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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2012

or

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                 to                

Commission file number: 001-33631

 

 

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   56-2639586

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

700 Louisiana Street, Suite 2060 Houston, Texas   77002
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(832) 519-2200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

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 the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   x
Non-accelerated filer   ¨  (Do not check if smaller reporting company)    Smaller Reporting company   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of the issuer’s common units and Class C units, as of the latest practicable date:

 

Title of Class

   Outstanding as of November 2, 2012
Common Units    41,162,787
Class C Units    6,991,589

 

 

 


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CRESTWOOD MIDSTREAM PARTNERS LP

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  

Item 1.     Financial Statements

  

Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

     4   

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011

     5   

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

     6   

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Partners’ Capital for the nine months ended September  30, 2012 and 2011

     7   

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

     8   

Item 2.     Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     25   

Item 3.     Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     36   

Item 4.     Controls and Procedures

     36   

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

  

Item 1.     Legal Proceedings

     36   

Item 1A.  Risk Factors

     36   

Item 2.     Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

     37   

Item 3.     Defaults Upon Senior Securities

     37   

Item 4.     Mine Safety Disclosures

     37   

Item 5.     Other Information

     37   

Item 6.     Exhibits

     37   

Signatures

     38   

Exhibits

     39   

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

In this report, unless the context requires otherwise, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Partnership” are intended to mean the business and operations of Crestwood Midstream Partners LP and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Certain statements contained in this report and other materials we file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), or in other written or oral statements made or to be made by us, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements reflect our current expectations or forecasts of future events. Words such as “may,” “assume,” “forecast,” “predict,” “strategy,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “aim,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “project,” “budget,” “potential,” or “continue,” and similar expressions are used to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be affected by assumptions used or by known or unknown risks or uncertainties. Consequently, no forward-looking statements can be guaranteed.

Important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following risks and uncertainties:

 

   

changes in general economic conditions;

 

   

fluctuations in oil, natural gas and NGL prices;

 

   

the extent and success of drilling efforts, as well as the extent and quality of natural gas volumes produced within proximity of our assets;

 

   

failure or delays by our customers in achieving expected production in their natural gas projects;

 

   

competitive conditions in our industry and their impact on our ability to connect natural gas supplies to our gathering and processing assets or systems;

 

   

actions or inactions taken or non-performance by third parties, including suppliers, contractors, operators, processors, transporters and customers;

 

   

our ability to consummate acquisitions, successfully integrate the acquired businesses, realize any cost savings and other synergies from any acquisition;

 

   

changes in the availability and cost of capital;

 

   

operating hazards, natural disasters, weather-related delays, casualty losses and other matters beyond our control;

 

   

timely receipt of necessary government approvals and permits, our ability to control the costs of construction, including costs of materials, labor and right-of-way and other factors that may impact our ability to complete projects within budget and on schedule;

 

   

the effects of existing and future laws and governmental regulations, including environmental and climate change requirements;

 

   

the effects of future litigation;

 

   

risks related to our substantial indebtedness; and

 

   

certain factors discussed elsewhere in this report.

These factors do not necessarily include all of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any of our forward-looking statements. Other factors could also have material adverse effects on future results. Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this document are qualified by these cautionary statements, and we cannot assure you that actual results or developments that we anticipate will be realized or, even if substantially realized, will have the expected consequences to, or effect on, us or our business or operations. Also note that we provided additional cautionary discussion of risks and uncertainties under “Risk Factors” in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K, our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and in our other public filings and press releases. Although the expectations in the forward-looking statements are based on our current beliefs and expectations, caution should be taken not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements because such statements speak only as of the date hereof. Except as required by federal and state securities laws, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this report and in our future periodic reports filed with the SEC. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed in this report may not occur.

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

CRESTWOOD MIDSTREAM PARTNERS LP

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(In thousands, except for per unit data)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
     September 30,     September 30,  
     2012     2011     2012     2011  

Operating revenues

        

Gathering revenue—related party

   $ 21,658      $ 27,840      $ 67,120      $ 75,706   

Gathering revenue

     13,739        8,007        36,310        17,908   

Processing revenue—related party

     6,298        7,183        19,619        21,723   

Processing revenue

     2,271        692        4,665        1,867   

Product sales

     11,071        14,893        29,258        29,326   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating revenues

     55,037        58,615        156,972        146,530   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses

        

Product purchases

     10,341        13,482        26,755        26,010   

Operations and maintenance

     10,127        10,573        28,725        26,165   

General and administrative

     5,777        5,566        19,451        17,996   

Depreciation, amortization and accretion

     10,943        9,595        32,427        23,981   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     37,188        39,216        107,358        94,152   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gain from exchange of property, plant and equipment

     —          1,106        —          1,106   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

     17,849        20,505        49,614        53,484   

Earnings from unconsolidated affiliate

     1,764        —          2,205        —     

Interest and debt expense

     (8,202     (7,100     (24,045     (19,925
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

     11,411        13,405        27,774        33,559   

Income tax expense

     306        347        884        898   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 11,105      $ 13,058      $ 26,890      $ 32,661   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

General partner’s interest in net income

   $ 4,240      $ 2,426      $ 10,944      $ 4,942   

Limited partners’ interest in net income

   $ 6,865      $ 10,632      $ 15,946      $ 27,719   

Basic income per unit:

        

Net income per limited partner unit

   $ 0.15      $ 0.27      $ 0.36      $ 0.76   

Diluted income per unit:

        

Net income per limited partner unit

   $ 0.15      $ 0.27      $ 0.36      $ 0.76   

Weighted-average number of limited partner units:

        

Basic

     46,564        39,388        44,206        36,424   

Diluted

     46,767        39,504        44,395        36,540   

Distributions declared per limited partner unit (attributable to the period ended)

   $ 0.51      $ 0.48      $ 1.51      $ 1.38   

See accompanying notes.

 

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CRESTWOOD MIDSTREAM PARTNERS LP

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except for unit data)

(Unaudited)

 

     September 30,      December 31,  
     2012      2011  

ASSETS

     

Current assets

     

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 12       $ 797   

Accounts receivable—related party

     22,632         27,312   

Accounts receivable

     14,063         11,926   

Prepaid expenses and other

     5,567         1,935   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current assets

     42,274         41,970   

Investment in unconsolidated affiliate

     129,603         —     

Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $116,486 in 2012 and $89,860 in 2011

     785,404         746,045   

Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $7,342 in 2012 and $2,440 in 2011

     165,839         127,760   

Goodwill

     95,031         93,628   

Deferred financing costs, net

     13,604         16,699   

Other assets

     694         790   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 1,232,449       $ 1,026,892   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL

     

Current liabilities

     

Accrued additions to property, plant and equipment

   $ 1,899       $ 7,500   

Capital leases

     3,658         2,693   

Accounts payable—related party

     408         1,308   

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

     36,280         31,794   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     42,245         43,295   

Long-term debt

     533,200         512,500   

Long-term capital leases

     3,429         3,929   

Asset retirement obligations

     13,002         11,545   

Commitments and contingent liabilities (Note 9)

     

Partners’ capital

     

Common unitholders (41,158,228 and 32,997,696 units issued and outstanding at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011)

     462,377         286,945   

Class C unitholders (6,991,589 and 6,596,635 units issued and outstanding at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011)

     159,800         157,386   

General partner

     18,396         11,292   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total partners’ capital

     640,573         455,623   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and partners’ capital

   $ 1,232,449       $ 1,026,892   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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CRESTWOOD MIDSTREAM PARTNERS LP

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     Nine Months Ended  
     September 30,  
     2012     2011  

Cash flows from operating activities

    

Net income

   $ 26,890      $ 32,661   

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

Depreciation, amortization and accretion

     32,427        23,981   

Equity-based compensation

     1,528        851   

Amortization/accretion of deferred financing costs and capital lease obligations

     3,110        2,542   

Gain from exchange of property, plant and equipment

     —          (1,106

Changes in assets and liabilities:

    

Accounts receivable—related party

     4,680        (5,675

Accounts receivable

     (2,137     (5,359

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     783        (447

Accounts payable—related party

     (900     (2,349

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

     3,758        23,366   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     70,139        68,465   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities

    

Capital expenditures

     (28,968     (31,256

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

     (87,269     (349,662

Proceeds from exchange of property, plant and equipment

     —          5,943   

Investment in unconsolidated affiliate

     (131,250     —     

Capital distributions from unconsolidated affiliate

     1,647        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (245,840     (374,975
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities

    

Proceeds from issuance of senior notes

     —          200,000   

Proceeds from credit facility

     350,200        100,200   

Repayments of credit facility

     (329,500     (155,704

Payments on capital leases

     (2,155     —     

Deferred financing costs paid

     (161     (6,982

Proceeds from issuance of Class C units, net

     —          152,671   

Proceeds from issuance of common units, net

     217,508        53,550   

Contributions from partners

     5,930        8,741   

Distributions to partners

     (66,500     (45,910

Taxes paid for equity-based compensation vesting

     (406     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

     174,916        306,566   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in cash and cash equivalents

     (785     56   

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     797        2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 12      $ 58   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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CRESTWOOD MIDSTREAM PARTNERS LP

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN PARTNERS’ CAPITAL

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     Limited Partners               
           Class C               
     Common     Unitholders      General Partner     Total  

Partners’ capital as of December 31, 2011

   $ 286,945      $ 157,386       $ 11,292      $ 455,623   

Issuance of units, net of offering costs

     217,508        —           —          217,508   

Contributions from partners

     —          —           5,930        5,930   

Net income

     13,532        2,414         10,944        26,890   

Equity-based compensation

     1,528        —           —          1,528   

Taxes paid for equity-based compensation vesting

     (406     —           —          (406

Distributions to partners

     (56,730     —           (9,770     (66,500
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Partners' capital as of September 30, 2012

   $ 462,377      $ 159,800       $ 18,396      $ 640,573   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Limited Partners               
           Class C               
     Common     Unitholders      General Partner     Total  

Partners’ capital as of December 31, 2010

   $ 258,069      $ —         $ 684      $ 258,753   

Issuance of units, net of offering costs

     53,550        152,671         —          206,221   

Contributions from partners

     —          —           8,741        8,741   

Net income

     24,595        3,124         4,942        32,661   

Equity-based compensation

     851        —           —          851   

Distributions to partners

     (42,309     —           (3,601     (45,910
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Partners' capital as of September 30, 2011

   $ 294,756      $ 155,795       $ 10,766      $ 461,317   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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CRESTWOOD MIDSTREAM PARTNERS LP

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

UNAUDITED

1. ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

Organization

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP (CMLP) is a publicly traded Delaware limited partnership formed for the purpose of acquiring and operating midstream assets. Crestwood Gas Services GP LLC, our general partner (General Partner), is owned by Crestwood Holdings Partners LLC and its affiliates (Crestwood Holdings). Our common units are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol “CMLP.”

