EX-99 2 exhibit99-1.htm GENERAL PARTNER BALANCE SHEET

EXHIBIT 99.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Enterprise Products GP, LLC

 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2007

 



























 


ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS GP, LLC

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page No.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2007

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet

 

 

Note 1 – Company Organization and Basis of Financial Statement Presentation

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Note 2 – General Accounting Policies and Related Matters

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Note 3 – Accounting for Equity Awards

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Note 4 – Financial Instruments

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Note 5 – Inventories

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Note 6 – Property, Plant and Equipment

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Note 7 – Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Affiliates

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Note 8 – Intangible Assets and Goodwill

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Note 9 – Debt Obligations

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Note 10 – Minority Interest

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Note 11 – Member’s Equity

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Note 12 – Business Segments

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Note 13 – Related Party Transactions

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Note 14 – Commitments and Contingencies

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Note 15 – Significant Risks and Uncertainties – Weather-Related Risks

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Note 16 – Condensed Financial Information of Operating Partnership

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Note 17 – Subsequent Event

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ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS GP, LLC

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

AT MARCH 31, 2007

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

ASSETS

 

Current assets

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$             58,277

 

Restricted cash

18,990

 

Accounts and notes receivable - trade, net of allowance

 

 

 

for doubtful accounts of $22,489

1,267,196

 

Accounts receivable - related parties

31,891

 

Inventories

 

460,915

 

Prepaid and other current assets

135,266

 

 

 

Total current assets

1,972,535

Property, plant and equipment, net

10,210,898

Investments in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates

598,638

Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $274,855

980,976

Goodwill

 

 

590,639

Deferred tax asset

2,546

Other assets

 

71,208

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$      14,427,440

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND MEMBER’S EQUITY

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

Accounts payable - trade

$           206,399

 

Accounts payable - related parties

21,549

 

Accrued gas payables

1,528,007

 

Accrued expenses

37,190

 

Accrued interest

80,051

 

Other current liabilities

178,208

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

2,051,404

Long-term debt

 

 

 

Senior debt obligations – principal

4,928,068

 

Junior Subordinated Notes A – principal

550,000

 

Other

(29,383)

 

 

 

Total long-term debt

5,448,685

Other long-term liabilities

102,234

Minority interest

 

6,261,080

Commitments and contingencies

 

Member’s equity

 

564,037

 

 

 

Total liabilities and member's equity

 

$      14,427,440

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

 

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ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS GP, LLC

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

AT MARCH 31, 2007

 

Note 1. Company Organization and Basis of Financial Statement Presentation

 

Significant relationships referenced in Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet

 

Unless the context requires otherwise, references to “we,” “us,” “our” or “Enterprise Products GP, LLC” are intended to mean and include the business and operations of Enterprise Products GP, LLC, as well as its consolidated subsidiaries, which include Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

 

References to “Enterprise Products GP” are intended to mean and include Enterprise Products GP, LLC, individually as the general partner of Enterprise Products Partners L.P., and not on a consolidated basis.

 

References to “Enterprise Products Partners” mean the business and operations of Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and its consolidated subsidiaries including Duncan Energy Partners L.P.

 

References to the “Operating Partnership” mean the business and operations of Enterprise Products Operating L.P. and its consolidated subsidiaries. The Operating Partnership owns the general partner of Duncan Energy Partners L.P.

 

References to the “Duncan Energy Partners” mean the business and operations of Duncan Energy Partners L.P., which is a consolidated subsidiary of the Operating Partnership.

 

References to the “Enterprise GP Holdings” are intended to mean Enterprise GP Holdings L.P., individually as our parent company, and not on a consolidated basis.

 

References to “TEPPCO” mean TEPPCO Partners, L.P., a publicly traded affiliate, the units of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“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 and is wholly owned by a private company subsidiary of EPCO, Inc.

 

References to “Employee Partnerships” mean EPE Unit L.P. and EPE Unit II, L.P., collectively, which are private company affiliates of EPCO. References to “EPE Unit I” and “EPE Unit II” refer to EPE Unit L.P. and EPE Unit II, L.P., respectively.

 

References to “EPCO” mean EPCO, Inc., which is a related party affiliate to all of the foregoing named entities. Additionally, all of the foregoing named entities are affiliates and under common control of Dan L. Duncan, the Chairman and the controlling shareholder of EPCO.

 

Company organization and formation

 

Enterprise Products GP is a Delaware limited liability company formed in May 1998 that is the general partner of Enterprise Products Partners. Enterprise Products GP’s primary business purpose is to manage the affairs and operations of Enterprise Products Partners and its subsidiaries. Enterprise Products Partners is a publicly traded Delaware limited partnership listed on the NYSE under symbol “EPD.” Enterprise Products Partners conducts substantially all of its business through its wholly owned subsidiary, the Operating Partnership. Enterprise Products Partners and the Operating Partnership were formed to acquire, own and operate the natural gas liquids (“NGL”) business of EPCO.

 

Enterprise GP Holdings owns 100% of the membership interests in Enterprise Products GP. Enterprise GP Holdings is publicly traded partnership, the common units of which are listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “EPE.”

 

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On February 5, 2007, a consolidated subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, Duncan Energy Partners, completed an initial public offering of its common units (see Note 13). Duncan Energy Partners owns equity interests in certain of the midstream energy businesses of the Operating Partnership. For financial reporting purposes, Enterprise Products Partners consolidates the balance sheet of Duncan Energy Partners with that of its own (using Enterprise Products Partners historical carrying basis in such entities). In turn, we consolidate the balance sheet of Enterprise Products Partners with our own. Public ownership of Duncan Energy Partners’ net assets is presented as a component of minority interest in our consolidated balance sheet. The borrowings of Duncan Energy Partners are presented as part of our consolidated debt; however, neither Enterprise Products Partners nor Enterprise Products GP has any obligation for the payment of interest or repayment of borrowings incurred by Duncan Energy Partners.

 

Basis of presentation

 

We own a 2% general partner interest in Enterprise Products Partners, which conducts substantially all of our business. We have no independent operations and no material assets outside those of Enterprise Products Partners. The number of reconciling items between our consolidated balance sheet and that of Enterprise Products Partners are few. The most significant difference is that relating to minority interest ownership in our net assets by the limited partners of Enterprise Products Partners, and the elimination of our investment in Enterprise Products Partners with our underlying partner’s capital account in Enterprise Products Partners. See Note 10 for additional information regarding minority interest in our consolidated subsidiaries.

 


Note 2. General Accounting Policies and Related Matters

 

Accounting for Employee Benefit Plans

 

Dixie Pipeline Company (“Dixie”), a consolidated subsidiary, 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. Dixie’s employee benefit plans are immaterial to our consolidated financial position. Dixie contributed $0.1 million to its company-sponsored defined contribution plan during the three months ended March 31, 2007. During the remainder of 2007, Dixie expects to contribute approximately $0.3 million to its postretirement benefit plan and approximately $0.5 million to its pension plan.

