form10q.htm
UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Form
10-Q
S QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For the
quarterly period ended June 30, 2008
OR
£ TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
Commission
file number 1-12295
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)
Delaware
|
76-0513049
|
(State
or other jurisdictions of incorporation or
organization)
|
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
|
|
|
500
Dallas, Suite 2500, Houston, TX
|
77002
|
(Address
of principal executive offices)
|
(Zip
code)
|
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code:
|
(713)
860-2500
|
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
NONE
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.
YesR 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 R
|
Non-accelerated
filer £
|
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
R
Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common
stock, as of the latest practicable date. Common Units outstanding as
of August 8, 2008: 39,452,305
Form
10-Q
INDEX
PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item
1.
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Financial
Statements
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Page
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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Item
2.
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29
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Item
3.
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45
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Item
4.
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47
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PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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47
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Item
1A.
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47
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Item
2.
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48
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Item
3.
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48
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Item
4.
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48
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Item
5.
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48
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Item
6.
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48
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50
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(In
thousands)
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
ASSETS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
9,187 |
|
|
$ |
11,851 |
|
Accounts
receivable - trade
|
|
|
229,357 |
|
|
|
178,658 |
|
Accounts
receivable - related party
|
|
|
5,872 |
|
|
|
1,441 |
|
Inventories
|
|
|
18,783 |
|
|
|
15,988 |
|
Net
investment in direct financing leases, net of unearned income - current
portion - related party
|
|
|
3,639 |
|
|
|
609 |
|
Other
|
|
|
5,807 |
|
|
|
5,693 |
|
Total
current assets
|
|
|
272,645 |
|
|
|
214,240 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FIXED
ASSETS, at cost
|
|
|
230,707 |
|
|
|
150,413 |
|
Less: Accumulated
depreciation
|
|
|
(56,265 |
) |
|
|
(48,413 |
) |
Net
fixed assets
|
|
|
174,442 |
|
|
|
102,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
INVESTMENT IN DIRECT FINANCING LEASES, net of unearned income - related
party
|
|
|
180,567 |
|
|
|
4,764 |
|
CO2
ASSETS, net of amortization
|
|
|
26,700 |
|
|
|
28,916 |
|
JOINT
VENTURES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS
|
|
|
19,687 |
|
|
|
18,448 |
|
INTANGIBLE
ASSETS, net of amortization
|
|
|
187,828 |
|
|
|
211,050 |
|
GOODWILL
|
|
|
325,045 |
|
|
|
320,708 |
|
OTHER
ASSETS, net of amortization
|
|
|
12,328 |
|
|
|
8,397 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
|
$ |
1,199,242 |
|
|
$ |
908,523 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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LIABILITIES
AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
LIABILITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable - trade
|
|
$ |
195,427 |
|
|
$ |
154,614 |
|
Accounts
payable - related party
|
|
|
2,024 |
|
|
|
2,647 |
|
Accrued
liabilities
|
|
|
23,332 |
|
|
|
17,537 |
|
Total
current liabilities
|
|
|
220,783 |
|
|
|
174,798 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LONG-TERM
DEBT
|
|
|
319,000 |
|
|
|
80,000 |
|
DEFERRED
TAX LIABILITIES
|
|
|
14,817 |
|
|
|
20,087 |
|
OTHER
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
|
|
|
1,290 |
|
|
|
1,264 |
|
MINORITY
INTERESTS
|
|
|
574 |
|
|
|
570 |
|
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 16)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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PARTNERS'
CAPITAL:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
unitholders, 39,452 and 38,253 units, respectively, issued and
outstanding
|
|
|
625,932 |
|
|
|
615,265 |
|
General
partner
|
|
|
16,846 |
|
|
|
16,539 |
|
Total
partners' capital
|
|
|
642,778 |
|
|
|
631,804 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL
|
|
$ |
1,199,242 |
|
|
$ |
908,523 |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
(In
thousands, except per unit amounts)
|
|
Three
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
REVENUES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supply
and logistics:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrelated
parties
|
|
$ |
568,328 |
|
|
$ |
190,293 |
|
|
$ |
997,721 |
|
|
$ |
363,136 |
|
Related
parties
|
|
|
1,149 |
|
|
|
442 |
|
|
|
1,874 |
|
|
|
878 |
|
Refinery
services
|
|
|
55,727 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
99,639 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Pipeline
transportation, including natural gas sales:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transportation
services - unrelated parties
|
|
|
5,168 |
|
|
|
3,768 |
|
|
|
11,077 |
|
|
|
7,923 |
|
Transportation
services - related parties
|
|
|
4,115 |
|
|
|
1,385 |
|
|
|
5,167 |
|
|
|
2,726 |
|
Natural
gas sales revenues
|
|
|
1,603 |
|
|
|
1,182 |
|
|
|
2,927 |
|
|
|
2,474 |
|
CO2
marketing revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrelated
parties
|
|
|
3,693 |
|
|
|
3,295 |
|
|
|
6,856 |
|
|
|
6,162 |
|
Related
parties
|
|
|
757 |
|
|
|
651 |
|
|
|
1,464 |
|
|
|
1,281 |
|
Total
revenues
|
|
|
640,540 |
|
|
|
201,016 |
|
|
|
1,126,725 |
|
|
|
384,580 |
|
COSTS
AND EXPENSES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supply
and logistics costs:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product
costs - unrelated parties
|
|
|
542,200 |
|
|
|
184,517 |
|
|
|
949,475 |
|
|
|
352,228 |
|
Product
costs - related parties
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Operating
costs
|
|
|
17,785 |
|
|
|
4,773 |
|
|
|
34,367 |
|
|
|
8,731 |
|
Refinery
services operating costs
|
|
|
38,111 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
68,435 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Pipeline
transportation costs:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pipeline
transportation operating costs
|
|
|
2,490 |
|
|
|
2,996 |
|
|
|
4,846 |
|
|
|
5,681 |
|
Natural
gas purchases
|
|
|
1,568 |
|
|
|
1,112 |
|
|
|
2,854 |
|
|
|
2,347 |
|
CO2
marketing costs:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transportation
costs - related party
|
|
|
1,376 |
|
|
|
1,236 |
|
|
|
2,633 |
|
|
|
2,334 |
|
Other
costs
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
45 |
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
91 |
|
General
and administrative
|
|
|
9,166 |
|
|
|
5,600 |
|
|
|
17,690 |
|
|
|
8,928 |
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
|
16,721 |
|
|
|
2,046 |
|
|
|
33,510 |
|
|
|
3,974 |
|
Net
loss (gain) on disposal of surplus assets
|
|
|
76 |
|
|
|
(8 |
) |
|
|
94 |
|
|
|
(24 |
) |
Total
costs and expenses
|
|
|
629,508 |
|
|
|
202,335 |
|
|
|
1,113,934 |
|
|
|
384,319 |
|
OPERATING
INCOME (LOSS)
|
|
|
11,032 |
|
|
|
(1,319 |
) |
|
|
12,791 |
|
|
|
261 |
|
Equity
in (losses) earnings of joint ventures
|
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
293 |
|
|
|
162 |
|
|
|
554 |
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
117 |
|
|
|
34 |
|
|
|
234 |
|
|
|
78 |
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(2,156 |
) |
|
|
(355 |
) |
|
|
(3,942 |
) |
|
|
(625 |
) |
INCOME
(LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES AND MINORITY
INTEREST
|
|
|
8,977 |
|
|
|
(1,347 |
) |
|
|
9,245 |
|
|
|
268 |
|
Income
tax expense
|
|
|
(1,648 |
) |
|
|
(25 |
) |
|
|
(271 |
) |
|
|
(55 |
) |
Income
(loss) before minority interest
|
|
|
7,329 |
|
|
|
(1,372 |
) |
|
|
8,974 |
|
|
|
213 |
|
Minority
interest
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
NET
INCOME (LOSS)
|
|
$ |
7,328 |
|
|
$ |
(1,372 |
) |
|
$ |
8,973 |
|
|
$ |
213 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON UNIT BASIC AND
DILUTED
|
|
$ |
0.17 |
|
|
$ |
(0.09 |
) |
|
$ |
0.21 |
|
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE COMMON UNITS OUTSTANDING:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BASIC
|
|
|
38,675 |
|
|
|
13,784 |
|
|
|
38,464 |
|
|
|
13,784 |
|
DILUTED
|
|
|
38,731 |
|
|
|
13,784 |
|
|
|
38,514 |
|
|
|
13,784 |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
UNAUDITED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF PARTNERS' CAPITAL
(In
thousands)
|
|
Partners'
Capital
|
|
|
|
Number
of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
|
|
|
Common
|
|
|
General
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Units
|
|
|
Unitholders
|
|
|
Partner
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Partners'
capital, January 1, 2008
|
|
|
38,253 |
|
|
$ |
615,265 |
|
|
$ |
16,539 |
|
|
$ |
631,804 |
|
Net
income
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
8,045 |
|
|
|
928 |
|
|
|
8,973 |
|
Cash
contributions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
510 |
|
|
|
510 |
|
Cash
distributions
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(22,378 |
) |
|
|
(1,131 |
) |
|
|
(23,509 |
) |
Issuance
of units
|
|
|
1,199 |
|
|
|
25,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
25,000 |
|
Partners'
capital, June 30, 2008
|
|
|
39,452 |
|
|
$ |
625,932 |
|
|
$ |
16,846 |
|
|
$ |
642,778 |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
UNAUDITED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In
thousands)
|
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
8,973 |
|
|
$ |
213 |
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
|
33,510 |
|
|
|
3,974 |
|
Amortization
of credit facility issuance costs
|
|
|
535 |
|
|
|
273 |
|
Amortization
of unearned income and initial direct costs on direct financing
leases
|
|
|
(1,772 |
) |
|
|
(315 |
) |
Payments
received under direct financing leases
|
|
|
594 |
|
|
|
594 |
|
Equity
in earnings of investments in joint ventures
|
|
|
(162 |
) |
|
|
(554 |
) |
Distributions
from joint ventures - return on investment
|
|
|
815 |
|
|
|
833 |
|
Loss
(gain) on disposal of assets
|
|
|
94 |
|
|
|
(24 |
) |
Non-cash
effects of unit-based compensation plans
|
|
|
(619 |
) |
|
|
3,340 |
|
Deferred
and other tax liabilities
|
|
|
(926 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Other
non-cash items
|
|
|
(112 |
) |
|
|
(992 |
) |
Changes
in components of operating assets and liabilities -Accounts
receivable
|
|
|
(57,689 |
) |
|
|
(379 |
) |
Inventories
|
|
|
(2,796 |
) |
|
|
(6,105 |
) |
Other
current assets
|
|
|
(76 |
) |
|
|
952 |
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
|
40,190 |
|
|
|
931 |
|
Accrued
liabilities and taxes payable
|
|
|
2,137 |
|
|
|
314 |
|
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
|
|
22,696 |
|
|
|
3,055 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payments
to acquire fixed assets
|
|
|
(9,543 |
) |
|
|
(718 |
) |
CO2
pipeline transactions and related costs
|
|
|
(228,833 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Distributions
from joint ventures - return of investment
|
|
|
438 |
|
|
|
361 |
|
Investment
in joint ventures and other investments
|
|
|
(2,210 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Proceeds
from disposal of assets
|
|
|
426 |
|
|
|
195 |
|
Prepayment
on purchase of Port Hudson assets
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(8,100 |
) |
Other,
net
|
|
|
(1,272 |
) |
|
|
(1,711 |
) |
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(240,994 |
) |
|
|
(9,973 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bank
borrowings
|
|
|
344,100 |
|
|
|
77,900 |
|
Bank
repayments
|
|
|
(105,100 |
) |
|
|
(63,100 |
) |
Other,
net
|
|
|
(367 |
) |
|
|
(319 |
) |
General
partner contributions
|
|
|
510 |
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions
to common unitholders
|
|
|
(22,378 |
) |
|
|
(5,927 |
) |
Distributions
to general partner interest
|
|
|
(1,131 |
) |
|
|
(122 |
) |
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
215,634 |
|
|
|
8,432 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
(decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
(2,664 |
) |
|
|
1,514 |
|
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
|
|
11,851 |
|
|
|
2,318 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
|
|
$ |
9,187 |
|
|
$ |
3,832 |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1.
|
Organization
and Basis of Presentation
|
Organization
We are a
growth-oriented limited partnership focused on the midstream segment of the oil
and gas industry in the Gulf Coast area of the United States. We
conduct our operations through our operating subsidiaries and joint
ventures. We manage our businesses through four
divisions:
|
·
|
Pipeline
transportation of crude oil, carbon dioxide (or CO2)
and, to a lesser degree, natural
gas;
|
|
·
|
Refinery
services involving processing of high sulfur (or “sour”) gas streams for
refineries to remove the sulfur, and sale of the related by-product,
sodium hydrosulfide (or NaHS, commonly pronounced
nash);
|
|
·
|
Industrial
gas activities, including wholesale marketing of CO2 and
processing of syngas through a joint venture;
and
|
|
·
|
Supply
and logistics services, which includes terminaling, blending, storing,
marketing, and transporting by trucks of crude oil and petroleum products
as well as dry goods.
|
Our
2% general partner interest is held by Genesis Energy, Inc., a Delaware
corporation and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Denbury Resources
Inc. Denbury and its subsidiaries are hereafter referred to as
Denbury. Our general partner and its affiliates also own 10.2% of our
outstanding common units.
Our
general partner manages our operations and activities and employs our officers
and personnel, who devote 100% of their efforts to our management.
Basis
of Consolidation and Presentation
The
accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes
present our consolidated financial position as of June 30, 2008 and December 31,
2007 and our results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30,
2008 and 2007, our cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007
and changes in partners’ capital for the six months ended June 30,
2008. All intercompany transactions have been
eliminated. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial
statements include Genesis Energy, L.P. and its operating subsidiaries, Genesis
Crude Oil, L.P. and Genesis NEJD Holdings, LLC, and their
subsidiaries. Our general partner owns a 0.01% general partner
interest in Genesis Crude Oil, L.P., which is reflected in our financial
statements as a minority interest.
In July
2007, we acquired the energy-related businesses of the Davison
family. The results of the operations of these businesses have been
included in our consolidated financial statements since August 1,
2007.
We own a
50% interest in T&P Syngas Supply Company and a 50% interest in Sandhill
Group, LLC. These investments are accounted for by the equity method,
as we exercise significant influence over their operating and financial
policies. See Note 8.
Accounting
measurements at interim dates inherently involve greater reliance on estimates
than at year end and the results of operations for the interim periods shown in
this report are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the
fiscal year. The consolidated financial statements included herein
have been prepared by us without audit pursuant to the rules and regulations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Accordingly, they
reflect all adjustments (which consist solely of normal recurring adjustments)
that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the
financial results for interim periods. Certain information and notes
normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such
rules and regulations. However, we believe that the disclosures are
adequate to make the information presented not misleading when read in
conjunction with the information contained in the periodic reports we file with
the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including the
consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Except
per Unit amounts, or as noted within the context of each footnote disclosure,
the dollar amounts presented in the tabular data within these footnote
disclosures are stated in thousands of dollars.
2.
|
Recent
Accounting Developments
|
Implemented
SFAS
157
We
adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 157,
“Fair Value Measurements” (SFAS 157), with respect to financial assets and
financial liabilities that are regularly adjusted to fair value, as of January
1, 2008. SFAS 157 provides a common fair value hierarchy to follow in
determining fair value measurements in the preparation of financial statements
and expands disclosure requirements relating to how such measurements were
developed. SFAS 157 does not require any new fair value measurements, but rather
applies to all other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value
measurements. On February 12, 2008 the Financial Accounting
Standards Board (FASB) issued Staff Position No. 157-2, “Effective Date of FASB
Statement No. 157” (FSP 157-2) which amends SFAS 157 to delay the effective
date for all non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities, except for
those that are recognized at fair value in the financial statements on a
recurring basis. The partial adoption of SFAS 157 as described above
had no material impact on us. We have not yet determined the impact,
if any, that the second phase of the adoption of SFAS 157 in 2009 will have
relating to its fair value measurements of non-financial assets and
non-financial liabilities. See Note 18 for further information
regarding fair-value measurements.
SFAS
159
In
February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for
Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (SFAS 159). This
statement became effective for us as of January 1, 2008. SFAS 159 permits
entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items
at fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value. We
did not elect to utilize voluntary fair value measurements as permitted by the
standard.
Pending
SFAS
141(R)
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141(R) “Business Combinations” (SFAS
141(R)). SFAS 141(R) replaces FASB Statement No. 141, “Business
Combinations.” This statement retains the purchase method of
accounting used in business combinations but replaces SFAS 141 by establishing
principles and requirements for the recognition and measurement of assets,
liabilities and goodwill, including the requirement that most transaction costs
and restructuring costs be charged to expense as incurred. In
addition, the statement requires disclosures to enable users of the financial
statements to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the business
combination. SFAS 141(R) is effective for business combinations for
which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual
reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. We will
adopt SFAS 141(R) on January 1, 2009 for acquisitions on or after that
date.
SFAS
160
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements - an amendment of ARB No. 51” (SFAS 160). This
statement establishes accounting and reporting standards for noncontrolling
interests, which have been referred to as minority interests in prior
literature. A noncontrolling interest is the portion of equity in a
subsidiary not attributable, directly or indirectly, to a parent
company. This new standard requires, among other things, that (i)
ownership interests of noncontrolling interests be presented as a component of
equity on the balance sheet (i.e. elimination of the mezzanine “minority
interest” category); (ii) elimination of minority interest expense as a line
item on the statement of operations and, as a result, that net income be
allocated between the parent and the noncontrolling interests on the face of the
statement of operations; and (iii) enhanced disclosures regarding noncontrolling
interests. SFAS 160 is effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2008. We will adopt SFAS 160 on January 1,
2009. We are assessing the impact of this statement on our financial
statements and expect it to impact the presentation of the minority interest in
Genesis Crude Oil, L.P. held by our general partner.
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SFAS
161
In
March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities-an amendment of FASB Statement
No.133” (SFAS 161). This Statement requires enhanced disclosures about our
derivative and hedging activities. This statement is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after
November 15, 2008. We will adopt SFAS No. 161 beginning
January 1, 2009. We are currently evaluating the impact, if any, that the
standard will have on our consolidated financial statements.
