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CREDIT FACILITY
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Line of Credit Facility [Abstract]  
CREDIT FACILITY
CREDIT FACILITY
Our revolving credit facility dated June 28, 2013, as most recently amended on June 17, 2015, will mature on June 27, 2016 and has a borrowing capacity of up to $50.0 million, of which up to $10.0 million may be available for letters of credit. Our obligations under our revolving credit facility are guaranteed by Riverwalk Holdings, LLC (Riverwalk), a wholly owned subsidiary. Riverwalk pledged 1,792,918 NuStar Energy common units that it owns to secure its guarantee. Borrowings under our revolving credit facility are used to fund capital contributions to NuStar Energy to maintain our 2% general partner interest when NuStar Energy issues additional common units and to meet other liquidity and capital resource requirements.

As of March 31, 2016, we had outstanding borrowings of $30.0 million and availability of $20.0 million for borrowings under our revolving credit facility. Interest on our revolving credit facility is based upon, at our option, either an alternative base rate or a LIBOR-based rate. As of March 31, 2016, the weighted-average interest rate was 2.4%.

As of March 31, 2016, NuStar Energy's consolidated debt coverage ratio (as defined in our revolving credit agreement) could not exceed 5.00-to-1.00. As of March 31, 2016, NuStar Energy’s consolidated debt coverage ratio was 4.6x. We are also required to receive cash distributions of at least $16.0 million in respect of our ownership interests in NuStar Energy each fiscal quarter. Our management believes that we are in compliance with the covenants of our revolving credit facility as of March 31, 2016.