Organizational Structure

The following chart depicts our ownership structure as of September 30, 2012:

 

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Our general partner and limited partner ownership interests as of September 30, 2012 is as follows:

 

     Crestwood              
     Holdings     Public     Total  

General partner interest

     2.0     —          2.0

Limited partner interests:

      

Common unitholders

     39.8     44.0     83.8

Class C unitholders

     0.2     14.0     14.2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     42.0     58.0     100.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See Note 13. Partners’ Capital and Distributions for additional information concerning ownership interests.

Description of Business

We are primarily engaged in the gathering, processing, treating, compression, transportation and sales of natural gas and the delivery of NGLs produced in the geological formations of the Barnett Shale in north Texas, the Fayetteville Shale in northwestern Arkansas, the Granite Wash in the Texas Panhandle, the Marcellus Shale in northern West Virginia, the emerging Avalon Shale trend in southeastern New Mexico and the Haynesville/Bossier Shale in western Louisiana.

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

We prepared this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q under the rules and regulations of the SEC and in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) for interim consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, they do not include all of the disclosures required by GAAP and should be read along with our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The financial statements as of September 30, 2012, and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, are unaudited. The consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2011, was derived from the audited balance sheet filed in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K. In management’s opinion, all necessary adjustments to fairly present our results of operations, financial position and cash flows for the periods presented have been made and all such adjustments are of a normal and recurring nature. In 2012, we reclassified approximately $2.7 million from goodwill to accounts receivable and other current assets to reflect the fair value of certain contracts acquired in the Frontier Gas Acquisition (as defined in Note 3. Acquisitions) that were not recorded when the purchase price allocation was finalized for the acquired assets. This reclassification had no impact on previously reported net income, earnings per unit or partners’ capital. Information for interim periods may not be indicative of our operating results for the entire year. Our disclosures in this Form 10-Q are an update to those provided in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Significant Accounting Policies

There were no changes in the significant accounting policies described in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K, except as noted below.

Principles of Consolidation. We consolidate entities when we have the ability to control or direct the operating and financial decisions of the entity or when we have a significant interest in the entity that gives us the ability to direct the activities that are significant to that entity. The determination of our ability to control, direct or exert significant influence over an entity involves the use of judgment. We do not have ownership in any variable interest entities. We apply the equity method of accounting where we can exert significant influence over, but do not control or direct, the policies, decisions or activities of the entity. We use the cost method of accounting where we are unable to exert significant influence over the entity.

Segment Information. We conduct all of our operations within eight operating segments, four of which are reportable. Our operating segments reflect how we manage our operations and are generally reflective of the geographic areas in which we operate. Our reportable segments consist of Barnett, Fayetteville, Granite Wash and Marcellus. Our operating segments are engaged in gathering, processing, treating, compression, transportation and sales of natural gas and delivery of NGLs in the United States.

 

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Equity Investment Impairment. The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) accounting standards related to equity method investments and joint ventures require entities to periodically review their equity method investments to determine whether current events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the equity method investment may be impaired. We evaluate our equity investment for impairment when there are indicators of impairment. If indicators suggest impairment we will perform an impairment test to assess whether an adjustment is necessary. The impairment test considers whether the fair value, as determined by us, of our equity method investment has declined and if the decline is other than temporary. If the decline in fair value is determined to be other than temporary, the investment’s carrying value may be required to be written down to fair value.

New Accounting Pronouncement Issued But Not Yet Adopted

Accounting standard-setting organizations frequently issue new or revised accounting rules. We regularly review all new pronouncements to determine their impact, if any, on our financial statements. As of September 30, 2012, the following accounting standard had not yet been adopted by us.

In September 2011, the FASB amended the accounting literature for goodwill impairment testing. This amended guidance provides an entity with the option to first assess qualitative factors to evaluate whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than the carry amount as the basis to determine if the two-step goodwill impairment is required. The effective date is for annual and interim goodwill tests for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011, and early adoption is permitted. We are evaluating the effect that this accounting standards update may have on our annual goodwill impairment test, which we complete during the fourth quarter of each year.

 

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3. ACQUISITIONS

2012 Acquisition

Devon Acquisition

On August 24, 2012, we completed the acquisition of certain gathering and processing assets in the NGL rich gas region of the Barnett Shale from Devon Energy Corporation (Devon) for approximately $87 million (Devon Acquisition). The assets acquired consist of a 74 mile low pressure natural gas gathering system, a cryogenic processing facility with capacity of 100 MMcf/d and 23,100 horsepower of compression equipment, and are located in Johnson County, Texas near our Cowtown gathering system. Additionally, as part of the transaction, we entered into a 20 year, fixed-fee gathering, processing and compression agreement with Devon, under which we will gather and process Devon’s natural gas production from a 20,500 acre dedication. The final purchase price allocation is pending the completion of the valuation of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The preliminary purchase allocation is as follows (In thousands):

 

Purchase price:

  

Cash

   $ 87,269   
  

 

 

 

Total purchase price

   $ 87,269   
  

 

 

 

Preliminary purchase price allocation:

  

Property, plant and equipment

   $ 41,555   

Intangible assets

     46,981   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 88,536   
  

 

 

 

Asset retirement obligation

   $ 540   

Property tax liability

     527   

Environmental liability

     200   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ 1,267   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 87,269   
  

 

 

 

Our intangible assets recorded as a result of the Devon Acquisition relate to the 20 year fixed-fee gathering, processing and compression agreement with Devon. These intangible assets will be amortized over the life of the contract.

For the period from the acquisition date (August 24, 2012) through September 30, 2012, we recorded approximately $2 million of operating revenues and $1 million of operating expenses related to the operations of the assets acquired from Devon. We did not incur any significant non-operating income or expenses related to the acquired assets during that period. We believe that it is impracticable to present financial information for the acquired assets prior to the acquisition date due to the lack of availability of historical financial information related to the acquired assets, and because the 20 year fixed-fee gathering, processing and compression agreement with Devon has significantly different terms than the historical intercompany relationships between the acquired assets and Devon.

2011 Acquisitions

Las Animas Acquisition

On February 16, 2011, we completed the acquisition of certain midstream assets in the emerging Avalon Shale trend from a group of independent producers for approximately $5 million (Las Animas Acquisition). The Las Animas Acquisition was recorded in property, plant and equipment at fair value of approximately $5 million.

 

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Frontier Gas Acquisition

On April 1, 2011, we completed the acquisition of certain midstream assets in the Fayetteville Shale and the Granite Wash from Frontier Gas Services, LLC for approximately $345 million (Frontier Gas Acquisition). During the three month period ended September 30, 2011, we finalized the Frontier Gas Acquisition purchase price, which resulted in the recognition of approximately $94 million in goodwill.

Tristate Acquisition

On November 1, 2011, we acquired Tristate Sabine, LLC (Tristate) from affiliates of Energy Spectrum Capital, Zwolle Pipeline, LLC, and Tristate’s management for approximately $72 million in cash consideration comprised of $64 million paid at closing plus a deferred payment of $8 million, which we expect to pay during the fourth quarter of 2012 (Tristate Acquisition). During the three months ended September 30, 2012, we finalized our purchase price allocation for the Tristate acquisition, which resulted in the recognition of approximately $4 million in goodwill, primarily related to anticipated operating synergies between the assets acquired and our existing assets. The final purchase price allocation is as follows (In thousands):

 

Purchase price:

  

Cash

   $ 64,359   

Deferred payment

     8,000   
  

 

 

 

Total purchase price

   $ 72,359   
  

 

 

 

Purchase price allocation:

  

Cash

   $ 589   

Accounts receivable

     2,564   

Prepaid expenses and other

     364   

Property, plant and equipment

     55,568   

Intangible assets

     12,000   

Goodwill

     4,053   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 75,138   
  

 

 

 

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other

   $ 1,915   

Asset retirement obligation

     864   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ 2,779   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 72,359   
  

 

 

 

 

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The following tables are the presentation of income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 as if we had completed the Frontier Gas, Tristate and Las Animas Acquisitions on January 1, 2011 (In thousands, except per unit data):

 

     Three Months Ended September 30, 2011  
     Crestwood              
     Midstream     Proforma        
     Partners LP (1)     Adjustment (2)     Combined  

Operating revenues

   $ 58,615      $ 2,886      $ 61,501   

Operating expenses, net of gain from exchange of property, plant and equipment

     (38,110     (2,052     (40,162
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

   $ 20,505      $ 834      $ 21,339   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic earnings per unit:

      

Net income per limited partner

   $ 0.27        $ 0.28   

Diluted earnings per unit:

      

Net income per limited partner

   $ 0.27        $ 0.28   

Weighted-average number of limited partner units:

      

Basic

     39,388          39,489   

Diluted

     39,504          39,605   

 

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     Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011  
     Crestwood
Midstream
Partners LP (3)
    Proforma
Adjustment  (4)
    Combined  

Operating revenues

   $ 146,530      $ 24,931      $ 171,461   

Operating expenses, net of gain from exchange of property, plant and equipment

     (93,046     (22,164     (115,210
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

   $ 53,484      $ 2,767      $ 56,251   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic earnings per unit:

      

Net income per limited partner

   $ 0.76        $ 0.63   

Diluted earnings per unit:

      

Net income per limited partner

   $ 0.76        $ 0.63   

Weighted-average number of limited partner units:

      

Basic

     36,424          38,568   

Diluted

     36,540          38,684   

 

 

(1)

Includes three months of operating income for the Las Animas Acquisition, three months of operating income from the Frontier Gas Acquisition and no operating income for the Tristate Acquisition.

(2) 

Represents three months of operating income for the Tristate Acquisition, prior to acquisition.

(3) 

Includes approximately eight months of operating income for the Las Animas Acquisition, six months of operating income from the Frontier Gas Acquisition and no operating income for the Tristate Acquisition.

(4)

Represents approximately one month of operating income for the Las Animas Acquisition, three months of operating income for the Frontier Gas Acquisition and nine months of operating income for the Tristate Acquisition.

4. INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATE

On March 26, 2012, we invested approximately $131 million in cash in exchange for a 35% interest in Crestwood Marcellus Midstream LLC (CMM), which is held by our wholly-owned subsidiary. Crestwood Holdings owns the remaining 65% interest in CMM. We account for our investment in CMM under the equity method of accounting.

On March 26, 2012, CMM completed the acquisition of Antero Resources Appalachian Corporation’s (Antero) gathering system assets located in Harrison and Doddridge Counties, West Virginia for $375 million in cash, subject to normal purchase price adjustments (Antero Acquisition). During the three months ended September 30, 2012, CMM finalized these purchase price adjustments with Antero, which resulted in CMM owing Antero an additional $5 million, which primarily related to capital expenditures from the acquisition date (March 26, 2012) to the date the purchase price was finalized.

Antero may earn additional payments of up to $40 million based upon average annual production levels achieved during 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Additionally, CMM entered into a 20 year, fixed fee, Gas Gathering and Compression Agreement (GGA) with Antero, which provides for an area of dedication of approximately 127,000 gross acres, or 104,000 net acres, largely located in the rich gas corridor of the southwestern core of the Marcellus Shale play. We have provided guarantees to Antero of future performance by CMM under the GGA. We expect that any impact from nonperformance by CMM under the GGA would be immaterial to our consolidated financial statements. As part of the GGA, Antero committed to deliver minimum annual throughput volumes to CMM for a seven year period from January 1, 2012 to January 1, 2019, ranging from an average of 300 MMcf/d in 2012 to an average of to 450 MMcf/d in 2018.

 

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Concurrent with the Antero Acquisition by CMM, we entered into an operating agreement with CMM to operate its assets. The terms of the operating agreement provide for, among other things, the reimbursement of costs incurred by us on behalf of CMM in conjunction with operating CMM’s assets. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, CMM reimbursed us approximately $1 million and $2 million for costs under the operating agreement which is reflected as a reduction to operating expenses in our consolidated statement of income.

Our investment in CMM totaled approximately $130 million as of September 30, 2012, which equals our respective share of CMM’s equity. The summarized financial information for our investment in CMM is as follows (In thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
     September 30,     September 30,  
     2012     2012  

Operating revenue

   $ 7,976      $ 15,003   

Operations and maintenance expense

     815        1,328   

General and administrative expense

     793        2,514   

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense

     625        3,482   

Interest and debt expense

     703        1,380   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 5,040      $ 6,299   

Ownership percentage

     35     35
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity earnings from CMM

   $ 1,764      $ 2,205   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions:

    

Earnings distributions

   $ 1,764      $ 2,205   

Capital distributions

     363        1,647   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to CMLP

   $ 2,127      $ 3,852   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. NET INCOME PER LIMITED PARTNER UNIT

The following is a reconciliation of the limited partner units used in the basic and diluted earnings per unit calculations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 (In thousands, except per unit data):

 

     Three Months Ended      Nine Months Ended  
     September 30,      September 30,  
     2012      2011      2012      2011  

Limited partners’ interest in net income

   $ 6,865       $ 10,632       $ 15,946       $ 27,719   

Weighted-average limited partner units—basic (1)

     46,564         39,388         44,206         36,424   

Effect of unvested phantom units

     203         116         189         116   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted-average limited partner units—diluted (1)

     46,767         39,504         44,395         36,540   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Basic earnings per unit:

           

Net income per limited partner

   $ 0.15       $ 0.27       $ 0.36       $ 0.76   

Diluted earnings per unit:

           

Net income per limited partner

   $ 0.15       $ 0.27       $ 0.36       $ 0.76   

 

 

(1)

Includes 6,929,763 and 6,795,130 Class C units for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012.

 

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There were no units excluded from our dilutive earnings per share as we do not have any anti-dilutive units for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011.

6. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

On June 21, 2012, we entered into an amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU Amendment) with Mountaineer Keystone LLC (MK), which extends the term of the original MOU, including its exclusivity provisions from January 31, 2013 to January 31, 2014. The primary purpose of the MOU Amendment was to allow MK to reevaluate its drilling and development plans in the Tygart Valley area. In addition, the MOU Amendment increased MK’s obligation to reimburse us for project costs of the Tygart Valley Pipeline that we incur from a cumulative total of approximately $2 million to approximately $3 million. We have capitalized costs included in construction in progress relating to the Tygart Valley Pipeline project of approximately $3 million as of September 30, 2012.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, we recorded an impairment of approximately $1.6 million of our property, plant and equipment to write certain of our assets down to their fair value of zero (which is a Level 3 fair value measurement) as a result of a compressor building fire that occurred on September 6, 2012 at our Corvette processing plant in our Barnett Segment. This impairment, in addition to approximately $0.6 million of other operations and maintenance costs incurred related to the incident, is recoverable under our insurance policies and is recorded in Prepaid Expenses and Other current assets on our balance sheet as of September 30, 2012.

During the three months ended September 30, 2011, we recorded a gain of approximately $1 million on the exchange of property, plant and equipment under an agreement with a third party to exchange the delivery of certain processing plants that were under contract. We received proceeds of approximately $6 million on the exchange.

7. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER LIABILITES

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities consist of the following (In thousands):

 

     September 30,      December 31,  
     2012      2011  

Accrued expenses

   $ 6,809       $ 3,175   

Accrued property taxes

     4,428         5,204   

Accrued product purchases payable

     3,334         3,594   

Tax payable

     1,367         1,545   

Interest payable

     8,222         4,788   

Accounts payable

     4,093         5,128   

Tristate Acquisition deferred payment (Note 3)

     8,000         8,000   

Other

     27         360   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

   $ 36,280       $ 31,794   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

8. LONG-TERM DEBT

Debt consists of the following (In thousands):

 

     September 30,      December 31,  
     2012      2011  

Credit Facility, due October 2015

   $ 333,200       $ 312,500   

Senior Notes, due April 2019

     200,000         200,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Long-term debt

   $ 533,200       $ 512,500   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Credit Facility

Our senior secured credit facility, as amended (Credit Facility), allows for revolving loans, letters of credit and swingline loans in an aggregate amount of up to $500 million. On March 20, 2012, we amended our Credit Facility to permit the acquisition of an equity interest in CMM and to allow for additional investments in CMM of up to $160 million. The Credit Facility is secured by substantially all of our and our subsidiaries’ assets and is guaranteed by our wholly-owned subsidiaries.

Borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest at the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus an applicable margin or a base rate as defined in the credit agreement. Under the terms of the Credit Facility, the applicable margin under LIBOR borrowings was 3.5% at September 30, 2012. The weighted-average interest rate as of September 30, 2012 was 3.73%. Our borrowings under the Credit Facility were $333 million as of September 30, 2012 and based on our results through September 30, 2012, our remaining available capacity under the Credit Facility was $167 million. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, our average outstanding borrowings were $325 million and $313 million. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, our maximum outstanding borrowings were $369 million and $375 million. At September 30, 2012, the carrying value of our Credit Facility approximates its fair value.

Our Credit Facility requires us to maintain:

 

   

a ratio of our consolidated trailing 12-month EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Facility) to our net interest expense of not less than 2.5 to 1.0; and

 

   

a ratio of total indebtedness to consolidated trailing 12-month EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Facility) of not more than 5.0 to 1.0, or not more than 5.5 to 1.0 for up to nine months following certain acquisitions.

As of September 30, 2012, we were in compliance with these financial covenants.

The Credit Facility contains restrictive covenants that prohibit the declaration or payment of distributions by us if a default then exists or would result therefrom, and otherwise limits the amount of distributions that we can make. An event of default may result in the acceleration of our repayment of outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility, the termination of the Credit Facility and foreclosure on collateral.

Senior Notes

On April 1, 2011, we issued $200 million of senior notes, which accrue interest at the rate of 7.75% per annum and mature in April 2019 (Senior Notes). Our obligations under the Senior Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured basis by our current and future domestic subsidiaries. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year. Our Senior Notes require us to maintain a ratio of our consolidated trailing 12-month EBITDA (as defined in the indenture governing the Senior Notes) to fixed charges of at least 1.75 to 1.0. As of September 30, 2012, we were in compliance with this covenant.

The fair value of our Senior Notes was approximately $204 million and $197 million as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. The fair value of our Senior Notes was determined using quoted market prices on the same or similar debt issuances, which is categorized as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy.

Bridge Loans

In February 2011, in connection with the Frontier Gas Acquisition, we obtained commitments from multiple lenders for senior unsecured bridge loans in an aggregate amount up to $200 million. The commitment was terminated on April 1, 2011 in conjunction with the issuance of the Senior Notes described above. We incurred approximately $3 million of commitment fees during the nine months ended September 30, 2011, which was included in interest expense on our consolidated statement of income.

Guarantor Subsidiaries

Our consolidated subsidiaries, which are wholly-owned by us, are full and unconditional, joint and several guarantors of our Credit Facility and Senior Notes. We have no independent assets or operations.

 

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9. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

Legal Proceedings

Bartlett Case. In December 2011, a putative class action lawsuit, George Bartlett, et al., v. Frontier Gas Services, LLC, et al. was filed in the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Arkansas against Frontier Gas Services, LLC, Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Kinder Morgan Treating LP and Crestwood Arkansas Pipeline, LLC. The lawsuit alleged that the defendants’ operations polluted the atomosphere, groundwater, and soil with allegedly harmful gases, chemicals, and compounds and the facilities created excessive noise levels constituting trespass, nuisance and annoyance.

On September 17, 2012, this case was settled and dismissed. The settlement did not have a material impact on our results of operations or financial condition.

From time to time, we are party to certain legal or administrative proceedings that arise in the ordinary course and are incidental to our business. There are currently no such pending proceedings to which we are a party that our management believes will have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows or financial condition. However, future events or circumstances, currently unknown to management, will determine whether the resolution of any litigation or claims will ultimately have a material effect on our results of operations, cash flows or financial condition in any future reporting periods. As of September 30, 2012, we had less than $0.1 million accrued for our legal proceedings.

Regulatory Compliance

In the ordinary course of our business, we are subject to various laws and regulations. In the opinion of our management, compliance with current laws and regulations will not have a material effect on our results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.

