the procedures described above, and shall have advised the EPCO
Group that we have abandoned the pursuit of such acquisition.
In the
event that the Parent Company abandons the acquisition and so notifies the EPCO
Group, the EPCO Group may either pursue the business opportunity or offer the
business opportunity to a private company affiliate of EPCO or TEPPCO and TEPPCO
GP without any further obligation to any other party or offer such opportunity
to other affiliates.
None of the EPCO Group, EPGP,
Enterprise Product Partners, DEP GP, Duncan Energy Partners, EPE Holdings or the
Parent Company have any obligation to present business opportunities to TEPPCO
or TEPPCO GP. Likewise, TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP have no obligation to
present business opportunities to the EPCO Group, EPGP, Enterprise Products
Partners, DEP GP, Duncan Energy Partners, EPE Holdings or the Parent
Company.
The ASA was amended on January 30,
2009 to provide for the cash reimbursement by TEPPCO, Enterprise Products
Partners, Duncan Energy Partners and the Parent Company to EPCO of distributions
of
cash or
securities, if any, made by TEPPCO Unit II or EPCO Unit to their
respective Class B limited partners. The ASA amendment also extended the
term under which EPCO provides services to the partnership entities from
December 2010 to December 2013 and made other updating and conforming
changes.
Employee
Partnerships. EPCO formed the
Employee Partnerships to serve as an incentive arrangement for key employees of
EPCO by providing them a “profits interest” in such
partnerships. Certain EPCO employees who work on behalf of us and
EPCO were issued Class B limited partner interests and admitted as Class B
limited partners without any capital contribution. The profits
interest awards (i.e., the Class B limited partner interests) in the
Employee Partnerships entitles each holder to participate in the appreciation in
value of the Parent Company’s Units, Enterprise Products Partners’ common units
and TEPPCO’s common units. For information regarding the Employee
Partnerships, see Note 6 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
included under Item 8 of this annual report.
Relationships
with Unconsolidated Affiliates
Many of
our unconsolidated affiliates perform supporting or complementary roles to our
other business operations. Since we and our affiliates hold ownership
interests in these entities and directly or indirectly benefit from our related
party transactions with such entities, they are presented here.
The
following information summarizes significant related party transactions with our
current unconsolidated affiliates:
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Enterprise
Products Partners sells natural gas to Evangeline, which, in turn, uses
the natural gas to satisfy supply commitments it has with a major
Louisiana utility. Revenues from Evangeline totaled $362.9
million for the year ended December 31, 2008. In addition, Duncan Energy
Partners furnished $1.0 million in letters of credit on behalf of
Evangeline at December 31, 2008.
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Enterprise
Products Partners pays Promix for the transportation, storage and
fractionation of NGLs. In addition, Enterprise Products
Partners sells natural gas to Promix for its plant fuel
requirements. For the year ended December 31, 2008, Enterprise
Products Partners recorded revenues of $24.5 million from Promix and paid
Promix $38.7 million for its services to
us.
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We
perform management services for certain of our unconsolidated
affiliates. We charged such affiliates $11.2 million for such
services during the year ended December 31,
2008.
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For
the year ended December 31, 2008, TEPPCO paid $1.7 million to Centennial
in connection with a pipeline capacity lease. In addition,
TEPPCO paid $6.6 million to Centennial in 2008 for other pipeline
transportation services.
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For
the year ended December 31, 2008, TEPPCO paid Seaway $6.0 million for
transportation and tank rentals in connection with its crude oil marketing
activities.
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Enterprise
Products Partners has a long-term sales contract with a consolidated
subsidiary of ETP. In addition, Enterprise Products Partners
and another subsidiary of ETP, transport natural gas on each other’s
systems and share operating expenses on certain pipelines. A
subsidiary of ETP also sells natural gas to Enterprise Products
Partners. For the year ended December 31, 2008, we recorded
revenues of $561.7 million from Energy Transfer Equity and paid Energy
Transfer Equity $192.2 million for its services to
us.
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Relationship
with Duncan Energy Partners
In
September 2006, Duncan Energy Partners, a consolidated subsidiary of Enterprise
Products Partners, was formed to acquire, own, and operate a diversified
portfolio of midstream energy assets and to support the growth objectives of
EPO. On February 5, 2007, Duncan Energy Partners completed its
initial public offering of 14,950,000 common units at $21.00 per unit, which
generated net proceeds to Duncan
Energy
Partners of approximately $291.0 million. On this same date,
Enterprise Products Partners contributed 66.0% of its equity interests in
certain of its subsidiaries to Duncan Energy Partners. Enterprise
Products Partners retained the remaining 34.0% equity interests in the
subsidiaries. As consideration for assets contributed and
reimbursement for capital expenditures related to these assets, Duncan Energy
Partners distributed $260.6 million of net proceeds from its initial public
offering to Enterprise Products Partners (along with $198.9 million in
borrowings under its credit facility and a final amount of 5,351,571 common
units of Duncan Energy Partners).
On
December 8, 2008, Enterprise Products Partners contributed additional equity
interests in certain of its subsidiaries to Duncan Energy
Partners. As consideration for the contribution, Enterprise Products
Partners received $280.5 million in cash and 37,333,887 Class B units of Duncan
Energy Partners, having a market value of $449.5 million. The Class B
units automatically converted on a one-to-one basis to common units of Duncan
Energy Partners on February 1, 2009.
At
December 31, 2008, Enterprise Products Partners owned 74.1% of Duncan Energy
Partners’ limited partner interests and all of its general partner
interest.
Enterprise Products Partners has
continued involvement with all of the subsidiaries of Duncan Energy Partners,
including the following types of transactions: (i) it utilizes storage
services to support its Mont Belvieu fractionation and other businesses; (ii) it
buys natural gas from and sells natural gas in connection with its normal
business activities; and (iii) it is currently the sole shipper on an NGL
pipeline system located in south Texas.
EPCO and its affiliates, including
Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO, may contribute or sell other equity
interests and assets to Duncan Energy Partners. EPCO and its
affiliates have no obligation or commitment to make such contributions or sales
to Duncan Energy Partners.
Relationship
with Cenac
In connection with TEPPCO’s marine
services acquisition in February 2008, Cenac and affiliates became a related
party of TEPPCO due to its ownership of TEPPCO common units and other
considerations. TEPPCO entered into a transitional operating
agreement with Cenac in which TEPPCO’s fleet of acquired tow boats and tank
barges will continue to be operated by employees of Cenac for a period of up to
two years following the acquisition. Under this agreement, TEPPCO
pays Cenac a monthly operating fee and reimburses Cenac for personnel salaries
and related employee benefit expenses, certain repairs and maintenance expenses
and insurance premiums on the equipment. During 2008, TEPPCO paid
Cenac approximately $48.3 million in connection with the transitional operating
agreement.
Review
and Approval of Transactions with Related Parties
We
generally consider transactions between us and our subsidiaries, on the one
hand, and our executive officers and directors (or their immediate family
members), our general partner or its affiliates (including companies owned or
controlled by Mr. Duncan such as EPCO), on the other hand, to be related party
transactions. As further described below, our partnership agreement
sets forth procedures by which related party transactions and conflicts of
interest may be approved or resolved by the general partner or the ACG
Committee. In addition, our ACG Committee Charter, our general
partner’s written internal review and approval policies and procedures, or
“management authorization policy,” and the amended and restated ASA with EPCO
govern specified related party transactions, as further described
below.
The ACG
Committee Charter provides that the ACG Committee is established to review and
approve related party transactions:
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for
which Board approval is required by our management authorization policy,
as such policy may be amended from time to
time;
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where
an officer or director of the general partner or any of our subsidiaries
is a party, without regard to the size of the
transaction;
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when
requested to do so by management or the Board;
or
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pursuant
to our partnership agreement or the limited liability company agreement of
the general partner, as such agreements may be amended from time to
time.
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As
discussed in more detail in “Partnership Management,” “Corporate Governance” and
“ACG Committee” within Item 10, the ACG Committee is comprised of three
directors: Charles E. McMahen, Thurmon Andress and Edwin E. Smith. During the
year ended December 31, 2008, the ACG Committee did not review or approve any
related party transactions.
Our
management authorization policy currently requires board approval for the
following types of transactions to the extent such transactions have a value in
excess of $100 million, which would trigger ACG Committee review under our ACG
Committee Charter if such transaction is also a related party
transaction:
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asset
purchase or sale transactions;
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capital
expenditures; and
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purchase
orders and operating and administrative expenses not governed by the
ASA.
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The ASA
governs numerous day-to-day transactions between us and our subsidiaries, our
general partner and EPCO and its affiliates, including the provision by EPCO of
administrative and other services to us and our subsidiaries and our
reimbursement of costs, without markup or discount, for those
services. The ACG Committee reviewed and recommended the
ASA, and the Board approved it upon receiving such recommendation.
Related
party transactions that do not occur under the ASA and that are not reviewed by
the ACG Committee, as described above, are subject to the management
authorization policy. This policy, which applies to related party
transactions as well as transactions with unrelated parties, specifies
thresholds for our general partner’s officers and chairman of the Board to
authorize various categories of transactions, including purchases and sales of
assets, expenditures, commercial and financial transactions and legal
agreements.
Partnership
Agreement Standards for ACG Committee Review
Under our
partnership agreement, whenever a potential conflict of interest exists or
arises between our general partner or any of its affiliates, on the one hand,
and us, any of our subsidiaries or any partner, on the other hand, any
resolution or course of action by our general partner or its affiliates in
respect to such conflict of interest is permitted and deemed approved by all of
our partners, and will not constitute a breach of our partnership agreement or
any agreement contemplated by such agreement, or of any duty stated or implied
by law or equity, if the resolution or course of action is or, by operation of
the partnership agreement is deemed to be, fair and reasonable to us; provided
that, any conflict of interest and any resolution of such conflict of interest
will be conclusively deemed fair and reasonable to us if such conflict of
interest or resolution is (i) approved by a majority of the members of our
ACG Committee (“Special Approval”), or (ii) on terms objectively
demonstrable to be no less favorable to us than those generally being provided
to or available from unrelated third parties.
The ACG Committee (in connection with
Special Approval) is authorized in connection with its resolution of any
conflict of interest to consider:
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the
relative interests of any party to such conflict, agreement, transaction
or situation and the benefits and burdens relating to such
interest;
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the
totality of the relationships between the parties involved (including
other transactions that may be particularly favorable or advantageous to
the Partnership);
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any
customary or accepted industry practices and any customary or historical
dealings with a particular person;
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any
applicable generally accepted accounting or engineering practices or
principles;
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the
relative cost of capital of the parties and the consequent rates of return
to the equity holders of the parties;
and
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such
additional factors as the committee determines in its sole discretion to
be relevant, reasonable or appropriate under the
circumstances.
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The
review and approval process of the ACG Committee, including factual matters that
may be considered in determining whether a transaction is fair and reasonable,
is generally governed by Section 7.9 of our partnership agreement. As
discussed above, the ACG Committee’s Special Approval is conclusively deemed
fair and reasonable to us under the partnership agreement.
The
review and work performed by the ACG Committee with respect to a transaction
varies depending upon the nature of the transaction and the scope of the ACG
Committee’s charge. Examples of functions the ACG Committee may, as
it deems appropriate, perform in the course of reviewing a transaction include
(but are not limited to):
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assessing
the business rationale for the
transaction;
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reviewing
the terms and conditions of the proposed transaction, including
consideration and financing requirements, if
any;
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assessing
the effect of the transaction on our earnings and distributable cash flow
per unit, and on our results of operations, financial condition,
properties or prospects;
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conducting
due diligence, including by interviews and discussions with management and
other representatives and by reviewing transaction materials and findings
of management and other
representatives;
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considering
the relative advantages and disadvantages of the transactions to the
parties;
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engaging
third party financial advisors to provide financial advice and assistance,
including by providing fairness opinions if
requested;
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engaging
legal advisors; and
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evaluating
and negotiating the transaction and recommending for approval or approving
the transaction, as the case may
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Nothing
contained in the partnership agreement requires the ACG Committee to consider
the interests of any person other than the partnership. In the
absence of bad faith by the ACG Committee or our general partner, the
resolution, action or terms so made, taken or provided (including granting
Special Approval) by the ACG Committee or our general partner with respect to
such matter are conclusive and binding on all persons (including all of our
partners) and do not constitute a breach of the partnership agreement, or any
other agreement contemplated thereby, or a breach of any standard of care or
duty imposed in the partnership agreement or under the Delaware Revised Uniform
Limited Partnership Act or any other law, rule or regulation. The
partnership agreement provides that it is presumed that the resolution, action
or terms made, taken or provided by the ACG Committee or our general partner
were not
made,
taken or provided in bad faith, and in any proceeding brought by any limited
partner or by or on behalf of such limited partner or any other limited partner
or us challenging such resolution, action or terms, the person bringing or
prosecuting such proceeding will have the burden of overcoming such
presumption.
Director
Independence
Messrs.
McMahen, Smith and Andress have been determined to be independent under the
applicable NYSE listing standards and are independent under the rules of the SEC
applicable to audit committees. For a discussion of independence
standards applicable to the Board and factors considered by the Board in making
its independence determinations, please refer to “Corporate Governance” and “ACG
Committee” under Item 10 of this annual report.
The
Parent Company (the registrant) has engaged Deloitte & Touche LLP, the
member firms of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and their respective affiliates
(collectively, “Deloitte & Touche”) as its independent registered public
accounting firm and principal accountants. The following
table summarizes fees the Parent Company paid Deloitte & Touche for
independent auditing, tax and related services for each of the last two fiscal
years (dollars in thousands):
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For
Year Ended December 31,
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2008
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2007
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Enterprise
GP Holdings L.P.
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Audit
Fees (1)
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545 |
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959 |
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Fees (2)
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16 |
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Tax
Fees (3)
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206 |
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59 |
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Other Fees (4)
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(1)
Audit
fees represent amounts billed for each of the years presented for
professional services rendered in connection with (i) the audit of our
annual financial statements and internal controls over financial
reporting, (ii) the review of our quarterly financial statements or (iii)
those services normally provided in connection with statutory and
regulatory filings or engagements including comfort letters, consents and
other services related to SEC matters. This information is presented
as of the latest practicable date for this annual report on Form
10-K.
(2)
Audit-related
fees represent amounts we were billed in each of the years presented for
assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the
performance of the annual audit or quarterly reviews. This category
primarily includes services relating to internal control assessments and
accounting-related consulting.
(3)
Tax
fees represent amounts we were billed in each of the years presented for
professional services rendered in connection with tax compliance, tax
advice, and tax planning. This category primarily includes services
relating to the preparation of unitholder annual K-1 statements and
partnership tax planning. In 2008, PricewaterhouseCoopers
International Limited was engaged to perform the majority of our tax
related services.
(4)
All
other fees represent amounts we were billed in each of the years presented
for services not classifiable under the other categories listed in the
table above. No such services were rendered by Deloitte & Touche
during the last two years.
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The ACG
Committee of EPE Holdings has approved the use of Deloitte & Touche as the
Parent Company’s independent principal accountant. In connection with
its oversight responsibilities, the ACG Committee has adopted a pre-approval
policy regarding any services proposed to be performed by Deloitte &
Touche. The pre-approval policy includes four primary service
categories: Audit, Audit-related, Tax and Other.
In
general, as services are required, management and Deloitte & Touche submit a
detailed proposal to the ACG Committee discussing the reasons for the request,
the scope of work to be performed, and an estimate of the fee to be charged by
Deloitte & Touche for such work. The ACG Committee discusses the
request with management and Deloitte & Touche, and if the work is deemed
necessary and appropriate for Deloitte & Touche to perform, approves the
request subject to the fee amount presented (the initial “pre-approved” fee
amount). As part of these discussions, the ACG Committee must
determine whether or not the proposed services are permitted under the rules and
regulations concerning auditor independence under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
as well as rules of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants. If at a later date, it appears that the initial
pre-approved fee amount may be
insufficient
to complete the work, then management and Deloitte & Touche must present a
request to the ACG Committee to increase the approved amount and the reasons for
the increase.
Under the
pre-approval policy, management cannot act upon its own to authorize an
expenditure for services outside of the pre-approved amounts. On a
quarterly basis, the ACG Committee is provided a schedule showing Deloitte &
Touche’s pre-approved amounts compared to actual fees billed for each of the
primary service categories. The ACG Committee's pre-approval process
helps to ensure the independence of our principal accountant from
management.
In order
for Deloitte & Touche to maintain its independence, we are prohibited from
using them to perform general bookkeeping, management or human resource
functions, and any other service not permitted by the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board. The ACG Committee’s pre-approval policy also
precludes Deloitte & Touche from performing any of these services for
us.
(a)(1) Financial
Statements
For a listing of our consolidated
financial statements and accompanying footnotes, see page F-1 of this annual
report.
(a)(2) Financial
Statement Schedules
All schedules have been omitted because
they are either not applicable, not required or the information called for
therein appears in the consolidated financial statements or notes
thereto.
(a)(3) Exhibits
The agreements included as exhibits are
included only to provide information to investors regarding their
terms. The agreements listed below may contain representations,
warranties and other provisions that were made, among other things, to provide
the parties thereto with specified rights and obligations and to allocate risk
among them, and such agreements should not be relied upon as constituting or
providing any factual disclosures about us, any other persons, any state of
affairs or other matters.
Exhibit
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2.1
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Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 7, 2007, by and among Enterprise GP
Holdings L.P., Natural Gas Partners VI, L.P., Ray C. Davis, Avatar
Holdings, LLC, Avatar Investments, LP, Lon Kile, MHT Properties, Ltd., P.
Brian Smith Holdings, LP., and LE GP, LLC (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to Enterprise GP Holdings’ Form 8-K filed on
May 10, 2007).
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Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 7, 2007, by and among Enterprise GP
Holdings L.P., DFI GP Holdings L.P. and Duncan Family Interests, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Enterprise GP Holdings’
Form 8-K filed on May 10, 2007).
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3.1
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First
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Enterprise GP
Holdings L.P., dated as of August 29, 2005 (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.1 to Enterprise GP Holdings’ Form 10-Q filed
November 4, 2005).
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3.2
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Amendment
No. 1 to First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P., dated as of May 7, 2007 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Enterprise GP Holdings’ Form 8-K
filed on May 10, 2007).
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3.3
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First
Amendment to First Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of
Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. dated as of December 27, 2007 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Enterprise GP Holdings’ Form 8-K/A filed on
January 3, 2008).
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3.4
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Second
Amendment to First Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of
Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. dated as of December 27, 2007
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K/A filed on
January 3, 2008).
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3.5
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Third
Amendment to First Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of
Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. dated as of November 6, 2008 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Form 10-Q filed on November 10,
2008).
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3.6
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Third
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of EPE Holdings,
LLC, dated as of November 7, 2007 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.3 to Form 10-Q filed on November 9, 2007).
|
3.7
|
First
Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company
Agreement of EPE Holdings, LLC, dated as of November 6, 2008
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to Form 10-Q filed on November
10, 2008).
|
3.8
|
Certificate
of Limited Partnership of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 2 to Enterprise GP
Holdings’ Form S-1 Registration Statement, Reg. No. 333-124320,
filed July 21, 2005).
|
3.9
|
Certificate
of Formation of EPE Holdings, LLC (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 2 to Enterprise GP Holdings’
Form S-1 Registration Statement, Reg. No. 333-124320, filed
July 21, 2005).
|
3.10
|
Fifth
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Enterprise
Products Partners L.P., dated effective as of August 8, 2005
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Enterprise Products
Partners’ Form 8-K filed August 10, 2005).
|
3.11
|
First
Amendment to the Fifth Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. dated as of December 27, 2007
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Enterprise Products
Partners’ Form 8-K filed January 3, 2008).
|
3.12
|
Second
Amendment to the Fifth Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. dated as of April 14, 2008 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Enterprise Products Partners’
Form 8-K filed April 16, 2008).
|
3.13
|
Third
Amendment to the Fifth Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. dated as of November 6, 2008
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to Enterprise Products
Partners’ Form 10-Q filed November 10, 2008).
|
3.14
|
Fifth
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Enterprise
Products GP, LLC, dated as of November 7, 2007 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Enterprise Products Partners’
Form 10-Q filed November 9, 2007).
|
3.15
|
First
Amendment to Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company
Agreement of Enterprise Products GP, LLC, dated as of November 6,
2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to Enterprise Products
Partners’ Form 8-K filed November 10, 2008).
|
3.16
|
Amended
and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Texas Eastern Products
Pipeline Company, LLC dated May 7, 2007 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of TEPPCO Partners,
L.P. (commission File No. 1-10403) filed on May 10,
2007).
|
3.17
|
First
Amendment to Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of
Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC dated November 6 2008
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Current Report on
Form 10-Q of TEPPCO Partners, L.P. filed on November 7,
2008).
|
3.18
|
Fourth
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of TEPPCO Partners,
L.P., dated December 8, 2006 (Filed as Exhibit 3 to the Current
Report on Form 8-K of TEPPCO Partners, L.P. (Commission File
No. 1-10403) filed on December 13, 2006).
|
3.19
|
First
Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of TEPPCO
Partners, L.P. dated as of December 27, 2007 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to TEPPCO Partners’ Form 8-K filed
December 28, 2007).
|
3.20
|
Second
Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of TEPPCO
Partners, L.P. dated as of November 6, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.5 to the Form 10-Q filed by TEPPCO Partners, L.P. on
November 7, 2008).
|
4.1
|
Specimen
Unit certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
Amendment No. 3 to Enterprise GP Holdings’ Form S-1 Registration
Statement, Reg. No. 333-124320, filed August 11,
2005).
|
4.2
|
Registration
Rights Agreement dated as of July 17, 2007 by and among Enterprise GP
Holdings L.P. and the Purchasers named therein (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.2 to Enterprise GP Holdings’ Form 8-K filed on
July 12, 2007).
|
4.3
|
Second
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2007, by and
among Enterprise GP Holdings L.P., as Borrower, the Lenders named therein,
Citicorp North America, Inc., as Administrative Agent, Lehman Commercial
Paper Inc., as Syndication Agent, Citibank, N.A., as Issuing Bank, and The
Bank of Nova Scotia, Sun Trust Bank and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., as
Co-Documentation Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to
Enterprise GP Holdings’ Form 8-K filed May 10, 2007).
|
4.4
|
Third
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 24, 2007,
among Enterprise GP Holdings L.P., the Lenders party thereto, Citicorp
North American, Inc., as Administrative Agent, and Citibank, N.A., as
Issuing Bank. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K
filed on August 30, 2007).
|
4.5
|
First
Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
November 8, 2007, among Enterprise GP Holdings L.P., the Term Loan B
Lenders party thereto, Citicorp North American, Inc., as Administrative
Agent, and Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. and Lehman Brothers Inc. as
Co-Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1 to Form 8-K filed on November 14, 2007).
|
4.6
|
Unit
Purchase Agreement dated as of July 13, 2007 by and among Enterprise
GP Holdings L.P., EPE Holdings, LLC and the Purchasers named therein
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed on
July 18, 2007).
|
4.7
|
Registration
Rights Agreement dated as of July 17, 2007 by and among Enterprise GP
Holdings L.P. and the Purchasers named therein (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K filed on July 18,
2007).
|
4.8
|
Unitholder
Rights and Restrictions Agreement, dated as of May 7, 2007, by and among
Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., Enterprise GP Holdings L.P., Natural Gas
Partners VI, L.P. and Ray C. Davis (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.3 to Enterprise GP Holdings’ Form 8-K filed May 10,
2007).
|
10.1***
|
EPE
Unit L.P. Agreement of Limited Partnership dated as of August 23, 2005
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form
8-K filed on September 1, 2005).
|
10.2***
|
First
Amendment to EPE Unit L.P. Agreement of Limited Partnership dated August
7, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Form 10-Q filed by
Duncan Energy Partners L.P. on August 8, 2007).
|
10.3***
|
Second
Amendment to Agreement of Limited Partnership of EPE Unit L.P. dated July
1, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Enterprise GP
Holdings’ Form 8-K filed July 7, 2008).
|
10.4***
|
EPE
Unit II, L.P. Agreement of Limited Partnership dated as of December 5,
2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to Form 10-K filed by
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. on February 28,
2007).
|
10.5***
|
First
Amendment to EPE Unit II, L.P. Agreement of Limited Partnership dated
August 7, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Form 10-Q
filed by Duncan Energy Partners L.P. on August 8,
2007).
|
10.6***
|
Second
Amendment to Agreement of Limited Partnership of EPE Unit II, L.P. dated
July 1, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Enterprise GP
Holdings’ Form 8-K filed July 7, 2008).
|
10.7***
|
EPE
Unit III, L.P. Agreement of Limited Partnership dated May 7, 2007
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on May 10, 2007).
|
10.8***
|
First
Amendment to EPE Unit III, L.P. Agreement of Limited Partnership dated
August 7, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Form 10-Q
filed by Duncan Energy Partners L.P. on August 8,
2007).
|
10.9***
|
Second
Amendment to Agreement of Limited Partnership of EPE Unit III, L.P. dated
July 1, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Enterprise GP
Holdings’ Form 8-K filed July 7, 2008).
|
10.10***
|
Agreement
of Limited Partnership of TEPPCO Unit L.P. dated September 4, 2008
(incorporated by reference on to Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 8-K filed by
TEPPCO Partners, L.P. on September 9,
2008).
|
10.11***
|
Unit
Purchase Agreement dated September 4, 2008 by and between TEPPCO Unit L.P.
and TEPPCO Partners, L.P. (incorporated by reference on to Exhibit 10.1 to
the Form 8-K filed by TEPPCO Partners, L.P. on September 9,
2008).
|
10.12***
|
EPCO
Unit L.P. Agreement of Limited Partnership dated November 13, 2008
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Form 10-K filed by
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. on November 18,
2008).
|
10.13***
|
TEPPCO
Unit II L.P. Agreement of Limited Partnership dated November 13, 2008
(incorporated by reference on to Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K filed by
TEPPCO Partners, L.P. on November 19, 2008).
|
10.14***
|
Enterprise
Products Company 2005 EPE Long-Term Incentive Plan (amended and restated)
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed on May 8,
2006).
|
10.15***
|
Form
of Restricted Unit Grant under the Enterprise Products Company 2005 EPE
Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to
Amendment No. 3 to Form S-1 Registration Statement (Reg. No. 333-124320)
filed on August 11, 2005).
|
10.16***
|
Form
of Phantom Unit Grant under the Enterprise Products Company 2005 EPE
Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to
Amendment No. 3 to Form S-1 Registration Statement (Reg. No. 333-124320)
filed on August 11, 2005).
|
10.17***
|
Form
of Unit Appreciation Right Grant (Enterprise Products GP, LLC Directors)
based upon the Enterprise Products Company 2005 EPE Long-Term Incentive
Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Form 8-K filed on May
8, 2006).
|
10.18***
|
Enterprise
Products 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan, amended and restated as of
November 9 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 10-Q
filed on November 8, 2007).
|
10.19***
|
Form
of Option Grant Award under Enterprise Products 1998 Long-Term Incentive
Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Form 10-Q filed on May
12, 2008).
|
10.20***
|
Amendment
to Form of Option Grant Award under Enterprise Products 1998 Long-Term
Incentive Plan for awards issued after April 10, 2007 but before May 7,
2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Form 10-Q filed on May
12, 2008).
|
10.21***
|
Form
of Restricted Unit Grant under the Enterprise Products 1998 Long-Term
Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Form 10-Q
filed on November 8, 2007).
|
10.22***
|
Amended
and Restated Enterprise Products 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 filed on May 6, 2008).
|
10.23***
|
Form
of Restricted Unit Grant under the Amended and Restated Enterprise
Products 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on May 6,
2008).
|
10.24***
|
Form
of Option Grant under the Amended and Restated Enterprise Products 2008
Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on May 6,
2008).
|
10.25***
|
EPCO,
Inc. 2006 TPP Long-Term Incentive Plan (Filed as Exhibit B to the
definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A of TEPPCO Partners, L.P.
(Commission File No. 1-10403) filed on September 11, 2006 and incorporated
herein by reference).
|
10.26***
|
Form
of TPP Employee Unit Appreciation Right Grant of Texas Eastern Products
Pipeline Company, LLC under the EPCO, Inc. 2006 TPP Long-Term Incentive
Plan (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of TEPPCO
Partners, L.P. (Commission File No. 1-10403) filed on May 25, 2007 and
incorporated herein by reference).
|
10.27***
|
Form
of TPP Director Unit Appreciation Right Grant of Texas Eastern Products
Pipeline Company, LLC under the EPCO, Inc. 2006 TPP Long-Term Incentive
Plan (Filed as Exhibit 10.8 to Form 10-Q of TEPPCO Partners, L.P.
(Commission File No. 1-10403) for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 and
incorporated herein by reference).
|
10.28***
|
Form
of Phantom Unit Grant for Directors, as amended, of Texas Eastern Products
Pipeline Company, LLC under the EPCO, Inc. TPP Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Form 10-Q of TEPPCO Partners, L.P. (Commission
File No. 1-10403) for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 and incorporated
herein by reference).
|
10.29***
|
Form
of TPP Employee Restricted Unit Grant, as amended, of Texas Eastern
Products Pipeline Company, LLC under the EPCO, Inc. 2006 TPP Long-Term
Incentive Plan (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Form 10-Q of TEPPCO Partners,
L.P. (Commission File No. 1-10403) for the quarter ended September 30,
2007 and incorporated herein by
reference).
|
10.30***
|
Form
of TPP Employee Unit Option Grant under the EPCO, Inc. 2006 TPP Long-Term
Incentive Plan (Filed as Exhibit 10.7 to Form 10-Q of TEPPCO Partners,
L.P. (Commission File No. 1-10403) for the quarter ended March 31, 2008
and incorporated herein by reference).
|
10.31***
|
Form
of TPP Employee Amendment to Unit Option Grant under the EPCO, Inc. 2006
TPP Long-Term Incentive Plan for options granted between April 2007 and
April 2008 (Filed as Exhibit 10.8 to Form 10-Q of TEPPCO Partners, L.P.
(Commission File No. 1-10403) for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 and
incorporated herein by reference).
|
10.32
|
Fifth
Amended and Restated Administrative Services Agreement by and among EPCO,
Inc., Enterprise Products Partners L.P., Enterprise Products Operating
LLC, Enterprise Products GP, LLC, Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.,
Enterprise GP Holdings L.P., EPE Holdings, LLC, DEP Holdings, LLC, Duncan
Energy Partners L.P., DEP OLPGP, LLC, DEP Operating Partnership L.P.,
TEPPCO Partners, L.P., Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC, TE
Products Pipeline Company, LLC, TEPPCO Midstream Companies, LLC, TCTM,
L.P. and TEPPCO GP, Inc. dated January 30, 2009 (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed February 5, 2009 by Enterprise Products
Partners).
|
10.33
|
Amended
and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of LE GP, LLC, dated as
of May 7, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Enterprise GP
Holdings’ Form 8-K filed May 10, 2007).
|
12.1#
|
Computation
of ratio of earnings to fixed charges for each of the five years ended
December 31, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004.
|
21.1#
|
List
of subsidiaries as of February 25, 2009.
|
23.1#
|
Consent
of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
|
23.2#
|
Consent
of Grant Thornton LLP.
|
31.1#
|
Sarbanes-Oxley
Section 302 certification of Dr. Ralph S. Cunningham for Enterprise
GP Holdings L.P.’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2008.
|
31.2#
|
Sarbanes-Oxley
Section 302 certification of W. Randall Fowler for Enterprise GP
Holdings L.P.’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2008.
|
32.1#
|
Section 1350
certification of Dr. Ralph S. Cunningham for Enterprise GP Holdings L.P.’s
annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2008.
|
32.2#
|
Section 1350
certification of W. Randall Fowler for Enterprise GP Holdings L.P.’s
annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2008.
|
99.1#
|
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – Grant Thornton
LLP.
|
*
|
With respect to any
exhibits incorporated by reference to any Exchange Act filings, the
Commission files numbers for Enterprise Products Partners, Duncan Energy
Partners and TEPPCO are 1-14323, 1-33266 and 1-10403,
respectively. |
*** |
Identifies
management contract and compensatory plan arrangements. |
# |
Filed with this
report. |
Pursuant to the requirements of Section
13 or 15(d) 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 on March 2, 2009.
ENTERPRISE
GP HOLDINGS L.P.
(A
Delaware Limited Partnership)
By: EPE
Holdings, LLC, as
general partner
By: /s/ Michael J.
Knesek
|
|
Senior
Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting
Officer
|
Michael
J. Knesek
|
|
of
the general partner
|
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the
following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated on
March 2, 2009.
Signature
|
|
Title
(Position with EPE Holdings, LLC)
|
/s/
Dan L. Duncan
|
|
Director
and Chairman
|
Dan
L. Duncan
|
|
|
/s/
Dr. Ralph S. Cunningham
|
|
Director,
President and Chief Executive Officer
|
Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham
|
|
|
/s/
Richard H. Bachmann
|
|
Director,
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and
Secretary
|
Richard
H. Bachmann
|
|
|
/s/
W. Randall Fowler
|
|
Director,
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
|
W.
Randall Fowler
|
|
|
/s/
Randa Duncan Williams
|
|
Director
|
Randa
Duncan Williams
|
|
|
/s/
O.S. Andras
|
|
Director
|
O.S.
Andras
|
|
|
/s/
Charles E. McMahen
|
|
Director
|
Charles
E. McMahen
|
|
|
/s/
Edwin E. Smith
|
|
Director
|
Edwin
E. Smith
|
|
|
/s/
Thurmon Andress
|
|
Director
|
Thurmon
Andress
|
|
|
/s/
Michael J. Knesek
|
|
Senior
Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting
Officer
|
Michael
J. Knesek
|
|
|
ENTERPRISE
GP HOLDINGS L.P.
INDEX
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
To the
Board of Directors of EPE Holdings, LLC and
Unitholders
of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P.
Houston,
Texas
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Enterprise GP Holdings
L.P. and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and
the related consolidated statements of operations, cash flows, and
partners’ equity for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
2008. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these financial statements based on our audits. We did not audit the
financial statements of Energy Transfer Equity L.P., an investment of the
Company, which is accounted for by the use of the equity method. The
Company’s equity in Energy Transfer Equity L.P.’s net income of $65.6 million
(prior to the Company’s excess cost amortization – see Note 12) for the year
ended December 31, 2008 is included in the accompanying consolidated financial
statements. Energy Transfer Equity L.P.’s financial statements were
audited by other auditors whose report has been furnished to us, and our
opinion, insofar as it relates to the amounts included for Energy Transfer
Equity L.P., is based solely on the report of the other auditors.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require
that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits and the report of the other
auditors provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our
opinion, based on our audits and the report of the other auditors, such
consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. and subsidiaries at December
31, 2008 and 2007, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for
each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2008, in conformity
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.
We have
also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States), the effectiveness of the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, based on the criteria
established in Internal
Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated March 2, 2009
expressed an unqualified opinion on the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting.
/s/
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Houston,
Texas
March 2,
2009
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
(See
Note 24 for Supplemental Parent Company Financial Information)
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
|
December
31,
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Current
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
56,828 |
|
|
$ |
41,920 |
|
Restricted
cash
|
|
|
203,789 |
|
|
|
53,144 |
|
Accounts
and notes receivable – trade, net of allowance for doubtful
accounts
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
of
$17,682 at December 31, 2008 and $21,784 at December 31,
2007
|
|
|
2,028,458 |
|
|
|
3,363,295 |
|
Accounts
receivable – related parties
|
|
|
182 |
|
|
|
1,995 |
|
Inventories
|
|
|
405,005 |
|
|
|
425,686 |
|
Derivative
assets
|
|
|
218,537 |
|
|
|
12,741 |
|
Prepaid
and other current assets
|
|
|
151,521 |
|
|
|
116,707 |
|
Total
current assets
|
|
|
3,064,320 |
|
|
|
4,015,488 |
|
Property,
plant and equipment, net
|
|
|
16,723,400 |
|
|
|
14,299,396 |
|
Investments
in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates
|
|
|
2,510,702 |
|
|
|
2,539,003 |
|
Intangible
assets, net of accumulated amortization of $674,861 at
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December
31, 2008 and $545,645 at December 31, 2007
|
|
|
1,789,047 |
|
|
|
1,820,199 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
1,013,917 |
|
|
|
807,580 |
|
Deferred
tax asset
|
|
|
355 |
|
|
|
3,545 |
|
Other
assets, including restricted cash of $17,871 at December 31,
2007
|
|
|
269,605 |
|
|
|
238,891 |
|
Total
assets
|
|
$ |
25,371,346 |
|
|
$ |
23,724,102 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES
AND PARTNERS’ EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable – trade
|
|
$ |
381,617 |
|
|
$ |
387,784 |
|
Accounts
payable – related parties
|
|
|
17,543 |
|
|
|
14,192 |
|
Accrued
product payables
|
|
|
1,845,568 |
|
|
|
3,571,095 |
|
Accrued
expenses
|
|
|
65,683 |
|
|
|
61,981 |
|
Accrued
interest
|
|
|
197,431 |
|
|
|
183,501 |
|
Derivative
liabilities
|
|
|
316,164 |
|
|
|
98,646 |
|
Other
current liabilities
|
|
|
292,224 |
|
|
|
292,304 |
|
Current
maturities of long-term debt
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
353,976 |
|
Total
current liabilities
|
|
|
3,116,230 |
|
|
|
4,963,479 |
|
Long-term debt (see Note
15)
|
|
|
12,714,928 |
|
|
|
9,507,229 |
|
Deferred
tax liabilities
|
|
|
66,069 |
|
|
|
21,358 |
|
Other
long-term liabilities
|
|
|
123,812 |
|
|
|
111,211 |
|
Commitments
and contingencies
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Minority
interest
|
|
|
7,505,004 |
|
|
|
7,081,803 |
|
Partners’
equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Limited
partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Units (123,191,640
registered Units outstanding at December 31, 2008 and
2007)
|
|
|
1,650,461 |
|
|
|
1,698,321 |
|
Class
C Units (16,000,000 Class C Units outstanding at December 31, 2008 and
2007)
|
|
|
380,665 |
|
|
|
380,665 |
|
General
partner
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
|
|
|
(185,828 |
) |
|
|
(39,975 |
) |
Total
partners’ equity
|
|
|
1,845,303 |
|
|
|
2,039,022 |
|
Total
liabilities and partners’ equity
|
|
$ |
25,371,346 |
|
|
$ |
23,724,102 |
|
See Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
STATEMENTS
OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS
(See
Note 24 for Supplemental Parent Company Financial Information)
(Dollars
in thousands, except per unit amounts)
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Third
parties
|
|
$ |
34,454,326 |
|
|
$ |
26,128,718 |
|
|
$ |
23,251,483 |
|
Related
parties
|
|
|
1,015,250 |
|
|
|
585,051 |
|
|
|
360,663 |
|
Total
revenue (see Note 4)
|
|
|
35,469,576 |
|
|
|
26,713,769 |
|
|
|
23,612,146 |
|
Cost
and expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
costs and expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Third
parties
|
|
|
32,868,672 |
|
|
|
24,937,723 |
|
|
|
21,976,271 |
|
Related
parties
|
|
|
747,237 |
|
|
|
463,837 |
|
|
|
443,709 |
|
Total
operating costs and expenses
|
|
|
33,615,909 |
|
|
|
25,401,560 |
|
|
|
22,419,980 |
|
General
and administrative costs:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Third
parties
|
|
|
50,018 |
|
|
|
49,520 |
|
|
|
36,894 |
|
Related
parties
|
|
|
94,723 |
|
|
|
82,467 |
|
|
|
63,465 |
|
Total
general and administrative costs
|
|
|
144,741 |
|
|
|
131,987 |
|
|
|
100,359 |
|
Total
costs and expenses
|
|
|
33,760,650 |
|
|
|
25,533,547 |
|
|
|
22,520,339 |
|
Equity
in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates
|
|
|
66,161 |
|
|
|
13,603 |
|
|
|
25,213 |
|
Operating
income
|
|
|
1,775,087 |
|
|
|
1,193,825 |
|
|
|
1,117,020 |
|
Other
income (expense):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(608,223 |
) |
|
|
(487,419 |
) |
|
|
(333,742 |
) |
Interest
income
|
|
|
7,485 |
|
|
|
11,382 |
|
|
|
9,820 |
|
Other,
net (see Note 12 regarding gains in 2007)
|
|
|
2,183 |
|
|
|
60,406 |
|
|
|
1,360 |
|
Total
other expense, net
|
|
|
(598,555 |
) |
|
|
(415,631 |
) |
|
|
(322,562 |
) |
Income
before taxes and minority interest
|
|
|
1,176,532 |
|
|
|
778,194 |
|
|
|
794,458 |
|
Provision
for income taxes
|
|
|
(31,019 |
) |
|
|
(15,813 |
) |
|
|
(21,974 |
) |
Income
before minority interest
|
|
|
1,145,513 |
|
|
|
762,381 |
|
|
|
772,484 |
|
Minority
interest
|
|
|
(981,458 |
) |
|
|
(653,360 |
) |
|
|
(638,585 |
) |
Income
before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
|
|
|
164,055 |
|
|
|
109,021 |
|
|
|
133,899 |
|
Cumulative
effect of change in accounting principle (see Note 9)
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
93 |
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
164,055 |
|
|
$ |
109,021 |
|
|
$ |
133,992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income allocation:
(see Notes 16 and 19)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Limited
partners’ interest in net income
|
|
$ |
164,039 |
|
|
$ |
109,010 |
|
|
$ |
133,979 |
|
General
partner’s interest in net income
|
|
$ |
16 |
|
|
$ |
11 |
|
|
$ |
13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per unit: (see
Note 19)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
and diluted income per Unit before change in accounting
principle
|
|
$ |
1.33 |
|
|
$ |
0.97 |
|
|
$ |
1.30 |
|
Basic
and diluted income per Unit
|
|
$ |
1.33 |
|
|
$ |
0.97 |
|
|
$ |
1.30 |
|
See Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
STATEMENTS
OF CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS
(See
Note 24 for Supplemental Parent Company Financial Information)
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
164,055 |
|
|
$ |
109,021 |
|
|
$ |
133,992 |
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
flows
provided by operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation,
amortization and accretion in operating costs and expenses
|
|
|
725,048 |
|
|
|
647,652 |
|
|
|
556,553 |
|
Depreciation
and amortization in general and administrative costs
|
|
|
14,476 |
|
|
|
13,664 |
|
|
|
7,329 |
|
Amortization
in interest expense
|
|
|
223 |
|
|
|
1,094 |
|
|
|
(627 |
) |
Equity
in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates
|
|
|
(66,161 |
) |
|
|
(13,603 |
) |
|
|
(25,213 |
) |
Distributions
received from unconsolidated affiliates
|
|
|
157,211 |
|
|
|
116,930 |
|
|
|
76,515 |
|
Cumulative
effect of change in accounting principle
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(93 |
) |
Operating
lease expense paid by EPCO, Inc.
|
|
|
2,038 |
|
|
|
2,105 |
|
|
|
2,109 |
|
Minority
interest
|
|
|
981,458 |
|
|
|
653,360 |
|
|
|
638,585 |
|
Gain
from asset sales, ownership interests and related
transactions
|
|
|
(3,971 |
) |
|
|
(67,414 |
) |
|
|
(9,112 |
) |
Deferred
income tax expense
|
|
|
6,235 |
|
|
|
7,626 |
|
|
|
15,078 |
|
Net
effect of changes in operating accounts (see Note 22)
|
|
|
(414,624 |
) |
|
|
457,598 |
|
|
|
44,276 |
|
Other
(see Note 22)
|
|
|
556 |
|
|
|
8,801 |
|
|
|
182 |
|
Net
cash flows provided by operating activities
|
|
|
1,566,544 |
|
|
|
1,936,834 |
|
|
|
1,439,574 |
|
Investing
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
expenditures
|
|
|
(2,539,426 |
) |
|
|
(2,749,166 |
) |
|
|
(1,724,827 |
) |
Contributions
in aid of construction costs
|
|
|
27,259 |
|
|
|
57,672 |
|
|
|
60,492 |
|
Proceeds
from asset sales and related transactions
|
|
|
22,367 |
|
|
|
169,138 |
|
|
|
5,588 |
|
Increase
in restricted cash
|
|
|
(132,775 |
) |
|
|
(47,348 |
) |
|
|
(8,715 |
) |
Cash
used for business combinations (see Note 13)
|
|
|
(553,486 |
) |
|
|
(35,793 |
) |
|
|
(292,202 |
) |
Acquisition
of intangible assets
|
|
|
(5,820 |
) |
|
|
(14,516 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
Investments
in unconsolidated affiliates
|
|
|
(62,208 |
) |
|
|
(1,879,834 |
) |
|
|
(25,881 |
) |
Advances
from (to) unconsolidated affiliates
|
|
|
(2,811 |
) |
|
|
(41,251 |
) |
|
|
14,898 |
|
Cash
used in investing activities
|
|
|
(3,246,900 |
) |
|
|
(4,541,098 |
) |
|
|
(1,970,647 |
) |
Financing
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Borrowings
under debt agreements
|
|
|
13,255,504 |
|
|
|
11,416,785 |
|
|
|
4,343,410 |
|
Repayments
of debt
|
|
|
(10,514,905 |
) |
|
|
(8,652,028 |
) |
|
|
(3,767,527 |
) |
Debt
issuance costs
|
|
|
(27,504 |
) |
|
|
(39,192 |
) |
|
|
(9,974 |
) |
Net
proceeds from the issuance of our Units, net
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
739,458 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Distributions
paid to minority interests (see Note 2)
|
|
|
(1,182,154 |
) |
|
|
(1,073,938 |
) |
|
|
(946,735 |
) |
Distributions
paid to partners
|
|
|
(213,119 |
) |
|
|
(159,042 |
) |
|
|
(108,449 |
) |
Repurchase
of option awards by subsidiary
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(1,568 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
Acquisition
of treasury units by subsidiary
|
|
|
(1,921 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Contributions
from minority interests
|
|
|
446,420 |
|
|
|
372,662 |
|
|
|
1,059,061 |
|
Cash
distributions paid to former owners of TEPPCO interests
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(29,760 |
) |
|
|
(57,960 |
) |
Settlement
of cash flow hedging financial instruments
|
|
|
(66,542 |
) |
|
|
49,103 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Cash
provided by financing activities
|
|
|
1,695,779 |
|
|
|
2,622,480 |
|
|
|
511,826 |
|
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash flows
|
|
|
(515 |
) |
|
|
414 |
|
|
|
(232 |
) |
Net
change in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
15,423 |
|
|
|
18,216 |
|
|
|
(19,247 |
) |
Cash
and cash equivalents, January 1
|
|
|
41,920 |
|
|
|
23,290 |
|
|
|
42,769 |
|
Cash
and cash equivalents, December 31
|
|
$ |
56,828 |
|
|
$ |
41,920 |
|
|
$ |
23,290 |
|
See Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
STATEMENTS
OF CONSOLIDATED PARTNERS’ EQUITY
(See
Note 16 for Unit History, Detail of Changes in Limited Partners’
Equity
and
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss))
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Limited
|
|
|
General
|
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Partners
|
|
|
Partner
|
|
|
Income
|
|
|
Income
(Loss)
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Balance,
December 31, 2005
|
|
$ |
1,450,511 |
|
|
$ |
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
19,083 |
|
|
$ |
1,469,606 |
|
Net
income
|
|
|
133,979 |
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
$ |
133,992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
comprehensive income: (see Note 8)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flow hedges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,821 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
current translation adjustment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(807 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proportionate
share of other comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
of
unconsolidated affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,014 |
|
|
|
3,014 |
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
137,006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
137,006 |
|
Cash
distributions to partners
|
|
|
(108,438 |
) |
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(108,449 |
) |
Cash
distributions to former owners of TEPPCO GP
interests
|
|
|
(57,960 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(57,960 |
) |
Operating
leases paid by EPCO, Inc.
|
|
|
109 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
109 |
|
Amortization
of equity awards
|
|
|
80 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
80 |
|
Adoption
of SFAS 158
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(531 |
) |
|
|
(531 |
) |
Acquisition
related disbursement of cash (see Note 16)
|
|
|
(319 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(319 |
) |
Change
in accounting method for equity awards
|
|
|
(48 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(48 |
) |
Other
|
|
|
755 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
755 |
|
Balance,
December 31, 2006
|
|
|
1,418,669 |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,566 |
|
|
|
1,440,249 |
|
Net
income
|
|
|
109,010 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
$ |
109,021 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
comprehensive loss: (see Note 8)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flow hedges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(60,819 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in funded status of Dixie benefit plans, net of tax
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(52 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,007 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proportionate
share of other comprehensive loss of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
unconsolidated
affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,848 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
comprehensive loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(62,712 |
) |
|
|
(62,712 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
46,309 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
46,309 |
|
Cash
distributions to partners
|
|
|
(159,028 |
) |
|
|
(14 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(159,042 |
) |
Cash
distributions to former owners of TEPPCO GP interests
|
|
|
(29,760 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(29,760 |
) |
Operating
leases paid by EPCO, Inc.
|
|
|
107 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
107 |
|
Net
proceeds from the issuance of Units
|
|
|
739,458 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
739,458 |
|
Adoption
of SFAS 158
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,171 |
|
|
|
1,171 |
|
Amortization
of equity awards
|
|
|
530 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
530 |
|
Balance,
December 31, 2007
|
|
|
2,078,986 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(39,975 |
) |
|
|
2,039,022 |
|
Net
income
|
|
|
164,039 |
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
$ |
164,055 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
comprehensive loss: (see Note 8)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flow hedges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(132,138 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in funded status of Dixie benefit plans, net of tax
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,339 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,501 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proportionate
share of other comprehensive loss of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
unconsolidated
affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9,875 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
comprehensive loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(145,853 |
) |
|
|
(145,853 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
18,202 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18,202 |
|
Cash
distributions to partners
|
|
|
(213,097 |
) |
|
|
(22 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(213,119 |
) |
Operating
leases paid by EPCO, Inc.
|
|
|
103 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
103 |
|
Amortization
of equity awards
|
|
|
1,133 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,133 |
|
Acquisition
of treasury units by subsidiary,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
net
of minority interest amount of $1,873
|
|
|
(38 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(38 |
) |
Balance,
December 31, 2008
|
|
$ |
2,031,126 |
|
|
$ |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(185,828 |
) |
|
$ |
1,845,303 |
|
See Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Except
per unit amounts, or as noted within the context of each footnote disclosure,
the dollar amounts presented in the tabular data within these footnote
disclosures are stated in thousands of dollars.
Partnership
Organization
Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. is a
publicly traded Delaware limited partnership, the limited partnership interests
(the “Units”) of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under
the ticker symbol “EPE.” The business of Enterprise GP Holdings
L.P. is the ownership of general and limited partner interests of publicly
traded partnerships engaged in the midstream energy industry and related
businesses to increase cash distributions to its unitholders. Unless
the context requires otherwise, references to “we,” “us,” “our” or the
“Partnership” are intended to mean the business of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P.
and its consolidated subsidiaries.
References to the “Parent Company” mean
Enterprise GP Holdings L.P., individually as the parent company, and not on a
consolidated basis. The Parent Company is owned 99.99% by its limited
partners and 0.01% by its general partner, EPE Holdings, LLC (“EPE
Holdings”). EPE Holdings is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dan Duncan,
LLC, the membership interests of which are owned by Dan L.
Duncan. See Note 24 for information regarding the Parent
Company on a standalone basis.
References to “Enterprise Products
Partners” mean Enterprise Products Partners L.P., the common units of which are
listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “EPD.” Enterprise Products
Partners has no business activities outside those conducted by its operating
subsidiary, Enterprise Products Operating LLC (“EPO”). References to
“EPGP” refer to Enterprise Products GP, LLC, which is the general partner of
Enterprise Products Partners. EPGP is owned by the Parent
Company.
References
to “Duncan Energy Partners” mean Duncan Energy Partners L.P., which is a
consolidated subsidiary of EPO. Duncan Energy Partners is a publicly
traded Delaware limited partnership, the common units of which are listed on the
NYSE under the ticker symbol “DEP.” References to “DEP GP” mean DEP
Holdings, LLC, which is the general partner of Duncan Energy
Partners.
References
to “TEPPCO” mean TEPPCO Partners, L.P., a publicly traded affiliate, the common
units of which are listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol
“TPP.” References to “TEPPCO GP” refer to Texas Eastern Products
Pipeline Company, LLC, which is the general partner of TEPPCO. TEPPCO
GP is owned by the Parent Company.
References to “Energy Transfer Equity”
mean the business and operations of Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. and its
consolidated subsidiaries, which includes Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
(“ETP”). Energy Transfer Equity is a publicly traded Delaware limited
partnership, the common units of which are listed on the NYSE under the ticker
symbol “ETE.” The general partner of Energy Transfer Equity is LE GP, LLC (“LE
GP”). The Parent Company owns non-controlling interests in both
Energy Transfer Equity and LE GP that it accounts for using the equity method of
accounting.
References to “Employee Partnerships”
mean EPE Unit L.P. (“EPE Unit I”), EPE Unit II, L.P. (“EPE Unit II”), EPE Unit
III, L.P. (“EPE Unit III”), Enterprise Unit L.P. (“Enterprise Unit”), EPCO Unit
L.P. (“EPCO Unit”), TEPPCO Unit L.P. (“TEPPCO Unit I”), and TEPPCO Unit II L.P.
(“TEPPCO Unit II”), collectively, all of which are private company affiliates of
EPCO, Inc.
References to “EPCO” mean EPCO, Inc.
and its private company affiliates, which are related party affiliates to all of
the foregoing named entities. Mr. Duncan is the Group Co-Chairman and
controlling shareholder of EPCO.
References to “DFI” mean Duncan Family
Interests, Inc. and “DFIGP” mean DFI GP Holdings, L.P. DFI and DFIGP
are private company affiliates of EPCO. The Parent Company acquired
its ownership interests in TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP from DFI and DFIGP.
The Parent Company, Enterprise Products
Partners, EPGP, TEPPCO, TEPPCO GP, the Employee Partnerships, EPCO, DFI and
DFIGP are affiliates under common control of Mr. Duncan. We do not control
Energy Transfer Equity or LE GP.
Basis
of Presentation
General Purpose Consolidated and Parent
Company-Only Information
In accordance with rules and
regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and various
other accounting standard-setting organizations, our general purpose financial
statements reflect the consolidation of the financial statements of businesses
that we control through the ownership of general partner interests (e.g.
Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO). Our general purpose
consolidated financial statements present those investments in which we do not
have a controlling interest as unconsolidated affiliates (e.g. Energy Transfer
Equity and LE GP). To the extent that Enterprise Products Partners
and TEPPCO reflect investments in unconsolidated affiliates in their respective
consolidated financial statements, such investments will also be reflected as
such in our general purpose financial statements unless subsequently
consolidated by us due to common control considerations (e.g. Jonah Gas
Gathering Company and Texas Offshore Port System). Also, minority
interest presented in our financial statements reflects third-party and related
party ownership of our consolidated subsidiaries, which include the third-party
and related party unitholders of Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO and Duncan
Energy Partners other than the Parent Company. Unless noted
otherwise, the information presented in these financial statements reflects our
consolidated businesses and operations.
In order
for the unitholders of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. and others to more fully
understand the Parent Company’s business and financial statements on a
standalone basis, Note 24 of these Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
includes information devoted exclusively to the Parent Company apart from that
of our consolidated Partnership. A key difference between the
non-consolidated Parent Company financial information and those of our
consolidated Partnership is that the Parent Company views each of its
investments (e.g. Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO and Energy Transfer
Equity) as unconsolidated affiliates and records its share of the net income of
each as equity earnings in the Parent Company income information. In
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), we
eliminate such equity earnings in the preparation of our consolidated
Partnership financial statements.
Presentation of
Investments
At
December 31, 2008, the Parent Company owned 13,670,925 common units of
Enterprise Products Partners and 100% of the membership interests of EPGP, which
is entitled to 2.0% of the cash distributions paid by Enterprise Products
Partners as well as the associated incentive distribution rights (“IDRs”) of
Enterprise Products Partners.
Private company affiliates of EPCO (DFI
and DFIGP) contributed equity interests in TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP to the
Parent Company in May 2007. As a result of such contributions, the Parent
Company owns 4,400,000 common units of TEPPCO and 100.0% of the membership
interests of TEPPCO GP, which is entitled to 2.0% of the cash distributions of
TEPPCO as well as the IDRs of TEPPCO. The contributions of ownership
interests in TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP were accounted for at historical costs as a
reorganization of entities under common control in a manner similar to a pooling
of interests. The inclusion of TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP in our financial
statements was effective January 1, 2005 because
an
affiliate of EPCO under common control with the Parent Company originally
acquired the ownership interests of TEPPCO GP in February 2005.
Our Consolidated Financial Statements
and Parent Company financial information reflect investments in TEPPCO and
TEPPCO GP as follows:
§
|
Ownership
of 100.0% of the membership interests in TEPPCO GP and associated TEPPCO
IDRs for all periods presented. See Note 24 for additional
information regarding TEPPCO IDRs.
|
§
|
Ownership
of 4,400,000 common units of TEPPCO since the date of issuance to
affiliates of EPCO in December
2006.
|
All earnings derived from TEPPCO IDRs
and TEPPCO common units in excess of those allocated to the Parent Company are
presented as a component of minority interest in our Consolidated Financial
Statements. In addition, the former owners of the TEPPCO and TEPPCO
GP interests and rights were allocated all cash receipts from these investments
during the periods they owned such interests prior to May 2007. This
method of presentation is intended to show how the contributed interests would
have affected our business.
In May
2007, the Parent Company acquired 38,976,090 common units of Energy Transfer
Equity and approximately 34.9% of the membership interests of its general
partner, LE GP, for $1.65 billion in cash. Energy Transfer Equity
owns limited partner interests and the general partner interest of ETP. We
account for our investments in Energy Transfer Equity and LE GP using the equity
method of accounting. See Note 12 for additional information
regarding these unconsolidated affiliates.
Allowance
for Doubtful Accounts
Our
allowance for doubtful accounts is determined based on specific identification
and estimates of future uncollectible accounts. Our procedure for
determining the allowance for doubtful accounts is based on (i) historical
experience with customers, (ii) the perceived financial stability of customers
based on our research, and (iii) the levels of credit we grant to
customers. In addition, we may increase the allowance account in
response to the specific identification of customers involved in bankruptcy
proceedings and similar financial difficulties. On a routine basis,
we review estimates associated with the allowance for doubtful accounts to
ensure that we have recorded sufficient reserves to cover potential
losses. Our allowance also includes estimates for uncollectible
natural gas imbalances based on specific identification of
accounts.
The
following table presents the activity of our allowance for doubtful accounts for
the periods indicated:
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Balance
at beginning of period
|
|
$ |
21,784 |
|
|
$ |
23,506 |
|
|
$ |
37,579 |
|
Charges
to expense
|
|
|
3,532 |
|
|
|
2,639 |
|
|
|
537 |
|
Deductions
|
|
|
(7,634 |
) |
|
|
(4,361 |
) |
|
|
(14,610 |
) |
Balance
at end of period
|
|
$ |
17,682 |
|
|
$ |
21,784 |
|
|
$ |
23,506 |
|
See
“Credit Risk Due to Industry Concentrations” in Note 21 for more
information.
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
Cash and
cash equivalents represent unrestricted cash on hand and highly liquid
investments with original maturities of less than three months from the date of
purchase.
Our
Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows are prepared using the indirect
method. The indirect method derives net cash flows provided by
operating activities by adjusting net income to remove (i) the effects of all
deferrals of past operating cash receipts and payments, such as changes during
the period in inventory, deferred income and similar transactions, (ii) the
effects of all accruals of expected future operating cash receipts and cash
payments, such as changes during the period in receivables and payables, (iii)
other non-cash amounts such as depreciation, amortization, changes in the fair
market value of financial instruments and equity in earnings of
unconsolidated affiliates and (iv) the effects of all items classified as
investing or financing cash flows, such as proceeds from asset sales and related
transactions or extinguishment of debt.
The former owners of the TEPPCO and
TEPPCO GP interests and rights were allocated all cash receipts from these
investments during the periods they owned such interests prior to May
2007.
Consolidation
Policy
Our
financial statements include our accounts and those of our majority-owned
subsidiaries in which we have a controlling financial or equity interest, after
the elimination of intercompany accounts and transactions. We
evaluate our financial interests in companies to determine if they represent
variable interest entities where we are the primary beneficiary. If
such criteria are met, we consolidate the financial statements of such
businesses with those of our own.
If an
investee is organized as a limited partnership or limited liability company and
maintains separate ownership accounts, we account for our investment using the
equity method if our ownership interest is between 3.0% and 50.0% and we
exercise significant influence over the investee’s operating and financial
policies. For all other types of investments, we apply the equity
method of accounting if our ownership interest is between 20.0% and 50.0% and we
exercise significant influence over the investee’s operating and financial
policies. In consolidation, we eliminate our proportionate share of
profits and losses from transactions with equity method unconsolidated
affiliates to the extent such amounts are material and remain on our balance
sheet (or those of our equity method investees) in inventory or similar
accounts.
If our ownership interest in an
investee does not provide us with either control or significant influence over
the investee, we account for the investment using the cost method. We
currently have no investments accounted for using the cost method.
See
“Basis of Presentation” under Note 1 for information regarding our consolidation
of Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO and their respective general
partners.
Contingencies
Certain
conditions may exist as of the date our financial statements are issued, which
may result in a loss to us but which will only be resolved when one or more
future events occur or fail to occur. Our management and its legal
counsel assess such contingent liabilities, and such assessments inherently
involve an exercise in judgment. In assessing loss contingencies
related to legal proceedings that are pending against us or unasserted claims
that may result in proceedings, our management and legal counsel evaluate the
perceived merits of any legal proceedings or unasserted claims as well as the
perceived merits of the amount of relief sought or expected to be sought
therein.
If the assessment of a contingency
indicates that it is probable that a material loss has been incurred and the
amount of liability can be estimated, then the estimated liability would be
accrued in our financial statements. If the assessment indicates that
a potentially material loss contingency is not probable but is reasonably
possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then the nature of the
contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss
(if determinable and material), is disclosed.
Loss contingencies considered remote
are generally not disclosed unless they involve guarantees, in which case the
guarantees would be disclosed.
Current
Assets and Current Liabilities
We
present, as individual captions in our Consolidated Balance Sheets, all
components of current assets and current liabilities that exceed 5.0% of total
current assets and liabilities, respectively.
Deferred
Revenues
Amounts
billed in advance of the period in which the service is rendered or product
delivered are recorded as deferred revenue. At December 31,
2008 and 2007, deferred revenues totaled $118.5 million and $87.4 million,
respectively, and were recorded as a component of other current and
long-term liabilities, as appropriate, on our Consolidated Balance
Sheets. See Note 5 for information regarding our revenue recognition
policies.
Earnings
Per Unit
Earnings per Unit is based on the
amount of income allocated to limited partners and the weighted-average number
of Units outstanding during the period. See Note 19 for additional
information regarding our earnings per Unit.
Employee
Benefit Plans
Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) 158, Employers’ Accounting for
Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, an amendment of
SFAS 87, 88, 106, and 132(R), requires businesses to
record the over-funded or under-funded status of defined benefit pension and
other postretirement plans as an asset or liability at a measurement date and to
recognize annual changes in the funded status of each plan through other
comprehensive income (loss).
Our
consolidated results reflect immaterial amounts related to active and terminated
employee benefit plans. See Note 7 for additional information
regarding our current employee benefit plans.
Environmental
Costs
Environmental
costs for remediation are accrued based on estimates of known remediation
requirements. Such accruals are based on management’s best estimate of the
ultimate cost to remediate a site and are adjusted as further information and
circumstances develop. Those estimates may change substantially depending
on information about the nature and extent of contamination, appropriate
remediation technologies and regulatory approvals. Expenditures to
mitigate or prevent future environmental contamination are capitalized.
Ongoing environmental compliance costs are charged to expense as incurred.
In accruing for environmental remediation liabilities, costs of future
expenditures for environmental remediation are not discounted to their present
value, unless the amount and timing of the expenditures are fixed or reliably
determinable. At December 31, 2008 and 2007, none of our estimated
environmental remediation liabilities are discounted to present value since the
ultimate amount and timing of cash payments for such liabilities are not readily
determinable.
At
December 31, 2008 and 2007, our accrued liabilities for environmental
remediation projects totaled $22.3 million and $30.5 million,
respectively. These amounts were derived from a range of reasonable
estimates based upon studies and site surveys. Unanticipated changes
in circumstances and/or legal requirements could result in expenses being
incurred in future periods in addition to an increase in actual cash required to
remediate contamination for which we are responsible. The majority of
these amounts relate to reserves established by Enterprise Products Partners for
remediation activities involving mercury gas meters.
In
February 2007, Enterprise Products Partners reserved $6.5 million in cash it
received from a third party to fund anticipated environmental remediation
costs. These expected costs are associated with assets acquired in
connection with the GulfTerra Merger. Previously, the third party had
been obligated to
indemnify
Enterprise Products Partners for such costs. As a result of the
settlement, this indemnification arrangement was terminated.
The
following table presents the activity of our environmental reserves for the
periods indicated:
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Balance
at beginning of period
|
|
$ |
30,461 |
|
|
$ |
25,980 |
|
|
$ |
24,537 |
|
Charges
to expense
|
|
|
5,886 |
|
|
|
3,777 |
|
|
|
2,992 |
|
Acquisition-related
additions and other
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
6,499 |
|
|
|
8,811 |
|
Deductions
and other
|
|
|
(14,049 |
) |
|
|
(5,795 |
) |
|
|
(10,360 |
) |
Balance
at end of period
|
|
$ |
22,298 |
|
|
$ |
30,461 |
|
|
$ |
25,980 |
|
Equity
Awards
See Note 6 for additional information
regarding our equity awards.
Estimates
Preparing
our financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect amounts presented in the financial
statements (i.e. assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses) and
disclosures about contingent assets and liabilities. Our actual
results could differ from these estimates. On an ongoing basis, management
reviews its estimates based on currently available information. Changes in facts
and circumstances may result in revised estimates.
Enterprise
Products Partners revised the remaining useful lives of certain assets, most
notably the assets that constitute its Texas Intrastate System, effective
January 1, 2008. This revision adjusted the remaining useful life of
such assets to incorporate recent data showing that proved natural gas reserves
supporting throughput and processing volumes for these assets have changed since
our original determination made in September 2004. These revisions
will prospectively reduce our depreciation expense on assets having carrying
values totaling $2.72 billion at January 1, 2008. For additional
information regarding this change in estimate, see Note 11.
Exchange
Contracts
Exchanges
are contractual agreements for the movements of natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) and
certain petrochemical products between parties to satisfy timing and logistical
needs of the parties. Net exchange volumes borrowed from us under
such agreements are valued at market-based prices and included in accounts
receivable, and net exchange volumes loaned to us under such agreements are
valued at market-based prices and accrued as a liability in accrued product
payables.
Receivables
and payables arising from exchange transactions are settled with movements of
products rather than with cash. When payment or receipt of monetary
consideration is required for product differentials and service costs, such
items are recognized in our consolidated financial statements on a net
basis.
Exit
and Disposal Costs
Exit and
disposal costs are charges associated with an exit activity not associated with
a business combination or with a disposal activity covered by SFAS 144,
Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. Examples of
these costs include (i) termination benefits provided to current employees that
are involuntarily terminated under the terms of a benefit arrangement that, in
substance, is not an ongoing benefit arrangement or an individual deferred
compensation contract, (ii) costs to terminate a contract that is not a capital
lease, and (iii) costs to consolidate facilities or relocate
employees. In accordance with SFAS 146, Accounting for Costs
Associated with Exit and Disposal Activities, we
recognize
such costs when they are incurred rather than at the date of our commitment to
an exit or disposal plan.
Financial
Instruments
We use
financial instruments such as swaps, forwards and other contracts to manage
price risks associated with inventories, firm commitments, interest rates,
foreign currency and certain anticipated transactions. We recognize
these transactions as assets or liabilities on our Consolidated Balance Sheets
based on the instrument’s fair value. Fair value is generally defined
as the amount at which a financial instrument could be exchanged in a current
transaction between willing parties, not in a forced or liquidation
sale.
Changes
in fair value of financial instrument contracts are recognized in earnings in
the current period (i.e., using mark-to-market accounting) unless specific
hedge accounting criteria are met. If the financial instrument meets
the criteria of a fair value hedge, gains and losses incurred on the instrument
will be recorded in earnings to offset corresponding losses and gains on the
hedged item. If the financial instrument meets the criteria of a cash
flow hedge, gains and losses incurred on the instrument are recorded in
accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), which is generally referred to as
“AOCI.” Gains and losses on cash flow hedges are reclassified from
accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to earnings when the forecasted
transaction occurs or, as appropriate, over the economic life of the hedged
item. A contract designated as a hedge of an anticipated transaction
that is no longer likely to occur is immediately recognized in
earnings.
To qualify for hedge accounting, the
item to be hedged must expose us to risk and the related hedging instrument must
reduce the exposure and meet the hedging requirements of SFAS 133, Accounting
for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (as amended and
interpreted). We formally designate the financial instrument as a
hedge and document and assess the effectiveness of the hedge at its inception
and thereafter on a quarterly basis. Any hedge ineffectiveness is
immediately recognized in earnings. See Note 8 for additional
information regarding our financial instruments.
Foreign
Currency Translation
Enterprise
Products Partners owns an NGL marketing business located in
Canada. The financial statements of this foreign subsidiary are
translated into U.S. dollars from the Canadian dollar, which is the subsidiary’s
functional currency, using the current rate method. Its assets and
liabilities are translated at the rate of exchange in effect at the balance
sheet date, while revenue and expense items are translated at average rates of
exchange during the reporting period. Exchange gains and losses
arising from foreign currency translation adjustments are reflected as separate
components of accumulated other comprehensive loss in the accompanying
Consolidated Balance Sheets. Our net cash flows from this Canadian
subsidiary may be adversely affected by changes in foreign currency exchange
rates. See Note 8 for information regarding our hedging of currency
risk.
Impairment
Testing for Goodwill
Our
goodwill amounts are assessed for impairment (i) on a routine annual basis or
(ii) when impairment indicators are present. If such indicators occur
(e.g., the loss of a significant customer, economic obsolescence of plant
assets, etc.), the estimated fair value of the reporting unit to which the
goodwill is assigned is determined and compared to its book value. If
the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds its book value including associated
goodwill amounts, the goodwill is considered to be unimpaired and no impairment
charge is required. If the fair value of the reporting unit is less
than its book value including associated goodwill amounts, a charge to earnings
is recorded to reduce the carrying value of the goodwill to its implied fair
value. We have not recognized any impairment losses related to
goodwill for any of the periods presented. See Note 14 for additional
information regarding our goodwill.
Impairment
Testing for Intangible Assets with Indefinite Lives
Intangible
assets with indefinite lives are subject to periodic testing for recoverability
in a manner similar to goodwill. We test the carrying value of
indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment annually, or more frequently
if circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not that the fair value of
the asset is less than its carrying value. This test is performed
during the fourth quarter of each fiscal year. If the estimated fair
value of this intangible asset is less than its carrying value, a charge to
earnings is required to reduce the asset’s carrying value to its implied fair
value.
At
December 31, 2008 and 2007, the Parent Company had an indefinite-life intangible
asset valued at $606.9 million associated with IDRs in TEPPCO’s quarterly cash
distributions. Our estimate of the fair value of this asset is based
on a number of assumptions including: (i) the discount rate we select
to present value underlying cash flow streams; (ii) the expected increase in
TEPPCO’s cash distribution rate over a discreet forecast period; and (iii) the
long-term growth rate of TEPPCO’s cash distributions beyond the discreet
forecast period. The financial models we use to estimate the fair value of
the IDRs are sensitive to changes in these assumptions. Consequently,
a significant change in any of these underlying assumptions may result in our
recording an impairment charge where none was warranted in prior
periods.
We did
not record any intangible asset impairment charges for any of the periods
presented.
Impairment
Testing for Long-Lived Assets
Long-lived
assets (including intangible assets with finite useful lives and property, plant
and equipment) are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in
circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be
recoverable.
Long-lived
assets with carrying values that are not expected to be recovered through future
cash flows are written-down to their estimated fair values in accordance with
SFAS 144. The carrying value of a long-lived asset is deemed not
recoverable if it exceeds the sum of undiscounted cash flows expected to result
from the use and eventual disposition of the asset. If the asset
carrying value exceeds the sum of its undiscounted cash flows, a non-cash asset
impairment charge equal to the excess of the asset’s carrying value over its
estimated fair value is recorded. Fair value is defined as the amount
at which an asset or liability could be bought or settled in an arm’s-length
transaction. We measure fair value using market price indicators or,
in the absence of such data, appropriate valuation techniques.
We
recorded a non-cash asset impairment charge of $0.1 million in 2006, which is
reflected as a component of operating costs and expenses in our 2006 Statement
of Consolidated Operations. No such asset impairment charges were
recorded in 2008 or 2007.
Impairment
Testing for Unconsolidated Affiliates
We
evaluate our equity method investments for impairment when events or changes in
circumstances indicate that there is a loss in value of the investment
attributable to an other than temporary decline. Examples of such
events or changes in circumstances include continuing operating losses of the
investee or long-term negative changes in the investee’s industry. In
the event we determine that the loss in value of an investment is other than a
temporary decline, we record a charge to earnings to adjust the carrying value
of the investment to its estimated fair value.
During
2007, we evaluated our equity method investment in Nemo Gathering Company, LLC
(“Nemo”) for impairment. As a result of this evaluation, we recorded
a $7.0 million non-cash impairment charge that is a component of “Equity in
earnings of unconsolidated affiliates” on our Statements of Consolidated
Operations for the year ended December 31, 2007. Similarly, during
2006, we evaluated our investment in Neptune Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
(“Neptune”) for impairment. As a result of this evaluation, we
recorded a $7.4 million non-cash impairment charge that is a component of
“Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates” on our Statements of
Consolidated Operations for the year ended December 31, 2006. We had
no such impairment charges during the year ended
December
31, 2008. See Note 12 for additional information regarding our equity
method investments.
Income
Taxes
Provision
for income taxes is primarily applicable to our state tax obligations under the
Revised Texas Franchise Tax and certain federal and state tax obligations of
Seminole Pipeline Company (“Seminole”) and Dixie Pipeline Company (“Dixie”),
both of which are consolidated subsidiaries of ours. Deferred income
tax assets and liabilities are recognized for temporary differences between the
assets and liabilities of our tax paying entities for financial reporting and
tax purposes.
In
general, legal entities that conduct business in Texas are subject to the
Revised Texas Franchise Tax. In May 2006, the State of Texas expanded its
pre-existing franchise tax, which applied to corporations and limited liability
companies, to include limited partnerships and limited liability
partnerships. As a result of the change in tax law, our tax status in
the State of Texas changed from non-taxable to taxable.
Since we
are structured as a pass-through entity, we are not subject to federal income
taxes. As a result, our partners are individually responsible for
paying federal income taxes on their share of our taxable
income. Since we do not have access to information regarding each
partner’s tax basis, we cannot readily determine the total difference in the
basis of our net assets for financial and tax reporting purposes.
In
accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation 48,
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, we must recognize the tax effects of
any uncertain tax positions we may adopt, if the position taken by us is more
likely than not sustainable. If a tax position meets such criteria,
the tax effect to be recognized by us would be the largest amount of benefit
with more than a 50.0% chance of being realized upon settlement. This
guidance was effective January 1, 2007, and our adoption of this guidance had no
material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash
flows. See Note 18 for additional information regarding our income
taxes.
Inventories
Inventories
primarily consist of NGLs, petroleum products, certain petrochemical products
and natural gas volumes that are valued at the lower of average cost or
market. We capitalize, as a cost of inventory, shipping and handling
charges directly related to volumes we purchase from third parties or take title
to in connection with processing or other agreements. As these
volumes are sold and delivered out of inventory, the average cost of these
products (including freight-in charges that have been capitalized) are charged
to operating costs and expenses. Shipping and handling fees
associated with products we sell and deliver to customers are charged to
operating costs and expenses as incurred. See Note 10 for additional
information regarding our inventories.
Minority
Interest
As
presented in our Consolidated Balance Sheets, minority interest represents
third-party and affiliate ownership interests in the net assets of our
consolidated subsidiaries. For financial reporting purposes, the
assets and liabilities of our controlled subsidiaries are consolidated with
those of the Parent Company, with any third-party and affiliate ownership in
such amounts presented as minority interest. The following table
presents the components of minority interest as presented on our Consolidated
Balance Sheets at the dates indicated:
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Limited
partners of Enterprise Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Third-party
owners of Enterprise Products Partners (1)
|
|
$ |
5,010,595 |
|
|
$ |
5,011,700 |
|
Related
party owners of Enterprise Products Partners (2)
|
|
|
347,720 |
|
|
|
278,970 |
|
Limited
partners of Duncan Energy Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Third-party
owners of Duncan Energy Partners (1)
|
|
|
281,071 |
|
|
|
288,588 |
|
Limited
partners of TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Third-party
owners of TEPPCO (1,3)
|
|
|
1,733,518 |
|
|
|
1,372,821 |
|
Related
party owners of TEPPCO (2)
|
|
|
(16,048 |
) |
|
|
(12,106 |
) |
Joint
venture partners (4)
|
|
|
148,148 |
|
|
|
141,830 |
|
Total
minority interest on consolidated balance sheets
|
|
$ |
7,505,004 |
|
|
$ |
7,081,803 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Consists
of non-affiliate public unitholders of Enterprise Products Partners,
Duncan Energy Partners and TEPPCO.
(2)
Consists
of unitholders of Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO that are related
party affiliates of the Parent Company. This group is primarily
comprised of EPCO and certain of its private company consolidated
subsidiaries.
(3)
The
increase in minority interest during 2008 is primarily due to TEPPCO’s
issuance of common units in a public offering in September
2008. TEPPCO sold 9.2 million of its common units at a price of
$29.00 per unit, which generated net proceeds of $257.0 million. In
addition, minority interest increased due to TEPPCO’s issuance of common
units in connection with its marine services acquisition during the first
quarter of 2008. See Note 13 for additional information regarding
this business acquisition.
(4)
Represents
third-party ownership interests in joint ventures that we consolidate,
including Seminole, Tri-States Pipeline L.L.C. (“Tri-States”),
Independence Hub LLC (“Independence Hub”), Wilprise Pipeline Company LLC
(“Wilprise”) and the Texas Offshore Port System (see Note
4).
|
|
Minority
interest expense amounts attributable to the limited partners of Enterprise
Products Partners, Duncan Energy Partners and TEPPCO primarily represent
allocations of earnings by these entities to their unitholders, excluding those
earnings allocated to the Parent Company in connection with its ownership of
common units of Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO. The
following table presents the components of minority interest as presented
on our Statements of Consolidated Operations for the periods
indicated:
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Limited
partners of Enterprise Products Partners (1)
|
|
$ |
786,528 |
|
|
$ |
404,779 |
|
|
$ |
486,398 |
|
Limited
partners of Duncan Energy Partners (2)
|
|
|
17,300 |
|
|
|
13,879 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Related
party former owners of TEPPCO GP
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
16,502 |
|
Limited
partners of TEPPCO (3)
|
|
|
153,592 |
|
|
|
217,938 |
|
|
|
126,606 |
|
Joint
venture partners (4)
|
|
|
24,038 |
|
|
|
16,764 |
|
|
|
9,079 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
981,458 |
|
|
$ |
653,360 |
|
|
$ |
638,585 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Minority
interest expense attributable to this subsidiary increased in 2008
relative to 2007 primarily due to an increase in Enterprise Products
Partners’ operating income, partially offset by an increase in interest
expense. In addition, the number of Enterprise Products Partners’
common units outstanding increased in 2008 relative to
2007.
(2)
Duncan
Energy Partners completed its initial public offering in February
2007. The increase in minority interest expense during 2008 is
primarily due to an increase in Duncan Energy Partners’ net
income.
(3)
Minority
interest expense attributable to this subsidiary decreased in 2008
relative to 2007 primarily due to a decrease in TEPPCO’s net income in
2008. TEPPCO recognized an approximate $60.0 million gain on the sale
of an equity investment in the first quarter of 2007.
(4)
Represents
third-party ownership interests in joint ventures we
consolidate.
|
|
The
following table presents distributions paid to and contributions received from
minority interests as presented on our Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows for
the periods indicated:
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Distributions
paid to minority interests:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Limited
partners of Enterprise Products Partners
|
|
$ |
865,728 |
|
|
$ |
807,515 |
|
|
$ |
717,300 |
|
Limited
partners of Duncan Energy Partners
|
|
|
24,817 |
|
|
|
15,757 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Related
party former owners of TEPPCO GP
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
23,939 |
|
Limited
partners of TEPPCO
|
|
|
260,575 |
|
|
|
234,097 |
|
|
|
196,665 |
|
Joint
venture partners
|
|
|
31,034 |
|
|
|
16,569 |
|
|
|
8,831 |
|
Total
distributions paid to minority interests
|
|
$ |
1,182,154 |
|
|
$ |
1,073,938 |
|
|
$ |
946,735 |
|
Contributions
from minority interests:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Limited
partners of Enterprise Products Partners
|
|
$ |
134,928 |
|
|
$ |
67,994 |
|
|
$ |
836,425 |
|
Limited
partners of Duncan Energy Partners
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
290,466 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Limited
partners of TEPPCO
|
|
|
275,857 |
|
|
|
1,697 |
|
|
|
195,058 |
|
Joint
venture partners
|
|
|
35,635 |
|
|
|
12,505 |
|
|
|
27,578 |
|
Total
contributions received from minority interests
|
|
$ |
446,420 |
|
|
$ |
372,662 |
|
|
$ |
1,059,061 |
|
Distributions paid to the limited
partners of Enterprise Products Partners, Duncan Energy Partners and TEPPCO
primarily represent the quarterly cash distributions paid by these entities to
their unitholders, excluding those paid to the Parent Company in connection with
its ownership of common units of Enterprise Products Partners and
TEPPCO.
Contributions from the limited partners
of Enterprise Products Partners, Duncan Energy Partners and TEPPCO primarily
represent proceeds each entity received from common unit offerings and
distribution reinvestment plans, excluding those received from the Parent
Company. Contributions from the limited partners of Duncan Energy
Partners represent the net proceeds received by Duncan Energy Partners in
connection with its initial public offering in February 2007.
Contributions from the limited partners of TEPPCO increased during 2008 relative
to 2007 primarily due to the net proceeds TEPPCO received from its common unit
offering in September 2008.
Natural
Gas Imbalances
In the
natural gas pipeline transportation business, imbalances frequently result from
differences in natural gas volumes received from and delivered to our
customers. Such differences occur when a customer delivers more or less
gas into our pipelines than is physically redelivered back to them during a
particular time period. We have various fee-based agreements with
customers to transport their natural gas through our pipelines. Our
customers retain ownership of their natural gas shipped through our
pipelines. As such, our pipeline transportation activities are not
intended to create physical volume differences that would result in significant
accounting or economic events for either our customers or us during the course
of the arrangement.
We settle
pipeline gas imbalances through either (i) physical delivery of in-kind gas or
(ii) in cash. These settlements follow contractual guidelines or common industry
practices. As imbalances occur, they may be settled (i) on a monthly
basis, (ii) at the end of the agreement or (iii) in accordance with industry
practice, including negotiated settlements. Certain of our natural
gas pipelines have a regulated tariff rate mechanism requiring customer
imbalance settlements each month at current market prices.
However,
the vast majority of our settlements are through in-kind arrangements whereby
incremental volumes are delivered to a customer (in the case of an imbalance
payable) or received from a customer (in the case of an imbalance
receivable). Such in-kind deliveries are on-going and take place over
several periods. In some cases, settlements of imbalances built up over a period
of time are ultimately cashed out and are generally negotiated at values which
approximate average market prices over a period of time. For those
gas imbalances that are ultimately settled over future periods, we estimate the
value of such current assets and liabilities using average market prices, which
is representative of the estimated value of the imbalances upon final
settlement. Changes in natural gas prices may impact our
estimates.
At
December 31, 2008 and 2007, our natural gas imbalance receivables, net of
allowance for doubtful accounts, were $63.4 million and $73.9 million,
respectively, and are reflected as a component of “Accounts and notes receivable
– trade” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. At December 31, 2008 and
2007, our imbalance payables were $50.8 million and $48.7 million, respectively,
and are reflected as a component of “Accrued product payables” on our
Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Property,
Plant and Equipment
Property,
plant and equipment is recorded at cost. Expenditures for additions,
improvements and other enhancements to property, plant and equipment are
capitalized and minor replacements, maintenance, and repairs that do not extend
asset life or add value are charged to expense as incurred. When
property, plant and equipment assets are retired or otherwise disposed of, the
related cost and accumulated depreciation is removed from the accounts and any
resulting gain or loss is included in the results of operations for the
respective period.
In
general, depreciation is the systematic and rational allocation of an asset’s
cost, less its residual value (if any), to the periods it benefits. The
majority of our property, plant and equipment is depreciated using the
straight-line method, which results in depreciation expense being incurred
evenly over the life of the assets. Our estimate of depreciation
incorporates assumptions regarding the useful economic lives and residual values
of our assets. At the time we place our assets in service, we believe such
assumptions are reasonable. Under our depreciation policy for midstream energy
assets, the remaining economic lives of such assets are limited to the estimated
life of the natural resource basins (based on proved reserves at the time of the
analysis) from which such assets derive their throughput or processing volumes.
Our forecast of the remaining life for the applicable resource basins is
based on several factors, including information published by the U.S. Energy
Information Administration. Where appropriate, we use other depreciation
methods (generally accelerated) for tax purposes.
Leasehold improvements are recorded as
a component of property, plant and equipment. The cost of leasehold
improvements is charged to earnings using the straight-line method over the
shorter of the remaining lease term or the estimated useful lives of the
improvements. We consider renewal terms that are deemed reasonably assured
when estimating remaining lease terms.
Our assumptions regarding the useful
economic lives and residual values of our assets may change in response to new
facts and circumstances, which would change our depreciation amounts
prospectively. Examples of such circumstances include, but are not limited
to, the following: (i) changes in laws and regulations that limit the estimated
economic life of an asset; (ii) changes in technology that render an asset
obsolete; (iii) changes in expected salvage values; or (iv) significant
changes in the forecast life of proved reserves of applicable resource basins,
if any. See Note 11 for additional information regarding our
property, plant and equipment, including a change in depreciation expense
beginning January 1, 2008 resulting from a change in the estimated useful
life of certain assets.
Certain of our plant operations entail
periodic planned outages for major maintenance activities. These
planned shutdowns typically result in significant expenditures, which are
principally comprised of amounts paid to third parties for materials, contract
services and related items. We use the expense-as-incurred method for
our planned major maintenance activities; however, the cost of annual planned
major maintenance projects are deferred and recognized ratably over the
remaining portion of the calendar year in which such projects
occur.
Asset
retirement obligations (“AROs”) are legal obligations associated with the
retirement of tangible long-lived assets that result from their acquisition,
construction, development and/or normal operation. When an ARO is
incurred, we record a liability for the ARO and capitalize an equal amount as an
increase in the carrying value of the related long-lived asset. Over
time, the liability is accreted to its present value (accretion expense) and the
capitalized amount is depreciated over the remaining useful life of the related
long-lived asset. We will incur a gain or loss to the extent that our
ARO liabilities are not settled at their recorded amounts. See Note 11 for
additional information regarding our AROs.
Restricted
Cash
Restricted
cash represents amounts held in connection with Enterprise Products Partners’
commodity financial instruments portfolio and New York Mercantile Exchange
(“NYMEX”) physical natural gas purchases. Additional cash may be
restricted to maintain our positions as commodity prices fluctuate or deposit
requirements change. At December 31, 2007, restricted cash also
included amounts held by a third party trustee responsible for disbursing
proceeds from Enterprise Products Partners’ Petal GO Zone bond
offering. During 2008, virtually all proceeds from the Petal GO Zone
bonds were released by the trustee to fund construction costs associated with
the expansion of Enterprise Products Partners’ Petal, Mississippi storage
facility. The following table presents the components of our
restricted cash balances at the periods indicated:
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Amounts
held in brokerage accounts related to
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
commodity
hedging activities and physical natural gas purchases
|
|
$ |
203,789 |
|
|
$ |
53,144 |
|
Proceeds
from Petal GO Zone bonds reserved for construction costs
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
17,871 |
|
Total
restricted cash
|
|
$ |
203,790 |
|
|
$ |
71,015 |
|
Revenue
Recognition
See Note
5 for information regarding our revenue recognition policies.
Start-Up
and Organization Costs
Start-up costs and organization costs
are expensed as incurred. Start-up costs are defined as one-time
activities related to opening a new facility, introducing a new product or
service, conducting activities in a new territory, pursuing a new class of
customer, initiating a new process in an existing facility or some new
operation. Routine ongoing efforts to improve existing facilities,
products or services are not considered start-up costs. Organization
costs include legal fees, promotional costs and similar charges incurred in
connection with the formation of a business.
The accounting standard setting bodies
have recently issued the following accounting guidance that will affect our
future financial statements: SFAS 141(R), Business
Combinations; FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) SFAS 142-3,
Determination of the Useful Life of Intangible Assets; SFAS 157, Fair
Value Measurements; SFAS 160, Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements – An amendment of ARB 51; SFAS 161,
Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities – An Amendment
of SFAS 133; and Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) 08-6, Equity Method
Investment Accounting Considerations.
SFAS
141(R), Business Combinations. SFAS 141(R) replaces SFAS
141, Business Combinations and was effective January 1, 2009. SFAS
141(R) retains the fundamental requirements of SFAS 141 in that the acquisition
method of accounting (previously termed the “purchase method”) be used for all
business combinations and for the “acquirer” to be identified in each business
combination. SFAS 141(R) defines the acquirer as the entity that
obtains control of one or more businesses in a business combination and
establishes the acquisition date as the date that the acquirer achieves
control. This new guidance also retains guidance in SFAS 141 for
identifying and recognizing intangible assets separately from
goodwill. SFAS 141(R) will have an impact on the way in which
we evaluate acquisitions.
The
objective of SFAS 141(R) is to improve the relevance, representational
faithfulness, and comparability of the information a reporting entity provides
in its financial reports about business combinations and their
effects. To accomplish this, SFAS 141(R) establishes principles and
requirements for how the acquirer:
§
|
Recognizes
and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired,
the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interests in the
acquiree.
|
§
|
Recognizes
and measures any goodwill acquired in the business combination or a gain
resulting from a bargain purchase. SFAS 141(R) defines a
bargain purchase as a business combination in which the total
acquisition-date fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired
exceeds the fair value of the consideration transferred plus any
noncontrolling interest in the acquiree, and requires the acquirer to
recognize that excess in net income as a gain attributable to the
acquirer.
|
§
|
Determines
what information to disclose to enable users of the financial statements
to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the business
combination.
|
SFAS
141(R) also requires that direct costs of an acquisition (e.g. finder’s fees,
outside consultants, etc.) be expensed as incurred and not capitalized as part
of the purchase price.
FSP
FAS 142-3, Determination of the Useful Life of Intangible
Assets.
FSP 142-3 revised the factors that should be considered in
developing renewal or extension assumptions used in determining the useful life
of recognized intangible assets under SFAS 142, Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets. These revisions are intended to improve
consistency between the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under
SFAS 142 and the period of expected cash flows used to measure the fair
value of such assets under SFAS 141(R) and other accounting guidance. The
measurement and disclosure requirements of this new guidance will be applied to
intangible assets acquired after January 1, 2009. Our adoption
of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated
financial statements.
SFAS
157,
Fair Value Measurements. SFAS 157 defines fair
value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures
about fair value measurements. Although certain provisions of SFAS 157
were effective January 1, 2008, the remaining guidance of this new standard
applicable to nonfinancial assets and liabilities was effective January 1,
2009. See Note 8 for information regarding fair value-related
disclosures required for 2008 in connection with SFAS 157.
SFAS 157
applies to fair-value measurements that are already required (or permitted) by
other accounting standards and is expected to increase the consistency of those
measurements. SFAS 157 emphasizes that fair value is a market-based
measurement that should be determined based on the assumptions that market
participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. Companies are
required to disclose the extent to which fair value is used to measure assets
and liabilities, the inputs used to develop such measurements, and the effect of
certain of the measurements on earnings (or changes in net assets) during a
period. Our adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material
impact on our consolidated financial statements. SFAS 157 will impact
the valuation of assets and liabilities (and related disclosures) in connection
with future business combinations and impairment testing.
SFAS
160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements – an
amendment of ARB 51. SFAS 160
established accounting and reporting standards for noncontrolling interests,
which have been referred to as minority interests in prior accounting
literature. SFAS 160 was effective January 1, 2009. A
noncontrolling interest is that portion of equity in a consolidated subsidiary
not attributable, directly or indirectly, to a reporting entity. This
new standard requires, among other things, that (i) ownership interests of
noncontrolling interests be presented as a component of equity on the balance
sheet (i.e., elimination of the “mezzanine” presentation); (ii) elimination of
minority interest expense as a line item on the statement of income and, as a
result, that net income be allocated between the reporting entity and
noncontrolling interests on the face of the statement of income; and (iii)
enhanced disclosures regarding noncontrolling interests.
SFAS 160
will affect the presentation of minority interest on our financial statements
beginning with the first quarter of 2009. Minority interest in the
nets assets of our consolidated subsidiaries will be presented as a component of
partners’ equity on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. With
respect to our Statements of Consolidated Operations, net income and
comprehensive income will be allocated between minority interests and us, as
applicable.
SFAS
161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - An
Amendment of SFAS
133. SFAS 161 revised
the disclosure requirements for financial instruments and related hedging
activities to provide users of financial statements with an enhanced
understanding of (i) why and how an entity uses financial instruments, (ii) how
an entity accounts for financial instruments and related hedged items under SFAS
133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (including
related interpretations), and (iii) how financial instruments and related hedged
items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance, and cash
flows.
SFAS 161
requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using
financial instruments, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of and
gains and losses on financial instruments, and disclosures about credit
risk-related contingent features in financial instrument
agreements. SFAS 161 was effective January 1, 2009 and we will apply
its requirements beginning with the first quarter of 2009.
EITF
08-6, Equity Method Investment Accounting Considerations. EITF
08-6 clarifies the accounting for certain transactions and impairment
considerations involving equity method investments under SFAS 141(R) and SFAS
160. EITF 08-6 generally requires that (i) transaction costs should
be included in the initial carrying value of an equity method investment; (ii)
an equity method investor shall not test separately an investee’s underlying
assets for impairment, rather such testing should be performed in accordance
with Opinion 18 (i.e., on the equity method investment itself); (iii) an equity
method investor shall account for a share issuance by an investee as if the
investor had sold a proportionate share of its investment (any gain or loss to
the investor resulting from the investee’s share issuance shall be recognized in
earnings); and (iv) a gain or loss should not be recognized when changing the
method of accounting for an investment from the equity method to the cost
method. EITF 08-6 was effective January 1, 2009.
Our investing activities are organized
into business segments that reflect how the Chief Executive Officer of our
general partner (i.e., our chief operating decision maker) routinely manages and
reviews the financial performance of the Parent Company’s
investments. We evaluate segment performance based on operating
income. On a consolidated basis,
we have three reportable business segments:
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Investment
in Enterprise Products
Partners – Reflects the consolidated operations of Enterprise
Products Partners and its general partner, EPGP. This segment
also includes the development stage assets of the Texas Offshore Port
System (as defined below).
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In
August 2008, Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO and Oiltanking Holding
Americas, Inc. (“Oiltanking”), announced the formation of a joint venture (the
“Texas Offshore Port System”) to design, construct, operate and own a Texas
offshore crude oil port and a related onshore pipeline and storage system that
would facilitate delivery of waterborne crude oil cargoes to refining centers
located along the upper Texas Gulf Coast. Demand for such projects is
being driven by planned and expected refinery expansions along the Gulf Coast,
expected increases in shipping traffic and operating limitations of regional
ship channels.
The joint
venture’s primary project, referred to as “TOPS,” includes (i) an offshore port
(which will be located approximately 36 miles from Freeport, Texas), (ii)
an onshore storage facility with approximately 3.9 million barrels of crude
oil storage capacity, and (iii) an 85-mile crude oil pipeline system having a
transportation capacity of up to 1.8 million barrels per day, that will extend
from the offshore port to a storage facility near Texas City,
Texas. The joint venture’s complementary project, referred to as the
Port Arthur Crude Oil Express (or “PACE”) will transport crude oil from Texas
City, including crude oil from TOPS, and will consist of a 75-mile pipeline and
1.2 million barrels of crude oil storage capacity in the Port Arthur, Texas
area. Development of the TOPS and PACE projects is supported by
long-term contracts with affiliates of Motiva Enterprises LLC (“Motiva”) and
Exxon Mobil Corporation (“Exxon Mobil”), which have committed a combined
725,000 barrels per day of crude oil to the projects. The timing of
construction
and related capital costs of the TOPS and PACE projects will be affected by the
expansion plans of Motiva and the acquisition of requisite permits.
Enterprise
Products Partners, TEPPCO and Oiltanking each own, through their respective
subsidiaries, a one-third interest in the joint venture. A subsidiary of
Enterprise Products Partners acts as construction manager and will act as
operator for the joint venture. The aggregate cost of the TOPS and
PACE projects is expected to be approximately $1.8 billion (excluding
capitalized interest), with the majority of such capital expenditures currently
expected to occur in 2010 and 2011. Enterprise Products Partners and
TEPPCO have each guaranteed up to approximately $700.0 million, which
includes a contingency amount for potential cost overruns, of the capital
contribution obligations of their respective subsidiary partners in the joint
venture.
Within
their respective financial statements, TEPPCO and Enterprise Products Partners
account for their individual ownership interests in the Texas Offshore Port
System using the equity method of accounting. As a result of common
control of TEPPCO and Enterprise Products Partners at the Parent Company level,
the Texas Offshore Port System is a consolidated subsidiary of the Parent
Company and Oiltanking’s interest in the joint venture is accounted for as
minority interest. For financial reporting purposes, our management
determined that the joint venture should be included within the Investment in
Enterprise Products Partners’ segment.
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Investment
in TEPPCO – Reflects the consolidated operations of TEPPCO and its
general partner, TEPPCO GP. This segment also includes the
assets and operations of Jonah Gas Gathering Company
(“Jonah”).
|
TEPPCO
and Enterprise Products Partners are joint venture partners in Jonah, which owns
a natural gas gathering system (the “Jonah system”) located in southwest
Wyoming. Within their respective financial statements, Enterprise
Products Partners and TEPPCO account for their individual ownership interests in
Jonah using the equity method of accounting. As a result of common
control of TEPPCO and Enterprise Products Partners at the Parent Company level,
Jonah is a consolidated subsidiary of the Parent Company. For financial
reporting purposes, our management determined that Jonah should be included
within the Investment in TEPPCO segment.
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Investment
in Energy Transfer Equity – Reflects the Parent Company’s
investments in Energy Transfer Equity and its general partner, LE
GP. These investments were acquired in May 2007. The
Parent Company accounts for these non-controlling investments using the
equity method of accounting.
|
Each of
the respective general partners of Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO and
Energy Transfer Equity have separate operating management and boards of
directors, with at least three independent directors. We control
Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO through our ownership of their
respective general partners. We do not control Energy Transfer Equity
or its general partner.
Segment revenues and expenses include
intersegment transactions, which are generally based on transactions made at
market-related rates. Our consolidated totals reflect the elimination
of intersegment transactions.
We classify equity in earnings of
unconsolidated affiliates as a component of operating income. Our
equity method investments in Energy Transfer Equity and LE GP are an integral
component of our primary business strategy to increase cash distributions to
unitholders. Also, the equity method investments of our consolidated
subsidiaries (i.e., Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO) represent an
integral component of their respective business strategies. Such
investments are a means by which Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO align
their commercial interests with those of customers and/or suppliers who are
joint owners in such entities. This method of operation enables
Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO to achieve favorable economies of scale
relative to the level of investment and business risk assumed versus what they
could accomplish on a stand-alone basis. Given the interrelated
nature of
such entities to the operations of Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO, we
believe the presentation of equity earnings from such unconsolidated affiliates
as a component of operating income is meaningful and appropriate.
Financial information presented for our
Investment in Enterprise Products Partners and Investment in TEPPCO business
segments was derived from the underlying consolidated financial statements of
EPGP and TEPPCO GP, respectively. Financial information presented for
our Investment in Energy Transfer Equity segment represents amounts we record in
connection with these equity method investments based on publicly available
information of Energy Transfer Equity.
The following table presents selected
business segment information for the periods indicated:
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|
Investment
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
in
|
|
|
|
|
|
in
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enterprise
|
|
|
Investment
|
|
|
Energy
|
|
|
Adjustments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Products
|
|
|
in
|
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|
Transfer
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|
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and
|
|
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Consolidated
|
|
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|
Partners
|
|
|
TEPPCO
|
|
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Equity
|
|
|
Eliminations
|
|
|
Totals
|
|
Revenues
from external customers:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year
ended December 31, 2008
|
|
$ |
20,769,206 |
|
|
$ |
13,685,120 |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
34,454,326 |
|
Year
ended December 31, 2007
|
|
|
16,297,409 |
|
|
|
9,831,309 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
26,128,718 |
|
Year
ended December 31, 2006
|
|
|
13,587,739 |
|
|
|
9,663,744 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
23,251,483 |
|
Revenues
from related parties: (1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year
ended December 31, 2008
|
|
|
1,136,450 |
|
|
|
80,785 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(201,985 |
) |
|
|
1,015,250 |
|
Year
ended December 31, 2007
|
|
|
652,716 |
|
|
|
31,367 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(99,032 |
) |
|
|
585,051 |
|
Year
ended December 31, 2006
|
|
|
403,230 |
|
|
|
27,576 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(70,143 |
) |
|
|
360,663 |
|
Total
revenues: (1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year
ended December 31, 2008
|
|
|
21,905,656 |
|
|
|
13,765,905 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(201,985 |
) |
|
|
35,469,576 |
|
Year
ended December 31, 2007
|
|
|
16,950,125 |
|
|
|
9,862,676 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(99,032 |
) |
|
|
26,713,769 |
|
Year
ended December 31, 2006
|
|
|
13,990,969 |
|
|
|
9,691,320 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(70,143 |
) |
|
|
23,612,146 |
|
Equity
in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year
ended December 31, 2008
|
|
|
37,734 |
|
|
|
(2,871 |
) |
|
|
31,298 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
66,161 |
|
Year
ended December 31, 2007
|
|
|
20,301 |
|
|
|
(9,793 |
) |
|
|
3,095 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
13,603 |
|
Year
ended December 31, 2006
|
|
|
21,327 |
|
|
|
3,886 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
25,213 |
|
Operating
income: (2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year
ended December 31, 2008
|
|
|
1,391,516 |
|
|
|
364,455 |
|
|
|
31,298 |
|
|
|
(12,182 |
) |
|
|
1,775,087 |
|
Year
ended December 31, 2007
|
|
|
873,248 |
|
|
|
332,273 |
|
|
|
3,095 |
|
|
|
(14,791 |
) |
|
|
1,193,825 |
|
Year
ended December 31, 2006
|
|
|
857,541 |
|
|
|
270,053 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(10,574 |
) |
|
|
1,117,020 |
|
Segment
assets: (3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At
December 31, 2008
|
|
|
17,775,434 |
|
|
|
6,083,352 |
|
|
|
1,598,876 |
|
|
|
(86,316 |
) |
|
|
25,371,346 |
|
At
December 31, 2007
|
|
|
16,372,652 |
|
|
|
5,801,710 |
|
|
|
1,653,463 |
|
|
|
(103,723 |
) |
|
|
23,724,102 |
|
Investments
in and advances
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
to
unconsolidated affiliates (see Note 12):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At
December 31, 2008
|
|
|
655,573 |
|
|
|
256,478 |
|
|
|
1,598,876 |
|
|
|
(225 |
) |
|
|
2,510,702 |
|
At
December 31, 2007
|
|
|
622,502 |
|
|
|
263,038 |
|
|
|
1,653,463 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
2,539,003 |
|
Intangible
Assets (see Note 14): (4)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At
December 31, 2008
|
|
|
855,416 |
|
|
|
950,931 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(17,300 |
) |
|
|
1,789,047 |
|
At
December 31, 2007
|
|
|
917,000 |
|
|
|
920,780 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(17,581 |
) |
|
|
1,820,199 |
|
Goodwill
(see Note 14):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At
December 31, 2008
|
|
|
706,884 |
|
|
|
307,033 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
1,013,917 |
|
At
December 31, 2007
|
|
|
591,651 |
|
|
|
215,929 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
807,580 |
|
(1)
Amounts
presented in the “Adjustments and Eliminations” column represent the
elimination of intercompany revenues.
(2)
Amounts
presented in the “Adjustments and Eliminations” column represent the
elimination of intercompany revenues and expenses.
(3)
Amounts
presented in the “Adjustments and Eliminations” column represent the
elimination of intercompany receivables and investment balances, as well
as the elimination of contracts Enterprise Products Partners purchased in
cash from TEPPCO in 2006.
(4)
Amounts
presented in the “Adjustments and Eliminations” column represent the
elimination of contracts Enterprise Products Partners purchased from
TEPPCO in 2006.
|
|
The
following tables present total segment revenues by business line for each of
Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO for the periods
indicated. Enterprise Products Partners operates in four primary
business lines: (i) NGL Pipelines & Services; (ii) Onshore Natural Gas
Pipelines & Services; (iii) Offshore Pipelines & Services; and (iv)
Petrochemical Services. At December 31, 2007, TEPPCO operated in
three business lines: (i) Downstream, (ii) Upstream and (iii)
Midstream. Effective February 1, 2008, TEPPCO added a fourth business line,
Marine Services, with the acquisition of its marine services business (see Note
13).
Enterprise
Products Partners
|
|
Business
Line
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Onshore
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NGL
|
|
|
Natural
Gas
|
|
|
Offshore
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pipelines
|
|
|
Pipelines
|
|
|
Pipelines
|
|
|
Petrochemical
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment
|
|
|
|
&
Services
|
|
|
&
Services
|
|
|
&
Services
|
|
|
Services
|
|
|
Eliminations
|
|
|
Totals
|
|
Year
ended December 31, 2008
|
|
$ |
23,329,840 |
|
|
$ |
4,406,029 |
|
|
$ |
269,828 |
|
|
$ |
3,322,339 |
|
|
$ |
(9,422,380 |
) |
|
$ |
21,905,656 |
|
Year
ended December 31, 2007
|
|
|
17,817,940 |
|
|
|
2,261,836 |
|
|
|
225,770 |
|
|
|
2,699,702 |
|
|
|
(6,055,123 |
) |
|
|
16,950,125 |
|
Year
ended December 31, 2006
|
|
|
14,321,719 |
|
|
|
1,812,027 |
|
|
|
147,542 |
|
|
|
2,340,022 |
|
|
|
(4,630,341 |
) |
|
|
13,990,969 |
|
Sales of tangible products, primarily
NGLs, natural gas and petrochemicals, by Enterprise Products Partners aggregated
$20.38 billion, $15.37 billion and $12.43 billion for the years ended December
31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
TEPPCO
|
|
Business
Line
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marine
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment
|
|
|
|
Downstream
|
|
|
Upstream
|
|
|
Midstream
|
|
|
Services
|
|
|
Eliminations
|
|
|
Totals
|
|
Year
ended December 31, 2008
|
|
$ |
372,964 |
|
|
$ |
12,873,426 |
|
|
$ |
355,242 |
|
|
$ |
164,274 |
|
|
$ |
(192 |
) |
|
$ |
13,765,714 |
|
Year
ended December 31, 2007
|
|
|
362,691 |
|
|
|
9,173,683 |
|
|
|
326,381 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(549 |
) |
|
|
9,862,206 |
|
Year
ended December 31, 2006
|
|
|
304,301 |
|
|
|
9,109,629 |
|
|
|
361,399 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(7,714 |
) |
|
|
9,767,615 |
|
Sales of
petroleum products, primarily crude oil, by TEPPCO were $12.84 billion, $9.15
billion and $9.08 billion for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
In
general, we recognize revenue from our customers when all of the following
criteria are met: (i) persuasive evidence of an exchange arrangement
exists, (ii) delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, (iii) the
buyer’s price is fixed or determinable and (iv) collectibility is reasonably
assured. The following information provides a general description of
the underlying revenue recognition policies of Enterprise Products Partners and
TEPPCO.
Enterprise
Products Partners
Enterprise
Products Partners operates in four primary business lines: (i) NGL Pipelines
& Services; (ii) Onshore Natural Gas Pipelines & Services; (iii)
Offshore Pipelines & Services; and (iv) Petrochemical Services.