 

Consolidation Policy

 

We evaluate our financial interests in business enterprises 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. Our consolidated financial statements include our accounts and those of our majority-owned subsidiaries in which we have a controlling interest, after the elimination of all material intercompany accounts and transactions. We also consolidate other entities and ventures in which we possess a controlling financial interest as well as partnership interests where we are the sole general partner of the partnership.

 

We consolidate the balance sheet of Enterprise Products Partners with that of Enterprise Products GP. This accounting consolidation is required because we own 100% of the general partnership interest in Enterprise Products Partners, which gives Enterprise Products GP the ability to exercise control over Enterprise Products Partners.

 

If the 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% and 50% 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% and 50% and we exercise significant influence over the investee’s operating and financial policies. Our proportionate share of profits and losses from transactions with equity

 

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method unconsolidated affiliates are eliminated in consolidation 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.

 

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. 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. Expenditures to mitigate or prevent future environmental contamination are capitalized.

 

At March 31, 2007 our accrued liabilities for environmental remediation projects totaled $30.2 million. This amount was 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.

 

In February 2007, we reserved $6.5 million in cash received from a third party to fund anticipated future environmental remediation costs associated with certain assets that we had acquired from the third party. Previously, the third party had been obligated to indemnify us for such costs. As a result of the settlement, this indemnification was terminated.

 

Estimates

 

Preparing Enterprise Products GP’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the balance sheet. 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.

 

Income Taxes

 

We are organized as a pass-through entity for income tax purposes. As a result, our partners are responsible for federal income taxes on their share of our taxable income. Income taxes are primarily applicable to our state tax obligations under the Texas State Margin Tax and certain federal and state tax obligations of Seminole Pipeline Company (“Seminole”) and 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 accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation (“FIN”) 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% 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.

 

 

 

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Minority Interest

 

As presented in our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, minority interest represents third-party ownership interests in the net assets of our consolidated subsidiaries. For financial reporting purposes, the assets and liabilities of our majority owned subsidiaries are consolidated with those of our own, with any third-party ownership interests in such amounts presented as minority interest (see Note 10). Effective February 1, 2007, the public owners of Duncan Energy Partners’ common units are presented as a minority interest in our consolidated balance sheet. At March 31, 2007, $294.7 million of our minority interest is attributable to the limited partners of Duncan Energy Partners.

 

Recent Accounting Developments

 

SFAS 157, “Fair Value Measurements,” defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and we will be required to adopt SFAS 157 on January 1, 2008. We do not believe SFAS 157 will have a material impact on our financial position since we already apply its basic concepts in measuring fair values used to record various transactions such as business combinations and asset acquisitions.

 

SFAS 159, “Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities – Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115,” permits entities to choose to measure many financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected would be reported in net income. SFAS 159 also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to draw comparisons between the different measurement attributes the company elects for similar types of assets and liabilities. SFAS 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. We are currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of SFAS 159 will have on our financial position.

 


Note 3. Accounting for Equity Awards

 

We account for equity awards using SFAS 123(R). 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 an equity award is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Under SFAS 123(R), the fair value of an award is amortized to earnings on a straight-line basis over the requisite service or vesting period.

 

Unit Options and Restricted Units

 

Under EPCO’s 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “1998 Plan”), non-qualified incentive options to purchase a fixed number of Enterprise Products Partners’ common units may be granted to EPCO’s key employees who perform management, administrative or operational functions for us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The information in the following table presents unit option activity under the 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, 2006

2,416,000

$    23.32

 

 

Exercised

(138,000)

$    18.74

 

 

Outstanding at March 31, 2007

2,278,000

$    23.60

7.47

$    4,672

Options exercisable at:

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2007

453,000

$    21.49

4.67

$    4,672

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)   Aggregate intrinsic value reflects fully vested unit options at March 31, 2007.

 

The total intrinsic value of unit options exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2007 was $1.6 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2007 we received cash of $4.2 million from the exercise of unit options, and our option-related reimbursements to EPCO were $1.6 million.

 

Under the 1998 Plan, we may also issue restricted common units of Enterprise Products Partners to key employees of EPCO and directors of Enterprise Products GP. The following table summarizes information regarding the restricted common units of Enterprise Products Partners for the periods indicated:

 

 

 

 

Weighted-

 

 

 

Average Grant

 

 

Number of

Date Fair Value

 

Units

per Unit (1)

Restricted units at December 31, 2006

1,105,237

 

 

Granted (2)

15,140

$    27.38

 

Forfeited

(2,000)

$    22.91

Restricted units at March 31, 2007

1,118,377

 

 

 

 

(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 common unit awards issued during 2007 was $0.4 million based on a grant date market price of Enterprise Products Partners’ common units of $30.16 per unit and an estimated forfeiture rate of 9.2%.

 

None of the restricted common units of Enterprise Products Partners vested during the three months ended March 31, 2007. The 1998 Plan provides for the issuance of up to 7,000,000 common units. As of March 31, 2007, 1,597,000 common units had been issued in connection with the exercise of unit options. After giving effect to outstanding unit options at March 31, 2007 and the issuance and forfeiture of restricted common units through March 31, 2007, a total of 2,012,303 additional common units could be issued under the 1998 Plan.

 

Employee Partnerships

 

The Employee Partnerships were formed to serve as an incentive arrangement for certain employees of EPCO through a “projects interest” award. In May 2007 an additional employee partnership was formed by EPCO. See Note 17 for additional information.

 


Note 4. Financial Instruments

 

We are exposed to financial market risks, including changes in commodity prices and interest rates. In addition, we are exposed to fluctuations in exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and Canadian

 

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dollar with respect to a recently acquired NGL marketing business located in Canada. We may use financial instruments (i.e., futures, forwards, swaps, options and other financial instruments with similar characteristics) to mitigate the risks of certain identifiable and anticipated transactions. In general, the type of risks we attempt to hedge are those related to (i) variability of future earnings, (ii) fair values of certain debt instruments and (iii) cash flows resulting from changes in applicable interest rates, commodity prices or exchange rates. As a matter of policy, we do not use financial instruments for speculative (or “trading”) purposes.

 

Interest Rate Risk Hedging Program

 

Our interest rate exposure results from variable and fixed interest rate borrowings under various debt agreements. We manage a portion of our interest rate exposure by utilizing interest rate swaps and similar arrangements, which allow us to convert a portion of fixed rate debt into variable rate debt or a portion of variable rate debt into fixed rate debt.

 

Fair Value Hedges – Interest Rate Swaps. As summarized in the following table, we had eleven interest rate swap agreements outstanding at March 31, 2007 that were accounted for as fair value hedges.