EITF
07-4
In March
2008, the FASB ratified the consensus reached by the Emerging Issues Task Force
(or EITF) of the FASB in issue EITF 07-4, “Application of the Two-Class Method
under FASB Statement No. 128, Earnings per Share, to Master
Limited Partnerships.” Under this consensus, the computation of
earnings per unit will be affected by the incentive distribution rights (“IDRs”)
we are contractually obligated to distribute at the end of the current reporting
period. In periods when earnings are in excess of cash distributions,
we will reduce net income or loss for the current reporting period by the amount
of available cash that will be distributed to our limited partners and general
partner for its general partner interest and incentive distribution rights for
the reporting period, and the remainder will be allocated to the limited partner
and general partner in accordance with their ownership
interests. When cash distributions exceed current-period earnings,
net income or loss will be reduced (or increased) by cash distributions, and the
resulting excess of distributions over earnings will be allocated to the general
partner and limited partner based on their respective sharing of
losses. EITF 07-4 is effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years. We
are currently evaluating the impact of EITF 07-4; however we expect it to have
an impact on our presentation of earnings per unit beginning in
2009. For additional information on our incentive distribution
rights, see Note 10.
FASB
Staff Position No. 142-3
In April
2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. 142-3, “Determination of the
Useful Life of Intangible Assets” (FSP 142-3). This FSP amends the
factors that should be considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions
used to determine the useful life of an intangible asset under Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, “Goodwill and other Intangible Assets.”
The purpose of this FSP is to develop consistency between the useful life
assigned to intangible assets and the cash flows from those
assets. FSP 142-3 is effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 31, 2008. We are currently evaluating the impact, if any,
that the standard will have on our consolidated financial
statements.
2008
Denbury Drop-Down Transactions
On May
30, 2008, we completed two “drop-down” transactions with Denbury Onshore LLC,
(Denbury Onshore), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Denbury Resources Inc., the
indirect owner of our general partner.
NEJD
Pipeline System
We
entered into a twenty-year financing lease transaction with Denbury Onshore and
acquired certain security interests in Denbury’s North East Jackson Dome (NEJD)
Pipeline System for which we paid $175 million. Under the terms of
the agreement, Denbury Onshore will make quarterly rent payments beginning
August 30, 2008. These quarterly rent payments are fixed at
$5,166,943 per quarter or approximately $20.7 million per year during the lease
term at an interest rate of 10.25%. At the end of the lease term, we
will reassign to Denbury Onshore all of our interests in the NEJD Pipeline for a
nominal payment.
The NEJD
Pipeline System is a 183-mile, 20” CO2 pipeline
extending from the Jackson Dome, near Jackson, Mississippi, to near Donaldson,
Louisiana, currently being used by Denbury for its tertiary operations in
southwest Mississippi. Denbury has the rights to exclusive use of the
NEJD Pipeline System, will be responsible for all operations and maintenance on
that system, and will bear and assume all obligations and liabilities with
respect to that system. The NEJD transaction was funded with
borrowings under our credit facility.
See
additional discussion of this direct financing lease in Note 6.
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Free
State Pipeline System
We
purchased Denbury’s Free State Pipeline for $75 million, consisting of $50
million in cash, which we borrowed under our credit facility, and $25 million in
the form of 1,199,041 of our common units. The number of common units
issued was based on the average closing price of our common units from May 28,
2008 through June 3, 2008.
The Free
State Pipeline is an 86-mile, 20” pipeline that extends from Denbury’s CO2 source
fields at the Jackson Dome, near Jackson, Mississippi, to Denbury’s oil fields
in east Mississippi. We entered into a twenty-year transportation
services agreement to deliver CO2 on the
Free State pipeline for Denbury’s use in its tertiary recovery
operations. Under the terms of the transportation
services agreement, we are responsible for owning, operating, maintaining and
making improvements to that pipeline. Denbury has rights to exclusive
use of that pipeline and is required to use that pipeline to supply CO2 to its
current and certain of its other tertiary operations in east
Mississippi. The transportation services agreement provides for a
$100,000 per month minimum payment, which is accounted for as an operating
lease, plus a tariff based on throughput. Denbury has two renewal options, each
for five years on similar terms. Any sale by us of the Free State Pipeline and
related assets or of our ownership interest in our subsidiary that holds such
assets would be subject to a right of first refusal purchase option in favor of
Denbury.
2007
Davison Businesses Acquisition
On July
25, 2007, we acquired five energy-related businesses from several entities owned
and controlled by the Davison family of Ruston, Louisiana (the “Davison
Acquisition”) for total consideration of $623 million (including cash and common
units), net of cash acquired and direct transaction costs totaling $8.9
million. The businesses include the operations that comprise our
refinery services division, and other operations included in our supply and
logistics division, which transport, store, procure, and market petroleum
products and other bulk commodities. The assets acquired in this
transaction provide us with opportunities to expand our services to energy
companies in the areas in which we operate.
In
connection with the finalization of our valuation procedures with respect to
certain fixed assets acquired in the Davison Acquisition, we reallocated $3.3
million of the purchase price from fixed assets to goodwill. In
addition, the purchase price was adjusted by $1.0 million during the first half
of 2008 for differences in working capital and fixed assets
acquired. See additional information on intangible assets and
goodwill in Note 7.
2007
Port Hudson Assets Acquisition
Effective
July 1, 2007, we paid $8.1 million for BP Pipelines (North America) Inc.’s Port
Hudson crude oil truck terminal, marine terminal, and marine dock on the
Mississippi River, which includes 215,000 barrels of tankage, a pipeline and
other related assets in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. The
purchase price was allocated to the assets acquired based on estimated fair
values. See additional information on goodwill in Note
7.
Inventories
are valued at the lower of cost or market. The costs of inventories
did not exceed market values at June 30, 2008 and December 31,
2007. The major components of inventories were as
follows:
|
|
June 30,
2008
|
|
|
December 31,
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crude
oil
|
|
$ |
5,016 |
|
|
$ |
3,710 |
|
Petroleum
products
|
|
|
5,120 |
|
|
|
6,527 |
|
Caustic
soda
|
|
|
2,749 |
|
|
|
1,998 |
|
NaHS
|
|
|
5,739 |
|
|
|
3,557 |
|
Other
|
|
|
159 |
|
|
|
196 |
|
Total
inventories
|
|
$ |
18,783 |
|
|
$ |
15,988 |
|
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
5.
|
Fixed
Assets and Asset Retirement
Obligations
|
Fixed
assets consisted of the following:
|
|
June 30,
2008
|
|
|
December 31,
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Land,
buildings and improvements
|
|
$ |
12,417 |
|
|
$ |
11,978 |
|
Pipelines
and related assets
|
|
|
139,184 |
|
|
|
63,169 |
|
Machinery
and equipment
|
|
|
22,303 |
|
|
|
25,097 |
|
Transportation
equipment
|
|
|
32,908 |
|
|
|
32,906 |
|
Office
equipment, furniture and fixtures
|
|
|
3,548 |
|
|
|
2,759 |
|
Construction
in progress
|
|
|
8,626 |
|
|
|
7,102 |
|
Other
|
|
|
11,721 |
|
|
|
7,402 |
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
230,707 |
|
|
|
150,413 |
|
Accumulated
depreciation
|
|
|
(56,265 |
) |
|
|
(48,413 |
) |
Total
|
|
$ |
174,442 |
|
|
$ |
102,000 |
|
Asset
Retirement Obligations
In
general, our future asset retirement obligations relate to future costs
associated with the removal of our oil, natural gas and CO2 pipelines,
removal of equipment and facilities from leased acreage and land restoration.
The fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation is recorded in
the period in which it is incurred, discounted to its present value using our
credit adjusted risk-free interest rate, and a corresponding amount capitalized
by increasing the carrying amount of the related long-lived asset. The
capitalized cost is depreciated over the useful life of the related
asset. Accretion of the discount increases the liability and is
recorded to expense.
The
following table summarizes the changes in our asset retirement obligations for
the six months ended June 30, 2008.
Asset
retirement obligations as of December 31, 2007
|
|
$ |
1,173 |
|
Accretion
expense
|
|
|
43 |
|
Asset
retirement obligations as of June 30, 2008
|
|
$ |
1,216 |
|
At June
30, 2008, $0.1 million of our asset retirement obligation was classified in
“Accrued liabilities” under current liabilities in our Unaudited Consolidated
Balance Sheets. Certain of our unconsolidated affiliates have asset
retirement obligations recorded at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 relating
to contractual agreements. These amounts are immaterial to our
financial statements.
6.
|
Direct
Financing Leases
|
In the
fourth quarter of 2004, we constructed two segments of crude oil pipeline and a
CO2
pipeline segment to transport crude oil from and CO2 to
producing fields operated by Denbury. Denbury pays us a minimum
payment each month for the right to use these pipeline
segments. Those arrangements have been accounted for as direct
financing leases. As discussed in Note 3, we entered into a lease
arrangement with Denbury related to the NEJD Pipeline in May 2008 that is being
accounted for as a direct financing lease. Denbury will pay us a
fixed payment of $5.2 million per quarter beginning in August
2008.
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The
following table lists the components of the net investment in direct financing
leases at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 (in thousands):
|
|
June 30,
2008
|
|
|
December 31,
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
minimum lease payments to be received
|
|
$ |
419,802 |
|
|
$ |
7,039 |
|
Estimated
residual values of leased property (unguaranteed)
|
|
|
1,287 |
|
|
|
1,287 |
|
Unamortized
initial direct costs
|
|
|
2,637 |
|
|
|
|
|
Less
unearned income
|
|
|
(239,520 |
) |
|
|
(2,953 |
) |
Net
investment in direct financing leases
|
|
$ |
184,206 |
|
|
$ |
5,373 |
|
At June
30, 2008, minimum lease payments to be received for the remainder of 2008 are
$10.9 million. Minimum lease payments to be received for each of the
five succeeding fiscal years are $21.9 million per year for 2009 through 2011,
$21.8 million for 2012 and $21.3 million for 2013.
7.
|
Intangible
Assets and Goodwill
|
Intangible
Assets
In
connection with the Davison acquisition (See Note 3), we allocated a portion of
the purchase price to intangible assets based on their fair
values. The following table reflects the components of intangible
assets being amortized at the dates indicated:
|
|
|
|
|
June 30,
2008
|
|
|
December 31,
2007
|
|
|
|
Weighted
Amortization Period in Years
|
|
|
Gross
Carrying Amount
|
|
|
Accumulated
Amortization
|
|
|
Carrying
Value
|
|
|
Gross
Carrying Amount
|
|
|
Accumulated
Amortization
|
|
|
Carrying
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Refinery
services customer relationships
|
|
3
|
|
|
$ |
94,654 |
|
|
$ |
17,698 |
|
|
$ |
76,956 |
|
|
$ |
94,654 |
|
|
$ |
9,380 |
|
|
$ |
85,274 |
|
Supply
and logistics customer relationships
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
34,630 |
|
|
|
6,655 |
|
|
|
27,975 |
|
|
|
34,630 |
|
|
|
3,287 |
|
|
|
31,343 |
|
Refinery
services supplier relationships
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
36,469 |
|
|
|
16,881 |
|
|
|
19,588 |
|
|
|
36,469 |
|
|
|
9,241 |
|
|
|
27,228 |
|
Refinery
services licensing agreements
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
38,678 |
|
|
|
4,697 |
|
|
|
33,981 |
|
|
|
38,678 |
|
|
|
2,218 |
|
|
|
36,460 |
|
Supply
and logistics trade name
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
17,988 |
|
|
|
1,995 |
|
|
|
15,993 |
|
|
|
17,988 |
|
|
|
930 |
|
|
|
17,058 |
|
Supply
and logistics favorable lease
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
13,260 |
|
|
|
434 |
|
|
|
12,826 |
|
|
|
13,260 |
|
|
|
197 |
|
|
|
13,063 |
|
Other
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
722 |
|
|
|
213 |
|
|
|
509 |
|
|
|
721 |
|
|
|
97 |
|
|
|
624 |
|
Total
|
|
5
|
|
|
$ |
236,401 |
|
|
$ |
48,573 |
|
|
$ |
187,828 |
|
|
$ |
236,400 |
|
|
$ |
25,350 |
|
|
$ |
211,050 |
|
The
licensing agreements referred to in the table above relate to the agreements we
have with refiners to provide services. The trade name is the Davison
name, which we retained the right to use in our operations. The
favorable lease relates to a lease of a terminal facility in Shreveport,
Louisiana.
We are
recording amortization of our intangible assets based on the period over which
the asset is expected to contribute to our future cash
flows. Generally, the contribution to our cash flows of the customer
and supplier relationships, licensing agreements and trade name intangible
assets is expected to decline over time, such that greater value is attributable
to the periods shortly after the acquisition was made. The favorable
lease and other intangible assets are being amortized on a straight-line
basis. Amortization expense on intangible assets was $11.6 million
and $23.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008,
respectively.
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Estimated
amortization expense for each of the five subsequent fiscal years is expected to
be as follows:
Year
Ended December 31
|
|
Amortization
Expense to be Recorded
|
|
Remainder
of 2008
|
|
$ |
23,143 |
|
2009
|
|
$ |
32,176 |
|
2010
|
|
$ |
25,575 |
|
2011
|
|
$ |
20,943 |
|
2012
|
|
$ |
17,511 |
|
2013
|
|
$ |
14,107 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goodwill
In
connection with the Davison and Port Hudson acquisitions (see Note 3), the
residual of the purchase price over the fair values of the net tangible and
identifiable intangible assets acquired was allocated to
goodwill. The carrying amount of goodwill by business segment at June
30, 2008 was $301.9 million to refinery services and $23.1 million to supply and
logistics.
8.
|
Joint
Ventures and Other Investments
|
T&P
Syngas Supply Company
We own a
50% interest in T&P Syngas Supply Company (“T&P Syngas”), a Delaware
general partnership. Praxair Hydrogen Supply Inc. (“Praxair”) owns
the remaining 50% partnership interest in T&P Syngas. T&P
Syngas is a partnership that owns a syngas manufacturing facility located in
Texas City, Texas. That facility processes natural gas to produce
syngas (a combination of carbon monoxide and hydrogen) and high pressure
steam. Praxair provides the raw materials to be processed and
receives the syngas and steam produced by the facility under a long-term
processing agreement. T&P Syngas receives a processing fee for
its services. Praxair operates the facility. We are
accounting for our 50% ownership in T&P Syngas under the equity method of
accounting. We received distributions from T&P Syngas of $1.1
million during each of the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007.
Sandhill
Group, LLC
We own a
50% interest in Sandhill Group, LLC (“Sandhill”). At June 30, 2008,
Reliant Processing Ltd. held the other 50% interest in
Sandhill. Sandhill owns a CO2 processing
facility located in Brandon, Mississippi. Sandhill is engaged in the production
and distribution of liquid carbon dioxide for use in the food, beverage,
chemical and oil industries. The facility acquires CO2 from us
under a long-term supply contract that we acquired in 2005 from
Denbury. We are accounting for our 50% ownership in Sandhill
under the equity method of accounting. We received distributions from Sandhill
of $124,000 and $60,000 during the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007,
respectively.
Other
Projects
We have
invested $4.6 million in the Faustina Project, a petroleum coke to ammonia
project that is in the development stage. All of our investment may
later be redeemed, with a return, or converted to equity after the project has
obtained construction financing. The funds we have invested are being
used for project development activities, which include the negotiation of
off-take agreements for the products and by-products of the plant to be
constructed, securing permits and securing financing for the construction phase
of the plant. We have recorded our investment in this debt security
at cost and classified it as held-to-maturity, since we have the intent and
ability to hold it until it is redeemed.
No events
or changes in circumstances have occurred that indicate a significant adverse
effect on the fair value of our investment at June 30, 2008, therefore our
investment is included in our Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheet at cost.
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Our
credit facility, with a maximum facility amount of $500 million, of which $100
million can be used for letters of credit, is with a group of banks led by
Fortis Capital Corp. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. The maximum
facility amount represents the amount the banks have committed to fund pursuant
to the terms of the credit agreement. The borrowing base is
recalculated quarterly and at the time of material acquisitions. The
borrowing base represents the amount that can be borrowed or utilized for
letters of credit from a credit standpoint based on our EBITDA (earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), computed in accordance with the
provisions of our credit facility.
The
borrowing base may be increased to the extent of pro forma additional EBITDA,
(as defined in the credit agreement), attributable to acquisitions or internal
growth projects with approval of the lenders. Our borrowing base as
of June 30, 2008 was $447 million.
At June
30, 2008, we had $319 million borrowed under our credit facility and we had $8
million in letters of credit outstanding. Our debt increased at June
30, 2008 from the December 31, 2007 level as a result of funding our CO2 pipeline
transactions with Denbury. Due to the revolving nature of loans under
our credit facility, additional borrowings and periodic repayments and
re-borrowings may be made until the maturity date of November 15,
2011. The total amount available for borrowings at June 30, 2008 was
$120 million under our credit facility. Effective with the submission
to banks of our quarterly compliance certificate for the quarter ended June 30,
2008, our borrowing base will increase to the maximum facility amount of $500
million.
The key
terms for rates under our credit facility are as follows:
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·
|
The
interest rate on borrowings may be based on the prime rate or the LIBOR
rate, at our option. The interest rate on prime rate loans can
range from the prime rate plus 0.50% to the prime rate plus
1.875%. The interest rate for LIBOR-based loans can range from
the LIBOR rate plus 1.50% to the LIBOR rate plus 2.875%. The
rate is based on our leverage ratio as computed under the credit
facility. Our leverage ratio is recalculated quarterly and in
connection with each material acquisition. At June 30,
2008, our borrowing rates were the prime rate plus 0.50% or the LIBOR rate
plus 1.50%.
|
|
·
|
Letter
of credit fees will range from 1.50% to 2.875% based on our leverage ratio
as computed under the credit facility. The rate can fluctuate
quarterly. At June 30, 2008, our letter of credit rate was
1.50%.
|
|
·
|
We
pay a commitment fee on the unused portion of the $500 million maximum
facility amount. The commitment fee will range from 0.30% to
0.50% based on our leverage ratio as computed under the credit
facility. The rate can fluctuate quarterly. At June
30, 2008, the commitment fee rate was
0.30%.
|
Collateral
under the credit facility consists of substantially all our assets, excluding
our security interest in the NEJD and our ownership interest in the Free State
pipelines. While our general partner is jointly and severally liable for all of
our obligations unless and except to the extent those obligations provide that
they are non-recourse to our general partner, our credit facility expressly
provides that it is non-recourse to our general partner (except to the extent of
its pledge of its general partner interest in certain of our subsidiaries), as
well as to Denbury and its other subsidiaries.
