Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Note 16.  Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

Litigation

As part of our normal business activities, we may be named as defendants in legal proceedings, including those arising from regulatory and environmental matters.  Although we are insured against various 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 fully indemnify us against losses arising from future legal proceedings.  We will vigorously defend the Partnership in litigation matters.

There were no accruals for litigation contingencies at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

Contractual Obligations

Scheduled Maturities of Debt

We have long-term and short-term payment obligations under debt agreements.  In total, the principal amount of our consolidated debt obligations were $28.9 billion and $28.6 billion at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.  See Note 7 for additional information regarding our scheduled future maturities of debt principal.

Lease Accounting Matters

There has been no significant change in our operating lease obligations since those disclosed in the 2022 Form 10-K.

The following table presents information regarding operating leases where we are the lessee at June 30, 2023:

Asset Category	ROU Asset Carrying Value (1)		Lease Liability Carrying     Value (2)		Weighted- Average Remaining Term	Weighted- Average Discount Rate (3)
Storage and pipeline facilities	$	194	$	194	9 years	3.9%
Transportation equipment		17		18	4 years	4.1%
Office and warehouse space		154		188	14 years	3.0%
Total	$	365	$	400

(1)	Right of use (“ROU”) asset amounts are a component of “Other assets” on our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.
(2)	At June 30, 2023, lease liabilities of $65 million and $335 million were included within “Other current liabilities” and “Other long-term liabilities,” respectively.
(3)	The discount rate for each category of assets represents the weighted average of either (i) the implicit rate applicable to the underlying leases (where determinable) or (ii) our incremental borrowing rate adjusted for collateralization (if the implicit rate is not determinable).  In general, the discount rates are based on either information available at the lease commencement date or January 1, 2019 for leases existing at the adoption date for ASC 842, Leases.

The following table disaggregates our total operating lease expense for the periods indicated:

	For the Three Months Ended June 30,				For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Long-term operating leases:
Fixed lease expense:
Non-cash lease expense (amortization of ROU assets)	$	17	$	14	$	33	$	27
Related accretion expense on lease liability balances		3		3		7		6
Total fixed lease expense		20		17		40		33
Variable lease expense		3		1		6		1
Subtotal operating lease expense		23		18		46		34
Short-term operating leases		27		23		52		40
Total operating lease expense	$	50	$	41	$	98	$	74

Cash payments attributable to operating lease liabilities were $21 million and $16 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.  For the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, cash paid for operating lease liabilities was $41 million and $28 million, respectively.

Operating lease income for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 was $4 million and $3 million, respectively.  For the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, operating lease income was $8 million and $6 million, respectively.

Purchase Obligations

We have contractual future product purchase commitments for natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, petrochemicals and refined products representing enforceable and legally binding agreements as of the reporting date.  Our product purchase commitments decreased from $17.6 billion at December 31, 2022 to $13.8 billion at June 30, 2023 primarily due to a decrease in crude oil and NGL prices between the two reporting dates.