NGL
Pipelines & Services. This aspect of Enterprise Products
Partners’ business generates revenues primarily from the provision of natural
gas processing, NGL pipeline transportation, product storage and NGL
fractionation services and the sale of NGLs. In Enterprise Products
Partners’ natural gas processing activities, it enters into margin-band
contracts, percent-of-liquids contracts, percent-of-proceeds contracts,
fee-based contracts, hybrid-contracts (i.e. mixed percent-of-liquids and
fee-based) and keepwhole contracts. Under margin-band and keepwhole
contracts, Enterprise Products Partners takes ownership of mixed NGLs extracted
from the producer’s natural gas stream and recognize revenue when
the
extracted NGLs are delivered and sold to customers under NGL marketing sales
contracts. In the same way, revenue is recognized under Enterprise
Products Partners’ percent-of-liquids contracts except that the volume of NGLs
it extracts and sells is less than the total amount of NGLs extracted from the
producers’ natural gas. Under a percent-of-liquids contract, the
producer retains title to the remaining percentage of mixed NGLs Enterprise
Products Partners extracts. Under a percent-of-proceeds contract,
Enterprise Products Partners shares in the proceeds generated from the sale of
the mixed NGLs it extracts on the producer’s behalf. If a cash fee
for natural gas processing services is stipulated by the contract, Enterprise
Products Partners records revenue when the natural gas has been processed and
delivered to the producer.
Enterprise
Products Partners’ NGL marketing activities generate revenues from the sale of
NGLs obtained from either its natural gas processing activities or purchased
from third parties on the open market. Revenues from these sales
contracts are recognized when the NGLs are delivered to customers. In
general, the sales prices referenced in these contracts are market-related and
can include pricing differentials for such factors as delivery
location.
Under
Enterprise Products Partners’ NGL pipeline transportation contracts and tariffs,
revenue is recognized when volumes have been delivered to
customers. Revenue from these contracts and tariffs is generally
based upon a fixed fee per gallon of liquids transported multiplied by the
volume delivered. Transportation fees charged under these
arrangements are either contractual or regulated by governmental agencies such
as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”).
Enterprise
Products Partners collects storage revenues under its NGL and related product
storage contracts based on the number of days a customer has volumes in storage
multiplied by a storage rate (as defined in each contract). Under
these contracts, revenue is recognized ratably over the length of the storage
period. With respect to capacity reservation agreements, Enterprise
Products Partners collects a fee for reserving storage capacity for customers in
its underground storage wells. Under these agreements, revenue is
recognized ratably over the specified reservation period. Excess
storage fees are collected when customers exceed their reservation amounts and
are recognized in the period of occurrence.
Revenues
from product terminalling activities (applicable to Enterprise Products
Partners’ import and export operations) are recorded in the period such services
are provided. Customers are typically billed a fee per unit of volume
loaded or unloaded. With respect to export operations, revenues may
also include demand payments charged to customers who reserve the use of
Enterprise Products Partners’ export facilities and later fail to use
them. Demand fee revenues are recognized when the customer fails to
utilize the specified export facility as required by contract.
Enterprise
Products Partners enters into fee-based arrangements and percent-of-liquids
contracts for the NGL fractionation services it provides to
customers. Under such fee-based arrangements, revenue is recognized
in the period services are provided. Such fee-based arrangements
typically include a base-processing fee (typically in cents per gallon) that is
subject to adjustment for changes in certain fractionation expenses (e.g.
natural gas fuel costs). Certain of Enterprise Products Partners’ NGL
fractionation facilities generate revenues using percent-of-liquids
contracts. Such contracts allow Enterprise Products Partners to
retain a contractually determined percentage of the customer’s fractionated NGL
products as payment for services rendered. Revenue is recognized from
such arrangements when Enterprise Products Partners sells and delivers the
retained NGLs to customers.
Onshore
Natural Gas Pipelines & Services. This aspect of
Enterprise Products Partners’ business generates revenues primarily from the
provision of natural gas pipeline transportation and gathering services; natural
gas storage services; and from the sale of natural gas. Certain of
Enterprise Products Partners’ onshore natural gas pipelines generate revenues
from transportation and gathering agreements as customers are billed a fee per
unit of volume multiplied by the volume delivered or gathered. Fees
charged under these arrangements are either contractual or regulated by
governmental agencies such as the FERC. Revenues associated with
these fee-based contracts are recognized when volumes have been
delivered.
Revenues
from natural gas storage contracts typically have two components: (i) a monthly
demand payment, which is associated with storage capacity reservations, and (ii)
a storage fee per unit of volume
held at
each location. Revenues from demand payments are recognized during
the period the customer reserves capacity. Revenues from storage fees
are recognized in the period the services are provided.
Enterprise
Products Partners’ natural gas marketing activities generate revenues from the
sale of natural gas purchased from third parties on the open
market. Revenues from these sales contracts are recognized when the
natural gas is delivered to customers. In general, the sales prices
referenced in these contracts are market-related and can include pricing
differentials for such factors as delivery location.
Offshore
Pipelines & Services. This aspect of Enterprise Products
Partners’ business generates revenues from the provision of offshore natural gas
and crude oil pipeline transportation services and related offshore platform
operations. Enterprise Products Partners’ offshore natural gas
pipelines generate revenues through fee-based contracts or tariffs where
revenues are equal to the product of a fee per unit of volume (typically in
million British thermal units) multiplied by the volume of natural gas
transported. Revenues associated with these fee-based contracts and
tariffs are recognized when natural gas volumes have been
delivered.
The
majority of Enterprise Products Partners’ revenues from its offshore crude oil
pipelines are generated based upon a transportation fee per unit of volume
(typically in barrels) multiplied by the volume delivered to the
customer. A substantial portion of these revenues are attributable to
long-term transportation agreements with producers. The revenues
Enterprise Products Partners earns for its services are dependent on the volume
of crude oil to be delivered and the level of fees charged to
customers.
Revenues
from offshore platform services generally consist of demand payments and
commodity charges. Revenues from platform services are recognized in
the period the services are provided. Demand fees represent charges
to customers served by Enterprise Products Partners’ offshore platforms
regardless of the volume the customer delivers to the
platform. Revenues from commodity charges are based on a fixed-fee
per unit of volume delivered to the platform (typically per million cubic feet
of natural gas or per barrel of crude oil) multiplied by the total volume of
each product delivered. Contracts for platform services often include
both demand payments and commodity charges, but demand payments generally expire
after a contractually fixed period of time and in some instances may be subject
to cancellation by customers. Enterprise Products Partners’
Independence Hub and Marco Polo offshore platforms earn a significant amount of
demand revenues. The Independence Hub platform will earn $54.6
million of demand revenues annually through March 2012. The Marco
Polo platform will earn $2.1 million of demand revenues monthly through March
2009.
Petrochemical
Services. This aspect of Enterprise Products Partners’
business generates revenues from the provision of isomerization and propylene
fractionation services and the sale of certain petrochemical products.
Enterprise Products Partners’ isomerization and propylene fractionation
operations generate revenues through fee-based arrangements, which typically
include a base-processing fee per gallon (or other unit of measurement) subject
to adjustment for changes in natural gas, electricity and labor costs, which are
the primary costs of propylene fractionation and isomerization
operations. Revenues resulting from such agreements are recognized in
the period the services are provided.
Enterprise
Products Partners’ petrochemical marketing activities generate revenues from the
sale of propylene and other petrochemicals obtained from either its processing
activities or purchased from third parties on the open
market. Revenues from these sales contracts are recognized when the
petrochemicals are delivered to customers. In general, the sales
prices referenced in these contracts are market-related and can include pricing
differentials for such factors as delivery location.
TEPPCO
At
December 31, 2008, TEPPCO operated in four business lines: (i) Downstream, (ii)
Upstream, (iii) Midstream and (iv) Marine Services.
Downstream.
This aspect of TEPPCO’s business generates revenues primarily from the provision
of pipeline transportation (LPGs and refined products), product storage,
terminalling and marketing
services.
Under TEPPCO’s LPG and refined products pipeline transportation tariffs, revenue
is recognized when volumes have been delivered to customers. Revenue
from these tariffs is generally based upon a fixed fee per barrel of liquids
transported multiplied by the volume delivered. Transportation fees
charged under these arrangements are either contractual or regulated by
governmental agencies such as the FERC.
TEPPCO
collects storage revenues under its refined products and LPG storage contracts
based on the number of days a customer has volumes in storage multiplied by a
storage rate (as defined in each contract). Under these contracts,
revenue is recognized ratably over the length of the storage
period. Revenues from product terminalling activities are recorded in
the period such services are provided. Customers are typically billed
a fee per unit of volume loaded.
TEPPCO’s
refined products marketing activities generate revenues from the sale of refined
products acquired from third parties. Revenues from these sales
contracts are recognized when the refined products are delivered to
customers. In general, the sales prices referenced in these contracts
are market-related.
Upstream. This aspect of TEPPCO’s
business generates revenues primarily from the provision of crude oil gathering,
transportation, marketing and storage services and the distribution of
lubrication oils and specialty chemical products. TEPPCO generates
crude oil gathering, transportation and storage revenues from contractual
agreements and tariffs. Revenue from crude oil gathering and
transportation tariffs is generally based upon a fixed fee per barrel
transported multiplied by the volume delivered. Crude oil storage
revenues are recognized ratably over the length of the storage period based on
the storage fees specified in each contract. Certain of TEPPCO’s
crude oil pipeline transportation rates are regulated by the FERC.
TEPPCO’s
crude oil marketing activities generate revenues from the sale of crude oil
acquired from third parties. Revenue from these sales contracts is
recognized when the crude is delivered to customers. In general, the
sales prices referenced in these contracts are market-related.
Midstream. This
aspect of TEPPCO’s business generates revenues primarily from the provision of
natural gas gathering and NGL transportation and fractionation
services. TEPPCO’s natural gas gathering systems generate revenues
from gathering agreements where shippers are billed a fee per unit of volume
gathered (typically in MMBtus or Mcf) multiplied by the volume
gathered. The gathering fees charged under these arrangements are
contractual. Revenues associated with these fee-based contracts are
recognized when volumes are received by the customer.
Under
TEPPCO’s NGL pipeline transportation contracts and tariffs, revenue is
recognized when volumes have been delivered to customers. Revenue
from these contracts and tariffs is generally based upon a fixed fee per barrel
of liquids transported multiplied by the volume
delivered. Transportation fees charged under these arrangements are
either contractual or regulated by governmental agencies such as the
FERC.
TEPPCO provides NGL fractionation
services under a fee-based arrangement. Under the fee-based
arrangement, revenue is recognized based upon the volume of NGLs fractionated at
a fixed rate per gallon.
Marine
Services. This aspect of TEPPCO’s
business generates revenues primarily from the provision of inland and offshore
transportation of refined products, crude oil, condensate, asphalt, heavy fuel
oil and other heated oil products via boats and tank barges. Under
TEPPCO’s marine services transportation contracts, revenue is recognized over
the transit time of individual tows as determined on an individual contract
basis, which is generally less than ten days in duration. Revenue
from these contracts is generally based on set day rates or a set fee per cargo
movement.
We
account for equity awards in accordance with SFAS 123(R), Share-Based
Payment. SFAS 123(R) requires us to recognize compensation expense
related to equity awards based on the fair value of the award at grant
date. The fair value of restricted unit awards is based on the market
price of the underlying common units on the date of grant. The fair value of
other equity awards is estimated using the Black-Scholes option
pricing model. The fair value of an equity-classified award (such as
a restricted unit award) is amortized to earnings on a straight-line basis over
the requisite service or vesting period. Compensation expense for
liability-classified awards (such as unit appreciation rights (“UARs”)) is
recognized over the requisite service or vesting period of an award based on the
fair value of the award remeasured at each reporting
period. Liability-classified awards are settled in cash upon
vesting.
As used
in the context of the EPCO plans, the term “restricted unit” represents a
time-vested unit under SFAS 123(R). Such awards are non-vested until
the required service period expires.
Upon our
adoption of SFAS 123(R), we recognized, as a benefit, a cumulative effect of a
change in accounting principle of $1.5 million, of which $1.4 million was
allocated to minority interest in the Partnership’s consolidated financial
statements, based on the SFAS 123(R) requirement to recognize compensation
expense based upon the grant date fair value of an equity award and the
application of an estimated forfeiture rate to unvested awards. In
addition, previously recognized deferred compensation expense of $14.6 million
related to our restricted common units was reversed on January 1,
2006.
Prior to
our adoption of SFAS 123(R), we did not recognize any compensation expense
related to unit options; however, compensation expense was recognized in
connection with awards granted by EPE Unit I and the issuance of restricted
units. The effects of applying SFAS 123(R) during the year ended
December 31, 2006 did not have a material effect on our net income or basic and
diluted earnings per unit. Since we adopted SFAS 123(R) using the modified
prospective method, we have not restated the financial statements of prior
periods to reflect this new standard.
The
following tables summarize our equity compensation amounts by plan during each
of the periods indicated:
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Parent
Company:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPGP
UARs
|
|
$ |
(10 |
) |
|
$ |
97 |
|
|
$ |
23 |
|
EPCO
Employee Partnerships
|
|
|
335 |
|
|
|
104 |
|
|
|
26 |
|
EPCO
1998 Long-term Incentive Plan (“1998 Plan”)
|
|
|
437 |
|
|
|
165 |
|
|
|
149 |
|
Total
Parent Company
|
|
|
762 |
|
|
|
366 |
|
|
|
198 |
|
Enterprise
Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPCO
Employee Partnerships
|
|
|
5,535 |
|
|
|
3,911 |
|
|
|
2,146 |
|
Enterprise
Products Partners 2008 Long-Term
Incentive
Plan (“2008 EPD LTIP”)
|
|
|
87 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
EPCO
1998 Plan (1)
|
|
|
9,255 |
|
|
|
12,168 |
|
|
|
5,720 |
|
DEP GP
UARs
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
69 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
Enterprise Products Partners
|
|
|
14,878 |
|
|
|
16,148 |
|
|
|
7,866 |
|
TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPCO
Employee Partnerships (2)
|
|
|
793 |
|
|
|
426 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
EPCO
1998 Plan (2)
|
|
|
1,038 |
|
|
|
636 |
|
|
|
201 |
|
TEPPCO
1994 Long-Term Incentive Plan
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
4 |
|
TEPPCO
1999 Phantom Unit Retention Plan (“1999 Plan”)
|
|
|
(128 |
) |
|
|
865 |
|
|
|
885 |
|
TEPPCO
2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“2000 LTIP”)
|
|
|
(265 |
) |
|
|
397 |
|
|
|
352 |
|
TEPPCO
2005 Phantom Unit Plan (“2005 Phantom Unit Plan”)
|
|
|
(144 |
) |
|
|
976 |
|
|
|
1,152 |
|
EPCO
2006 TPP Long-Term Incentive Plan (“2006 LTIP”)
|
|
|
1,187 |
|
|
|
482 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
TEPPCO
|
|
|
2,481 |
|
|
|
3,782 |
|
|
|
2,594 |
|
Total
compensation expense
|
|
$ |
18,121 |
|
|
$ |
20,296 |
|
|
$ |
10,658 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Amounts
presented for the year ended December 31, 2007 include $4.6 million
associated with the resignation of a former chief executive officer of
Enterprise Products Partners’ general partner.
(2)
Represents
amounts allocated to TEPPCO in connection with the use of shared services
under an Administrative Services Agreement (“ASA”) with
EPCO.
|
|
EPGP
UARs
The
non-employee directors of EPGP have been granted UARs in the form of letter
agreements. These liability awards are not part of any established
long-term incentive plan of EPCO, the Parent Company or Enterprise Products
Partners. These UARs entitle each non-employee director to receive a
cash payment on the vesting date equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market
value of the Parent Company’s Units (determined as of a future vesting date)
over the grant date fair value. These UARs are accounted for similar
to liability awards under SFAS 123(R) since they will be settled with
cash.
At
December 31, 2008 and 2007, we had a total of 90,000 outstanding UARs granted to
non-employee directors of EPGP that cliff vest in 2011. If a director
resigns prior to vesting, his UAR awards are forfeited. The grant
date fair value with respect to 10,000 of the UARs is based on a Unit price of
$35.71. The grant date fair value with respect to the remaining
80,000 UARS is based on a Unit price of $34.10.
EPCO
Employee Partnerships
As
long-term incentive arrangements, EPCO has granted its key employees who perform
services on behalf of us, EPCO and other affiliated companies, “profits
interests” in seven limited partnerships (the “Employee Partnerships”), which
are private company affiliates of EPCO. The employees were issued
Class B limited partner interests and admitted as Class B limited partners in
the Employee Partnerships without capital contributions. As discussed
and defined above, the Employee Partnerships are: EPE Unit I; EPE
Unit II; EPE Unit III; Enterprise Unit; EPCO Unit; TEPPCO Unit and TEPPCO Unit
II. Enterprise Unit, EPCO Unit, TEPPCO Unit and TEPPCO
Unit II were formed in 2008.
The
Class B limited partner interests entitle each holder to participate in the
appreciation in value of the publicly traded limited partner units owned by the
underlying Employee Partnership. With the exception of TEPPCO Unit
and TEPPCO Unit II, the Employee Partnerships own either Enterprise GP Holdings
units (“EPE units”) or Enterprise Products Partners’ common units (“EPD units”)
or both. TEPPCO Unit and TEPPCO Unit II own common units of TEPPCO
(“TPP units”). The Class B limited partner interests are subject to
forfeiture if the participating employee’s employment with EPCO is terminated
prior to vesting, with customary exceptions for death, disability and certain
retirements and upon certain change of control events.
We
account for the profits interest awards under SFAS 123(R). As a
result, the compensation expense attributable to these awards is based on the
estimated grant date fair value of each award. An allocated portion
of the fair value of these equity-based awards is charged to us under the ASA
(see Note 17). We are not responsible for reimbursing EPCO for any
expenses of the Employee Partnerships, including the value of any contributions
of cash or limited partner units made by private company affiliates of EPCO at
the formation of each Employee Partnership. However, pursuant to the
ASA, beginning in February 2009 we will reimburse EPCO for our allocated share
of distributions of cash or securities made to the Class B limited partners of
EPCO Unit and TEPPCO Unit II.
Each
Employee Partnership has a single Class A limited partner, which is a
privately-held indirect subsidiary of EPCO, and a varying number of Class B
limited partners. At formation, the Class A limited partner either
contributes cash or limited partner units it owns to the Employee
Partnership. If cash is contributed, the Employee Partnership
uses these funds to acquire limited partner units on the open
market. In general, the Class A limited partner earns a preferred
return (either fixed or variable depending on the partnership agreement) on its
investment (“Capital Base”) in the Employee Partnership and any residual
quarterly cash amounts, if any, are distributed to the Class B limited
partners. Upon liquidation, Employee Partnership assets having a fair
market value equal to the Class A limited partner’s Capital Base, plus any
preferred return for the period in which liquidation occurs, will be distributed
to the Class A limited partner. Any remaining assets will be
distributed to the Class B limited partner(s) as a residual profits
interest.
The
following table summarizes key elements of each Employee Partnership as of
December 31, 2008:
|
|
Initial
|
Class
A
|
|
|
|
|
|
Class
A
|
Partner
|
Award
|
Grant
Date
|
Unrecognized
|
Employee
|
Description
|
Capital
|
Preferred
|
Vesting
|
Fair
Value
|
Compensation
|
Partnership
|
of
Assets
|
Base
|
Return
|
Date
(1)
|
of
Awards (2)
|
Cost
(3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPE
Unit I
|
1,821,428
EPE units
|
$51.0
million
|
4.50% to
5.725% (4)
|
November
2012
|
$17.0
million
|
$9.3
million
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPE
Unit II
|
40,725
EPE units
|
$1.5
million
|
4.50% to
5.725% (4)
|
February
2014
|
$0.3
million
|
$0.2
million
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPE
Unit III
|
4,421,326
EPE units
|
$170.0
million
|
3.80%
|
May
2014
|
$32.7
million
|
$25.1
million
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enterprise
Unit
|
881,836
EPE units
844,552
EPD units
|
$51.5
million
|
5.00%
|
February
2014
|
$4.2
million
|
$3.7
million
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPCO
Unit
|
779,102
EPD units
|
$17.0
million
|
4.87%
|
November
2013
|
$7.2
million
|
$7.0
million
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TEPPCO
Unit
|
241,380
TPP units
|
$7.0
million
|
4.50%
to
5.725%
|
September
2013
|
$2.1
million
|
$1.7
million
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TEPPCO
Unit II
|
123,185
TPP units
|
$3.1
million
|
6.31%
|
November
2013
|
$1.4
million
|
$1.4
million
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
The
vesting date may be accelerated for change of control and other events as
described in the underlying partnership agreements.
(2)
Our
estimated grant date fair values were determined using a Black-Scholes
option pricing model and reflect adjustments for forfeitures, regrants and
other modifications. See following table for information
regarding our fair value assumptions.
(3)
Unrecognized
compensation cost represents the total future expense to be recognized by
the EPCO group of companies as of December 31, 2008. We
will recognize our allocated share of such costs in the
future. The period over which the unrecognized
compensation cost will be recognized is as follows for each Employee
Partnership: 3.9 years, EPE Unit I; 5.1 years, EPE Unit II; 5.4
years, EPE Unit III; 5.1 years, Enterprise Unit; 4.9 years, EPCO Unit; 4.7
years, TEPPCO Unit; and 4.9 years, TEPPCO Unit II.
(4)
In
July 2008, the Class A preferred return was reduced from 6.25% to the
floating amounts presented.
|
The following table summarizes the
assumptions we used in deriving the estimated grant date fair value for each of
the Employee Partnerships using a Black-Scholes option pricing
model:
|
Expected
|
Risk-Free
|
|
Expected
|
|
Expected
|
Employee
|
Life
|
Interest
|
|
Distribution
Yield
|
|
Unit
Price Volatility
|
Partnership
|
of
Award
|
Rate
|
|
EPE/EPD
units
|
TPP
units
|
|
EPE/EPD
units
|
TPP
units
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPE
Unit I
|
3
to 5 years
|
2.7%
to 5.0%
|
|
3.0%
to 4.8%
|
n/a
|
|
16.6%
to 30.0%
|
n/a
|
EPE
Unit II
|
5
to 6 years
|
3.3%
to 4.4%
|
|
3.8%
to 4.8%
|
n/a
|
|
18.7%
to 19.4%
|
n/a
|
EPE
Unit III
|
4
to 6 years
|
3.2%
to 4.9%
|
|
4.0%
to 4.8%
|
n/a
|
|
16.6%
to 19.4%
|
n/a
|
Enterprise
Unit
|
6
years
|
2.7%
to 3.9%
|
|
4.5%
to 8.0%
|
n/a
|
|
15.3%
to 22.1%
|
n/a
|
EPCO
Unit
|
5
years
|
2.4%
|
|
11.1%
|
n/a
|
|
50.0%
|
n/a
|
TEPPCO
Unit
|
5
years
|
2.9%
|
|
n/a
|
7.3%
|
|
n/a
|
16.4%
|
TEPPCO
Unit II
|
5
years
|
2.4%
|
|
n/a
|
13.9%
|
|
n/a
|
66.4%
|
EPCO
1998 Plan
The EPCO
1998 Plan provides for the issuance of up to 7,000,000 common units of
Enterprise Products Partners. After giving effect to
outstanding option awards at December 31, 2008 and the issuance and forfeiture
of restricted unit awards through December 31, 2008, a total of 814,764
additional common units of Enterprise Products Partners could be issued under
the EPCO 1998 Plan.
Enterprise
Products Partners’ unit option
awards. Under
the EPCO 1998 Plan, non-qualified incentive options to purchase a fixed number
of Enterprise Products Partners’ common units may be granted to key employees of
EPCO who perform management, administrative or operational functions for
Enterprise Products Partners. When issued, the exercise price of each
option grant is equivalent to the market price of the underlying equity on the
date of grant. During 2008, in response to changes in the federal tax
code applicable to certain types of equity awards, Enterprise Products Partners
amended the terms of certain of its outstanding unit options. In general,
the expiration dates of these awards were modified from May and August 2017 to
December 2012.
In order
to fund its obligations under the EPCO 1998 Plan, EPCO may purchase common units
at fair value either in the open market or directly from Enterprise Products
Partners. When EPCO employees exercise their options, Enterprise
Products Partners reimburses EPCO for the cash difference between the strike
price paid by the employee and the actual purchase price paid by EPCO for the
common units issued to the employee.
The fair
value of each option is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes
option pricing model, which incorporates various assumptions including expected
life of the options, risk-free interest rates, expected distribution yield on
Enterprise Products Partners’ common units, and expected unit price volatility
of Enterprise Products Partners’ common units. In
general, the expected life of an option represents the period of time that the
option is expected to be outstanding based on an analysis of historical option
activity. Enterprise Products Partners’ selection of a risk-free
interest rate is based on published yields for U.S. government securities with
comparable terms. The expected distribution yield and unit price
volatility assumptions are based on several factors, which include an analysis
of Enterprise Products Partners’ historical unit price volatility and
distribution yield over a period equal to the expected life of the
option.
The
following table presents option activity under the EPCO 1998 Plan for the
periods indicated:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
|
average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
average
|
|
|
remaining
|
|
|
Aggregate
|
|
|
|
Number
of
|
|
|
strike
price
|
|
|
contractual
|
|
|
intrinsic
|
|
|
|
units
|
|
|
(dollars/unit)
|
|
|
term
(in years)
|
|
|
value (1)
|
|
Outstanding
at December 31, 2005
|
|
|
2,082,000 |
|
|
$ |
22.16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted
(2)
|
|
|
590,000 |
|
|
|
24.85 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(211,000 |
) |
|
|
15.95 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(45,000 |
) |
|
|
24.28 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
at December 31, 2006
|
|
|
2,416,000 |
|
|
|
23.32 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted
(3)
|
|
|
895,000 |
|
|
|
30.63 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(256,000 |
) |
|
|
19.26 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Settled
or forfeited (4)
|
|
|
(740,000 |
) |
|
|
24.62 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at December 31,
2007 (5)
|
|
|
2,315,000 |
|
|
|
26.18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(61,500 |
) |
|
|
20.38 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(85,000 |
) |
|
|
26.72 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
at December 31, 2008
|
|
|
2,168,500 |
|
|
|
26.32 |
|
|
|
5.19 |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
Options
exercisable at:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December
31, 2006
|
|
|
591,000 |
|
|
$ |
20.85 |
|
|
|
5.11 |
|
|
$ |
4,808 |
|
December
31, 2007
|
|
|
335,000 |
|
|
$ |
22.06 |
|
|
|
3.96 |
|
|
$ |
3,291 |
|
December
31, 2008 (6)
|
|
|
548,500 |
|
|
$ |
21.47 |
|
|
|
4.08 |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Aggregate
intrinsic value reflects fully vested unit options at the date
indicated.
(2)
The
total grant date fair value of these awards was $1.2 million based on the
following assumptions: (i) expected life of options of seven years; (ii)
risk-free interest rate of 5.0%; (iii) expected distribution yield on
Enterprise Products Partners’ common units of 8.9%; and (iv) expected unit
price volatility on Enterprise Products Partners’ common units of
23.5%.
(3)
The
total grant date fair value of these awards was $2.4 million based on the
following assumptions: (i) expected life of options of seven years; (ii)
weighted-average risk-free interest rate of 4.8%; (iii) weighted-average
expected distribution yield on Enterprise Products Partners’ common units
of 8.4%; and (iv) weighted-average expected unit price volatility on
Enterprise Products Partners’ common units of 23.2%.
(4)
Includes
the settlement of 710,000 options in connection with the resignation of
the former chief executive officer of Enterprise Products Partners’
general partner.
(5)
During
2008, Enterprise Products Partners amended the terms of certain of its
outstanding unit options. In general, the expiration dates of these
awards were modified from May and August 2017 to December
2012.
(6)
Enterprise
Products Partners was committed to issue 2,168,500 and 2,315,000 of its
common units at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, if all
outstanding options awarded under the EPCO 1998 Plan (as of these dates)
were exercised. An additional 365,000, 480,000, and 775,000 of these
options are exercisable in 2009, 2010 and 2012,
respectively.
|
|
The total
intrinsic value of option awards exercised during the years ended December 31,
2008, 2007 and 2006 were $0.6 million, $3.0 million and $2.2 million,
respectively. During the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and
2006, we recognized $0.4 million, $4.4 million and $0.7 million, respectively,
of compensation expense in connection with unit option awards under the EPCO
1998 Plan.
At December
31, 2008, there was an estimated $1.7 million of total unrecognized compensation
cost related to nonvested unit options granted under the EPCO 1998
Plan. We expect to recognize our share of this cost over a
weighted-average period of 2.1 years in accordance with the ASA. At
December 31, 2007, there was an estimated $2.8 million of total unrecognized
compensation cost related to nonvested options granted under the EPCO 1998
Plan.
During
the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, Enterprise Products
Partners received cash of $0.7 million, $7.5 million and $5.6
million, respectively, from the exercise of unit
options. Conversely, its option-related reimbursements to EPCO were
$0.6 million, $3.0 million and $1.8 million, respectively.
Enterprise
Products Partners’ restricted unit
awards. Under the EPCO 1998 Plan, Enterprise Products Partners
may also issue restricted common units to key employees of EPCO and directors of
EPGP. In general, the restricted unit awards allow recipients to
acquire the underlying common units at no
cost to
the recipient once a defined cliff vesting period expires, subject to certain
forfeiture provisions. The restrictions on such units generally lapse four
years from the date of grant. Compensation expense is recognized on a
straight-line basis over the vesting period. Fair value of such
restricted units is based on the market price of the underlying common units on
the date of grant and an allowance for estimated forfeitures.
Each
recipient is also entitled to cash distributions equal to the product of the
number of restricted units outstanding for the participant and the cash
distribution per unit paid by Enterprise Products Partners to its
unitholders. Since restricted units are issued securities of
Enterprise Products Partners, such distributions are reflected as a component of
cash distributions to minority interests as shown on our Statements of
Consolidated Cash Flows. Enterprise Products Partners paid $3.9
million, $2.6 million and $1.6 million in cash distributions with respect to
restricted units during the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
The
following table summarizes information regarding Enterprise Products Partners’
restricted unit awards for the periods indicated:
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
average
grant
|
|
|
|
Number
of
|
|
|
date
fair value
|
|
|
|
units
|
|
|
per unit (1)
|
|
Restricted
units at December 31, 2005
|
|
|
751,604 |
|
|
|
|
Granted
(2)
|
|
|
466,400 |
|
|
$ |
25.21 |
|
Vested
|
|
|
(42,136 |
) |
|
$ |
24.02 |
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(70,631 |
) |
|
$ |
22.86 |
|
Restricted
units at December 31, 2006
|
|
|
1,105,237 |
|
|
|
|
|
Granted
(3)
|
|
|
738,040 |
|
|
$ |
25.61 |
|
Vested
|
|
|
(4,884 |
) |
|
$ |
25.28 |
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(36,800 |
) |
|
$ |
23.51 |
|
Settled
(4)
|
|
|
(113,053 |
) |
|
$ |
23.24 |
|
Restricted
units at December 31, 2007
|
|
|
1,688,540 |
|
|
|
|
|
Granted
(5)
|
|
|
766,200 |
|
|
$ |
24.93 |
|
Vested
|
|
|
(285,363 |
) |
|
$ |
23.11 |
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(88,777 |
) |
|
$ |
26.98 |
|
Restricted
units at December 31, 2008
|
|
|
2,080,600 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Determined
by dividing the aggregate grant date fair value of awards by the number of
awards issued. The weighted-average grant date fair value per unit
for forfeited and vested awards is determined before an allowance for
forfeitures.
(2)
Aggregate
grant date fair value of restricted unit awards issued during 2006 was
$10.8 million based on grant date market prices of Enterprise Products
Partners’ common units ranging from $24.85 to $27.45 per unit and
estimated forfeiture rates ranging from 7.8% to 9.8%.
(3)
Aggregate
grant date fair value of restricted unit awards issued during 2007 was
$18.9 million based on grant date market prices of Enterprise Products
Partners’ common units ranging from $28.00 to $31.83 per unit and
estimated forfeiture rates ranging from 4.6% to 17.0%.
(4)
Reflects
the settlement of restricted units in connection with the resignation of
the former chief executive officer Enterprise Products Partners’ general
partner.
(5)
Aggregate
grant date fair value of restricted unit awards issued during 2008 was
$19.1 million based on grant date market prices of Enterprise Products
Partners’ common units ranging from $25.00 to $32.31 per unit and
estimated forfeiture rate of 17.0%.
|
|
The total
fair value of restricted unit awards that vested during the years ended December
31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 was $6.6 million, $0.1 million and $1.1 million,
respectively. During the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and
2006, we recognized $8.8 million, $7.7 million and $5.0 million, respectively,
of compensation expense in connection with restricted unit awards under the EPCO
1998 Plan.
At December
31, 2008, there was an estimated $31.5 million of total unrecognized
compensation cost related to restricted common units of Enterprise Products
Partners granted under the EPCO 1998 Plan. We expect to recognize our
share of this cost over a weighted-average period of 2.3 years in accordance
with the
ASA. At December 31, 2007, there was an estimated $25.5 million of
total unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted unit awards granted
under the EPCO 1998 Plan.
Enterprise
Products Partners’ phantom unit awards. The EPCO 1998 Plan
also provides for the issuance of phantom unit awards. These
liability awards are automatically redeemed for cash based on the vested portion
of the fair market value of the phantom units at redemption dates in each
award. The fair market value of each phantom unit award is equal to
the market closing price of Enterprise Products Partners’ common units on the
redemption date. Each participant is required to redeem their phantom
units as they vest, which typically is four years from the date the award is
granted. No phantom unit awards have been issued to date under the
EPCO 1998 Plan.
The EPCO 1998 Plan also provides for
the award of distribution equivalent rights (“DERs”) in tandem with its phantom
unit awards. A DER entitles the participant to cash
distributions equal to the product of the number of phantom units outstanding
for the participant and the cash distribution rate paid by Enterprise Product
Partners to its unitholders.
EPD
2008 LTIP
On January 29, 2008, the
unitholders of Enterprise Products Partners approved the EPD 2008 LTIP, which
provides for awards of Enterprise Products Partners’ common units and other
rights to its non-employee directors and to consultants and employees of EPCO
and its affiliates providing services to Enterprise Products
Partners. Awards under the EPD 2008 LTIP may be granted in the form
of unit options, restricted units, phantom units, UARs and DERs. The
EPD 2008 LTIP is administered by EPGP’s Audit, Conflicts and Governance (“ACG”)
Committee. The EPD 2008 LTIP provides for the issuance of up to
10,000,000 of Enterprise Products Partners’ common units. After
giving effect to option awards outstanding at December 31, 2008, a total of
9,205,000 additional common units of Enterprise Products Partners could be
issued under the EPD 2008 LTIP.
The EPD
2008 LTIP may be amended or terminated at any time by the Board of Directors of
EPCO or EPGP’s ACG Committee; however, the rules of the NYSE require that any
material amendment, such as a significant increase in the number of common units
available under the plan or a change in the types of awards available under the
plan, would require the approval of Enterprise Products Partners’
unitholders. The ACG Committee is also authorized to make adjustments
in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, awards under the
plan in specified circumstances. The EPD 2008 LTIP is effective until
the earlier of January 29, 2018 or the time which all available units under
the incentive plan have been delivered to participants or the time of
termination of the plan by EPCO or EPGP’s ACG Committee.
Enterprise
Products Partners’ unit
option awards. The exercise price of
Enterprise Products Partners’ unit options awarded to participants is determined
by EPGP’s ACG Committee (at its discretion) at the date of grant and
may be no less than the fair market value of Enterprise Products Partners’
common units at the date of grant. The following table presents unit
option activity under the EPD 2008 LTIP for the periods
indicated:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
Remaining
|
|
|
|
Number
of
|
|
|
Strike
Price
|
|
|
Contractual
|
|
|
|
Units
|
|
|
(dollars/unit)
|
|
|
Term
(in years)
|
|
Outstanding
at January 1, 2008
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted
(1)
|
|
|
795,000 |
|
|
$ |
30.93 |
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2008 (2)
|
|
|
795,000 |
|
|
$ |
30.93 |
|
|
|
5.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Aggregate
grant date fair value of these unit options issued during 2008 was $1.6
million based on the following assumptions: (i) a grant date market price
of Enterprise Products Partners’ common units of $30.93 per unit; (ii)
expected life of options of 4.7 years; (iii) risk-free interest rate of
3.3%; (iv) expected distribution yield on Enterprise Products Partners’
common units of 7.0%; (v) expected unit price volatility on Enterprise
Products Partners’ common units of 19.8%; and (vi) an estimated forfeiture
rate of 17.0%.
(2)
The
795,000 units outstanding at December 31, 2008 will become exercisable in
2013.
|
|
At
December 31, 2008, there was an estimated $1.3 million of total unrecognized
compensation cost related to nonvested unit options granted under the EPD 2008
LTIP. Enterprise Products Partners expects to recognize its share of
this cost over a remaining period of 3.4 years in accordance with the
ASA.
Enterprise
Products Partners’
phantom
unit
awards. The
EPD 2008 LTIP also provides for the issuance of phantom unit awards of
Enterprise Products Partners. These liability awards are
automatically redeemed for cash based on the vested portion of the fair market
value of the phantom units at redemption dates in each award. The
fair market value of each phantom unit award is equal to the market closing
price of Enterprise Products Partners’ common units on the redemption
date. Each participant is required to redeem their phantom units as
they vest, which typically is three years from the date the award is
granted. There were a total of 4,400 phantom units granted under the
2008 LTIP during the fourth quarter of 2008 and outstanding at December 31,
2008. These awards cliff vest in 2011. At December 31,
2008, Enterprise Products Partners had an accrued liability of $5 thousand for
compensation related to these phantom unit awards.
DEP GP
UARs
The
non-employee directors of DEP GP, the general partner of Duncan Energy Partners,
have been granted UARs in the form of letter agreements. These
liability awards are not part of any established long-term incentive plan of
EPCO, the Parent Company, Duncan Energy Partners or Enterprise Products
Partners. The compensation expense associated with these awards is
recognized by DEP GP, which is our consolidated subsidiary. These
UARs entitle each non-employee director to receive a cash payment on the vesting
date equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the Parent
Company’s Units (determined as of a future vesting date) over the grant date
fair value. These UARs are accounted for similar to liability awards
under SFAS 123(R) since they will be settled with cash.
As of December 31, 2008 and 2007, a
total of 90,000 UARs had been granted to non-employee directors of DEP GP that
cliff vest in 2012. If a director resigns prior to vesting, his UAR
awards are forfeited. The grant date fair value with respect to these
UARs is based on a Unit price of $36.68 per unit.
TEPPCO
1999 Plan
The TEPPCO 1999 Plan provides for the
issuance of phantom unit awards as incentives to key employees of EPCO working
on behalf of TEPPCO. These liability awards are settled for cash
based on the fair market value of the vested portion of the phantom units at
redemption dates in each award. The fair market value of each phantom
unit award is equal to the closing price of TEPPCO’s common units on the
NYSE on
the redemption date. Each participant is required to redeem their
phantom units as they vest. In addition, each participant is entitled
to cash distributions equal to the product of the number of phantom unit awards
granted under the TEPPCO 1999 Plan and the cash distribution per unit paid by
TEPPCO on its common units. Grants under the 1999 Plan are subject to
forfeiture if the participant’s employment with EPCO is terminated.
A total of 18,600 and 31,600 phantom
units were outstanding under the TEPPCO 1999 Plan at December 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively. In April 2008, 13,000 phantom units vested and $0.4
million was paid out to a participant in the second quarter of
2008. The awards outstanding at December 31, 2008 cliff vest as
follows: 13,000 in April 2009 and 5,600 in January
2010. At December 31, 2008 and 2007, TEPPCO had accrued liability
balances of $0.4 million and $1.0 million, respectively, related to the TEPPCO
1999 Plan. For the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, phantom
unitholders under the TEPPCO 1999 Plan received $62 thousand and $95 thousand in
cash distributions, respectively. Since phantom units do not
represent issued securities of TEPPCO, the cash payments with respect to these
phantom units are expensed by TEPPCO as paid.
TEPPCO
2000 LTIP
The TEPPCO 2000 LTIP provides key
employees of EPCO working on behalf of TEPPCO incentives to achieve improvements
in TEPPCO’s financial performance. Generally, upon the close of a
three-year performance period, each recipient will receive a cash payment equal
to (i) the applicable “performance percentage” (as defined in the award
agreement) multiplied by (ii) the number of phantom units granted under the
TEPPCO 2000 LTIP multiplied by (iii) the average of the closing prices of TEPPCO
common units over the ten consecutive days immediately preceding the last day of
the specified performance period. In addition, during the performance
period, each participant is entitled to cash distributions equal to the product
of the number of phantom units granted under the TEPPCO 2000 LTIP and the cash
distribution per unit paid by TEPPCO on its common units. Grants
under the TEPPCO 2000 LTIP are accounted for as liability awards and subject to
forfeiture if the recipient’s employment with EPCO is terminated, with customary
exceptions for death, disability or retirement.
A participant’s “performance
percentage” is based upon an improvement in Economic Value Added for TEPPCO
during a given three-year performance period over the Economic Value Added for
the three-year period immediately preceding the performance
period. The term “Economic Value Added” means TEPPCO’s average annual
EBITDA for the performance period minus the product of TEPPCO’s average asset
base and its cost of capital for the performance period. In this
context, EBITDA means TEPPCO’s earnings before net interest expense, other
income, depreciation and amortization and TEPPCO’s proportional interest in the
EBITDA of its joint ventures, except that its chief executive officer of TEPPCO
may exclude gains or losses from extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring items.
Average asset base means the quarterly average, during the performance period,
of TEPPCO’s gross carrying value of property, plant and equipment, plus
long-term inventory, and the gross carrying value of intangible assets and
equity investments. TEPPCO’s cost of capital is determined at the
date each award is granted.
At December 31, 2008, a total of 11,300
phantom units were outstanding under the TEPPCO 2000 LTIP that cliff vested on
December 31, 2008 and will be paid out to participants in the first quarter of
2009. On December 31, 2007, 19,700 phantom units were outstanding
under the TEPPCO 2000 LTIP. On December 31, 2007, 8,400 phantom units
vested and $0.5 million was paid out to participants in the first quarter of
2008. At December 31, 2008 and 2007, TEPPCO had accrued liability
balances of $0.2 million and $0.9 million, respectively, related to the TEPPCO
2000 LTIP. After payout in the first quarter of 2009 on awards which
vested on December 31, 2008, there will be no remaining phantom units
outstanding under the TEPPCO 2000 LTIP. For the years ended December
31, 2008 and 2007, phantom unitholders under the TEPPCO 2000 LTIP received $38
thousand and $54 thousand in cash distributions, respectively.
TEPPCO
2005 Phantom Unit Plan
The TEPPCO 2005 Phantom Unit Plan
provides key employees of EPCO working on behalf of TEPPCO incentives to achieve
improvements in TEPPCO’s financial performance. Generally, upon the
close of
a three-year performance period, the recipient will receive a cash payment equal
to (i) the recipient’s vested percentage (as defined in the award agreement)
multiplied by (ii) the number of phantom units granted under the TEPPCO 2005
Phantom Unit Plan multiplied by (iii) the average of the closing prices of
TEPPCO common units over the ten consecutive days immediately preceding the last
day of the specified performance period. In addition, during the
performance period, each recipient is entitled to cash distributions equal to
the product of the number of phantom units granted under the TEPPCO 2005 Phantom
Unit Plan and the cash distribution per unit paid by TEPPCO on its common
units. Grants under the TEPPCO 2005 Phantom Unit Plan are accounted
for as liability awards and subject to forfeiture if the recipient’s employment
with EPCO is terminated, with customary exceptions for death, disability or
retirement.
Generally, a participant’s vested
percentage is based upon an improvement in TEPPCO’s EBITDA during a given
three-year performance period over EBITDA for the three-year period preceding
the performance period. In this context, EBITDA means TEPPCO’s
earnings before minority interest, net interest expense, other income, income
taxes, depreciation and amortization and TEPPCO’s proportional interest in the
EBITDA of its joint ventures, except that its chief executive officer of TEPPCO
may exclude gains or losses from extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring
items.
At December 31, 2008 a total of 36,600
phantom units were outstanding under the TEPPCO 2005 Phantom Unit Plan that
cliff vested on December 31, 2008 and will be paid out to participants in the
first quarter of 2009. On December 31, 2007, 74,400 phantom units
were outstanding under the TEPPCO 2005 Phantom Unit Plan. On December
31, 2007, 36,200 phantom units vested and $1.6 million was paid out to
participants in the first quarter of 2008. At December 31, 2008 and 2007, TEPPCO
had accrued liability balances of $0.6 million and $2.6 million, respectively,
related to the TEPPCO 2005 Phantom Unit Plan. After the payout in the
first quarter of 2009 on awards which vested on December 31, 2008, there will be
no remaining phantom units outstanding under the TEPPCO 2005 Phantom Unit
Plan. For the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, phantom
unitholders under the TEPPCO 2005 Phantom Unit Plan received $0.1 million and
$0.2 million in cash distributions, respectively.
TEPPCO
2006 LTIP
The
TEPPCO 2006 LTIP provides for awards of TEPPCO common units and other rights to
its non-employee directors and to certain employees of EPCO working on behalf of
TEPPCO. Awards granted under the TEPPCO 2006 LTIP may be in the form
of restricted units, phantom units, unit options, UARs and DERs. The
TEPPCO 2006 LTIP provides for the issuance of up to 5,000,000 common units of
TEPPCO in connection with these awards. After giving effect to
outstanding unit options and restricted units at December 31, 2008, and the
forfeiture of restricted units through December 31, 2008, a total of 4,487,084
additional units of TEPPCO could be issued under the TEPPCO 2006 LTIP in the
future.
TEPPCO
unit
options. The information in the following table presents unit
option activity under the TEPPCO 2006 LTIP for the periods
indicated. No options were exercisable at December 31,
2008.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
|
average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
average
|
|
|
remaining
|
|
|
|
Number
|
|
|
strike
price
|
|
|
contractual
|
|
|
|
of units
|
|
|
(dollars/unit)
|
|
|
term
(in years)
|
|
Option
award activity during 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted (1) (2)
|
|
|
155,000 |
|
|
$ |
45.35 |
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
at December 31, 2007
|
|
|
155,000 |
|
|
$ |
45.35 |
|
|
|
|
Granted (3)
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
|
$ |
35.86 |
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
at December 31, 2008
|
|
|
355,000 |
|
|
$ |
40.00 |
|
|
|
4.57 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
The
total grant date fair
value
of these awards was $0.4 million
based on the following assumptions: (i) expected life of the option
of 7 years;
(ii) risk-free interest rate of 4.78%;
(iii) expected distribution yield on TEPPCO common units of 7.92%;
and (iv)
expected unit price volatility on TEPPCO’s common units of 18.03%.
(2)
During
2008, these unit option grants were amended. The expiration dates of
these awards granted on May 22, 2007 were modified from May 22, 2017 to
December 31, 2012.
(3)
The
total grant date fair
value
of these awards granted
on May 19, 2008 was
$0.3 million
based on the following assumptions: (i) expected life of the option
of 4.7 years;
(ii) risk-free interest rate of 3.3%;
(iii) expected distribution yield on TEPPCO common units of 7.9%;
(iv) estimated forfeiture rate of 17.0%
and (v) expected unit price volatility on TEPPCO’s common units of
18.7%.
|
|
At
December 31, 2008, total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested
option awards granted under the TEPPCO 2006 LTIP was an estimated $0.6
million. TEPPCO expects to recognize this cost over a
weighted-average period of 3.0 years. At December 31, 2007, there was
an estimated $0.4 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to
nonvested option awards granted under the TEPPCO 2006 LTIP.
TEPPCO
restricted
units. The
following table summarizes information regarding TEPPCO’s restricted unit awards
for the periods indicated:
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
average
grant
|
|
|
|
Number
of
|
|
|
date
fair value
|
|
|
|
units
|
|
|
per unit (1)
|
|
Restricted
unit activity during 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted
(2)
|
|
|
62,900 |
|
|
$ |
37.64 |
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(500 |
) |
|
$ |
37.64 |
|
Restricted
units at December 31, 2007
|
|
|
62,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
Granted
(3)
|
|
|
96,900 |
|
|
$ |
29.54 |
|
Vested
|
|
|
(1,000 |
) |
|
$ |
40.61 |
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(1,000 |
) |
|
$ |
35.86 |
|
Restricted
units at December 31, 2008
|
|
|
157,300 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Determined
by dividing the aggregate grant date fair value of awards (including an
allowance for forfeitures) by the number of awards
issued.
(2)
Aggregate
grant date fair value of restricted unit awards issued during 2007 was
$2.4 million based on a grant date market price of TEPPCO’s common units
of $45.35 per unit and an estimated forfeiture rate of
17.0%.
(3)
Aggregate
grant date fair value of restricted unit awards issued during 2008 was
$2.8 million based on grant date market prices of TEPPCO’s common units
ranging from $34.63 to $35.86 per unit and an estimated forfeiture rate of
17.0%.
|
|
The total
fair value of TEPPCO’s restricted unit awards that vested during the year ended
December 31, 2008 was $24 thousand. At December 31, 2008, there was
an estimated $3.7 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to
restricted unit awards granted under the TEPPCO 2006 LTIP. TEPPCO
expects to recognize these costs over a weighted-average period of 2.8
years. At December 31, 2007, there was an estimated $2.0 million of
total unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted unit awards granted
under the TEPPCO 2006 LTIP.
Each
recipient of a TEPPCO restricted unit award is entitled to cash distributions
equal to the product of the number of restricted units outstanding for the
participant and the cash distribution per unit paid by TEPPCO to its
unitholders. Since restricted units are issued securities of TEPPCO, such
distributions are reflected as a component of cash distributions to minority
interests as shown on our statements of consolidated cash
flows. TEPPCO paid $0.3 million and $0.1 million in cash
distributions with respect to its restricted units granted under the TEPPCO 2006
LTIP during the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively.
TEPPCO
UARs and
phantom units. At December 31, 2008, there were a total
of 95,654 UARs outstanding that had been granted to non-employee directors of
TEPPCO GP and 335,723 UARs outstanding that were granted to certain employees of
EPCO who work on behalf of TEPPCO. There were a total of 401,948 UARs
outstanding at December 31, 2007. These UAR awards are subject to
five year cliff vesting. If the non-employee director or employee
resigns prior to vesting, their UAR awards are forfeited. These UAR awards
are accounted for similar to liability awards under SFAS 123(R) since they will
be settled with cash.
As of
December 31, 2008 and 2007, there were a total of 1,647 phantom unit awards
outstanding that had been granted to non-employee directors of TEPPCO
GP. Each phantom unit will be redeemed in cash the earlier of (i)
April 2011 or (ii) when the director is no longer serving on the board of TEPPCO
GP. In addition, during the vesting period, each participant is
entitled to cash distributions equal to the product of the number of phantom
units outstanding for the participant and the cash distribution per unit paid by
TEPPCO on its common units. Phantom units awarded to non-employee
directors are accounted for similar to liability awards.
The
TEPPCO 2006 LTIP provides for the award of DERs in tandem with its phantom unit
and UAR awards. With respect to DERs granted in connection with
phantom units, the participant is entitled to cash distributions equal to the
product of the number of phantom units outstanding for the participant and the
cash distribution rate paid by TEPPCO to its unitholders. With respect to DERs
granted in connection with UARs, the participant is entitled to the product of
the number of UARs outstanding for the participant and the difference between
the current declared cash distribution rate paid by TEPPCO and the declared cash
distribution rate paid by TEPPCO at the time the UAR was
granted. Since phantom units and UARs do not represent issued
securities, the cash payments with respect to DERs are expensed by TEPPCO as
paid. For the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, phantom
unitholders under the TEPPCO 2006 LTIP received $4 thousand and $2 thousand in
cash distributions, respectively.
Dixie
Dixie
employs the personnel that operate its pipeline system and certain of these
employees are eligible to participate in a defined contribution plan and pension
and postretirement benefit plans. Due to the immaterial nature of
Dixie’s employee benefit plans to our consolidated financial position, results
of operations and cash flows, our discussion is limited to the
following:
Defined
Contribution Plan. Dixie contributed $0.3 million to its
company-sponsored defined contribution plan for each of the years ended December
31, 2008 and 2007.
Pension
and Postretirement Benefit Plans. Dixie’s pension plan is a
noncontributory defined benefit plan that provides for the payment of benefits
to retirees based on their age at retirement, years of service and average
compensation. Dixie’s postretirement benefit plan also provides
medical and life insurance to retired employees. The medical plan is
contributory and the life insurance plan is noncontributory. Dixie
employees hired after July 1, 2004 are not eligible for pension and other
benefit plans after retirement.
The
following table presents Dixie’s benefit obligations, fair value of plan assets
and funded status at December 31, 2008:
|
|
Pension
|
|
|
Postretirement
|
|
|
|
Plan
|
|
|
Plan
|
|
Projected
benefit obligation
|
|
$ |
7,733 |
|
|
$ |
4,976 |
|
Accumulated
benefit obligation
|
|
|
5,711 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Fair
value of plan assets
|
|
|
4,035 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Funded
status
|
|
|
(3,698 |
) |
|
|
(4,976 |
) |
Projected
benefit obligations and net periodic benefit costs are based on actuarial
estimates and assumptions. The weighted-average actuarial assumptions used
in determining the projected benefit obligation at December 31, 2008 were as
follows: discount rate of 6.4%; rate of compensation increase of 4.0%
for both the pension and postretirement plans; and a medical trend rate of 8.5%
for 2009 grading to an ultimate trend of 5.0% for 2015 and later
years. Dixie’s net pension and postretirement benefit costs for 2008 were
$0.6 million and $0.4 million, respectively. Dixie’s net pension and
postretirement benefit costs for 2007 were $1.1 million (including settlement
loss of $0.6 million) and $0.4 million, respectively.
Future
benefits expected to be paid from Dixie’s pension and postretirement plans are
as follows for the periods indicated:
|
|
Pension
|
|
|
Postretirement
|
|
|
|
Plan
|
|
|
Plan
|
|
2009
|
|
$ |
289 |
|
|
$ |
357 |
|
2010
|
|
|
334 |
|
|
|
399 |
|
2011
|
|
|
535 |
|
|
|
427 |
|
2012
|
|
|
408 |
|
|
|
440 |
|
2013
|
|
|
775 |
|
|
|
439 |
|
2014
through 2017
|
|
|
4,211 |
|
|
|
2,067 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
6,552 |
|
|
$ |
4,129 |
|
Included
in accumulated other comprehensive loss on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at
December 31, 2008 and 2007 are the following amounts that have not been
recognized in net periodic pension costs (in millions):
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Unrecognized
transition obligation
|
|
$ |
0.9 |
|
|
$ |
1.0 |
|
Net
of tax
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrecognized
prior service cost credit
|
|
|
(1.0 |
) |
|
|
(1.2 |
) |
Net
of tax
|
|
|
(0.6 |
) |
|
|
(0.8 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrecognized
net actuarial loss
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
|
2.8 |
|
Net
of tax
|
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
|
1.7 |
|
Terminated
Plans - TEPPCO
Prior to
April 2006, TEPPCO maintained a Retirement Cash Balance Plan (the “RCBP”), which
was a non-contributory, trustee-administered pension plan. In April
2006, TEPPCO received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service
providing its approval to terminate the plan.