Our
credit facility contains customary covenants (affirmative, negative and
financial) that limit the manner in which we may conduct our
business. Our credit facility contains three primary financial
covenants - a debt service coverage ratio, leverage ratio and funded
indebtedness to capitalization ratio – that require us to achieve specific
minimum financial metrics. In general, our debt service coverage
ratio calculation compares EBITDA (as defined and adjusted in accordance with
the credit facility) to interest expense. Our leverage ratio
calculation compares our consolidated funded debt (as calculated in accordance
with our credit facility) to EBITDA (as adjusted). Our funded
indebtedness ratio compares outstanding debt to the sum of our consolidated
total funded debt plus our consolidated net worth.
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Financial
Covenant
|
|
|
Requirement
|
|
|
Required
Ratio through June 30, 2008
|
|
|
Actual
Ratio as of June 30, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Debt
Service Coverage Ratio
|
|
|
Minimum
|
|
|
2.75
to 1.0
|
|
|
5.05
to 1.0
|
Leverage
Ratio
|
|
|
Maximum
|
|
|
6.0
to 1.0
|
|
|
2.9
to 1.0
|
Funded
Indebtedness Ratio
|
|
|
Maximum
|
|
|
0.8
to 1.0
|
|
|
0.3
to 1.0
|
Our
credit facility includes provisions for the temporary adjustment of the required
ratios following material acquisitions and with lender approval. The
ratios in the table above are the required ratios for the period following a
material acquisition. If we meet these financial metrics and are not
otherwise in default under our credit facility, we may make quarterly
distributions; however, the amount of such distributions may not exceed the sum
of the distributable cash generated by us for the eight most recent quarters,
less the sum of the distributions made with respect to those
quarters. At June 30, 2008, the excess of distributable cash over
distributions under this provision of the credit facility was $31.3
million.
The
carrying value of our debt under our credit facility approximates fair value
primarily because interest rates fluctuate with prevailing market rates, and the
applicable margin on outstanding borrowings reflect what we believe is
market.
10.
|
Partners’
Capital and Distributions
|
Partners’
Capital
Partner’s
capital at June 30, 2008 consists of 39,452,305 common units, including
4,028,096 units owned by our general partner and its affiliates, representing a
98% aggregate ownership interest in the Partnership and its subsidiaries (after
giving affect to the general partner interest), and a 2% general partner
interest.
Our
general partner owns all of our general partner interest, including incentive
distribution rights, all of the 0.01% general partner interest in Genesis Crude
Oil, L.P. (which is reflected as a minority interest in the Unaudited
Consolidated Balance Sheet at June 30, 2008) and operates our
business.
Our
partnership agreement authorizes our general partner to cause us to issue
additional limited partner interests and other equity securities, the proceeds
from which could be used to provide additional funds for acquisitions or other
needs.
Distributions
Generally,
we will distribute 100% of our available cash (as defined by our partnership
agreement) within 45 days after the end of each quarter to unitholders of record
and to our general partner. Available cash consists generally of all
of our cash receipts less cash disbursements adjusted for net changes to
reserves. As discussed in Note 9, our credit facility limits the
amount of distributions we may pay in any quarter.
Pursuant
to our partnership agreement, our general partner receives incremental incentive
cash distributions when unitholders’ cash distributions exceed certain target
thresholds, in addition to its 2% general partner interest. The
allocations of distributions between our common unitholders and our general
partner, including the incentive distribution rights is as follows:
|
|
Unitholders
|
|
|
General
Partner
|
|
Quarterly
Cash Distribution per Common Unit:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Up
to and including $0.25 per Unit
|
|
98.00%
|
|
|
2.00%
|
|
First
Target - $0.251 per Unit up to and including $0.28 per
Unit
|
|
84.74%
|
|
|
15.26%
|
|
Second
Target - $0.281 per Unit up to and including $0.33 per
Unit
|
|
74.26%
|
|
|
25.74%
|
|
Over
Second Target - Cash distributions greater than $0.33 per
Unit
|
|
49.02%
|
|
|
50.98%
|
|
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
We paid
or will pay the following distributions in 2007 and 2008:
Distribution
For
|
|
|
Date
Paid
|
|
|
Per
Unit Amount
|
|
|
Limited
Partner Interests Amount
|
|
|
General
Partner Interest Amount
|
|
|
General
Partner Incentive Distribution Amount
|
|
|
Total
Amount
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
First
quarter 2007
|
|
|
May
2007
|
|
|
$ |
0.220 |
|
|
$ |
3,032 |
|
|
$ |
62 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
3,094 |
|
Second
quarter 2007
|
|
|
August
2007
|
|
|
$ |
0.230 |
|
|
$ |
3,170 |
(1) |
|
$ |
65 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
3,235 |
(1) |
Third
quarter 2007
|
|
|
November
2007
|
|
|
$ |
0.270 |
|
|
$ |
7,646 |
|
|
$ |
156 |
|
|
$ |
90 |
|
|
$ |
7,892 |
|
Fourth
quarter 2007
|
|
|
February
2008
|
|
|
$ |
0.285 |
|
|
$ |
10,903 |
|
|
$ |
222 |
|
|
$ |
245 |
|
|
$ |
11,370 |
|
First
quarter 2008
|
|
|
May
2008
|
|
|
$ |
0.300 |
|
|
$ |
11,476 |
|
|
$ |
234 |
|
|
$ |
429 |
|
|
$ |
12,139 |
|
Second
quarter 2008
|
|
|
August
2008 (2)
|
|
|
$ |
0.315 |
|
|
$ |
12,427 |
|
|
$ |
254 |
|
|
$ |
633 |
|
|
$ |
13,314 |
|
(1) The
distribution paid on August 14, 2007 to holders of our common units is net of
the amounts payable with respect to the common units issued in connection with
the Davison transaction. The Davison unitholders and our general
partner waived their rights to receive such distributions, instead receiving
purchase price adjustments with us.
(2) This
distribution will be paid on August 14, 2008 to the general partner and
unitholders of record as of August 7, 2008.
Net
Income (Loss) Per Common Unit
Subject
to the applicability of Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 03-6 (“EITF 03-6”),
Participating Securities and the Two-Class Method under Financial Accounting
Standards Board Statement No. 128,” as discussed below, our net income is first
allocated to the general partner based on the amount of incentive
distributions. The remainder is then allocated 98% to the limited
partners and 2% to the general partner. Basic net income per limited
partner unit is determined by dividing net income attributable to limited
partners by the weighted average number of outstanding limited partner units
during the period. Diluted net income per common unit is calculated
in the same manner, but also considers the impact to common units for the
potential dilution from phantom units outstanding.
In a
period of net operating losses, incremental phantom units are excluded from the
calculation of diluted earnings per unit due to their anti-dilutive effect.
During 2008, we have reported net income; therefore incremental phantom units
have been included in the calculation of diluted earnings per unit.
EITF 03-6
addresses the computation of earnings per share by entities that have issued
securities other than common stock that contractually entitle the holder to
participate in dividends and earnings of the entity when, and if, it declares
dividends on its common stock (or partnership distributions to
unitholders). EITF 03-06 applies to any accounting period where our
aggregate net income exceeds our aggregate distribution. In such
periods, we are required to present earnings per unit as if all of the earnings
for the periods were distributed, regardless of the pro forma nature of this
allocation and whether those earnings would actually be distributed from an
economic or practical perspective. EITF 03-6 does not impact our
overall net income or other financial results; however, for periods in which
aggregate net income exceeds our aggregate distributions for such period, it
will have the impact of reducing the earnings per limited partner
units. This result occurs as a larger portion of our aggregate
earnings is allocated (as if distributed) to our general partner, even though we
make cash distributions on the basis of cash available for distributions, not
earnings, in any given period. Our aggregate net earnings have not
exceeded our aggregate distributions; therefore EITF 03-6 has not had an impact
on our calculation of earnings per unit. EITF 07-4, which will be
effective for us beginning in 2009, will change the allocation of net income
among our general partner and limited partners as described in Note
2.
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The
following table sets forth the computation of basic net income per common
unit.
|
|
Three
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Numerators
for basic and diluted net income per common unit:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income (loss)
|
|
$ |
7,328 |
|
|
$ |
(1,372 |
) |
|
$ |
8,973 |
|
|
$ |
213 |
|
Less: General
partner's incentive distribution paid
|
|
|
(429 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(674 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
6,899 |
|
|
|
(1,372 |
) |
|
|
8,299 |
|
|
|
213 |
|
Less
general partner 2% ownership
|
|
|
(138 |
) |
|
|
27 |
|
|
|
(166 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
Net
income (loss) available for common unitholders
|
|
$ |
6,761 |
|
|
$ |
(1,345 |
) |
|
$ |
8,133 |
|
|
$ |
209 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denominator
for basic per common unit:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
Units
|
|
|
38,675 |
|
|
|
13,784 |
|
|
|
38,464 |
|
|
|
13,784 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denominator
for diluted per common unit:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
Units
|
|
|
38,675 |
|
|
|
13,784 |
|
|
|
38,464 |
|
|
|
13,784 |
|
Phantom
Units
|
|
|
56 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
50 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
38,731 |
|
|
|
13,784 |
|
|
|
38,514 |
|
|
|
13,784 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
and diluted net income (loss) per common unit
|
|
$ |
0.17 |
|
|
$ |
(0.09 |
) |
|
$ |
0.21 |
|
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
11.
|
Business
Segment Information
|
Our
operations consist of four operating segments: (1) Pipeline
Transportation – interstate and intrastate crude oil, and to a lesser extent,
natural gas and CO2 pipeline
transportation; (2) Refinery Services – processing high sulfur (or “sour”) gas
streams as part of refining operations to remove the sulfur and sale of the
related by-product; (3) Industrial Gases – the sale of CO2 acquired
under volumetric production payments to industrial customers and our investment
in a syngas processing facility, and (4) Supply and Logistics – terminaling,
blending, storing, marketing, gathering, and transporting by truck crude oil and
petroleum products and other dry goods. Our Supply and Logistics
segment was previously known as Crude Oil Gathering and
Marketing. With the Davison acquisition, we expanded our operations
into petroleum products and other transportation services, and combined these
operations due to their similarities and our approach to managing these
operations. Our chief operating decision maker (our Chief Executive Officer)
evaluates segment performance based on a variety of measures, including segment
margin, segment volumes where relevant and maintenance capital
investment. The tables below reflect our segment information as
though the current segment designations had existed in all periods
presented.
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
We
evaluate segment performance based on segment margin. We calculate
segment margin as revenues less costs of sales and operating expenses, and we
include income from investments in joint ventures. We do not deduct depreciation
and amortization. All of our revenues are derived from, and all of
our assets are located in, the United States. The pipeline
transportation segment information includes the revenue, segment margin and
assets of our direct financing leases.
|
|
Pipeline
|
|
|
Refinery
|
|
|
Industrial
|
|
|
Supply
&
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transportation
|
|
|
Services
|
|
|
Gases
(a)
|
|
|
Logistics
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment
margin excluding depreciation and amortization (b)
|
|
$ |
6,828 |
|
|
$ |
17,616 |
|
|
$ |
3,043 |
|
|
$ |
9,492 |
|
|
$ |
36,979 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
expenditures
|
|
$ |
77,246 |
|
|
$ |
559 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
77,805 |
|
Maintenance
capital expenditures
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
208 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
208 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
External
customers
|
|
$ |
8,885 |
|
|
$ |
55,727 |
|
|
$ |
4,450 |
|
|
$ |
569,477 |
|
|
$ |
638,539 |
|
Intersegment
(d)
|
|
|
2,001 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,001 |
|
Total
revenues of reportable segments
|
|
$ |
10,886 |
|
|
$ |
55,727 |
|
|
$ |
4,450 |
|
|
$ |
569,477 |
|
|
$ |
640,540 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment
margin excluding depreciation and amortization (b)
|
|
$ |
2,227 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
2,958 |
|
|
$ |
1,427 |
|
|
$ |
6,612 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
expenditures
|
|
$ |
337 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
42 |
|
|
$ |
379 |
|
Maintenance
capital expenditures
|
|
$ |
337 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
42 |
|
|
$ |
379 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
External
customers
|
|
$ |
5,347 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
3,946 |
|
|
$ |
190,735 |
|
|
$ |
200,028 |
|
Intersegment
(d)
|
|
|
988 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
988 |
|
Total
revenues of reportable segments
|
|
$ |
6,335 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
3,946 |
|
|
$ |
190,735 |
|
|
$ |
201,016 |
|
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
|
Pipeline
|
|
|
Refinery
|
|
|
Industrial
|
|
|
Supply
&
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transportation
|
|
|
Services
|
|
|
Gases
(a)
|
|
|
Logistics
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June
30, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment
margin excluding depreciation and amortization (b)
|
|
$ |
11,471 |
|
|
$ |
31,204 |
|
|
$ |
5,819 |
|
|
$ |
15,753 |
|
|
$ |
64,247 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
expenditures
|
|
$ |
78,524 |
|
|
$ |
1,710 |
|
|
$ |
2,210 |
|
|
$ |
4,603 |
|
|
$ |
87,047 |
|
Maintenance
capital expenditures
|
|
$ |
165 |
|
|
$ |
489 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
330 |
|
|
$ |
984 |
|
Net
fixed and other long-term assets (c)
|
|
$ |
286,593 |
|
|
$ |
449,637 |
|
|
$ |
46,387 |
|
|
$ |
143,980 |
|
|
$ |
926,597 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
External
customers
|
|
$ |
15,673 |
|
|
$ |
99,639 |
|
|
$ |
8,320 |
|
|
$ |
999,595 |
|
|
$ |
1,123,227 |
|
Intersegment
(d)
|
|
|
3,498 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
3,498 |
|
Total
revenues of reportable segments
|
|
$ |
19,171 |
|
|
$ |
99,639 |
|
|
$ |
8,320 |
|
|
$ |
999,595 |
|
|
$ |
1,126,725 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June
30, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment
margin excluding depreciation and amortization (b)
|
|
$ |
5,095 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
5,572 |
|
|
$ |
3,026 |
|
|
$ |
13,693 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
expenditures
|
|
$ |
559 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
135 |
|
|
$ |
694 |
|
Maintenance
capital expenditures
|
|
$ |
559 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
135 |
|
|
$ |
694 |
|
Net
fixed and other long-term assets (c)
|
|
$ |
38,964 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
48,970 |
|
|
$ |
8,309 |
|
|
$ |
96,243 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
External
customers
|
|
$ |
11,007 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
7,443 |
|
|
$ |
364,014 |
|
|
$ |
382,464 |
|
Intersegment
(d)
|
|
|
2,116 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,116 |
|
Total
revenues of reportable segments
|
|
$ |
13,123 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
7,443 |
|
|
$ |
364,014 |
|
|
$ |
384,580 |
|
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
a)
|
Industrial
gases includes our CO2
marketing operations and our equity income from our investments in T&P
Syngas and Sandhill.
|
|
b)
|
Segment
margin was calculated as revenues less cost of sales and operating
expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization. It includes
our share of the operating income of equity joint ventures. A
reconciliation of segment margin to income before income taxes and
minority interest for the periods presented is as
follows:
|
|
|
Three
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment
margin excluding depreciation and amortization
|
|
$ |
36,979 |
|
|
$ |
6,612 |
|
|
$ |
64,247 |
|
|
$ |
13,693 |
|
General
and administrative expenses
|
|
|
(9,166 |
) |
|
|
(5,600 |
) |
|
|
(17,690 |
) |
|
|
(8,928 |
) |
Depreciation
and amortization expense
|
|
|
(16,721 |
) |
|
|
(2,046 |
) |
|
|
(33,510 |
) |
|
|
(3,974 |
) |
Net
(loss) gain on disposal of surplus assets
|
|
|
(76 |
) |
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
(94 |
) |
|
|
24 |
|
Interest
expense, net
|
|
|
(2,039 |
) |
|
|
(321 |
) |
|
|
(3,708 |
) |
|
|
(547 |
) |
Income
(loss) before income taxes and minority interest
|
|
$ |
8,977 |
|
|
$ |
(1,347 |
) |
|
$ |
9,245 |
|
|
$ |
268 |
|
|
c)
|
Net
fixed and other long-term assets are the measure used by management in
evaluating the results of its operations on a segment
basis. Current assets are not allocated to segments as the
amounts are shared by the segments or are not meaningful in evaluating the
success of the segment’s
operations.
|
|
d)
|
Intersegment
sales were conducted on an arm’s length
basis.
|
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
12.
|
Transactions
with Related Parties
|
Sales,
purchases and other transactions with affiliated companies, in the opinion of
management, are conducted under terms no more or less favorable than
then-existing market conditions. The transactions with related
parties were as follows:
|
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Truck
transportation services provided to Denbury
|
|
$ |
1,220 |
|
|
$ |
878 |
|
Pipeline
transportation services provided to Denbury
|
|
$ |
3,314 |
|
|
$ |
2,494 |
|
Payments
received under direct financing leases from Denbury
|
|
$ |
594 |
|
|
$ |
594 |
|
Pipeline
transportation income portion of direct financing lease fees with
Denbury
|
|
$ |
1,798 |
|
|
$ |
318 |
|
Pipeline
monitoring services provided to Denbury
|
|
$ |
48 |
|
|
$ |
60 |
|
Directors'
fees paid to Denbury
|
|
$ |
101 |
|
|
$ |
74 |
|
CO2
transportation services provided by Denbury
|
|
$ |
2,632 |
|
|
$ |
2,334 |
|
Crude
oil purchases from Denbury
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
29 |
|
Operations,
general and administrative services provided by our general
partner
|
|
$ |
25,789 |
|
|
$ |
10,772 |
|
Distributions
to our general partner on its limited partner units and general partner
interest
|
|
$ |
2,786 |
|
|
$ |
559 |
|
Sales
of CO2 to
Sandhill
|
|
$ |
1,464 |
|
|
$ |
1,281 |
|
Petroleum
products sales to Davison family businesses
|
|
$ |
654 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Transportation
Services
We
provide truck transportation services to Denbury to move their crude oil from
the wellhead to our Mississippi pipeline. Denbury pays us a fee for
this trucking service that varies with the distance the crude oil is
trucked. These fees are reflected in the statement of operations as
supply and logistics revenues.