 

 

Number

Period Covered

Termination

Fixed to

Notional

 

Hedged Fixed Rate Debt

Of Swaps

by Swap

Date of Swap

Variable Rate (1)

Amount

 

Senior Notes B, 7.50% fixed rate, due Feb. 2011

1

Jan. 2004 to Feb. 2011

Feb. 2011

7.50%to 8.74%

$50 million

 

Senior Notes C, 6.375% fixed rate, due Feb. 2013

2

Jan. 2004 to Feb. 2013

Feb. 2013

6.38%to 7.28%

$200 million

 

Senior Notes G, 5.6% fixed rate, due Oct. 2014

6

4th Qtr. 2004 to Oct. 2014

Oct. 2014

5.60%to 6.33%

$600 million

 

Senior Notes K, 4.95% fixed rate, due June 2010

2

Aug. 2005 to June 2010

June 2010

4.95%to 5.76%

$200 million

 

 

(1) The variable rate indicated is the all-in variable rate for the current settlement period.

                

The total fair value of these eleven interest rate swaps at March 31, 2007 was a liability of $25.0 million with an offsetting decrease in the fair value of the underlying debt.

 

Cash Flow Hedges – Treasury Locks. During the fourth quarter of 2006, the Operating Partnership entered into treasury lock transactions having a notional value of $562.5 million. The Operating Partnership entered into these transactions to hedge the underlying U.S. treasury rates related to its anticipated issuances of subordinated debt during the second and fourth quarters of 2007. On February 27, 2007, the Operating Partnership entered into additional treasury lock transactions having a notional value of $437.5 million. The Operating Partnership entered into these transactions to hedge the underlying U.S. treasury rates related to its anticipated issuances of debt during 2007.

 

Each of the treasury lock transactions was designated as a cash flow hedge under SFAS 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” as amended and interpreted. At March 31, 2007, the fair value of our treasury locks was $21.7 million.

 

Commodity Risk Hedging Program

 

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 our control. In order to manage the price risks associated with such products, we may enter into commodity financial instruments.

 

The primary purpose of our commodity risk management activities is to hedge our 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, we inject natural gas into storage and utilize hedging instruments to lock in the value of our inventory positions. The commodity financial instruments we utilize may be settled in cash or with another financial instrument.

 

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At March 31, 2007 we had a limited number of commodity financial instruments in our portfolio, which primarily consisted of cash flow hedges. The fair value of our commodity financial instrument portfolio at March 31, 2007 was an asset of $0.2 million

 

Foreign Currency Hedging Program

 

In October 2006, we acquired all of the outstanding stock of an affiliated NGL marketing company located in Canada from EPCO and Dan L. Duncan. Since this foreign subsidiary’s functional currency is the Canadian dollar, we could be adversely affected by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. We attempt to hedge this risk using foreign exchange purchase contracts to fix the exchange rate. Due to the limited duration of these contracts, we utilize mark-to-market accounting for these transactions, the effect of which has had a minimal impact on our earnings. At March 31, 2007, we had $1.3 million of such contracts outstanding that settled in April 2007.

 


Note 5. Inventories

 

 

Our inventory amounts were as follows at March 31, 2007:

 

Working inventory

$      451,641

Forward-sales inventory

9,274

Inventory

$      460,915

 

Our regular trade (or “working”) inventory is comprised of inventories of natural gas, NGLs, and certain petrochemical products that are available-for-sale or used by us in the provision of services. Our forward sales inventory consists of segregated NGL and natural gas 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. We value our inventories at the lower of average cost or market.

 

Due to fluctuating commodity prices in the NGL, natural gas and petrochemical industry, we recognize lower of cost or market (“LCM”) adjustments when the carrying value of our inventories exceed their net realizable value.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

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Note 6. Property, Plant and Equipment

 

Our property, plant and equipment values and accumulated depreciation balances were as follows at March 31, 2007:

 

 

Estimated

 

 

Useful Life

 

 

in Years

 

Plants and pipelines (1)

3-35 (5)

$      9,217,439

Underground and other storage facilities (2)

5-35 (6)

605,102

Platforms and facilities (3)

20-31

549,896

Transportation equipment (4)

3-10

27,608

Land

 

40,010

Construction in progress

 

1,367,264

Total

 

11,807,319

Less accumulated depreciation

 

1,596,421

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

$    10,210,898

  

 

 

(1)   Plants and pipelines include processing plants; NGL, petrochemical, oil and natural gas pipelines; terminal loading and unloading facilities; office furniture and equipment; buildings; laboratory and shop equipment; and related assets.

(2)   Underground and other storage facilities include underground product storage caverns; storage tanks; water wells; and related assets.

(3)   Platforms and facilities include offshore platforms and related facilities and other associated assets.

(4)   Transportation equipment includes vehicles and similar assets used in our operations.

(5)   In general, the estimated useful lives of major components of this category are as follows: processing plants, 20-35 years; pipelines, 18-35 years (with some equipment at 5 years); terminal facilities, 10-35 years; office furniture and equipment, 3-20 years; buildings 20-35 years; and laboratory and shop equipment, 5-35 years.

(6)   In general, the estimated useful lives of major components of this category are as follows: underground storage facilities, 20-35 years (with some components at 5 years); storage tanks, 10-35 years; and water wells, 25-35 years (with some components at 5 years).

 

We capitalized $20.7 million of interest in connection with capital projects during the three months ended March 31, 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

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Note 7. Investments In and Advances to Unconsolidated Affiliates

 

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 12 for a general discussion of our business segments. The following table presents our investments in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates at March 31, 2007.

                

 

 

 

Ownership Percentage

 

NGL Pipelines & Services:

 

 

 

Venice Energy Service Company L.L.C. (“VESCO”)

13.1%

$         42,598

 

K/D/S Promix, L.L.C. (“Promix”)

50%

52,103

 

Baton Rouge Fractionators LLC (“BRF”)

32.3%

25,159

Onshore Natural Gas Pipelines & Services:

 

 

 

Jonah Gas Gathering Company (“Jonah”)

17.3%

157,935

 

Evangeline (1)

49.5%

3,514

Offshore Pipelines & Services:

 

 

 

Poseidon Oil Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (“Poseidon”)

36%

61,153

 

Cameron Highway Oil Pipeline Company (“Cameron Highway”)

50%

56,908

 

Deepwater Gateway, L.L.C. (“Deepwater Gateway”)

50%

111,187

 

Neptune Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (“Neptune”)

25.7%

58,778

 

Nemo Gathering Company, LLC (“Nemo”)

33.9%

11,024

Petrochemical Services:

 

 

 

Baton Rouge Propylene Concentrator, LLC (“BRPC”)

30%

13,894

 

La Porte (2)

50%

4,385

Total

 

 

$       598,638

 

 

 

 

 

(1)    Refers to our ownership interests in Evangeline Gas Pipeline Company, L.P. and Evangeline Gas Corp., collectively.

(2)    Refers to our ownership interests in La Porte Pipeline Company, L.P. and La Porte GP, LLC, collectively.

