Intangible Assets and Goodwill

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Intangible Assets and Goodwill [Abstract]

Note 8. Intangible Assets and Goodwill

Identifiable Intangible Assets

The following table summarizes our intangible assets by business segment at the dates indicated:

	March 31, 2012							December 31, 2011
	Gross Value		Accum. Amort.			Carrying Value		Gross Value		Accum. Amort.			Carrying Value
NGL Pipelines & Services:
Customer relationship intangibles	$	340.8	$	(133.0	)	$	207.8	$	340.8	$	(128.2	)	$	212.6
Contract-based intangibles		284.7		(142.4	)		142.3		298.4		(169.7	)		128.7
Segment total		625.5		(275.4	)		350.1		639.2		(297.9	)		341.3
Onshore Natural Gas Pipelines & Services:
Customer relationship intangibles		1,163.6		(220.2	)		943.4		1,163.6		(209.7	)		953.9
Contract-based intangibles		466.1		(296.2	)		169.9		464.8		(290.9	)		173.9
Segment total		1,629.7		(516.4	)		1,113.3		1,628.4		(500.6	)		1,127.8
Onshore Crude Oil Pipelines & Services:
Customer relationship intangibles		9.7		(4.3	)		5.4		9.7		(4.1	)		5.6
Contract-based intangibles		0.4		(0.2	)		0.2		0.4		(0.2	)		0.2
Segment total		10.1		(4.5	)		5.6		10.1		(4.3	)		5.8
Offshore Pipelines & Services:
Customer relationship intangibles		205.8		(131.8	)		74.0		205.8		(129.2	)		76.6
Contract-based intangibles		1.2		(0.3	)		0.9		1.2		(0.3	)		0.9
Segment total		207.0		(132.1	)		74.9		207.0		(129.5	)		77.5
Petrochemical & Refined Products Services:
Customer relationship intangibles		104.3		(29.6	)		74.7		104.3		(28.4	)		75.9
Contract-based intangibles		55.5		(29.9	)		25.6		57.6		(29.7	)		27.9
Segment total		159.8		(59.5	)		100.3		161.9		(58.1	)		103.8
Total all segments	$	2,632.1	$	(987.9	)	$	1,644.2	$	2,646.6	$	(990.4	)	$	1,656.2

The following table presents the amortization expense of our intangible assets by business segment for the periods presented:

	For the Three Months
	Ended March 31,
	2012		2011
NGL Pipelines & Services	$	10.2	$	10.4
Onshore Natural Gas Pipelines & Services		15.8		19.9
Onshore Crude Oil Pipelines & Services		0.2		0.1
Offshore Pipelines & Services		2.6		3.0
Petrochemical & Refined Products Services		3.5		4.3
Total	$	32.3	$	37.7

The following table presents forecasted amortization expense associated with existing intangible assets for the years presented:

Remainder of 2012				2013				2014				2015				2016
$	89.8			$	110.7			$	107.0			$	106.5			$	107.6

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. There have been no changes to our goodwill amounts since those reported in our 2011 Form 10-K.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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