Denbury
is the only shipper on our Mississippi pipeline other than us, and we earn
tariffs for transporting their oil. We also earned fees from Denbury
under the direct financing lease arrangements for the Olive and Brookhaven crude
oil pipelines and the Brookhaven CO2 pipeline
and recorded pipeline transportation income from these
arrangements.
We also
provide pipeline monitoring services to Denbury. This revenue is
included in pipeline revenues in the unaudited statements of
operations.
Directors’
Fees
We paid
Denbury for the services of each of four of Denbury’s officers who serve as
directors of our general partner, at an annual rate that is $10,000 per person
less than the rate at which our independent directors were paid.
CO2 Operations
and Transportation
Denbury
charges us a transportation fee of $0.16 per Mcf (adjusted for inflation) to
deliver CO2 for us to
our customers. In the first half of 2008, the
inflation-adjusted transportation fee averaged $0.1895 per Mcf.
Operations,
General and Administrative Services
We do not
directly employ any persons to manage or operate our business. Those
functions are provided by our general partner. We reimburse the
general partner for all direct and indirect costs of these
services.
Amounts
due to and from Related Parties
At June
30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, we owed Denbury $1.0 million, respectively, for
purchases of crude oil and CO2
transportation charges. Denbury owed us $1.7 million and $0.9 million
for transportation services at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007,
respectively. We owed our general partner $1.0 million and $0.7
million for administrative services at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007,
respectively. At June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, Sandhill owed
us $0.8 and $0.5 million for purchases of CO2,
respectively. At December 31, 2007, we owed the Davison family
entities $0.8 million for reimbursement of costs paid primarily related to
employee transition services.
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Drop-down
transactions
On May
30, 2008, we entered into a $175 million financing lease arrangement with
Denbury Onshore for its NEJD Pipeline System, and acquired its Free State
CO2
pipeline system for $75 million, consisting of $50 million cash and $25 million
of our common units. See Note 3.
Financing
Our
general partner, a wholly owned subsidiary of Denbury, guarantees our
obligations under our credit facility. Our general partner’s
principal assets are its general and limited partnership interests in
us. Our credit agreement obligations are not guaranteed by Denbury or
any of its other subsidiaries. Our credit facility is non-recourse to
our general partner, except to the extent of its pledge of its 0.01% general
partner interest in Genesis Crude Oil, L.P.
We
guarantee 50% of the obligation of Sandhill to a bank. At June 30,
2008, the total amount of Sandhill’s obligation to the bank was $3.6 million;
therefore, our guarantee was for $1.8 million.
13.
|
Major
Customers and Credit Risk
|
Due to
the nature of our supply and logistics operations, a disproportionate percentage
of our trade receivables consists of obligations of oil
companies. This industry concentration has the potential to impact
our overall exposure to credit risk, either positively or negatively, in that
our customers could be affected by similar changes in economic, industry or
other conditions. However, we believe that the credit risk posed by
this industry concentration is offset by the creditworthiness of our customer
base. Our portfolio of accounts receivable is comprised in large part
of integrated and large independent energy companies with stable payment
experience. The credit risk related to contracts which are traded on
the NYMEX is limited due to the daily cash settlement procedures and other NYMEX
requirements.
We have
established various procedures to manage our credit exposure, including initial
credit approvals, credit limits, collateral requirements and rights of
offset. Letters of credit, prepayments and guarantees are also
utilized to limit credit risk to ensure that our established credit criteria are
met.
Shell Oil
Company accounted for 17% of total revenues in the first half of
2008. Shell Oil Company, Occidental Energy Marketing, Inc., and
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. accounted for 24%, 19% and 12% of
total revenues in the first half of 2007, respectively. The majority
of the revenues from these customers in both periods relate to our crude oil
supply and logistics operations.
14.
|
Supplemental
Cash Flow Information
|
Cash
received by us for interest for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 was
$94,000 and $42,000, respectively. Payments of interest and
commitment fees were $3,883,000 and $204,000 for the six months ended June 30,
2008 and 2007, respectively.
Cash paid
for income taxes during the six months ended June 30, 2008 was
$376,000.
At June
30, 2008, we had incurred liabilities for fixed asset and other asset additions
totaling $1.5 million that had not been paid at the end of the second quarter,
and, therefore, are not included in the caption “Payments to acquire fixed
assets” and “Other, net” under investing activities on the Unaudited
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. At June 30, 2007, we had
incurred $0.1 million of liabilities that had not been paid at that date and are
not included in “Payments to acquire fixed assets” under investing
activities.
In May
2008, we issued common units with a value of $25 million as part of the
consideration for the acquisition of the Free State Pipeline from
Denbury. This common unit issuance is a non-cash transaction and the
value of the assets acquired is not included in investing activities and the
issuance of the common units is not reflected under financing activities in our
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Our
market risk in the purchase and sale of crude oil and petroleum products
contracts is the potential loss that can be caused by a change in the market
value of the asset or commitment. In order to hedge our exposure to
such market fluctuations, we may enter into various financial contracts,
including futures, options and swaps. Historically, any contracts we
have used to hedge market risk were less than one year in duration, although we
have the flexibility to enter into arrangements with a longer term.
We may
utilize crude oil futures contracts and other financial derivatives to reduce
our exposure to unfavorable changes in crude oil, fuel oil and petroleum
products prices. Every derivative instrument (including certain
derivative instruments embedded in other contracts) must be recorded in the
balance sheet as either an asset or liability measured at its fair
value. Changes in the derivative’s fair value must be recognized
currently in earnings unless specific hedge accounting criteria are
met. Special accounting for qualifying hedges allows a derivative’s
gains and losses to offset related results on the hedged item in the income
statement. Companies must formally document, designate, and assess
the effectiveness of transactions that receive hedge accounting.
We mark
to fair value our derivative instruments at each period end, with changes in the
fair value of derivatives that are not designated as hedges being recorded as
unrealized gains or losses. Such unrealized gains or losses will
change, based on prevailing market prices, at each balance sheet date prior to
the period in which the transaction actually occurs. The effective
portion of unrealized gains or losses on derivative transactions qualifying as
cash flow hedges are reflected in other comprehensive
income. Derivative transactions qualifying as fair value hedges are
evaluated for hedge effectiveness and the resulting hedge ineffectiveness is
recorded as a gain or loss in the consolidated statements of
operations.
We review
our contracts to determine if the contracts meet the definition of derivatives
pursuant to SFAS 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities.” At June 30, 2008, we had futures contracts that were
considered free-standing derivatives that are accounted for at fair
value. The fair value of these contracts was determined based on the
closing price for such contracts on June 30, 2008. We marked these
contracts to fair value at June 30, 2008. During the three and six
months ended June 30, 2008, we recorded losses of $3.0 million and $4.0 million,
respectively, related to derivative transactions, which are included in the
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations under the caption “Supply and
logistics costs.” We did not utilize any derivatives that were
accounted for as hedges during the three and six months ended June 30,
2008.
The
consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2008 includes a decrease in other current
assets of $0.8 million as a result of these derivative
transactions. The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2007
included a decrease in other current assets of $0.7 million as a result of
derivative transactions.
We
determined that the remainder of our derivative contracts qualified for the
normal purchase and sale exemption and were designated and documented as such at
June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007.
Guarantees
We
guaranteed $1.2 million of residual value related to the leases of trailers from
a lessor. We believe the likelihood that we would be required to
perform or otherwise incur any significant losses associated with this guarantee
is remote.
We
guaranteed 50% of the obligations of Sandhill under a credit facility with a
bank. At June 30, 2008, Sandhill owed $3.6 million; therefore our
guaranty was $1.8 million. Sandhill makes principal payments for this
obligation totaling $0.6 million per year.
Pennzoil
Litigation
We were
named a defendant in a complaint filed on January 11, 2001, in the 125th
District Court of Harris County, Texas, Cause No.
2001-01176. Pennzoil-Quaker State Company, or PQS, was seeking from
us property damages, loss of use and business interruption suffered as a result
of a fire and explosion that occurred at the Pennzoil Quaker State refinery in
Shreveport, Louisiana, on January 18, 2000. PQS claimed the fire and
explosion were caused, in part, by crude oil we sold to PQS that was
contaminated with organic chlorides. In December 2003, our insurance
carriers settled this litigation for $12.8 million.
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
PQS is
also a defendant in five consolidated class action/mass tort actions brought by
neighbors living in the vicinity of the PQS Shreveport, Louisiana refinery in
the First Judicial District Court, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, Cause Nos.
455,647-A, 455,658-B, 455,655-A, 456,574-A, and 458,379-C. PQS has
brought third party claims against us for indemnity with respect to the fire and
explosion of January 18, 2000. We believe that the demand against us
is without merit and intend to vigorously defend ourselves in this
matter. We currently believe that this matter will not have a
material financial effect on our financial position, results of operations, or
cash flows.
Environmental
In 1992,
Howell Crude Oil Company (“Howell”) entered into a sublease with Koch
Industries, Inc. (“Koch”), covering a one acre tract of land located in Santa
Rosa County, Florida to operate a crude oil trucking station, known as Jay
Station. The sublease provided that Howell would indemnify Koch for
environmental contamination on the property under certain
circumstances. Howell operated the Jay Station from 1992 until
December of 1996 when this operation was sold to us by Howell. We
operated the Jay Station as a crude oil trucking station until
2003. Koch has indicated that it has incurred certain
investigative and/or other costs, for which Koch alleges some or all should be
reimbursed by us, under the indemnification provisions of the sublease for
environmental contamination on the site and surrounding areas. Koch
has also alleged that we are responsible for future environmental obligations
relating to the Jay Station.
Howell
was acquired by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (“Anadarko”) in
2002. In 2005, we entered into a joint defense and cost allocation
agreement with Anadarko. Under the terms of the joint allocation
agreement, we agreed to reasonably cooperate with each other to address any
liabilities or defense costs with respect to the Jay
Station. Additionally under the joint allocation agreement, Anadarko
will be responsible for sixty percent of the costs related to any liabilities or
defense costs incurred with respect to contamination at the Jay
Station.
We were
formed in 1996 by the sale and contribution of assets from Howell and Basis
Petroleum, Inc. (“Basis”). Anadarko's liability with respect to the
Jay Station is derived largely from contractual obligations entered into upon
our formation. We believe that Basis has contractual obligations
under the same formation agreements. We intend to seek recovery of
Basis' share of potential liabilities and defense costs with respect to Jay
Station.
We have
developed a plan of remediation for affected soil and groundwater at Jay Station
which has been approved by appropriate state regulatory agencies. We
have accrued an estimate of our share of liability for this matter in the amount
of $0.8 million. The time period over which our liability would be
paid is uncertain and could be several years. This liability may
decrease if indemnification and/or cost reimbursement is obtained by us for
Basis' potential liabilities with respect to this matter. At this
time, our estimate of potential obligations does not assume any specific amount
contributed on behalf of the Basis obligations, although we believe that Basis
is responsible for a significant part of these potential obligations.
We are
subject to various environmental laws and regulations. Policies and
procedures are in place to monitor compliance and to detect and address any
releases of crude oil from our pipelines or other facilities; however, no
assurance can be made that such environmental releases may not substantially
affect our business.
In
connection with the sale of pipeline assets in Texas in the fourth quarter of
2003, we retained responsibility for environmental matters related to the
operations of those pipelines in the periods prior to the date of the sales,
subject to certain conditions. On the majority of the pipelines sold,
our responsibility for any environmental claim will not exceed an aggregate
total of $2 million. Our responsibility for indemnification related
to these sales will cease in 2013.
Other
Matters
Our
facilities and operations may experience damage as a result of an accident or
natural disaster. These hazards can cause personal injury or loss of
life, severe damage to and destruction of property and equipment, pollution or
environmental damage and suspension of operations. We maintain
insurance that we consider adequate to cover our operations and properties, in
amounts we consider reasonable. Our insurance does not cover every
potential risk associated with operating our facilities, including the potential
loss of significant revenues. The occurrence of a significant event
that is not fully-insured could materially and adversely affect our results of
operations. We believe we are adequately insured for public liability
and property damage to others and that our coverage is similar to other
companies with operations similar to ours. No assurance can be made
that we will be able to maintain adequate insurance in the future at premium
rates that we consider reasonable.
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
We are
subject to lawsuits in the normal course of business and examination by tax and
other regulatory authorities. We do not expect such matters presently
pending to have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of
operations, or cash flows.
17.
|
Unit-Based
Compensation Plans
|
Stock
Appreciation Rights Plan
The
adjustment of the liability for our stock appreciation rights plan to its fair
value at June 30, 2008 resulted in a net credit to expense for the six months
ended June 30, 2008 of $0.6 million, with $0.5 million, $0.1 million and $0.1
million included in general and administrative expenses, pipeline operating
costs, and supply and logistics operating costs, respectively. Expense of $0.1
million was recorded to refinery services operating costs related to grants
awarded in the first quarter of 2008. The decrease in our common unit
market price from December 31, 2007 to June 30, 2008 of $5.05 reduced the
accrual for the plan, providing a credit to the expense we recorded under our
plan during the six months ended June 30, 2008. For the three months
ended June 30, 2008, we recorded $0.2 million of expense for our stock
appreciation rights plan, with $0.1 million included in each of general and
administrative expenses and supply and logistics costs.
The
adjustment of the liability to its fair value at June 30, 2007, resulted in
expense for the six months ended June 30, 2007 of $4.3 million, with $2.8
million, $0.8 million and $0.7 million included in general and administrative
expenses, supply and logistics operating costs, and pipeline operating costs,
respectively. For the three months ended June 30, 2007, the expense
we recorded totaled $3.7 million, with $2.5 million, $0.6 million and $0.6
million included in general and administrative expenses, supply and logistics
operating costs, and pipeline operating costs, respectively.
The
following table reflects rights activity under our plan during the six months
ended June 30, 2008:
Stock
Appreciation Rights
|
|
Rights
|
|
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
|
|
Weighted
Average Contractual Remaining Term (Yrs)
|
|
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
at January 1, 2008
|
|
|
593,458 |
|
|
$ |
15.45 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
536,308 |
|
|
$ |
20.83 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(25,563 |
) |
|
$ |
20.48 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeited
or expired
|
|
|
(45,833 |
) |
|
$ |
20.90 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
at June 30, 2008
|
|
|
1,058,370 |
|
|
$ |
18.07 |
|
|
|
8.4 |
|
|
$ |
2,547 |
|
Exercisable
at June 30, 2008
|
|
|
310,324 |
|
|
$ |
14.59 |
|
|
|
6.6 |
|
|
$ |
1,600 |
|
The
weighted-average fair value at June 30, 2008 of rights granted during the first
half of 2008 was $3.03 per right, determined using the following
assumptions:
Assumptions
Used for Fair Value of Rights
|
|
Granted
in 2008
|
|
Expected
life of rights (in years)
|
|
|
5.75
- 6.50 |
|
Risk-free
interest rate
|
|
|
3.58% -
3.67 |
% |
Expected
unit price volatility
|
|
|
33.85 |
% |
Expected
future distribution yield
|
|
|
6.00 |
% |
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The total
intrinsic value of rights exercised during the first six months of 2008 was $0.3
million, which was paid in cash to the participants.
At June
30, 2008, there was $1.4 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related
to rights that we expect will vest under the plan. This amount was
calculated as the fair value at June 30, 2008 multiplied by those rights for
which compensation cost has not been recognized, adjusted for estimated
forfeitures. This unrecognized cost will be recalculated at each
balance sheet date until the rights are exercised, forfeited, or
expire. For the awards outstanding at June 30, 2008, the remaining
cost will be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.0 year.
2007
Long Term Incentive Plan
Subject
to adjustment as provided in the 2007 LTIP, awards up to an aggregate of
1,000,000 units may be granted under the 2007 LTIP, of which 928,472 remain
authorized for issuance at June 30, 2008. In February 2008, 9,166
Phantom Units were granted with vesting at the end of three
years. The aggregate grant date fair value of these Phantom Unit
awards was $0.2 million based on the grant date market price of our common units
of $17.89 per unit, adjusted for distributions that holders of phantom units
will not receive during the vesting period. In June 2008, 23,000
Phantom Units were granted with vesting at the end of one year. The
aggregate grant date fair value of these Phantom Unit awards was $0.5 million
based on the grant date market price of our common units of $20.12 per unit,
adjusted for distributions that holders of phantom units will not receive during
the vesting period.
As of
June 30, 2008, there was $1.2 million of unrecognized compensation expense
related to these units. This unrecognized compensation cost is
expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.4
years.
The
following table summarizes information regarding our non-vested Phantom Unit
grants as of June 30, 2008:
Non-vested
Phantom Unit Grants
|
|
Number
of Units
|
|
|
Weighted
Average Grant-Date Fair Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-vested
at January 1, 2008
|
|
|
39,362 |
|
|
$ |
21.92 |
|
Granted
|
|
|
32,166 |
|
|
$ |
19.48 |
|
Non-vested
at June 30, 2008
|
|
|
71,528 |
|
|
$ |
20.82 |
|
18. Fair-Value
Measurements
As
discussed in Note 2, we partially adopted SFAS 157 effective January 1, 2008
which defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an
asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most
advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between
market participants at the measurement date. SFAS 157 establishes a
three-level fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure
fair value. This hierarchy requires entities to maximize the use of
observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The
three levels of inputs used to measure fair value are as follows:
|
Level
1:
|
Quoted
prices in active markets for identical, unrestricted assets or
liabilities.
|
|
Level
2:
|
Unobservable
market-based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market
data.
|
|
Level
3:
|
Unobservable
inputs that are not corroborated by market data, which require us to
develop our own assumptions. These inputs include certain
pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques
that use significant unobservable
inputs.
|
Our
derivative contracts are exchange-traded futures and exchange-traded option
contracts. The fair value of these exchange-traded derivative
contracts is based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets and is,
therefore, included in Level 1. See Note 15 for additional
information on our derivative instruments.