 

On occasion, the price we pay to acquire an ownership interest in a company exceeds the underlying book value of the capital accounts we acquire. Such excess cost amounts are included within the carrying values of our investments in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates. At March 31, 2007 our investments in Promix, La Porte, Neptune, Poseidon, Cameron Highway, Nemo and Jonah included excess cost amounts totaling $41.8 million. These amounts are attributable to the excess of the fair value of each entity’s tangible assets over their respective book carrying values at the time we acquired an interest in each entity.

 

Cameron Highway

 

We own 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. The Cameron Highway Oil Pipeline commenced operations during the first quarter of 2005. In light of reduced deliveries of crude oil to Cameron Highway caused by production delays, the management committee of Cameron Highway intends to repay its Series A notes (see Note 9) using cash contributions from the partners of Cameron Highway.

 

In May 2007, we intend to make an approximate $191.0 million cash contribution to Cameron Highway. This capital contribution, along with an equal amount contributed by our joint venture partner in Cameron Highway, will be used by Cameron Highway to repay $365.0 million outstanding under its Senior Notes A and $16.3 million of related make-whole premiums and accrued interest.

 

 

 

 

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Note 8. Intangible Assets and Goodwill

 

Identifiable Intangible Assets

 

The following table summarizes our intangible assets at March 31, 2007:

 

 

Gross

Accum.

Carrying

 

Value

Amort.

Value

NGL Pipelines & Services

$       528,594

$    (119,888)

$    408,706

Onshore Natural Gas Pipelines & Services

463,551

(85,557)

377,994

Offshore Pipelines & Services

207,012

(59,718)

147,294

Petrochemical Services

56,674

(9,692)

46,982

Total

$    1,255,831

$    (274,855)

$    980,976

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

The following table summarizes our goodwill amounts by segment at March 31, 2007:

 

NGL Pipelines & Services

$      152,693

Onshore Natural Gas Pipelines & Services

282,121

Offshore Pipelines & Services

82,135

Petrochemical Services

73,690

 

 

Totals

$      590,639

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Note 9. Debt Obligations

 

Our consolidated debt obligations consisted of the following at March 31, 2007:

 

Operating Partnership senior debt obligations:

 

 

Multi-Year Revolving Credit Facility, variable rate, due October 2011

$         390,000

 

Pascagoula MBFC Loan, 8.70% fixed-rate, due March 2010

54,000

 

Senior Notes B, 7.50% fixed-rate, due February 2011

450,000

 

Senior Notes C, 6.375% fixed-rate, due February 2013

350,000

 

Senior Notes D, 6.875% fixed-rate, due March 2033

500,000

 

Senior Notes E, 4.00% fixed-rate, due October 2007 (1)

500,000

 

Senior Notes F, 4.625% fixed-rate, due October 2009

500,000

 

Senior Notes G, 5.60% fixed-rate, due October 2014

650,000

 

Senior Notes H, 6.65% fixed-rate, due October 2034

350,000

 

Senior Notes I, 5.00% fixed-rate, due March 2015

250,000

 

Senior Notes J, 5.75% fixed-rate, due March 2035

250,000

 

Senior Notes K, 4.950% fixed-rate, due June 2010

500,000

Duncan Energy Partners’ debt obligation:

 

 

$300 Million Revolving Credit Facility, variable rate, due February 2011

169,000

Dixie Revolving Credit Facility, variable rate, due June 2010

10,000

Other, 8.75% fixed-rate, due June 2010(2)

5,068

 

 

Total principal amount of senior debt obligations

4,928,068

Operating Partnership Junior Subordinated Notes A, due August 2066

550,000

 

 

Total principal amount of senior and junior debt obligations

5,478,068

Other, including unamortized discounts and premiums and changes in fair value (3)

(29,383)

 

 

Long-term debt

$      5,448,685

 

 

 

 

Standby letters of credit outstanding

$           36,758

 

 

 

 

(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 March 31, 2007. With respect to Senior Notes E due in October 2007, the Operating Partnership has the ability to use available credit capacity under its Multi-Year Revolving Credit Facility to fund the repayment of this debt.

(2)    Represents remaining debt obligations assumed in connection with the GulfTerra Merger.

(3)    The March 31, 2007 amount includes $25.0 million related to fair value hedges and a net $4.4 million in unamortized discounts and premiums.

 

Enterprise Products Partners-Subsidiary guarantor relationships

 

Enterprise Products Partners acts as guarantor of the debt obligations of the Operating Partnership, with the exception of the Dixie revolving credit facility, Duncan Energy Partners’ revolving credit facility and the senior subordinated notes we assumed in connection with the GulfTerra Merger. If the Operating Partnership were to default on any debt Enterprise Products Partners guarantees, Enterprise Products Partners would be responsible for full repayment of that obligation. Enterprise Products Partners does not act as guarantor of the debt obligations of Duncan Energy Partners.

 

Operating Partnership debt obligations

 

There have been no significant changes in the terms of the Operating Partnership’s debt obligations since those reported in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

Duncan Energy Partners’ debt obligation

 

We consolidate the debt of Duncan Energy Partners with that of our own; however, neither Enterprise Products Partners nor Enterprise Products GP has an obligation to make interest payments or debt payments with respect to the debt of Duncan Energy Partners.

 

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. Letters of credit outstanding

 

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under this facility reduce the amount available for borrowings. At the closing of its initial public offering, Duncan Energy Partners made its initial borrowing of $200.0 million under the facility to fund the $198.9 million cash distribution to the Operating Partnership and the remainder to pay debt issuance costs. At March 31, 2007, the balance outstanding under this facility was $169.0 million.

 

This credit facility matures in February 2011 and will be used by Duncan Energy Partners in the future to fund working capital and other capital requirements and for general partnership purposes. Duncan Energy Partners may make up to two requests for one-year extensions of the maturity date (subject to certain restrictions). The revolving credit facility is available to pay distributions upon the initial contribution of assets to Duncan Energy Partners, fund working capital, make acquisitions and provide payment for general purposes. Duncan Energy Partners can increase the revolving credit facility, without consent of the lenders, by an amount not to exceed $150.0 million by adding to the facility one or more new lenders and/or increasing the commitments of existing lenders. No existing lender is required to increase its commitment, unless it agrees to do so in its sole discretion.

 

This revolving credit facility offers the following unsecured loans, each having different interest requirements: (i) London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) loans bear interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus the applicable LIBOR margin (as defined in the credit agreement), (ii) Base Rate loans bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the higher of (a) the rate of interest publicly announced by the administrative agent, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as its Base Rate and (b) 0.5% per annum above the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such date and (iii) Swingline loans bear interest a rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus an applicable LIBOR margin.

 

The revolving credit facility requires Duncan Energy Partners to maintain a leverage ratio for the prior four fiscal quarters of not more than 4.75 to 1.00 at the last day of each fiscal quarter commencing June 30, 2007; provided that, upon the closing of a permitted acquisition, such ratio shall not exceed (a) 5.25 to 1.00 at the last day of the fiscal quarter in which such specified acquisition occurred and at the last day of each of the two fiscal quarters following the fiscal quarter in which such specified acquisition occurred, and (b) 4.75 to 1.00 at the last day of each fiscal quarter thereafter. In addition, prior to obtaining an investment-grade rating by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, Moody’s Investors Service or Fitch Ratings, Duncan Energy Partners’ interest coverage ratio, for the prior four fiscal quarters shall not be less than 2.75 to 1.00 at the last day of each fiscal quarter commencing June 30, 2007.