Environmental Compliance

Our operations are subject to stringent and complex laws and regulations pertaining to health, safety, and the environment. We are subject to laws and regulations at the federal, state and local levels that relate to air and water quality, hazardous and solid waste management and disposal and other environmental matters. The cost of planning, designing, constructing and operating our facilities must incorporate compliance with environmental laws and regulations and safety standards. Failure to comply with these laws and regulations may trigger a variety of administrative, civil and potentially criminal enforcement measures. At September 30, 2012, we had accrued approximately $0.2 million for environmental matters, which is based on our undiscounted estimate of amounts we will spend on environmental compliance and remediation. We estimate that our potential liability for reasonably possible outcomes related to our environmental exposures could range from approximately $0.2 million to $0.3 million. We had no accruals for environmental matters at December 31, 2011.

Operating Leases

Consolidated lease and rental expense was approximately $2 million and $6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and approximately $3 million and $6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011. There have been no material changes to our operating leases commitments since those reported in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

10. INCOME TAXES

No provision for federal or state income taxes is included in our results of operations as such income is taxable directly to the partners. Accordingly, each partner is responsible for its share of federal and state income tax. Net earnings for financial statement purposes may differ significantly from taxable income reportable to each partner as a result of differences between the tax basis and financial reporting basis of assets and liabilities.

We are subject to Texas Margin tax and our current tax liability will be assessed based on 0.7% of the gross revenue apportioned to Texas. The margin tax qualifies as an income tax under GAAP, which requires us to recognize the impact of this tax on the temporary differences between the financial statement assets and liabilities and their tax basis attributable to such tax. See our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information about our income taxes.

 

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11. EQUITY PLAN

Awards of phantom and restricted units have been granted under our Fourth Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Plan (2007 Equity Plan). The following table summarizes information regarding 2012 phantom and restricted unit activity:

 

     Payable In Cash      Payable In Units  
     Units     Weighted-
Average Grant
Date Fair
Value
     Units     Weighted-
Average Grant
Date Fair
Value
 

Unvested—January 1, 2012

     13,346      $ 26.40         128,795      $ 27.22   

Vested—phantom units

     (3,220   $ 27.22         (40,929   $ 27.21   

Vested—restricted units

     —          —           (1,348   $ 27.11   

Issued—phantom units

     —          —           126,246      $ 29.90   

Issued—restricted units

     —          —           30,000      $ 26.30   

Canceled—phantom units

     (767   $ 25.63         (24,938   $ 28.30   
  

 

 

      

 

 

   

Unvested—September 30, 2012

     9,359      $ 26.19         217,826      $ 28.52   
  

 

 

      

 

 

   

As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we had total unamortized compensation expense of approximately $4 million and $2 million related to phantom and restricted units, which we expect will be amortized over three years, the original vesting periods of these instruments, except for grants to non-employee directors of our General Partner which vest over one year. We recognized compensation expense of approximately $2 million and $1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, included in operating expenses on our consolidated statements of income. We granted phantom and restricted units with a grant date fair value of approximately $5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2012. As of September 30, 2012, we had 512,300 units available for issuance under the 2007 Equity Plan.

Under the 2007 Equity Plan, participants who have been granted restricted units may elect to have us withhold common units to satisfy minimum statutory tax withholding obligations arising in connection with the vesting of non-vested common units. Any such common units withheld are returned to the 2007 Equity Plan on the applicable vesting dates, which correspond to the times at which income is recognized by the employee. When we withhold these common units, we are required to remit to the appropriate taxing authorities the fair value of the units withheld as of the vesting date. The number of units withheld is determined based on the closing price per common unit as reported on the NYSE on such dates. During the three month period ended March 31, 2012, we withheld 414 common units to satisfy employee tax withholding obligations. The withholding of common units by us could be deemed a purchase of the common units. There were no common units withheld to satisfy employee tax withholding obligations during the six months ended September 30, 2012.

See our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K, for a more complete description of our 2007 Equity Plan.

12. TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

Omnibus Agreement — In October 2010, concurrent with Quicksilver Resources Inc.’s (Quicksilver) sale of all of its ownership interests in us to Crestwood Holdings (Crestwood Transaction), we entered into an omnibus agreement with Crestwood Holdings and our General Partner (Omnibus Agreement) that addresses the following matters:

 

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restrictions on Crestwood Holdings’ ability to engage in certain midstream business activities or own certain related assets in the Hood, Somervell, Johnson, Tarrant, Hill, Parker, Bosque and Erath Counties in Texas;

 

   

Crestwood Holdings’ obligation to indemnify us for certain liabilities and our obligation to indemnify Crestwood Holdings for certain liabilities;

 

   

our obligation to reimburse Crestwood Holdings for all expenses incurred by Crestwood Holdings (or payments made on our behalf) in conjunction with Crestwood Holdings’ provision of general and administrative services to us, including salary and benefits of Crestwood Holdings personnel, our public company expenses, general and administrative expenses and salaries and benefits of our executive management who are Crestwood Holdings’ employees;

 

   

our obligation to reimburse Crestwood Holdings for all insurance coverage expenses it incurs or payments it makes with respect to our assets; and

 

   

our obligation to reimburse Crestwood Holdings for all expenses incurred by Crestwood Holdings (or payments made on our behalf) in conjunction with Crestwood Holdings’ provision of services necessary to operate, manage and maintain our assets.

Any or all of the provisions of the Omnibus Agreement are terminable by Crestwood Holdings at its option if our General Partner is removed without cause and units held by our General Partner and its affiliates are not voted in favor of that removal. The Omnibus Agreement terminates on the earlier of August 10, 2017 or at such times as Crestwood Holdings ceases to own or control a majority of the issued and outstanding voting securities of our General Partner.

We paid Crestwood Holdings approximately $5 million and $14 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and $4 million and $12 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 to reimburse Crestwood Holdings for expenses incurred on our behalf under the Omnibus Agreement. These amounts were reflected as operating expenses on our consolidated statements of income.

Pursuant to the terms of the purchase agreement entered into with Quicksilver in connection with the Crestwood Transaction, Quicksilver is entitled to appoint a director to our General Partner’s board of directors. To date, such appointee has been an executive officer of Quicksilver, and accordingly Quicksilver is considered a related party. We have several contracts with Quicksilver, which include the following:

Gas Gathering and Processing Agreements. Quicksilver has agreed to dedicate all of the natural gas produced on properties operated by Quicksilver within the areas served by our Alliance, Cowtown, and Lake Arlington Systems through 2020. We recognized approximately $28 million and $87 million of revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and approximately $35 million and $97 million of revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 under these agreements.

Alliance Pipeline Lease. We also entered into an agreement with Quicksilver to lease pipeline assets attached to the Alliance System. We recognized lease expense of $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and $0.1 million and $0.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 related to this agreement. As of September 30, 2012, we terminated this pipeline lease agreement.

Hill County Dry System. We operated the Hill County Dry System pursuant to an operating agreement with Quicksilver effective as of the Crestwood Transaction to October 2011. Quicksilver reimbursed us approximately $0.2 million and $0.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 related to this agreement.

Joint Operating Agreement. We entered into an agreement with Quicksilver for the joint development of areas governed by certain of our existing commercial agreements. Quicksilver reimbursed us approximately $0.2 million and $0.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and $0.3 million and $0.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 for services rendered related to this agreement.

Other Agreements. During 2010, we entered in an agreement with Quicksilver to lease office space in Glen Rose, Texas. We recognized lease expense of less than $0.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 related to this agreement.

 

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13. PARTNERS’ CAPITAL AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Issuance of Units and Contributions. During 2012, we completed public offerings of common units, representing limited partner interests. The net proceeds from these offerings were used to reduce indebtedness under our Credit Facility. The following table presents our common unit issuances during 2012 (In millions, except units and per unit data):

 

Issuance

Date

   Units     Per Unit
Gross Price
     Per Unit
Net Price  (1)
     Proceeds  

January 13, 2012

     3,500,000      $ 30.73       $ 29.50       $ 103   

July 25, 2012

     4,600,000 (2)    $ 26.00       $ 24.97         115   
  

 

 

         

 

 

 
     8,100,000            $ 218   
  

 

 

         

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Price is net of underwriting discounts.

(2) 

Includes 600,000 units that were issued in August 2012.

On April 12, 2012, our General Partner made an additional capital contribution of approximately $3 million in exchange for the issuance of an additional 118,862 General Partner units, increasing the General Partner interest from 1.74% to 2%. During the three months ended September 30, 2012, our General Partner made an additional capital contribution of approximately $3 million in exchange for the issuance of an additional 96,860 General Partner units to maintain its 2% General Partner interest.

Distributions. Our Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, dated February 19, 2008, as amended, requires that, within 45 days after the end of each quarter, we distribute all of our Available Cash (as defined therein) to unitholders of record on the applicable record date, as determined by our General Partner.

The following table presents distributions for 2012 and 2011 (In millions, except per unit data):

 

                 Distribution Paid         
                 Limited Partners      General Partner                

Payment Date

   Attributable to the
Quarter Ended
   Per Unit
Distribution
     Cash paid
to common
     Paid-In-Kind
Value to

Class C
unitholders (1)
     Cash paid
to  General
Partner
and IDR
     Paid-In-Kind
Value to
Class C
unitholders (1)
     Total
Cash
     Total
Distribution
 

2012

                       

November 9, 2012

   September 30, 2012    $ 0.51       $ 21.0       $ 3.5       $ 4.1       $ 0.6       $ 25.1       $ 29.2   

August 10, 2012

   June 30, 2012    $ 0.50       $ 20.6       $ 3.4       $ 3.7       $ 0.5       $ 24.3       $ 28.2   

May 11, 2012

   March 31, 2012    $ 0.50       $ 18.2       $ 3.4       $ 3.3       $ 0.5       $ 21.5       $ 25.4   

February 10, 2012

   December 31, 2011    $ 0.49       $ 17.9       $ 3.2       $ 2.8       $ 0.5       $ 20.7       $ 24.4   

2011

                       

November 10, 2011

   September 30, 2011    $ 0.48       $ 15.8       $ 3.1       $ 2.3       $ 0.4       $ 18.1       $ 21.6   

August 12, 2011

   June 30, 2011    $ 0.46       $ 15.2       $ 2.9       $ 1.6       $ 0.2       $ 16.8       $ 19.9   

May 13, 2011

   March 31, 2011    $ 0.44       $ 13.7       $ 2.7       $ 1.1       $ 0.2       $ 14.8       $ 17.7   

February 11, 2011

   December 31, 2010    $ 0.43       $ 13.4       $ —         $ 0.9       $ —         $ 14.3       $ 14.3   

 

 

(1) 

We issued 94,093, 115,140, 144,402, 120,095, 136,128 and 138,731 Class C units to Class C unitholders on May 13, 2011, August 12, 2011, November 10, 2011, February 10, 2012, May 11, 2012 and August 10, 2012.