We
generally apply fair value techniques on a non-recurring basis associated with
(1) valuing the potential impairment loss related to goodwill pursuant to SFAS
142, and (2) valuing potential impairment loss related to long-lived assets
accounted for pursuant to SFAS 144.
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Assets
and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below
(in thousands):
|
|
Carrying
Amount
|
|
|
Quoted
Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets
(Level
1)
|
|
|
Significant
Other Observable Inputs
(Level
2)
|
|
|
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level
3)
|
|
Crude
oil and petroleum products derivative instruments (based on quoted market
prices on NYMEX)
|
|
$ |
(9,042 |
) |
|
$ |
9,042 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
We are
not a taxable entity for federal income tax purposes. As such, we do
not directly pay federal income taxes. Our taxable income or loss is
includible in the federal income tax returns of each of our
partners.
A portion
of the operations we acquired in the Davison transaction are owned by
wholly-owned corporate subsidiaries that are taxable as
corporations. We pay federal and state income taxes on these
operations. The income taxes associated with these operations are
accounted for in accordance with SFAS 109 “Accounting for Income
Taxes.”
In May
2006, the State of Texas enacted a law which will require us to pay a tax of
0.5% on our “margin,” as defined in the law, beginning in 2008 based on our 2007
results. The “margin” to which the tax rate will be applied generally
will be calculated as our revenues (for federal income tax purposes) less the
cost of the products sold (for federal income tax purposes), in the State of
Texas.
For the
three and six months ended June 30, 2008, we have provided current tax expense
in the amount of $5.3 million and $5.5 million, respectively, as the estimate of
the taxes that will be owed on our income for the period, and a deferred tax
benefit of $3.6 million and $5.2 million, respectively, related to temporary
differences, related primarily to differences between amortization of intangible
assets for financial reporting and tax purposes. We recorded an
increase of $4.3 million in the liability for uncertain tax benefits during the
six months ended June 30, 2008. This increase was attributable to
uncertain tax positions associated with deferred tax liabilities and
goodwill.
20.
|
Subsequent
Event – Investment in DG Marine Transportation,
LLC
|
On July
18, 2008, we completed the acquisition of the inland marine transportation
business of Grifco Transportation, Ltd. (“Grifco”) and two of Grifco’s
affiliates through a joint venture with TD Marine, LLC, an entity formed by
members of the Davison family. TD Marine will own (indirectly) an effective 51%
economic interest in the joint venture, DG Marine Transportation, LLC
(“DG Marine”), and we will own (directly and indirectly) an effective 49%
economic interest.
Grifco
received initial purchase consideration of approximately $80 million, comprised
of $63.3 million in cash and $16.7 million, or 837,690, of our common
units. A portion of the units are subject to certain lock-up
restrictions. DG Marine acquired substantially all of Grifco’s assets, including
twelve barges, seven push boats, certain commercial agreements, and office
space. Additionally, DG Marine and/or its subsidiaries
acquired the rights and assumed the obligations to take delivery of four new
barges in late third quarter of 2008 and four additional new barges early in
first quarter of 2009 (at a total price of approximately $27 million). Upon
delivery of the eight new barges, the acquisition of three additional push boats
(at an estimated cost of approximately $6 million), and after placing the barges
and push boats into commercial operations, DG Marine will be obligated to pay
Grifco an additional $12 million in cash as additional purchase consideration,
bringing the total value of the joint investment to approximately $125
million.
The
acquisition and related closing costs were funded with equity contributions from
TD Marine and us of $25.5 million and $24.5 million, respectively, and with
borrowings of $32.9 million under a new DG Marine $75 million, which is
non-recourse to us and TD Marine (other than with respect to our initial
investments). Although DG Marine’s debt is non-recourse to us, our
ownership interest in DG Marine is pledged to secure that
indebtedness.
GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
We have
entered into a subordinated loan agreement with DG Marine whereby we may (at our
sole discretion) lend up to $25 million to DG Marine. The loan
agreement provides for DG Marine to pay us interest on any loans at the rate at
which we borrowed funds under our credit facility plus 1%. Those
loans will mature on January 31, 2012. Under that subordinated loan
agreement, DG Marine is required to make monthly payments to us of principal and
interest to the extent DG Marine has any available cash that otherwise would
have been distributed to the owners of DG Marine in respect of their equity
interest. DG Marine’s revolving credit facility includes restrictions
on DG Marine’s ability to make payments under the subordinated loan
agreement.
In
connection with the DG Marine investment, we redeemed 837,690 common units from
the Davison family for a cash value of $16.7 million, and we issued 837,690
common units to Grifco valued at $16.7 million as a portion of our initial
equity contribution in DG Marine. Our total number of outstanding
common units did not change as a result of that investment.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations
Included
in Management’s Discussion and Analysis are the following sections:
|
·
|
Investment
in DG Marine Transportation, LLC
|
|
·
|
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
|
|
·
|
Commitments
and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
|
|
·
|
New
Accounting Pronouncements
|
In the
discussions that follow, we will focus on two measures that we use to manage our
business and to review the results of our operations. Those two
measures are segment margin and Available Cash before Reserves. Our
profitability depends to a significant extent upon our ability to maximize
segment margin. Segment margin is revenues less cost of sales and
operating expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization) plus our equity in
the operating income of joint ventures. A reconciliation of segment
margin to income from continuing operations is included in our segment
disclosures in Note 11 to the consolidated financial statements.
Available
Cash before Reserves (a non-GAAP measure) is net income as adjusted for specific
items, the most significant of which are the elimination of gains and losses on
asset sales (except those from the sale of surplus assets), the addition of
non-cash expenses (such as depreciation), the substitution of cash generated by
our joint ventures in lieu of our equity income attributable to our joint
ventures, and the subtraction of maintenance capital expenditures, which are
expenditures that are necessary to sustain existing (but not to provide new
sources of) cash flows. For additional information on Available
Cash before Reserves and a reconciliation of this measure to cash flows from
operations, see “Liquidity and Capital Resources - Non-GAAP Financial Measure”
below.
Overview
The
second quarter of 2008 was the third full quarter that included the operations
acquired from the Davison family in July 2007. The increases in
Available Cash before Reserves resulting from this acquisition enabled us to
declare our twelfth consecutive increase in our quarterly
distribution. On July 28, 2008, we announced that our distribution to
our common unitholders relative to the second quarter of 2008 will be $0.315 per
unit (to be paid in August 2008), which is an increase of 5% relative to the
distribution for the first quarter of 2008. This distribution
amount represents a 37% increase from our distribution of $0.23 per unit for the
second quarter of 2007. During the second quarter of 2008, we paid a
distribution of $0.30 per unit related to the first quarter of
2008.
During
the second quarter of 2008, we generated $26.2 million of Available Cash before
Reserves, and we will distribute $13.3 million to holders of our common units
and general partner for the second quarter. During the second quarter
of 2008, cash provided by operating activities was $5.3 million.
In the
second quarter of 2008, we reported net income of $7.3 million, or $0.17 per
common unit. Non-cash depreciation and amortization totaling $16.7
million reduced net income during the second quarter.
For the
six months ended June 30, 2008, we generated net income of $9.0 million, or
$0.21 per common unit, with $0.6 million of that income attributable to a
reduction in the accrual we recorded for our stock appreciation rights
plan. The decrease in our common unit market price from December 31,
2007 to June 30, 2008 of $5.05 reduced the accrual for the plan, providing a
credit to the expense we recorded under our plan during the six months ended
June 30, 2008.
Drop-down
Transactions
We
completed two “drop-down” transactions with Denbury involving two of their
existing CO2 pipelines
- the NEJD and Free State CO2
pipelines. We paid for these pipeline assets with $225 million in cash and
1,199,041 common units valued at $25 million based on the average closing price
of our units for the five trading days surrounding the closing date of the
transaction. We expect to receive approximately $30 million per annum, in the
aggregate, under the lease agreement for the NEJD pipeline and the Free State
pipeline transportation services agreement. Future payments for the
NEJD pipeline are fixed at $20.7 million per year during the term of the
financing lease, and the payments related to the Free State pipeline are
dependent on the volumes of CO2
transported therein, with a minimum monthly payment of $0.1
million.
On August
5, 2008, Denbury announced that the economic impact of an approved tax
accounting method change providing for an acceleration of tax deductions will
likely affect certain types of future asset “drop-downs” to
us. Transactions which are not sales for tax purposes for Denbury,
such as the lease arrangement for the NEJD pipeline, would not be affected
provided the transactions meet other tax structuring criteria for Denbury and
us. Transactions which constitute a sale for tax purposes for
Denbury, like the Free State pipeline transaction, are likely to be
discontinued. While Denbury has also stated it would consider other
options and ways to use us as a financing vehicle, there can be no assurances as
to the amount, or timing, of any potential future asset “drop-downs” from
Denbury to us.
Investment
in DG Marine Transportation, LLC
On July
18, 2008, we invested $24.5 million in DG Marine Transportation, LLC, a joint
venture in which we hold (directly and indirectly) a 49%
interest. The remaining 51% interest is owned (indirectly) by TD
Marine, LLC, an entity formed by members of the Davison family. DG Marine
acquired the inland marine transportation business of Grifco Transportation,
Ltd. Grifco received initial purchase consideration of approximately
$80 million, comprised of $63.3 million in cash and $16.7 million of our common
units. A portion of the units are subject to certain lock-up
restrictions. DG Marine acquired substantially all of Grifco’s assets, including
twelve barges, seven push boats, certain commercial agreements, and office
space. Additionally, DG Marine and/or its subsidiaries
acquired the rights and assumed the obligations to take delivery of four new
barges in late third quarter of 2008 and four additional new barges early in
first quarter of 2009 (at a total price of approximately $27 million). Upon
delivery of the eight new barges, the acquisition of three additional push boats
(at an estimated cost of approximately $6 million), and after placing the barges
and push boats into commercial operations, DG Marine will be obligated to pay
Grifco an additional $12 million in cash as additional purchase consideration,
bringing the total value of the joint investment to approximately $125
million.
The
acquisition and related closing costs were funded with $50 million of aggregate
equity contributions from TD Marine and us, in proportion to our ownership
percentages, and with borrowings of $32.9 million under a new DG Marine $75
million revolving credit facility, which is non-recourse to us and TD Marine
(other than with respect to our initial investments). Although DG
Marine’s debt is non-recourse to us, our ownership interest in DG Marine is
pledged to secure that indebtedness.
We have
entered into a subordinated loan agreement with DG Marine whereby we may (at our
sole discretion) lend up to $25 million to DG Marine. The loan
agreement provides for DG Marine to pay us interest on any loans at the rate at
which we borrowed funds under our credit facility plus 1%. Those
loans will mature on January 31, 2012. Under that subordinated loan
agreement, DG Marine is required to make monthly payments to us of principal and
interest to the extent DG Marine has any available cash that otherwise would
have been distributed to the owners of DG Marine in respect of their equity
interest. DG Marine’s revolving credit facility includes restrictions on DG
Marine’s ability to make payments under the subordinated loan
agreement.
In
connection with the DG Marine investment, we redeemed 837,690 common units from
the Davison family for a cash value of $16.7 million, and we issued 837,690
common units to Grifco valued at $16.7 million as a portion of our initial
equity contribution in DG Marine. Our total number of outstanding
common units did not change as a result of that investment.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Capital
Resources/Sources of Cash
We
anticipate that cash generated from our operations will be the primary source of
cash used to fund our distributions and our maintenance capital
expenditures. For the six months ended June 30, 2008, cash generated
from our operations was $22.7 million. We periodically utilize our
existing credit facility to fund working capital needs. We also
expect to utilize our existing credit facility to fund internal growth
projects. Our credit facility has a maximum facility amount of
$500 million, of which up to $100 million may be used for letters of
credit. The borrowing base under the facility at June 30, 2008 was
approximately $447 million, and is recalculated quarterly and at the time of
acquisitions. When we provide our lenders with our second quarter
compliance data in mid-August, our borrowing base will increase to the maximum
facility amount of $500 million, providing approximately $175 million of
remaining availability.
In the
last two years, we have adopted a growth strategy that has dramatically
increased our cash requirements. Our existing credit facility gives
us $175 million of growth capital. To the extent any of our possible
growth initiatives requires a greater amount of capital, we would have to access
new sources of capital, including public and private debt and equity
markets. Conditions in the capital markets for debt and equity may
make the terms related to the cost of credit or equity prohibitive in relation
to the economics of an acquisition. Additionally, availability of
capital may be limited while financial institutions and investors assess their
liquidity positions. Accordingly, no assurance can be made that we
will be able to raise the necessary funds on satisfactory terms to execute our
growth strategy. If we are unable to raise the necessary funds, we
may be required to defer our growth plans until such time as funds become
available.
The terms
of our credit facility also effectively limit the amount of distributions that
we may pay to our general partner and holders of common units. Such
distributions may not exceed the sum of the distributable cash generated for the
eight most recent quarters, less the sum of the distributions made with respect
to those quarters. See Note 9 of the Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated
Financial Statements.
Uses
of Cash
Our cash
requirements include funding day-to-day operations, maintenance and expansion
capital projects, debt service, refinancings, and distributions on our common
units and other equity interests. We expect to use cash flows from
operating activities to fund cash distributions and maintenance capital
expenditures needed to sustain existing operations. Future expansion
capital – acquisitions or capital projects – will require funding through
various financing arrangements, as more particularly described under “Liquidity
and Capital Resources – Capital Resources/Sources of Cash” above.
Operating. Our
operating cash flows are affected significantly by changes in items of working
capital. The timing of capital expenditures and the related effect on
our recorded liabilities affects operating cash flows.
The
majority of the accounts receivable reflected on our consolidated balance sheets
relate to our crude oil operations. These accounts receivable settle
monthly and collection delays generally relate only to discrepancies or disputes
as to the appropriate price, volume or quality of crude oil
delivered. Accounts receivable in our fuel procurement business also
settle within 30 days of delivery. Over 80% of the $235.2 million
aggregate receivables on our consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2008 relate
to our crude oil and fuel procurement businesses.
Investing. We
utilized some of our cash flow for capital expenditures and other investing
activities. We paid $238.4 million for capital expenditures and
CO2
pipeline transactions and received $0.4 million from the sale of surplus
assets. We received distributions of $0.4 million from our T&P
Syngas joint venture that exceeded our share of the earnings of T&P Syngas
during the first six months of 2008. We also invested an additional
$3.5 million in other investments.
Financing. Net
cash of $215.6 million was provided by financing activities. Our net
borrowings under our credit facility were $239 million, primarily as a result of
the $225 million borrowed to fund the drop-down transactions with Denbury. We
paid distributions totaling $23.5 million to our limited partners and our
general partner during the six month period, and received $0.1 million from
other financing activities.
Capital
Expenditures. A summary of our capital expenditures, in the
six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 is as follows:
|
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Capital
expenditures for asset purchases:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Free
State Pipeline acquisition
|
|
|
75,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Total
asset purchases
|
|
|
75,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
expenditures for property, plant and equipment:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maintenance
capital expenditures:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pipeline
transportation assets
|
|
|
165 |
|
|
|
559 |
|
Supply
and logistics assets
|
|
|
304 |
|
|
|
112 |
|
Refinery
services assets
|
|
|
489 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Administrative
and other assets
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
23 |
|
Total
maintenance capital expenditures
|
|
|
984 |
|
|
|
694 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Growth
capital expenditures:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pipeline
transportation assets
|
|
|
3,359 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Supply
and logistics assets
|
|
|
4,273 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Refinery
services assets
|
|
|
1,221 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Total
growth capital expenditures
|
|
|
8,853 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Total
|
|
|
9,837 |
|
|
|
694 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
expenditures attributable to unconsolidated affiliates:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Faustina
project
|
|
|
2,210 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Total
|
|
|
2,210 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Total
capital expenditures
|
|
$ |
87,047 |
|
|
$ |
694 |
|
During
the remainder of 2008, we expect to expend approximately $3.8 million for
maintenance capital projects in progress or planned. Those
expenditures are expected to include approximately $0.5 million of improvements
in our refinery services business, $0.2 million in our crude oil pipeline
operations, $1.5 million related to the relocation of our headquarters office
when our existing lease ends in October 2008 and the remainder on projects
related to our truck transportation and information technology
areas. Most of our truck fleet is less than two years old, so we do
not anticipate making any significant expenditures for vehicles in 2008;
however, in future years we expect to spend $4 million to $5 million per year on
vehicle replacements. Based on the information available to us at
this time, we do not anticipate that future capital expenditures for compliance
with regulatory requirements will be material.
We have
started construction of an expansion of our existing Jay System that will extend
the pipeline to producers operating in southern Alabama. That
expansion will consist of approximately 33 miles of pipeline and gathering
connections to approximately 35 wells and will include storage capacity of
20,000 barrels. We expect to spend a total of approximately $7.6
million on this project in 2008. Our refinery services segment
expects to expend approximately $10.1 million on projects currently in progress
to expand its operations in 2008 to two additional refineries. We
also increased our base level of crude oil inventory by $4.3 million related to
our Port Hudson facility, which is included in fixed assets. This is
the level of inventory needed to ensure efficient and uninterrupted operations
of the facility.
Expenditures
for capital assets to grow the partnership distribution will depend on our
access to debt and equity capital discussed above in “Capital Resources -- Sources of
Cash.” We will look for opportunities to acquire assets from
other parties that meet our criteria for stable cash flows.
Distributions
We are
required by our partnership agreement to distribute 100% of our available cash
(as defined therein) within 45 days after the end of each quarter to unitholders
of record and to our general partner. Available cash consists
generally of all of our cash receipts less cash disbursements adjusted for net
changes to reserves. We have increased our distribution for each of
the last six quarters, including the distribution to be paid for the second
quarter of 2008, as shown in the table below (in thousands, except per unit
amounts).