 

The Duncan Energy Partners’ credit facility contains other customary covenants. Also, if an event of default exists under the credit agreement, the lenders will be able to accelerate the maturity date of amounts borrowed under the credit agreement and exercise other rights and remedies.

 

Covenants

 

We are in compliance with the covenants of our consolidated debt agreements at March 31, 2007.

 

Information regarding variable interest rates paid

 

The following table presents the range of interest rates paid and weighted-average interest rate paid on our consolidated variable-rate debt obligations during the three months ended March 31, 2007.

 

 

Range of

Weighted-average

 

interest rates

interest rate

 

paid

paid

Operating Partnership’s Multi-Year Revolving Credit Facility

5.82% to 8.25%

5.84%

Duncan Energy Partners’ Revolving Credit Facility

6.17%

6.17%

Dixie Revolving Credit Facility

5.66% to 5.67%

5.66%

 

 

 

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Consolidated debt maturity table

 

The following table presents the scheduled maturities of principal amounts of our debt obligations for the next five years and in total thereafter.

 

2007

$                   --

2008

--

2009

500,000

2010

569,068

2011

1,509,000

Thereafter

2,900,000

Total scheduled principal payments

$      5,478,068

 

In accordance with SFAS 6, long-term and current maturities of debt reflect the classification of such obligations at March 31, 2007. With respect to the $500.0 million in principal due under Senior Notes E in October 2007, the Operating Partnership has the ability to use available credit capacity under its Multi-Year Revolving Credit Facility to fund the repayment of this debt. The preceding table and our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2007 reflect this ability to refinance.

 

Debt Obligations of Unconsolidated Affiliates

 

We have three unconsolidated affiliates with long-term debt obligations. The following table shows (i) our ownership interest in each entity at March 31, 2007, (ii) total debt of each unconsolidated affiliate at March 31, 2007 (on a 100% basis to the affiliate) and (iii) the corresponding scheduled maturities of such debt.

 

 

Our

 

Scheduled Maturities of Debt

 

Ownership

 

 

 

 

 

 

After

 

Interest

Total

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2011

Cameron Highway

50%

$ 415,000

$        --

$ 25,000

$ 25,000

$ 50,000

$   55,000

$ 260,000

Poseidon

36%

91,000

--

--

--

--

91,000

--

Evangeline

49.5%

25,650

5,000

5,000

5,000

10,650

--

--

Total

 

$ 531,650

$ 5,000

$ 30,000

$ 30,000

$ 60,650

$ 146,000

$ 260,000

 

Cameron Highway’s debt consists of $365.0 million of Series A notes and $50.0 million of Series B notes. Cameron Highway intends to repay its Series A notes in May 2007 using proceeds from capital contributions from its partners. The total amount of the repayment is estimated to be $381.3 million, which includes a $13.1 million make-whole premium and $3.2 million of accrued interest. We intend to fund our share of the capital contribution using borrowings under the Operating Partnership’s Multi-Year Revolving Credit Facility.

 

The credit agreements of our unconsolidated affiliates contain various affirmative and negative covenants, including financial covenants. These businesses were in compliance with such covenants at March 31, 2007. The credit agreements of our unconsolidated affiliates restrict their ability to pay cash dividends if a default or an event of default (as defined in each credit agreement) has occurred and is continuing at the time such dividend is scheduled to be paid.

 

Apart from the planned repayment of Cameron Highway’s Series A notes, there have been no significant changes in the terms of the debt obligations of our unconsolidated affiliates since those reported in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 


Note 10. Minority Interest

 

Minority interest represents third-party and related party ownership interests in the net assets of certain of our subsidiaries. For financial reporting purposes, the assets and liabilities of our majority owned subsidiaries are consolidated with those of our own, with any third-party investor’s ownership in our

 

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consolidated balance sheet amounts shown as minority interest. The following table shows the components of minority interest at March 31, 2007:

 

Limited partners of Enterprise Products Partners:

 

 

Non-affiliates of Enterprise Products GP

$     5,157,599

 

Affiliates of Enterprise Products GP

669,906

Limited partners of Duncan Energy Partners:

 

 

Non-affiliates of Enterprise Products GP

294,703

Joint venture partners

138,872

 

 

 

$     6,261,080

                

The minority interest attributable to the limited partners of Enterprise Products Partners consists of common units held by the public and our affiliates (primarily EPCO). The minority interest attributable to the limited partners of Duncan Energy Partners consists of common units held by the public. Effective February 1, 2007, the public owners of Duncan Energy Partners’ common units are presented as minority interest. The minority interest attributable to joint venture partners as of March 31, 2007, is primarily attributable to our partners in Tri-States, Seminole, Wilprise, Independence Hub, Dixie and Belle Rose.

 


Note 11. Member’s Equity

 

At March 31, 2007, member’s equity consisted of the capital account of Enterprise GP Holdings, and accumulated other comprehensive income. Enterprise GP Holdings is a publicly traded limited partnership that completed an initial public offering of its common units in August 2005 and trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “EPE.”

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

The following table summarizes the effects (see Note 4) on accumulated other comprehensive income since December 31, 2006.

 

 

 

Interest Rate Fin. Instrs.

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

Forward-

Foreign

Pension

Other

 

Commodity

 

Starting

Currency

And

Comprehensive

 

Financial

Treasury

Interest

Translation

Postretirement

Income

 

Instruments

Locks

Rate Swaps

Adjustment

Plans

Balance

Balance, December 31, 2006

$    7,574

$  3,653

$  11,185

$  (807)

$  (464)

$  21,141

Net commodity financial instrument gains during period

14,479

 

 

 

 

14,479

Amortization of cash flow financing hedges

 

(124)

(965)

 

 

(1,089)

Change in funded status of pension and

 

 

 

 

 

 

postretirement plans, net of tax

 

 

 

 

784

784

Foreign currency translation adjustment

 

 

 

401

 

401

Balance, March 31, 2007

$  22,053

$  3,529

$  10,220

$  (406)

$    320

$  35,716

 

 

Note 12. Business Segments

 

We have four reportable business segments: NGL Pipelines & Services, Onshore Natural Gas Pipelines & Services, Offshore Pipelines & Services and Petrochemical Services. Our business segments are generally organized and managed according to the type of services rendered (or technologies employed) and products produced and/or sold.

 

Our integrated midstream energy asset system (including the midstream energy assets of our equity method investees) provides services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil and certain petrochemicals. In general, hydrocarbons enter our asset system in a number of ways, such as an offshore natural gas or crude oil pipeline, an offshore platform, a natural gas processing plant, an onshore

 

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natural gas gathering pipeline, an NGL fractionator, an NGL storage facility, or an NGL transportation or distribution pipeline.