In 2007 and 2006, TEPPCO recorded
settlement charges of approximately $0.1 million and $3.5 million, respectively,
in connection with the plan’s termination and distribution of assets to plan
participants. At December 31, 2008, all benefit obligations to plan
participants have been settled. Net pension benefit costs for the
RCBP were $0.2 million for the year ended December 31,
2007.
We are
exposed to financial market risks, including changes in commodity prices,
interest rates and foreign exchange rates. We may use financial
instruments (e.g., futures, forwards, swaps, options and other financial
instruments with similar characteristics) to mitigate the risks of certain
identifiable and anticipated transactions. In general, the types of
risks we attempt to hedge are those related to (i) the variability of future
earnings, (ii) fair values of certain debt obligations and (iii) cash flows
resulting from changes in applicable interest rates, commodity prices or
exchange rates. See Note 15 for information regarding our consolidated debt
obligations.
We
routinely review our outstanding financial instruments in light of current
market conditions. If market conditions warrant, some financial
instruments may be closed out in advance of their contractual settlement dates
thus realizing income or loss depending on the specific hedging
criteria. When this occurs, we may enter into a new financial
instrument to reestablish the hedge to which the closed instrument
relates.
The following table presents gains
(losses) recorded in net income attributable to our interest rate risk and
commodity risk hedging transactions for the periods indicated. These
amounts do not present the corresponding gains (losses) attributable to the
underlying hedged items.
|
|
For
the Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Interest
Rate Risk Hedging Portfolio:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parent
Company:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ineffective
portion of cash flow hedges
|
|
$ |
866 |
|
|
$ |
(2,127 |
) |
|
$ |
-- |
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts from AOCI, net
|
|
|
(6,610 |
) |
|
|
742 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Enterprise
Products Partners (excluding Duncan Energy Partners):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts from AOCI, net
|
|
|
4,409 |
|
|
|
5,429 |
|
|
|
4,234 |
|
Other
gains (losses) from derivative transactions
|
|
|
5,340 |
|
|
|
(8,934 |
) |
|
|
(5,195 |
) |
Duncan
Energy Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ineffective
portion of cash flow hedges
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
(155 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts from AOCI, net
|
|
|
(2,008 |
) |
|
|
350 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ineffective
portion of cash flow hedges
|
|
|
(43 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts from AOCI, net
|
|
|
(4,924 |
) |
|
|
64 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Loss
from treasury lock cash flow hedge
|
|
|
(3,586 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Other
gains from derivative transactions
|
|
|
4,056 |
|
|
|
5,202 |
|
|
|
8,568 |
|
Total
hedging gains (losses), net, in consolidated interest
expense
|
|
$ |
(2,505 |
) |
|
$ |
571 |
|
|
$ |
7,607 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commodity
Risk Hedging Portfolio:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enterprise
Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts from
AOCI,
net - natural gas marketing activities
|
|
$ |
(30,175 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,299 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,327 |
) |
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts from
AOCI,
net - NGL and petrochemical operations
|
|
|
(28,232 |
) |
|
|
(4,564 |
) |
|
|
13,891 |
|
Other
gains (losses) from derivative transactions
|
|
|
29,772 |
|
|
|
(20,712 |
) |
|
|
(2,307 |
) |
TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts from AOCI, net
|
|
|
(37,898 |
) |
|
|
(1,654 |
) |
|
|
261 |
|
Other
gains (losses) from derivative transactions
|
|
|
(343 |
) |
|
|
189 |
|
|
|
(96 |
) |
Total
hedging gains (losses), net, in consolidated operating costs and
expenses
|
|
$ |
(68,876 |
) |
|
$ |
(30,040 |
) |
|
$ |
10,422 |
|
The
following table provides additional information regarding derivative assets and
derivative liabilities included in our Consolidated Balance Sheets at the dates
indicated:
|
|
At
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Current
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
rate risk hedging portfolio
|
|
$ |
7,780 |
|
|
$ |
637 |
|
Commodity
risk hedging portfolio
|
|
|
201,473 |
|
|
|
10,796 |
|
Foreign
currency risk hedging portfolio
|
|
|
9,284 |
|
|
|
1,308 |
|
Total
derivative assets – current
|
|
$ |
218,537 |
|
|
$ |
12,741 |
|
Other
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
rate risk hedging portfolio
|
|
$ |
38,939 |
|
|
$ |
14,744 |
|
Total
derivative assets – long-term
|
|
$ |
38,939 |
|
|
$ |
14,744 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
rate risk hedging portfolio
|
|
$ |
19,205 |
|
|
$ |
49,689 |
|
Commodity
risk hedging portfolio
|
|
|
296,850 |
|
|
|
48,930 |
|
Foreign
currency risk hedging portfolio
|
|
|
109 |
|
|
|
27 |
|
Total
derivative liabilities – current
|
|
$ |
316,164 |
|
|
$ |
98,646 |
|
Other
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
rate risk hedging portfolio
|
|
$ |
17,131 |
|
|
$ |
13,047 |
|
Commodity risk
hedging portfolio
|
|
|
233 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
derivative liabilities– long-term
|
|
$ |
17,364 |
|
|
$ |
13,047 |
|
The following table presents gains
(losses) recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) for cash flow hedges
associated with our interest rate risk, commodity risk and foreign currency risk
hedging portfolios. These amounts do not present the corresponding
gains (losses) attributable to the underlying hedged items.
|
|
For
the Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Interest
Rate Risk Hedging Portfolio:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parent
Company:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Losses
on cash flow hedges
|
|
$ |
(21,178 |
) |
|
$ |
(9,284 |
) |
|
$ |
-- |
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts to net income, net
|
|
|
6,610 |
|
|
|
(742 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
Enterprise
Products Partners (excluding Duncan Energy Partners):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gains
(losses) on cash flow hedges
|
|
|
(20,772 |
) |
|
|
17,996 |
|
|
|
11,196 |
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts to net income, net
|
|
|
(4,409 |
) |
|
|
(5,429 |
) |
|
|
(4,234 |
) |
Duncan
Energy Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Losses
on cash flow hedges
|
|
|
(7,989 |
) |
|
|
(3,271 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts to net income, net
|
|
|
2,008 |
|
|
|
(350 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Losses
on cash flow hedges
|
|
|
(26,802 |
) |
|
|
(23,604 |
) |
|
|
(248 |
) |
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts to net income, net
|
|
|
4,924 |
|
|
|
(64 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
Total
interest rate risk hedging gains (losses), net
|
|
|
(67,608 |
) |
|
|
(24,748 |
) |
|
|
6,714 |
|
Commodity
Risk Hedging Portfolio:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enterprise
Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Natural
gas marketing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gains
(losses) on cash flow hedges
|
|
|
(30,642 |
) |
|
|
(3,125 |
) |
|
|
(1,034 |
) |
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts to net income, net
|
|
|
30,175 |
|
|
|
3,299 |
|
|
|
1,327 |
|
NGL
and petrochemical operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gains
(losses) on cash flow hedges
|
|
|
(120,223 |
) |
|
|
(22,735 |
) |
|
|
9,975 |
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts to net income, net
|
|
|
28,232 |
|
|
|
4,564 |
|
|
|
(13,891 |
) |
TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gains
(losses) on cash flow hedges
|
|
|
(19,257 |
) |
|
|
(21,036 |
) |
|
|
991 |
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedge amounts to net income, net
|
|
|
37,898 |
|
|
|
1,654 |
|
|
|
(261 |
) |
Total
commodity risk hedging losses, net
|
|
|
(73,817 |
) |
|
|
(37,379 |
) |
|
|
(2,893 |
) |
Foreign
Currency Risk Hedging Portfolio:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gains
on cash flow hedges
|
|
|
9,287 |
|
|
|
1,308 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
foreign currency risk hedging gains, net
|
|
|
9,287 |
|
|
|
1,308 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
cash flow hedge amounts in other comprehensive income
(loss)
|
|
$ |
(132,138 |
) |
|
$ |
(60,819 |
) |
|
$ |
3,821 |
|
The following information summarizes
the principal elements of our interest rate risk, commodity risk and foreign
currency risk hedging programs. For amounts recorded in net income and other
comprehensive income (loss) and on our balance sheet related to our consolidated
hedging activities, please refer to the preceding tables.
Interest
Rate Risk Hedging Portfolio
The following information summarizes
significant components of our interest rate risk hedging portfolio:
Parent
Company. The Parent Company’s interest rate exposure results
from its variable interest rate borrowings under its credit
facility. A portion of the Parent Company’s interest rate exposure is
managed by utilizing interest rate swaps and similar arrangements, which
effectively convert a portion of its variable rate debt into fixed rate
debt. As presented in the following table, the Parent Company had
four interest rate swap agreements outstanding at December 31, 2008 that were
accounted for as cash flow hedges.
|
Number
|
Period
Covered
|
Termination
|
Variable
to
|
Notional
|
|
Hedged
Variable Rate Debt
|
of
Swaps
|
by
Swap
|
Date
of Swap
|
Fixed
Rate (1)
|
Value
|
|
Parent
Company variable-rate borrowings
|
2
|
Aug.
2007 to Aug. 2009
|
Aug.
2009
|
4.32% to
5.01%
|
$250.0
million
|
|
Parent
Company variable-rate borrowings
|
2
|
Sep.
2007 to Aug. 2011
|
Aug.
2011
|
4.32% to
4.82%
|
$250.0
million
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Amounts
receivable from or payable to the swap counterparties are settled every
three months (the “settlement
period”). |
As cash
flow hedges, any increase or decrease in fair value (to the extent effective)
would be recorded in other comprehensive income and reclassified into net income
based on the settlement period hedged. Any ineffectiveness of the
cash flow hedge is recorded directly into net income as a component of interest
expense. At December 31, 2008 and 2007, the aggregate fair value of
the Parent Company’s interest rate swaps was a liability of $26.5 million and
$11.8 million, respectively.
The
Parent Company expects to reclassify $14.6 million of cumulative net losses from
its cash flow hedges into net income (as an increase to interest expense) during
2009.
Enterprise
Products Partners. Enterprise Products Partners’ interest rate
exposure results from variable and fixed rate borrowings under various debt
agreements.
Enterprise
Products Partners manages a portion of its interest rate exposure by utilizing
interest rate swaps and similar arrangements, which allows it to convert a
portion of fixed rate debt into variable rate debt or a portion of variable rate
debt into fixed rate debt. At December 31, 2008, Enterprise Products Partners
had four interest rate swap agreements outstanding having an
aggregate notional value of $400.0 million that were accounted for as fair
value hedges. The aggregate fair value of these interest rate swaps
at December 31, 2008, was $46.7 million (an asset), with an offsetting increase
in the fair value of the underlying debt. There were eleven interest
rate swaps outstanding at December 31, 2007 having an aggregate fair value of
$12.9 million (an asset).
Enterprise
Products Partners may enter into treasury rate lock transactions (“treasury
locks”) to hedge U.S. treasury rates related to its anticipated issuances of
debt. Each of Enterprise Products Partners’ treasury lock transactions was
designated as a cash flow hedge. Gains or losses on the termination of such
instruments are reclassified into net income (as a component of interest
expense) using the effective interest method over the estimated term of the
underlying fixed-rate debt. At December 31, 2008, Enterprise
Products Partners had no treasury lock financial instruments
outstanding. At December 31, 2007, the aggregate notional value of
Enterprise Products Partners’ treasury lock financial instruments was $600.0
million, which had a total fair value (a liability) of $19.6
million. Enterprise Products Partners terminated a number of
treasury lock financial instruments during 2008 and 2007. These
terminations resulted in realized losses of $40.4 million in 2008 and gains of
$48.8 million in 2007.
Enterprise
Products Partners expects to reclassify $1.6 million of cumulative net gains
from its interest rate risk cash flow hedges into net income (as a decrease to
interest expense) during 2009.
Duncan
Energy Partners. At December 31, 2008, Duncan Energy Partners had
interest rate swap agreements outstanding having an aggregate notional
value of $175.0 million. These swaps were accounted for as cash flow
hedges. The purpose of these financial instruments is to reduce the
sensitivity of Duncan Energy Partners’ earnings to the variable interest rates
charged under its revolving credit facility. The aggregate fair value
of these interest rate swaps at December 31, 2008 and 2007 was a liability of
$9.8 million and $3.8 million, respectively. Duncan Energy Partners
expects to reclassify $6.0 million of cumulative net losses from its interest
rate risk cash flow hedges into net income (as an increase to interest expense)
during 2009.
TEPPCO. TEPPCO’s
interest rate exposure results from variable and fixed rate borrowings under
various debt agreements. At December 31, 2007, TEPPCO had interest
rate swap agreements outstanding having an aggregate notional value of $200.0
million and a fair value (an asset) of $0.3 million. These swap
agreements settled in January 2008, and there are currently no swap agreements
outstanding. These swaps were accounted for as cash flow
hedges.
TEPPCO
also utilizes treasury locks to hedge underlying U.S. treasury rates related to
its anticipated issuances of debt. At December 31, 2007, the
aggregate notional value of TEPPCO’s treasury lock financial instruments was
$600.0 million, which had a total fair value (a liability) of $25.3
million. TEPPCO terminated these treasury lock financial instruments
during 2008, which resulted in $52.1 million of realized
losses. TEPPCO recognized approximately $3.6 million of this loss in
interest expense as a result of interest payments hedged under the treasury
locks not occurring as forecasted. At December 31, 2008, TEPPCO had
no treasury lock financial instruments outstanding.
TEPPCO
expects to reclassify $5.8 million of cumulative net losses from its interest
rate risk cash flow hedges into net income (as an increase to interest expense)
during 2009.
Commodity
Risk Hedging Portfolio
Our
commodity risk hedging portfolio was impacted by a significant decline in
natural gas and crude oil prices during the second half of
2008. As a result of the global recession, commodity prices
have continued to be volatile during the first quarter of 2009. We
may experience additional losses related to our commodity risk hedging portfolio
in 2009.
Enterprise
Products Partners. The prices of natural gas, NGLs and certain
petrochemical products are subject to fluctuations in response to changes in
supply, market uncertainty and a variety of additional factors that are beyond
the control of Enterprise Products Partners. In order to manage the
price risks associated with such products, Enterprise Products Partners may
enter into commodity financial instruments.
The
primary purpose of Enterprise Products Partners’ commodity risk management
activities is to reduce its exposure to price risks associated with (i) natural
gas purchases, (ii) the value of NGL production and inventories, (iii) related
firm commitments, (iv) fluctuations in transportation revenues where the
underlying fees are based on natural gas index prices and (v) certain
anticipated transactions involving either natural gas, NGLs or certain
petrochemical products. From time to time, Enterprise Products
Partners injects natural gas into storage and may utilize hedging instruments to
lock in the value of its inventory positions. The commodity financial
instruments utilized by Enterprise Products Partners are settled in
cash.
We have segregated Enterprise Products
Partners’ commodity financial instruments portfolio between those financial
instruments utilized in connection with its natural gas marketing activities and
those used in connection with its NGL and petrochemical operations.
A
significant number of the financial instruments in this portfolio hedge the
purchase of physical natural gas. If natural gas prices fall below
the price stipulated in such financial instruments, Enterprise Products Partners
recognizes a liability for the difference; however, if prices partially or fully
recover, this liability would be reduced or eliminated, as
appropriate. Enterprise Products Partners’ restricted cash balance at
December 31, 2008 was $203.8 million in order to meet commodity exchange deposit
requirements and the negative change in the fair value of its natural gas
hedge positions.
Natural
gas marketing activities
At December 31, 2008 and 2007, the
aggregate fair value of those financial instruments utilized in connection with
Enterprise Products Partners’ natural gas marketing activities was an asset of
$6.5 million and a liability of $0.3 million,
respectively. Enterprise Products Partners’ natural gas
marketing business and its related use of financial instruments has increased
significantly during 2008. Almost all of the financial instruments
within this portion of the commodity financial instruments portfolio are
accounted for using mark-to-market accounting, with a small number accounted for
as cash flow hedges. Enterprise Products Partners did not have any
cash flow hedges outstanding related to its natural gas marketing activities at
December 31, 2008.
NGL
and petrochemical operations
At
December 31, 2008 and 2007, the aggregate fair value of those financial
instruments utilized in connection with Enterprise Products Partners’ NGL and
petrochemical operations were liabilities of $102.1 million and $19.0 million,
respectively. Almost all of the financial instruments within this
portion of the commodity financial instruments portfolio are accounted for as
cash flow hedges, with a small number accounted for using mark-to-market
accounting.
Enterprise Products Partners has
employed a program to economically hedge a portion of its earnings from natural
gas processing in the Rocky Mountain region. This program
consists of (i) the forward sale of a portion of Enterprise Products Partners’
expected equity NGL production volumes at fixed prices through 2009 and (ii) the
purchase, using commodity financial instruments, of the amount of natural gas
expected to be consumed as plant thermal reduction (“PTR”) in the production of
such equity NGL volumes. The objective of this strategy is to hedge a level of
gross margins (i.e., NGL sales revenues less actual costs for PTR and the gain
or loss on the PTR hedge) associated with the forward sales contracts by fixing
the cost of natural gas used for PTR, through the use of commodity financial
instruments. At December 31, 2008, this hedging program had hedged
future expected gross margins (before plant operating expenses) of $483.9
million on 22.5 million barrels of forecasted NGL forward sales transactions
extending through 2009.
Our NGL forward sales contracts are not
accounted for as financial instruments under SFAS 133 since they meet normal
purchase and sale exception criteria; therefore, changes in the aggregate
economic value of these sales contracts are not reflected in net income and
other comprehensive income until the volumes are delivered to
customers. On the other hand, the commodity financial instruments
used to purchase the related quantities of PTR (i.e., “PTR hedges”) are
accounted for as cash flow hedges; therefore, changes in the aggregate fair
value of the PTR hedges are presented in other comprehensive
income. Once the forecasted NGL forward sales transactions occur, any
realized gains and losses on the cash flow hedges would be reclassified into net
income in that period.
Prior to actual settlement, if the
market price of natural gas is less than the price stipulated in a commodity
financial instrument, Enterprise Products Partners recognizes an unrealized loss
in other comprehensive income (loss) for the excess of the natural gas price
stated in the hedge over the market price. To the extent that
Enterprise Products Partners realizes such financial losses upon settlement of
the instrument, the losses are added to the actual cost it has to pay for PTR,
which would then be based on the lower market price. Conversely, if
the market price of natural gas is greater than the price stipulated in such
hedges, Enterprise Products Partners recognizes an unrealized gain in other
comprehensive income (loss) for the excess of the market price over the natural
gas price stated in the PTR hedge. If realized, the gains on
the financial instrument would serve to reduce the actual cost paid for PTR,
which would then be
based on
the higher market price. The net effect of these hedging
relationships is that Enterprise Products Partners’ total cost of natural gas
used for PTR approximates the amount it originally hedged under this
program.
Enterprise
Products Partners expects to reclassify $114.0 million of cumulative net losses
from the cash flow hedges within its NGL and petrochemical operations portfolio
into net income (as an increase to operating costs and expenses) during
2009.
TEPPCO. As part of its crude
oil marketing business, TEPPCO enters into financial instruments such as crude
oil swaps. The purpose of such hedging activity is to either balance
TEPPCO’s inventory position or to lock in a profit margin. The fair value of the
open positions at December 31, 2008 and 2007 was an asset of $3 thousand and a
liability of $18.9 million, respectively. At December 31, 2008,
TEPPCO had no commodity financial instruments that were accounted for as cash
flow hedges. At December 31, 2007, TEPPCO had a limited number of
commodity financial instruments that were accounted for as cash flow
hedges. TEPPCO has some commodity financial instruments that do not
qualify for hedge accounting. These financial instruments had a
minimal impact on TEPPCO’s earnings.
Foreign
Currency Hedging Program – Enterprise Products Partners
Enterprise Products Partners is exposed
to foreign currency exchange rate risk through a Canadian NGL marketing
subsidiary. As a result, Enterprise Products Partners could be
adversely affected by fluctuations in the foreign currency exchange rate between
the U.S. dollar and the Canadian dollar. Enterprise Products Partners
attempts to hedge this risk using foreign exchange purchase contracts to fix the
exchange rate. Mark-to-market accounting is utilized for these
contracts, which typically have a duration of one month. For the year
ended December 31, 2008, Enterprise Products Partners recorded minimal gains
from these financial instruments.
In
addition, Enterprise Products Partners is exposed to foreign currency exchange
rate risk through its Japanese Yen Term Loan Agreement (“Yen Term Loan”) that
EPO entered into in November 2008. As a result, Enterprise Products
Partners could be adversely affected by fluctuations in the foreign currency
exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Japanese
yen. Enterprise Products Partners hedged this risk by entering into a
foreign exchange purchase contract to fix the exchange rate. This
purchase contract was designated as a cash flow hedge. At December
31, 2008, the fair value of this contract was $9.3 million (an
asset). This contract will be settled in March 2009 upon repayment of
the Yen Term Loan.
Fair
Value Information
Cash and
cash equivalents (including restricted cash), accounts receivable, accounts
payable and accrued expenses are carried at amounts which reasonably approximate
their fair values due to their short-term nature. The estimated fair
values of our fixed rate debt are based on quoted market prices for such debt or
debt of similar terms and maturities. The carrying amounts of our
variable rate debt obligations reasonably approximate their fair values due to
their variable interest rates. The fair values associated with our
commodity, foreign currency and interest rate hedging portfolios were developed
using available market information and appropriate valuation
techniques.
The
following table presents the estimated fair values of our financial instruments
at the dates indicated:
|
|
At
December 31, 2008
|
|
|
At
December 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Fair
|
|
Financial
Instruments
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Financial
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents, including restricted cash
|
|
$ |
260,617 |
|
|
$ |
260,617 |
|
|
$ |
95,064 |
|
|
$ |
95,064 |
|
Accounts
receivable
|
|
|
2,028,640 |
|
|
|
2,028,640 |
|
|
|
3,365,290 |
|
|
|
3,365,290 |
|
Commodity
financial instruments (1)
|
|
|
201,473 |
|
|
|
201,473 |
|
|
|
10,796 |
|
|
|
10,796 |
|
Foreign
currency hedging financial instruments (2)
|
|
|
9,284 |
|
|
|
9,284 |
|
|
|
1,308 |
|
|
|
1,308 |
|
Interest
rate hedging financial instruments (3)
|
|
|
46,719 |
|
|
|
46,719 |
|
|
|
15,093 |
|
|
|
15,093 |
|
Financial
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
|
|
2,507,842 |
|
|
|
2,507,842 |
|
|
|
4,218,553 |
|
|
|
4,218,553 |
|
Fixed-rate
debt (principal amount) (4)
|
|
|
9,704,296 |
|
|
|
8,192,172 |
|
|
|
7,259,000 |
|
|
|
7,238,729 |
|
Variable-rate
debt
|
|
|
2,935,403 |
|
|
|
2,935,403 |
|
|
|
2,572,500 |
|
|
|
2,572,500 |
|
Commodity
financial instruments (1)
|
|
|
297,083 |
|
|
|
297,083 |
|
|
|
48,998 |
|
|
|
48,998 |
|
Foreign
currency hedging financial instruments (2)
|
|
|
109 |
|
|
|
109 |
|
|
|
27 |
|
|
|
27 |
|
Interest
rate hedging financial instruments (3)
|
|
|
36,336 |
|
|
|
36,336 |
|
|
|
60,870 |
|
|
|
60,870 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Represent
commodity financial instrument transactions that either have not settled
or have settled and not been invoiced. Settled and invoiced
transactions are reflected in either accounts receivable or accounts
payable depending on the outcome of the transaction.
(2)
Relates
to the hedging of Enterprise Products Partners’ exposure to fluctuations
in the Canadian dollar.
(3)
Represent
interest rate hedging financial instrument transactions that have not
settled. Settled transactions are reflected in either accounts
receivable or accounts payable depending on the outcome of the
transaction.
(4)
Due
to the distress in the capital markets following the collapse of several
major financial entities and uncertainty in the credit markets during
2008, corporate debt securities were trading at significant
discounts.
|
|
Adoption
of SFAS 157 - Fair Value Measurements. On January 1,
2008, we adopted the provisions of SFAS 157 that apply to financial assets
and liabilities. We adopted the provisions of SFAS 157 that apply to
nonfinancial assets and liabilities on January 1, 2009. SFAS 157
defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid
to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at
a specified measurement date.
Our fair
value estimates are based on either (i) actual market data or (ii) assumptions
that other market participants would use in pricing an asset or
liability. These assumptions include estimates of risk.
Recognized valuation techniques employ inputs such as product prices, operating
costs, discount factors and business growth rates. These inputs
may be either readily observable, corroborated by market data or generally
unobservable. In developing our estimates of fair value, we endeavor
to utilize the best information available and apply market-based data to the
extent possible. Accordingly, we utilize valuation techniques (such
as the market approach) that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize
the use of unobservable inputs.
SFAS 157
established a three-tier hierarchy that classifies fair value amounts recognized
or disclosed in the financial statements based on the observability of inputs
used to estimate such fair values. The hierarchy considers fair value
amounts based on observable inputs (Levels 1 and 2) to be more reliable and
predictable than those based primarily on unobservable inputs (Level 3). At each
balance sheet reporting date, we categorize our financial assets and liabilities
using this hierarchy. The characteristics of fair value amounts
classified within each level of the SFAS 157 hierarchy are described as
follows:
§
|
Level
1 fair values are based on quoted prices, which are available in active
markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the measurement
date. Active markets are defined as those in which transactions
for identical assets or liabilities occur in sufficient frequency so as to
provide pricing information on an ongoing basis (e.g., the NYSE or
NYMEX). Level 1 primarily consists of financial assets and
liabilities such as exchange-traded financial instruments, publicly-traded
equity securities and U.S. government treasury
securities.
|
§
|
Level
2 fair values are based on pricing inputs other than quoted prices in
active markets (as reflected in Level 1 fair values) and are either
directly or indirectly observable as of the measurement
date. Level 2 fair values include instruments that are valued
using financial models or other appropriate valuation
methodologies. Such financial models are primarily
industry-standard models that consider various assumptions, including
quoted forward prices for commodities, time value of money, volatility
factors for stocks and current market and contractual prices for the
underlying instruments, as well as other relevant economic
measures. Substantially all of these assumptions are (i)
observable in the marketplace throughout the full term of the instrument,
(ii) can be derived from observable data or (iii) are validated by inputs
other than quoted prices (e.g., interest rate and yield curves at commonly
quoted intervals). Level 2 includes non-exchange-traded
instruments such as over-the-counter forward contracts, options and
repurchase agreements.
|
§
|
Level
3 fair values are based on unobservable inputs. Unobservable
inputs are used to measure fair value to the extent that observable inputs
are not available, thereby allowing for situations in which there is
little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the
measurement date. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting
entity’s own ideas about the assumptions that market participants would
use in pricing an asset or liability (including assumptions about
risk). Unobservable inputs are based on the best information
available in the circumstances, which might include the reporting entity’s
internally-developed data. The reporting entity must not ignore
information about market participant assumptions that is reasonably
available without undue cost and effort. Level 3 inputs are
typically used in connection with internally developed valuation
methodologies where management makes its best estimate of an instrument’s
fair value. Level 3 generally includes specialized or unique
financial instruments that are tailored to meet a customer’s specific
needs. At December 31, 2008, our Level 3 financial assets
consisted largely of ethane based contracts with a range of two to twelve
months in term. This classification is primarily due to our reliance
on broker quotes for this product due to the forward ethane markets being
less than highly active.
|
The
following table sets forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, our
financial assets and liabilities measured on a recurring basis at December 31,
2008. These financial assets and liabilities are classified in their
entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair
value measurement. Our assessment of the significance of a particular
input to the fair value measurement requires judgment, and may affect the
valuation of the fair value assets and liabilities and their placement within
the fair value hierarchy levels.
|
|
Level
1
|
|
|
Level
2
|
|
|
Level
3
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Financial
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commodity
financial instruments
|
|
$ |
4,030 |
|
|
$ |
164,668 |
|
|
$ |
32,775 |
|
|
$ |
201,473 |
|
Foreign
currency financial instruments
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
9,284 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
9,284 |
|
Interest
rate financial instruments
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
46,719 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
46,719 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
4,030 |
|
|
$ |
220,671 |
|
|
$ |
32,775 |
|
|
$ |
257,476 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commodity
financial instruments
|
|
$ |
7,137 |
|
|
$ |
289,576 |
|
|
$ |
370 |
|
|
$ |
297,083 |
|
Foreign
currency financial instruments
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
109 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
109 |
|
Interest
rate financial instruments
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
36,336 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
36,336 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
7,137 |
|
|
$ |
326,021 |
|
|
$ |
370 |
|
|
$ |
333,528 |
|
Net
financial assets, Level 3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
32,405 |
|
|
|
|
|
Fair
values associated with our interest rate, commodity and foreign currency
financial instrument portfolios were developed using available market
information and appropriate valuation techniques in accordance with SFAS
157.
The
following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the fair value of our
Level 3 financial assets and liabilities during the year ended December 31,
2008:
Balance,
January 1, 2008
|
|
$ |
(5,054 |
) |
Total
gains (losses) included in:
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income (1)
|
|
|
(34,560 |
) |
Other
comprehensive loss
|
|
|
37,212 |
|
Purchases,
issuances, settlements
|
|
|
34,807 |
|
Balance,
December 31, 2008
|
|
$ |
32,405 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) There
were unrealized gains of $0.2 million included in net income for the year
ended December 31, 2008.
|
|
Upon
adoption of SFAS 123(R), we recognized, as a benefit, the cumulative effect of a
change in accounting principle of $1.5 million, of which $1.4 million was
allocated to minority interest in our consolidated financial
statements.
SFAS
123(R) requires us to recognize compensation expense related to equity awards
based on the fair value of the award at grant date. The fair value of
restricted unit awards is based in the market price of the underlying common
units on the date of grant. The fair value of other equity awards is
estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Under SFAS
123(R), the fair value of an equity award is amortized to earnings on a
straight-line basis over the requisite service or vesting period for equity
awards. Compensation for liability-classified awards is recognized
over the requisite service or vesting period of an award based on the fair value
of the award remeasured at each reporting period. Liability awards
will be cash settled upon vesting.
On a pro
forma consolidated basis, our net income and earnings for Unit amount would not
have differed materially from those we actually reported in 2006 due to the
immaterial nature of this cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle.
See Note
6 for additional information regarding our accounting for equity
awards.
Our inventory amounts by business
segment were as follows at the dates indicated:
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Working
inventory (1)
|
|
$ |
200,439 |
|
|
$ |
342,589 |
|
Forward sales
inventory (2)
|
|
|
162,376 |
|
|
|
11,693 |
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
362,815 |
|
|
|
354,282 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Working
inventory (3)
|
|
|
13,617 |
|
|
|
56,574 |
|
Forward sales
inventory (4)
|
|
|
30,709 |
|
|
|
16,547 |
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
44,326 |
|
|
|
73,121 |
|
Eliminations
|
|
|
(2,136 |
) |
|
|
(1,717 |
) |
Total
inventory
|
|
$ |
405,005 |
|
|
$ |
425,686 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Working
inventory is comprised of inventories of natural gas, NGLs and certain
petrochemical products that are either available-for-sale or used in the
provision for services.
(2)
Forward
sales inventory consists of identified NGL and natural gas volumes
dedicated to the fulfillment of forward sales
contracts.
(3)
Working
inventory is comprised of inventories of crude oil, refined products,
LPGs, lubrication oils, and specialty chemicals that are either
available-for-sale or used in the provision for
services.
(4)
Forward
sales inventory primarily consists of identified crude oil volumes
dedicated to the fulfillment of forward sales
contracts.
|
|
Our inventory values reflect payments
for product purchases, freight charges associated with such purchase volumes,
terminal and storage fees, vessel inspection costs, demurrage charges and other
related costs. Inventories are valued at the lower of average cost or
market.
In addition to cash purchases,
Enterprise Products Partners takes ownership of volumes through
percent-of-liquids contracts and similar arrangements. These volumes
are recorded as inventory at market-related values in the month of
acquisition. Enterprise Products Partners capitalizes as a
component of inventory those ancillary costs (e.g. freight-in, handling and
processing charges) incurred in connection with such volumes.
Our cost of sales amounts are a
component of “Operating costs and expenses” as presented in our Consolidated
Statements of Operations. Due to fluctuating commodity prices,
we recognize lower of cost or market (“LCM”) adjustments when the carrying value
of inventories exceeds their net realizable value. These non-cash
charges are a component of cost of sales. To the extent our commodity
hedging strategies address inventory-related risks and are successful, these
inventory valuation adjustments are mitigated or offset. See
Note 8 for a description of our commodity hedging activities. The
following table presents cost of sales amounts by segment for the periods
noted:
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners (1)
|
|
$ |
18,662,263 |
|
|
$ |
14,509,220 |
|
|
$ |
11,778,928 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO (2)
|
|
|
12,733,695 |
|
|
|
9,074,297 |
|
|
|
8,999,670 |
|
Eliminations
|
|
|
(191,149 |
) |
|
|
(89,538 |
) |
|
|
(65,412 |
) |
Total
cost of sales
|
|
$ |
31,204,809 |
|
|
$ |
23,493,979 |
|
|
$ |
20,713,186 |
|
|
|
(1)
Includes
LCM adjustments of $50.7 million, $13.3 million and $18.6 million
recognized during the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
(2)
Includes
LCM adjustments of $12.3 million, $0.8 million and $1.7 million for the
years ended December 31, 2008, 2007, and 2006,
respectively.
|
|
Our property, plant and equipment
amounts by business segment were as follows at the dates indicated:
|
|
Estimated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Useful
Life
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
In
Years
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plants,
pipelines, buildings and related assets (1)
|
|
3-40
(5)
|
|
|
$ |
12,284,921 |
|
|
$ |
10,873,422 |
|
Storage
facilities (2)
|
|
5-35
(6)
|
|
|
|
900,664 |
|
|
|
720,795 |
|
Offshore
platforms and related facilities (3)
|
|
20-31
|
|
|
|
634,761 |
|
|
|
637,812 |
|
Transportation
equipment (4)
|
|
3-10
|
|
|
|
38,771 |
|
|
|
32,627 |
|
Land
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
54,627 |
|
|
|
48,172 |
|
Construction
in progress
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,695,298 |
|
|
|
1,173,988 |
|
Total
historical cost
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,609,042 |
|
|
|
13,486,816 |
|
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,374,987 |
|
|
|
1,910,848 |
|
Total
carrying value, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,234,055 |
|
|
|
11,575,968 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plants, pipelines,
buildings and related assets (1)
|
|
5-40
(5)
|
|
|
|
2,972,503 |
|
|
|
2,511,714 |
|
Storage
facilities (2)
|
|
5-40
(6)
|
|
|
|
303,174 |
|
|
|
260,860 |
|
Transportation equipment (4)
|
|
5-10
|
|
|
|
12,140 |
|
|
|
8,370 |
|
Marine
vessels (7)
|
|
20-30 |
|
|
|
453,041 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Land
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
199,944 |
|
|
|
172,348 |
|
Construction
in progress
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
319,368 |
|
|
|
414,265 |
|
Total
historical cost
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,260,170 |
|
|
|
3,367,557 |
|
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
770,825 |
|
|
|
644,129 |
|
Total
carrying value, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,489,345 |
|
|
|
2,723,428 |
|
Total
property, plant and equipment, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
16,723,400 |
|
|
$ |
14,299,396 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Includes
processing plants; NGL, crude oil, natural gas and other pipelines;
terminal loading and unloading facilities; buildings; office furniture and
equipment; laboratory and shop equipment; and related
assets.
(2)
Includes
underground product storage caverns, above ground storage tanks, water
wells and related assets.
(3)
Includes
offshore platforms and related facilities and assets.
(4)
Includes
vehicles and similar assets used in our operations.
(5)
In
general, the estimated useful lives of major components of this category
approximate the following: processing plants, 20-35 years; pipelines
and related equipment, 5-40 years; terminal facilities, 10-35 years;
delivery facilities, 20-40 years; buildings, 20-40 years; office furniture
and equipment, 3-20 years; and laboratory and shop equipment, 5-35
years.
(6)
In
general, the estimated useful lives of major components of this category
approximate the following: underground storage facilities, 5-35
years; storage tanks 10-40 years; and water wells, 5-35
years.
(7)
See
Note 13 for additional information regarding the acquisition of marine
services businesses by TEPPCO in February 2008.
|
|
The
following table summarizes our depreciation expense and capitalized interest
amounts by segment for the periods noted:
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
expense (1)
|
|
$ |
465,851 |
|
|
$ |
414,742 |
|
|
$ |
352,227 |
|
Capitalized
interest (2)
|
|
|
71,584 |
|
|
|
75,476 |
|
|
|
55,660 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
expense (1)
|
|
|
129,675 |
|
|
|
100,650 |
|
|
|
82,404 |
|
Capitalized
interest (2)
|
|
|
19,117 |
|
|
|
11,030 |
|
|
|
10,681 |
|
(1)
Depreciation
expense is a component of operating costs and expenses as presented in our
Statements of Consolidated Operations.
(2)
Capitalized
interest increases the carrying value of the associated asset and reduces
interest expense during the period it is recorded.
|
|
Enterprise
Products Partners reviewed assumptions underlying the estimated remaining useful
lives of certain of its assets during the first quarter of 2008. As a
result of this review, effective January 1, 2008, Enterprise Products Partners
revised the remaining useful lives of these assets, most notably the assets that
constitute its Texas Intrastate System. This revision increased the
remaining useful life of such assets to incorporate recent data showing that
proved natural gas reserves supporting throughput and processing volumes for
these assets have changed since Enterprise Products Partners’ original
determination made in September 2004. These revisions will
prospectively reduce Enterprise Products Partners’ depreciation expense on
assets having carrying values totaling $2.72 billion as of January 1,
2008. On average, we extended the life of these assets by 3.1
years. As a result of this change in estimate, depreciation expense
included in operating income for the year ended December 31, 2008 decreased by
approximately $20.0 million. Of this amount, $19.0 million was
attributed to minority interest. The impact of this change in
estimate on our earnings per unit was immaterial.
Asset
retirement obligations
We have
recorded AROs related to legal requirements to perform retirement activities as
specified in contractual arrangements and/or governmental regulations. On a
consolidated basis, our property, plant and equipment at December 31, 2008 and
2007 includes $11.7 million and $11.3 million, respectively, of asset retirement
costs capitalized as an increase in the associated long-lived
asset. We estimate that accretion expense will approximate $2.3
million for 2009, $2.4 million for 2010, $2.6 million for 2011, $2.9
million for 2012 and $3.1 million for 2013.
The
following table summarizes amounts recognized in connection with AROs by segment
since December 31, 2006:
|
|
Investment
in
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enterprise
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Products
|
|
|
Investment
in
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Partners
|
|
|
TEPPCO
|
|
|
Total
|
|
ARO
liability balance, December 31, 2006
|
|
$ |
24,403 |
|
|
$ |
1,419 |
|
|
$ |
25,822 |
|
Liabilities
incurred
|
|
|
1,673 |
|
|
|
48 |
|
|
|
1,721 |
|
Liabilities
settled
|
|
|
(5,069 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(5,069 |
) |
Revisions
in estimated cash flows
|
|
|
15,645 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
15,645 |
|
Accretion
expense
|
|
|
3,962 |
|
|
|
143 |
|
|
|
4,105 |
|
ARO
liability balance, December 31, 2007
|
|
|
40,614 |
|
|
|
1,610 |
|
|
|
42,224 |
|
Liabilities
incurred
|
|
|
1,064 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
1,064 |
|
Liabilities
settled
|
|
|
(7,229 |
) |
|
|
(1,012 |
) |
|
|
(8,241 |
) |
Revisions
in estimated cash flows
|
|
|
1,163 |
|
|
|
3,589 |
|
|
|
4,752 |
|
Accretion
expense
|
|
|
2,114 |
|
|
|
326 |
|
|
|
2,440 |
|
ARO
liability balance, December 31, 2008
|
|
$ |
37,726 |
|
|
$ |
4,513 |
|
|
$ |
42,239 |
|
Enterprise
Products Partners. The liabilities associated with Enterprise
Products Partners’ AROs primarily relate to (i) right-of-way agreements
associated with its pipeline operations, (ii) leases of plant sites and (iii)
regulatory requirements triggered by the abandonment or retirement of certain
underground storage assets and offshore facilities. In addition,
Enterprise Products Partners’ AROs may result from the renovation or demolition
of certain assets containing hazardous substances such as asbestos.
TEPPCO. In
general, the liabilities associated with TEPPCO’s AROs primarily relate to (i)
right-of-way agreements for its pipeline operations and (ii) leases of plant
sites and office space.
We own
interests in a number of related businesses that are accounted for using the
equity method of accounting. Our investments in and advances to
unconsolidated affiliates are grouped according to the business segment to which
they relate. See Note 4 for a general discussion of our business
segments. The following table shows our investments in and advances
to unconsolidated affiliates by segment at the dates indicated:
|
|
Ownership
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage
at
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Venice
Energy Service Company, L.L.C. (“VESCO”)
|
|
13.1%
|
|
|
$ |
37,673 |
|
|
$ |
40,129 |
|
K/D/S
Promix, L.L.C. (“Promix”)
|
|
50.0%
|
|
|
|
46,383 |
|
|
|
51,537 |
|
Baton
Rouge Fractionators LLC (“BRF”)
|
|
32.2%
|
|
|
|
24,160 |
|
|
|
25,423 |
|
White
River Hub, LLC (“White River Hub”) (1)
|
|
50.0%
|
|
|
|
21,387 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Skelly-Belvieu
Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (“Skelly-Belvieu”) (2)
|
|
49.0%
|
|
|
|
35,969 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Evangeline
(3)
|
|
49.5%
|
|
|
|
4,528 |
|
|
|
3,490 |
|
Poseidon
Oil Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (“Poseidon”)
|
|
36.0%
|
|
|
|
60,233 |
|
|
|
58,423 |
|
Cameron
Highway Oil Pipeline Company (“Cameron Highway”)
|
|
50.0%
|
|
|
|
250,833 |
|
|
|
256,588 |
|
Deepwater
Gateway, L.L.C. (“Deepwater Gateway”)
|
|
50.0%
|
|
|
|
104,785 |
|
|
|
111,221 |
|
Neptune
|
|
25.7%
|
|
|
|
52,671 |
|
|
|
55,468 |
|
Nemo
|
|
33.9%
|
|
|
|
432 |
|
|
|
2,888 |
|
Baton
Rouge Propylene Concentrator LLC (“BRPC”)
|
|
30.0%
|
|
|
|
12,633 |
|
|
|
13,282 |
|
Other
|
|
50.0%
|
|
|
|
3,887 |
|
|
|
4,053 |
|
Total
Investment in Enterprise Products Partners
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
655,574 |
|
|
|
622,502 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Seaway
Crude Pipeline Company (“Seaway”)
|
|
50.0%
|
|
|
|
186,224 |
|
|
|
184,757 |
|
Centennial
Pipeline LLC (“Centennial”)
|
|
50.0%
|
|
|
|
69,696 |
|
|
|
77,919 |
|
Other
|
|
25.0%
|
|
|
|
332 |
|
|
|
362 |
|
Total
Investment in TEPPCO
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
256,252 |
|
|
|
263,038 |
|
Investment in Energy Transfer
Equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Energy
Transfer Equity
|
|
17.5%
|
|
|
|
1,587,115 |
|
|
|
1,641,363 |
|
LE
GP
|
|
34.9%
|
|
|
|
11,761 |
|
|
|
12,100 |
|
Total
Investment in Energy Transfer Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,598,876 |
|
|
|
1,653,463 |
|
Total
consolidated
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
2,510,702 |
|
|
$ |
2,539,003 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
In
February 2008, Enterprise Products Partners acquired a 50.0% ownership
interest in White River Hub.
(2)
In
December 2008, Enterprise Products Partners acquired a 49.0% ownership
interest in Skelly-Belvieu.
(3)
Refers
to ownership interests in Evangeline Gas Pipeline Company, L.P. and
Evangeline Gas Corp., collectively.
|
|
On
occasion, the price we pay to acquire a non-controlling ownership interest in a
company exceeds the underlying book value of the net assets we
acquire. Such excess cost amounts are included within the carrying
values of our investments in and advances to unconsolidated
affiliates. That portion of excess cost attributable to fixed assets
or amortizable intangible assets is amortized over the estimated useful life of
the underlying asset(s) as a reduction in equity earnings from the
entity. That portion of excess cost attributable to goodwill or
indefinite life intangible assets is not subject to
amortization. Equity method investments, including their associated
excess cost amounts, are evaluated for impairment whenever events or changes in
circumstances indicate that there is a loss in value of the investment which is
other than temporary.
The
following table summarizes our excess cost information at the dates indicated by
business segment:
|
|
Investment in
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
in
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enterprise
|
|
|
|
|
|
Energy
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Products
|
|
|
Investment in
|
|
|
Transfer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Partners
|
|
|
TEPPCO
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Initial
excess cost amounts attributable to:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed
Assets
|
|
$ |
51,476 |
|
|
$ |
30,277 |
|
|
$ |
576,626 |
|
|
$ |
658,379 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
335,758 |
|
|
|
335,758 |
|
Intangibles
– finite life
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
30,021 |
|
|
|
244,695 |
|
|
|
274,716 |
|
Intangibles
– indefinite life
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
513,508 |
|
|
|
513,508 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
51,476 |
|
|
$ |
60,298 |
|
|
$ |
1,670,587 |
|
|
$ |
1,782,361 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Excess
cost amounts, net of amortization at:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December
31, 2008
|
|
$ |
34,272 |
|
|
$ |
28,350 |
|
|
$ |
1,609,575 |
|
|
$ |
1
672 197 |
|
December
31, 2007
|
|
$ |
36,156 |
|
|
$ |
33,302 |
|
|
$ |
1,643,890 |
|
|
$ |
1,713,348 |
|
As shown
in the preceding table, the Parent Company’s initial investments in Energy
Transfer Equity and LE GP exceeded its share of the historical cost of the
underlying net assets of such investees by $1.67 billion. At December
31, 2008, this basis differential decreased to $1.61 billion (after taking into
account related amortization amounts) and consisted of the
following:
§
|
$537.6
million attributed to fixed assets;
|
§
|
$513.5
million attributed to the IDRs (an indefinite-life intangible asset)
held by Energy Transfer Equity in the cash flows of
ETP;
|
§
|
$222.7
million attributed to amortizable intangible
assets;
|
§
|
and
$335.8 million attributed to equity method
goodwill.
|
The basis
differential amounts attributed to fixed assets and amortizable intangible
assets represent the Parent Company’s pro rata share of the excess of the fair
values determined for such assets over the investee’s historical carrying values
for such assets at the date the Parent Company acquired its investments in
Energy Transfer Equity and LE GP. These excess cost amounts are being
amortized over the estimated useful life of the underlying assets. We
estimate such non-cash amortization expense to be $36.6 million for each of the
years 2009 through 2011, $36.3 million in 2012 and $36.1 million for
2013.
The $513.5 million of excess cost
attributed to ETP’s IDRs represents the Parent Company’s pro rata share of the
fair value of the incentive distribution rights held by Energy Transfer Equity
in ETP’s cash distributions. The $335.8 million of equity method
goodwill is attributed to our view of the future financial performance of Energy
Transfer Equity and LE GP based upon their underlying assets and industry
relationships. Excess cost amounts attributed to the ETP IDRs and the
equity method goodwill are not amortized; however, such amounts are subject to
impairment testing.
Amortization
of excess cost amounts are recorded as a reduction in equity
earnings. The following table summarizes our excess cost amortization
by segment for the periods indicated:
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners
|
|
$ |
1,884 |
|
|
$ |
2,499 |
|
|
$ |
2,052 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO
|
|
|
4,952 |
|
|
|
5,967 |
|
|
|
4,318 |
|
Investment
in Energy Transfer Equity
|
|
|
34,315 |
|
|
|
26,697 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
excess cost amortization (1)
|
|
$ |
41,151 |
|
|
$ |
35,163 |
|
|
$ |
6,370 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
As
of December 31, 2008, we expect that our total annual excess cost
amortization will be as follows: $43.8 million in 2009; $39.3 million
in each of 2010 and 2011; $39.0 million in 2012; and $38.8 million in
2013.
|
|
Equity
earnings from our Investment in Energy Transfer Equity segment for the year
ended December 31, 2008 were $65.6 million, before $34.3 million of amortization
of excess cost amounts. Equity earnings from our Investment in Energy
Transfer Equity segment for the year ended December 31, 2007 were $29.8 million,
before $26.7 million of amortization of excess cost amounts.
The following table presents our equity
in earnings from unconsolidated affiliates for the periods
indicated:
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
VESCO
|
|
$ |
(1,519 |
) |
|
$ |
3,507 |
|
|
$ |
1,719 |
|
Promix
|
|
|
1,977 |
|
|
|
514 |
|
|
|
1,353 |
|
BRF
|
|
|
1,003 |
|
|
|
2,010 |
|
|
|
2,643 |
|
Skelly-Belvieu
|
|
|
(31 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Evangeline
|
|
|
896 |
|
|
|
183 |
|
|
|
958 |
|
White
River Hub
|
|
|
655 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Poseidon
|
|
|
6,883 |
|
|
|
10,020 |
|
|
|
11,310 |
|
Cameron
Highway
|
|
|
16,358 |
|
|
|
(11,200 |
) |
|
|
(11,000 |
) |
Deepwater
Gateway
|
|
|
17,062 |
|
|
|
20,606 |
|
|
|
18,392 |
|
Neptune
(1)
|
|
|
(5,683 |
) |
|
|
(821 |
) |
|
|
(8,294 |
) |
Nemo
(2)
|
|
|
(973 |
) |
|
|
(5,977 |
) |
|
|
1,501 |
|
BRPC
|
|
|
1,877 |
|
|
|
2,266 |
|
|
|
1,864 |
|
Other
|
|
|
(771 |
) |
|
|
(807 |
) |
|
|
881 |
|
Subtotal
equity in earnings
|
|
|
37,734 |
|
|
|
20,301 |
|
|
|
21,327 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Seaway
|
|
|
11,732 |
|
|
|
2,602 |
|
|
|
11,905 |
|
Centennial
(3)
|
|
|
(14,673 |
) |
|
|
(13,528 |
) |
|
|
(17,101 |
) |
MB
Storage (4)
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
1,090 |
|
|
|
9,082 |
|
Other
|
|
|
70 |
|
|
|
43 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Subtotal
equity in earnings
|
|
|
(2,871 |
) |
|
|
(9,793 |
) |
|
|
3,886 |
|
Investment
in Energy Transfer Equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Energy
Transfer Equity
|
|
|
31,146 |
|
|
|
3,109 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
LE
GP
|
|
|
152 |
|
|
|
(14 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
Subtotal
equity in earnings
|
|
|
31,298 |
|
|
|
3,095 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
equity in earnings
|
|
$ |
66,161 |
|
|
$ |
13,603 |
|
|
$ |
25,213 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Equity
in earnings from Neptune for 2006 include a $7.4 million non-cash
impairment charge.
(2)
Equity
in earnings from Nemo for 2007 include a $7.0 million non-cash impairment
charge.
(3)
Equity
in earnings from Centennial reflect significant intercompany eliminations
due to transactions between TEPPCO and Centennial. See “Investment in
TEPPCO – Centennial” within this Note 12 for additional information
regarding these amounts.
(4)
Refers
to ownership interests in Mont Belvieu Storage Partners, L.P. and Mont
Belvieu Venture, LLC, collectively. TEPPCO disposed of this
investment on March 1, 2007.
|
|
We monitor the underlying business
fundamentals of our investments in unconsolidated affiliates and test such
investments for impairment when impairment indicators are present. As a result
of our reviews for the year ended December 31, 2008, no impairment charges
were required. We have the intent and ability to hold our equity method
investments, which are integral to our operations.
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners
The
combined balance sheet information and results of operations data of this
segment’s current unconsolidated affiliates are summarized below.
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Balance
Sheet Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets
|
|
$ |
196,634 |
|
|
$ |
187,790 |
|
Property,
plant and equipment, net
|
|
|
1,565,913 |
|
|
|
1,404,708 |
|
Other
assets
|
|
|
23,102 |
|
|
|
37,209 |
|
Total
assets
|
|
$ |
1,785,649 |
|
|
$ |
1,629,707 |
|
Current
liabilities
|
|
$ |
139,189 |
|
|
$ |
116,682 |
|
Other
liabilities
|
|
|
162,439 |
|
|
|
130,626 |
|
Combined
equity
|
|
|
1,484,021 |
|
|
|
1,382,399 |
|
Total
liabilities and combined equity
|
|
$ |
1,785,649 |
|
|
$ |
1,629,707 |
|
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Income
Statement Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$ |
828,697 |
|
|
$ |
669,936 |
|
|
$ |
655,405 |
|
Operating
income
|
|
|
102,138 |
|
|
|
138,995 |
|
|
|
61,296 |
|
Net
income
|
|
|
94,353 |
|
|
|
86,496 |
|
|
|
27,236 |
|
At December 31, 2008, our Investment in
Enterprise Products Partners segment included the following unconsolidated
affiliates accounted for using the equity method:
VESCO. Enterprise Products
Partners owns a 13.1% interest in VESCO, which owns a natural gas processing
facility and related assets located in south Louisiana.
Promix. Enterprise
Products Partners owns a 50.0% interest in Promix, which owns an NGL
fractionation facility and related storage and pipeline assets located in south
Louisiana.
BRF. Enterprise
Products Partners owns an approximate 32.3% interest in BRF, which owns an NGL
fractionation facility located in south Louisiana.
Evangeline. Duncan Energy Partners owns
an approximate 49.5% aggregate interest in Evangeline, which owns a natural gas
pipeline located in south Louisiana. See Note 15 for information
regarding the debt obligations of this unconsolidated affiliate.
White
River Hub. Enterprise Products Partners owns a 50.0% interest
in White River Hub, which owns a natural gas hub located in northwest
Colorado. The hub was completed in December 2008.
Skelly-Belvieu. In
December 2008, Enterprise Products Partners acquired a 49.0% interest in
Skelly-Belvieu for $36.0 million. Skelly-Belvieu owns a 570-mile
pipeline that transports mixed NGLs to markets in southeast Texas.