Distribution
For
|
|
|
Date
Paid
|
|
|
Per
Unit Amount
|
|
|
Limited
Partner Interests Amount
|
|
|
General
Partner Interest Amount
|
|
|
General
Partner Incentive Distribution Amount
|
|
|
Total
Amount
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
First
quarter 2007
|
|
|
May
2007
|
|
|
$ |
0.220 |
|
|
$ |
3,032 |
|
|
$ |
62 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
3,094 |
|
Second
quarter 2007
|
|
|
August
2007
|
|
|
$ |
0.230 |
|
|
$ |
3,170 |
(1) |
|
$ |
65 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
3,235 |
(1) |
Third
quarter 2007
|
|
|
November
2007
|
|
|
$ |
0.270 |
|
|
$ |
7,646 |
|
|
$ |
156 |
|
|
$ |
90 |
|
|
$ |
7,892 |
|
Fourth
quarter 2007
|
|
|
February
2008
|
|
|
$ |
0.285 |
|
|
$ |
10,903 |
|
|
$ |
222 |
|
|
$ |
245 |
|
|
$ |
11,370 |
|
First
quarter 2008
|
|
|
May
2008
|
|
|
$ |
0.300 |
|
|
$ |
11,476 |
|
|
$ |
234 |
|
|
$ |
429 |
|
|
$ |
12,139 |
|
Second
quarter 2008
|
|
|
August
2008 (2)
|
|
|
$ |
0.315 |
|
|
$ |
12,427 |
|
|
$ |
254 |
|
|
$ |
633 |
|
|
$ |
13,314 |
|
(1) The
distribution paid on August 14, 2007 to holders of our common units is net of
the amounts payable with respect to the common units issued in connection with
the Davison transaction. The Davison unitholders and our general
partner waived their rights to receive such distributions, instead receiving
purchase price adjustments with us.
(2) This
distribution will be paid on August 14, 2008 to the general partner and
unitholders of record as of August 7, 2008.
See Notes
9 and 10 of the Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Available
Cash before Reserves for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 is as
follows (in thousands):
|
|
Three
Months
|
|
|
Six
Months
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
June
30, 2008
|
|
|
June
30, 2008
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
7,328 |
|
|
$ |
8,973 |
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
|
16,721 |
|
|
|
33,510 |
|
Cash
received from direct financing leases not included in
income
|
|
|
397 |
|
|
|
544 |
|
Cash
effects of sales of certain assets
|
|
|
181 |
|
|
|
426 |
|
Effects
of available cash generated by investments in joint ventures not included
in income
|
|
|
643 |
|
|
|
1,066 |
|
Cash
effects of stock appreciation rights plan
|
|
|
(113 |
) |
|
|
(271 |
) |
Loss
on asset disposals
|
|
|
76 |
|
|
|
94 |
|
Non-cash
tax expense (benefits)
|
|
|
700 |
|
|
|
(926 |
) |
Other
non-cash credits
|
|
|
460 |
|
|
|
(460 |
) |
Maintenance
capital expenditures
|
|
|
(208 |
) |
|
|
(984 |
) |
Available
Cash before Reserves
|
|
$ |
26,185 |
|
|
$ |
41,972 |
|
We have
reconciled Available Cash before Reserves (a non-GAAP measure) to cash flow from
operating activities (the GAAP measure) for the three and six months ended June
30, 2008 below. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2008,
cash flows provided by operating activities were $5.3 million and $22.7 million,
respectively.
Non-GAAP
Financial Measure
This
quarterly report includes the financial measure of Available Cash before
Reserves, which is a “non-GAAP” measure because it is not contemplated by or
referenced in accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S., also
referred to as GAAP. The accompanying schedule provides a
reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial measure to its most directly
comparable GAAP financial measure. Our non-GAAP financial measure
should not be considered as an alternative to GAAP measures such as net income,
operating income, cash flow from operating activities or any other GAAP measure
of liquidity or financial performance. We believe that investors
benefit from having access to the same financial measures being utilized by
management, lenders, analysts, and other market participants.
Available
Cash before Reserves, also referred to as discretionary cash flow, is commonly
used as a supplemental financial measure by management and by external users of
financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and
rating agencies, to assess: (1) the financial performance of our assets without
regard to financing methods, capital structures, or historical cost basis; (2)
the ability of our assets to generate cash sufficient to pay interest cost and
support our indebtedness; (3) our operating performance and return on capital as
compared to those of other companies in the midstream energy industry, without
regard to financing and capital structure; and (4) the viability of projects and
the overall rates of return on alternative investment
opportunities. Because Available Cash before Reserves excludes some,
but not all, items that affect net income or loss and because these measures may
vary among other companies, the Available Cash before Reserves data presented in
this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may not be comparable to similarly titled
measures of other companies. The GAAP measure most directly
comparable to Available Cash before Reserves is net cash provided by operating
activities.
Available
Cash before Reserves is a liquidity measure used by our management to compare
cash flows generated by us to the cash distribution paid to our limited partners
and general partner. This is an important financial measure to our
public unitholders since it is an indicator of our ability to provide a cash
return on their investment. Specifically, this financial measure aids
investors in determining whether or not we are generating cash flows at a level
that can support a quarterly cash distribution to the
partners. Lastly, Available Cash before Reserves (also referred to as
distributable cash flow) is the quantitative standard used throughout the
investment community with respect to publicly-traded partnerships.
The
reconciliation of Available Cash before Reserves (a non-GAAP liquidity measure)
to cash flow from operating activities (the GAAP measure) for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2008, is as follows (in thousands):
|
|
Three
Months
|
|
|
Six
Months
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
June 30,
2008
|
|
|
June 30,
2008
|
|
Cash
flows from operating activities
|
|
$ |
5,313 |
|
|
$ |
22,696 |
|
Adjustments
to reconcile operating cash flows to Available Cash:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maintenance
capital expenditures
|
|
|
(208 |
) |
|
|
(984 |
) |
Proceeds
from sales of certain assets
|
|
|
181 |
|
|
|
426 |
|
Amortization
of credit facility issuance fees
|
|
|
(267 |
) |
|
|
(535 |
) |
Effects
of available cash generated by investments in joint ventures not included
in cash flows from operating activities
|
|
|
329 |
|
|
|
413 |
|
Available
cash from NEJD pipeline not yet received and included in cash flows from
operating activities
|
|
|
1,722 |
|
|
|
1,722 |
|
Net
effect of changes in operating accounts not included in calculation of
Available Cash
|
|
|
19,115 |
|
|
|
18,234 |
|
Available
Cash before Reserves
|
|
$ |
26,185 |
|
|
$ |
41,972 |
|
Commitments
and Off-Balance-Sheet Arrangements
Contractual
Obligations and Commercial Commitments
In
addition to the credit facility discussed above, we have contractual obligations
under operating leases as well as commitments to purchase crude
oil. The table below summarizes our obligations and commitments at
June 30, 2008 (in thousands).
|
|
Payments
Due by Period
|
|
Commercial
Cash Obligations and Commitments
|
|
Less
than one year
|
|
|
1 -
3 years
|
|
|
3 -
5 Years
|
|
|
More
than 5 years
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contractual
Obligations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term
debt (1)
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
319,000 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
319,000 |
|
Estimated
interest payable on long-term debt (2)
|
|
|
17,545 |
|
|
|
35,090 |
|
|
|
6,585 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
59,220 |
|
Operating
lease obligations
|
|
|
6,771 |
|
|
|
8,490 |
|
|
|
4,696 |
|
|
|
10,564 |
|
|
|
30,521 |
|
Capital
expansion projects (3)
|
|
|
5,818 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
5,818 |
|
Unconditional
purchase obligations (4)
|
|
|
208,662 |
|
|
|
34,350 |
|
|
|
3,596 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
246,608 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
Cash Commitments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset
retirement obligations (5)
|
|
|
100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,656 |
|
|
|
3,756 |
|
FIN
48 tax liabilities (6)
|
|
|
5,512 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
5,512 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
244,408 |
|
|
$ |
77,930 |
|
|
$ |
333,877 |
|
|
$ |
14,220 |
|
|
$ |
670,435 |
|
|
(1)
|
Our
credit facility allows us to repay and re-borrow funds at any time through
the maturity date of November 15,
2011.
|
\
|
(2)
|
Interest
on our long-term debt is at market-based rates. The amount shown for
interest payments represents the amount that would be paid if the debt
outstanding at June 30, 2008 remained outstanding through the final
maturity date of November 15, 2011, and interest rates remained at the
June 30, 2008 market levels through November 15,
2011.
|
|
(3)
|
We
have signed commitments to expand our Jay pipeline system and to construct
sour gas processing facilities at a new location. See “Capital
Expenditures” above.
|
|
(4)
|
Unconditional
purchase obligations include agreements to purchase good and services that
are enforceable and legally binding and specify all significant
terms. Contracts to purchase crude oil and petroleum products
are generally at market-based prices. For purposes of this
table, estimated volumes and market prices at June 30, 2008, were used to
value those obligations. The actual physical volumes and
settlement prices may vary from the assumptions used in the
table. Uncertainties involved in these estimates include levels
of production at the wellhead, changes in market prices and other
conditions beyond our control.
|
|
(5)
|
Represents
the estimated future asset retirement obligations on an undiscounted
basis. The present discounted asset retirement obligation is
$1.2 million, as determined under FIN 47 and SFAS
143.
|
|
(6)
|
The
estimated FIN 48 tax liabilities will be settled as a result of expiring
statutes or audit activity. The timing of any particular
settlement will depend on the length of the tax audit and related appeals
process, if any, or an expiration of statute. If a liability is
settled due to a stature expiring or a favorable audit result, the
settlement of the FIN 48 tax liability would not result in a cash
payment.
|
In
addition to the contractual cash obligations included above, we also have a
contingent obligation related to our acquisition of a 50% interest in Sandhill,
which could require us to pay an additional $2 million for our
interest.
We have
guaranteed 50% of the $3.6 million debt obligation to a bank of Sandhill;
however, we believe we are not likely to be required to perform under this
guarantee as Sandhill is expected to make all required payments under the debt
obligation.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We have
no off-balance sheet arrangements, special purpose entities, or financing
partnerships, other than as disclosed under “Contractual Obligations and
Commercial Commitments” above, nor do we have any debt or equity triggers based
upon our unit or commodity prices.
Results
of Operations
The
contribution of each of our segments to total segment margin in the second
quarters and six-month periods of 2008 and 2007 was as follows:
|
|
Three
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Pipeline
transportation
|
|
$ |
6,828 |
|
|
$ |
2,227 |
|
|
$ |
11,471 |
|
|
$ |
5,095 |
|
Refinery
services
|
|
|
17,616 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
31,204 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Industrial
gases
|
|
|
3,043 |
|
|
|
2,958 |
|
|
|
5,819 |
|
|
|
5,572 |
|
Supply
and logistics
|
|
|
9,492 |
|
|
|
1,427 |
|
|
|
15,753 |
|
|
|
3,026 |
|
Total
segment margin
|
|
$ |
36,979 |
|
|
$ |
6,612 |
|
|
$ |
64,247 |
|
|
$ |
13,693 |
|
Pipeline
Transportation Segment
We
operate three crude oil common carrier pipeline systems in a four-state
area. We refer to these pipelines as our Mississippi System, Jay
System, and Texas System. Additionally, we operate two CO2 pipelines
in Mississippi to transport CO2 for
Denbury. We also lease the NEJD pipeline to Denbury in a transaction
accounted for by us as a direct financing lease. We also have several small
natural gas gathering systems.
Denbury
is the largest producer (based on average barrels produced per day) of crude oil
in the State of Mississippi. Our Mississippi System is adjacent to several of
Denbury’s existing and prospective oil fields. As Denbury continues
to acquire and develop old oil fields using CO2 based
tertiary recovery operations, we expect Denbury to add crude oil gathering and
CO2
supply infrastructure to those fields, which could create opportunities
for us.
The Jay
System in Florida/Alabama ships crude oil from fields with relatively short
remaining production lives. Recent changes in the ownership of the
more mature producing fields in the area surrounding our Jay System have led to
interest in further development or re-development of these fields which may lead
to increases in production. Additionally, new wells have been drilled
in the area. This new production produces greater tariff revenue for
us due to the greater distance that the crude oil is transported on the
pipeline. In August 2007, we announced that we will construct an
expansion of our existing Jay System that will extend to producers operating in
southern Alabama. This extension will consist of approximately 33
miles of pipeline and gathering connections to approximately 35 wells and
storage capacity of 20,000 barrels. We expect to place these
facilities in service in the first quarter of 2009. The production
from these wells is currently being transported to our existing Jay System by
our trucks. This expansion will allow us to re-deploy the trucks to
other operations.
Our Texas
System is dependent on connecting carriers for supply, and on two refineries for
demand for our services. Volumes on the Texas System fluctuate as a
result of changes in the supply available for the two refineries to acquire and
ship on our pipeline. Volumes on the Texas System may continue to
fluctuate as refiners on the Texas Gulf Coast compete for crude oil with other
markets connected to TEPPCO’s pipeline systems.
The Free
State Pipeline is an 86-mile, 20” pipeline that extends from Denbury’s CO2 source
fields at the Jackson Dome, near Jackson, Mississippi, to Denbury’s oil fields
in east Mississippi. We entered into a twenty-year transportation
services agreement to deliver CO2 on the
Free State pipeline for Denbury’s use in it tertiary recovery
operations. Under the terms of the transportation
services agreement, we are responsible for owning, operating, maintaining and
making improvements to that pipeline. Denbury has rights to exclusive
use of that pipeline and is required to use that pipeline to supply CO2 to its
current and certain of its other tertiary operations in east
Mississippi. The transportation services agreement provides for a
$100,000 per month minimum payment, which is accounted for as an operating
lease, plus a tariff based on throughput.
We
operate the Brookhaven CO2 pipeline
which is used to transport CO2 from the
NEJD pipeline to Brookhaven oil field. Denbury has the exclusive
right to use this CO2
pipeline.
The NEJD
Pipeline System is a 183-mile, 20” CO2 pipeline
extending from the Jackson Dome, near Jackson, Mississippi, to near Donaldson,
Louisiana, currently being used by Denbury for its tertiary operations in
southwest Mississippi. Denbury has the rights to exclusive use of the
NEJD Pipeline System, will be responsible for all operations and maintenance on
that system, and will bear and assume all obligations and liabilities with
respect to that system. We entered into a twenty-year lease
transaction with Denbury valued at $175 million and acquired certain security
interests in the NEJD Pipeline System. Under the terms of the
agreement, Denbury will make quarterly rent payments beginning August 30,
2008. These quarterly rent payments are fixed at $5,166,943 per
quarter or approximately $20.7 million per year during the lease term at an
interest rate of 10.25%. At the end of the lease term, we will
reassign to Denbury all of our interests in the NEJD Pipeline for a nominal
payment. This transaction is being accounted for as a direct
financing lease.
Operating
results for our pipeline transportation segment were as follows:
|
|
Three
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Crude
oil tariffs and revenues from direct financing leases of crude oil
pipelines
|
|
$ |
3,979 |
|
|
$ |
3,458 |
|
|
$ |
8,105 |
|
|
$ |
6,994 |
|
Sales
of crude oil pipeline loss allowance volumes
|
|
|
2,868 |
|
|
|
1,441 |
|
|
|
5,326 |
|
|
|
3,140 |
|
CO2
tariffs and revenues from direct financing leases of CO2
pipelines
|
|
|
2,245 |
|
|
|
80 |
|
|
|
2,323 |
|
|
|
162 |
|
Tank
rental reimbursements and other miscellaneous revenues
|
|
|
166 |
|
|
|
164 |
|
|
|
434 |
|
|
|
327 |
|
Total
revenues from crude oil and CO2
tariffs, including revenues from direct financing leases
|
|
|
9,258 |
|
|
|
5,143 |
|
|
|
16,188 |
|
|
|
10,623 |
|
Revenues
from natural gas tariffs and sales
|
|
|
1,628 |
|
|
|
1,192 |
|
|
|
2,983 |
|
|
|
2,500 |
|
Natural
gas purchases
|
|
|
(1,568 |
) |
|
|
(1,112 |
) |
|
|
(2,854 |
) |
|
|
(2,347 |
) |
Pipeline
operating costs
|
|
|
(2,490 |
) |
|
|
(2,996 |
) |
|
|
(4,846 |
) |
|
|
(5,681 |
) |
Segment
margin
|
|
$ |
6,828 |
|
|
$ |
2,227 |
|
|
$ |
11,471 |
|
|
$ |
5,095 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barrels
per day on crude oil pipelines:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
67,434 |
|
|
|
57,127 |
|
|
|
66,733 |
|
|
|
57,627 |
|
Mississippi
System
|
|
|
24,873 |
|
|
|
20,496 |
|
|
|
23,864 |
|
|
|
19,983 |
|
Jay
System
|
|
|
11,828 |
|
|
|
11,602 |
|
|
|
13,222 |
|
|
|
12,230 |
|
Texas
System
|
|
|
30,733 |
|
|
|
25,029 |
|
|
|
29,647 |
|
|
|
25,414 |
|
Three
Months Ended June 30, 2008 Compared with Three Months Ended June 30,
2007
Pipeline
segment margin for the second quarter of 2008 increased $4.6 million as compared
to the second quarter of 2007. Revenues from crude oil tariffs and
related sources and sales of pipeline loss allowance volumes increased a total
of $1.9 million. Revenues from CO2 financing
leases and tariffs contributed $2.2 million of the increase. Pipeline
operating costs decreased $0.5 million between the two periods, and the
contribution to segment margin from natural gas activities was
consistent.
Crude oil
tariff and direct financing lease revenues increased $0.5 million primarily due
to volume increases on all of our pipeline systems totaling 10,307 barrels per
day. The tariff on the Mississippi System is an incentive tariff, such that the
average tariff per barrel decreases as the volumes increase, however the overall
impact of an annual tariff increase on July 1, 2007 with the volume increase
still resulted in improved revenues from this system by $0.1
million. As a result of the annual tariff increase on July 1, 2007,
average tariffs on the Jay System increased by approximately $0.07 per barrel
between the two periods, which, when combined with the 226 barrels per day
increase in volumes, improved tariff revenues from this system by $0.1
million. Volumes on the Texas System increased by 5,704 barrels per
day, resulting in an increase in revenues of $0.3 million. The impact
on revenues of increases in volumes on the Texas System is not very significant
due to the relatively low tariffs on that system. Approximately 78%
of the volume on that system is shipped on a tariff of $0.31 per
barrel.