 

The majority of our plant-based operations are located in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Wyoming. Our natural gas, NGL and crude oil pipelines are located in a number of regions of the United States including (i) the Gulf of Mexico offshore Texas and Louisiana; (ii) the south and southeastern United States (primarily in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama); and (iii) certain regions of the central and western United States, including the Rocky Mountains. Our marketing activities are headquartered in Houston, Texas and serve customers in a number of regions of the United States including the Gulf Coast, West Coast and Mid-Continent areas.

 

Consolidated property, plant and equipment and investments in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates are assigned to each segment on the basis of each asset’s or investment’s principal operations. The principal reconciling difference between consolidated property, plant and equipment and the total value of segment assets is construction-in-progress. Segment assets represent the net book carrying value of facilities and other assets that contribute to gross operating margin of that particular segment. Since assets under construction generally do not contribute to segment gross operating margin, such assets are excluded from segment asset totals until they are placed in service. Consolidated intangible assets and goodwill are assigned to each segment based on the classification of the assets to which they relate.

 

Information by segment, together with reconciliations to our consolidated totals, is presented in the following table:

 

 

 

 

Reportable Segments

 

 

 

 

 

 

Onshore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NGL

Natural Gas

Offshore

 

Adjustments

 

 

 

 

Pipelines

Pipelines

Pipelines

Petrochemical

and

Consolidated

 

 

 

& Services

& Services

& Services

Services

Eliminations

Totals

Segment assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At March 31, 2007

$  3,479,690

$  3,700,783

$  1,112,518

$  550,643

$  1,367,264

$  10,210,898

Investments in and advances

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to unconsolidated affiliates (see Note 7):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At March 31, 2007

119,860

161,449

299,050

18,279

--

598,638

Intangible Assets (see Note 8):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At March 31, 2007

408,706

377,994

147,294

46,982

--

980,976

Goodwill (see Note 8):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At March 31, 2007

152,693

282,121

82,135

73,690

--

590,639

 

 

Note 13. Related Party Transactions

 

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 private company subsidiaries;

 

§

Enterprise GP Holdings, which owns 100% of the membership interest in and controls us;

 

§

TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP, which are controlled by affiliates of EPCO; and

 

§

the Employee Partnerships.

 

We also have an ongoing relationship with Duncan Energy Partners, the balance sheet of which is consolidated with that of our own. Our transactions with Duncan Energy Partners are eliminated in consolidation; therefore, they are not part of the totals presented in the preceding table. A description of our relationship with Duncan Energy Partners is presented within this Note 13.

 

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Unless noted otherwise, our agreements with EPCO are not the result of arm’s length transactions. As a result, we cannot provide assurance that the terms and provisions of such agreements are at least as favorable to us as we could have obtained from unaffiliated third parties.

 

EPCO is a private company controlled by Dan L. Duncan, who is also a director and Chairman of Enterprise Products GP. At March 31, 2007, EPCO and its affiliates beneficially owned 100% of the membership interests in Enterprise Products GP and 147,129,416 (or 34.0%) of the outstanding common units of Enterprise Products Partners. In addition, at March 31, 2007, EPCO and its affiliates beneficially owned 86.8% of the limited partner interests of Enterprise GP Holdings and 100% of its general partner, EPE Holdings. The executive officers and certain of the directors of Enterprise Products GP and EPE Holdings are employees of EPCO.

 

We and Enterprise Products Partners are both separate legal entities apart from each other and apart from EPCO, Enterprise GP Holdings and their respective other affiliates, with assets and liabilities that are separate from those of EPCO, Enterprise GP Holdings and their respective other affiliates. EPCO and its private company subsidiaries depend on the cash distributions it receives from us, Enterprise GP Holdings and other investments to fund its other operations and to meet its debt obligations. EPCO and its affiliates received $83.0 million in cash distributions from us during the three months ended March 31, 2007.

 

We have entered into an agreement with an affiliate of EPCO to provide trucking services to us for the transportation of NGLs and other products. We also lease office space in various buildings from affiliates of EPCO. The rental rates in these lease agreements approximate market rates. In addition, 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. We acquired this affiliate in October 2006 and began consolidating its balance sheet with that of our own from the date of acquisition.

 

Relationship with TEPPCO

 

Purchase and lease of pipelines for DEP South Texas NGL Pipeline System from TEPPCO. In January 2007, we purchased a 10-mile segment of pipeline from TEPPCO located in the Houston area for $8.0 million that is part of the DEP South Texas NGL Pipeline System. In addition, we entered into a lease with TEPPCO for an 11-mile interconnecting pipeline located in the Houston area. The primary term of this lease expires in September 2007, and will continue on a month-to-month basis subject to termination by either party upon 60 days notice. This pipeline is being leased by a subsidiary of Duncan Energy Partners in connection with operations on its DEP South Texas NGL Pipeline System until construction of a parallel pipeline is completed. These transactions were entered into in accordance with our Board-approved management authorization policy.

 

Jonah Joint Venture with TEPPCO. In August 2006, we formed a joint venture with TEPPCO to be partners in TEPPCO’s Jonah Gas Gathering Company, or Jonah. Jonah owns the Jonah Gas Gathering System (“the Jonah Gathering System”), located in the Greater Green River Basin of southwestern Wyoming. The Jonah Gathering System gathers and transports natural gas produced from the Jonah and Pinedale fields to regional natural gas processing plants and major interstate pipelines that deliver natural gas to end-user markets.

 

Prior to entering into the Jonah joint venture, we managed the construction of the Phase V expansion and funded the initial construction costs under a letter of intent we signed in February 2006. In connection with the joint venture arrangement, we and TEPPCO will continue the Phase V expansion, which is expected to increase the capacity of the Jonah Gathering System from 1.5 Bcf/d to 2.3 Bcf/d. The Phase V expansion is also expected to significantly reduce system operating pressures, which we anticipate will lead to increased production rates and ultimate reserve recoveries. The first portion of the expansion, which is expected to increase the system gathering capacity to 2.0 Bcf/d, is projected to be completed in the third quarter of 2007. The second portion of the expansion is expected to be completed by the end of 2007. We will operate the Jonah Gathering System.

 

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We manage the Phase V construction project. TEPPCO is entitled to all distributions from the joint venture until specified milestones are achieved, at which point, we will be entitled to receive 50% of the incremental cash flow from portions of the system placed in service as part of the expansion. After subsequent milestones are achieved, we and TEPPCO will share distributions based on a formula that takes into account the respective capital contributions of the parties, including expenditures by TEPPCO prior to the expansion.

 

Since August 1, 2006, we and TEPPCO equally share in the construction costs of the Phase V expansion. TEPPCO has reimbursed us $139.3 million for its share of the Phase V costs. At March 31, 2007, we had a receivable from TEPPCO of $14.9 million for additional Phase V costs incurred through March 31, 2007.