We have the option to pay distributions to our Class C unitholders with cash or by issuing additional Paid-In-Kind Class C units based upon the volume weighted-average price of our common units for the 10 trading days immediately preceding the date the distribution is declared. On November 9, 2012, we intend to issue an additional 174,230 Class C units to Class C unitholders. See our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information regarding the rights of our Class C unitholders and our General Partner.

 

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14. SEGMENT INFORMATION

Our operations include four reportable operating segments. These operating segments reflect the way we internally report the financial information used to make decisions and allocate resources in connection with our operations. We evaluate the performance of our operating segments based on EBITDA, which represents operating income plus, depreciation, amortization and accretion expense.

Our reportable segments reflect the primary geographic areas in which we operate and consist of Barnett, Fayetteville, Granite Wash and Marcellus, all of which are located within the United States. Our reportable segments are engaged in the gathering, processing, treating, compression, transportation and sales of natural gas and delivery of NGLs.

Other consists of those operating segments or reporting units that did not meet quantitative reporting thresholds. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, one of our customers, which is a related party, accounted for 55% of our total revenues in the Barnett segment. In our Fayetteville segment, one customer accounted for 11% of our total revenues.

The following table is a reconciliation of Net Income to EBITDA (In thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended      Nine Months Ended  
     September 30,      September 30,  
     2012      2011      2012      2011  

Net income

   $ 11,105       $ 13,058       $ 26,890       $ 32,661   

Add:

           

Interest and debt expense

     8,202         7,100         24,045         19,925   

Income tax expense

     306         347         884         898   

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense

     10,943         9,595         32,427         23,981   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

EBITDA

   $ 30,556       $ 30,100       $ 84,246       $ 77,465   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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The following tables summarize the reportable segment data for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 (In thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended September 30, 2012  
     Barnett      Fayetteville      Granite
Wash
     Marcellus      Other      Corporate     Total  

Operating revenues

   $ 5,390       $ 7,174       $ 10,702       $ —         $ 3,815       $ —        $ 27,081   

Operating revenues—related party

     27,956         —           —           —           —           —          27,956   

Product purchases

     60         137         9,481         —           663         —          10,341   

Operations and maintenance expense

     6,963         1,855         560         —           749         —          10,127   

General and administrative expense

     —           —           —           —           —           5,777        5,777   

Earnings from unconsolidated affiliate

     —           —           —           1,764         —           —          1,764   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

EBITDA

   $ 26,323       $ 5,182       $ 661       $ 1,764       $ 2,403       $ (5,777   $ 30,556   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Goodwill

   $ —         $ 76,767       $ 14,211       $ —         $ 4,053       $ —        $ 95,031   

Total assets

   $ 619,768       $ 304,669       $ 77,611       $ 129,603       $ 83,701       $ 17,097      $ 1,232,449   

Capital expenditures

   $ 4,719       $ 1,086       $ 448       $ —         $ 955       $ 225      $ 7,433   
     Three Months Ended September 30, 2011  
     Barnett      Fayetteville      Granite
Wash
     Marcellus      Other      Corporate     Total  

Operating revenues

   $ 1,861       $ 7,081       $ 12,675       $ —         $ 1,975       $ —        $ 23,592   

Operating revenues—related party

     35,023         —           —           —           —           —          35,023   

Product purchases

     —           454         11,264         —           1,764         —          13,482   

Operations and maintenance expense

     6,015         3,965         499         —           94         —          10,573   

General and administrative expense

     —           —           —           —           —           5,566        5,566   

Gain from exchange of property, plant and equipment

     —           —           —           —           —           1,106        1,106   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

EBITDA

   $ 30,869       $ 2,662       $ 912       $ —         $ 117       $ (4,460   $ 30,100   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Goodwill

   $ —         $ 76,767       $ 16,861       $ —         $ —         $ —        $ 93,628   

Total assets

   $ 550,440       $ 296,771       $ 73,156       $ —         $ 5,959       $ 18,536      $ 944,862   

Capital expenditures

   $ 3,797       $ 9,806       $ 421       $ —         $ 79       $ 265      $ 14,368   

 

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     Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012  
     Barnett      Fayetteville      Granite
Wash
     Marcellus  (1)      Other      Corporate     Total  

Operating revenues

   $ 12,053       $ 20,368       $ 28,021       $ —         $ 9,791       $ —        $ 70,233   

Operating revenues—related party

     86,739         —           —           —           —           —          86,739   

Product purchases

     60         343         24,514         —           1,838         —          26,755   

Operations and maintenance expense

     18,438         6,399         1,619         —           2,269         —          28,725   

General and administrative expense

     —           —           —           —           —           19,451        19,451   

Earnings from unconsolidated affiliate

     —           —           —           2,205         —           —          2,205   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

EBITDA

   $ 80,294       $ 13,626       $ 1,888       $ 2,205       $ 5,684       $ (19,451   $ 84,246   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Goodwill

   $ —         $ 76,767       $ 14,211       $ —         $ 4,053       $ —        $ 95,031   

Total assets

   $ 619,768       $ 304,669       $ 77,611       $ 129,603       $ 83,701       $ 17,097      $ 1,232,449   

Capital expenditures

   $ 10,718       $ 10,040       $ 2,411       $ —         $ 5,140       $ 659      $ 28,968   
     Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011  
     Barnett      Fayetteville  (2)      Granite
Wash(2)
     Marcellus      Other(3)      Corporate     Total  

Operating revenues

   $ 6,016       $ 14,164       $ 25,210       $ —         $ 3,711       $ —        $ 49,101   

Operating revenues—related party

     97,429         —           —           —           —           —          97,429   

Product purchases

     —           1,012         21,739         —           3,259         —          26,010   

Operations and maintenance expense

     18,528         6,356         998         —           283         —          26,165   

General and administrative expense

     —           —           —           —           —           17,996        17,996   

Gain from exchange of property, plant and equipment

     —           —           —           —           —           1,106        1,106   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

EBITDA

   $ 84,917       $ 6,796       $ 2,473       $ —         $ 169       $ (16,890   $ 77,465   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Goodwill

   $ —         $ 76,767       $ 16,861       $ —         $ —         $ —        $ 93,628   

Total assets

   $ 550,440       $ 296,771       $ 73,156       $ —         $ 5,959       $ 18,536      $ 944,862   

Capital expenditures

   $ 15,579       $ 12,134       $ 3,161       $ —         $ 117       $ 265      $ 31,256   

 

 

(1) 

Includes approximately six months of income for Marcellus, from March 26, 2012 to September 30, 2012, subsequent to the acquisition.

(2) 

Includes six months of income for Fayetteville and Granite Wash, from April 1, 2011 to September 30, 2011, subsequent to the acquisition.

(3)

Includes approximately eight months of income for Las Animas Systems, from February 16, 2011 to September 30, 2011, subsequent to the acquisition.

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Overview and Performance Metrics

We are a growth-oriented publicly traded Delaware master limited partnership engaged in the gathering, processing, treating, compression, transportation and sales of natural gas and the delivery of NGLs produced from the geological formations of the Barnett Shale in north Texas, the Fayetteville Shale in northwestern Arkansas, the Granite Wash in the Texas Panhandle, the Marcellus Shale in northern West Virginia, the emerging Avalon Shale trend in southeastern New Mexico, and the Haynesville/Bossier Shale in western Louisiana. We provide midstream services to various producers that focus on developing unconventional resources across the United States. Our largest producer is Quicksilver Resources Inc. (Quicksilver). For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, Quicksilver’s production volumes accounted for 46% and 50% of our total revenues. We also gather certain natural gas volumes that Quicksilver purchases from Eni SpA, which comprised 5% of our total revenues for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012.

We conduct all of our operations in the midstream sector in eight operating segments, four of which are reportable. Our operating segments reflect how we manage our operations and are generally reflective of the geographic areas in which we operate. Our reportable segments consist of Barnett, Fayetteville, Granite Wash and Marcellus. Our operating segments are engaged in gathering, processing, treating, compression, transportation and sales of natural gas and delivery of NGLs in the United States.

The results of our operations are significantly influenced by the volumes of natural gas gathered and processed through our systems. We gather, process, treat, compress, transport and sell natural gas pursuant to fixed-fee and percent-of-proceeds contracts. Under our fixed-fee contracts, we do not take title to the natural gas or associated NGLs. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, approximately 98% of our gross margin, which we define as total revenue less product purchases, is derived from fixed-fee service contracts, which minimizes our commodity price exposure and provides us with less volatile operating performance and cash flows. Under our percent-of-proceeds contracts, we take title to the residue gas, NGLs and condensate and remit a portion of the sale proceeds to the producer based on prevailing commodity prices. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the net revenues from percent-of-proceeds contracts accounted for approximately 2% of our gross margin.

Although we do not have significant direct commodity price exposure, lower natural gas prices could have a potential negative impact on the pace of drilling in dry gas areas – such as areas in the Barnett Shale (gathered by the Alliance and Lake Arlington Systems), the Fayetteville Systems and the Sabine System (part of the Haynesville/Bossier Shale). We operate five systems located in basins that include NGL rich gas shale plays: (i) the Cowtown System (which includes the West Johnson County System acquired in the Devon Acquisition), part of the Barnett segment; (ii) the Granite Wash System; (iii) the Las Animas Systems in the Avalon Shale; and (iv) two systems acquired by Crestwood Marcellus Midstream LLC (CMM), our unconsolidated affiliate), in the Marcellus segment. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, our consolidated systems (i.e., excluding CMM) located in NGL rich gas basins contributed approximately 55% and 54% of our total revenues and 33% and 29% of our total gathering volumes. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, our consolidated and unconsolidated systems located in NGL rich gas basins (i.e., including 100% of CMM’s results), when combined, would have contributed approximately 61% and 58% of our total consolidated and unconsolidated revenues and 54% and 46% of total consolidated and unconsolidated gathering volumes. A prolonged decrease in the commodity price environment could result in our customers reducing their production volumes which would result in a decrease in our revenues.

Our management uses a variety of financial and operational measures to analyze our performance. We view these measures as important factors affecting our profitability and unitholder value and therefore we review them monthly for consistency and to identify trends in our operations. These performance measures are outlined below.