Higher
market prices for crude oil added $1.4 million to pipeline loss allowance
revenues. Crude oil market prices have increased approximately $60
per barrel between the two quarters.
CO2 tariff and
direct financing lease revenues increased $2.2 million between the two quarters,
with $1.5 million attributable to the one month we have owned the NEJD pipeline
and $0.7 million to the Free State pipeline. The volume transported
on the Free State pipeline for the month of June was 152 MMcf per day, with the
transportation fee totaling $0.6 million and the minimum payment $0.1
million.
Historically,
the largest operating costs in our crude oil pipeline segment have consisted of
personnel costs, power costs, maintenance costs, and costs of compliance with
regulations. Some of these costs are not predictable, such as
failures of equipment or power cost increases. We perform regular
maintenance on our assets in an effort to keep them in good operational
condition and to minimize cost increases. Operations and maintenance
costs, excluding the effects of our stock appreciation rights plan were flat
when compared to the prior period. A decrease in the costs related to
our stock appreciation right plan expense that relates to our pipeline
operations personnel resulted in the decline in pipeline operating costs between
the quarters.
Six
Months Ended June 30, 2008 Compared with Six Months Ended June 30,
2007
For the
six month periods, pipeline segment margin increased $6.4
million. $3.3 million is attributable to crude oil tariffs and
related sources and pipeline loss allowance revenue increases, $2.2 million to
CO2 pipelines, and $0.8 million to a reduction in pipeline operating
costs.
Revenues
from transportation on the Mississippi System increased $0.3 million from an
increase in volumes of 3,881 barrels per day. As discussed above, the
tariff for the Mississippi System is an incentive tariff under which incremental
volumes result in a smaller tariff per barrel.
Volumes
on the Jay System increased 992 barrels per day, increasing revenue by $0.3
million. The volume increase is due in part to the renewed interest
by oil producers in the fields in the area and additional volumes we are
bringing to the system from other locations. During the second quarter of 2008,
volumes declined slightly due to maintenance at several separation plants
providing volumes to the system. Variances in the average tariff per
barrel on this system are affected by the annual tariff increase each year in
July and the varying tariff rates depending on the distance volumes are
transported.
Volumes
on the Texas System increased 4,233 barrels per day, contributing $0.5 million
of additional revenue between the six-month periods. Shippers on the
system have increased the crude oil production that they acquire that is shipped
on our pipeline to their refineries.
Revenues
from pipeline loss allowance volumes have increased by $2.2 million due to the
significant increase in market prices for crude oil between the first half of
2007 and the first half of 2008.
The
decrease in pipeline operating costs between the two six-month periods is
attributable to our stock appreciation rights plan. In the first half
of 2007, we included $0.7 million in pipeline operating costs for the plan,
resulting from the increase in our common unit price of $15.40 during the
period. In the 2008 period, our common unit price decreased by $5.05,
resulting in a credit to expense of $0.1 million, for a total variation of $0.8
million.
Refinery
Services Segment
We
acquired our refinery services segment in the Davison transaction in July
2007. That segment provides services to eight refining operations
primarily located in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. In our
processing, we apply proprietary technology that uses large quantities of
caustic soda (the primary input used by our proprietary process). Our
refinery services business generates revenue by providing a service for which it
receives 100% of the NaHS as compensation and by selling the NaHS, the
by-product of our process, to approximately 100 customers. Some of
the largest customers for the NaHS are copper mining companies in the United
States and South America and paper mills in the United States.
The
largest cost component of providing the service is acquiring and delivering
caustic soda to our operations. Caustic soda, or NaOH, is the
scrubbing agent introduced in the sour gas stream to remove the sulfur and
generate the by-product, NaHS. Therefore the contribution to segment
margin involves the revenues generated from the sales of NaHS less our total
cost of providing the services, including the costs of acquiring and delivering
caustic soda to our service locations. We estimate that approximately
65% of our NaHS sales are indexed, in one form or another, to our cost of
caustic soda. We engage in other activities such as selling caustic
soda, buying NaHS from other producers for re-sale to our customers and buying
and selling sulfur, the financial results of which are also reported in our
refinery services segment.
Segment
margin from our refinery services for the second quarter of 2008 was $17.6
million, which when combined with the first quarter segment margin of $13.6
million, totals $31.2 million for the first six months of 2008. As we have only
owned the operations of this segment since July 25, 2007, we are providing
information comparing the first and second quarters of 2008. We
believe the most meaningful measure of our success in this segment is the
revenue generated from sales of NaHS after deducting delivery expenses, from
both the volumes received as payment for rendering service as well as volumes
obtained from third party producers. Included in the table below is
information on our NaHS sales activity in the first two quarters of
2008.
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
|
Six
Months Ended
|
|
|
|
March 31,
2008
|
|
|
June 30,
2008
|
|
|
June 30,
2008
|
|
NaHS
Sales
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dry
Short Tons (DST)
|
|
|
41,742 |
|
|
|
46,655 |
|
|
|
88,397 |
|
Net
Sales
|
|
$ |
27,530 |
|
|
$ |
37,664 |
|
|
$ |
65,194 |
|
Contribution
Margin per DST
|
|
$ |
260 |
|
|
$ |
342 |
|
|
$ |
303 |
|
During
the first quarter of 2008, sales of NaHS, measured in dry short tons (DST) were
41,742 DST, or an average of 459 DST per day. The average sales price
of the NaHS, net of delivery expenses, for the period was $660 per
DST. For the second quarter of 2008, sales of NaHS were 46,655 DST,
or an average of 513 DST per day. This approximately 12% increase in
NaHS sales volumes resulted from increased demand from our customers in the
mining, specialty chemicals and alumina refining businesses. The
average sales price of NaHS increased to $807 per DST, primarily as a function
of increases in our costs for caustic soda, the largest input to processing of
the sour gas streams that result in NaHS. We also increased our sales
prices to compensate for increased transportation costs for both delivery of raw
materials to us and product to our customers. As we expand our sour
gas processing services to additional refineries, we expect these NaHS sales
volumes to continue to increase. The increased worldwide demand for
copper has contributed to the increased demand for NaHS by mining customers in
both the United States and South America.
The
largest input to processing of the sour gas streams that result in NaHS is
caustic soda. We also market caustic soda and sulfidic caustic not
used for our processing. During the second quarter of 2008, our sales
price for caustic soda was $531 per DST, an increase of 11% over the market
price in the first quarter of 2008. We have generally been successful
in increasing the sales price of NaHS to compensate for increases in caustic
soda prices and maintaining or expanding the contribution of NaHS sales to our
segment margin.
During
the second quarter, we extended a contract with a refiner for an additional
ten-year period. Contract extensions with major customers and changes
to pricing in the contracts helped increase our contribution margin per DST by
32%.
Industrial
Gases Segment
Our
industrial gases segment includes the results of our CO2 sales to
industrial customers and our share of the operating income of our 50% joint
venture interests in T&P Syngas and Sandhill.
CO2 -
Industrial Customers - We supply CO2 to
industrial customers under seven long-term CO2 sales
contracts. The sales contracts contain provisions for adjustments for
inflation to sales prices based on the Producer Price Index, with a minimum
price.
Our
industrial customers treat the CO2 and
transport it to their own customers. The primary industrial
applications of CO2 by these
customers include beverage carbonation and food chilling and
freezing. Based on historical data for 2004 through the first quarter
of 2008, we can expect some seasonality in our sales of CO2. The
dominant months for beverage carbonation and freezing food are from April to
October, when warm weather increases demand for beverages and the approaching
holidays increase demand for frozen foods. Volumes sold in each of
the last five quarters were as follows:
|
|
Sales
Mcf
per Day
|
|
|
|
|
|
Second
Quarter 2007
|
|
|
75,039 |
|
Third
Quarter 2007
|
|
|
85,705 |
|
Fourth
Quarter 2007
|
|
|
80,667 |
|
First
Quarter 2008
|
|
|
73,062 |
|
Second
Quarter 2008
|
|
|
79,968 |
|
Operating
Results - Operating results from our industrial gases segment were as
follows:
|
|
Three
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Revenues
from CO2
sales
|
|
$ |
4,450 |
|
|
$ |
3,946 |
|
|
$ |
8,320 |
|
|
$ |
7,443 |
|
CO2
transportation and other costs
|
|
|
(1,391 |
) |
|
|
(1,281 |
) |
|
|
(2,663 |
) |
|
|
(2,425 |
) |
Equity
in (losses) earnings of joint ventures
|
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
293 |
|
|
|
162 |
|
|
|
554 |
|
Segment
margin
|
|
$ |
3,043 |
|
|
$ |
2,958 |
|
|
$ |
5,819 |
|
|
$ |
5,572 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Volumes
per day:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CO2
sales - Mcf
|
|
|
79,968 |
|
|
|
75,039 |
|
|
|
76,515 |
|
|
|
71,120 |
|
Three
Months Ended June 30, 2008 Compared with Three Months Ended June 30,
2007
The
increase in margin from the industrial gases between the two quarterly periods
was the result of an increase in CO2
sales volumes of 6.6%. Variations in the volumes sold among
contracts with different pricing terms combined with inflation adjustment
factors in the sales contracts resulted in the average sales price of the
CO2
increasing $0.03 per Mcf, or 5.8%.
The
increased volumes and the inflation adjustment to the rate we pay Denbury to
transport the CO2
to our customers resulted in greater CO2
transportation costs in the second quarter of 2008 when compared to the 2007
quarter. The transportation rate increase between the two quarters
was 4.3%.
Our share
of the operating income from our joint ventures, T&P Syngas and Sandhill was
a loss of $16,000 and $0.3 million, respectively, for the three months ended
June 30, 2008 and 2007. We received cash distributions from the joint
ventures totaling $0.6 million during the quarter.
Six
Months Ended June 30, 2008 Compared with Six Months Ended June 30,
2007
For the
six month periods, our industrial gases segment margin increased by $0.2
million, with CO2 sales
revenues, net of transportation costs increasing $0.6 million and our share of
the equity in the earnings of joint ventures decreasing by $0.4
million. CO2 sales
volumes increased by 5,395 Mcf per day, the average sales price per Mcf
increased by $0.01, and the average transportation rate per Mcf increased by
$0.01. Although equity in our joint ventures declined, the decrease
was due to non-cash charges, and distributions to us during the six month
periods of each year remained consistent at approximately $1.3 million in each
period.
Additional
discussion of our joint ventures is included in Note 8 of the Notes to the
Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.
Supply
and Logistics Segment
Our
supply and logistics segment was previously known as our crude oil gathering and
marketing segment. With the acquisition of the Davison businesses, we
renamed the segment and we included the petroleum products, fuel logistics,
terminaling, and truck transportation activities we acquired from the
Davisons.
Our crude
oil gathering and marketing operations are concentrated in Texas, Louisiana,
Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi. Those operations - which involve purchasing,
gathering, and transporting by trucks and pipelines operated by us and trucks,
pipelines and barges operated by others, and reselling - help to ensure (among
other things) a base supply source for our crude oil pipeline systems. Our
profit for those services is derived from the difference between the price at
which we re-sell oil less the price at which we purchase that crude oil, minus
the associated costs of aggregation and any cost of supplying credit. The most
substantial component of our aggregating costs relates to operating our fleet of
leased trucks. Our crude oil gathering and marketing activities provide us with
an extensive expertise, knowledge base, and skill set that facilitates our
ability to capitalize on regional opportunities which arise from time to time in
our market areas.
When the
crude oil markets are in contango (oil prices for future deliveries are higher
than for current deliveries), we may purchase and store crude oil as inventory
for delivery in future months. When we purchase this inventory, we
simultaneously enter into a contract to sell the inventory in the future period
for a higher price, either with a counterparty or in the crude oil futures
market. The maximum storage capacity available to us for use in this crude oil
strategy is approximately 120,000 barrels, although maintenance activities on
our pipelines impact the availability of this storage capacity. We
generally will account for this inventory and the related derivative hedge as a
fair value hedge in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 133. See Note 15 of the Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Most of
our contracts for the purchase and sale of crude oil have components in the
pricing provisions such that the price paid or received is adjusted for changes
in the market price for crude oil. The pricing in the majority of our
purchase contracts contain the market price component, an unfixed bonus that is
based on another market factor and a deduction to cover the cost of transporting
the crude oil and to provide us with a margin. Contracts will sometimes also
contain a grade differential which considers the chemical composition of the
crude oil and its appeal to different customers. Typically the
pricing in a contract to sell crude oil will consist of the market price
components and the grade differentials. The margin on individual
transactions is then dependent on our ability to manage our transportation costs
and to capitalize on grade differentials.
With the
Davison acquisition, we gained approximately 225 trucks, 525 trailers, and 1.3
million barrels of existing leased and owned storage and expanded our activities
to include transporting, storing and blending intermediate and finished refined
products. In our petroleum products marketing operations, we
primarily supply fuel oil, asphalt, petroleum feedstocks, diesel and gasoline to
wholesale markets and some end-users such as paper mills and
utilities. The opportunities to purchase some of these products
cannot be predicted, but the contribution to margin tends to be higher than in
our recurring operations.
Operating
results from our supply and logistics segment were as follows:
|
|
Three
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Supply
and logistics revenue
|
|
$ |
569,477 |
|
|
$ |
190,735 |
|
|
$ |
999,595 |
|
|
$ |
364,014 |
|
Crude
oil and products costs
|
|
|
(542,200 |
) |
|
|
(184,535 |
) |
|
|
(949,475 |
) |
|
|
(352,257 |
) |
Operating
costs
|
|
|
(17,785 |
) |
|
|
(4,773 |
) |
|
|
(34,367 |
) |
|
|
(8,731 |
) |
Segment
margin
|
|
$ |
9,492 |
|
|
$ |
1,427 |
|
|
$ |
15,753 |
|
|
$ |
3,026 |
|
Three
Months Ended June 30, 2008 as Compared to Three Months Ended June 30,
2007
The
portions of our supply and logistics operations acquired in the Davison
transaction added approximately $7.0 million to our supply and logistics segment
margin for the three months ended June 30, 2008.
Our
existing crude oil gathering and marketing operations contribution for the three
months ended June 30, 2008 was $1.1 million greater than the contribution for
the three months ended June 30, 2007, with the improvement primarily related to
improved margin from crude oil sales. Grade differentials related to the
chemical composition of the crude oil and the desire in the market for that
grade of crude oil create fluctuations in the differentials that can improve or
reduce the margin we make on our crude oil transactions. During the
second quarter of 2008 those grade differentials combined with volumetric gains
and changes in other contract terms improved our margins from the sale of crude
oil by $1.5 million.
Offsetting
the increase in revenues from the crude oil margins and transportation was an
increase of $0.6 million in field costs between the 2008 and 2007 second
quarters. Fuel costs to operate our fleet of crude oil vehicles increased $0.5
million as diesel prices increased 57%. Costs related to repairs to
our trucks and equipment increased $0.3 million and costs related to operating
our terminal at Port Hudson, which was acquired July 1, 2007, added $0.2 million
to field costs. Expense related to our stock appreciation rights plan
decreased by $0.6 million between the periods. The remaining $0.2
million increase in costs resulted from small increases in other costs to
operate our crude oil truck fleet.
Six
Months Ended June 30, 2008 as Compared to Six Months Ended June 30,
2007
The
portions of our supply and logistics operations acquired in the Davison
transaction added approximately $10.6 million to our supply and logistics
segment margin for the six months ended June 30, 2008. Our historic
crude oil operations provided an increase to supply and logistics segment margin
of $2.1 million. As in the quarterly periods, grade differentials and volumetric
gains provided most of the increase in segment margin from our traditional crude
oil operations.
Between
the six month periods, field operating costs in our crude oil operations
increased $1.4 million, with $0.9 million of that increase attributable to
higher fuel prices. Compensation costs to operate the trucks and
manage our crude oil gathering operations increased $0.3 million, as a result of
compensation increases. Repairs to trucks and equipment, including
regulatory testing of our Port Hudson terminal facility, accounted for $0.9
million increase in costs. Expense related to our stock appreciation
rights plan decreased between the periods by $0.9 million. The
remaining increase in costs of $0.2 million was attributable to numerous
factors.
Supply
and Logistics Operations Acquired from the Davison Family
Significant
factors affecting the operations of the Davison assets include the availability
of products for our use in blending to a quality that meets the requirements of
our customers and the costs of the transportation services we
provide. A key factor influencing our transportation services is the
price of diesel for operating our trucks. We use over one million
gallons of diesel fuel per quarter. While we include fuel price
adjustments in the pricing for many of our transportation services to third
parties, we can experience timing differences between when we pay higher prices
for the fuel and when we are able to pass that cost through to our
customers.
These
operations added $3.6 million and $7.0 million to our supply and logistics
operations in the first and second quarters of 2008, for a total of $10.6
million in 2008. The significant improvement in the segment margin
contribution between the quarters was primarily a result of an improvement in
the availability of products for blending and an improvement in the ability of
river barges to access our terminals and product supplies for our
customers. We utilize our terminal assets to maximize our refined
products activities. Because of river flooding on the Red River and
other rivers connected to the Mississippi River system during the first quarter
of 2008, our customers were limited in their ability to access our product
supply. In the second quarter of 2008, river levels returned to
normal and barge loading became more consistent.
Market
Volatility
As a
result of recent volatility in crude oil markets, we wanted to reiterate the
risk management practices of our supply and logistics segment. Our
risk management policy requires that, with limited specific exceptions, our
transactions be balanced (back-to-back) purchases and sales. We
experience limited commodity risk, because our risk management practices help
limit our exposure to price fluctuations. Our policies require us to
hedge inventory above certain base levels needed for operations, and our
policies and procedures are consistently monitored, with daily reports reviewed
by persons not directly involved in the supply and logistics
operations.
We use
derivatives as an effective element of our risk management strategy that, while
not always meeting accounting requirements to be treated as hedges for financial
reporting, help reduce our exposure to market price fluctuations. The
use of derivatives is limited to managing or effecting balanced purchase and
sales or otherwise managing commodity risk with respect to physical
inventory. As discussed in Note 15, for financial accounting and
reporting purposes, these derivative instruments that are not treated as hedges
are reflected in our Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value and
changes in fair value are reflected in our earnings as unrealized gains and
losses. These derivative instruments consist almost exclusively of futures and
options contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) financial
market.