 

Upon completion of the expansion project and based on the formula in the joint venture partnership agreement, we expect to own an interest in Jonah of approximately 20%, with TEPPCO owning the remaining 80%. At March 31, 2007, we and TEPPCO owned an approximate 17.3% interest and 82.7% interest, respectively, in Jonah.

 

The joint venture is governed by a management committee comprised of two representatives approved by us and two representatives appointed by TEPPCO, each with equal voting power. After an in-depth consideration of all relevant factors, this transaction was approved by the Audit, Conflicts and Governance Committee of Enterprise Products GP and that of TEPPCO GP.

 

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 administrative services agreement (the “ASA”). Enterprise Products Partners, Enterprise Products GP, Enterprise GP Holdings 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.

 

Under the ASA, we reimburse EPCO for all costs and expenses it incurs in providing management, administrative and operating services to us. The ASA also addresses potential conflicts that may arise among Enterprise Products Partners, Enterprise Products GP, Enterprise GP Holdings, Duncan Energy Partners and other affiliates of EPCO.

 

Relationship with Duncan Energy Partners

 

For financial reporting purposes, Enterprise Products Partners consolidates the balance sheet of Duncan Energy Partners with that of its own. In turn, we consolidate the balance sheet of Enterprise Products Partners with our own. All intercompany transactions between Enterprise Products Partners and Duncan Energy Partners are eliminated in the preparation of Enterprise Products Partners’ consolidated balance sheet. Also, due to common control of the entities by Dan L. Duncan, the initial consolidated balance sheet of Duncan Energy Partners reflects Enterprise Products Partners historical carrying basis in each of the subsidiaries contributed to Duncan Energy Partners. Public ownership of Duncan Energy Partners’ net assets is presented as a component of minority interest in our consolidated balance sheet (see Note 10).

 

The borrowings of Duncan Energy Partners are presented as part of our consolidated debt; however, neither Enterprise Products Partners nor Enterprise Products GP has any obligation for the payment of interest or repayment of borrowings incurred by Duncan Energy Partners.

 

On February 5, 2007, Duncan Energy Partners completed its initial public offering of 14,950,000 common units (including an overallotment amount of 1,950,000 common units) at $21.00 per unit, which generated net proceeds to Duncan Energy Partners of $291.9 million. As consideration for assets contributed and reimbursement for capital expenditures related to these assets, Duncan Energy Partners

 

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distributed $260.6 million of these net proceeds 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. Duncan Energy Partners used $38.5 million of net proceeds from the overallotment to redeem 1,950,000 of the 7,301,571 common units it had originally issued to Enterprise Products Partners, resulting in the final amount of 5,351,571 common units beneficially owned by Enterprise Products Partners. Enterprise Products Partners used the cash received from Duncan Energy Partners to temporarily reduce amounts outstanding under the Operating Partnership’s Multi-Year Revolving Credit Facility.

 

Enterprise Products Partners contributed 66% of its equity interests in the following subsidiaries to Duncan Energy Partners:

 

 

§

Mont Belvieu Caverns, LLC (“Mont Belvieu Caverns”), a recently formed subsidiary, which owns salt dome storage caverns located in Mont Belvieu, Texas that receive, store and deliver NGLs and certain petrochemical products for industrial customers located along the upper Texas Gulf Coast, which has the largest concentration of petrochemical plants and refineries in the United States;

 

 

§

Acadian Gas, LLC (“Acadian Gas”), which owns an onshore natural gas pipeline system that gathers, transports, stores and markets natural gas in Louisiana. The Acadian Gas system links natural gas supplies from onshore and offshore Gulf of Mexico developments (including offshore pipelines, continental shelf and deepwater production) with local gas distribution companies, electric generation plants and industrial customers, including those in the Baton Rouge-New Orleans-Mississippi River corridor. A subsidiary of Acadian Gas owns our 49.5% equity interest in Evangeline;

 

 

§

Sabine Propylene Pipeline L.P. (“Sabine Propylene”), which transports polymer-grade propylene between Port Arthur, Texas and a pipeline interconnect located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana;

 

 

§

Enterprise Lou-Tex Propylene Pipeline L.P. (“Lou-Tex Propylene”), which transports chemical-grade propylene from Sorrento, Louisiana to Mont Belvieu, Texas; and

 

 

§

South Texas NGL Pipelines, LLC (“South Texas NGL”), a recently formed subsidiary, which began transporting NGLs from Corpus Christi, Texas to Mont Belvieu, Texas in January 2007. South Texas NGL owns the DEP South Texas NGL Pipeline System.

 

In addition to the 34% direct ownership interest Enterprise Products Partners retained in such entities, it also owns the 2% general partner interest in Duncan Energy Partners and 26.4% of Duncan Energy Partners’ outstanding common units. The Operating Partnership directs the business operations of Duncan Energy Partners through its ownership and control of the general partner of Duncan Energy Partners.

 

Enterprise Products Partners has significant involvement with all of the subsidiaries of Duncan Energy Partners, including the following types of transactions:

 

 

§

It utilizes storage services provided by Mont Belvieu Caverns to support our Mont Belvieu fractionation and other businesses;

 

 

§

It buys natural gas from and sells natural gas to Acadian Gas in connection with its normal business activities; and

 

 

§

It is currently the sole shipper on the DEP South Texas NGL Pipeline System.

 

Enterprise Products Partners may contribute other equity interests in its subsidiaries to Duncan Energy Partners and use the proceeds it receives from Duncan Energy Partners to fund its capital spending program. Enterprise Products Partners has no obligation or commitment to make such contributions to Duncan Energy Partners.

 

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Relationships with Unconsolidated Affiliates

 

See “Relationship with TEPPCO” within this Note 13 for a description of ongoing transactions involving our Jonah joint venture with TEPPCO.

 

For additional information regarding our unconsolidated affiliates, see Note 7.

 


Note 14. Commitments and Contingencies

 

Litigation

 

On occasion, we are named as a defendant 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 unaware of any significant litigation, pending or threatened, that could have a significant adverse effect on our financial position.

 

On September 18, 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 us or our affiliates.  The complaint names as defendants (i) TEPPCO, its current and certain former directors, and certain of its affiliates; (ii) us and certain of our affiliates, including the parent company of Enterprise Products GP; (iii) EPCO, Inc.; and (iv) Dan L. Duncan. 

 

The complaint alleges, among other things, that the defendants have caused TEPPCO to enter into certain transactions with us or our affiliates that are unfair to TEPPCO or otherwise unfairly favored us or our affiliates over TEPPCO.  These transactions are alleged to include the joint venture to further expand the Jonah Gathering System entered into by TEPPCO and one of our affiliates in August 2006 and the sale by TEPPCO to one of our affiliates of the Pioneer gas processing plant in March 2006. The complaint seeks (i) rescission of these transactions or an award of rescissory damages with respect thereto; (ii) damages for profits and special benefits allegedly obtained by defendants as a result of the alleged wrongdoings in the complaint; and (iii) awarding plaintiff costs of the action, including fees and expenses of his attorneys and experts. We believe this lawsuit is without merit and intend to vigorously defend against it. See Note 13 for additional information regarding our relationship with TEPPCO.