Poseidon. Enterprise
Products Partners owns a 36.0% interest in
Poseidon, which owns a crude oil pipeline that gathers production from the outer
continental shelf and deepwater areas of the Gulf of Mexico for delivery to
onshore locations in south Louisiana. See Note 15 for information
regarding the debt obligations of this unconsolidated affiliate.
Cameron
Highway. Enterprise Products
Partners owns a
50.0% interest in Cameron Highway, which owns a crude oil pipeline that gathers
production from deepwater areas of the Gulf of Mexico, primarily the
South Green Canyon area, for delivery to refineries and terminals in
southeast Texas.
Cameron
Highway repaid its $365.0 million Series A notes and $50.0 million Series B
notes in 2007 using cash contributions from its partners. Enterprise
Products Partners funded its 50% share of the capital contributions using
borrowings under EPO’s Revolver. Cameron Highway incurred a $14.1
million make-whole premium in connection with the repayment of its Series A
notes.
Deepwater
Gateway. Enterprise
Products Partners owns a 50.0% interest in
Deepwater Gateway, which owns the Marco Polo platform located in the Gulf of
Mexico. The Marco Polo platform processes crude oil and natural gas
production from the Marco Polo, K2, K2 North and Ghengis Khan fields located in
the South Green Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico.
Neptune. Enterprise Products
Partners owns a 25.7% interest in Neptune, which owns the Manta Ray Offshore
Gathering and Nautilus Systems, which are natural gas pipelines located in the
Gulf of Mexico. Neptune owns the Manta Ray Offshore Gathering System (“Manta
Ray”) and Nautilus Pipeline System (“Nautilus”). Manta Ray gathers
natural gas originating from producing fields located in the Green Canyon,
Southern Green Canyon, Ship Shoal, South Timbalier and Ewing Bank areas of the
Gulf of Mexico to numerous downstream pipelines, including the Nautilus
pipeline. Nautilus connects our Manta Ray pipeline to our Neptune
natural gas processing plant located in south Louisiana.
Due to a decrease in throughput volumes
on the Manta Ray and Nautilus pipelines, Enterprise Products Partners evaluated
its 25.7% investment in Neptune for impairment in 2006. The decrease
in throughput volumes was attributable to underperformance of certain fields,
natural depletion and hurricane-related delays in starting new
production. These factors contributed to significant delays in
throughput volumes Neptune expects to receive. As a result, Neptune
experienced operating losses. Enterprise Products Partners’ review of Neptune’s
estimated cash flows indicated that the carrying value of its investment
exceeded its fair value, which resulted in a non-cash impairment charge of $7.4
million. This loss is recorded as a component of “Equity in earnings
of unconsolidated affiliates” in our Statement of Consolidated Operations for
the year ended December 31, 2006.
Nemo. Enterprise Products
Partners owns a
33.9% interest in Nemo, which owns the Nemo Gathering System, which is a natural
gas pipeline located in the Gulf of Mexico. The Nemo Gathering System
gathers natural gas from certain developments in the Green Canyon area of
the Gulf of Mexico to a pipeline interconnect with the Manta Ray Gathering
System. Due to a decrease in throughput volumes on the Nemo Gathering
System, Enterprise Products Partners evaluated its investment in Nemo for
impairment in 2007. The decrease in throughput volumes was primarily
due to underperformance of certain fields and natural
depletion. Enterprise Products Partners’ review of Nemo’s estimated
future cash flows in 2007 indicated that the carrying value of its investment
exceeded its fair value, which resulted in a non-cash impairment charge of $7.0
million. This loss is recorded as a component of “Equity in earnings
of unconsolidated affiliates” in our Statements of Consolidated Operations for
the year ended December 31, 2007.
Enterprise Products Partners’
investments in Neptune and Nemo were written down to their respective fair
values, which management estimated using recognized business valuation
techniques. If the assumptions underlying such fair values change and
expected cash flows are reduced, additional impairment charges for these
investments may result in the future.
BRPC. Enterprise
Products Partners owns a 30.0% interest in
BRPC, which owns a propylene fractionation facility located in south
Louisiana.
Investment
in TEPPCO
The
combined balance sheet information and results of operations data of this
segment’s current unconsolidated affiliates (i.e. Seaway and Centennial) are
summarized below.
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Balance
Sheet Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets
|
|
$ |
44,161 |
|
|
$ |
37,293 |
|
Property,
plant and equipment, net
|
|
|
487,426 |
|
|
|
500,530 |
|
Other
assets
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
1 |
|
Total
assets
|
|
$ |
531,583 |
|
|
$ |
537,824 |
|
Current
liabilities
|
|
$ |
26,798 |
|
|
$ |
30,271 |
|
Other
liabilities
|
|
|
120,380 |
|
|
|
130,303 |
|
Combined
equity
|
|
|
384,405 |
|
|
|
377,250 |
|
Total
liabilities and combined equity
|
|
$ |
531,583 |
|
|
$ |
537,824 |
|
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Income
Statement Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$ |
132,987 |
|
|
$ |
124,153 |
|
|
$ |
160,408 |
|
Operating
income
|
|
|
52,266 |
|
|
|
34,422 |
|
|
|
44,580 |
|
Net
income
|
|
|
41,655 |
|
|
|
23,954 |
|
|
|
34,070 |
|
At December 31, 2008, our Investment in
TEPPCO segment included the following unconsolidated affiliates accounted for
using the equity method:
Seaway. TEPPCO owns a
50% interest in Seaway, which owns a pipeline that transports crude oil from a
marine terminal located at Freeport, Texas, to Cushing, Oklahoma, and from a
marine terminal located at Texas City, Texas, to refineries in the Texas City
and Houston, Texas areas.
Centennial. TEPPCO owns a
50% interest in Centennial, which owns an interstate refined petroleum products
pipeline extending from the upper Texas Gulf Coast to central
Illinois. Prior to April 2002, TEPPCO’s mainline pipeline was
bottlenecked between Beaumont, Texas and El Dorado, Arkansas, which limited
TEPPCO’s ability to transport refined products and LPGs during peak
periods. When the Centennial pipeline commenced operations in 2002,
it effectively looped TEPPCO’s mainline, thus providing TEPPCO incremental
transportation capacity into Mid-continent markets. Centennial
is a key investment of TEPPCO.
Since TEPPCO utilizes the Centennial
pipeline in its mainline operations, TEPPCO’s equity earnings from Centennial
reflect the elimination of profits and losses attributable to intercompany
transactions. Such eliminations reduced equity earnings as follows
for the periods noted: $8.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2008;
$9.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2007; and $5.6 million for the year
ended December 31, 2006. Additionally, TEPPCO amortizes its excess
cost in Centennial, which reduced equity in earnings by $4.3 million, $5.4
million and $3.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
MB
Storage. On March 1, 2007, TEPPCO sold its 49.5% ownership
interest in Mont Belvieu Storage Partners, L.P. (“MB Storage”) and its 50%
ownership interest in Mont Belvieu Venture, LLC (the general partner of MB
Storage) to Louis Dreyfus Energy Services L.P. for approximately $156.0 million
in cash. TEPPCO recognized a gain of approximately $60.0 million related to its
sale of these equity interests, which is included in other income for the year
ended December 31, 2007. The sale of MB Storage was required by the U.S. Federal
Trade Commission (“FTC”) in connection with ending its investigation into the
acquisition of TEPPCO GP by private company affiliates of EPCO in February
2005.
Investment
in Energy Transfer Equity
This
segment reflects the Parent Company’s non-controlling ownership interests in
Energy Transfer Equity and its general partner, LE GP, both of which are
accounted for using the equity method. In May 2007, the Parent
Company paid $1.65 billion to acquire 38,976,090 common units of Energy Transfer
Equity and approximately 34.9% of the membership interests of LE
GP. The following table summarizes the values recorded by the Parent
Company in connection with its purchase of these equity interests.
Energy
Transfer Equity (38,976,090 common units)
|
|
$ |
1,636,996 |
|
LE
GP (approximately 34.9% membership interest)
|
|
|
12,338 |
|
Total
invested by the Parent Company
|
|
$ |
1,649,334 |
|
On
January 22, 2009, the Parent Company acquired an additional 5.7% membership
interest in LE GP for $0.8 million, which increased our total ownership in LE GP
to 40.6%.
LE
GP. The business purpose of LE GP is to manage the affairs and
operations of Energy Transfer Equity. LE GP has no separate business
activities outside of those conducted by Energy Transfer Equity. LE
GP owns a 0.31% general partner interest in Energy Transfer Equity and has no
IDR’s in the quarterly cash distributions of Energy Transfer
Equity.
Energy
Transfer Equity. Energy Transfer Equity currently has no separate
operating activities apart from those of ETP. Energy Transfer
Equity’s principal sources of distributable cash flow are its investments in the
limited and general partner interests of ETP as follows:
§
|
Direct
ownership of 62,500,797 ETP limited partner units representing
approximately 46.0% of the total outstanding ETP
units.
|
§
|
Indirect
ownership of the 2% general partner interest of ETP and all associated
IDRs held by ETP’s general partner, of which Energy Transfer Equity owns
100% of the membership interests. Currently, the quarterly
general partner and associated IDR thresholds of ETP’s general partner are
as follows:
|
§
|
2%
of quarterly cash distributions up to $0.275 per unit paid by
ETP;
|
§
|
15%
of quarterly cash distributions from $0.275 per unit up to $0.3175 per
unit paid by ETP;
|
§
|
25%
of quarterly cash distributions from $0.3175 per unit up to $0.4125 per
unit paid by ETP; and
|
§
|
50%
of quarterly cash distributions that exceed $0.4125 per unit paid by
ETP.
|
ETP’s partnership agreement requires
that it distribute all of its Available Cash (as defined in such agreement)
within 45 days following the end of each fiscal quarter.
ETP is a
publicly traded partnership owning and operating a diversified portfolio of
energy assets. ETP has pipeline operations in Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana, New
Mexico and Utah, and owns the largest intrastate pipeline system in Texas. ETP’s
natural gas operations include intrastate natural gas gathering and
transportation pipelines, natural gas treating and processing assets and three
natural gas storage facilities located in Texas. ETP is also one of the three
largest retail marketers of propane in the United States, serving more than one
million customers across the country.
The
balance sheet information and results of operations data for Energy Transfer
Equity are summarized below.
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Balance
Sheet Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets
|
|
$ |
1,180,995 |
|
|
$ |
1,403,796 |
|
Property,
plant and equipment, net
|
|
|
8,702,534 |
|
|
|
6,852,458 |
|
Other
assets
|
|
|
1,186,373 |
|
|
|
1,205,840 |
|
Total
assets
|
|
$ |
11,069,902 |
|
|
$ |
9,462,094 |
|
Current
liabilities
|
|
$ |
1,208,921 |
|
|
$ |
1,241,433 |
|
Other
liabilities
|
|
|
9,944,413 |
|
|
|
8,236,324 |
|
Partners’
equity
|
|
|
(83,432 |
) |
|
|
(15,663 |
) |
Total
liabilities and partners’ equity
|
|
$ |
11,069,902 |
|
|
$ |
9,462,094 |
|
In
November 2007, Energy Transfer Equity changed its fiscal year end to the
calendar year end; thus, its current fiscal year began on January 1,
2008. Energy Transfer Equity completed a four-month transition period
that began September 1, 2007 and ended December 31, 2007 and filed a transition
report on Form 10-Q for that period in February 2008. Energy Transfer
Equity subsequently filed audited financial statements for the four-month
transition period on Form 8-K in March 2008.
Energy
Transfer Equity did not recast its consolidated financial data for prior fiscal
periods. According to Energy Transfer Equity, comparability between
periods is impacted primarily by weather, fluctuations in commodity prices,
volumes of natural gas sold and transported, its hedging strategies and use of
financial instruments, trading activities, basis differences between market hubs
and interest rates. Energy Transfer Equity believes that the trends indicated by
comparison of the results for the calendar year ended December 31, 2008 are
substantially similar to what is reflected in the information for the fiscal
year ended August 31, 2007.
|
|
For
the Year
|
|
|
For
the Four
|
|
|
For
the Year
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
Months
Ended
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
August
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Income
Statement Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$ |
9,293,367 |
|
|
$ |
2,349,342 |
|
|
$ |
6,792,037 |
|
Operating
income
|
|
|
1,098,903 |
|
|
|
316,651 |
|
|
|
809,336 |
|
Net
income
|
|
|
375,044 |
|
|
|
92,677 |
|
|
|
319,360 |
|
For the
year ended December 31, 2008, Energy Transfer Equity received $546.2 million in
cash distributions from ETP, which consisted of $236.3 million from limited
partner interests, $17.9 million from its general partner interest and $305.1
million in distributions from the ETP IDRs. Energy Transfer Equity, in turn,
paid $435.9 million in distributions to its partners with respect to the year
ended December 31, 2008.
For the fiscal year ended August 31,
2007, Energy Transfer Equity received $370.7 million in cash distributions from
ETP, which consisted of $175.0 million from limited partner interests, $12.7
million from its general partner interest and $183.0 million in distributions
from the ETP IDRs. Energy Transfer Equity, in turn, paid $277.0
million in distributions to its partners with respect to the fiscal year ended
August 31, 2007.
At
December 31, 2008, the market value of the 38,976,090 common units of Energy
Transfer Equity was approximately $631.8 million. We evaluated the
near and long-term prospects of our investment in Energy Transfer Equity common
units and concluded that this investment was not impaired at December 31,
2008. Our management believes that Energy Transfer Equity has
significant growth prospects in the future that will enable the Parent Company
to more than fully recover its investment. The Parent Company has
the intent and ability to hold this investment for the long-term.
The
following table presents our cash used for business combinations by segment for
the periods indicated:
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Great
Divide acquisition
|
|
$ |
125,175 |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
South
Monco acquisition
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
35,000 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Encinal
acquisition
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
114 |
|
|
|
145,197 |
|
Piceance
Creek acquisition
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
368 |
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
Additional
ownership interests in Dixie
|
|
|
57,089 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
12,913 |
|
Additional
ownership interests in Tri-States and Belle Rose
|
|
|
19,895 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
business combinations
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
311 |
|
|
|
18,390 |
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
202,160 |
|
|
|
35,793 |
|
|
|
276,500 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marine
Services Businesses purchased from Cenac
|
|
|
258,183 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Marine
Services Businesses purchased from Horizon
|
|
|
87,582 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Terminal
assets purchased from New York LP Gas
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Storage,
Inc.
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
9,931 |
|
Refined
products terminal purchased from Mississippi
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Terminal
and Marketing Inc.
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
5,771 |
|
Other
business combinations
|
|
|
5,561 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
351,326 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
15,702 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
553,486 |
|
|
$ |
35,793 |
|
|
$ |
292,202 |
|
The following information highlights
aspects of certain transactions noted in the preceding table:
Transactions
Completed during the Year Ended December 31, 2008
Our
expenditures for business combinations during the year ended December 31, 2008
were $553.5 million and primarily reflect the acquisitions described
below.
On a pro
forma consolidated basis, our revenues, costs and expenses, operating income,
net income and earnings per Unit amounts would not have differed materially from
those we actually reported for 2008, 2007 and 2006 due to the immaterial nature
of our 2008 business combination transactions.
Great
Divide Gathering System Acquisition. In December 2008,
Enterprise Products Partners purchased a 100.0% membership interest in Great
Divide Gathering, LLC (“Great Divide”) for cash consideration of $125.2
million. Great Divide was wholly owned by EnCana Oil & Gas
(“EnCana”).
The
assets of Great Divide consist of a 31-mile natural gas gathering system, the
Great Divide Gathering System, located in the Piceance Basin of
northwestern Colorado. The Great Divide Gathering System extends from
the southern portion of the Piceance Basin, including production from
EnCana’s Mamm Creek field, to a pipeline interconnection with Enterprise
Products Partners’ Piceance Basin Gathering System. Volumes of
natural gas originating on the Great Divide Gathering System are transported
through Enterprise Products Partners’ Piceance Creek Gathering System to its 1.5
Bcf/d Meeker natural gas treating and processing complex. A
significant portion of these volumes are produced by EnCana, one of the largest
natural gas producers in the region, and are dedicated the Great Divide and
Piceance Creek Gathering Systems for the life of the associated lease
holdings.
Tri-States
and Belle Rose Acquisitions. In October 2008, Enterprise Products
Partners acquired additional 16.7% membership interests in both Tri-States NGL
Pipeline, L.L.C. (“Tri-States”) and Belle Rose NGL Pipeline, L.L.C. (“Belle
Rose”) for total cash consideration of $19.9 million. As a result of this
transaction,
Enterprise Products Partners’ ownership interest in Tri-States increased to
83.3%. Enterprise Products Partners now owns 100.0% of the membership
interests in Belle Rose.
Tri-States
owns a 194-mile NGL pipeline located along the Mississippi, Alabama and
Louisiana Gulf Coast. Belle Rose owns a 48-mile NGL pipeline
located in Louisiana. These systems, in conjunction with the Wilprise
pipeline, transport mixed NGLs to the BRF, Norco and Promix NGL fractionators
located in south Louisiana.
Acquisition
of Remaining Interest in Dixie. In August 2008,
Enterprise Products Partners acquired the remaining 25.8% ownership interest in
Dixie for $57.1 million. As a result of this transaction, Enterprise
Products Partners owns 100% of Dixie, which owns a 1,371-mile pipeline system
that delivers NGLs (primarily propane, and other chemical feedstock) to
customers along the U.S. Gulf Coast and southeastern United States.
TEPPCO
Marine Services Businesses. On February 1, 2008, TEPPCO entered the
marine transportation business for refined products, crude oil and condensate
through the purchase of assets from Cenac Towing Co., Inc., Cenac Offshore,
L.L.C., and Mr. Arlen B. Cenac, Jr. (collectively “Cenac”). The aggregate value
of total consideration TEPPCO paid or issued to complete this business
combination was $444.7 million, which consisted of $258.2 million in cash and
approximately 4.9 million of TEPPCO’s newly issued common
units. Additionally, TEPPCO assumed approximately $63.2 million of
Cenac’s debt in the transaction. TEPPCO acquired 42 tow boats, 89
tank barges and the economic benefit of certain related commercial
agreements. TEPPCO’s new business line serves refineries and storage
terminals along the Mississippi, Illinois and Ohio rivers and the Intracoastal
Waterway between Texas and Florida. These assets also gather crude
oil from production facilities and platforms along the U.S. Gulf Coast and in
the Gulf of Mexico. TEPPCO used its short-term credit facility to finance the
cash portion of the acquisition. TEPPCO repaid the $63.2 million of
debt assumed in this transaction using borrowings under its short-term credit
facility.
On
February 29, 2008, TEPPCO purchased related marine assets from Horizon Maritime,
L.L.C. (“Horizon”), a privately-held Houston-based company and an affiliate
of Mr. Cenac, for $80.8 million in cash. TEPPCO acquired 7 tow boats, 17 tank
barges, rights to two tow boats under construction and the economic benefit of
certain related commercial agreements. In April 2008, TEPPCO paid an
additional $3.0 million to Horizon pursuant to the purchase agreement upon
delivery of one of the tow boats under construction, and in June 2008, TEPPCO
paid an additional $3.8 million upon delivery of the second tow
boat. These vessels transport asphalt, heavy fuel oil and other
heated oil products to storage facilities and refineries along the Mississippi,
Illinois and Ohio Rivers and the Intracoastal
Waterway. TEPPCO’s short-term credit facility was used to finance
this acquisition.
The
results of operations related to these assets are included in our Condensed
Statements of Consolidated Operations beginning at the date of
acquisition.
Purchase
Price Allocations. We accounted for our business combinations
completed during 2008 using the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly,
such costs have been allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed based
on estimated preliminary fair values. Such preliminary values have
been developed using recognized business valuation techniques and are subject to
change pending a final valuation analysis.
|
Cenac
|
|
Horizon
|
|
Great
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition
|
|
Acquisition
|
|
Divide
|
|
Dixie
|
|
Other
(1)
|
|
Total
|
|
Assets
acquired in business combination:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
4,021 |
|
$ |
2,510 |
|
$ |
6,531 |
|
Property,
plant and equipment, net
|
|
362,872 |
|
|
72,196 |
|
|
70,643 |
|
|
33,727 |
|
|
10,122 |
|
|
549,560 |
|
Intangible
assets
|
|
63,500 |
|
|
6,500 |
|
|
9,760 |
|
|
-- |
|
|
12,747 |
|
|
92,507 |
|
Other
assets
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
382 |
|
|
46 |
|
|
428 |
|
Total
assets acquired
|
|
426,372 |
|
|
78,696 |
|
|
80,403 |
|
|
38,130 |
|
|
25,425 |
|
|
649,026 |
|
Liabilities
assumed in business combination:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
(2,581 |
) |
|
(649 |
) |
|
(3,230 |
) |
Long-term
debt
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
(2,582 |
) |
|
-- |
|
|
(2,582 |
) |
Other
long-term liabilities
|
|
(63,157 |
) |
|
-- |
|
|
(81 |
) |
|
(46,265 |
) |
|
(4 |
) |
|
(109,507 |
) |
Total
liabilities assumed
|
|
(63,157 |
) |
|
-- |
|
|
(81 |
) |
|
(51,428 |
) |
|
(653 |
) |
|
(115,319 |
) |
Total
assets acquired plus liabilities assumed
|
|
363,215 |
|
|
78,696 |
|
|
80,322 |
|
|
(13,298 |
) |
|
24,772 |
|
|
533,707 |
|
Fair
value of 4,854,899 TEPPCO common units
|
|
186,558 |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
186,558 |
|
Total
cash used for business combinations
|
|
258,183 |
|
|
87,582 |
|
|
125,175 |
|
|
57,089 |
|
|
25,457 |
|
|
553,486 |
|
Goodwill
|
$ |
81,526 |
|
$ |
8,886 |
|
$ |
44,853 |
|
$ |
70,387 |
|
$ |
685 |
|
$ |
206,337 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Primarily
represents (i) non-cash reclassification adjustments to Enterprise
Products Partners’ December 2007 preliminary fair value estimates for
assets acquired in its South Monoco natural gas pipeline acquisition, (ii)
TEPPCO’s purchase of lubrication and other fuel assets in August 2008 and
(iii) Enterprise Products’ purchase of additional interests in Tri-States
and Belle Rose in October 2008.
|
|
As a
result of Enterprise Products Partners’ 100% ownership interest in Dixie,
Enterprise Products Partners used push-down accounting to record this business
combination. In doing so, a temporary tax difference was created
between the assets and liabilities of Dixie for financial reporting and tax
purposes. Dixie recorded a deferred income tax liability of $45.1 million
attributable to the temporary tax difference.
Transactions
Completed during the Year Ended December 31, 2007
Our
expenditures for business combinations during the year ended December 31, 2007
were $35.8 million, which primarily reflect the $35.0 million Enterprise
Products Partners spent to acquire South Monco in December 2007. This
business includes approximately 128 miles of natural gas pipelines located in
southeast Texas. The remaining business combination related
amounts for 2007 consist of purchase price adjustments to prior period
transactions.
On a pro
forma consolidated basis, our revenues, costs and expenses, operating income,
net income and earnings per unit amounts would not have differed materially from
those we actually reported for 2007 and 2006 due to immaterial nature of our
2007 business combination transactions.
Transactions
Completed during the Year Ended December 31, 2006
Encinal
Acquisition. In July 2006, we acquired the Encinal and Canales
natural gas gathering systems and related gathering and processing contracts
that comprised the South Texas natural gas transportation and processing
business of an affiliate of Lewis Energy Group, L.P. (“Lewis”). The
aggregate value of total consideration we paid or issued to complete this
business combination (referred to as the “Encinal acquisition”) was $326.3
million, which consisted of $145.2 million in cash and 7,115,844 common units of
Enterprise Products Partners.
The Encinal and Canales gathering
systems are located in South Texas and are connected to over 1,450 natural gas
wells producing from the Olmos and Wilcox formations. The Encinal
system consists of 449 miles of pipeline, which is comprised of 277 miles of
pipeline we acquired from Lewis in this transaction and 172 miles of pipeline
that we own and had previously leased to Lewis. The Canales gathering
system is comprised of 32 miles of pipeline. Currently, natural gas
volumes gathered by the Encinal and Canales systems are transported by our
existing Texas Intrastate System and are processed by our South Texas natural
gas processing plants.
The Encinal and Canales gathering
systems are supported by a life of reserves gathering and processing dedication
by Lewis related to its natural gas production from the Olmos
formation. In addition, we entered into a 10-year agreement with
Lewis for the transportation of natural gas treated at its proposed Big Reef
facility. The Big Reef facility will treat natural gas from the
southern portion of the Edwards Trend in South Texas. We also entered
into a 10-year agreement with Lewis for the gathering and processing of rich gas
it produces from below the Olmos formation.
In accordance with purchase accounting,
the value of Enterprise Products Partners’ common units issued to Lewis was
based on the average closing price of such units immediately prior to and after
the transaction was announced on July 12, 2006. For purposes of this
calculation, the average closing price was $25.45 per unit.
Since the
closing date of the Encinal acquisition was July 1, 2006, our Statements of
Consolidated Operations do not include any earnings from these assets prior to
this date. Given the relative size of the Encinal acquisition to our
other business combination transactions during 2006, the following table
presents selected pro forma earnings information for the year ended December 31,
2006 as if the Encinal acquisition had been completed on January 1,
2006 instead of July 1, 2006. This information was prepared
based on financial data available to us and reflects certain estimates and
assumptions made by our management. Our pro forma financial
information is not necessarily indicative of what our consolidated financial
results would have been had the Encinal acquisition actually occurred on January
1, 2006.
The
amounts shown in the following table are in millions, except per unit
amounts.
|
|
For
the
|
|
|
|
Year
Ended
|
|
|
|
December
31, 2006
|
|
Pro
forma earnings data:
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$ |
23,685.9 |
|
Costs
and expenses
|
|
$ |
22,595.6 |
|
Operating
income
|
|
$ |
1,115.6 |
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
99.9 |
|
Basic
earnings per unit ("EPU"):
|
|
|
|
|
Units
outstanding, as reported
|
|
|
103.1 |
|
Units
outstanding, pro forma
|
|
|
103.1 |
|
Basic
EPU, as reported
|
|
$ |
1.30 |
|
Basic
EPU, pro forma
|
|
$ |
0.97 |
|
Diluted
EPU:
|
|
|
|
|
Units
outstanding, as reported
|
|
|
103.1 |
|
Units
outstanding , pro forma
|
|
|
103.1 |
|
Diluted
EPU, as reported
|
|
$ |
1.30 |
|
Diluted
EPU, pro forma
|
|
$ |
0.97 |
|
Piceance
Creek Acquisition. In December 2006, Enterprise Products Partners
purchased a 100% interest in Piceance Creek Pipeline, LLC (“Piceance Creek”),
for $100.0 million. Piceance Creek was wholly owned by
EnCana.
The
assets of Piceance Creek consisted of a recently constructed 48-mile, natural
gas gathering pipeline, the Piceance Creek Gathering System, located in the
Piceance Basin of northwestern Colorado. The Piceance Creek Gathering
System has a transportation capacity of 1.6 Bcf/d of natural gas and
extends from a connection with EnCana’s Great Divide Gathering System located
near Parachute, Colorado, northward through the heart of the Piceance Basin to
our 1.5 Bcf/d Meeker natural gas treating and processing complex.
Connectivity to EnCana’s Great Divide Gathering System (see above for
Enterprise Products Partners’ purchase of this system in 2008) will provide the
Piceance Creek Gathering System with access to production from the southern
portion of the Piceance basin, including production from EnCana’s Mamm Creek
field. The Piceance Creek Gathering System was placed in service in
January 2007 and began transporting initial volumes of approximately 300
million cubic feet per day (“MMcf/d”) of natural
gas. Currently,
we transport approximately 520 MMcf/d of natural gas volumes, with a significant
portion of these volumes being produced by EnCana, one of the largest natural
gas producers in the region. In conjunction with our acquisition of
Piceance Creek, EnCana signed a long-term, fixed fee gathering agreement with us
and dedicated significant production to the Piceance Creek Gathering System for
the life of the associated lease holdings.
Identifiable
Intangible Assets
The
following tables summarize our intangible assets at the dates
indicated:
|
|
December
31, 2008
|
|
|
|
Gross
|
|
|
Accum.
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Amort.
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customer
relationship intangibles
|
|
$ |
858,354 |
|
|
$ |
(272,918 |
) |
|
$ |
585,436 |
|
Contract-based
intangibles
|
|
|
409,283 |
|
|
|
(156,603 |
) |
|
|
252,680 |
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
1,267,637 |
|
|
|
(429,521 |
) |
|
|
838,116 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Incentive
distribution rights
|
|
|
606,926 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
606,926 |
|
Customer
relationship intangibles
|
|
|
52,381 |
|
|
|
(3,506 |
) |
|
|
48,875 |
|
Gas
gathering agreements
|
|
|
462,449 |
|
|
|
(212,610 |
) |
|
|
249,839 |
|
Other
contract-based intangibles
|
|
|
74,515 |
|
|
|
(29,224 |
) |
|
|
45,291 |
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
1,196,271 |
|
|
|
(245,340 |
) |
|
|
950,931 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
2,463,908 |
|
|
$ |
(674,861 |
) |
|
$ |
1,789,047 |
|
|
|
December
31, 2007
|
|
|
|
Gross
|
|
|
Accum.
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Amort.
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customer
relationship intangibles
|
|
$ |
845,607 |
|
|
$ |
(213,215 |
) |
|
$ |
632,392 |
|
Contract-based
intangibles
|
|
|
395,235 |
|
|
|
(128,209 |
) |
|
|
267,026 |
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
1,240,842 |
|
|
|
(341,424 |
) |
|
|
899,418 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Incentive
distribution rights
|
|
|
606,926 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
606,926 |
|
Customer
relationship intangibles
|
|
|
501 |
|
|
|
(111 |
) |
|
|
390 |
|
Gas
gathering agreements
|
|
|
462,449 |
|
|
|
(181,372 |
) |
|
|
281,077 |
|
Other
contract-based intangibles
|
|
|
55,126 |
|
|
|
(22,738 |
) |
|
|
32,388 |
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
1,125,002 |
|
|
|
(204,221 |
) |
|
|
920,781 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
2,365,844 |
|
|
$ |
(545,645 |
) |
|
$ |
1,820,199 |
|
The
following table presents the amortization expense of our intangible assets by
segment for the periods indicated:
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners
|
|
$ |
88,097 |
|
|
$ |
89,727 |
|
|
$ |
88,755 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO
|
|
|
41,793 |
|
|
|
35,584 |
|
|
|
33,269 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
129,890 |
|
|
$ |
125,311 |
|
|
$ |
122,024 |
|
We
estimate that amortization expense associated with our portfolio of intangible
assets at December 31, 2008 will approximate $122.0 million for 2009, $115.9
million for 2010, $108.1 million for 2011, $93.1 million for 2012 and $85.4
million for 2013.
In
general, our amortizable intangible assets fall within two categories –
contract-based intangible assets and customer relationships. The values assigned
to such intangible assets are amortized to earnings using either (i) a
straight-line approach or (ii) other methods that closely resemble the pattern
in which the economic benefits of associated resource bases are estimated to be
consumed or otherwise used, as appropriate.
Customer
relationship intangible assets. Customer relationship
intangible assets represent the estimated economic value assigned to certain
relationships acquired in connection with business combinations and asset
purchases whereby (i) we acquired information about or access to customers and
now have regular contact with them and (ii) the customers now have the ability
to make direct contact with us. Customer relationships may arise from
contractual arrangements (such as supplier contracts and service contracts) and
through means other than contracts, such as through regular contact by sales or
service representatives.
At
December 31, 2008, the carrying value of Enterprise Products Partners’ customer
relationship intangible assets was $585.4 million. The carrying value
of TEPPCO’s customer relationship intangible assets was $48.9 million. The
following information summarizes the significant components of this category of
intangible assets:
§
|
San
Juan Gathering System customer relationships – Enterprise Products
Partners acquired these customer relationships in connection with the
GulfTerra Merger, which was completed on September 30, 2004. At
December 31, 2008, the carrying value of this group of intangible assets
was $238.8 million. These intangible assets are being amortized
to earnings over their estimated economic life of 35 years through
2039. Amortization expense is recorded using a method that
closely resembles the pattern in which the economic benefits of the
underlying natural gas resource bases are expected to be consumed or
otherwise used.
|
§
|
Offshore
Pipeline & Platform customer relationships – Enterprise Products
Partners acquired these customer relationships in connection with the
GulfTerra Merger. At December 31, 2008, the carrying value of
this group of intangible assets was $115.2 million. These
intangible assets are being amortized to earnings over their estimated
economic life of 33 years through 2037. Amortization expense is
recorded using a method that closely resembles the pattern in which the
economic benefits of the underlying crude oil and natural gas resource
bases are expected to be consumed or otherwise
used.
|
§
|
Encinal
natural gas processing customer relationship – Enterprise Products
Partners acquired this customer relationship in connection with its
Encinal acquisition in 2006. At December 31, 2008, the carrying
value of this intangible asset was $99.1 million. This
intangible asset is being amortized to earnings over its estimated
economic life of 20 years through 2026. Amortization expense is
recorded using a method that closely resembles the pattern in which the
economic benefit of the underlying natural gas resource bases are expected
to be consumed or otherwise used.
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Contract-based
intangible assets. Contract-based intangible assets represent
specific commercial rights we acquired in connection with business combinations
or asset purchases. At December 31, 2008, the carrying value of
Enterprise Products Partners’ contract-based intangible assets was $252.7
million. The carrying value of TEPPCO’s contract-based
intangible assets was $295.1 million. The following information summarizes the
significant components of this category of intangible assets:
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|
Jonah
natural gas gathering agreements – These intangible assets represent the
value attributed to certain of Jonah’s natural gas gathering contracts
that existed at February 24, 2005, which was the date that private company
affiliates of EPCO first acquired their ownership interests in TEPPCO and
TEPPCO GP. At December 31, 2008, the carrying value of this
group of intangible assets was $136.0 million. These intangible
assets are being amortized to earnings using a units-of-production method
based on throughput volumes on the Jonah
system.
|
§
|
Val
Verde natural gas gathering agreements – These intangible assets represent
the value attributed to certain natural gas gathering agreements
associated with TEPPCO’s Val Verde Gathering System that existed at
February 24, 2005, which was the date that private company affiliates of
EPCO first acquired their ownership interests in TEPPCO and TEPPCO
GP. At December 31, 2008, the carrying value of these
intangible assets was $113.8 million. These intangible assets
are being amortized to earnings using a units-of-production method based
on throughput volumes on the Val Verde Gathering
System.
|
§
|
Shell
Processing Agreement – This margin-band/keepwhole processing agreement
grants Enterprise Products Partners the right to process Shell Oil
Company’s (or its assignee’s) current and future natural gas production of
within the state and federal waters of the Gulf of
Mexico. Enterprise Products Partners acquired the Shell
Processing Agreement in connection with its 1999 purchase of certain of
Shell’s midstream energy assets located along the U.S. Gulf
Coast. At December 31, 2008, the carrying value of this
intangible asset was $116.9 million. This intangible asset is
being amortized to earnings on a straight-line basis over its estimated
economic life of 20 years through
2019.
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§
|
Mississippi
natural gas storage contracts – These intangible assets represent the
value assigned by Enterprise Products Partners to certain natural gas
storage contracts associated with its Petal and Hattiesburg, Mississippi
storage facilities. These facilities were acquired in
connection with the GulfTerra Merger. At December 31, 2008, the
carrying value of these intangible assets was $64.0
million. These intangible assets are being amortized to
earnings on a straight-line basis over the remainder of their respective
contract terms, which range from eight to 18 years (i.e. 2012 through
2022).
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Incentive
distribution rights. The Parent Company recorded an
indefinite-life intangible asset valued at $606.9 million in connection with the
receipt of the TEPPCO IDRs from DFIGP in May 2007. This amount
represents DFIGP’s historical carrying value and characterization of such
asset. This intangible asset is not subject to amortization, but it
subject to periodic testing for recoverability in a manner similar to
goodwill.
The IDRs represent contractual rights
to the incentive cash distributions paid by TEPPCO. Such rights were
granted to TEPPCO GP under the terms of TEPPCO’s partnership
agreement. In accordance with TEPPCO’s partnership agreement, TEPPCO
GP may separate and sell the IDRs independent of its other residual general
partner and limited partner interests in TEPPCO. TEPPCO GP is
entitled to 2% of the cash distributions paid by TEPPCO as well as the
associated IDRs of TEPPCO. TEPPCO GP is the sole general partner of,
and thereby controls, TEPPCO. As an incentive, TEPPCO GP’s percentage
interest in TEPPCO’s quarterly cash distributions is increased after certain
specified target levels of distribution rates are met by TEPPCO. See Note 24 for
additional information regarding TEPPCO GP’s quarterly incentive distribution
thresholds.
We
consider the IDRs to be an indefinite-life intangible asset. Our
determination of an indefinite-life is based upon our expectation that TEPPCO
will continue to pay incentive distributions under the terms of its partnership
agreement to TEPPCO GP indefinitely. TEPPCO’s partnership agreement contains
renewal provisions that provide for TEPPCO to continue as a going concern beyond
the initial term of its partnership agreement, which ends in December
2084.
We test
the carrying value of the IDRs for impairment annually, or more frequently if
circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not that the fair value of
the asset is less than its carrying value. This test is performed
during the fourth quarter of each fiscal year. If the estimated fair
value of this intangible asset is less its carrying value, a charge to earnings
is required to reduce the asset’s carrying value to its implied fair
value. In addition, we review this asset annually to
determine whether events or circumstances continue to support an indefinite
life.
Goodwill
Goodwill
represents the excess of the purchase price of an acquired business over the
amounts assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the
transaction. Goodwill is not amortized; however, it is subject to
annual impairment testing. No goodwill impairment losses were
recorded during the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 or 2006. The
following table summarizes our goodwill amounts by business segment at the dates
indicated:
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GulfTerra
Merger
|
|
$ |
385,945 |
|
|
$ |
385,945 |
|
Encinal
acquisition
|
|
|
95,272 |
|
|
|
95,280 |
|
Acquisition
of additional interests in Dixie
|
|
|
80,279 |
|
|
|
9,892 |
|
Great
Divide acquisition
|
|
|
44,853 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Other
|
|
|
100,535 |
|
|
|
100,535 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TEPPCO
acquisition
|
|
|
197,645 |
|
|
|
197,645 |
|
Marine
services acquisition
|
|
|
90,412 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Other
|
|
|
18,976 |
|
|
|
18,283 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
1,013,917 |
|
|
$ |
807,580 |
|
In 2008,
our Investment in Enterprise Products Partners business segment recorded
goodwill of $70.4 million in connection with the acquisition of the remaining
third party interest in Dixie and $44.9 million in connection with the
acquisition of Great Divide. The remaining ownership interests in
Dixie were acquired from Amoco Pipeline Holding Company in August
2008. Management attributes this goodwill to future earnings growth
on the Dixie Pipeline. Specifically, a 100.0% ownership interest in
the Dixie Pipeline will increase Enterprise Products Partners’ flexibility to
pursue future opportunities.
Great
Divide was acquired from EnCana in December 2008. Goodwill for this
acquisition is attributable to management’s expectations of future benefits
derived from incremental natural gas processing margins and other downstream
activities. For additional information regarding these acquisitions
see Note 12.
In
addition, our Investment in Enterprise Products Partners business segment
includes goodwill amounts recorded in connection with the GulfTerra
Merger. The value associated with such goodwill amounts can be
attributed to our belief (at the time the merger was consummated) that the
combined partnerships would benefit from the strategic asset locations and
industry relationships that each partnership possessed. In addition,
we expected that various operating synergies could develop (such as reduced
general and administrative costs and interest savings) that would result in
improved financial results for the merged entity.
Management
attributes goodwill amounts recorded in connection with the Encinal acquisition
to potential future benefits Enterprise Products Partners may realize from its
other south Texas natural gas processing and NGL
businesses. Specifically, Enterprise Products Partners’ acquisition
of long-term dedication rights associated with the Encinal business is expected
to add value to its south Texas processing facilities and related NGL businesses
due to increased volumes.
In 2008,
our Investment in TEPPCO business segment recorded goodwill of $90.4 million in
connection with its marine services acquisitions. Management
attributes the value of this goodwill to potential future benefits TEPPCO
expects to realize as a result of acquiring these assets. For
additional information regarding this acquisitions see Note 12.
In
addition, our Investment in TEPPCO business segment includes goodwill amounts
recorded in connection with DFIGP’s contribution of ownership interests in
TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP to the Parent
Company
on May 7, 2007. At December 31, 2008 and 2007, the TEPPCO business
segment included $197.6 million of such goodwill amounts.
Goodwill
associated with DFIGP’s contribution of ownership interests in TEPPCO and TEPPCO
GP to the Parent Company represents DFIGP’s historical carrying value and
characterization of such asset. Management attributes this goodwill to the
future benefits we may realize from our investments in TEPPCO and TEPPCO
GP. Specifically, we will benefit from the cash distributions paid by
TEPPCO with respect to TEPPCO GP’s 2% general partner interest in TEPPCO and
ownership of 4,400,000 of its common units.
The
following table summarizes the significant components of our consolidated debt
obligations at the dates indicated:
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Principal
amount of debt obligations of the Parent Company
|
|
$ |
1,077,000 |
|
|
$ |
1,090,000 |
|
Principal
amount of debt obligations of Enterprise Products
Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior
debt obligations
|
|
|
7,813,346 |
|
|
|
5,646,500 |
|
Subordinated
debt obligations
|
|
|
1,232,700 |
|
|
|
1,250,000 |
|
Total
principal amount of debt obligations of Enterprise Products
Partners
|
|
|
9,046,046 |
|
|
|
6,896,500 |
|
Principal
amount of debt obligations of TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior
debt obligations
|
|
|
2,216,653 |
|
|
|
1,545,000 |
|
Subordinated
debt obligations
|
|
|
300,000 |
|
|
|
300,000 |
|
Total
principal amount of debt obligations of TEPPCO
|
|
|
2,516,653 |
|
|
|
1,845,000 |
|
Total
principal amount of consolidated debt obligations
|
|
|
12,639,699 |
|
|
|
9,831,500 |
|
Other,
non-principal amounts:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes
in fair value of debt-related financial instruments (see Note
8)
|
|
|
51,935 |
|
|
|
14,839 |
|
Unamortized
discounts, net of premiums
|
|
|
(12,549 |
) |
|
|
(7,297 |
) |
Unamortized
deferred gains related to terminated interest rate swaps (see Note
8)
|
|
|
35,843 |
|
|
|
22,163 |
|
Total
other, non-principal amounts
|
|
|
75,229 |
|
|
|
29,705 |
|
Total
long-term debt
|
|
|
12,714,928 |
|
|
|
9,861,205 |
|
Less
current maturities of TEPPCO long-term debt
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(353,976 |
) |
Total
consolidated debt obligations
|
|
$ |
12,714,928 |
|
|
$ |
9,507,229 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Standby
letters of credit outstanding:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enterprise
Products Partners
|
|
$ |
1,000 |
|
|
$ |
1,100 |
|
TEPPCO
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
23,494 |
|
Total
standby letters of credit
|
|
$ |
1,000 |
|
|
$ |
24,594 |
|
Debt
Obligations of the Parent Company
The
Parent Company consolidates the debt obligations of both Enterprise Products
Partners and TEPPCO; however, the Parent Company does not have the obligation to
make interest or debt payments with respect to the consolidated debt obligations
of either Enterprise Product Partners or TEPPCO.
The
following table summarizes the debt obligations of the Parent Company at the
dates indicated:
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
EPE
Revolver, variable rate, due September 2012
|
|
$ |
102,000 |
|
|
$ |
115,000 |
|
$125.0
million Term Loan A, variable rate, due September 2012
|
|
|
125,000 |
|
|
|
125,000 |
|
$850.0
million Term Loan B, variable rate, due November 2014 (1)
|
|
|
850,000 |
|
|
|
850,000 |
|
Total
debt obligations of the Parent Company
|
|
$ |
1,077,000 |
|
|
$ |
1,090,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
In
accordance with SFAS 6, "Classification of Short-Term Obligations Expected
to be Refinanced," long-term and current maturities of debt reflects the
classification of such obligations at December 31, 2008. With
respect to the $17.0 million due under Term Loan B in 2009, the Parent
Company has the ability to use available credit capacity under its
revolving credit facility to fund repayment of these
amounts.
|
|
EPE
$200.0
Million Credit Facility. In January 2006, the Parent Company amended and
restated its original $525.0 million credit facility to reflect a new borrowing
capacity of $200.0 million, which included a sublimit of $25.0 million for
letters of credit. Amounts borrowed under the $200.0 million credit
facility (the “EPE Revolver”) were due in January 2009. The Parent
Company secured borrowings under this credit facility with a pledge of its
limited and general partner ownership interests in Enterprise Products
Partners. This facility was amended and restated in May 2007 as the
EPE Interim Credit Facility.
EPE
Interim Credit Facility. In May 2007, the Parent Company
executed a $1.9 billion interim credit facility (the “EPE Interim Credit
Facility”) in connection with its acquisition of equity interests in Energy
Transfer Equity and LE GP. The EPE Interim Credit Facility, which
amended and restated the terms of its then existing credit facility (the “EPE
$200.0 Million Credit Facility”), provided for a $200.0 million revolving
credit facility (the “EPE Bridge Revolving Credit Facility”) and $1.7 billion of
term loans. The term loans were segregated into two tranches: a
$500.0 million EPE Term Loan (Equity Bridge) and a $1.2 billion EPE Term
Loan (Debt Bridge).
On May 7,
2007, the Parent Company made initial borrowings of $1.8 billion under this
credit facility as follows:
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|
$155.0
million to repay principal outstanding under the EPE $200.0 Million Credit
Facility; and
|
§
|
$1.2
billion under the EPE Term Loan (Debt Bridge) and $500.0 million under the
EPE Term Loan (Equity Bridge) to fund the $1.65 billion cash purchase
price for the acquisition of membership interests in LE GP and common
units of Energy Transfer Equity.
|
In July
2007, the Parent Company used net proceeds from its private placement of Units
(see Note 16) to repay the $500.0 million in principal outstanding under the EPE
Term Loan (Equity Bridge), $238.0 million to reduce principal outstanding
under the EPE Term Loan (Debt Bridge) and $2.0 million of related accrued
interest. The remaining balances due under the EPE Bridge Revolving
Credit Facility and EPE Term Loan (Debt Bridge) were to mature in May
2008.
In August
2007, the Parent Company refinanced the $1.2 billion then outstanding under the
EPE Interim Credit Facility using proceeds from its EPE August 2007 Credit
Agreement.
EPE
August 2007 Credit Agreement. The $1.2 billion EPE August 2007
Credit Agreement provided for a $200.0 million revolving credit facility (the
“EPE Revolver”), a $125.0 million term loan (“Term Loan A”), and an $850.0
million term loan (the “Term Loan A-2”). The EPE Revolver replaced
the $200.0 million EPE Bridge Revolving Credit Facility. Amounts
borrowed under the August 2007
Revolver
mature in September 2012. Term Loan A and Term Loan A-2 refinanced
amounts then outstanding under the Term Loan
(Debt Bridge). Amounts borrowed under Term Loan A mature in
September 2012. Amounts borrowed under Term Loan A-2 were refinanced
in November 2007 with proceeds from a term loan due November 2014.
Borrowings under the EPE August 2007
Credit Agreement are secured by the Parent Company’s ownership of (i) 13,454,498
common units of Enterprise Products Partners, (ii) 100% of the membership
interests in EPGP, (iii) 38,976,090 common units of Energy Transfer Equity, (iv)
4,400,000 common units of TEPPCO and (v) 100% of the membership interests in
TEPPCO GP.
The EPE
Revolver may be used by the Parent Company to fund working capital and other
capital requirements and for general partnership purposes. The EPE
2007 Revolver offers secured ABR loans (“ABR Loans”) and Eurodollar loans
(“Eurodollar Loans”) each having different interest requirements.
ABR Loans
bear interest at an alternative base rate (the “Alternative Base Rate”) plus an
applicable rate (the “Applicable Rate”). The Alternative Base Rate is
a rate per annum equal to the greater of: (i) the annual interest
rate publicly announced by Citibank, N.A. as its base rate in effect at its
principal office in New York, New York (the “Prime Rate”) in effect on such day
and (ii) the federal funds effective rate in effect on such day plus
0.50%. The Applicable Rate for ABR Loans will be increased by an
applicable margin ranging from 0% to 1.0% per annum. The Eurodollar
Loans bear interest at a “LIBOR rate” (as defined in the August 2007 Credit
Agreement) plus the Applicable Rate. The Applicable Rate for
Eurodollar Loans will be increased by an applicable margin ranging from 1.00% to
2.50% per annum.
All
borrowings outstanding under Term Loan A will, at the Parent Company’s option,
be made and maintained as ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans, or a combination
thereof. Prior to being refinanced in November 2007, borrowings
outstanding under Term Loan A-2 were charged interest at the LIBOR rate plus
1.75%. Any amount repaid under the Term Loan A may not be
reborrowed.
In
November 2007, the Parent Company executed a seven-year, $850 million senior
secured term loan (“Term Loan B”) in the institutional leveraged loan market.
Proceeds from the Term Loan B were used to permanently refinance borrowings
outstanding under the partnership’s $850 million Term Loan A-2 that had a
maturity date in May 2008. The Term Loan B, which was priced at a discount of
1.0 percent, generally bears interest at LIBOR plus 2.25 percent and is
scheduled to mature on November 8, 2014. The Term Loan B is callable for up to
one year by the partnership at 101 percent of the principal, and at par
thereafter.
The EPE August 2007 Credit Agreement
contains various covenants related to the Parent Company’s ability to incur
certain indebtedness, grant certain liens, make fundamental structural changes,
make distributions following an event of default and enter into certain
restricted agreements. The credit agreement also requires the Parent
Company to satisfy certain quarterly financial covenants.
Consolidated
Debt Obligations of Enterprise Products Partners
The
following table summarizes the principal amount of consolidated debt obligations
of Enterprise Products Partners at the dates indicated:
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Senior
debt obligations of Enterprise Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPO
Revolver, variable rate, due November 2012
|
|
$ |
800,000 |
|
|
$ |
725,000 |
|
EPO
Senior Notes B, 7.50% fixed-rate, due February 2011
|
|
|
450,000 |
|
|
|
450,000 |
|
EPO
Senior Notes C, 6.375% fixed-rate, due February 2013
|
|
|
350,000 |
|
|
|
350,000 |
|
EPO
Senior Notes D, 6.875% fixed-rate, due March 2033
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
EPO
Senior Notes F, 4.625% fixed-rate, due October 2009 (1)
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
EPO
Senior Notes G, 5.60% fixed-rate, due October 2014
|
|
|
650,000 |
|
|
|
650,000 |
|
EPO
Senior Notes H, 6.65% fixed-rate, due October 2034
|
|
|
350,000 |
|
|
|
350,000 |
|
EPO
Senior Notes I, 5.00% fixed-rate, due March 2015
|
|
|
250,000 |
|
|
|
250,000 |
|
EPO
Senior Notes J, 5.75% fixed-rate, due March 2035
|
|
|
250,000 |
|
|
|
250,000 |
|
EPO
Senior Notes K, 4.950% fixed-rate, due June 2010
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
EPO
Senior Notes L, 6.30%, fixed-rate, due September 2017
|
|
|
800,000 |
|
|
|
800,000 |
|
EPO
Senior Notes M, 5.65%, fixed-rate, due April 2013
|
|
|
400,000 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
EPO
Senior Notes N, 6.50%, fixed-rate, due January 2019
|
|
|
700,000 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
EPO
Senior Notes O, 9.75% fixed-rate, due January 2014
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
EPO
Yen Term Loan, 4.93% fixed-rate, due March 2009 (1)
|
|
|
217,596 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Petal
GO Zone Bonds, variable rate, due August 2037
|
|
|
57,500 |
|
|
|
57,500 |
|
Pascagoula
MBFC Loan, 8.70% fixed-rate, due March 2010
|
|
|
54,000 |
|
|
|
54,000 |
|
Dixie
Revolver, variable rate, due June 2010 (2)
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
Duncan
Energy Partners’ Revolver, variable rate, due February
2011
|
|
|
202,000 |
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
Duncan
Energy Partners’ Term Loan Agreement, variable rate, due December
2011
|
|
|
282,250 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
senior debt obligations of Enterprise Products Partners
|
|
|
7,813,346 |
|
|
|
5,646,500 |
|
Subordinated
debt obligations of Enterprise Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPO
Junior Notes A, fixed/variable rates, due August 2066
|
|
|
550,000 |
|
|
|
550,000 |
|
EPO
Junior Notes B, fixed/variable rates, due January 2068
|
|
|
682,700 |
|
|
|
700,000 |
|
Total
subordinated debt obligations of Enterprise Products
Partners
|
|
|
1,232,700 |
|
|
|
1,250,000 |
|
Total
principal amount of debt obligations of Enterprise Products
Partners
|
|
$ |
9,046,046 |
|
|
$ |
6,896,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
In
accordance with SFAS 6, "Classification of Short-Term Obligations Expected
to be Refinanced," long-term and current maturities of debt reflects the
classification of such obligations at December 31, 2008. With
respect to the EPO Yen Term Loan due March 2009 and EPO Senior Notes F due
October 2009, EPO has the ability to use available credit capacity under
the EPO Revolver to fund repayment of these amounts.
(2)
The
Dixie Revolver was terminated in January 2009.
|
|
Enterprise
Products Partners L.P. acts as guarantor of the consolidated debt obligations of
EPO with the exception of Duncan Energy Partners’ revolving credit facility and
Term Loan Agreement. If EPO were to default on any of its guaranteed
debt, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. would be responsible for full repayment
of that obligation. EPO’s debt obligations are non-recourse to the
Parent Company and EPGP.
Letters
of credit. At December 31, 2008
and 2007, there was $1.0 million and $1.1 million, respectively, in standby
letters outstanding under Duncan Energy Partners’ Revolver.
EPO
Revolver. This
unsecured revolving credit facility currently has a borrowing capacity of $1.75
billion, which replaced an existing $1.25 billion unsecured revolving credit
agreement. Amounts borrowed under the amended and restated credit
agreement mature in November 2012, although EPO is permitted, on the maturity
date, to convert the principal balance of the revolving loans then outstanding
into a non-revolving, one-year term loan (the “term-out
option”). There is no limit on the amount of standby letters of
credit that can be outstanding under the amended facility.
As
defined by the credit agreement, variable interest rates charged under this
facility bear interest at a Eurodollar rate plus an applicable
margin. In addition, EPO is required to pay a quarterly facility fee
on each lender’s commitment irrespective of commitment usage.