Volume — We must continually obtain new supplies of natural gas to maintain or increase throughput volumes on our gathering and processing systems. We routinely monitor producer activity in the areas we serve to identify new supply opportunities. Our ability to achieve these objectives is impacted by:

 

   

the level of successful drilling and production activity in areas where our systems are located;

 

   

our ability to compete with other midstream companies for production volumes; and

 

   

our pursuit of new acquisition opportunities.

 

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Operations and Maintenance Expenses — We consider operations and maintenance expenses in evaluating the performance of our operations. These expenses are comprised primarily of labor, parts and materials, insurance, taxes other than income taxes, repair and maintenance costs, utilities and contract services. Our ability to manage operations and maintenance expenses has a significant impact on our profitability and ability to pay distributions.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA — We believe that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are widely accepted financial indicators of a company’s operational performance and its ability to incur and service debt, fund capital expenditures and make distributions. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not measures calculated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), as they do not include deductions for items such as depreciation, amortization and accretion, interest and income taxes, which are necessary to maintain our business. In addition, Adjusted EBITDA considers certain expenses related to non-recurring matters identified in a specific reporting period. Additionally, Adjusted EBITDA considers the adjusted earnings impact of our unconsolidated affiliate by adjusting our equity earnings from our unconsolidated affiliate for our proportionate share of its depreciation, amortization and accretion, interest and other non-recurring charges for a specific reporting period. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered an alternative to net income, operating cash flow or any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with GAAP. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA calculations may vary among entities, so our computation may not be comparable to measures used by other companies.

See our reconciliation of Net Income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA in Results of Operations below.

Current Year Highlights

Below is a discussion of events that highlight our core business and financing activities.

Operational and Industry Highlights

Shale gas production in the United States has grown rapidly in recent years as the natural gas industry has improved drilling and extraction methods while increasing exploration efforts. The United States has a wide distribution of shale formations containing vast resources of natural gas, NGLs and oil. Led by the rapid development of the Barnett Shale in Texas, shale gas activity has expanded into other areas such as the Marcellus, Fayetteville and Haynesville/Bossier shale plays.

Growth through Diversification — Our operating results reflect our ability to diversify our shale play portfolio and increase volumes not only through our base business located in the Barnett Shale, but also through strategic acquisitions in a number of attractive shale plays in the United States. During the first half of 2012, we focused on acquisitions in NGL rich gas shale plays such as the southwest portion of the Marcellus Shale. Our business strategy going forward will focus on developing new greenfield opportunities in rich gas plays like the Permian, the Utica and the Niobrara and continuing to seek “bolt-on” acquisitions similar to our latest acquisition from Devon Energy Corporation (Devon), which will provide operating synergies and allow for the development of our business in rich gas infrastructure plays.

Our consolidated systems gathered 592 MMcf/d during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 which is an increase of 10% from 539 MMcf/d during the same period in 2011. Additionally, our processed volumes increased slightly from 143 MMcf/d for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 to 157 MMcf/d for the same period in 2012. The increase in volumes resulted in a 7% increase in our overall revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same period in 2011.

Additionally, in March 2012, we made an equity investment in CMM, a joint venture, which purchased gathering assets in the Marcellus Shale. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, CMM gathered 289 MMcf/d and 273 MMcf/d. Our earnings from our unconsolidated affiliate were approximately $2 million for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012. We believe that this investment will be an integral component of our growth-oriented business model.

Distribution Growth — For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, we declared a distribution of $0.51 and $1.51 per limited partner unit compared to $0.48 and $1.38 per limited partner unit during the same periods in 2011. This represents a 6% and 9% increase when comparing the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the same periods in 2011.

 

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Devon Acquisition

On August 24, 2012, we completed the acquisition of certain gathering and processing assets in the NGL rich gas region of the Barnett Shale from Devon for approximately $87 million (the Devon Acquisition). The assets acquired consist of a 74 mile low pressure natural gas gathering system, a 100 MMcf/d cryogenic processing facility and 23,100 horsepower of compression equipment, and are located in Johnson County, Texas near our Cowtown gathering system. Additionally, we entered into a 20 year, fixed-fee gathering, processing and compression agreement with Devon, under which we will gather and process Devon’s natural gas production from a 20,500 acre dedication. Natural gas production under the agreement was approximately 78 MMcf/d as of September 30, 2012.

The West Johnson County system acquired in the Devon Acquisition has approximately 230 producing wells as of September 30, 2012. Additionally, due to the NGL rich gas quality of the natural gas production in this portion of the Barnett Shale, Devon has maintained an active drilling and development plan for the Johnson County area in 2012 and expects to continue to further develop the dedicated properties in 2013.

Investment in an Unconsolidated Affiliate

On March 26, 2012, we invested approximately $131 million in cash in exchange for a 35% interest in CMM, which is held by our wholly-owned subsidiary. Crestwood Holdings LLC and its affiliates invested $244 million for the remaining 65% interest. CMM is a new joint venture formed to acquire certain of Antero Resources Appalachian Corporation’s (Antero) Marcellus Shale gathering system assets located in Harrison and Doddridge Counties, West Virginia. CMM’s purchase price to acquire the assets was $380 million. Antero may earn additional payments of up to $40 million based upon average annual production levels achieved during 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Additionally, CMM entered into the 20 year, fixed-fee, Gas Gathering and Compression Agreement (GGA) with Antero, which provides for an area of dedication of approximately 127,000 gross acres, largely located in the rich gas corridor of the southwestern core of the Marcellus Shale play. As part of the GGA, Antero committed to delivery of minimum annual volumes to CMM for a seven year period from January 1, 2012 to January 1, 2019, ranging from an average of 300 MMcf/d in 2012 to an average of 450 MMcf/d in 2018.

The assets acquired by CMM at closing include approximately 33 miles of low pressure gathering pipelines gathering approximately 210 MMcf/d from 59 existing horizontal Marcellus Shale wells. The gathering pipelines deliver Antero’s Marcellus Shale production to various regional pipeline systems including Columbia, Dominion and Equitrans.

Financing Activities

Equity Offerings

During the three months ended September 30, 2012, we completed a public offering of 4,600,000 common units, representing limited partner interests, at a price of $26.00 per common unit ($24.97 per common unit, net of underwriting discounts), providing net proceeds of approximately $115 million. We used the net proceeds from the offering to fund the amounts paid for the Devon Acquisition and to reduce indebtedness under our Credit Facility. In connection with the issuance of common units, our General Partner made an additional capital contribution of $3 million to maintain its 2% general partner interest.

On January 13, 2012, we completed a public offering of 3,500,000 common units, representing limited partner interests, at a price of $30.73 per common unit ($29.50 per common unit, net of underwriting discounts), providing net proceeds of approximately $103 million. The net proceeds from the offering were used to reduce indebtedness under our Credit Facility. Our General Partner did not make an additional capital contribution at the time of the offering, resulting in a reduction in our General Partner’s general partner interest to approximately 1.74%. On April 12, 2012, our General Partner made an additional capital contribution of approximately $3 million in exchange for the issuance of an additional 118,862 General Partner units, increasing the General Partner interest from 1.74% to 2%.

 

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Results of Operations

Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 Compared with Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011

The following table summarizes our results of operations (In thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     2012     2011     2012     2011  

Total operating revenues

   $ 55,037      $ 58,615      $ 156,972      $ 146,530   

Product purchases

     10,341        13,482        26,755        26,010   

Operations and maintenance expense

     10,127        10,573        28,725        26,165   

General and administrative expense

     5,777        5,566        19,451        17,996   

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense

     10,943        9,595        32,427        23,981   

Gain from exchange of property, plant and equipment

     —          1,106        —          1,106   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

     17,849        20,505        49,614        53,484   

Earnings from unconsolidated affiliate

     1,764        —          2,205        —     

Interest and debt expense

     8,202        7,100        24,045        19,925   

Income tax expense

     306        347        884        898   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 11,105      $ 13,058      $ 26,890      $ 32,661   

Add:

        

Interest and debt expense

     8,202        7,100        24,045        19,925   

Income tax expense

     306        347        884        898   

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense

     10,943        9,595        32,427        23,981   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EBITDA

   $ 30,556      $ 30,100      $ 84,246      $ 77,465   

Non-recurring expenses

     932        129        2,710        3,166   

Gain from exchange of property, plant and equipment

     —          (1,106     —          (1,106

Earnings from unconsolidated affiliate

     (1,764     —          (2,205     —     

Adjusted earnings from unconsolidated affiliate

     2,237        —          4,113        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 31,961      $ 29,123      $ 88,864      $ 79,525   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EBITDA in the table above includes operating results from our Barnett, Fayetteville and Granite Wash segments and other operations, earnings from our unconsolidated affiliate (our Marcellus segment), general and administrative expenses, and the gain from exchange of property, plant and equipment. The following table summarizes the results of our Barnett, Fayetteville and Granite Wash segments and other operations (In thousands):

 

    Three Months Ended September 30,  
    Barnett     Fayetteville     Granite Wash     Other     Total  
    2012     2011     2012     2011     2012     2011     2012     2011     2012     2011  

Gathering revenues

  $ 24,737      $ 29,042      $ 7,043      $ 6,534      $ 465      $ 113      $ 3,152      $ 158      $ 35,397      $ 35,847   

Processing revenues

    8,540        7,842        —          —          29        33        —          —          8,569        7,875   

Product sales

    69        —          131        547        10,208        12,529        663        1,817        11,071        14,893   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating revenues

  $ 33,346      $ 36,884      $ 7,174      $ 7,081      $ 10,702      $ 12,675      $ 3,815      $ 1,975      $ 55,037      $ 58,615   

Product purchases

    60        —          137        454        9,481        11,264        663        1,764        10,341        13,482   

Operations and maintenance expense

    6,963        6,015        1,855        3,965        560        499        749        94        10,127        10,573   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

EBITDA

  $ 26,323      $ 30,869      $ 5,182      $ 2,662      $ 661      $ 912      $ 2,403      $ 117       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

Gathering volumes (in MMcf)

    40,252        46,641        8,403        7,813        1,856        1,473        5,041        1,037        55,552        56,964   

Processing volumes (in MMcf)

    14,671        11,975        —          —          1,859        1,475        —          —          16,530        13,450   

 

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    Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    Barnett     Fayetteville     Granite Wash     Other     Total  
    2012     2011     2012     2011     2012     2011     2012     2011     2012     2011  

Gathering revenues

  $ 74,567      $ 79,892      $ 20,037      $ 13,095      $ 874      $ 208      $ 7,952      $ 419      $ 103,430      $ 93,614   

Processing revenues

    24,156        23,553        —          —          128        37        —          —          24,284        23,590   

Product sales

    69        —          331        1,069        27,019        24,965        1,839        3,292        29,258        29,326   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating revenues

  $ 98,792      $ 103,445      $ 20,368      $ 14,164      $ 28,021      $ 25,210      $ 9,791      $ 3,711      $ 156,972      $ 146,530   

Product purchases

    60        —          343        1,012        24,514        21,739        1,838        3,259        26,755        26,010   

Operations and maintenance expense

    18,438        18,528        6,399        6,356        1,619        998        2,269        283        28,725        26,165   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

EBITDA

  $ 80,294      $ 84,917      $ 13,626      $ 6,796      $ 1,888      $ 2,473      $ 5,684      $ 169       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

Gathering volumes (in MMcf)

    117,434        126,471        23,049        15,146        4,576        3,011        17,149        2,655        162,208        147,283   

Processing volumes (in MMcf)

    38,493        36,028        —          —          4,566        2,941        —          —          43,059        38,969   

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA — EBITDA increased by less than $1 million and approximately $7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to same periods during 2011. In the same manner, Adjusted EBITDA increased by approximately $3 million and $9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the respective periods in 2011. Adjusted EBITDA considers expenses for evaluating certain transaction opportunities and other non-recurring matters. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, these adjustments to EBITDA were approximately $1 million and $3 million. Additionally, Adjusted EBITDA includes less than $1 million and approximately $2 million of net earnings adjustments related to adding back our proportionate share of our unconsolidated affiliate’s depreciation, amortization and accretion expense (DA&A), interest and debt expense and non-recurring expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012.