 

On February 13, 2007, the Operating Partnership received notice from the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) that it was the subject of a criminal investigation related to an ammonia release in Kingman County, Kansas on October 27, 2004 from a pressurized anhydrous ammonia pipeline owned by a third party, Magellan Ammonia Pipeline, L.P. (“Magellan”). The Operating Partnership is the operator of this pipeline. On February 14, 2007, the Operating Partnership received a letter from the Environment and Natural Resources Division (“ENRD”) of the DOJ regarding this incident and a previous release of ammonia on September 27, 2004 from the same pipeline.  The ENRD has indicated that it may pursue civil damages against the Operating Partnership 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 the Operating Partnership and Magellan is up to $17.4 million in the aggregate. The Operating Partnership is cooperating with the DOJ and is pursuing a resolution acceptable to all parties.  The Operating Partnership is seeking defense and indemnity under the pipeline operating agreement between it and Magellan. At this time, we do not believe that a final resolution of either the criminal investigation by the DOJ or the civil claims by the ENRD will have a material impact on our consolidated financial position.

 

On October 25, 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

 

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related to this incident have been completed. At this time, we do not believe that this incident will have a material impact on our consolidated financial position.

 

Several lawsuits have been filed by municipalities and other water suppliers against a number of manufacturers of reformulated gasoline containing methyl tertiary butyl ether. In general, such suits have not named manufacturers of this product as defendants, and there have been no such lawsuits filed against our subsidiary that owns an octane-additive production facility. It is possible, however, that former manufacturers such as our subsidiary could ultimately be added as defendants in such lawsuits or in new lawsuits.

 

Operating Leases

 

We lease certain property, plant and equipment under noncancelable and cancelable operating leases. 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, and (iii) land held pursuant to right-of-way agreements. In general, our material lease agreements have original terms that range from 14 to 20 years and include renewal options that could extend the agreements for up to an additional 20 years. There have been no material changes in our operating lease commitments since December 31, 2006.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

With the exception of the debt incurred by Duncan Energy Partners in connection with its initial public offering, there have been no significant changes in Enterprise Products Partners’ consolidated schedule of maturities of long-term debt since those reported in its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006. See Note 9 for additional information regarding the debt obligations of Duncan Energy Partners.

 

Performance Guaranty

 

In December 2004, a subsidiary of ours entered into the Independence Hub Agreement (the “Agreement”) with six oil and natural gas producers. The Agreement, as amended, obligates our subsidiary to construct the Independence Hub offshore platform and to process 1 Bcf/d of natural gas and condensate for the producers.

 

We guaranteed to the producers the construction-related performance of our subsidiary up to an amount of $340.8 million. This figure represents the maximum amount we would have to pay the producers in the remote circumstance where they must finish construction of the platform because our subsidiary failed to do so. This guarantee will remain in place until the earlier of (i) the date all guaranteed obligations terminate or expire, or have been paid or otherwise performed or discharged in full, (ii) upon mutual written consent of us, the producers and our joint venture partner in the platform project or (iii) mechanical completion of the platform. Mechanical completion of the Independence Hub platform is expected to occur in May 2007.

 

In accordance with FIN 45, “Guarantor's Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others,” we recorded the fair value of the performance guaranty using an expected present value approach. Given the remote probability that we would have been required to perform under the guaranty, we had estimated the fair value of the performance guaranty at approximately $1.2 million, which is a component of other current liabilities on our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2007.

 

Other Claims

 

As part of our normal business activities with joint venture partners and certain customers and suppliers, we occasionally make claims against such parties or have claims made against us as a result of disputes related to contractual agreements or similar arrangements. As of March 31, 2007, our contingent claims against such parties were approximately $2 million and claims against us were approximately $34

 

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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 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 Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2007.

 


Note 15.

Significant Risks and Uncertainties – Weather-Related Risks

 

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. We have submitted business interruption insurance claims for our estimated losses caused by Hurricane Ivan. During the three months ended March 31, 2007 we received $0.4 million of nonrefundable cash proceeds from such claims. We are continuing our efforts to collect residual balances and expect to complete the process during 2007.

 

We received $1.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2007 related to property damage claims arising from Hurricane Ivan.

 

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita insurance claims. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, both significant storms, affected certain of our Gulf Coast assets in August and September of 2005, respectively. With respect to these storms, we have $77.7 million of estimated property damage claims outstanding at March 31, 2007, that we believe are probable of collection during the periods 2007 through 2009. We are pursuing collection of our property damage and business interruption claims related to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

 


Note 16. Condensed Financial Information of Operating Partnership

 

The Operating Partnership conducts substantially all of our business. Currently, neither Enterprise Products GP nor Enterprise Products Partners have any material assets outside those of the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership consolidates the financial statements of Duncan Energy Partners with those of its own.

 

Enterprise Products Partners guarantees the consolidated debt obligations of the Operating Partnership, with the exception of the Dixie revolving credit facility, Duncan Energy Partners’ revolving credit facility and the senior subordinated notes assumed in connection with the GulfTerra Merger. If the Operating Partnership were to default on any debt Enterprise Products Partners guarantees, Enterprise Products Partners would be responsible for full repayment of that obligation. See Note 9 for additional information regarding our consolidated debt obligations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The reconciling items between our consolidated balance sheet and that of the Operating Partnership are insignificant. The following table presents condensed consolidated balance sheet data for the Operating Partnership at March 31, 2007:

 

ASSETS

 

Current assets

$        1,968,896

Property, plant and equipment, net

10,210,898

Investments in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates, net

598,638

Intangible assets, net

980,976

Goodwill

590,639

Deferred tax asset

2,301

Other assets

71,208

 

Total

$      14,423,556

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ EQUITY

 

Current liabilities

$        2,052,754

Long-term debt

5,448,685

Other long-term liabilities

102,228

Minority interest

438,683

Partners’ equity

6,381,206

 

Total

$      14,423,556

 

 

 

Total Operating Partnership debt obligations guaranteed by us

$        5,294,000

 

 

Note 17. Subsequent Event

 

On May 7, 2007, EPE Unit III, L.P. (“EPE Unit III”) was formed to serve as an incentive arrangement for certain employees of EPCO through a “profits interest” in EPE Unit III. Four of our named executive officers were issued Class B limited partners interests and admitted as Class B limited partners of EPE Unit III without any capital contribution as follows: Robert G. Phillips, 7.0588%, James H. Lytal, 5.8824%, A.J. Teague, 5.8824% and Michael J. Knesek, 2.9412%. The profits interest awards (or Class B limited partner interests) in EPE Unit III entitle the holder to participate in the appreciation in value of the common units of Enterprise GP Holdings and are subject to forfeiture.

 













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