EPO
may increase the amount that may be borrowed under the facility, without the
consent of the lenders, by an amount not exceeding $500.0 million by adding
to the facility one or more new lenders and/or requesting that the commitments
of existing lenders be increased, although none of the existing lenders has
agreed to or is obligated to increase its existing commitment. EPO may request
unlimited one-year extensions of the maturity date by delivering a written
request to the administrative agent, but any such extension shall be effective
only if consented to by the required lenders in their sole
discretion.
The
revolving credit agreement contains various covenants related to EPO’s ability
to incur certain indebtedness; grant certain liens; enter into certain merger or
consolidation transactions; and make certain investments. The loan agreement
also requires EPO to satisfy certain financial covenants at the end of each
fiscal quarter. The credit agreement also restricts EPO’s ability to
pay cash distributions to Enterprise Products Partners if a default or an event
of default (as defined in the credit agreement) has occurred and is continuing
at the time such distribution is scheduled to be paid.
EPO
364-Day Revolving Credit Facility. In
November 2008, EPO executed a 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement (“EPO
364-Day Revolving Credit Facility”) in the amount of $375.0
million. EPO’s obligations under its 364-Day Revolving Credit
Facility are not secured by any collateral; however, the obligations are
guaranteed by Enterprise Products Partners L.P. pursuant to a guaranty
agreement. The EPO 364-Day Revolving Credit Facility will mature on
November 16, 2009. As of December 31, 2008, there were no borrowings
outstanding under this credit facility.
The EPO
364-Day Revolving Credit Facility offers the following loans, each having
different interest requirements: (i) LIBOR loans bear interest at a rate
per annum equal to LIBOR plus the applicable LIBOR
margin and (ii) Base Rate loans bear interest each day at a
rate per annum equal to the higher of (a) the rate of
interest announced by the administrative agent as its prime rate,
(b) 0.5% per annum above the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such
date , and (c) 1.0% per annum above LIBOR in effect on such date plus,
in each case, the applicable Base Rate margin.
The
commitments may be increased by an amount not to exceed $1.0 billion by adding
one or more new lenders to the facility or increasing the commitments of
existing lenders, although none of the existing lenders has agreed to or is
obligated to increase its existing commitment. With certain exceptions and after
certain time periods, if EPO issues debt with a maturity of more than three
years, the lenders’ commitments under the EPO 364-Day Revolving Credit Facility
will be reduced to the extent of any debt proceeds, and any outstanding loans in
excess of such reduced commitments must be repaid.
EPO
Senior Notes B through L. These fixed-rate notes are unsecured
obligations of EPO and rank equally with its existing and future unsecured and
unsubordinated indebtedness. They are senior to any future
subordinated indebtedness. EPO’s borrowings under these notes are
non-recourse to EPGP. Enterprise Products Partners has guaranteed
repayment of amounts due under these notes through an unsecured and
unsubordinated guarantee. The Senior Notes are subject to make-whole
redemption rights and were issued under indentures containing certain covenants,
which generally restrict EPO’s ability, with certain exceptions, to incur debt
secured by liens and engage in sale and leaseback transactions.
EPO used
net proceeds from its issuance of Senior Notes L to temporarily reduce
indebtedness outstanding under its revolving credit facility and for general
partnership purposes. In October 2007, EPO used borrowing capacity
under its revolving credit facility to repay its $500.0 million Senior Notes
E.
EPO
Senior
Notes M and N. In April 2008, EPO issued $400.0 million in
principal amount of 5-year senior unsecured notes (“EPO Senior Notes M”) and
$700.0 million in principal amount of 10-year senior unsecured notes (“EPO
Senior Notes N”) under its universal registration statement. Senior
Notes M were issued at 99.906% of their principal amount, have a fixed interest
rate of 5.65% and mature in April 2013. Senior Notes N were issued at
99.866% of their principal amount, have a fixed interest rate of 6.50% and
mature in January 2019.
EPO
Senior Notes M pay interest semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of
each year. EPO Senior Notes N pay interest semi-annually in arrears
on January 31 and July 31 of each year. Net
proceeds
from the issuance of EPO Senior Notes M and N were used to temporarily reduce
indebtedness outstanding under the EPO Revolver.
EPO
Senior Notes M and N rank equal with EPO’s existing and future unsecured and
unsubordinated indebtedness. They are senior to any existing and
future subordinated indebtedness of EPO. EPO Senior Notes M and N are
subject to make-whole redemption rights and were issued under indentures
containing certain covenants, which generally restrict EPO’s ability, with
certain exceptions, to incur debt secured by liens and engage in sale and
leaseback transactions.
EPO
Senior Notes O. In December 2008, EPO issued $500.0 million in
principal amount of 5-year senior unsecured notes (“EPO Senior Notes O”) under
its universal registration statement. EPO Senior Notes O were issued
at 100.0% of their principal amount, have a fixed interest rate of 9.75% and
mature in January 2014.
EPO
Senior Notes O pay interest semi-annually in arrears on January 31 and July 31
of each year, commencing January 31, 2009. Net proceeds from the
issuance of EPO Senior Notes O were used to temporarily reduce indebtedness
outstanding under the EPO Revolver.
EPO
Senior Notes O rank equal with EPO’s existing and future unsecured and
unsubordinated indebtedness. They are senior to any existing and
future subordinated indebtedness of EPO. EPO Senior Notes O are
subject to make-whole redemption rights and were issued under indentures
containing certain covenants, which generally restrict EPO’s ability, with
certain exceptions, to incur debt secured by liens and engage in sale and
leaseback transactions.
EPO
Japanese Yen
Term Loan. In November 2008, EPO executed the Yen Term Loan in the amount
of approximately 20.7 billion yen (approximately $217.6 million U.S. Dollar
equivalent on the closing date). EPO’s obligations under the Yen Term
Loan are not secured by any collateral; however, the obligations are guaranteed
by Enterprise Products Partners L.P. pursuant to a guaranty
agreement. The Yen Term Loan will mature on March 30,
2009.
Under the
Yen Term Loan, interest accrues on the loan at the Tokyo Interbank Offered Rate
(“TIBOR”) plus 2.0%. EPO entered into foreign exchange currency swaps
that effectively convert the TIBOR loan into a U.S. Dollar loan with a fixed
interest rate (including the cost of the swaps) through maturity of
approximately 4.93%. As a result, EPO received US$217.6 million net
from this transaction. In addition, EPO executed a forward purchase
exchange (yen principal and interest due) for March 30, 2009 at an exchange rate
of 94.515 to eliminate foreign exchange risk, resulting in a payment of US$221.6
million on March 30, 2009. See Note 8 for additional information
regarding this forward purchase exchange.
Petal
MBFC Loan. In August 2007, Petal Gas Storage L.L.C. (“Petal”),
a wholly owned subsidiary of EPO, entered into a loan agreement and a promissory
note with the MBFC under which Petal may borrow up to $29.5 million. On
the same date, the MBFC issued taxable bonds to EPO in the maximum amount of
$29.5 million. As of December 31, 2008, there was $8.9 million outstanding
under the loan and the bonds. EPO will make advances on the bonds to the
MBFC and the MBFC will in turn make identical advances to Petal under the
promissory note. The promissory note and the taxable bonds have
identical terms including fixed interest rates of 5.90% and maturities of
fifteen years. The bonds and the associated tax incentives are authorized
under the Mississippi Business Finance Act. Petal may prepay on the
promissory note without penalty, and thus cause the bonds to be redeemed, any
time after one year from their date of issue. The loan and bonds are
netted in preparing our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The interest
income and expenses are netted in preparing our Statements of Consolidated
Operations.
Petal GO
Zone Bonds. In August 2007, Petal
borrowed $57.5 million from the MBFC pursuant to a loan agreement and
promissory note between Petal and the MBFC to pay a portion of the costs of
certain natural gas storage facilities located in Petal, Mississippi. The
promissory note between Petal and MBFC is guaranteed by EPO and supported by a
letter of credit issued under the EPO Revolver. On the same date, the
MBFC issued $57.5 million in Gulf Opportunity Zone Tax-Exempt (“GO Zone”) bonds
to various third
parties. A
portion of the GO Zone bond proceeds were being held by a third party trustee
and reflected as a component of other assets on our balance
sheet. During 2008, virtually all proceeds from the GO Zone bonds
were released by the trustee to fund construction costs associated with the
expansion of Enterprise Products Partners’ Petal, Mississippi storage facility.
At December 31, 2007, $17.9 million of the GO Zone bond proceeds remained held
by the third party trustee. The promissory note and the GO Zone bonds
have identical terms including floating interest rates and maturities of 30
years. The bonds and the associated tax incentives are authorized under
the Mississippi Business Finance Act and the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of
2005.
Pascagoula MBFC
Loan. In connection with the construction of a natural gas
processing plant located in Mississippi in 2000, EPO entered into a ten-year
fixed-rate loan with the Mississippi Business Finance Corporation
(“MBFC”). This loan is subject to a make-whole redemption
right. The Pascagoula MBFC Loan contains certain covenants including
the maintenance of appropriate levels of insurance on the processing
plant.
The indenture agreement for this loan
contains an acceleration clause whereby if EPO’s credit rating by Moody’s
declines below Baa3 in combination with Enterprise Products Partners’ credit
rating at Standard & Poor’s declining below BBB-, the $54.0 million
principal balance of this loan, together with all accrued and unpaid interest,
would become immediately due and payable 120 days following such
event. If such an event occurred, EPO would have to either redeem the
Pascagoula MBFC Loan or provide an alternative credit agreement to support our
obligation under this loan.
Dixie
Revolver. Dixie’s
debt obligation consisted of a senior, unsecured revolving credit facility
having a borrowing capacity of $28.0 million. As of December 31,
2008, there were no debt obligations outstanding under the Dixie
Revolver. This credit facility was terminated in January
2009. EPO consolidated the debt of Dixie.
Variable
interest rates charged under this facility generally bore interest, at Dixie’s
election at the time of each borrowing, at either (i) a Eurodollar rate plus an
applicable margin or (ii) the greater of (a) the prime rate or (b) the Federal
Funds Effective Rate plus 0.5%.
Duncan
Energy Partners’ Revolver. In February 2007, Duncan Energy
Partners entered into a $300.0 million revolving credit facility, all of
which may be used for letters of credit, with a $30.0 million sublimit for
Swingline loans (as defined in the credit agreement). Letters of
credit outstanding under this credit facility reduce the amount available for
borrowing. The $300.0 million borrowing capacity under this agreement
may be increased to $450.0 million under certain conditions. The
maturity date of this credit facility is February 2011; however, Duncan Energy
Partners may request up to two one-year extensions of the maturity date (subject
to certain conditions).
EPO
consolidates the debt of Duncan Energy Partners; however, EPO does not have the
obligation to make interest or debt payments with respect to Duncan Energy
Partners’ debt. At the closing of its initial public offering in
February 2007, Duncan Energy Partners borrowed $200.0 million under this credit
facility to fund a $198.9 million cash distribution to EPO and the remainder to
pay debt issuance costs.
Variable interest rates charged under
this facility generally bear interest, at Duncan Energy Partners’ election at
the time of each borrowing, at either (i) a Eurodollar rate, plus an applicable
margin (as defined in the credit agreement) or (ii) the greater of (a) the
lender’s base rate as defined in the agreement or (b) the Federal Funds
Effective Rate plus 0.5%.
The
revolving credit agreement contains various covenants related to Duncan Energy
Partners’ ability to, among other things, incur certain indebtedness; grant
certain liens; enter into certain merger or consolidation transactions; and make
certain investments. In addition, the revolving credit agreement
restricts Duncan Energy Partners’ ability to pay cash distributions to EPO and
its public unitholders if a default or an event of default (as defined in the
credit agreement) has occurred and is continuing at the time
such
distribution is scheduled to be paid. Duncan Energy Partners must
also satisfy certain financial covenants at the end of each fiscal
quarter.
Duncan
Energy Partners’ Term
Loan Agreement. In
April 2008, Duncan Energy Partners entered into a standby term loan agreement
with certain lenders consisting of commitments for up to a $300.0 million senior
unsecured term loan (the “Duncan Energy Partners’ Term Loan
Agreement”). Subsequently, commitments under this agreement decreased
to $282.3 million due to bankruptcy of one of the lenders. In December 2008,
Duncan Energy Partners borrowed the full amount available under this loan
agreement to fund cash consideration due Enterprise Products Partners in
connection with an asset dropdown transaction.
Loans under the term loan agreement are
due and payable on December 8, 2011. Duncan Energy Partners may also prepay
loans under the term loan agreement at any time, subject to prior notice in
accordance with the credit agreement. Loans may also be payable earlier in
connection with an event of default.
Loans under the term loan agreement
bear interest of the type specified in the applicable borrowing request, and
consist of either Alternate Base Rate (“ABR”) loans or Eurodollar loans.
The term loan agreement contains customary affirmative and negative
covenants.
EPO
Junior Notes A. In the third quarter of 2006, EPO issued
$550.0 million in principal amount of fixed/floating subordinated notes due
August 2066 (“EPO Junior Notes A”). Proceeds from this debt offering
were used to temporarily reduce borrowings outstanding under the EPO Revolver
and for general partnership purposes. These notes are unsecured
obligations of EPO and are subordinated to its existing and future
unsubordinated indebtedness. EPO’s payment obligations under the
Junior Notes are subordinated to all of its current and future senior
indebtedness (as defined in the related indenture agreement).
The indenture agreement governing the
Junior Notes allows EPO to defer interest payments on one or more occasions for
up to ten consecutive years, subject to certain conditions. The
indenture agreement also provides that, unless (i) all deferred interest on the
Junior Notes has been paid in full as of the most recent applicable interest
payment dates, (ii) no event of default under the indenture agreement has
occurred and is continuing and (iii) Enterprise Products Partners is not in
default of its obligations under related guarantee agreements, neither
Enterprise Products Partners nor EPO may declare or make any distributions
to any of their respective equity security holders or make any payments on
indebtedness or other obligations that rank pari passu with or are
subordinated to the Junior Notes .
In
connection with the issuance of EPO Junior Notes A, EPO entered into a
Replacement Capital Covenant in favor of the covered debt holders (as defined in
the underlying documents) pursuant to which EPO agreed for the benefit of such
debt holders that it would not redeem or repurchase such Junior Notes unless
such redemption or repurchase is made using proceeds from the issuance of
certain securities.
The EPO
Junior Notes A bear interest at a fixed annual rate of 8.375% from July 2006 to
August 2016, payable semi-annually in commencing in February
2007. After August 2016, the notes will bear variable rate interest
based on the 3-month LIBOR for the related interest period plus 3.708%, payable
quarterly commencing in November 2016. Interest payments may be
deferred on a cumulative basis for up to ten consecutive years, subject to the
certain provisions. The EPO Junior Notes A mature in August 2066 and
are not redeemable by EPO prior to August 2016 without payment of a make-whole
premium.
EPO
Junior Notes B. EPO issued $700.0 million in principal amount
of fixed/floating, unsecured, long-term subordinated notes due January 2068
(“EPO Junior Notes B”) during the second quarter of 2007. EPO used
the proceeds from this subordinated debt to temporarily reduce borrowings
outstanding under its Revolver and for general partnership
purposes. EPO’s payment obligations under EPO Junior Notes B are
subordinated to all of its current and future senior indebtedness (as defined in
the Indenture Agreement). Enterprise Products Partners has guaranteed
repayment of amounts due under EPO Junior Notes B through an unsecured and
subordinated guarantee.
The indenture agreement governing EPO
Junior Notes B allows EPO to defer interest payments on one or more occasions
for up to ten consecutive years subject to certain conditions. During
any period in which interest payments are deferred and subject to certain
exceptions, neither
Enterprise Products Partners nor EPO can declare or make any distributions to
any of its respective equity securities or make any payments on indebtedness or
other obligations that rank pari passu with or are subordinated to the EPO
Junior Notes B. EPO Junior Notes B rank pari passu with the Junior
Subordinated Notes A due August 2066.
The EPO
Junior Notes B will bear interest at a fixed annual rate of 7.034% from May 2007
to January 2018, payable semi-annually in arrears in January and July of each
year, which commenced in January 2008. After January 2018, the EPO
Junior Notes B will bear variable rate interest at the greater of (1) the sum of
the 3-month LIBOR for the related interest period plus a spread of 268 basis
points or (2) 7.034% per annum, payable quarterly in arrears in January, April,
July and October of each year commencing in April 2018. Interest
payments may be deferred on a cumulative basis for up to ten consecutive years,
subject to certain provisions. The EPO Junior Notes B mature in
January 2068 and are not redeemable by EPO prior to January 2018 without payment
of a make-whole premium.
In
connection with the issuance of EPO Junior Notes B, EPO entered into a
Replacement Capital Covenant in favor of the covered debt holders (as named
therein) pursuant to which EPO agreed for the benefit of such debt holders that
it would not redeem or repurchase such junior notes on or before January 15,
2038 unless such redemption or repurchase is made from the proceeds of issuance
of certain securities.
During
the fourth quarter of 2008, EPO retired $17.3 million of its Junior Notes B
for $10.2 million. The $7.1 million gain on extinguishment of debt is
included in “Other, net” on our Condensed Statement of Consolidated Operations
for the year ended December 31, 2008.
Canadian
Revolver. In May 2007, Canadian Enterprise Gas Products, Ltd.
(“Canadian Enterprise”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of EPO, entered into a $30.0
million Canadian revolving credit facility (“Canadian Revolver”) with The Bank
of Nova Scotia. The Canadian Revolver, which includes the issuance of
letters of credit, matures in October 2011. Letters of credit
outstanding under this facility reduce the amount available for
borrowings.
Borrowings
may be made in Canadian or U.S. dollars. Canadian denominated
borrowings may be comprised of Canadian Prime Rate (“CPR”) loans or Bankers’
Acceptances and U.S. denominated borrowings may be comprised of ABR or
Eurodollar loans, each having different interest rate
requirements. CPR loans bear interest at a rate determined by
reference to the Canadian Prime Rate. ABR loans bear interest at a
rate determined by reference to an alternative base rate as defined in the
credit agreement. Eurodollar loans bear interest at a rate determined
by the LIBOR plus an applicable rate as defined in the credit
agreement. Bankers’ Acceptances carry interest at the rate for
Canadian bankers’ acceptances plus an applicable rate as defined in the credit
agreement.
The
Canadian Revolver contains customary covenants and events of
default. The restrictive covenants limit Canadian Enterprise from
materially changing the nature of its business or operations, dissolving, or
completing mergers. A continuing event of default would accelerate
the maturity of amounts borrowed under the credit facility. The
obligations under the credit facility are guaranteed by EPO. As of
December 31, 2008 and 2007, there were no borrowings outstanding under this
credit facility.
Consolidated
Debt Obligations of TEPPCO
The
following table summarizes the principal amount of consolidated debt obligations
of TEPPCO at the dates indicated:
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Senior
debt obligations of TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TEPPCO
Revolver, variable rate, due December 2012
|
|
$ |
516,653 |
|
|
$ |
490,000 |
|
TEPPCO
Senior Notes, 7.625% fixed rate, due February 2012
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
TEPPCO
Senior Notes, 6.125% fixed rate, due February 2013
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
TEPPCO
Senior Notes, 5.90% fixed rate, due April 2013
|
|
|
250,000 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
TEPPCO
Senior Notes, 6.65% fixed rate, due April 2018
|
|
|
350,000 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
TEPPCO
Senior Notes, 7.55% fixed rate, due April 2038
|
|
|
400,000 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
TE
Products Senior Notes, 6.45% fixed-rate, due January 2008
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
180,000 |
|
TE
Products Senior Notes, 7.51% fixed-rate, due January 2028
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
175,000 |
|
Total
senior debt obligations of TEPPCO
|
|
|
2,216,653 |
|
|
|
1,545,000 |
|
Subordinated
debt obligations of TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TEPPCO
Junior Subordinated Notes, fixed/variable rates, due June
2067
|
|
|
300,000 |
|
|
|
300,000 |
|
Total
principal amount of debt obligations of TEPPCO
|
|
$ |
2,516,653 |
|
|
$ |
1,845,000 |
|
TE
Products Pipeline Company, LLC (“TE Products”), TCTM, L.P., TEPPCO Midstream
Companies, LLC, and Val Verde Gas Gathering Company, L.P. (collectively, the
“Subsidiary Guarantors”) act as guarantors of TEPPCO’s senior notes and
revolver. The Subsidiary Guarantors also act as guarantors, on a
junior subordinated basis, of TEPPCO’s junior subordinated notes. TEPPCO’s debt
obligations are non-recourse to the Parent Company and TEPPCO GP.
TEPPCO
Revolver. This unsecured revolving credit facility has a borrowing
capacity of $950.0 million. In July 2008, commitments under TEPPCO’s
facility were increased from $700.0 million to $950.0 million. This
credit facility matures in December 2012, but TEPPCO may request unlimited
extensions of the maturity date subject to certain conditions. There
is no limit on the total amount of standby letters of credit that can be
outstanding under this credit facility.
Variable
interest rates charged under this facility generally bear interest, at TEPPCO’s
election at the time of each borrowing, at either (i) a LIBOR plus an applicable
margin (as defined in the credit agreement) or (ii) the lender’s base rate as
defined in the agreement.
The
revolving credit agreement contains various covenants related to TEPPCO’s
ability to, among other things, incur certain indebtedness; grant certain liens;
make certain distributions; engage in specified transactions with affiliates;
and enter into certain merger or consolidation transactions. TEPPCO
must also satisfy certain financial covenants at the end of each fiscal
quarter.
TEPPCO
Short-Term Credit Facility. At December 31, 2007, TEPPCO had
in place an unsecured short term credit agreement (the “TEPPCO Short-Term Credit
Facility”) with a borrowing capacity of $1.00 billion. No amounts
were borrowed under this agreement at December 31, 2007. During the
first quarter of 2008, TEPPCO borrowed $1.00 billion under this credit agreement
to finance the retirement of the TE Products’ senior notes, the acquisition of
two marine service businesses and for other general partnership
purposes. In March 2008, TEPPCO repaid amounts borrowed under this
credit agreement, using proceeds from its senior notes offering, and terminated
the facility.
The
following table summarizes TEPPCO’s borrowing and repayment activity under this
credit agreement during the first quarter of 2008:
Borrowings,
January 2008 (1)
|
|
$ |
355,000 |
|
Borrowings,
February 2008 (2)
|
|
|
645,000 |
|
Repayments,
March 2008
|
|
|
(1,000,000 |
) |
Balance,
March 27, 2008 (3)
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Funds
borrowed to finance the retirement of TE Products’ senior
notes.
(2)
Funds
borrowed to finance TEPPCO’s marine services acquisitions and for general
partnership purposes.
(3)
TEPPCO’s
Short Term Credit Facility was terminated on March 27, 2008 upon full
repayment of borrowings thereunder.
|
|
TEPPCO
Senior Notes. In February 2002
and January 2003, TEPPCO issued its 7.625% Senior Notes and 6.125% Senior Notes,
respectively. In March 2008, TEPPCO sold $250.0 million in principal
amount of 5-year senior unsecured notes, $350.0 million in principal amount of
10-year senior unsecured notes and $400.0 million in principal amount of 30-year
senior unsecured notes. The 5-year senior notes were issued at
99.922% of their principal amount, have a fixed interest rate of 5.90%, and
mature in April 2013. The 10-year senior notes were issued at 99.640%
of their principal amount, have a fixed interest rate of 6.65%, and mature in
April 2018. The 30-year senior notes were issued at 99.451% of their
principal amount, have a fixed interest rate of 7.55%, and mature in April
2038.
The
senior notes issued in March 2008 pay interest semi-annually in arrears on April
15 and October 15 of each year, beginning October 15, 2008. Net
proceeds from the issuance of these notes were used to repay and terminate the
TEPPCO Short-Term Credit Facility. The notes issued in March 2008
rank pari passu with TEPPCO’s existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated
indebtedness. They are senior to any future subordinated indebtedness
of TEPPCO.
The
TEPPCO Senior Notes are subject to make-whole redemption rights and are
redeemable at any time at TEPPCO’s option. The indenture agreements governing
these notes contain certain covenants, including, but not limited to the
creation of liens securing indebtedness and sale and leaseback
transactions. However, the indentures do not limit TEPPCO’s ability
to incur additional indebtedness.
TE
Products Senior Notes.
In January 1998, TE Products issued its 6.45% Senior Notes due January
2008 and 7.51% Senior Notes due January 2028. In January 2008, the
6.45% TE Products Senior Notes matured. The $180.0 million principal
amount was repaid with borrowings under TEPPCO’s Short-Term Credit
Facility. In October 2007 a portion of the 7.51% Senior Notes was
redeemed and in January 2008 the remaining $175.0 million was redeemed at a
redemption price of 103.755% of the principal amount plus accrued interest and
unpaid interest at the date of redemption. The $175.0 million principal amount
was repaid with borrowings under TEPPCO’s Short-Term Credit
Facility.
TEPPCO
Junior Subordinated Notes. In May 2007, TEPPCO sold $300.0
million in principal amount of fixed/floating, unsecured, long-term subordinated
notes due June 1, 2067 (“TEPPCO Junior Subordinated Notes”). TEPPCO
used the proceeds from this subordinated debt to temporarily reduce borrowings
outstanding under its Revolver and for general partnership
purposes. The payment obligations under the TEPPCO Junior
Subordinated Notes are subordinated to all of its current and future senior
indebtedness (as defined in the related indenture).
The
indenture governing the TEPPCO Junior Subordinated Notes does not limit TEPPCO’s
ability to incur additional debt, including debt that ranks senior to or equally
with the TEPPCO Junior Subordinated Notes. The indenture allows
TEPPCO to defer interest payments on one or more occasions for up to ten
consecutive years, subject to certain conditions. During any period
in which interest payments are deferred and subject to certain exceptions, (i)
TEPPCO cannot declare or make any distributions to any of its respective equity
securities and (ii) neither TEPPCO nor the Subsidiary Guarantors can make any
payments on indebtedness or other obligations that rank pari passu with or are
subordinated to the TEPPCO Junior Subordinated Notes.
The
TEPPCO Junior Subordinated Notes bear interest at a fixed annual rate of 7.0%
from May 2007 to June 1, 2017, payable semi-annually in
arrears. After June 1, 2017, the TEPPCO Junior Subordinated Notes
will bear interest at a variable annual rate equal to the 3-month LIBOR for the
related interest period plus 2.7775%, payable quarterly in
arrears. The TEPPCO Junior Subordinated Notes mature in June
2067. The TEPPCO Junior Subordinated Notes are redeemable in whole or
in part prior to June 1, 2017 for a “make-whole” redemption price and thereafter
at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount plus accrued and
unpaid interest. The TEPPCO Junior Subordinated Notes are also
redeemable prior to June 1, 2017 in whole (but not in part) upon the occurrence
of certain tax or rating agency events at specified redemption
prices.
In
connection with the issuance of the TEPPCO Junior Subordinated Notes, TEPPCO and
its Subsidiary Guarantors entered into a Replacement Capital Covenant in favor
of holders (as provided therein) pursuant to which TEPPCO and its Subsidiary
Guarantors agreed for the benefit of such debt holders that it would not redeem
or repurchase the TEPPCO Junior Subordinated Notes on or before June 1, 2037,
unless such redemption or repurchase is from proceeds of issuance of certain
securities.
Covenants
We were
in compliance with the covenants of our consolidated debt agreements at December
31, 2008 and 2007.
Information
regarding variable interest rates paid
The
following table presents the range of interest rates and weighted-average
interest rates paid on our consolidated variable-rate debt obligations during
the year ended December 31, 2008.
|
Range
of
|
Weighted-Average
|
|
Interest
Rates
|
Interest
Rate
|
|
Paid
|
Paid
|
EPE
Revolver
|
2.91%
to 6.99%
|
4.62%
|
EPE
Term Loan A
|
3.14%
to 6.99%
|
4.57%
|
EPE
Term Loan B
|
4.02%
to 7.49%
|
5.68%
|
EPO
Revolver
|
0.97%
to 6.00%
|
3.54%
|
Dixie
Revolver
|
0.81%
to 5.50%
|
3.20%
|
Petal
GO Zone Bonds
|
0.78%
to 7.90%
|
2.24%
|
Duncan
Energy Partners’ Revolver
|
1.30%
to 6.20%
|
4.25%
|
Duncan
Energy Partners’ Term Loan Agreement
|
2.93%
to 2.93%
|
2.93%
|
TEPPCO
Revolver
|
1.06%
to 2.24%
|
1.40%
|
TEPPCO
Short-Term Credit Facility
|
3.59%
to 4.96%
|
4.02%
|
Consolidated
debt maturity table
The
following table presents scheduled maturities of our consolidated debt
obligations for the next five years, and in total thereafter.
2009
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
2010
|
|
|
562,500 |
|
2011
|
|
|
942,750 |
|
2012
|
|
|
2,786,749 |
|
2013
|
|
|
1,208,500 |
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
7,139,200 |
|
Total
scheduled principal payments
|
|
$ |
12,639,699 |
|
In
accordance with SFAS 6, long-term and current maturities of debt reflect the
classification of such obligations at December 31, 2008.
Debt
Obligations of Unconsolidated Affiliates
Enterprise
Products Partners has two unconsolidated affiliates with long-term debt
obligations and TEPPCO has one unconsolidated affiliate with long-term debt
obligations. The following table shows (i) the ownership interest in
each entity at December 31, 2008, (ii) total debt of each unconsolidated
affiliate at December 31, 2008 (on a 100% basis to the unconsolidated affiliate)
and (iii) the corresponding scheduled maturities of such debt.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scheduled
Maturities of Debt
|
|
|
|
Ownership
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
After
|
|
|
|
Interest
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2013
|
|
Poseidon
(1)
|
|
36.0%
|
|
|
$ |
109,000 |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
109,000 |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
Evangeline
(1)
|
|
49.5%
|
|
|
|
15,650 |
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
|
3,150 |
|
|
|
7,500 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Centennial
(2)
|
|
50.0%
|
|
|
|
129,900 |
|
|
|
9,900 |
|
|
|
9,100 |
|
|
|
9,000 |
|
|
|
8,900 |
|
|
|
8,600 |
|
|
|
84,400 |
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
254,550 |
|
|
$ |
14,900 |
|
|
$ |
12,250 |
|
|
$ |
125,500 |
|
|
$ |
8,900 |
|
|
$ |
8,600 |
|
|
$ |
84,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Denotes
an unconsolidated affiliate of Enterprise Products
Partners.
(2)
Denotes
an unconsolidated affiliate of TEPPCO.
|
|
The
credit agreements of these unconsolidated affiliates include customary
covenants, including financial covenants. These businesses were in
compliance with such covenants at December 31, 2008. The credit
agreements of these unconsolidated affiliates restrict their ability to pay cash
dividends or distributions if a default or an event of default (as defined in
each credit agreement) has occurred and is continuing at the time such dividend
or distribution is scheduled to be paid.
The
following information summarizes the significant terms of the debt obligations
of these unconsolidated affiliates at December 31, 2008:
Poseidon. Poseidon
has a $150.0 million variable-rate revolving credit facility that matures in May
2011. This credit agreement is secured by substantially all of
Poseidon’s assets. The variable interest rates charged on this debt
at December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 were 4.31% and 6.62%,
respectively.
Evangeline. At
December 31, 2008, Evangeline’s debt obligations consisted of (i) $8.2 million
of 9.90% fixed-rate Series B senior secured notes due December 2010 and (ii) a
$7.5 million subordinated note payable. The Series B senior secured notes are
collateralized by Evangeline’s property, plant and equipment; proceeds from a
gas sales contract and by a debt service reserve
requirement. Scheduled principal repayments on the Series B notes are
$5.0 million in 2009 with a final repayment in 2010 of approximately $3.2
million.
Evangeline
incurred the subordinated note payable as a result of its acquisition of a
contract-based intangible asset in the early 1990s. This note is subject to a
subordination agreement which prevents the repayment of principal and accrued
interest on the subordinated note until such time as the Series B noteholders
are either fully cash secured through debt service accounts or have been
completely repaid.
Variable
rate interest accrues on the subordinated note at a Eurodollar rate plus
0.5%. The variable interest rates charged on this note at December
31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 were 3.20% and 5.88%,
respectively. Accrued interest payable related to the subordinated
note was $9.8 million and $9.1 million at December 31, 2008 and December 31,
2007, respectively.
Centennial. At
December 31, 2008, Centennial’s debt obligations consisted of $129.9 million
borrowed under a master shelf loan agreement. Borrowings under the
master shelf agreement mature in May 2024 and are collateralized by
substantially all of Centennial’s assets and severally guaranteed by
Centennial’s owners.
TE
Products and its joint venture partner in Centennial have each guaranteed
one-half of Centennial’s debt obligations. If Centennial defaults on
its debt obligations, the estimated payment
obligation
for TE Products is $65.0 million. At December 31, 2008, TE Products
had recognized a liability of $9.0 million for its share of the Centennial debt
guaranty.
We are a
Delaware limited partnership that was formed in April 2005. We are
owned 99.99% by our limited partners and 0.01% by EPE Holdings, our sole general
partner. EPE Holdings is owned 100% by Dan Duncan LLC, which is
wholly-owned by Dan L. Duncan.
Our Units
represent limited partner interests, which give the holders thereof the right to
participate in cash distributions and to exercise the other rights or privileges
available to them under our First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership (as amended from time to time, the “Partnership
Agreement”).
In
accordance with the Partnership Agreement, capital accounts are maintained for
our general partner and limited partners. The capital account
provisions of the Partnership Agreement incorporate principles established for
U.S. Federal income tax purposes and are not comparable to GAAP-based equity
amounts presented in our consolidated financial statements. Earnings
and cash distributions are allocated to holders of our Units in accordance with
their respective percentage interests.
Class
B and C Units
In May
2007, we issued an aggregate of 14,173,304 Class B Units and 16,000,000 Class C
Units to DFI and DFIGP in connection with their contribution of 4,400,000 common
units representing limited partner interest of TEPPCO and 100% of the general
partner interest of TEPPCO GP. Due to common control considerations
(see Note 1), the Class B and Class C Units are reflected as outstanding since
February 2005, which was the period that private company affiliates of EPCO
first acquired ownership interests in TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP.
On July
12, 2007, all of the outstanding 14,173,304 Class B Units were converted into
Units on a one-to-one basis. While outstanding as a separate class, the Class B
Units (i) entitled the holder to the allocation of income, gain, loss,
deduction and credit to the same extent as such items were allocated
to holders of the Parent Company’s Units, (ii) entitled the
holder to share in the Parent Company’s distributions of available cash and
(iii) were generally non-voting.
On
February 1, 2009, all of the outstanding 16,000,000 Class C Units were
converted to Units on a one-to-one basis. For financial accounting purposes, the
Class C Units were not allocated any portion of net income until their
conversion into Units. In addition, the Class C Units were
non-participating in current or undistributed earnings prior to
conversion. The Units into which the Class C Units were converted are
eligible to receive cash distributions beginning with the distribution expected
to be paid in May 2009.
Prior to
February 1, 2009, the Class C Units (i) entitled the holder to the
allocation of taxable income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to the same
extent as such tax amounts were allocated to the holder if the Class C
Units were converted and outstanding Units and (ii) were non-voting,
except that, the Class C Units were entitled to vote as a separate class on
any matter that adversely affected the rights or preferences of the Class C
Units in relation to other classes of partnership interests (including as a
result of a merger or consolidation) or as required by law. The
approval of a majority of the Class C Units was required to approve any
matter for which the holders of the Class C Units were entitled to vote as
a separate class.
Private
Placement of Parent Company Units
On July 17, 2007, the Parent
Company completed a private placement of 20,134,220 Units to third party
investors at $37.25 per Unit. The net proceeds of this private
placement, after giving effect to placement agent fees, were approximately
$739.0 million. The net proceeds were used to repay certain
principal
amounts outstanding under the EPE Interim Credit Facility and related accrued
interest (see Note 15). Effective October 5, 2007, these Units
were registered for resale.
Unit
History
The
following table summarizes changes in our outstanding Units since December 31,
2006:
|
|
|
|
|
Class
B
|
|
|
Class
C
|
|
|
|
Units
|
|
|
Units
|
|
|
Units
|
|
Balance,
December 31, 2006
|
|
|
88,884,116 |
|
|
|
14,173,304 |
|
|
|
16,000,000 |
|
Conversion
of Class B Units to Units in July 2007
|
|
|
14,173,304 |
|
|
|
(14,173,304 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
Units
issued in connection private placement in July 2007
|
|
|
20,134,220 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Balance,
December 31, 2007 and 2008
|
|
|
123,191,640 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
16,000,000 |
|
Summary
of Changes in Limited Partners’ Equity
The
following table details the changes in limited partners’ equity since December
31, 2005:
|
|
|
|
|
Class
B
|
|
|
Class
C
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Units
|
|
|
Units
|
|
|
Units
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Balance,
December 31, 2005
|
|
$ |
696,224 |
|
|
$ |
373,622 |
|
|
$ |
380,665 |
|
|
$ |
1,450,511 |
|
Net
income
|
|
|
92,559 |
|
|
|
41,420 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
133,979 |
|
Distributions
to partners
|
|
|
(108,438 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(108,438 |
) |
Distributions
to former owners
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(57,960 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(57,960 |
) |
Operating
leases paid by EPCO
|
|
|
109 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
109 |
|
Amortization
of equity awards
|
|
|
80 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
80 |
|
Contributions
|
|
|
755 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
755 |
|
Acquisition
related disbursement of cash
|
|
|
(319 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(319 |
) |
Change
in accounting methods of equity awards
|
|
|
(48 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(48 |
) |
Balance,
December 31, 2006
|
|
|
680,922 |
|
|
|
357,082 |
|
|
|
380,665 |
|
|
|
1,418,669 |
|
Net
income
|
|
|
75,624 |
|
|
|
33,386 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
109,010 |
|
Operating
leases paid by EPCO
|
|
|
107 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
107 |
|
Distributions
to partners
|
|
|
(159,028 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(159,028 |
) |
Distributions
to former owners
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(29,760 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(29,760 |
) |
Conversions
of Class B Units
|
|
|
360,708 |
|
|
|
(360,708 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Amortization
of equity awards
|
|
|
530 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
530 |
|
Contributions
|
|
|
739,458 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
739,458 |
|
Balance,
December 31, 2007
|
|
|
1,698,321 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
380,665 |
|
|
|
2,078,986 |
|
Net
income
|
|
|
164,039 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
164,039 |
|
Operating
leases paid by EPCO
|
|
|
103 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
103 |
|
Distributions
to partners
|
|
|
(213, 097 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(213,097 |
) |
Amortization
of equity awards
|
|
|
1,133 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
1,133 |
|
Acquisition
of treasury units by subsidiary, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
of
minority interest amount of $1,873
|
|
|
(38 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(38 |
) |
Balance,
December 31, 2008
|
|
$ |
1,650,461 |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
380,665 |
|
|
$ |
2,031,126 |
|
Our limited partner’s equity accounts
reflect the issuance of the Class B and C Units in February 2005, which was the
month in which the TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP interests were first acquired by private
company affiliates of EPCO. The total value of the units issued represents
the purchase price paid for the acquired TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP interests and was
allocated between the Class B Units and Class C Units based on the relative
market value of the Class B and Class C Units at the time of issuance. The
relative market value of the Class B Units was determined by reference to the
closing prices of the Parent Company’s Units for the five day period beginning
two trading days prior to May 7, 2007 and ending two trading days
thereafter. The value of the Class C Units represents a discount
to the initial value of the Class B Units since the Class C Units are
non-participating in current or undistributed earnings and are not entitled to
receive cash distributions until May 2009.
Distributions
to Partners
The
Parent Company’s cash distribution policy is consistent with the terms of its
Partnership Agreement, which requires it to distribute its available cash (as
defined in our Partnership Agreement) to its partners no later than 50 days
after the end of each fiscal quarter. The quarterly cash
distributions are not cumulative.
The
following table presents the Parent Company’s declared quarterly cash
distribution rates per Unit since the first quarter of 2007 and the related
record and distribution payment dates. The quarterly cash
distribution rates per Unit correspond to the fiscal quarters
indicated. Actual cash distributions are paid within 50 days after
the end of such fiscal quarter.
|
Cash
Distribution History
|
|
Distribution
|
Record
|
Payment
|
|
per
Unit
|
Date
|
Date
|
2007
|
|
|
|
1st
Quarter
|
$0.365
|
Apr.
30, 2007
|
May
11, 2007
|
2nd
Quarter
|
$0.380
|
Jul.
31, 2007
|
Aug.
10, 2007
|
3rd
Quarter
|
$0.395
|
Oct.
31, 2007
|
Nov.
9, 2007
|
4th
Quarter
|
$0.410
|
Jan.
31, 2008
|
Feb.
8, 2008
|
2008
|
|
|
|
1st
Quarter
|
$0.425
|
Apr.
30, 2008
|
May
8, 2008
|
2nd
Quarter
|
$0.440
|
Jul.
31, 2008
|
Aug.
8, 2008
|
3rd
Quarter
|
$0.455
|
Oct.
31, 2008
|
Nov.
13, 2008
|
4th
Quarter
|
$0.470
|
Jan.
30, 2009
|
Feb.
10, 2009
|
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive Loss
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
primarily includes the effective portion of the gain or loss on financial
instruments designated and qualified as a cash flow hedge, foreign currency
adjustments and Dixie’s minimum pension liability
adjustments. Amounts accumulated in other comprehensive loss from
cash flow hedges are reclassified into earnings in the same period(s) in which
the hedged forecasted transactions (such as a forecasted forward sale of NGLs)
affect earnings. If it becomes probable that the forecasted
transaction will not occur, the net gain or loss in accumulated other
comprehensive loss must be immediately reclassified. See Note 8
for additional information regarding our financial instruments and related
hedging activities.
The following table presents the
components of accumulated other comprehensive loss at the balance sheet dates
indicated:
|
|
At
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Commodity
financial instruments – cash flow hedges (1)
|
|
$ |
(114,087 |
) |
|
$ |
(40,271 |
) |
Interest
rate financial instruments – cash flow hedges (1)
|
|
|
(66,560 |
) |
|
|
1,048 |
|
Foreign
currency cash flow hedges (1)
|
|
|
10,594 |
|
|
|
1,308 |
|
Foreign
currency translation adjustment (2)
|
|
|
(1,301 |
) |
|
|
1,200 |
|
Pension
and postretirement benefit plans (3)
|
|
|
(751 |
) |
|
|
588 |
|
Proportionate
share of other comprehensive loss of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
unconsolidated
affiliates, primarily Energy Transfer Equity
|
|
|
(13,723 |
) |
|
|
(3,848 |
) |
Total
accumulated other comprehensive loss
|
|
$ |
(185,828 |
) |
|
$ |
(39,975 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
See
Note 8 for additional information regarding these components of
accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).
(2)
Relates
to transactions of Enterprise Products Partners’ Canadian NGL marketing
subsidiary.
(3)
See
Note 7 for additional information regarding Dixie’s pension and
postretirement benefit plans.
|
|
Other
In October 2006, EPO acquired all of
the capital stock of an affiliated NGL marketing company located in Canada from
EPCO and Dan L. Duncan for $17.7 million in cash. The amount paid for
this business (which was under common control with us) exceeded the carrying
values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed by $6.3 million, of which
$0.3 million was allocated to us and $6.0 million to minority
interest. Our share of the excess of the acquisition price over the
net book value of this business at the time of acquisition is treated as a
deemed distribution to our owners and presented as an “Acquisition-related
disbursement of cash” in our Statement of Consolidated Partners’ Equity for the
year ended December 31, 2006. The total purchase price is a component
of “Cash used for business combinations” as presented in our Statement of
Consolidated Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 2006.
The following table summarizes our
revenue and expense transactions with related parties for the periods
indicated:
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
from consolidated operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPCO
and affiliates
|
|
$ |
6 |
|
|
$ |
6 |
|
|
$ |
55,809 |
|
Energy
Transfer Equity
|
|
|
618,370 |
|
|
|
294,627 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Other
unconsolidated affiliates
|
|
|
396,874 |
|
|
|
290,418 |
|
|
|
304,854 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
1,015,250 |
|
|
$ |
585,051 |
|
|
$ |
360,663 |
|
Operating
costs and expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPCO
and affiliates
|
|
$ |
453,537 |
|
|
$ |
387,647 |
|
|
$ |
403,825 |
|
Energy
Transfer Equity
|
|
|
192,159 |
|
|
|
35,156 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Cenac
and affiliates
|
|
|
45,381 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Other
unconsolidated affiliates
|
|
|
56,160 |
|
|
|
41,034 |
|
|
|
39,884 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
747,237 |
|
|
$ |
463,837 |
|
|
$ |
443,709 |
|
General
and administrative costs:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPCO
and affiliates
|
|
$ |
91,810 |
|
|
$ |
82,467 |
|
|
$ |
63,465 |
|
Cenac
and affiliates
|
|
|
2,913 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
94,723 |
|
|
$ |
82,467 |
|
|
$ |
63,465 |
|
Other
expense:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPCO
and affiliates
|
|
$ |
274 |
|
|
$ |
170 |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
We
believe that the terms and provisions of our related party agreements are fair
to us; however, such agreements and transactions may not be as favorable to us
as we could have obtained from unaffiliated third parties.
Relationship
with EPCO and affiliates
We have
an extensive and ongoing relationship with EPCO and its affiliates, which
includes the following significant entities that are not part of our
consolidated group of companies:
§
|
EPCO
and its consolidated private company
subsidiaries;
|
§
|
EPE
Holdings, our general partner; and
|
§
|
the
Employee Partnerships (see Note 6).
|
EPCO is a
private company controlled by Dan L. Duncan, who is also a director and Chairman
of EPE Holdings and EPGP. At December 31, 2008, EPCO and its private
company affiliates beneficially owned 108,287,968 (or 77.8%) of the Parent
Company’s outstanding Units and 100% of its general partner,
EPE
Holdings. In addition, at December 31, 2008, EPCO and its affiliates
beneficially owned 152,506,527 (or 34.5%) of Enterprise Products
Partners’ common units, including 13,670,925 common units owned by the Parent
Company. At December 31, 2008, EPCO and its affiliates beneficially
owned 17,073,315 (or 16.3%) of TEPPCO’s common units, including the 4,400,000
common units owned by the Parent Company. The Parent Company owns all
of the membership interests of EPGP and TEPPCO GP. The principal
business activity of EPGP is to act as the sole managing partner of Enterprise
Products Partners. The principal business activity of TEPPCO GP is to
act as the sole general partner of TEPPCO. The executive officers and
certain of the directors of EPGP, TEPPCO GP, and EPE Holdings are employees of
EPCO.
In
December 2006, at a special meeting of TEPPCO’s unitholders, its partnership
agreement was amended and restated, and its general partner’s maximum percentage
interest in its quarterly distributions was reduced from 50.0% to 25.0% in
exchange for 14,091,275 common units. Certain of the IDRs held by
TEPPCO GP were converted into 14,091,275 common units of
TEPPCO. Subsequently, DFIGP transferred the 14,091,275 common units
of TEPPCO that it received in connection with the conversion of the IDRs to
affiliates of EPCO, including 13,386,711 common units transferred to
DFI.
The
Parent Company, EPE Holdings, TEPPCO, TEPPCO GP, Enterprise Products Partners
and EPGP are separate legal entities apart from each other and apart from EPCO
and its other affiliates, with assets and liabilities that are separate from
those of EPCO and its other affiliates. EPCO and its private company
subsidiaries depend on the cash distributions they receive from the Parent
Company, TEPPCO, Enterprise Products Partners and other investments to fund
their other operations and to meet their debt obligations. EPCO and
its private company affiliates received directly from us $439.8 million, $388.9
million and $306.5 million in cash distributions during the years ended December
31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
The ownership interests in Enterprise
Products Partners and TEPPCO that are owned or controlled by the Parent Company
are pledged as security under its credit facility. In addition, the
ownership interests in the Parent Company, Enterprise Products Partners, and
TEPPCO that are owned or controlled by EPCO and its affiliates, other than those
interests owned by the Parent Company, Dan Duncan LLC and certain trusts
affiliated with Dan L. Duncan, are pledged as security under the credit facility
of a private company affiliate of EPCO. This credit facility contains
customary and other events of default relating to EPCO and certain affiliates,
including the Parent Company, Enterprise Products Partners and
TEPPCO.
An affiliate of EPCO provides us
trucking services for the transportation of NGLs and other products. We
paid this trucking affiliate $21.7 million, $19.1 million and $20.7 million for
its services during the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
We lease
office space in various buildings from affiliates of EPCO. The rental
rates in these lease agreements approximate market rates. For the
years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, we paid EPCO $7.8 million, $7.8
million and $3.7 million, respectively, for office space leases.
Historically,
we entered into transactions with a Canadian affiliate of EPCO for the purchase
and sale of NGL products in the normal course of business. These
transactions were at market-related prices. Enterprise Products
Partners acquired this affiliate in October 2006 and began consolidating its
financial statements with those of our own from the date of
acquisition.
EPCO
Administrative Services Agreement. We have no
employees. All of our operating functions and general and
administrative support services are provided by employees of EPCO pursuant to
the ASA. Enterprise Products Partners and its general partner, the
Parent Company and its general partner, Duncan Energy Partners and its general
partner, and TEPPCO and its general partner, among other affiliates, are parties
to the ASA. The Audit Conflicts and Governance Committees of each
general partner have approved the ASA. The significant terms of the
ASA are as follows:
§
|
EPCO
will provide selling, general and administrative services, and management
and operating services, as may be necessary to manage and operate our
business, properties and assets (in
|
accordance with
prudent industry practices). EPCO will employ or otherwise retain the
services of such personnel as may be necessary to provide such services.
§
|
We
are required to reimburse EPCO for its services in an amount equal to the
sum of all costs and expenses incurred by EPCO which are directly or
indirectly related to our business or activities (including expenses
reasonably allocated to us by EPCO). In addition, we have
agreed to pay all sales, use, and excise, value added or similar taxes, if
any, that may be applicable from time to time in respect of the services
provided to us by EPCO.
|
§
|
EPCO
will allow us to participate as a named insured in its overall insurance
program with the associated premiums and other costs being allocated to
us.
|
Under the
ASA, EPCO subleases to Enterprise Products Partners (for $1 per year) certain
equipment which it holds pursuant to operating leases and has assigned to
Enterprise Products Partners its purchase option under such leases (the
“retained leases”). EPCO remains liable for the actual cash lease
payments associated with these agreements. Enterprise Products
Partners records the full value of these payments made by EPCO on Enterprise
Products Partners’ behalf as a non-cash related party operating lease expense,
with the offset to partners’ equity accounted for as a general contribution to
its partnership. Enterprise Products Partners exercised its election
under the retained leases to purchase a cogeneration unit in December 2008 for
$2.3 million. Should Enterprise Products Partners decide to exercise
the purchase option associated with the remaining agreement, it would pay the
original lessor $3.1 million in June 2016.
Our operating costs and expenses for
the three the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 include reimbursement
payments to EPCO for the costs it incurs to operate our facilities, including
compensation of employees. We reimburse EPCO for actual direct and
indirect expenses it incurs related to the operation of our
assets. These reimbursements were $451.5 million, $385.5 million and
$401.7 million during the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
Likewise, our general and
administrative costs for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006
include amounts we reimburse to EPCO for administrative services, including
compensation of employees. In general, our reimbursement to EPCO for
administrative services is either (i) on an actual basis for direct expenses it
may incur on our behalf (e.g., the purchase of office supplies) or (ii) based on
an allocation of such charges between the various parties to the ASA based on
the estimated use of such services by each party (e.g., the allocation of
general legal or accounting salaries based on estimates of time spent on each
entity’s business and affairs). These reimbursements were $91.9
million, $82.5 million and $63.5 million during the years ended December 31,
2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
Since the
vast majority of such expenses are charged to us on an actual basis (i.e. no
mark-up or subsidy is charged or received by EPCO), we believe that such
expenses are representative of what the amounts would have been on a
stand alone basis. With respect to allocated costs, we believe
that the proportional direct allocation method employed by EPCO is reasonable
and reflective of the estimated level of costs we would have incurred on a
standalone basis.
The ASA also addresses potential
conflicts that may arise among parties to the agreement, including (i)
Enterprise Products Partners and EPGP; (ii) Duncan Energy Partners and
DEP GP; (iii) the Parent Company and EPE Holdings; and (iv) the EPCO Group,
which includes EPCO and its affiliates (but does not include the aforementioned
entities and their controlled affiliates). The ASA provides, among other things,
that:
§
|
If
a business opportunity to acquire “equity securities” (as
defined) is presented to the EPCO Group; Enterprise Products Partners and
EPGP; Duncan Energy Partners and DEP GP; or the Parent Company and
EPE Holdings, then the Parent Company will have the first right to pursue
such opportunity. The term “equity securities” is defined to
include:
|
§
|
general
partner interests (or securities which have characteristics similar to
general partner interests) and IDRs or similar rights in publicly traded
partnerships or interests in persons that
|
own or control
such general partner or similar interests (collectively, “GP Interests”) and
securities convertible, exercisable, exchangeable or otherwise representing
ownership or control of such GP Interests; and
§
|
IDRs
and limited partner interests (or securities which have characteristics
similar to IDRs or limited partner interests) in publicly traded
partnerships or interest in “persons” that own or control such limited
partner or similar interests (collectively, “non-GP Interests”); provided
that such non-GP Interests are associated with GP Interests and are owned
by the owners of GP Interests or their respective
affiliates.
|
The
Parent Company will be presumed to desire to acquire the equity securities until
such time as EPE Holdings advises the EPCO Group, EPGP and DEP GP that the
Parent Company has abandoned the pursuit of such business
opportunity. In the event that the purchase price of the equity
securities is reasonably likely to equal or exceed $100.0 million, the
decision to decline the acquisition will be made by the chief executive officer
of EPE Holdings after consultation with and subject to the approval of the
Audit, Conflicts and Governance (“ACG”) Committee of EPE Holdings. If
the purchase price is reasonably likely to be less than such threshold amount,
the chief executive officer of EPE Holdings may make the determination to
decline the acquisition without consulting the ACG Committee of EPE
Holdings.
In the
event that the Parent Company abandons the acquisition and so notifies the EPCO
Group, EPGP and DEP GP, Enterprise Products Partners will have the second
right to pursue such acquisition either for it or, if desired by Enterprise
Products Partners in its sole discretion, for the benefit of Duncan Energy
Partners. In the event that Enterprise Products Partners
affirmatively directs the opportunity to Duncan Energy Partners, Duncan Energy
Partners may pursue such acquisition. Enterprise Products Partners
will be presumed to desire to acquire the equity securities until such time as
EPGP advises the EPCO Group and DEP GP that Enterprise Products Partners
has abandoned the pursuit of such acquisition. In determining whether
or not to pursue the acquisition of the equity securities, Enterprise Products
Partners will follow the same procedures applicable to the Parent Company, as
described above but utilizing EPGP’s chief executive officer and ACG
Committee. In the event Enterprise Products Partners abandons the
acquisition opportunity for the equity securities and so notifies the EPCO Group
and DEP GP, the EPCO Group may pursue the acquisition or offer the
opportunity to TEPPCO, TEPPCO GP or their controlled affiliates, in either case,
without any further obligation to any other party or offer such opportunity to
other affiliates.