Below is a discussion of the factors that impacted EBITDA by segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011:

Barnett:

For both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, our Barnett segment’s EBITDA was approximately $5 million lower than the same periods in 2011, primarily due to lower gathering revenues.

Revenues and Volumes — Revenues in our Barnett segment decreased by approximately $4 million and $5 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011, primarily due to lower dry gas gathering volumes. Our gathering revenues for our Barnett segment were flat during the third quarter of 2012 compared to the second quarter of 2012, but lower than the first quarter of 2012. The decrease in gathering volumes primarily related to reduced production from existing wells and well shut-ins at our Alliance and Lake Arlington gathering systems. These decreases in volumes were partially offset by producers connecting 11 and 43 new wells during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012. We anticipate that the number of new wells connected to our systems may be impacted by moderated drilling activity in dry gas areas for the remainder of 2012.

Also, partially offsetting the decline in gathering revenues and volumes discussed above was an increase in gathering and processing revenues due to the Devon Acquisition, which was completed on August 24, 2012. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, the acquired assets generated approximately $2 million of gathering and processing revenues for our Barnett segment.

In addition to the items discussed above, our revenues were also unfavorably impacted by a compressor building fire at our Corvette processing plant that occurred on September 6, 2012, which reduced revenues by approximately $0.5 million. Additional impacts to the Barnett segment’s EBITDA as a result of the compressor building fire are further discussed below.

Operations and Maintenance Expense — Operations and maintenance expenses in our Barnett segment increased by approximately $1 million or 16% for the three months ended September 30, 2012 when compared to the same period in 2011, while remaining relatively flat year over year. The increase in operations and maintenance expenses was primarily due to (i) the Devon Acquisition; (ii) approximately $0.2 million of costs related to a condensate spill at our Corvette facility; and (iii) a compressor building fire at our Corvette processing plant. As a result of the building fire at our Corvette processing plant, we impaired assets of approximately $1.6 million, incurred repair costs of approximately $0.8 million, and recorded an insurance receivable of approximately $2.2 million, all of which resulted in a net impact to our operations and maintenance expenses of approximately $0.2 million.

 

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Fayetteville:

Our Fayetteville segment EBITDA increased approximately $2.5 million and $6.8 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared with the same periods in 2011, primarily due to higher revenues and volumes during both periods. Also contributing to the increase in our Fayetteville segment EBITDA during the three months ended September 30, 2012, were lower operations and maintenance expenses.

Revenues and Volumes—During the three months ended September 30, 2012, BHP Billiton Petroleum, Plc. (BHP) connected six new wells on our Twin Groves System, contributing to an increase in revenues and volumes in our Fayetteville segment. Additionally, we recognized nine months of revenues in 2012 versus six months during 2011 due to the acquisition of our operations in Fayetteville on April 1, 2011.

Operations and Maintenance Expense – Operations and maintenance expenses in our Fayetteville segment decreased by approximately $2.1 million during the three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same period in 2011, primarily due to the cancellation of several operating leases in January 2012.

Granite Wash:

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, our Granite Wash segment’s EBITDA was approximately $0.2 million and $0.6 million lower than the same periods in 2011 primarily due to lower product sales margin and higher operations and maintenance expenses.

Revenues/Margin and Volumes—For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, Granite Wash’s EBITDA decreased compared to the same period in 2011, due to lower margins earned on our percent-of-proceeds contracts, which primarily resulted from lower NGL and natural gas prices experienced during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 coupled with relatively consistent costs per volume. Partially offsetting this decrease in product sales margin was higher gathering revenues due to new wells connected by Le Norman Operating LLC (Le Norman) during the three months ended September 30, 2012.

Operations and Maintenance Expense—For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011, operations and maintenance expenses were higher due to the increase in volumes resulting from the new wells connected by Le Norman.

Other:

Our other operations include our assets in the Haynesville/Bossier Shale (Sabine System) and our assets in the Avalon Shale (Las Animas System). For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, our other operations’ EBITDA increased by approximately $2 million and $6 million compared to the same periods in 2011, which primarily relates to the operations of our Sabine System which was acquired in November 2011.

Revenues and Volumes—The Sabine System had 45 MMcf/d and 53 MMcf/d in gathered volumes for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 which resulted in approximately $3 million and $8 million in revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012. Revenues related to our Sabine System during the three months ended September 30, 2012 increased by approximately $1 million when compared to three months ended June 30, 2012 due to a gathering contract entered into with a subsidiary of US Infrastructure Holdings, LLC (USI) at the end of the second quarter of 2012 that has a minimum volume commitment. Although we experienced an increase in our revenues under this contract, our volumes remained relatively flat due to USI transporting volumes at a level below the minimum quantity in the contract. EBITDA related to our Las Animas System remained relatively unchanged for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011.

 

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Operations and Maintenance Expense — Operations and maintenance expenses increased during the nine months ended September 30, 2012, while remaining relatively flat during the third quarter of 2012 compared to the second quarter of 2012. The increase in expenses related to our Sabine System acquired in November 2011.

Marcellus:

In March 2012, we invested approximately $131 million in cash in exchange for a 35% ownership interest in CMM, which is held by our wholly-owned subsidiary. At the same time, CMM purchased assets in the Marcellus Shale from Antero. This investment in CMM, which is an unconsolidated affiliate, represents our Marcellus segment. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, we had approximately $1.8 million and $2.2 million in earnings from our unconsolidated affiliate. The increase in earnings from our unconsolidated affiliate during the three months ended September 30, 2012 when compared to the three months ended June 30, 2012, was due primarily to a decrease in our proportionate share of CMM’s DA&A expense, interest and debt expense and non-recurring expenses, which was $0.5 million and $1.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012. During the three months ended September 30, 2012, CMM finalized its purchase price allocation of the assets acquired from Antero, which reduced our proportionate share of its DA&A expense by $0.4 million.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, CMM gathered 289 MMcf/d and 273 MMcf/d through its assets acquired from Antero. Since the inception of CMM, Antero connected 16 wells and 31 wells to CMM during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, and is expected to connect additional wells during the remainder of the year. The expected increase in volumes from the added wells is expected to increase our equity earnings from this investment.

Below is a discussion of items impacting our EBITDA that are not allocated to our segments.

General and Administrative Expenses — During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, general and administrative expenses increased by approximately $0.2 million and $1 million when compared to the same periods in 2011. General and administrative expense includes costs related to legal and other consulting services to evaluate certain transaction opportunities and other non-recurring matters. We incurred approximately $2.3 million of these costs during the nine months ended September 30, 2012, as compared to $3.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2011, which was the primary driver for the increase in general and administrative expense year over year.

Also impacting our general and administrative expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 were increases in payroll and related benefit costs, which reflects the increased scope of our business operations compared to the same periods in 2011.

Items not affecting EBITDA include the following:

Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion Expense — DA&A expense increased by $1 million and $8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 primarily due to assets acquired through our Tristate Acquisition during November 2011 and our Devon Acquisition in August 2012.

Interest and Debt Expense — Interest and debt expense increased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011, primarily due to higher outstanding balances on our Credit Facility. In addition, our Senior Notes were outstanding for the full nine months during 2012 compared to six months for 2011, as we issued our Senior Notes in April 2011.

 

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The following table provides a summary of interest and debt expense (In thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
     September 30,     September 30,  
     2012     2011     2012     2011  

Interest cost:

        

Credit Facility

   $ 4,172      $ 3,089      $ 11,601      $ 9,325   

Senior Notes

     4,070        4,005        12,124        8,097   

Bridge Loan

     —          —          —          2,500   

Capital lease interest

     55        60        149        125   

Other debt-related costs

     —          —          462        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total cost

     8,297        7,154        24,336        20,047   

Less capitalized interest

     (95     (54     (291     (122
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest and debt expense

   $ 8,202      $ 7,100      $ 24,045      $ 19,925   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our sources of liquidity include cash flows generated from operations, available borrowing capacity under our Credit Facility, and issuances of additional debt and equity in the capital markets. We believe that our sources of liquidity will be sufficient to fund our short-term working capital requirements, capital expenditures and cash distributions for the remainder of 2012. The amount of distributions to unitholders is determined by the board of directors of our General Partner on a quarterly basis.

We regularly review opportunities for both acquisitions and greenfield growth projects that will enhance our financial performance. Since we distribute most of our available cash to our unitholders, we depend on a combination of borrowings under our Credit Facility and debt or equity offerings to finance the majority of our long-term growth capital expenditures or acquisitions.

Management continuously monitors our leverage position and our anticipated capital expenditures relative to our expected cash flows. We continue to evaluate funding alternatives, including additional borrowings and the issuance of debt or equity securities, to secure funds as needed or refinance outstanding debt balances with longer term notes.

