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Investments in Non-Consolidated Subsidiaries
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
Investments in Non-Consolidated Subsidiaries
INVESTMENTS IN NON-CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES

White Cliffs
Until the end of September 2010, we owned 99.17% of White Cliffs, and the remaining interests were held by two unaffiliated parties. During 2010, both of these parties exercised their rights under an agreement to purchase additional ownership interests in White Cliffs. Subsequent to the closing of these transactions, we own 51% of White Cliffs. After purchasing these ownership interests, the other owners have substantive rights to participate in the management of White Cliffs; because of this, we deconsolidated White Cliffs at the end of September 2010, and began accounting for it under the equity method.
In August 2012, the owners of White Cliffs approved an expansion project to construct a 12" pipeline from Platteville, Colorado to Cushing, Oklahoma.  The project is expected to cost approximately $300 million which will be funded by capital calls to owners. Our funding requirement will be 51% of the total cost.  We contributed approximately $2.3 million for project funding in the fourth quarter of 2012 and estimate our expected contributions to be $119.3 million and $29.5 million for 2013 and 2014, respectively.
At the time White Cliffs was deconsolidated, we recorded a loss of $6.8 million on the disposed ownership interest. In September 2012, we reached a settlement in a dispute concerning the selling price of that ownership interest and reduced the loss by $3.5 million. This $3.5 million gain is reported in gain on disposal or impairment of long-lived assets, net in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).
Certain summarized balance sheet information of White Cliffs is shown below (in thousands):
 
December 31,
2012
 
December 31,
2011
Current assets
$
21,508

 
$
11,653

Property, plant and equipment, net
210,710

 
222,473

Goodwill
17,000

 
17,000

Other intangible assets, net
26,369

 
33,073

Total assets
$
275,587

 
$
284,199

Current liabilities
$
3,412

 
$
3,259

Members’ equity
272,175

 
280,940

Total liabilities and members’ equity
$
275,587

 
$
284,199


Under the equity method, we do not report the individual assets and liabilities of White Cliffs on our consolidated balance sheets. Instead, our ownership interest is reflected in one line as a noncurrent asset on our consolidated balance sheets.
Certain summarized income statement information of White Cliffs for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 and the three months ended December 31, 2010 is shown below (in thousands):
 
Year Ended December 31, 2012
 
Year Ended December 31, 2011
 
(unaudited) Three Months Ended December 31, 2010
Revenue
$
108,125

 
$
66,097

 
$
13,619

Operating, general and administrative expenses
$
14,821

 
$
12,746

 
$
3,294

Depreciation and amortization expense
$
19,963

 
$
20,842

 
$
5,680

Net income
$
73,341

 
$
32,509

 
$
4,645

Distributions paid to SemGroup
$
44,514

 
$
27,459

 
$
5,768


The equity in earnings of White Cliffs for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 and the three months ended December 31, 2010 reported in our consolidated statement of operations is less than 51% of the net income of White Cliffs for the same period. This is due to certain general and administrative expenses we incur in managing the operations of White Cliffs that the other owners are not obligated to share. Such expenses are recorded by White Cliffs, and are allocated to our ownership interests. White Cliffs recorded $2.0 million, $3.2 million and $0.9 million of such general and administrative expense during the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 and the three months ended December 31, 2010, respectively.
Our ownership interest in White Cliffs is significant as defined by Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation S-X Rule 1-02(w). Accordingly, as required by Regulation S-X Rule 3-09, we have included the audited financial statements of White Cliffs as of and for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 and for the three months ended December 31, 2010 as an exhibit to this Form 10-K.
NGL Energy
On November 1, 2011, we acquired 8,932,031 common units representing limited partner interests in NGL Energy and a 7.5% interest in the general partner of NGL Energy. As part of this transaction, we agreed to waive our distribution rights on certain of the common units for a specified period of time. We recorded our investment in NGL Energy at the acquisition date fair value, estimated to be $184.0 million. We derived our estimate of the fair value of our limited partner interests in NGL Energy using the closing price of limited partner units on October 31, 2011, adjusted to reflect the waiver of certain distribution rights. The waiver on these distribution rights expired in September 2012.
Our limited and general partner ownership interest was diluted in connection with an NGL Energy acquisition completed June 19, 2012. In conjunction with the June 2012 transaction, we received 201,378 additional common units bringing our total ownership to 9,133,409 common units representing limited partner interests (which represented approximately 18% of the total 50,769,785 limited partner units of NGL Energy outstanding at September 30, 2012) and a 6.42% interest in the general partner of NGL.
At December 31, 2012, the fair value of our 9,133,409 common units in NGL Energy was $213 million, based on a December 31, 2012 closing price of $23.32 per common unit. This does not reflect our 6.42% interest in the general partner of NGL Energy.
The fair value of our limited partner investment in NGL Energy is categorized as a Level 1 measurement as it is based on quoted market prices.
The excess of the recorded amount of our investment over the book value of our share of the underlying net assets primarily represents equity method goodwill.
Certain unaudited summarized balance sheet information of NGL Energy is shown below (in thousands):
 