§
|
If
any business opportunity not covered by the preceding bullet point (i.e.
not involving equity securities) is presented to the EPCO Group, EPGP, EPE
Holdings or the Parent Company, then Enterprise Products Partners will
have the first right to pursue such opportunity or, if desired by
Enterprise Products Partners in its sole discretion, for the benefit of
Duncan Energy Partners. Enterprise Products Partners will be
presumed to desire to pursue the business opportunity until such time as
EPGP advises the EPCO Group, EPE Holdings and DEP GP that Enterprise
Products Partners has abandoned the pursuit of such business
opportunity.
|
In the
event the purchase price or cost associated with the business opportunity is
reasonably likely to equal or exceed $100.0 million, any decision to
decline the business opportunity will be made by the chief executive officer of
EPGP after consultation with and subject to the approval of the ACG Committee of
EPGP. If the purchase price or cost is reasonably likely to be less
than such threshold amount, the chief executive officer of EPGP may make the
determination to decline the business opportunity without consulting EPGP’s ACG
Committee. In the event that Enterprise Products Partners
affirmatively directs the business opportunity to Duncan Energy Partners, Duncan
Energy Partners may pursue such business opportunity. In the event
that Enterprise Products Partners abandons the business opportunity for itself
and for Duncan Energy Partners and so notifies the EPCO Group, EPE Holdings and
DEP GP, the Parent Company will have the second right to pursue such
business opportunity, and will be presumed to desire to do so, until such time
as EPE Holdings shall have determined to abandon the pursuit of such opportunity
in
accordance with the procedures described above, and shall have advised the EPCO
Group that we have abandoned the pursuit of such acquisition.
In the
event that the Parent Company abandons the acquisition and so notifies the EPCO
Group, the EPCO Group may either pursue the business opportunity or offer the
business opportunity to a private company affiliate of EPCO or TEPPCO and TEPPCO
GP without any further obligation to any other party or offer such opportunity
to other affiliates.
None of the EPCO Group, EPGP,
Enterprise Product Partners, DEP GP, Duncan Energy Partners, EPE Holdings
or the Parent Company have any obligation to present business opportunities to
TEPPCO or TEPPCO GP. Likewise, TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP have no
obligation to present business opportunities to the EPCO Group, EPGP, Enterprise
Products Partners, DEP GP, Duncan Energy Partners, EPE Holdings or the
Parent Company.
The ASA was amended on January 30,
2009 to provide for the cash reimbursement by TEPPCO, Enterprise Products
Partners, Duncan Energy Partners and the Parent Company to EPCO of distributions
of cash or securities, if any, made by TEPPCO Unit II or EPCO Unit to their
respective Class B limited partners. The ASA amendment also extended the
term under which EPCO provides services to the partnership entities from
December 2010 to December 2013 and made other updating and conforming
changes.
Employee
Partnerships. EPCO formed the
Employee Partnerships to serve as an incentive arrangement for key employees of
EPCO by providing them a “profits interest” in such
partnerships. Certain EPCO employees who work on behalf of us and
EPCO were issued Class B limited partner interests and admitted as Class B
limited partners without any capital contribution. The profits
interest awards (i.e., the Class B limited partner interests) in the
Employee Partnerships entitles each holder to participate in the appreciation in
value of the Parent Company’s Units, Enterprise Products Partners’ common
units and TEPPCO’s common units. See Note 6 for additional
information regarding the Employee Partnerships.
Relationships
with Unconsolidated Affiliates
Many of
our unconsolidated affiliates perform supporting or complementary roles to our
other business operations. Since we and our affiliates hold ownership
interests in these entities and directly or indirectly benefit from our related
party transactions with such entities, they are presented here.
The
following information summarizes significant related party transactions with our
current unconsolidated affiliates:
§
|
Enterprise
Products Partners sells natural gas to Evangeline, which, in turn, uses
the natural gas to satisfy supply commitments it has with a major
Louisiana utility. Revenues from Evangeline totaled $362.9
million, $268.0 million and $277.7 million for the years ended December
31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively. In addition, Duncan Energy Partners
furnished $1.0 million in letters of credit on behalf of Evangeline at
December 31, 2008.
|
§
|
Enterprise
Products Partners pays Promix for the transportation, storage and
fractionation of NGLs. In addition, Enterprise Products
Partners sells natural gas to Promix for its plant fuel
requirements. Expenses with Promix were $38.7 million, $30.4
million and $34.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and
2006, respectively. Revenues from Promix were $24.5 million,
$17.3 million and $21.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2008,
2007 and 2006, respectively.
|
§
|
We
perform management services for certain of our unconsolidated
affiliates. We charged such affiliates $11.2 million,
$11.0 million and $10.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2008,
2007 and 2006, respectively.
|
§
|
For
the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, TEPPCO paid $1.7
million, $3.8 million and $5.6 million, respectively, to Centennial in
connection with a pipeline capacity lease. In addition, TEPPCO
paid $6.6 million and $5.3 million to Centennial in 2008 and 2007 for
other pipeline transportation services,
respectively.
|
§
|
For
the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, TEPPCO paid Seaway $6.0
million, $4.7 million and $3.8 million, respectively, for transportation
and tank rentals in connection with its crude oil marketing
activities.
|
§
|
Enterprise
Products Partners has a long-term sales contract with a consolidated
subsidiary of ETP. In addition, Enterprise Products Partners
and another subsidiary of ETP transport natural gas on each other’s
systems and share operating expenses on certain pipelines. A
subsidiary of ETP also sells natural gas to Enterprise Products
Partners. See previous table for revenue and expense amounts
recorded by Enterprise Products Partners in connection with Energy
Transfer Equity.
|
Relationship
with Duncan Energy Partners
In
September 2006, Duncan Energy Partners, a consolidated subsidiary of Enterprise
Products Partners, was formed to acquire, own, and operate a diversified
portfolio of midstream energy assets and to support the growth objectives of
EPO. On February 5, 2007, Duncan Energy Partners completed its
initial public offering of 14,950,000 common units at $21.00 per unit, which
generated net proceeds to Duncan Energy Partners of approximately $291.0
million. On this same date, Enterprise Products Partners contributed
66.0% of its equity interests in certain of its subsidiaries to Duncan Energy
Partners. Enterprise Products Partners retained the remaining 34.0%
equity interests in the subsidiaries. As consideration for assets
contributed and reimbursement for capital expenditures related to these assets,
Duncan Energy Partners distributed $260.6 million of net proceeds from its
initial public offering to Enterprise Products Partners (along with $198.9
million in borrowings under its credit facility and a final amount of 5,351,571
common units of Duncan Energy Partners).
On
December 8, 2008, Enterprise Products Partners contributed additional equity
interests in certain of its subsidiaries to Duncan Energy
Partners. As consideration for the contribution, Enterprise Products
Partners received $280.5 million in cash and 37,333,887 Class B units of Duncan
Energy Partners, having a market value of $449.5 million. The Class B
units automatically converted on a one-to-one basis to common units of Duncan
Energy Partners on February 1, 2009.
At
December 31, 2008, Enterprise Products Partners owned 74.1% of Duncan Energy
Partners’ limited partner interests and all of its general partner
interest.
Enterprise Products Partners has
continued involvement with all of the subsidiaries of Duncan Energy Partners,
including the following types of transactions: (i) it utilizes storage
services to support its Mont Belvieu fractionation and other businesses; (ii) it
buys natural gas from and sells natural gas in connection with its normal
business activities; and (iii) it is currently the sole shipper on an NGL
pipeline system located in south Texas.
EPCO and its affiliates, including
Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO, may contribute or sell other equity
interests and assets to Duncan Energy Partners. EPCO and its
affiliates have no obligation or commitment to make such contributions or sales
to Duncan Energy Partners.
Relationship
with Cenac
In connection with TEPPCO’s marine
services acquisition in February 2008, Cenac and affiliates became a related
party of TEPPCO due to its ownership of TEPPCO common units and other
considerations. TEPPCO entered into a transitional operating
agreement with Cenac in which TEPPCO’s fleet of acquired tow boats and tank
barges will continue to be operated by employees of Cenac for a period of up to
two years following the acquisition. Under this agreement, TEPPCO
pays Cenac a monthly operating fee and reimburses Cenac for personnel salaries
and related employee benefit expenses, certain
repairs
and maintenance expenses and insurance premiums on the
equipment. During 2008, TEPPCO paid Cenac approximately $48.3 million
in connection with the transitional operating agreement.
Our
provision for income taxes relates primarily to federal and state income taxes
of Seminole and Dixie, our two largest corporations subject to such income
taxes. In addition, with the amendment of the Texas Margin Tax in
2006, we have become a taxable entity in the state of Texas. Our
federal and state income tax provision is summarized below:
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Current:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
|
|
$ |
4,922 |
|
|
$ |
4,700 |
|
|
$ |
7,694 |
|
State
|
|
|
23,932 |
|
|
|
5,107 |
|
|
|
1,148 |
|
Foreign
|
|
|
414 |
|
|
|
128 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
current
|
|
|
29,268 |
|
|
|
9,935 |
|
|
|
8,842 |
|
Deferred:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
|
|
|
760 |
|
|
|
2,784 |
|
|
|
6,109 |
|
State
|
|
|
964 |
|
|
|
3,094 |
|
|
|
7,023 |
|
Foreign
|
|
|
27 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
deferred
|
|
|
1,751 |
|
|
|
5,878 |
|
|
|
13,132 |
|
Total
provision for income taxes
|
|
$ |
31,019 |
|
|
$ |
15,813 |
|
|
$ |
21,974 |
|
A
reconciliation of the provision for income taxes with amounts determined by
applying the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate to income before income
taxes is as follows:
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Pre
Tax Net Book Income (“NBI”)
|
|
$ |
1,176,532 |
|
|
$ |
777,709 |
|
|
$ |
794,458 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revised
Texas franchise tax
|
|
|
23,890 |
|
|
|
7,703 |
|
|
|
8,770 |
|
State
income taxes (net of federal benefit)
|
|
|
577 |
|
|
|
324 |
|
|
|
(396 |
) |
Federal
income taxes computed by applying the federal
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
statutory
rate to NBI of corporate entities
|
|
|
6,305 |
|
|
|
5,318 |
|
|
|
13,347 |
|
Taxes
charged to cumulative effect of change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
in
accounting principle
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
Valuation
allowance
|
|
|
(1,412 |
) |
|
|
2,347 |
|
|
|
123 |
|
Other
permanent differences
|
|
|
1,659 |
|
|
|
121 |
|
|
|
133 |
|
Provision
for income taxes
|
|
$ |
31,019 |
|
|
$ |
15,813 |
|
|
$ |
21,974 |
|
Effective
income tax rate
|
|
|
2.6 |
% |
|
|
2.0 |
% |
|
|
2.8 |
% |
Significant
components of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets as of December
31, 2008 and 2007 are as follows:
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Deferred
tax assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
operating loss carryovers
|
|
$ |
26,311 |
|
|
$ |
23,270 |
|
Property,
plant and equipment
|
|
|
753 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Credit
carryover
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
26 |
|
Charitable
contribution carryover
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
16 |
|
Employee
benefit plans
|
|
|
2,631 |
|
|
|
3,214 |
|
Deferred
revenue
|
|
|
964 |
|
|
|
642 |
|
Reserve
for legal fees and damages
|
|
|
289 |
|
|
|
478 |
|
Equity
investment in partnerships
|
|
|
596 |
|
|
|
409 |
|
AROs
|
|
|
76 |
|
|
|
80 |
|
Accruals
and other
|
|
|
900 |
|
|
|
1,098 |
|
Total
deferred tax assets
|
|
|
32,566 |
|
|
|
29,233 |
|
Valuation allowance
|
|
|
(3,932 |
) |
|
|
(5,345 |
) |
Net
deferred tax assets
|
|
|
28,634 |
|
|
|
23,888 |
|
Deferred
tax liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property,
plant and equipment
|
|
|
92,899 |
|
|
|
40,520 |
|
Other
|
|
|
52 |
|
|
|
99 |
|
Total
deferred tax liabilities
|
|
|
92,951 |
|
|
|
40,619 |
|
Total
net deferred tax liabilities
|
|
$ |
(64,317 |
) |
|
$ |
(16,731 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
portion of total net deferred tax assets
|
|
$ |
1,397 |
|
|
$ |
1,082 |
|
Long-term
portion of total net deferred tax liabilities
|
|
$ |
(65,714 |
) |
|
$ |
(17,813 |
) |
We had net operating loss carryovers of
$26.3 million and $23.3 million at December 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively. These losses expire in various years between 2009 and
2028 and are subject to limitations on their utilization. We record a
valuation allowance to reduce our deferred tax assets to the amount of future
tax benefit that is more likely than not to be realized. The
valuation allowance was $3.9 million and $5.3 million at December 31, 2008 and
2007, respectively, and serves to reduce the recognized tax benefit associated
with carryovers of our corporate entities to an amount that will, more likely
than not, be realized. The $1.4 million decrease in valuation
allowance for 2008 is comprised primarily of a $1.6 million decrease for
Canadian Enterprise Gas Products, Ltd..
We have
deferred tax liabilities on property plant and equipment of $92.9 million and
$40.5 million at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The
increase in 2008 is comprised primarily of $45.1 million related to the
difference in book and tax basis of property, plant and equipment resulting from
the acquisition of the remaining equity interest in Dixie. See Note
13 for additional information regarding this acquisition.
On May
18, 2006, the State of Texas enacted House Bill 3 which revised the pre-existing
state franchise tax. In general, legal entities that conduct business
in Texas are subject to the Revised Texas Franchise Tax, including previously
non-taxable entities such as limited liability companies, limited partnerships
and limited liability partnerships. The tax is assessed on
Texas sourced taxable margin which is defined as the lesser of (i) 70.0% of
total revenue or (ii) total revenue less (a) cost of goods sold or (b)
compensation and benefits.
Although
the bill states that the Revised Texas Franchise Tax is not an income tax, it
has the characteristics of an income tax since it is determined by applying a
tax rate to a base that considers both revenues and expenses. Due to
the enactment of the Revised Texas Franchise Tax, we recorded a net deferred tax
liability of $0.9 million and $3.1 million during the years ended December 31,
2008 and 2007, respectively. The offsetting net charge of $0.9 million and
$3.1 million is shown on our Statements of Consolidated Operations for the years
ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, as a component of “Provision for
income taxes.”
Basic and
diluted earnings per unit is computed by dividing net income or loss allocated
to limited partners by the weighted-average number of Units outstanding
during a period, including Class B Units (see below). The amount of
net income allocated to limited partners is derived by subtracting, from net
income or loss, our general partner’s share of such net income or
loss.
As
consideration for the contribution of 4,400,000 common units of TEPPCO and the
100% membership interest in TEPPCO GP (including associated TEPPCO IDRs), the
Parent Company issued 14,173,304 Class B Units and 16,000,000 Class C Units to
private company affiliates of EPCO that are under common control with the Parent
Company. As a result of this common control relationship, the Class B
Units, which were distribution bearing, were treated as outstanding securities
for purposes of calculating our basic and diluted earnings per Unit. On
July 12, 2007, all of the outstanding 14,173,304 Class B Units were converted to
Units on a one-to-one basis. The 16,000,000 Class C Units are
non-participating in current or undistributed earnings and are not entitled to
receive cash distributions until May 2009; thus, they are not considered a
potentially dilutive security until that time. See Note 16 for
additional information regarding the Class B and C Units.
The
following table shows the allocation of net income to our general partner for
the periods indicated:
|
|
For Year
Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
164,055 |
|
|
$ |
109,021 |
|
|
$ |
133,992 |
|
Multiplied
by general partner ownership interest
|
|
|
0.01 |
% |
|
|
0.01 |
% |
|
|
0.01 |
% |
General
partner interest in net income
|
|
$ |
16 |
|
|
$ |
11 |
|
|
$ |
13 |
|
The
following table shows the calculation of our limited partners’ interest in net
income and basic and diluted earnings per Unit.
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Income
before change in accounting principle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
and
general partner interest
|
|
$ |
164,055 |
|
|
$ |
109,021 |
|
|
$ |
133,899 |
|
Cumulative
effect of change in accounting principle
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
93 |
|
Net
income
|
|
|
164,055 |
|
|
|
109,021 |
|
|
|
133,992 |
|
General
partner interest in net income
|
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
(13 |
) |
Net
income available to limited partners
|
|
$ |
164,039 |
|
|
$ |
109,010 |
|
|
$ |
133,979 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BASIC
AND DILUTED EARNINGS PER UNIT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Numerator:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
before change in accounting principle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
and
general partner interest
|
|
$ |
164,055 |
|
|
$ |
109,021 |
|
|
$ |
133,899 |
|
Cumulative
effect of change in accounting principle
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
93 |
|
General
partner interest in net income
|
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
(13 |
) |
Limited
partners' interest in net income
|
|
$ |
164,039 |
|
|
$ |
109,010 |
|
|
$ |
133,979 |
|
Denominator:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Units
|
|
|
123,192 |
|
|
|
104,869 |
|
|
|
88,884 |
|
Class
B Units
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
7,456 |
|
|
|
14,173 |
|
Total
|
|
|
123,192 |
|
|
|
112,325 |
|
|
|
103,057 |
|
Basic
and diluted earnings per Unit:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
before change in accounting principle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
and
general partner interest
|
|
$ |
1.33 |
|
|
$ |
0.97 |
|
|
$ |
1.30 |
|
Cumulative
effect of change in accounting principle
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
* |
|
General
partner interest in net income
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
Limited
partners’ interest in net income
|
|
$ |
1.33 |
|
|
$ |
0.97 |
|
|
$ |
1.30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Amount is
negligible
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Litigation
On
occasion, we or our unconsolidated affiliates are named as defendants in
litigation relating to our normal business activities, including regulatory and
environmental matters. Although we are insured against various
business risks to the extent we believe it is prudent, there is no assurance
that the nature and amount of such insurance will be adequate, in every case, to
indemnify us against liabilities arising from future legal proceedings as a
result of our ordinary business activities. We are not aware of any
significant litigation, pending or threatened, that could have a significant
adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash
flows.
Parent
Company matters. In February
2008, Joel A. Gerber, a purported unitholder of the Parent Company, filed
a derivative complaint on behalf of the Parent Company in the Court of
Chancery of the State of Delaware. The complaint names as defendants EPE
Holdings; the Board of Directors of EPE Holdings; EPCO; and Dan L. Duncan
and certain of his affiliates. The Parent Company is named as a
nominal defendant. The complaint alleges that the defendants, in breach of
their fiduciary duties to the Parent Company and its unitholders, caused the
Parent Company to purchase in May 2007 the TEPPCO GP membership interests and
TEPPCO common units from Mr. Duncan’s affiliates at an unfair price. The
complaint also alleges that Charles E. McMahen, Edwin E. Smith and Thurmon
Andress, constituting the three members of EPE Holdings’ ACG Committee, cannot
be considered independent because of their relationships with
Mr. Duncan. The complaint seeks relief (i) awarding damages for
profits allegedly obtained by the defendants as a result of the alleged
wrongdoings in the complaint and (ii) awarding
plaintiff
costs of the action, including fees and expenses of his attorneys and
experts. Management believes this lawsuit is without merit and
intends to vigorously defend against it. For information regarding our
relationship with Mr. Duncan and his affiliates, see Note 17.
Enterprise
Products Partners’ matters. In February
2007, EPO received a letter from the Environment and Natural Resources Division
(“ENRD”) of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) related to an ammonia release
in Kingman County, Kansas in October 2004 from a pressurized anhydrous
ammonia pipeline owned by a third party, Magellan Ammonia Pipeline, L.P.
(“Magellan”) and a previous release of ammonia in September 2004 from the same
pipeline. EPO was the operator of this pipeline until July 1, 2008. The
ENRD has indicated that it may pursue civil damages against EPO and Magellan as
a result of these incidents. Based on this correspondence from the ENRD,
the statutory maximum amount of civil fines that could be assessed against EPO
and Magellan is up to $17.4 million in the aggregate. EPO is
cooperating with the DOJ and is hopeful that an expeditious resolution of this
civil matter acceptable to all parties will be reached in the near future.
Magellan has agreed to indemnify EPO for the civil matter. At this
time, we do not believe that a final resolution of the civil claims by the ENRD
will have a material impact on Enterprise Products Partners’ consolidated
financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
In October 2006, a rupture in the
Magellan Ammonia Pipeline resulted in the release of ammonia near Clay Center,
Kansas. The pipeline has been repaired and environmental remediation
tasks related to this incident have been completed. At this time, we
do not believe that this incident will have a material impact on Enterprise
Products Partners’ consolidated financial position, results of operations or
cash flows.
Several
lawsuits have been filed by municipalities and other water suppliers against a
number of manufacturers of reformulated gasoline containing methyl tertiary
butyl ether (“MTBE”). In general, such suits have not named
manufacturers of MTBE as defendants, and there have been no such lawsuits filed
against Enterprise Products Partners’ subsidiary that owns an octane-additive
production facility. It is possible, however, that former MTBE
manufacturers, such as Enterprise Products Partners’ subsidiary, could
ultimately be added as defendants in such lawsuits or in new
lawsuits.
The Attorney General of Colorado on
behalf of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment filed suit
against Enterprise Products Partners and others in April 2008 in connection with
the construction of a pipeline near Parachute, Colorado. The State sought
a temporary restraining order and an injunction to halt construction activities
since it alleged that the defendants failed to install measures to minimize
damage to the environment and to follow requirements for the pipeline’s
stormwater permit and appropriate stormwater plan. The State’s complaint
also seeks penalties for the above alleged failures. Defendants and the
State agreed to certain stipulations that, among other things, require
Enterprise Products Partners to install specified environmental protection
measures in the disturbed pipeline right-of-way to comply with
regulations. Enterprise Products Partners has complied with the
stipulations and the State has dismissed the portions of the compliant seeking
the temporary restraining order and injunction. The State has not yet
assessed penalties and we are unable to predict the amount of penalties that may
be assessed. At this time, we do not believe that this incident will have a
material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or
cash flows.
In
January 2009, the State of New Mexico filed suit in District Court in Santa Fe
County, New Mexico, under the New Mexico Air Quality Control Act. The
lawsuit arose out of a February 27, 2008 Notice Of Violation issued to Marathon
as operator of the Indian Basin natural gas processing facility located in Eddy
County, New Mexico. Enterprise Products Partners owns a 40.0%
undivided interest in the assets comprising the Indian Basin
facility. The State alleges violations of its air laws, and Marathon
believes there has been no adverse impact to public health or the environment,
having implemented voluntary emission reduction measures over the years.
The State seeks penalties above $100,000. Marathon continues to work with
the State to determine if resolution of the case is possible.
TEPPCO
matters. In
September 2006, Peter Brinckerhoff, a purported unitholder of TEPPCO, filed
a complaint in the Court of Chancery of New Castle County in the State of
Delaware, in his individual capacity, as a putative class action on behalf of
other unitholders of TEPPCO and derivatively on behalf of TEPPCO, concerning,
among other things, certain transactions involving TEPPCO and Enterprise
Products
Partners
or its affiliates. In July 2007, Mr. Brinkerhoff filed an amended
complaint. The amended complaint names as defendants (i) TEPPCO,
its current and certain former directors, and certain of its affiliates;
(ii) Enterprise Products Partners and certain of its affiliates;
(iii) EPCO; and (iv) Dan L. Duncan.
The
amended complaint alleges, among other things, that the defendants caused TEPPCO
to enter into certain transactions that were unfair to TEPPCO or otherwise
unfairly favored Enterprise Products Partners or its affiliates over
TEPPCO. These transactions are alleged to include: (i) the joint
venture to further expand the Jonah system entered into by TEPPCO and Enterprise
Products Partners in August 2006; (ii) the sale by TEPPCO of its Pioneer
natural gas processing plant to Enterprise Products Partners in March 2006;
and (iii) certain amendments to TEPPCO’s partnership agreement, including a
reduction in the maximum tier of TEPPCO’s IDRs in exchange for TEPPCO common
units. The amended complaint seeks (i) rescission of the
amendments to TEPPCO’s partnership agreement; (ii) damages for profits and
special benefits allegedly obtained by defendants as a result of the alleged
wrongdoings in the amended complaint; and (iii) awarding plaintiff costs of
the action, including fees and expenses of his attorneys and
experts. Pre-trial discovery in this proceeding is underway. We
believe that the outcome of this lawsuit will not have a material effect on
TEPPCO’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Energy
Transfer Equity matters. In July 2007, ETP announced that
it was under investigation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(“CFTC”) with respect to whether ETP engaged in manipulation or improper trading
activities in the Houston Ship Channel market around the time of the hurricanes
in the fall of 2005 and other prior periods in order to benefit financially from
commodity financial instrument positions and from certain index-priced physical
gas purchases in the Houston Ship Channel market. In March 2008, ETP
entered into a consent order with the CFTC. Pursuant to this consent
order, ETP agreed to pay the CFTC $10.0 million and the CFTC agreed to release
ETP and its affiliates, directors and employees from all claims or causes of
action asserted by the CFTC in this proceeding. ETP neither admitted nor
denied the allegations made by the CFTC in this proceeding. The settlement
was paid in March 2008.
In July
2007, ETP announced that it was also under investigation by the FERC
for the same matters noted in the CFTC proceeding described
above. The FERC is also investigating certain of ETP’s intrastate
transportation activities. The FERC’s actions against ETP also
included allegations related to its Oasis pipeline, which is an intrastate
pipeline that transports natural gas between the Waha and Katy hubs in
Texas. The Oasis pipeline transports interstate natural gas pursuant
to NGPA Section 311 authority, and is subject to FERC-approved rates, terms and
conditions of service. The allegations related to the Oasis pipeline
included claims that the pipeline violated NGPA regulations from January 2004
through June 2006 by granting undue preference to ETP’s affiliates for
interstate NGPA Section 311 pipeline service to the detriment of similarly
situated non-affiliated shippers and by charging in excess of the FERC-approved
maximum lawful rate for interstate NGPA Section 311 transportation.
In July
2007, the FERC announced that it was taking preliminary action against ETP and
proposed civil penalties of $97.5 million and disgorgement of profits, plus
interest, of $70.1 million. In October 2007, ETP filed a response
with the FERC refuting the FERC’s claims as being fundamentally flawed and
requested a dismissal of the FERC’s proceedings. In February 2008,
the FERC staff recommended an increase in the proposed civil penalties of $25.0
million and disgorgement of profits of $7.3 million. The total amount of civil
penalties and disgorgement of profits sought by the FERC is approximately $200.0
million. In March 2008, ETP responded to the FERC staff regarding the
recommended increase in the proposed civil penalties. In April 2008,
the FERC staff filed an answer to ETP’s March 2008 pleading. The FERC
has not taken any actions related to the recommendations of its staff with
respect to the proposed increase in civil penalties. In May 2008, the
FERC ordered hearings to be conducted by FERC
administrative law judges with respect to the FERC’s intrastate
transportation claims and market manipulation claims. The hearing
related to the intrastate transportation claims involving the Oasis pipeline was
scheduled to commence in December 2008 with the administrative law judge’s
initial decision due in May 2009; however, as discussed below, ETP entered into
a settlement agreement with FERC Enforcement Staff and that agreement was
approved by the FERC in its entirety and without modification on February 27,
2009. The hearing related to the market manipulation claims is
scheduled to commence in June 2009 with the administrative law judge’s initial
decision due in December 2009. The FERC denied ETP’s request for
dismissal of the proceeding and has ordered that, following completion of the
hearings, the administrative law judge make recommendations with respect to
whether ETP engaged in market manipulation in violation of the Natural Gas Act
and FERC regulations, and, whether ETP violated the Natural Gas Policy Act
(“NGPA”) and FERC regulations related to ETP’s intrastate transportation
activities. The FERC reserved for itself the issues of possible civil
penalties, revocation of ETP’s blanket market certificate, method by which ETP
would disgorge any unjust profits and whether any conditions should be placed on
ETP’s NGPA Section 311 authorization. Following the issuance of each
of the administrative law judges’ initial decisions, the FERC would then issue
an order with respect to each of these matters. ETP management has
stated that it expects that the FERC will require a payment in order to conclude
these investigations on a negotiated settlement basis.
In November 2008, the administrative law judge presiding over the
Oasis claims granted ETP’s motion for summary disposition of the claim that
Oasis unduly discriminated in favor of affiliates regarding the provision of
Section 311(a)(2) interstate transportation service. Oasis
subsequently entered into an agreement with the Enforcement Staff to settle all
claims related to Oasis. In January 2009, this agreement was
submitted under seal to the FERC by the presiding administrative law judge for
the FERC’s approval as an uncontested settlement of all Oasis
claims. On February 27, 2009, the settlement agreement was approved
by the FERC in its entirety and without modification and the terms of the
settlement were made public. If no person seeks rehearing of the
order approving the settlement within thirty days of such order, the FERC’s
order will become final and non-appealable. ETP has stated that it
does not believe the Oasis settlement, as approved by the FERC, will have a
material adverse effect on it business, financial position or results of
operations.
In
addition to the CFTC and FERC, third parties have asserted claims, and may
assert additional claims, against Energy Transfer Equity and ETP for damages
related to the aforementioned matters. Several natural gas producers
and a natural gas marketing company have initiated legal proceedings against
Energy Transfer Equity and ETP in Texas state courts for claims related to the
FERC claims. These suits contain contract and tort claims relating to
the alleged manipulation of natural gas prices at the Houston Ship Channel and
the Waha Hub in West Texas, as well as the natural gas price indices related to
these markets and the Permian Basin natural gas price index during the period
from December 2003 through December 2006, and seek unspecified direct, indirect,
consequential and exemplary damages. Energy Transfer Equity and ETP
are seeking to compel arbitration in several of these suits on the grounds that
the claims are subject to arbitration agreements, and one suit is pending before
the Texas Supreme Court on issues of arbitrability. One of the suits
against Energy Transfer Equity and ETP contains an additional allegation that
the defendants transported natural gas in a manner that favored their affiliates
and discriminated against the plaintiff, and otherwise artificially affected the
market price of natural gas to other parties in the
market. ETP has
moved to compel arbitration and/or contested subject-matter jurisdiction in some
of these cases. One such case currently is on appeal before the Texas
Supreme Court on, among other things, the issue of whether the dispute is
arbitrable.
ETP has
also been served with a complaint from an owner of royalty interests in natural
gas producing properties, individually and on behalf of a putative class of
similarly situated royalty owners, working interest owners and
producers/operators, seeking arbitration to recover damages based on alleged
manipulation of natural gas prices at the Houston Ship Channel. ETP
filed an original action in Harris County, Texas seeking a stay of the
arbitration on the grounds that the action is not arbitrable, and the state
court granted ETP their motion for summary judgment on that
issue. The claimants have filed a motion of appeal.
A
consolidated class action complaint has been filed against ETP and certain
affiliates in the United States District Court for the Southern District of
Texas. This action alleges that ETP engaged in intentional and unlawful
manipulation of the price of natural gas futures and options contracts on the
NYMEX in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”). It is further alleged
that during the class period December 2003 to December 2005, ETP had
the market power to manipulate index prices, and that ETP used this market power
to artificially depress the index prices at major natural gas trading hubs,
including the Houston Ship Channel, in order to benefit its natural gas physical
and financial trading positions and intentionally submitted price and volume
trade information to trade publications. This complaint also alleges that ETP
also violated the CEA because ETP knowingly aided and abetted violations of the
CEA. This action alleges that the unlawful depression of index prices by ETP
manipulated the NYMEX prices for natural gas futures and options contracts to
artificial levels during the period stipulated in the complaint, causing
unspecified damages to the plaintiff and all other members of the putative class
who purchased and/or sold natural gas futures and options contracts on the NYMEX
during the period. This class action complaint consolidated two class actions
which were pending against ETP. Following the
consolidation
order, the plaintiffs who had filed these two earlier class actions filed a
consolidated complaint. They have requested certification of their suit as
a class action, unspecified damages, court costs and other appropriate
relief. In January 2008, ETP filed a motion to dismiss this suit
on the grounds of failure to allege facts sufficient to state a
claim. In March 2008, the plaintiffs filed a second consolidated
class action complaint. In response to this new pleading, ETP filed a
motion to dismiss this second consolidated complaint in May 2008. In
June 2008, the plaintiffs filed a response opposing ETP’s motion to
dismiss. ETP filed a reply in support of its motion in July
2008.
In March
2008, another class action complaint was filed against ETP in the United States
District Court for the Southern District of Texas. This action
alleges that ETP engaged in unlawful restraint of trade and intentional
monopolization and attempted monopolization of the market for fixed-price
natural gas baseload transactions at the Houston Ship Channel from December 2003
through December 2005 in violation of federal antitrust law. The
complaint further alleges that during this period ETP exerted monopolistic power
to suppress the price of these transactions to non-competitive levels in order
to benefit from its own physical natural gas positions. The plaintiff
has, individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated sellers of
physical natural gas, requested certification of its suit as a class action and
seeks unspecified treble damages, court costs and other appropriate
relief. In May 2008, ETP filed a motion to dismiss this
complaint. In July 2008, the plaintiffs filed a response opposing
ETP’s motion to dismiss. ETP filed a reply in support of its motion
in August 2008.
At this
time, ETE is unable to predict the outcome of these matters; however, it is
possible that the amount it becomes obliged to pay as a result of the final
resolution of these matters, whether on a negotiated settlement basis or
otherwise, will exceed the amount of its existing accrual related to these
matters.
ETP
disclosed in its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 that its accrued
amounts for contingencies and current litigation matters (excluding
environmental matters) aggregated $20.8 million at December 31,
2008. Since ETP’s accrual amounts are non-cash, any cash payment of
an amount in resolution of these matters would likely be made from its operating
cash flows or from borrowings. If these payments are substantial, ETP and,
ultimately, our investee, Energy Transfer Equity, may experience a material
adverse impact on their results of operations, cash available for distribution
and liquidity.
Contractual
Obligations
The following table summarizes our
various contractual obligations at December 31, 2008. A description
of each type of contractual obligation follows.
|
Payment
or Settlement due by Period
|
Contractual
Obligations
|
Total
|
|
2009
|
|
2010
|
|
2011
|
|
2012
|
|
2013
|
|
Thereafter
|
Scheduled
maturities of long-term debt
|
$ |
12,639,699 |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
562,500 |
|
$ |
942,750 |
|
$ |
2,786,749 |
|
$ |
1,208,500 |
|
$ |
7,139,200 |
Estimated
cash interest payments
|
$ |
12,303,887 |
|
$ |
755,617 |
|
$ |
731,020 |
|
$ |
678,136 |
|
$ |
633,640 |
|
$ |
503,474 |
|
$ |
9,002,000 |
Operating
lease obligations
|
$ |
388,291 |
|
$ |
44,901 |
|
$ |
38,233 |
|
$ |
37,596 |
|
$ |
36,169 |
|
$ |
30,692 |
|
$ |
200,700 |
Purchase
obligations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product
purchase commitments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Estimated
payment obligations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crude
oil
|
$ |
161,194 |
|
$ |
161,194 |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
-- |
Refined
products
|
$ |
1,642 |
|
$ |
1,642 |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
-- |
Natural
gas
|
$ |
5,225,141 |
|
$ |
323,309 |
|
$ |
515,102 |
|
$ |
635,000 |
|
$ |
660,626 |
|
$ |
487,984 |
|
$ |
2,603,120 |
NGLs
|
$ |
1,923,792 |
|
$ |
969,870 |
|
$ |
136,422 |
|
$ |
136,250 |
|
$ |
136,250 |
|
$ |
136,250 |
|
$ |
408,750 |
Petrochemicals
|
$ |
1,746,138 |
|
$ |
685,643 |
|
$ |
376,636 |
|
$ |
247,757 |
|
$ |
181,650 |
|
$ |
86,768 |
|
$ |
167,684 |
Other
|
$ |
66,657 |
|
$ |
24,221 |
|
$ |
7,148 |
|
$ |
7,011 |
|
$ |
6,699 |
|
$ |
6,166 |
|
$ |
15,412 |
Underlying
major volume commitments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crude
oil (in MBbls)
|
|
3,404 |
|
|
3,404 |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
Refined
products (in MBbls)
|
|
28 |
|
|
28 |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
Natural
gas (in BBtus)
|
|
981,955 |
|
|
56,650 |
|
|
93,150 |
|
|
115,925 |
|
|
120,780 |
|
|
93,950 |
|
|
501,500 |
NGLs
(in MBbls)
|
|
56,622 |
|
|
23,576 |
|
|
4,726 |
|
|
4,720 |
|
|
4,720 |
|
|
4,720 |
|
|
14,160 |
Petrochemicals
(in MBbls)
|
|
67,696 |
|
|
24,949 |
|
|
13,420 |
|
|
10,428 |
|
|
7,906 |
|
|
3,759 |
|
|
7,234 |
Service
payment commitments
|
$ |
534,426 |
|
$ |
57,289 |
|
$ |
51,251 |
|
$ |
49,501 |
|
$ |
47,025 |
|
$ |
46,142 |
|
$ |
283,218 |
Capital
expenditure commitments
|
$ |
786,675 |
|
$ |
786,675 |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
-- |
|
$ |
-- |
Scheduled
Maturities of Long-Term Debt. The Parent Company, Enterprise
Products Partners and TEPPCO have payment obligations under debt
agreements. With respect to this category, amounts shown in the
preceding table represent scheduled principal payments due in each period as of
December 31, 2008. See Note 15 for information regarding our consolidated debt
obligations at December 31, 2008.
Operating
Lease Obligations. We
lease certain property, plant and equipment under noncancelable and cancelable
operating leases. Amounts shown in the preceding table represent
minimum cash lease payment obligations under our operating leases with terms in
excess of one year.
Our
significant lease agreements involve (i) the lease of underground caverns for
the storage of natural gas and NGLs, (ii) leased office space with an affiliate
of EPCO, (iii) a railcar unloading terminal in Mont Belvieu, Texas and (iv)
land held pursuant to right-of-way agreements. In general, our
material lease agreements have original terms that range from 2 to 28 years and
include renewal options that could extend the agreements for up to an additional
20 years.
Lease expense is charged to operating
costs and expenses on a straight line basis over the period of expected economic
benefit. Contingent rental payments are expensed as
incurred. We are generally required to perform routine maintenance on
the underlying leased assets. In addition, certain leases give us the
option to make leasehold improvements. Maintenance and repairs of
leased assets resulting from our operations are charged to expense as
incurred. We did not make any significant leasehold improvements
during the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 or 2006; however, we did incur
$9.3 million of repair costs associated with our lease of an underground natural
gas storage facility in 2006.
The
operating lease commitments shown in the preceding table exclude the non-cash,
related party expense associated with retained leases contributed to Enterprise
Products Partners by EPCO at Enterprise Products Partners’
formation. EPCO remains liable for the actual cash lease payments
associated with these agreements, which it accounts for as operating leases.
At December 31, 2008, the retained leases were for approximately 100
railcars. EPCO’s minimum future rental payments under these leases
are $0.7 million for each of the years 2009 through 2015 and $0.3 million for
2016. Enterprise Products Partners records the full value of these
payments made by EPCO on Enterprise Products Partners’ behalf as a non-cash
related party operating lease expense, with the offset to partners’ equity
accounted for as a general contribution to Enterprise Products Partners’
partnership.
The
retained lease agreements contain lessee purchase options, which are at prices
that approximate fair value of the underlying leased assets. EPCO has
assigned these purchase options to Enterprise Products
Partners. Enterprise Products Partners has exercised its election
under the retained leases to purchase a cogeneration unit in December 2008 for
$2.3 million. Should Enterprise Products Partners decide to exercise
the purchase option associated with the remaining agreement, it would pay the
original lessor $3.1 million in June 2016.
Lease and
rental expense included in costs and expenses was $56.8 million, $61.4 million
and $64.9 million during the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
Purchase
Obligations. We define a purchase obligation as an agreement to
purchase goods or services that is enforceable and legally binding
(unconditional) on us that specifies all significant terms, including: fixed or
minimum quantities to be purchased; fixed, minimum or variable price provisions;
and the approximate timing of the transactions. We have classified
our unconditional purchase obligations into the following
categories:
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We
have long and short-term product purchase obligations for NGLs, certain
petrochemicals and natural gas with third-party suppliers. The
prices that we are obligated to pay under these contracts approximate
market prices at the time we take delivery of the volumes. The
preceding table shows our volume commitments and estimated payment
obligations under these contracts for the periods
indicated. Our estimated future payment obligations are based
on the contractual price under each contract for purchases made at
December 31, 2008 applied to all future volume
commitments. Actual future payment obligations may vary
depending on market prices at the
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time of delivery. At December 31, 2008, we do not have any
significant product purchase commitments with fixed or minimum pricing
provisions with remaining terms in excess of one year.
§
|
We
have long and short-term commitments to pay third-party providers for
services such as equipment maintenance agreements. Our
contractual payment obligations vary by contract. The preceding
table shows our future payment obligations under these service
contracts.
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§
|
We
have short-term payment obligations relating to our capital projects and
those of our unconsolidated affiliates. These commitments
represent unconditional payment obligations to vendors for services
rendered or products purchased. The preceding table presents
our share of such commitments for the periods
indicated.
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Commitments
under equity compensation plans of EPCO
In order
to fund its obligations under the EPCO 1998 Plan and EPD 2008 LTIP (see Note 6),
EPCO may purchase common units of Enterprise Products Partners at fair value
either in the open market or directly from Enterprise Products
Partners. When EPCO employees exercise options awarded under the EPCO
1998 Plan and EPD 2008 LTIP, Enterprise Products Partners reimburses EPCO for
the cash difference between the strike price paid by the employee and the actual
purchase price paid by EPCO for the common units. Such reimbursements
totaled $0.6 million, $3.0 million and $1.8 million during the years ended
December 31, 2008, 2007, and 2006, respectively, and are reflected as a
component of “Distributions paid to minority interests” in our Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows.
At
December 31, 2008, there were 2,168,500 and 795,000 unit options outstanding
under the EPCO 1998 Plan and EPD 2008 LTIP, respectively, for which Enterprise
Products Partners is responsible for reimbursing EPCO for the costs of such
awards. The weighted-average strike price of option awards
outstanding at December 31, 2008 was $26.32 and $30.93 per common unit under the
EPCO 1998 Plan and EPD 2008 LTIP, respectively. At December 31,
2008, there were 548,500 unit options immediately exercisable under the EPCO
1998 Plan. An additional 365,000, 480,000 and 775,000 of these unit
options will be exercisable in 2009, 2010 and 2012, respectively under the EPCO
1998 Plan. The 795,000 unit options outstanding under the EPD 2008
LTIP will become exercisable in 2013. See Note 6 for additional
information regarding the EPCO 1998 Plan and EPD 2008 LTIP.
In order
to fund obligations under the TEPPCO 2006 LTIP, EPCO may purchase common units
of TEPPCO at fair value either in the open market or directly from
TEPPCO. When EPCO employees exercise options awarded under the TEPPCO
2006 LTIP, TEPPCO will reimburse EPCO for the cash difference between the strike
price paid by the employee and the actual purchase price paid by EPCO for the
common units. TEPPCO was committed to issue 355,000 of its common
units at December 31, 2008, respectively, if all outstanding options awarded
under the 2006 LTIP (as of this date) were exercised. The
weighted-average strike price of option awards outstanding at December 31, 2008
was $40.00 per common unit. There were no options immediately
exercisable under the 2006 LTIP at December 31, 2008. See Note 6 for
additional information regarding the TEPPCO 2006 LTIP.
Other
Commitments and Claims
Redelivery
Commitments. In our normal business activities, we process,
store and transport natural gas, NGLs and other hydrocarbon products for third
parties. These volumes are (i) accrued as product payables on our
Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) in transit for delivery to our customers or
(iii) held at our storage facilities for redelivery to our
customers. We are insured against any physical loss of such volumes
due to catastrophic events. Under terms of our storage agreements, we
are generally required to redeliver volumes to the owners on
demand. At December 31, 2008, Enterprise Products Partners’
redelivery commitments aggregated 29.6 million barrels (“MMBbls”) of NGL
and petrochemical products and 18.5 BBtus of natural gas. TEPPCO’s
redelivery commitments at this date aggregated 16.5 MMBbls of petroleum
products. See Note 2 for more information regarding accrued product
payables.
Other
Claims. As part of our normal business activities with joint
venture partners and certain customers and suppliers, we occasionally have
claims made against us as a result of disputes related to contractual agreements
or similar arrangements. As of December 31, 2008, claims against us
totaled approximately $15.4 million. These matters are in various
stages of assessment and the ultimate outcome of such disputes cannot be
reasonably estimated. However, in our opinion, the likelihood of a
material adverse outcome related to the disputes against us is
remote. Accordingly, accruals for loss contingencies related to these
matters, if any, that might result from the resolution of such disputes have not
been reflected in our consolidated financial statements.
Centennial
Guarantees.
TEPPCO has certain guarantee obligations in connection with its ownership
interest in Centennial. TEPPCO has guaranteed one-half of
Centennial’s debt obligations, which obligates TEPPCO to an estimated payment of
$65.0 million in the event of default by Centennial. At December 31,
2008, TEPPCO had a liability of $9.0 million representing the estimated fair
value of its share of the Centennial debt guaranty. See Note 15 for
additional information regarding Centennial’s debt obligations.
In lieu
of Centennial procuring insurance to satisfy third-party liabilities arising
from a catastrophic event, TEPPCO and Centennial’s other joint venture partner
have entered a limited cash call agreement. TEPPCO is obligated to
contribute up to a maximum of $50.0 million in proportion to its ownership
interest in Centennial in the event of a catastrophic event. At
December 31, 2008, TEPPCO had a liability of $3.9 million representing the
estimated fair value of its cash call guaranty. We insure against
catastrophic events. Cash contributions by TEPPCO to Centennial under
the limited cash call agreement may be covered by our insurance depending on the
nature of the catastrophic event.
Weather-Related
Risks
We
participate as a named insured in EPCO’s insurance program, which provides us
with property damage, business interruption and other coverages, the scope and
amounts of which are customary and sufficient for the nature and extent of our
operations. While we believe EPCO maintains adequate insurance
coverage on our behalf, insurance will not cover every type of damage or
interruption that might occur. If we were to incur a significant
liability for which we were not fully insured, it could have a material impact
on our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash
flows. In addition, the proceeds of any such insurance may not be
paid in a timely manner and may be insufficient to reimburse us for our repair
costs or lost income. Any event that interrupts the revenues generated by
our consolidated operations, or which causes us to make significant expenditures
not covered by insurance, could reduce our ability to pay distributions to our
partners and, accordingly, adversely affect the market price of our common
units.
For
windstorm events such as hurricanes and tropical storms, EPCO’s deductible for
onshore physical damage is $10.0 million per storm. For
offshore assets, the windstorm deductible is $10.0 million per storm plus a
one-time $15.0 million aggregate deductible per policy period. For
non-windstorm events, EPCO’s deductible for onshore and offshore physical damage
is $5.0 million per occurrence. In meeting the deductible amounts,
property damage costs are aggregated for EPCO and its affiliates, including
us. Accordingly, our exposure with respect to the deductibles may be
equal to or less than the stated amounts depending on whether other EPCO or
affiliate assets are also affected by an event.
To
qualify for business interruption coverage in connection with a windstorm event,
covered assets must be out-of-service in excess of 60 days for onshore assets
and 75 days for offshore assets. To qualify for business
interruption coverage in connection with a non-windstorm event, covered onshore
and offshore assets must be out-of-service in excess of 60 days.
The following is a discussion of the
general status of our insurance claims related to recent significant storm
events. To the extent we include any estimate or range of estimates
regarding the dollar
value of
damages, please be aware that a change in our estimates may occur as additional
information becomes available.
Hurricane
Ivan insurance claims. During the year
ended December 31, 2008, Enterprise Products Partners did not receive any
reimbursements from insurance carriers related to property damage claims
associated with this storm. During the year ended December 31, 2007
Enterprise Products Partners received cash reimbursements from insurance
carriers totaling $1.3 million related to property damage claims. If
the final recovery of funds is different than the amount previously expended,
Enterprise Products Partners will recognize an income impact at that
time.
Enterprise Products Partners has
submitted business interruption insurance claims for its estimated losses caused
by Hurricane Ivan, which struck the eastern U.S. Gulf Coast region in September
2004. During the year ended December 31, 2008, Enterprise Products
Partners did not receive and proceeds from these claims. During the
year ended December 31, 2007, Enterprise Products Partners received $0.4 million
of nonrefundable cash proceeds from such claims. Enterprise Products
Partners is continuing its efforts to collect residual balances from this
storm. To the extent Enterprise Products Partners receives
nonrefundable cash proceeds from business interruption insurance claims, these
proceeds are recorded as a gain in our Statements of Consolidated Operations in
the period of receipt.
Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita insurance claims. Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita, both significant storms, affected certain of Enterprise
Products Partners’ Gulf Coast assets in August and September of 2005,
respectively. With respect to these storms, Enterprise Products
Partners has $30.5 million of estimated property damage claims outstanding at
December 31, 2008, that it believes are probable of collection during the period
2009. Enterprise Products Partners continues to pursue collection of
its property damage claims related to these named storms. As of
December 31, 2008, Enterprise Products Partners had received all proceeds from
its business interruption claims related to these storm events.
Hurricanes
Gustav and Ike
insurance claims. In
the third quarter of 2008, Enterprise Products Partners’ onshore and offshore
facilities located along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana were adversely
impacted by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. To a lesser extent, these
storms affected the operations of TEPPCO as well. The disruptions in
natural gas, NGL and crude oil production caused by these storms resulted in
decreased volumes for some of Enterprise Products Partners’ pipeline systems,
natural gas processing plants, NGL fractionators and offshore platforms, which,
in turn, caused a decrease in operating income from these
operations. As a result of our allocated share of EPCO’s insurance
deductibles for windstorm coverage, Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO
expensed $47.9 million and $1.0 million, respectively, of repair costs for
property damage in connection with these two storms. Enterprise
Products Partners’ expects to file property damage insurance claims to the
extent repair costs exceed deductible amounts. Due to the recent
nature of these storms, Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO are still
evaluating the total cost of repairs and the potential for business interruption
claims on certain assets.
Proceeds
from Business Interruption and Property Damage Claims
The
following table summarizes proceeds Enterprise Products Partners received during
the periods indicated from business interruption and property damage insurance
claims with respect to certain named storms:
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Business
interruption proceeds:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hurricane
Ivan
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
377 |
|
|
$ |
17,382 |
|
Hurricane
Katrina
|
|
|
501 |
|
|
|
19,005 |
|
|
|
24,500 |
|
Hurricane
Rita
|
|
|
662 |
|
|
|
14,955 |
|
|
|
22,000 |
|
Other
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
996 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
proceeds
|
|
|
1,163 |
|
|
|
35,333 |
|
|
|
63,882 |
|
Property
damage proceeds:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hurricane
Ivan
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
1,273 |
|
|
|
24,104 |
|
Hurricane
Katrina
|
|
|
9,404 |
|
|
|
79,651 |
|
|
|
7,500 |
|
Hurricane
Rita
|
|
|
2,678 |
|
|
|
24,105 |
|
|
|
3,000 |
|
Other
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
184 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
proceeds
|
|
|
12,082 |
|
|
|
105,213 |
|
|
|
34,604 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
13,245 |
|
|
$ |
140,546 |
|
|
$ |
98,486 |
|
At
December 31, 2008, Enterprise Products Partners has $39.0 million of estimated
property damage claims outstanding related to these storms that we believe are
probable of collection through 2009. In February 2009, Enterprise
Products Partners collected $20.8 million of the amounts outstanding. To
the extent we estimate the dollar value of such damages, please be aware that a
change in our estimates may occur as additional information becomes
available.
During
2008, we collected $0.2 million of business interruption proceeds that were not
related to storm events.
Nature
of Operations in Midstream Energy Industry
Our operations are within the midstream
energy industry, which includes gathering, transporting, processing,
fractionating and storing natural gas, NGLs, certain petrochemicals and crude
oil. We also market natural gas, NGLs, crude oil and other
hydrocarbon products. As such, our financial position, results of
operations and cash flows may be affected by changes in the commodity prices of
these hydrocarbon products, including changes in the relative price levels among
these products (e.g., natural gas processing margins are influenced by the ratio
of natural gas prices to crude oil prices). The prices of
hydrocarbon products are subject to fluctuation in response to changes in
supply, market uncertainty and a variety of additional factors that are beyond
our control.
Our profitability could be impacted by
a decline in the volume of hydrocarbon products transported, gathered, processed
or stored at our facilities. A material decrease in natural gas or
crude oil production or crude oil refining, for reasons such as depressed
commodity prices or a decrease in exploration and development activities, could
result in a decline in the volume of natural gas, NGLs, LPGs, refined products
and crude oil handled by our facilities.
A reduction in demand for natural gas,
crude oil, NGL and other hydrocarbon products by the petrochemical, refining or
heating industries, whether because of (i) general economic conditions, (ii)
reduced demand by consumers for the end products made using such products, (iii)
increased competition from other products due to pricing differences, (iv)
adverse weather conditions, (v) government regulations affecting energy
commodity prices, production levels of hydrocarbons or the content of motor
gasoline or (vi) other reasons, could adversely affect our results of
operations, financial position and cash flows.
Credit
Risk due to Industry Concentrations
A
substantial portion of our revenues are derived from companies in the domestic
natural gas, NGL, crude oil and petrochemical industries. This
concentration could affect our overall exposure to credit risk since these
customers may be affected by similar economic or other conditions. We
generally do not require collateral for our accounts receivable; however, we do
attempt to negotiate offset, prepayment, or automatic debit agreements with
customers that are deemed to be credit risks in order to minimize our potential
exposure to any defaults.
Our consolidated revenues are derived
from a wide customer base. During 2008, 2007 and 2006, our largest customer was
Valero Energy Corporation and its affiliates, which accounted for 11.2%, 8.9%
and 9.3%, respectively, of our consolidated revenues.
