Intangible Assets, Goodwill And Other Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Intangible Assets, Goodwill And Other Assets [Abstract]

Intangible Assets, Goodwill And Other Assets

9. Intangible Assets, Goodwill and Other Assets

Intangible Assets

The following table reflects the components of intangible assets being amortized at December 31, 2011 and 2010:


			December 31, 2011						December 31, 2010
	Weighted Amortization Period in Years		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Carrying Value		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Carrying Value
Refinery services customer relationships		5	$	94,654	$	62,111	$	32,543	$	94,654	$	53,139	$	41,515
Supply and logistics customer relationships		5		35,430		23,584		11,846		35,430		19,981		15,449
Refinery services supplier relationships		2		36,469		34,105		2,364		36,469		31,476		4,993
Refinery services licensing agreements		6		38,678		19,476		19,202		38,678		15,786		22,892
Supply and logistics trade names		4		18,888		17,048		1,840		18,888		7,530		11,358
Intangibles associated with supply and logistics lease		15		13,260		2,092		11,168		13,260		1,618		11,642
Other		5		17,292		2,899		14,393		13,776		1,450		12,326

Total			$	254,671	$	161,315	$	93,356	$	251,155	$	130,980	$	120,175

The licensing agreements referred to in the table above relate to the agreements we have with refiners to provide services. The supply and logistics lease relates to 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 supply and logistics lease and other intangible assets are being amortized on a straight-line basis. Amortization expense on intangible assets was $30.9 million, $26.8 million and $33.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

The following table reflects our estimated amortization expense for each of the five subsequent fiscal years:


	2012		2013		2014		2015		2016
Refinery services customer relationships	$	7,056	$	7,116	$	5,597	$	4,405	$	3,471
Supply and logistics customer relationships		2,819		2,165		1,660		1,275		981
Refinery services supplier relationships		2,364		—		—		—		—
Refinery services licensing agreements		3,416		3,163		2,928		2,711		2,510
Supply and logistics trade names		1,840		—		—		—		—
Supply and logistics lease		474		474		474		474		474
Other		2,155		1,514		1,514		1,500		1,467

Total	$	20,124	$	14,432	$	12,173	$	10,365	$	8,903

In the first quarter of 2011, we adjusted the useful lives of our supply and logistics trade names. As a result of this change in the amortization period of our assets, operating income and net income attributable to us for 2011 decreased $7.7 million, or $0.11 per common unit. The impact of this change on net income is not expected to be material in future periods. The table of estimated future amortization expense above reflects this change.

Goodwill

The carrying amount of goodwill by business segment at both December 31, 2011 and 2010 was $301.9 million in refinery services and $23.1 million in supply and logistics. We have not recognized any impairment losses related to goodwill for any of the periods presented.

Other Assets

Other assets consisted of the following.


	December 31,
	2011		2010
CO₂volumetric production payments, net of amortization	$	12,158	$	15,852
Other deferred costs and deposits		17,848		16,196

Other assets, net of amortization	$	30,006	$	32,048

The CO₂ assets are being amortized on a units-of-production method. We recorded amortization of $3.7 million in 2011, and $4.3 million in both 2010 and 2009. We have 77.2 Bcf of CO₂ remaining under the volumetric production payments at December 31, 2011.

- Definition

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

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