Like any
participant in the commodities markets, we post margin or receive margin related
to our hedging instruments on a daily basis, depending on the fluctuations in
the prices of the commodities underlying the hedging instruments. At
June 30, 2008 and July 31, 2008, our margin balance requirement including
initial margin requirements totaled less than $1.0 million. During
the past year while we have owned the Davison assets, our margin requirement has
not exceeded $1.5 million.
Additionally,
we regularly review the credit standing of our customers. When
circumstances warrant, we will require our customers to provide us with credit
support in the form of letters of credit, prepayments or right of
offset.
Other
Costs, Interest, and Income Taxes
General
and administrative expenses. General
and administrative expenses consisted of the following:
|
|
Three
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses
excluding bonus expense and effects of stock appreciation rights
plan
|
|
$ |
7,755 |
|
|
$ |
2,650 |
|
|
$ |
15,729 |
|
|
$ |
5,189 |
|
Bonus
plan expense
|
|
|
1,284 |
|
|
|
433 |
|
|
|
2,447 |
|
|
|
879 |
|
Stock
appreciation rights plan expense (credit)
|
|
|
127 |
|
|
|
2,517 |
|
|
|
(486 |
) |
|
|
2,860 |
|
Total
general and administrative expenses
|
|
$ |
9,166 |
|
|
$ |
5,600 |
|
|
$ |
17,690 |
|
|
$ |
8,928 |
|
Between
the second quarter periods, general and administrative expenses increased by
$3.6 million. This increase resulted from an increase related to the
administrative personnel and costs at the Davison locations totaling $2.8
million, offset partially by a reduction in general and administrative expense
for our stock appreciation rights plan that resulted in a total reduction in
expense between the periods of $2.4 million. Bonus plan expense
increased $0.9 million between the two periods due to the additional personnel
from the Davison acquisition. The remaining change in general and
administrative expenses totals $2.3 million. Substantially all of
this increase is due to additional fees for audit, tax and other consulting
services.
For the
six-month periods, general and administrative expenses increased $8.8 million,
with $5.3 million attributable to the Davison locations and $1.6 million related
to the bonus plan. Our stock appreciation rights plan expense between
the periods varied by $3.3 million primarily due to the change in our common
unit price from the beginning to the end of each six-month
period. From December 31, 2006 to June 30, 2007, our unit price
increased by $15.40 per unit whereas in the 2008 period, the unit price
decreased by $5.05 per unit. Other changes in general and
administrative expenses relating primarily to additional fees for professional
services and personnel increase in our corporate offices totaled $5.2
million.
Depreciation
and amortization expense. Depreciation and
amortization expense increased in the second quarter and six month periods
primarily as a result of the depreciation and amortization expense recognized on
the fixed and intangible assets acquired in the Davison and Port Hudson
transactions. Depreciation and amortization totaled $16.7 million for
the second quarter and $33.5 million for the six months.
The
intangibles acquired in the Davison acquisition are being amortized over the
period during which the intangible asset is expected to contribute to our future
cash flows. As intangible assets such as customer relationships and
trade names are generally most valuable in the first years after an acquisition,
the amortization we will record on these assets will be greater in the initial
years after the acquisition. As a result, we expect to record
significantly more amortization expense related to our intangible assets in 2008
through 2010 than in years subsequent to that time. See Note 7 to the Unaudited
Consolidated Financial Statements for information on the amount of amortization
we expect to record in each of the next five years.
Interest
expense, net.
Interest
expense, net was as follows:
|
|
Three
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
Interest
expense, including commitment fees
|
|
$ |
2,039 |
|
|
$ |
289 |
|
|
$ |
3,713 |
|
|
$ |
498 |
|
Capitalized
interest
|
|
|
(48 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(101 |
) |
|
|
(6 |
) |
Amortization
of facility fees
|
|
|
165 |
|
|
|
66 |
|
|
|
330 |
|
|
|
133 |
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
(117 |
) |
|
|
(34 |
) |
|
|
(234 |
) |
|
|
(78 |
) |
Net
interest expense
|
|
$ |
2,039 |
|
|
$ |
321 |
|
|
$ |
3,708 |
|
|
$ |
547 |
|
The
Davison acquisition was partially financed with borrowings under our credit
facility beginning on July 25, 2007. In December 2007, we reduced our
debt with an equity offering. On May 30, 2008, we increased our debt
to fund the drop-down transactions. As a result of these debt
changes, our average outstanding debt balance increased $154.8 million over the
average outstanding debt balance in the second quarter of 2007. The
average interest rate on our debt during the 2008 quarter was 4.4%
lower. The combination of these changes was the primary factor in an
increase in net interest expense between the second quarter periods of $1.7
million. For the six month periods, average outstanding debt was
$113.5 million greater in the 2008 period and our average interest rate was 3.9%
less. Net interest expense for the six month periods increased $3.2
million.
Income
taxes.
Only a
small portion of the operations we acquired in the Davison transaction are owned
by wholly-owned corporate subsidiaries that are taxable as
corporations. As a result, the income tax expense we record relates
only to the operations of those corporations, and will vary from period to
period as a percentage of our income before taxes based on the percentage of our
income or loss that is derived from those corporations. In the 2008
second quarter and six-month periods, we recorded an income tax benefit related
to the operations of those corporations.
New
and Proposed Accounting Pronouncements
See
discussion of new accounting pronouncements in Note 2, “Recent Accounting
Developments” in the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial
statements.
Forward
Looking Statements
The
statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that are not historical
information may be “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the
various provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934. All statements, other than historical facts, included in
this document that address activities, events or developments that we expect or
anticipate will or may occur in the future, including things such as plans for
growth of the business, future capital expenditures, competitive strengths,
goals, references to future goals or intentions, and other such references are
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are
identified as any statement that does not relate strictly to historical or
current facts. They use words such as “anticipate,” “believe,”
“continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,”
“position,” “projection,” “strategy” or “will,” or the negative of those terms
or other variations of them or by comparable terminology. In
particular, statements, expressed or implied, concerning future actions,
conditions or events or future operating results or the ability to generate
sales, income or cash flow are forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of
performance. They involve risks, uncertainties and
assumptions. Future actions, conditions or events and future results
of operations may differ materially from those expressed in these
forward-looking statements. Many of the factors that will determine
these results are beyond our ability or the ability of our affiliates to control
or predict. Specific factors that could cause actual results to
differ from those in the forward-looking statements include:
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demand for, the supply of,
changes in forecast data for, and price trends related to crude oil,
liquid petroleum, natural gas and natural gas liquids or “NGLs,” sodium
hydrosulfide and caustic soda in the United States, all of which may be
affected by economic activity, capital expenditures by energy producers,
weather, alternative energy sources, international events, conservation
and technological
advances;
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throughput levels and
rates;
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changes in, or challenges to,
our tariff rates;
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our ability to successfully
identify and consummate strategic acquisitions, make cost saving changes
in operations and integrate acquired assets or businesses into our
existing operations;
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service interruptions in our
liquids transportation systems, natural gas transportation systems or
natural gas gathering and processing
operations;
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shutdowns or cutbacks at
refineries, petrochemical plants, utilities or other businesses for which
we transport crude oil, natural gas, or other products or to whom we sell
such products;
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changes in laws or regulations
to which we are subject;
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our inability to borrow or
otherwise access funds needed for operations, expansions, or capital
expenditures as a result of existing debt agreements that contain
restrictive financial
covenants;
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the effects of competition, in
particular, by other pipeline
systems;
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hazards and operating risks
that may not be covered fully by
insurance;
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the condition of the capital
markets in the United
States;
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the political and economic
stability of the oil producing nations of the world;
and
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general economic conditions,
including rates of inflation and interest
rates.
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should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. When
considering forward-looking statements, please review the risk factors described
under “Risk Factors” discussed in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2007. Except as required by applicable
securities laws, we do not intend to update these forward-looking statements and
information.
Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about
Market Risk
We are
exposed to various market risks, primarily related to volatility in crude oil
and petroleum products prices, NaOH prices, and interest rates. Our policy is to
purchase only commodity products for which we have a market, and to structure
our sales contracts so that price fluctuations for those products do not
materially affect the segment margin we receive. We do not acquire
and hold futures contracts or other derivative products for the purpose of
speculating on price changes, as these activities could expose us to significant
losses.
Our
primary price risk relates to the effect of crude oil and petroleum products
price fluctuations on our inventories and the fluctuations each month in grade
and location differentials and their effect on future contractual
commitments. Our risk management policies are designed to monitor our
physical volumes, grades, and delivery schedules to ensure our hedging
activities address the market risks that are inherent in our gathering and
marketing activities.
We
utilize NYMEX commodity based futures contracts and option contracts to hedge
our exposure to these market price fluctuations as needed. All of our
open commodity price risk derivatives at June 30, 2008 were categorized as
non-trading. On June 30, 2008, we had entered into NYMEX future contracts that
settled during July 2008 and NYMEX options contracts that settled during July
2008. Although the intent of our risk-management activities is to
hedge our margin, none of our derivative positions at June 30, 2008 qualified
for hedge accounting.
The table
below presents information about our open derivative contracts at June 30,
2008. Notional amounts in barrels, the weighted average contract
price, total contract amount, and total fair value amount in U.S. dollars of our
open positions are presented below. Fair values were determined by
using the notional amount in barrels multiplied by the June 30, 2008 quoted
market prices on the NYMEX. All of the hedge positions offset
physical exposures to the cash market; none of these offsetting physical
exposures are included in the table below.
This
accounting treatment is discussed further under Note 2 “Summary of
Significant Accounting Policies” of our Consolidated Financial Statements in our
2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Also see Notes 15 and 18 to the
Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on our
derivative transactions and fair value measurements of those
derivatives.
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Sell
(Short)
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Buy
(Long)
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Contracts
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Contracts
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Futures
Contracts:
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Crude
Oil:
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Contract
volumes (1,000 bbls)
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128 |
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66 |
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Weighted
average price per bbl
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135.00 |
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$ |
136.40 |
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Contract
value (in thousands)
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$ |
17,280 |
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9,002 |
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change (in thousands)
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640 |
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238 |
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Market
settlement value (in thousands)
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17,920 |
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$ |
9,240 |
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NYMEX
Option Contracts:
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Contracts
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Crude
Oil- Written Calls
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Contract
volumes (1,000 bbls)
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47 |
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Weighted
average premium received
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$ |
6.05 |
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Contract
value (in thousands)
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$ |
284 |
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change (in thousands)
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Market
settlement value (in thousands)
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$ |
244 |
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Natural
Gas-Written Calls
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Contract
volumes (10,000 mmBtus)
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Weighted
average premium received
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$ |
6.16 |
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Contract
value (in thousands)
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$ |
74 |
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Mark-to-market
change (in thousands)
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31 |
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Market
settlement value (in thousands)
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$ |
105 |
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Natural
Gas-Written Puts
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Contract
volumes (10,000 mmBtus)
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Weighted
average premium received
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3.48 |
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value (in thousands)
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17 |
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Market
settlement value (in thousands)
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13 |
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We manage
our risks of volatility in NaOH prices by indexing prices for the sale of NaHS
to the market price for NaOH in most of our contracts.
We are
also exposed to market risks due to the floating interest rates on our credit
facility. Our debt bears interest at the LIBOR Rate or Prime Rate, at
our option, plus the applicable margin. We do not hedge our interest
rates. The carrying values of our debt approximate fair value
primarily because interest rates fluctuate with prevailing market rats, and the
credit spread on outstanding borrowings reflect market. On June 30,
2008, we had $319.0 million of debt outstanding under our credit
facility.
We
maintain disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls designed to
ensure that information required to be disclosed in our filings under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported
within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s
rules and forms. Our chief executive officer and chief financial
officer, with the participation of our management, have evaluated our disclosure
controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q and have determined that such disclosure controls and
procedures are effective in ensuring that material information required to be
disclosed in this quarterly report is accumulated and communicated to them and
our management to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosures.
There
were no changes during our last fiscal quarter that materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
Davison
Acquisition
On
July 25, 2007, we completed the Davison Acquisition, which met the criteria
of being a significant acquisition for us. For additional information regarding
the acquisition, please read Note 3 to the Unaudited Consolidated
Financial Statements included in Item 1 in this Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q.
On June
22, 2004, the Office of the Chief Accountant of the SEC issued guidance
regarding the reporting of internal control over financial reporting in
connection with a major acquisition. On October 6, 2004, the SEC
revised its guidance to include expectations of quarterly reporting updates of
new internal control and the status of the control regarding any exempted
businesses. This guidance was reiterated in September 2007 to
affirm that management may omit an assessment of an acquired business’ internal
control over financial reporting from management’s assessment of internal
control over financial reporting for a period not to exceed one
year.
We
excluded the operations acquired in the Davison Acquisition from the scope of
our Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 report on internal control over financial
reporting for the year ended December 31, 2007. A summary of the
reasons for this exclusion is under Item 9A of our 2007 Annual Report on Form
10-K.
PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item
1. Legal Proceedings.
See Part
I. Item 1. See Note 16 of the Notes to the Unaudited
Consolidated Financial Statements entitled “Contingencies,” which is
incorporated herein by reference.
For
additional information about our risk factors, see Item 1A of our Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. In addition, we believe that
the following additional risk factor is relevant for our investment in DG
Marine, which acquired the inland marine transportation business of Grifco
Transportation, Ltd. in July 2008.
Our
investment in DG Marine Transportation, LLC (DG Marine) exposes us to certain
risks that are inherent to the barge transportation industry as well certain
risks applicable to our other operations.
DG
Marine’s inland barge transportation business has exposure to certain risks
which are significant to our other operations and certain risks inherent to the
barge transportation industry. For example, unlike our other
operations, DG Marine operates barges that transport products to and from
numerous marine locations, which exposes us to new risks,
including:
being
subject to the Jones Act and other federal laws that restrict U.S. maritime
transportation to vessels built and registered in the U.S. and owned and manned
by U.S. citizens, with any failure to comply with such laws potentially
resulting in severe penalties, including permanent loss of U.S. coastwise
trading rights, fines or forfeiture of vessels;
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relying
on a limited number of customers;
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having
primarily short-term charters which DG Marine may be unable to renew as
they expire; and
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competing
against businesses with greater financial resources and larger operating
crews than DG Marine.
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In
addition, like our other operations, DG Marine’s refined products transportation
business is an integral part of the energy industry infrastructure, which
increases our exposure to declines in demand for refined petroleum products or
decreases in U.S. refining activity.
Item
2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use
of Proceeds.
On June
4, 2008, we issued 1,199,041 of our common units to Denbury
Onshore. The units were issued at a value of $20.85 per unit,
for a total value of $25 million as a portion of the consideration for the
acquisition of the Free State Pipeline in Mississippi. As a result of
that purchase, our general partner and its affiliates will hold 10.2% of our
outstanding common units. This issuance of common units by us was
completed on June 4, 2008 and was exempt from registration under the Securities
Act of 1933 by reason of Section 4(2) thereof and Rule 506 of Regulation D
promulgated thereunder.
See Note
3, 10 and 12 of the Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial
Statements.
On July
18, 2008, we redeemed 837,690 of our common units owned by members of the
Davison family. Those units had been issued as a portion of the
consideration for the acquisition of the energy-related business of the Davison
family in July 2007. The redemption was at a value of $19.896 per
unit, for a total value of $16.7 million.
Additionally,
on July 18, 2008, we issued 837,690 of our common units to
Grifco. Those units were issued at a value of $19.896 per unit,
for a total value of $16.7 million as a portion of the consideration for our
investment in DG Marine, which acquired the inland marine transportation
business of Grifco. That issuance of common units by us was completed
on July 18, 2008 and was exempt from registration under the Securities Act of
1933 by reason of Section 4(2) thereof and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated
thereunder. After giving effect to the issuance and redemption
described above, we did not experience a change in the number of common units it
has outstanding.
See Note
3 and 14 of the Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Item
3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
None.
Item
4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders.
None.
Item
5. Other Information.
None.
3.1
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Certificate
of Limited Partnership of Genesis Energy, L.P. (“Genesis”) (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registration Statement, File No.
333-11545)
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3.2
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Fourth
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Genesis
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K dated June 15,
2005)
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3.3
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Amendment
No. 1 to Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of
Genesis (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2007.)
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3.4
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Certificate
of Limited Partnership of Genesis Crude Oil, L.P. (“the Operating
Partnership”) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1996)
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3.5
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Fourth
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating
Partnership (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form 8-K dated
June 15, 2005)
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3.6
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Certificate
of Incorporation of Genesis Energy, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.6 to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2007.)
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3.7
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Certificate
of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Genesis Energy, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2007.)
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3.8
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Bylaws
of Genesis Energy, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8 to Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.)
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4.1
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Form
of Unit Certificate of Genesis Energy, L.P. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2007.)
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10.1
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Pipeline
Financing Lease Agreement by and between Genesis NEJD Pipeline, LLC, as
Lessor and Denbury Onshore, LLC, as Lessee for the North East Jackson Dome
Pipeline dated May 30, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
Form 8-K dated June 5, 2008.)
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10.2
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Purchase
and Sale Agreement between Denbury Onshore, LLC and Genesis Free State
Pipeline, LLC dated May 30, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.2 to Form 8-K dated June 5, 2008.)
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10.3
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Transportation
Services Agreement between Genesis Free State Pipeline, LLC and Denbury
Onshore, LLC dated May 30, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3
to Form 8-K dated June 5, 2008.)
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10.4
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First
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 30, 2008 among
Genesis Crude Oil, L.P., Genesis Energy, L.P., the Lenders Party Hereto,
Fortis Capital Corp., and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Form 8-K dated June 5,
2008.)
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Certification
by Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
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Certification
by Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
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Certification
by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule
13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
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*Filed
herewith
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.
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GENESIS
ENERGY, L.P.
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(A
Delaware Limited Partnership)
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By:
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GENESIS
ENERGY, INC.,
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as General
Partner
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Date: August
8, 2008
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By:
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/s/ Ross A.
Benavides
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Ross
A. Benavides
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Chief
Financial Officer
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