Subsequent Events

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

2. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Pending Acquisition of Ethanol Plants

On October 8, 2018, we entered into an agreement to acquire three ethanol plants from two subsidiaries of Green Plains Inc. for total cash consideration of $300 million plus working capital of approximately $28 million. The ethanol plants are located in Bluffton, Indiana; Lakota, Iowa; and Riga, Michigan with a combined ethanol production capacity of 280 million gallons per year. We expect the acquisition will be completed in the fourth quarter of 2018.

Pending Merger with Valero Energy Partners LP (VLP)

On October 18, 2018, we entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger (Merger Agreement and, together with the transactions contemplated thereby, the Merger Transaction) with VLP pursuant to which we have agreed to acquire, for cash, all of the outstanding publicly held common units of VLP at a price of $42.25 per common unit, for an aggregate transaction value of approximately $950 million. The Merger Transaction is expected to close as soon as possible following the satisfaction of certain customary closing conditions. We currently consolidate the financial statements of VLP (see Note 8) and we reflect noncontrolling interests on our balance sheet for the portion of VLP’s partners’ capital held by VLP’s public common unitholders. Upon the closing of the Merger Transaction, VLP will become an indirect wholly owned subsidiary and we will no longer reflect its noncontrolling interest on our balance sheet. In addition, we will no longer attribute a portion of VLP’s net income to noncontrolling interests.