Known Trends and Uncertainties Impacting Liquidity

Our financial condition and results of operations, including our liquidity and profitability, can be significantly affected by the following:

 

   

Concentration of Gathering Revenues from Quicksilver: While we have reduced our dependency upon Quicksilver through the acquisition of additional midstream assets that have long term contracts with creditworthy producers such as BHP, British Petroleum, Plc., XTO Energy, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation and Chesapeake Energy Corporation, we remain dependent upon Quicksilver for a substantial percentage of our current business. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, Quicksilver’s production volumes accounted for 46% and 50% of our total revenues. We also gather certain natural gas volumes that Quicksilver purchases from Eni SpA, which comprised 5% of our total revenues for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012. Including approximately 9% that is comprised of natural gas purchased by Quicksilver from Eni SpA and gathered under Quicksilver’s Alliance System gathering agreement. The risk of revenue fluctuations in the near term is mitigated by the use of fixed-fee contracts for providing gathering, processing, treating and compression services; however, our revenues may be impacted by volume fluctuations. While our acquisitions reduce the concentration of risk associated with our dependency on one producer and one geographic area, we continue to regularly review opportunities for both acquisitions and greenfield growth projects in other producing basins and with other producers in the future.

 

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Access to Capital Markets: Our borrowings under the Credit Facility were $333 million as of September 30, 2012 and based on our results through September 30, 2012, our remaining available capacity under the Credit Facility was $167 million. On March 20, 2012, we amended our Credit Agreement to permit the acquisition of an equity interest in CMM described above and to allow for additional investments in CMM of up to $160 million. While we anticipate that our current available borrowing capacity under our Credit Facility is sufficient to fund our planned level of growth capital spending for the remainder of 2012, additional debt and equity offerings may be necessary to fund additional acquisitions or other growth capital projects. During 2011, we raised approximately $500 million through debt and equity offerings and increases to our Credit Facility to fund acquisitions and growth capital projects. Additionally, during 2012 approximately $218 million was raised through the issuance of public common units.

 

   

Natural Gas Prices: Adding new volumes through our gathering systems is dependent on the drilling and completion activities of natural gas producers in our areas of operations. Although investment returns differ between natural gas basins, rich gas and dry gas reservoirs in certain natural gas basins and between various production companies, low natural gas prices may reduce the levels of drilling activity in areas around certain of our assets, particularly those that concentrate on gathering from dry gas reservoirs. We seek to mitigate this risk by diversifying into various geographical production basins with predominately rich gas natural gas reservoirs. We have observed that largely due to superior prices for crude oil and NGLs compared to natural gas, producers are shifting their drilling and development plans to focus on increasing production from rich gas basins or shale plays which offer better drilling economics as compared to production from dry gas basins. We have five systems located in basins that include NGL rich gas shale plays, (i) the Cowtown System (which includes the West Johnson County System acquired in the Devon Acquisition), part of the Barnett segment; (ii) the Granite Wash System; (iii) the Las Animas Systems in the Avalon Shale; and (iv) two systems acquired by CMM, (our unconsolidated affiliate), in the Marcellus segment. For three and the nine months ended September 30, 2012, these rich gas systems accounted for approximately 61% and 58% of our total consolidated and unconsolidated revenues. We will continue to focus on expanding our business activities and opportunities in rich gas basins or rich gas shale plays due to the current trend of increased drilling and producer activities in these areas.

 

   

Regulatory Requirements: Our operations and the operations of our customers are subject to complex and evolving federal, state, local and other laws and regulations. For example, on April 17, 2012, the United States Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule establishing new emission limitations for certain oil and gas facilities. These rules establish emission standards for gas wells that are hydraulically fractured (or re-fractured). These rules also establish emissions standards for natural gas processing equipment, including compressors, controllers, storage tanks, and gas processing plants. These or other federal or state initiatives relating to hydraulic fracturing or other environmental matters could impact the extent of our operations and/or give rise to or accelerate the need for additional capital projects. In addition, any further changes in laws or regulations, or delays in the issuance of required permits, may further impact the volumes on our systems.

 

   

Impact of Inflation and Interest Rates: Although inflation in the United States has been relatively low in recent years, the United States economy may experience a significant inflationary effect in the future. Although inflation would negatively impact the cost of our operations and cash flows through services provided to us, the majority of our gathering and processing agreements allow us to charge increased rates based on indices expected to track such inflationary trends. Interest rates have also remained low in recent years, as compared with historical averages. Should interest rates rise, our financing costs would increase accordingly. In addition, as with other yield-oriented securities, our unit price would also be negatively impacted by higher interest rates. Higher interest rates would increase the costs of issuing debt or equity necessary to finance potential future acquisitions. However, our competitors would face similar circumstances and we expect our cost of capital to remain competitive.

 

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Cash Flows

The following table provides a summary of our cash flows by category (In thousands):

 

     Nine Months Ended  
     September 30,  
     2012     2011  

Net cash provided by operating activities

   $ 70,139      $ 68,465   

Net cash used in investing activities

     (245,840     (374,975

Net cash provided by financing activities

     174,916        306,566   

Operating Activities

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 Compared with Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 – During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, our operating cash flows were relatively flat compared to the same period in 2011. Although our revenues were higher by approximately $10 million during 2012 as compared to 2011, cash paid for operations and maintenance expenses, general and administrative expenses and interest costs increased, which partially offset the increase in our revenues.

Investing Activities

The midstream energy business is capital intensive, requiring significant investments for the acquisition or development of new facilities. We categorize our capital expenditures as either:

 

   

expansion capital expenditures, which are made to construct additional assets, expand and upgrade existing systems, or acquire additional assets; or

 

   

maintenance capital expenditures, which are made to replace partially or fully depreciated assets, to maintain the existing operating capacity of our assets, extend their useful lives or comply with regulatory requirements.

We anticipate that we will continue to make capital expenditures to develop our gathering and processing assets in the producing basins in which we operate as well as opportunities to expand into new geographical areas through acquisitions and greenfield growth opportunities.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 Compared with Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 – In March 2012, we invested approximately $131 million in cash in exchange for a 35% ownership interest in CMM, and during the nine months ended September 30, 2012, we received distributions from our unconsolidated affiliate of approximately $2 million. In August 2012, we completed the acquisition of certain gathering and processing assets in the liquids-rich southwestern area of the Barnett Shale from Devon for approximately $87 million. Additionally, during the nine months ended September 30, 2012, we spent approximately $29 million on capital projects, including $3 million related to maintenance capital expenditures. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we acquired the Frontier and Las Animas Systems for approximately $350 million. We also received proceeds of approximately $6 million related to the exchange of property, plant and equipment during the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

 

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The following table summarizes capital expenditures for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and our expected capital expenditures for the remainder of 2012 (In millions):

 

     Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2012
     2012
Remaining
     Total  

Expansion capital

   $ 26.1       $ 3.8       $ 29.9   

Maintenance capital

     2.9         2.2         5.1   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 29.0       $ 6.0       $ 35.0   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

We do not anticipate any contributions to CMM for the remainder of 2012, since CMM entered into a $200 million revolving credit facility during the first quarter of 2012 to finance its future capital requirements and working capital needs.

Financing Activities

Significant items impacting our financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 included the following:

 

   

Net borrowings under our Credit Facility of $21 million;

 

   

$218 million in proceeds from the issuance of 8,100,000 common units during 2012; and

 

   

General Partner’s capital contribution of approximately $6 million in exchange for the issuance of an additional 215,722 General Partner units to maintain its 2% General Partner interest.

This increase was primarily offset by $67 million of distributions paid to unitholders during the nine months ended September 30, 2012, which increased by $20 million when compared to the same period in 2011.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no significant off-balance sheet arrangements.

New Accounting Pronouncement Issued But Not Yet Adopted

See Item 1. Financial Statements, Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Critical Accounting Estimates

Our significant accounting policies are described in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K and in Item 1. Financial Statements, Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, of this Quarterly Report. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to select appropriate accounting estimates and to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses.

In addition to the critical accounting estimates discussed in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K, during the nine months ended September 30, 2012, we have also adopted a new critical accounting policy related to our equity method investment in CMM. The accounting standards related to investment impairments require us to continually monitor the business environment and the performance of our investment to determine if an event has occurred that indicates that an investment may be impaired. If an event occurs, which is a determination that involves judgment, we may be required to estimate the fair value of the asset. This estimate considers a number of factors, including the potential value we would receive if we sold the asset and the projected cash flows of the asset based on current and anticipated future market conditions and discounts rates. Our assessment of fair value including, but not limited to estimates of project level cash flows, requires significant judgment to make projections and assumptions that we believe a market participant would use for pricing, demand, competition, operating costs, legal and regulatory issues and other factors that extend many years into the future and are often outside of our control. Due to the imprecise nature of these projections and assumptions, actual results can, and often do, differ from our estimates.

 

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We utilize the cash flow projections to assess our ability to recover the carrying value of our investments based on the fair value of our investment in unconsolidated affiliate and whether any decline in this fair value below our carrying amount is considered to be other than temporary. If an impairment is indicated, we record an impairment charge for the excess of the carrying value of the asset over its fair value. As of September 30, 2012, we have determined that there is no impairment to our equity method investment. Future changes in the economic and business environment can impact our assessments of potential impairments.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

There are no material changes in our quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risks from those reported in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of September 30, 2012, we carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of our General Partner, as to the effectiveness, design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act) Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)). This evaluation considered the various processes carried out under the direction of our disclosure committee in an effort to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the SEC reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accurate, complete and timely. Our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of our General Partner, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent and/or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of our General Partner concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2012.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) during the three months ended September 30, 2012 that have materially affected, or are reasonable likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

A description of our material legal proceedings is included in Part I. Financial Statements, Note 9. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities of this Quarterly Report, and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from estimates or projections contained in our forward-looking statements are described in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K under Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors, and Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. There have been no material changes in our risk factors since that report.

 

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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not Applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits:

The exhibit index is incorporated herein by reference into this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

   CRESTWOOD MIDSTREAM PARTNERS LP
  

By: CRESTWOOD GAS SERVICES GP LLC, its

General Partner

Date: November 6, 2012

   By:    /s/ William G. Manias
      William G. Manias
      Senior Vice President – Chief Financial Officer
      (Principal Financial Officer)

Date: November 6, 2012

   By:    /s/ Steven M. Dougherty
      Steven M. Dougherty
      Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer
      (Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibits designated by an asterisk (*) are filed herewith and those with (**) are furnished and not filed herewith.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

*31.1   Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
*31.2   Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
*32.1   Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
**101.INS   XBRL Instance Document
**101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Linkbase Document
**101.CAL   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
**101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
**101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
**101.PRE   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

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