(unaudited)
 
September 30,
2012
Current assets
$
736,297

Property plant and equipment, net
425,641

Goodwill
515,881

Intangible and other assets, net
351,600

Total assets
$
2,029,419

Current liabilities
$
653,101

Long-term debt
569,903

Other noncurrent liabilities
2,599

Partners’ equity
803,816

Total liabilities and partners’ equity
$
2,029,419


Our policy is to record our equity in earnings of NGL Energy on a one-quarter lag, as we do not expect information on the earnings of NGL Energy to always be available in time to consistently record the earnings in the quarter in which they are generated. Accordingly, we have recorded losses representing our equity in earnings of NGL Energy of $0.4 million in our consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the year ended December 31, 2012, which relate to the earnings of NGL Energy for the twelve months ended September 30, 2012, prorated for the period of time we held our ownership interest in NGL Energy.
Certain unaudited summarized income statement information of NGL Energy for the twelve months ended September, 2012 is shown below (in thousands):
 
(unaudited)
Twelve Months
Ended
September 30,
2012
Revenue
$
2,371,524

Costs of products sold
$
2,182,263

Operating, general and administrative expenses
$
125,889

Depreciation and amortization expense
$
34,621

Net income
$
5,405


 
In 2012, SemGroup received cash distributions from NGL Energy of $9.2 million. These distributions were based on NGL Energy's results for the twelve months ended September 30, 2012.
Our ownership interest in NGL Energy is significant as defined by Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation S-X Rule 1-02(w). Accordingly, as required by Regulation S-X Rule 3-09, we will amend this Form 10-K to include the audited financial statements of NGL Energy as of March 31, 2013 and 2012 and for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2013 as an exhibit, when available.

Glass Mountain Pipeline LLC
In April 2012, we formed a joint venture, Glass Mountain, to construct, maintain and operate a 210-mile crude oil pipeline system originating in Alva and Arnett, Oklahoma and terminating at Cushing, Oklahoma. Construction of the pipeline is expected to be completed by the end of 2013. Once the pipeline is in service, it will be operated by a subsidiary of Rose Rock. Our original ownership interest in GMP was 25%. In September 2012, we acquired an additional 25% ownership interest in GMP, bringing our total ownership percentage in GMP at December 31, 2012 to 50%. As of December 31, 2012, we have invested $74.4 million in GMP, including our capital contributions, amounts paid to acquire the additional ownership percentage, and capitalized interest. We also assumed the responsibility for future capital contributions related to the additional 25% ownership interest. As of December 31, 2012, we expect to make additional contributions of approximately $51.6 million in 2013. We account for our investment in GMP using the equity method.
Under the equity method, we do not report the individual assets and liabilities of GMP on our consolidated balance sheets. Instead, our ownership interest is reflected in one line as a noncurrent asset on our consolidated balance sheets.
Our ownership interest in GMP is not significant as defined by Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation S-X Rule 1-02(w). Accordingly, no audited financial statements of GMP as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012 have been included as an exhibit to this Form 10-K.