Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment

Summary of property, plant and equipment

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):

	December 31, 2012			December 31, 2011
Natural gas gathering and NGL transportation pipelines and facilities	$	2,860,124		$	2,039,524
Processing plants		894,282			660,928
Fractionation and storage facilities		207,169			120,474
Crude oil pipelines		16,730			16,678
Land, building, office equipment and other		386,264			185,462
Construction in progress		1,335,607			279,303
Property, plant and equipment		5,700,176			3,302,369
Less: accumulated depreciation		(624,548	)		(438,062	)
Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	5,075,628		$	2,864,307