Enterprise
Products Partners’ largest customer for 2008 was LyondellBassell Industries
(“LBI”) and its affiliates, which accounted for 9.6% of Enterprise Products
Partners’ consolidated revenues for the year. On January 6, 2009, LBI
announced that its U.S. operations had voluntarily filed to reorganize under
Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. At the time of the bankruptcy
filing, Enterprise Products Partners had approximately $17.3 million of credit
exposure to LBI, which was reduced to approximately $10.0 million through
remedies provided under certain pipeline tariffs. In addition,
Enterprise Products Partners is seeking to have LBI accept certain contracts and
have filed claims pursuant to current Bankruptcy Court Orders that Enterprise
Products Partners expects will allow it to recover the majority of the remaining
credit exposure.
Counterparty
Risk with respect to Financial Instruments
In those
situations where we are exposed to credit risk in our financial instrument
transactions, we analyze the counterparty’s financial condition prior to
entering into an agreement, establish credit and/or margin limits and monitor
the appropriateness of these limits on an ongoing basis. Generally,
we do not require collateral nor do we anticipate nonperformance by our
counterparties.
We
determine net cash flows provided by operating activities using the indirect
method, which adjusts net income for items that did not affect
cash. Under GAAP, we use the accrual basis of accounting to determine
net income. This basis of accounting requires that we record revenue
when earned and expenses when incurred. Earned revenues may include
credit sales that have not been collected in cash and expenses incurred that may
not have been paid in cash. The extent to which changes in operating
accounts influence net cash flows provided by operating activities generally
depends on the following:
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The
timing of cash receipts from revenue transactions and cash payments for
expense transactions near the end of each reporting period. For
example, if significant cash receipts are posted on the last day of the
current reporting period, but subsequent payments on expense invoices are
made on the first day of the next reporting period, net cash flows
provided by operating activities will reflect an increase in the current
reporting period that will be reduced as payments are made in the next
period. We employ prudent cash management practices and monitor
our daily cash requirements to meet our ongoing liquidity
needs.
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§
|
If
commodity or other prices increase between reporting periods, changes in
accounts receivable and accounts payable and accrued expenses may appear
larger than in previous periods; however, overall levels of receivables
and payables may still reflect normal ranges. From a
receivables standpoint, we monitor the amount of credit extended to
customers.
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§
|
Additions
to inventory for forward sales transactions or other reasons or increased
expenditures for prepaid items would be reflected as a use of cash and
reduce overall cash provided by operating activities in a given reporting
period. As these assets are charged to expense in
|
subsequent
periods, the expense amount is reflected as a positive change in operating
accounts; however, there is no impact on operating cash flows.
In addition to the adjustments noted
above, noncash charges in the income statement are added back to net income and
noncash credits are deducted to compute net cash flows provided by operating
activities. Examples of noncash charges include depreciation
and amortization.
The
following table presents adjustments to operating account balances necessary to
reconcile net income to net cash flow provided by operating activities (i.e. the
net effect of changes in operating assets and liabilities). These
amounts are not intended to represent the change in the underlying operating
accounts during the periods presented.
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Decrease
(increase) in:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
and notes receivable – trade
|
|
$ |
1,333,867 |
|
|
$ |
(1,176,406 |
) |
|
$ |
97,753 |
|
Accounts
receivable – related parties
|
|
|
191 |
|
|
|
(179 |
) |
|
|
2,558 |
|
Inventories
|
|
|
14,923 |
|
|
|
(34,724 |
) |
|
|
(110,448 |
) |
Prepaid
and other current assets
|
|
|
(26,268 |
) |
|
|
32,634 |
|
|
|
25,261 |
|
Other
assets
|
|
|
(12,028 |
) |
|
|
(2,128 |
) |
|
|
(35,270 |
) |
Increase
(decrease) in:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable – trade
|
|
|
(7,166 |
) |
|
|
42,506 |
|
|
|
17,805 |
|
Accounts
payable – related parties
|
|
|
3,351 |
|
|
|
(4,750 |
) |
|
|
(6,961 |
) |
Accrued
products payable
|
|
|
(1,720,443 |
) |
|
|
1,398,812 |
|
|
|
40,906 |
|
Accrued
expenses
|
|
|
4,606 |
|
|
|
126,463 |
|
|
|
(68,658 |
) |
Accrued
interest
|
|
|
13,930 |
|
|
|
56,597 |
|
|
|
22,779 |
|
Other
current liabilities
|
|
|
(26,659 |
) |
|
|
20,376 |
|
|
|
64,452 |
|
Other
liabilities
|
|
|
7,072 |
|
|
|
(1,603 |
) |
|
|
(5,901 |
) |
Net
effect of changes in operating accounts
|
|
$ |
(414,624 |
) |
|
$ |
457,598 |
|
|
$ |
44,276 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
payments for interest, net of $90,701, $86,506 and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$66,341
capitalized in 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively
|
|
$ |
643,037 |
|
|
$ |
340,508 |
|
|
$ |
310,199 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
payments for federal and state income taxes
|
|
$ |
6,777 |
|
|
$ |
5,760 |
|
|
$ |
10,497 |
|
The following table presents the
components of the line item titled “Other” on our Statements of Consolidated
Cash Flows for the periods indicated.
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Loss
on early extinguishment of debt
|
|
$ |
1,596 |
|
|
$ |
1,606 |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
Provision
for impairment of long-lived assets
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
88 |
|
Effect
of pension settlement recognition
|
|
|
(114 |
) |
|
|
589 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Unamortized
debt issuance costs
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
3,299 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Changes
in value of financial instruments
|
|
|
(926 |
) |
|
|
3,307 |
|
|
|
94 |
|
Total
other non-cash
|
|
$ |
556 |
|
|
$ |
8,801 |
|
|
$ |
182 |
|
Accounts
payable related to construction-in-progress amounts were as follows at the dates
indicated: $108.0 million, December 31, 2008; $98.0 million, December 31, 2007;
and $204.6 million, December 31, 2006. Such amounts are not included
under the caption “Capital expenditures” on the Statements of Consolidated Cash
Flows.
Third parties may be obligated to
reimburse us for all or a portion of expenditures on certain of our capital
projects. The majority of such arrangements are associated with
Enterprise Products Partners’ projects related to pipeline construction and
production well tie-ins. We received $27.3 million, $57.7 million and
$60.5 million as contributions in aid of our construction costs during the years
ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
The following table provides
supplemental cash flow information regarding business combinations completed
during the periods indicated. See Note 13 for additional information
regarding our business combination transactions.
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Fair
value of assets acquired
|
|
$ |
855,363 |
|
|
$ |
37,037 |
|
|
$ |
493,005 |
|
Less
liabilities assumed
|
|
|
(301,877 |
) |
|
|
(1,244 |
) |
|
|
(200,803 |
) |
Net
assets acquired
|
|
|
553,486 |
|
|
|
35,793 |
|
|
|
292,202 |
|
Less
cash acquired
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Cash
used for business combinations
|
|
$ |
553,486 |
|
|
$ |
35,793 |
|
|
$ |
292,202 |
|
In January 2008, TEPPCO incurred $8.7
million of interest expense upon redemption of its 7.51% TE Products Senior
Notes. Of the $8.7 million of expense, $6.6 million was a make-whole
premium paid upon redemption of the senior notes and $2.1 million represented
the write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs and deferred losses on related
financial instruments.
In March
2007, TEPPCO sold its 49.5% ownership interest in MB Storage and its general
partner and other assets to a third party for approximately $156.0 million in
cash. TEPPCO recognized a gain of approximately $73.0 million related
to the sale of these equity interests and assets.
In July
2006, Enterprise Products Partners acquired the Encinal and Canales natural gas
gathering systems and related gathering and processing contracts that comprised
the South Texas natural gas transportation and processing business of an
affiliate of Lewis. The aggregate value of total consideration
Enterprise Products Partners paid or issued to complete the Encinal acquisition
was $326.3 million, which consisted of $145.2 million in cash and 7,115,844 of
its common units.
The
following table presents selected quarterly financial data for the years ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007:
|
|
First
|
|
|
Second
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
|
Quarter
|
|
|
Quarter
|
|
|
Quarter
|
|
|
Quarter
|
|
For
the Year Ended December 31, 2008:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$ |
8,506,358 |
|
|
$ |
10,538,606 |
|
|
$ |
10,499,136 |
|
|
$ |
5,925,476 |
|
Operating
income
|
|
|
479,609 |
|
|
|
468,802 |
|
|
|
410,033 |
|
|
|
416,643 |
|
Income
before change in accounting principle
|
|
|
46,549 |
|
|
|
49,367 |
|
|
|
42,036 |
|
|
|
26,103 |
|
Net
income
|
|
|
46,549 |
|
|
|
49,367 |
|
|
|
42,036 |
|
|
|
26,103 |
|
Earnings
per Unit before change in
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
accounting
principle:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
and diluted
|
|
$ |
0.38 |
|
|
$ |
0.40 |
|
|
$ |
0.34 |
|
|
$ |
0.21 |
|
Net
income per Unit:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
and diluted
|
|
$ |
0.38 |
|
|
$ |
0.40 |
|
|
$ |
0.34 |
|
|
$ |
0.21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For
the Year Ended December 31, 2007:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$ |
5,340,275 |
|
|
$ |
6,294,270 |
|
|
$ |
6,721,724 |
|
|
$ |
8,357,500 |
|
Operating
income
|
|
|
281,855 |
|
|
|
286,047 |
|
|
|
280,312 |
|
|
|
345,611 |
|
Income
before change in accounting principle
|
|
|
53,453 |
|
|
|
21,504 |
|
|
|
12,277 |
|
|
|
21,787 |
|
Net
income
|
|
|
53,453 |
|
|
|
21,504 |
|
|
|
12,277 |
|
|
|
21,787 |
|
Earnings
per Unit before change in
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
accounting
principle:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
and diluted
|
|
$ |
0.52 |
|
|
$ |
0.21 |
|
|
$ |
0.10 |
|
|
$ |
0.18 |
|
Net
income per Unit:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
and diluted
|
|
$ |
0.52 |
|
|
$ |
0.21 |
|
|
$ |
0.10 |
|
|
$ |
0.18 |
|
In order to fully understand the
financial position and results of operations of the Parent Company, we are
providing the standalone financial information of Enterprise GP Holdings apart
from that of our consolidated partnership financial information.
The Parent Company has no operations
apart from its investing activities and indirectly overseeing the management of
the entities controlled by it. At December 31, 2008 and 2007, the
Parent Company had investments in Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO, Energy
Transfer Equity and their respective general partners. The Parent
Company controls Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO through its ownership
of EPGP and TEPPCO GP, respectively. The Parent Company owns
non-controlling partnership and membership interests in Energy Transfer Equity
and LE GP, respectively.
The Parent Company’s primary cash
requirements are for general and administrative costs, debt service requirements
and distributions to its partners. The principal sources of cash flow
for the Parent Company are the distributions it receives from its investments in
Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO, Energy Transfer Equity and their
respective general partners (including associated IDRs). The amount
of cash distributions the Parent Company is able to pay its unitholders may
fluctuate based on the level of distributions it receives from its investments.
For example, if EPO is not able to satisfy certain financial covenants in
accordance with its credit agreements, Enterprise Products Partners would be
restricted from making quarterly cash distributions to its partners, which
includes the Parent Company.
Factors such as capital contributions,
debt service requirements, general and administrative costs, reserves for future
distributions and other cash reserves established by the Board of EPE Holdings
may affect the distributions the Parent Company makes to its unitholders. The
Parent Company’s credit facility contains covenants requiring it to maintain
certain financial ratios. Also, the Parent Company is prohibited from
making any distribution to its unitholders if such distribution would cause an
event of default or otherwise violate a covenant under its credit
facility.
The Parent Company’s assets and
liabilities are not available to satisfy the debts and other obligations of
Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO, Energy Transfer Equity or their respective
general partners. Conversely, the assets and liabilities of these
entities are not available to satisfy the debts and obligations of the Parent
Company.
Enterprise
Products Partners and EPGP
At
December 31, 2008, the Parent Company owned 13,670,925 common units of
Enterprise Products Partners and 100% of the membership interests of EPGP, which
is entitled to 2% of the cash distributions paid by Enterprise Products Partners
as well as the IDRs of Enterprise Products Partners.
EPGP’s percentage interest in
Enterprise Products Partners’ quarterly cash distributions is increased through
its ownership of the associated IDRs, after certain specified target levels of
distribution rates are met by Enterprise Products Partners. EPGP’s quarterly
general partner and associated incentive distribution thresholds are as
follows:
§
|
2.0%
of quarterly cash distributions up to $0.253 per unit paid by Enterprise
Products Partners;
|
§
|
15.0%
of quarterly cash distributions from $0.253 per unit up to $0.3085 per
unit paid by Enterprise Products Partners;
and
|
§
|
25.0%
of quarterly cash distributions that exceed $0.3085 per unit paid by
Enterprise Products Partners.
|
The
following table summarizes the distributions received by EPGP from Enterprise
Products Partners for the periods indicated:
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
From
2% general partner interest
|
|
$ |
18,218 |
|
|
$ |
16,944 |
|
|
$ |
15,096 |
|
From
incentive distribution rights
|
|
|
125,912 |
|
|
|
107,421 |
|
|
|
86,710 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
144,130 |
|
|
$ |
124,365 |
|
|
$ |
101,806 |
|
TEPPCO
and TEPPCO GP
Private company affiliates of EPCO (DFI
and DFIGP) contributed equity interests in TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP to the Parent
Company in May 2007. As a result of such contributions, the Parent
Company owns 4,400,000 common units of TEPPCO and 100% of the membership
interests of TEPPCO GP, which is entitled to 2% of the cash distributions of
TEPPCO as well as the IDRs of TEPPCO. The Parent Company issued
14,173,304 Class B Units and 16,000,000 Class C Units to DFI and DFI GP as
consideration for these contributions. In July 2007, all of the
outstanding 14,173,304 Class B Units were converted into Units on a one-to-one
basis. The Class C Units were converted to Units on
February 1, 2009 on a one-to-one basis. See Note 16 for information
regarding the Class B and Class C Units.
The contributions of ownership
interests in TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP were accounted for at historical costs as a
reorganization of entities under common control in a manner similar to a pooling
of interests. The following table presents the carryover basis values
recorded by the Parent Company at the date of contribution:
4,400,000
common units of TEPPCO
|
|
$ |
148,098 |
|
100%
membership interest in TEPPCO (including associated IDRs)
|
|
|
591,636 |
|
Carryover
basis recorded by the Parent Company
|
|
$ |
739,734 |
|
The inclusion of TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP
in the Parent Company’s financial statements was effective January 1, 2005
because an affiliate of EPCO under common control with the Parent Company
originally acquired ownership interests in TEPPCO GP in February
2005. The Parent Company’s financial statements reflect investments
in TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP as follows:
§
|
Ownership
of 100% of the membership interests in TEPPCO GP and associated TEPPCO
IDRs for all periods presented. TEPPCO GP is entitled to 2% of the
quarterly cash distributions paid by TEPPCO and its percentage interest in
TEPPCO’s quarterly cash distributions is increased through its ownership
of the associated TEPPCO IDRs, after certain specified target levels of
distribution rates are met by TEPPCO. Currently, TEPPCO GP’s
quarterly general partner and associated incentive distribution thresholds
are as follows:
|
§
|
2.0%
of quarterly cash distributions up to $0.275 per unit paid by
TEPPCO;
|
§
|
15.0%
of quarterly cash distributions from $0.275 per unit up to $0.325 per unit
paid by TEPPCO; and
|
§
|
25.0%
of quarterly cash distributions that exceed $0.325 per unit paid by
TEPPCO.
|
Prior to
December 2006, TEPPCO GP was entitled to 50% of any quarterly cash distributions
paid by TEPPCO that exceeded $0.45 per unit. This distribution tier
was eliminated by TEPPCO as part of an amendment to its partnership agreement in
December 2006 in exchange for the issuance of 14,091,275 common units of TEPPCO
to TEPPCO GP, which were subsequently distributed to affiliates of
EPCO.
The
economic benefit of the TEPPCO IDRs for periods prior to December 2006 is equal
to: (i) the benefit that would have been received by the Parent Company at the
current (i.e. post-December 2006) 25.0% maximum threshold assuming historical
distribution rates plus (ii) an incremental amount of benefit that would have
been received from 4,400,000 of the 14,091,275 common units issued by TEPPCO in
December 2006 in connection with the conversion of TEPPCO IDRs in excess of the
25.0% threshold. DFI and DFIGP retain the economic benefit of TEPPCO
IDRs associated with the remaining 9,691,275 common units issued by TEPPCO in
December 2006. After December 2006, our net income reflects current
TEPPCO IDRs (i.e., capped at the 25.0% maximum threshold).
The
following table summarizes the distributions received by TEPPCO GP from TEPPCO
for the periods indicated:
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
From
2% general partner interest
|
|
$ |
5,573 |
|
|
$ |
5,023 |
|
|
$ |
4,014 |
|
From
incentive distribution rights
|
|
|
49,353 |
|
|
|
43,210 |
|
|
|
53,946 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
54,926 |
|
|
$ |
48,233 |
|
|
$ |
57,960 |
|
§
|
Ownership
of 4,400,000 common units of TEPPCO since the date of issuance to
affiliates of EPCO in December
2006.
|
Energy
Transfer Equity and LE GP
On
May 7, 2007, the Parent Company acquired 38,976,090 common units of Energy
Transfer Equity and approximately 34.9% of the membership interests in LE GP for
$1.65 billion in cash. On January 22, 2009, the Parent Company
acquired an additional 5.7% membership interest in LE GP for $0.8 million, which
increased our total ownership in LE GP to 40.6%.
LE GP
owns a 0.31% general partner interest in Energy Transfer Equity, which general
partner interest has no associated IDRs in the quarterly cash distributions of
Energy Transfer Equity. The business purpose of LE GP is to manage
the affairs and operations of Energy Transfer Equity. LE GP has no
separate business activities outside of those conducted by Energy Transfer
Equity.
Energy
Transfer Equity is a publicly traded Delaware limited partnership formed in 2002
that completed its initial public offering in February 2006. Energy
Transfer Equity’s only cash generating assets are its direct and indirect
investments in limited partner interests of ETP and membership interests in
ETP’s general partner. Energy Transfer Equity owns common units of
ETP and the general partner of ETP, which is entitled to 2% of the quarterly
cash distributions of ETP as well as the associated ETP
IDRs. Currently, the general partner of ETP receives quarterly cash
distributions from ETP representing the general partner share and associated ETP
IDRs as follows:
§
|
2.0%
of quarterly cash distributions up to $0.275 per unit paid by
ETP;
|
§
|
15.0%
of quarterly cash distributions from $0.275 per unit up to $0.3175 per
unit paid by ETP;
|
§
|
25.0%
of quarterly cash distributions from $0.3175 per unit up to $0.4125 per
unit paid by ETP; and
|
§
|
50.0%
of quarterly cash distributions that exceed $0.4125 per unit paid by
ETP.
|
For the
year ended December 31, 2008, Energy Transfer Equity received $546.2 million in
cash distributions from ETP, which consisted of $236.3 million from limited
partner interests, $17.9 million from its general partner interest and $305.1
million in distributions from the ETP IDRs. Energy Transfer Equity, in turn,
paid $435.9 million in distributions to its partners with respect to the year
ended December 31, 2008.
Parent
Company Cash Flow Information
The following table presents the Parent
Company’s cash flow information for the periods indicated:
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
164,055 |
|
|
$ |
109,021 |
|
|
$ |
133,992 |
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
flows
provided by operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
1,330 |
|
|
|
9,723 |
|
|
|
365 |
|
Equity
in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates
|
|
|
(238,777 |
) |
|
|
(187,540 |
) |
|
|
(145,587 |
) |
Cash
distributions from investees
|
|
|
313,506 |
|
|
|
237,595 |
|
|
|
182,008 |
|
Change
in accounting principle
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(18 |
) |
Net
effect of changes in operating accounts
|
|
|
(5,342 |
) |
|
|
15,874 |
|
|
|
(4,637 |
) |
Net
cash flows provided by operating activities
|
|
|
234,772 |
|
|
|
184,673 |
|
|
|
166,123 |
|
Investing
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments
|
|
|
(7,735 |
) |
|
|
(1,650,827 |
) |
|
|
(18,920 |
) |
Cash
used in investing activities
|
|
|
(7,735 |
) |
|
|
(1,650,827 |
) |
|
|
(18,920 |
) |
Financing
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Borrowings
under debt agreements
|
|
|
67,615 |
|
|
|
3,787,000 |
|
|
|
41,000 |
|
Repayments
of debt
|
|
|
(80,615 |
) |
|
|
(2,852,000 |
) |
|
|
(20,500 |
) |
Debt
issuance costs
|
|
|
(58 |
) |
|
|
(18,629 |
) |
|
|
(1,019 |
) |
Cash
distributions paid by Parent Company
|
|
|
(213,143 |
) |
|
|
(159,042 |
) |
|
|
(108,449 |
) |
Proceeds
from issuance of Parent Company’s Units, net
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
739,458 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Cash
distributions paid by former owners of TEPPCO interests
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(29,760 |
) |
|
|
(57,960 |
) |
Contribution
from partners
|
|
|
24 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Cash
provided by (used in) financing activities
|
|
|
(226,177 |
) |
|
|
1,467,027 |
|
|
|
(146,928 |
) |
Net
change in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
860 |
|
|
|
873 |
|
|
|
275 |
|
Cash
and cash equivalents, January 1
|
|
|
1,656 |
|
|
|
783 |
|
|
|
508 |
|
Cash
and cash equivalents, December 31
|
|
$ |
2,516 |
|
|
$ |
1,656 |
|
|
$ |
783 |
|
Equity earnings represent the Parent
Company’s share of the total net income of Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO,
Energy Transfer Equity and their respective general partners. The
amounts the Parent Company records as equity earnings differs from the cash
distributions it receives since net income includes non-cash amounts such as
depreciation and amortization expense. In addition, cash
distributions may also be impacted by the maintenance of cash reserves by each
underlying entity and other provisions.
In August 2007, the Parent Company
executed its $1.20 billion August 2007 Credit Agreement, which refinanced
amounts due under a short-term interim credit facility used to finance the
acquisition of equity interests in Energy Transfer Equity and LE GP in May
2007. In November 2007, the Parent Company executed its $850.0
million Term Loan B, the net proceeds of which were used to refinance a
short-term obligation under the August 2007 Credit Agreement. See
Note 15 for additional information regarding the Parent Company’s debt
obligations.
The following table details the
components of cash distributions received from investees and cash distributions
paid by the Parent Company for the periods indicated:
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Cash distributions from
investees: (1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners and EPGP:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From
common units of Enterprise Products Partners (2)
|
|
$ |
27,514 |
|
|
$ |
25,766 |
|
|
$ |
24,150 |
|
From
2% general partner interest in Enterprise Products
Partners
|
|
|
18,219 |
|
|
|
16,944 |
|
|
|
15,096 |
|
From
general partner IDRs in distributions of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enterprise
Products Partners
|
|
|
123,855 |
|
|
|
104,652 |
|
|
|
84,802 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From
4,400,000 common units of TEPPCO
|
|
|
12,496 |
|
|
|
12,056 |
|
|
|
10,869 |
|
From
2% general partner interest in TEPPCO
|
|
|
5,573 |
|
|
|
5,023 |
|
|
|
4,014 |
|
From
general partner IDRs in distributions of TEPPCO
|
|
|
49,353 |
|
|
|
43,210 |
|
|
|
43,077 |
|
Investment
in Energy Transfer Equity and LE GP: (3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From
38,976,090 common units of Energy Transfer Equity
|
|
|
76,004 |
|
|
|
29,720 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
From
34.9% member interest in LE GP
|
|
|
492 |
|
|
|
224 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
cash distributions received
|
|
$ |
313,506 |
|
|
$ |
237,595 |
|
|
$ |
182,008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions
by the Parent Company:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPCO
and affiliates
|
|
$ |
158,947 |
|
|
$ |
125,875 |
|
|
$ |
93,910 |
|
Public
|
|
|
54,175 |
|
|
|
33,153 |
|
|
|
14,528 |
|
General
partner interest
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
Total
distributions by the Parent Company (4)
|
|
$ |
213,143 |
|
|
$ |
159,042 |
|
|
$ |
108,449 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions
paid to affiliates of EPCO that were the former
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
owners
of the TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP interests contributed
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
to the Parent
Company in May 2007 (5)
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
29,760 |
|
|
$ |
57,960 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Represents
cash distributions received during each reporting
period.
(2)
Prior
to November 2008, the Parent Company owned 13,454,498 common units of
Enterprise Products Partners. In November 2008, the Parent Company
used $5.0 million in distributions received from Enterprise Products
Partners with respect to the third quarter of 2008 to purchase an
additional 216,427 common units. As of December 31, 2008, the Parent
Company owned 13,670,925 common units of Enterprise Products
Partners.
(3)
The
Parent Company received its first cash distribution from Energy Transfer
Equity and LE GP in July 2007.
(4)
The
quarterly cash distributions paid by the Parent Company increased
effective with the August 2007 distribution due to the issuance of
20,134,220 Units in July 2007. See Note 16 for information regarding
this equity offering.
(5)
Represents
cash distributions paid to affiliates of EPCO that were former owners of
these partnership and membership interests prior to the contribution of
such interests to the Parent Company in May 2007.
|
|
Parent
Company Balance Sheet Information
The following table presents the Parent
Company’s balance sheet information at the dates indicated:
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets
|
|
$ |
4,649 |
|
|
$ |
6,444 |
|
Investments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enterprise
Products Partners and EPGP
|
|
|
829,145 |
|
|
|
823,168 |
|
TEPPCO
and TEPPCO GP
|
|
|
708,535 |
|
|
|
734,891 |
|
Energy
Transfer Equity and LE GP
|
|
|
1,564,025 |
|
|
|
1,619,097 |
|
Total
investments
|
|
|
3,101,705 |
|
|
|
3,177,156 |
|
Other
assets
|
|
|
8,163 |
|
|
|
9,974 |
|
Total
assets
|
|
$ |
3,114,517 |
|
|
$ |
3,193,574 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES
AND PARTNERS’ EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities
|
|
$ |
23,185 |
|
|
$ |
20,208 |
|
Long-term debt (see Note
15)
|
|
|
1,077,000 |
|
|
|
1,090,000 |
|
Other
long-term liabilities
|
|
|
13,242 |
|
|
|
9,967 |
|
Partners’
equity
|
|
|
2,001,090 |
|
|
|
2,073,399 |
|
Total
liabilities and partners’ equity
|
|
$ |
3,114,517 |
|
|
$ |
3,193,574 |
|
To the extent that the Parent Company’s
investments in Enterprise Products Partners, EPGP, TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP are
equal to the underlying capital accounts of the Parent Company in each entity,
the investment balances are eliminated in the process of preparing our general
purpose consolidated financial statements.
At December 31, 2008, the Parent
Company’s aggregate investment in TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP included $809.8 million
of excess cost amounts consisting of $606.9 million attributed to IDRs (an
indefinite-life intangible asset), $197.6 million of goodwill, $0.4 million of
customer relations for intangible assets and $4.9 million attributed to fixed
assets. These excess cost amounts have been reclassified to the
appropriate balance sheet line items in preparing our general purpose
consolidated financial statements. See Note 14 for additional
information regarding the intangible assets and goodwill amounts we recorded in
connection with the receipt of the TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP interests in May
2007.
Long-term debt represents amounts
borrowed under the Parent Company’s credit facility (see Note
15). Debt principal outstanding at December 31, 2008 and 2007
includes $1.1 billion borrowed in connection with the acquisition of ownership
interests in Energy Transfer Equity and LE GP (see Note 15).
Parent
Company Income Information
The following table presents the Parent
Company’s income information for the periods indicated:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Equity
earnings:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enterprise
Products Partners and EPGP
|
|
$ |
167,767 |
|
|
$ |
128,471 |
|
|
$ |
111,093 |
|
TEPPCO
and TEPPCO GP
|
|
|
39,712 |
|
|
|
55,974 |
|
|
|
34,494 |
|
Energy
Transfer Equity and LE GP
|
|
|
31,298 |
|
|
|
3,095 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
equity earnings
|
|
|
238,777 |
|
|
|
187,540 |
|
|
|
145,587 |
|
General
and administrative costs
|
|
|
7,283 |
|
|
|
4,299 |
|
|
|
2,116 |
|
Operating
income
|
|
|
231,494 |
|
|
|
183,241 |
|
|
|
143,471 |
|
Other
income (expense):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(67,495 |
) |
|
|
(74,432 |
) |
|
|
(9,547 |
) |
Interest
income
|
|
|
57 |
|
|
|
212 |
|
|
|
50 |
|
Total
|
|
|
(67,438 |
) |
|
|
(74,220 |
) |
|
|
(9,497 |
) |
Provision
for income tax
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Income
before cumulative effect of change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
in
accounting principle
|
|
|
164,055 |
|
|
|
109,021 |
|
|
|
133,974 |
|
Cumulative
effect of change in
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
accounting
principle
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
18 |
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
164,055 |
|
|
$ |
109,021 |
|
|
$ |
133,992 |
|
exhibit12_1.htm
EXHIBIT
12.1
ENTERPRISE
GP HOLDINGS L.P.
COMPUTATION
OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
|
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2004
|
|
Consolidated
income
|
|
$ |
164,055 |
|
|
$ |
109,021 |
|
|
$ |
133,992 |
|
|
$ |
82,209 |
|
|
$ |
29,778 |
|
Add:
|
Minority
interest
|
|
|
981,458 |
|
|
|
653,360 |
|
|
|
638,585 |
|
|
|
478,944 |
|
|
|
229,607 |
|
|
Provision
for taxes
|
|
|
31,019 |
|
|
|
15,813 |
|
|
|
21,974 |
|
|
|
8,363 |
|
|
|
3,761 |
|
Less:
|
Equity
in (income) loss of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
unconsolidated
affiliates
|
|
|
(66,161 |
) |
|
|
(13,603 |
) |
|
|
(25,213 |
) |
|
|
(34,641 |
) |
|
|
(52,787 |
) |
Consolidated
pre-tax income before minority interest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
and
equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates
|
|
|
1,110,371 |
|
|
|
764,591 |
|
|
|
769,338 |
|
|
|
534,875 |
|
|
|
210,359 |
|
Add:
|
Fixed
charges
|
|
|
717,855 |
|
|
|
594,378 |
|
|
|
421,732 |
|
|
|
363,974 |
|
|
|
174,312 |
|
|
Amortization
of capitalized interest
|
|
|
13,399 |
|
|
|
11,596 |
|
|
|
9,779 |
|
|
|
2,048 |
|
|
|
974 |
|
|
Distributed
income of equity investees
|
|
|
157,211 |
|
|
|
116,930 |
|
|
|
76,515 |
|
|
|
93,143 |
|
|
|
68,027 |
|
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
1,998,836 |
|
|
|
1,487,495 |
|
|
|
1,277,364 |
|
|
|
994,040 |
|
|
|
453,672 |
|
Less:
|
Interest
capitalized
|
|
|
(90,700 |
) |
|
|
(86,506 |
) |
|
|
(66,341 |
) |
|
|
(28,805 |
) |
|
|
(2,766 |
) |
|
Minority
interest
|
|
|
(22,880 |
) |
|
|
(14,782 |
) |
|
|
(4,001 |
) |
|
|
(4,458 |
) |
|
|
(6,586 |
) |
|
Total
earnings
|
|
$ |
1,885,256 |
|
|
$ |
1,386,207 |
|
|
$ |
1,207,022 |
|
|
$ |
960,777 |
|
|
$ |
444,320 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed
charges:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
$ |
608,223 |
|
|
$ |
487,419 |
|
|
$ |
333,742 |
|
|
$ |
315,556 |
|
|
$ |
161,589 |
|
|
Capitalized
interest
|
|
|
90,700 |
|
|
|
86,506 |
|
|
|
66,341 |
|
|
|
28,805 |
|
|
|
2,766 |
|
|
Interest
portion of rental expense
|
|
|
18,932 |
|
|
|
20,453 |
|
|
|
21,649 |
|
|
|
19,613 |
|
|
|
9,957 |
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
717,855 |
|
|
$ |
594,378 |
|
|
$ |
421,732 |
|
|
$ |
363,974 |
|
|
$ |
174,312 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratio
of earnings to fixed charges
|
|
|
2.63 |
x |
|
|
2.33 |
x |
|
|
2.86 |
x |
|
|
2.64 |
x |
|
|
2.55 |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
These
computations take into account our consolidated operations and the distributed
income from our equity method investees. For purposes of these
calculations, “earnings” is the amount resulting from adding and subtracting the
following items.
Add the
following, as applicable:
§
|
consolidated
pre-tax income before minority interest and income or loss from equity
investees;
|
§
|
amortization
of capitalized interest;
|
§
|
distributed
income of equity investees; and
|
§
|
our
share of pre-tax losses of equity investees for which charges arising from
guarantees are included in fixed
charges.
|
From the
total of the added items, subtract the following, as applicable:
§
|
preference
security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries;
and
|
§
|
minority
interest in pre-tax income of subsidiaries that have not incurred fixed
charges.
|
The term
“fixed charges” means the sum of the following: interest expensed and
capitalized; amortized premiums, discounts and capitalized expenses related to
indebtedness; an estimate of interest within rental expenses; and preference
security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries.
exhibit21_1.htm
Exhibit
21.1
LIST
OF SUBSIDIARIES
Enterprise
GP Holdings L.P.
as
of February 25, 2009
|
Jurisdiction
|
|
Name of
Subsidiary
|
of
Formation
|
Effective
Ownership
|
Acadian
Gas, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 34%
DEP
Operating Partnership, L.P. – 66%
|
Acadian
Gas Pipeline System
|
Delaware
|
TXO-Acadian
Gas Pipeline, LLC – 50%
MCN
Acadian Gas Pipeline, LLC – 50%
|
Adamana
Land Company, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
Arizona
Gas Storage, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise Arizona
Gas, L.L.C. – 60%
Third
Party – 40%
|
Atlantis
Offshore, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Manta
Ray Gathering Company, L.L.C. – 50%
Manta
Ray Offshore Gathering Company,
L.L.C. – 50%
|
Baton
Rouge Fractionators LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 32.25%
Third
Parties – 67.75%
|
Baton
Rouge Pipeline LLC
|
Delaware
|
Baton
Rouge Fractionators LLC – 100%
|
Baton
Rouge Propylene Concentrator, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 30%
Third
Parties – 70%
|
Belle
Rose NGL Pipeline, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
NGL Pipelines, LLC 41.67%
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 58.33%
|
Belvieu
Environmental Fuels GP, LLC
|
Texas
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
Belvieu
Environmental Fuels LLC
|
Texas
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC - 99%
Belvieu
Environmental Fuels GP, LLC – 1%
|
Cajun
Pipeline Company, LLC
|
Texas
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
Calcasieu
Gas Gathering System
|
Texas
|
TXO-Acadian
Gas Pipeline, LLC – 50%
MCN
Acadian Gas Pipeline, LLC – 50%
|
Cameron
Highway Oil Pipeline Company
|
Delaware
|
Cameron
Highway Pipeline I, L.P. – 50%
Third
Party – 50%
|
Cameron
Highway Pipeline GP, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
GTM Holdings L.P. – 100%
|
Cameron
Highway Pipeline I, L.P.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
GTM Holdings L.P. – 99%
Cameron
Highway Pipeline GP, L.L.C. – 1%
|
Canadian
Enterprise Gas Products, Ltd
|
Alberta,
Canada
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
Centennial
Pipeline LLC
|
Delaware
|
TE
Products Pipeline Company, LLC – 50%
Third
Party – 50%
|
Chama
Gas Services, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise New
Mexico Ventures, LLC – 75%
Third
Party – 25%
|
Chaparral
Pipeline Company, LLC
|
Texas
|
TEPPCO
Midstream Companies, LLC – 99.999%
TEPPCO
NGL Pipelines, LLC – 0.001%
|
Chunchula
Pipeline Company, LLC
|
Texas
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
Crystal
Holding, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
GTM Holdings L.P. – 100%
|
Cypress
Gas Marketing, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Acadian
Gas, LLC – 100%
|
Cypress
Gas Pipeline, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Acadian
Gas, LLC – 100%
|
Dean
Pipeline Company, LLC
|
Texas
|
TEPPCO
Midstream Companies, LLC – 99.999%
TEPPCO
NGL Pipelines, LLC – 0.001%
|
Deep Gulf
Development, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Offshore Development, LLC – 90%
Third
Party – 10%
|
Deepwater
Gateway, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Field Services, LLC – 50%
Third
Party - 50%
|
DEP
Holdings LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
DEP
Offshore Port System, LLC
|
Texas
|
DEP
Operating Partnership, L.P. – 100%
|
DEP
OLPGP, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Duncan
Energy Partners L.P. – 100%
|
DEP
Operating Partnership, L.P.
|
Delaware
|
Duncan
Energy Partners L.P. – 99.999%
DEP
OLPGP, LLC – 0.001%
|
Dixie
Pipeline Company
|
Delaware
|
E-Cypress,
LLC – 100%
|
Dixie
Terminalling Company
|
Delaware
|
Dixie
Pipeline Company – 100%
|
Duncan
Energy Partners, L.P.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
GTM Holdings L.P. – 64.27%
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 9.28%
DEP
Holdings LLC – 0.71%
DD
Securities LLC – 0.18%
Public
– 25.56%
|
E-Cypress,
LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
E-Oaktree,
LLC
|
Delaware
|
E-Cypress,
LLC – 100%
|
Enterprise Alabama
Intrastate, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
GTM Holdings L.P. – 100%
|
Enterprise Arizona
Gas, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Field Services, LLC – 100%
|
Enterprise
Energy Finance Corporation
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
GTM Holdings L.P. – 100%
|
Enterprise
Field Services, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
GTM Holdings L.P. - 100%
|
Enterprise
Fractionation, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
Enterprise
GC, L.P.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
GTM Holdings L.P. – 99%
Enterprise
Holding III, LLC – 1%
|
Enterprise
GTMGP, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products GTM, LLC – 100%
|
Enterprise
GTM Hattiesburg Storage, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Crystal
Holding, L.L.C. – 100%
|
Enterprise
GTM Holdings L.P.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 99%
Enterprise
GTMGP, LLC – 1%
|
Enterprise
GTM Offshore Operating Company, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
GTM Holdings L.P. – 100%
|
Enterprise
Gas Liquids LLC
|
Texas
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
Enterprise
Gas Processing LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
Enterprise
Holding III, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
GTM Holdings L.P. – 100%
|
Enterprise
Hydrocarbons L.P.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Texas Operating LLC – 99%
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 1%
|
Enterprise
Intrastate L.P.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
GTM Holdings L.P. – 99%
Enterprise
Holding III, LLC – 1%
|
Enterprise
Lou-Tex NGL Pipeline L.P.
|
Texas
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 99%
HSC
Pipeline Partnership, LLC – 1%
|
Enterprise
Lou-Tex Propylene Pipeline L.P.
|
Texas
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 33%
Propylene
Pipeline Partnership L.P. – 1%
DEP
Operating Partnership, L.P. – 66%
|
Enterprise New
Mexico Ventures, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Field Services, LLC – 100%
|
Enterprise
NGL Pipelines, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
Enterprise
NGL Private Lines & Storage, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
Enterprise
Offshore Development, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Moray
Pipeline Company, LLC – 100%
|
Enterprise
Offshore Port System, LLC
|
Texas
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
Enterprise
Pathfinder, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
GTM Holdings L.P. – 100%
|
Enterprise
Products GP, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
GP Holdings L.P. – 100%
|
Enterprise
Products GTM, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
Enterprise
Products OLPGP, Inc.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Partners L.P. – 100%
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC
|
Texas
|
Enterprise
Products Partners L.P. – 99.999%
Enterprise
Products OLPGP, Inc. – 0.001%
|
Enterprise
Products Partners L.P.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products GP, LLC – 2%
Public
– 64.3%
Dan
L. Duncan, EPCO, Inc., Dan Duncan LLC and other Affiliates –
30.7%
Enterprise
GP holdings L.P. – 3.0%
|
Enterprise
Products Texas Operating LLC
|
Texas
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 99%
Enterprise
Products OLPGP, Inc.– 1%
|
Enterprise
Propane Terminals and Storage, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Dixie
Pipeline Company – 100%
|
Enterprise South
Texas Gathering, L.P.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC. – 99%
Enterprise
Products OLPGP, Inc. – 1%
|
Enterprise
Terminalling LLC
|
Texas
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 99%
Enterprise
Gas Liquids LLC - 1%
|
Enterprise
Terminals & Storage, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Mapletree,
LLC – 100%
|
Enterprise Texas
Pipeline LLC
|
Texas
|
Enterprise
GTM Holdings L.P. – 99%
Enterprise
Holding III, LLC – 1%
|
Enterprise White
River Hub, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
Evangeline
Gas Corp.
|
Delaware
|
Evangeline Gulf Coast
Gas, LLC – 45.05%
Third
Parties – 54.95%
|
Evangeline
Gas Pipeline Company L.P.
|
Texas
|
Evangeline Gulf Coast
Gas, LLC – 45%
Evangeline
Gas Corp. – 10%
Third
Party – 45%
|
Evangeline Gulf Coast
Gas, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Acadian
Gas, LLC – 100%
|
First
Reserve Gas, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Crystal
Holding, L.L.C. – 100%
|
Flextrend
Development Company, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
GTM Holdings L.P. – 100%
|
Great
Divide Gathering
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Gas Processing, LLC – 100%
|
Groves
RGP Pipeline LLC
|
Texas
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 99%
Enterprise
Products Texas Operating LLC – 1%
|
Hattiesburg
Gas Storage Company
|
Delaware
|
First
Reserve Gas, L.L.C. – 50%
Hattiesburg
Industrial Gas Sales, L.L.C. – 50%
|
Hattiesburg
Industrial Gas Sales, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
First
Reserve Gas, L.L.C. – 100%
|
High Island
Offshore System, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
GTM Holdings L.P. – 100%
|
HSC
Pipeline Partnership, LLC
|
Texas
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 99%
Enterprise
Products OLPGP, Inc.– 1%
|
Independence
Hub, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Field Services, LLC – 80%
Third
Party – 20%
|
Jonah
Gas Gathering Company
|
Wyoming
|
TEPPCO
Midstream Companies, LLC –80.64%
Enterprise
Gas Processing LLC – 19.36%
|
Jonah
Gas Marketing, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Jonah
Gas Gathering Company – 100%
|
K/D/S
Promix, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Fractionation, LLC – 50%
Third
Parties – 50%
|
La
Porte Pipeline Company L.P.
|
Texas
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 49.5%
La
Porte Pipeline GP, LLC – 1.0%
Third
Party – 49.5%
|
La
Porte Pipeline GP, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 50%
Third
Party – 50%
|
Lubrication
Services, LLC
|
Texas
|
TEPPCO
Crude Oil, LLC – 99.99%
TEPPCO
Crude GP, LLC – 0.01%
|
Mapletree,
LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
MCN
Acadian Gas Pipeline, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Acadian
Gas, LLC – 100%
|
MCN
Pelican Interstate Gas, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Acadian
Gas, LLC – 100%
|
Manta
Ray Gathering Company, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
GTM Holdings L.P. – 100%
|
Manta
Ray Offshore Gathering Company, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Neptune
Pipeline Company, L.L.C. – 100%
|
Mid-America
Pipeline Company, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Mapletree,
LLC – 100%
|
Mont
Belvieu Caverns, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 33.365%
Enterprise
Products OLPGP, Inc. – 0.635%
DEP
Operating Partnership, L.P. – 66%
|
Moray
Pipeline Company, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
Nautilus
Pipeline Company L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Neptune
Pipeline Company, L.L.C. – 100%
|
Neches
Pipeline System
|
Delaware
|
TXO-Acadian
Gas Pipeline, LLC – 50%
MCN Acadian
Gas Pipeline, LLC – 50%
|
Nemo
Gathering Company, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Moray
Pipeline Company, LLC – 33.92%
Third
Party – 66.08%
|
Neptune
Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Sailfish
Pipeline Company, L.L.C. – 25.67%
Third
Parties – 74.33%
|
Norco-Taft
Pipeline, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
NGL Private Lines & Storage, LLC – 100%
|
Olefins
Terminal Corporation
|
Delaware
|
E-Cypress,
LLC – 100%
|
Panola
Pipeline Company, LLC
|
Texas
|
TEPPCO
Midstream Companies, LLC – 99.999%
TEPPCO
NGL Pipelines, LLC – 0.001%
|
Petal
Gas Storage, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Crystal
Holding, L.L.C. – 100%
|
Pontchartrain
Natural Gas System
|
Texas
|
TXO-Acadian
Gas Pipeline, LLC – 50%
MCN Acadian
Gas Pipeline, LLC – 50%
|
Port
Neches GP LLC
|
Texas
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
Port
Neches Pipeline LLC
|
Texas
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 99%
Port
Neches GP LLC - 1%
|
Poseidon
Oil Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Poseidon
Pipeline Company, L.L.C. – 36%
Third
Parties - 64%
|
Poseidon
Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
GTM Holdings L.P. – 100%
|
Propylene
Pipeline Partnership, L.P.
|
Texas
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 99%
Enterprise
Products OLPGP, Inc. – 1%
|
PSOT,
LLC
|
Texas
|
Texas
Offshore Port System – 100%
|
QP-LS,
LLC
|
Wyoming
|
Lubrication
Services, LLC – 100%
|
Quanah
Pipeline Company, LLC
|
Texas
|
TEPPCO
Midstream Companies, LLC – 99.999%
TEPPCO
NGL Pipelines, LLC – 0.001%
|
Sabine
Propylene Pipeline L.P.
|
Texas
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 33%
Propylene
Pipeline Partnership L.P. – 1%
Duncan
Energy Partners L.P. – 66%
|
Sailfish
Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
SB
Asset Holdings, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
Seaway
Crude Pipeline Company
|
Texas
|
TEPPCO
Seaway, L.P. – 50%
Third
Party – 50%
|
Seminole
Pipeline Company
|
Delaware
|
E-Oaktree,
LLC – 80%
E-Cypress,
LLC – 10%
Third
Party – 10%
|
Sorrento
Pipeline Company, LLC
|
Texas
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
South
Texas NGL Pipeline LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 34%
DEP
Operating Partnership, L.P. – 66%
|
TCTM,
L.P.
|
Delaware
|
TEPPCO
Partners, L.P. – 99.99%
TEPPCO
GP, Inc. – 0.01%
|
TE
Products Pipeline Company, LLC
|
Texas
|
TEPPCO
Partners, L.P. – 99.99%
TEPPCO
GP, Inc. – 0.01%
|
TECO
Gas Processing, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC –
100%
|
TECO
Gas Gathering, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 100%
|
Tejas-Magnolia
Energy, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Pontchartrain
Natural Gas System – 96.6%
MCN Pelican
Interstate Gas, LLC – 3.4%
|
TEPPCO
Colorado, LLC
|
Delaware
|
TEPPCO
Midstream Companies, LLC – 100%
|
TEPPCO
Crude GP, LLC
|
Delaware
|
TCTM,
L.P. – 100%
|
TEPPCO
Crude Oil, LLC
|
Texas
|
TCTM,
L.P. – 99.99%
TEPPCO
Crude GP, LLC – 0.01%
|
TEPPCO
Crude Pipeline, LLC
|
Texas
|
TCTM,
L.P. – 99.99%
TEPPCO
Crude GP, LLC – 0.01%
|
TEPPCO
GP, Inc.
|
Delaware
|
TEPPCO
Partners, L.P. – 100%
|
TEPPCO
Investments, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Texas
Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC – 100%
|
TEPPCO
Marine Services, LLC
|
Delaware
|
TEPPCO
Partners, L.P. – 100%
|
TEPPCO
Midstream Companies, LLC
|
Texas
|
TEPPCO
Partners, L.P. – 99.999%
TCTM,
L.P. – 0.001%
|
TEPPCO
NGL Pipelines, LLC
|
Delaware
|
TEPPCO
Midstream Companies, LLC – 100%
|
TEPPCO O/S Port
System, LLC
|
Texas
|
TEPPCO
Crude GP, LLC – 100%
|
TEPPCO
Partners, L.P.
|
Delaware
|
Texas
Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC – 2%
Public
– 79.80%
Duncan
Family Interests, Inc., DFI GP Holdings LP, and Dan Duncan LLC –
13.40%
Enterprise
GP Holdings L.P. – 4.80%
|
TEPPCO
Seaway, L.P.
|
Delaware
|
TEPPCO
Crude Pipeline, LLC – 99.99%
TEPPCO
Crude GP, LLC – 0.01%
|
TEPPCO
Terminaling and Marketing Company, LLC
|
Delaware
|
TE
Products Pipeline Company, LLC – 100%
|
TEPPCO
Terminals Company, L.P.
|
Delaware
|
TE
Products Pipeline Company, LLC – 99.999%
TEPPCO
GP, Inc. – 0.001%
|
Texas
Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
GP Holdings L.P. – 100%
|
Texas
Offshore Port System
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Offshore Port System, LLC – 33.3%
TEPPCO O/S Port
System, LLC – 33.3%
Third
Party – 33.3%
|
Tri-States
NGL Pipeline, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC – 50%
Enterprise
NGL Pipelines, LLC – 33.3%
Third
Party – 16.67%
|
TXO-Acadian
Gas Pipeline, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Acadian
Gas, LLC – 100%
|
Val
Verde Gas Gathering Company, L.P.
|
Delaware
|
TEPPCO
Midstream Companies, LLC – 99.999%
TEPPCO
NGL Pipelines, LLC – 0.001%
|
Venice
Energy Services Company, L.L.C.
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Gas Processing LLC – 13.1%
Third
Parties – 86.99%
|
White
River Hub, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise White
River Hub, LLC – 50%
Third
Party – 50%
|
Wilcox
Pipeline Company, LLC
|
Texas
|
TEPPCO
Midstream Companies, LLC – 99.999%
TEPPCO
NGL Pipelines, LLC – 0.001%
|
WILPRISE
Pipeline Company, LLC
|
Delaware
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC - 74.7%
Third
Party - 25.3%
|
exhibit23_1.htm
EXHIBIT
23.1
CONSENT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We
consent to the incorporation by reference in (i) Registration Statement No.
No. 333-129668 of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. on Form S-8, and (ii)
Registration Statement No. 333-146236 of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. on
Form S-3 of our reports dated March 2, 2009, relating to the financial
statements of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. and the effectiveness of Enterprise GP
Holdings L.P.’s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in this
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. for the year ended
December 31, 2008.
/s/
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Houston,
Texas
March 2,
2009
exhibit23_2.htm
Exhibit
23.2
CONSENT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We have
issued our report dated February 27, 2009, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements of Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2008 and 2007 and for the year ended December 31, 2008, for the
four months ended December 31, 2007, and for each of the two years in the period
ended August 31, 2007 (not presented separately herein), which report is
included in the Annual Report of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2008. We hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference of said report in the Registration Statements of Enterprise GP
Holdings L.P. on Form S-3 (File No. 333-146236) and on Form S-8 (File No.
333-129668).
/s/ Grant
Thornton LLP
Dallas,
Texas
February
27, 2009
exhibit31_1.htm
EXHIBIT
31.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham, certify that:
1.
|
I
have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Enterprise GP Holdings
L.P.;
|
2.
|
Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;
|
3.
|
Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
|
4.
|
The
registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:
|
a)
|
Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;
|
b)
|
Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
|
c)
|
Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
covered by this report based on such evaluation;
and
|
d)
|
Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting; and
|
5.
|
The
registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
|
a)
|
All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
|
b)
|
Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting.
|
Date: March
2, 2009
|
/s/ Dr. Ralph S.
Cunningham
|
|
Name:
|
Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham
|
|
Title:
|
Chief
Executive Officer of EPE Holdings, LLC,
|
|
|
the
General Partner of Enterprise GP Holdings
L.P |
exhibit31_2.htm
EXHIBIT
31.2
CERTIFICATIONS
I, W.
Randall Fowler, certify that:
1.
|
I
have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Enterprise GP Holdings
L.P.;
|
2.
|
Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;
|
3.
|
Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
|
4.
|
The
registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:
|
a)
|
Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;
|
b)
|
Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
|
c)
|
Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
covered by this report based on such evaluation;
and
|
d)
|
Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting; and
|
5.
|
The
registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
|
a)
|
All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
|
b)
|
Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting.
|
Date: March
2, 2009
|
/s/ W. Randall
Fowler
|
|
Name:
|
W.
Randall Fowler
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Title:
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Chief Financial
Officer of EPE Holdings, LLC,
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the
General Partner of Enterprise GP Holdings
L.P |
exhibit32_1.htm
EXHIBIT
32.1
SARBANES-OXLEY
SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION
CERTIFICATION
OF DR. RALPH S. CUNNINGHAM, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
OF
EPE HOLDINGS, LLC, THE GENERAL PARTNER OF
ENTERPRISE GP
HOLDINGS L.P.
In
connection with this annual report of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. (the
“Registrant”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham, Chief Executive Officer of EPE Holdings, LLC, the General
Partner of the Registrant, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted
pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
(1)
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The
Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
and
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(2)
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The
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Registrant.
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/s/ Dr. Ralph S.
Cunningham
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Name:
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Dr.
Ralph S. Cunningham
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Title:
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Chief
Executive Officer of EPE Holdings, LLC,
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the
General Partner of Enterprise GP Holdings
L.P.
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Date: March
2, 2009
exhibit32_2.htm
EXHIBIT
32.2
SARBANES-OXLEY
SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION
CERTIFICATION
OF W. RANDALL FOWLER, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
OF
EPE HOLDINGS, LLC, THE GENERAL PARTNER OF
ENTERPRISE
GP HOLDINGS L.P.
In
connection with this annual report of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. (the
“Registrant”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, W.
Randall Fowler, Chief Financial Officer of EPE Holdings, LLC, the General
Partner of the Registrant, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted
pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
(1)
|
The
Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
and
|
(2)
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The
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Registrant.
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/s/ W. Randall
Fowler
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Name:
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W.
Randall Fowler
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Title:
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Chief
Financial Officer of EPE Holdings, LLC,
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the
General Partner of Enterprise GP Holdings
L.P.
|
exhibit99_1.htm
Exhibit
99.1
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Partners
Energy
Transfer Equity, L.P.
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Energy Transfer Equity,
L.P. (a Delaware limited partnership) and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008
and 2007, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive
income, partners’ capital, and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2008,
for the four months ended December 31, 2007, and for each of the two years in
the period ended August 31, 2007 (not presented separately herein). These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Partnership's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our
opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.
and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2008, for the
four months ended December 31, 2007, and for each of the two years in the period
ended August 31, 2007 in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America.
We also
have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States), Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.’s internal control
over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, based on criteria established
in Internal Control—Integrated
Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission (COSO) and our report dated February 27, 2009 (not
separately included herein), expressed an unqualified opinion on the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.
/s/ Grant
Thornton LLP
Dallas,
Texas
February
27, 2009