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Investments in Non-Consolidated Subsidiaries
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
INVESTMENTS IN NON-CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
INVESTMENTS IN NON-CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
White Cliffs
We account for our 51% ownership of White Cliffs under the equity method, as the other owners have substantive rights to participate in its management. Under the equity method, we do not report the individual assets and liabilities of White Cliffs on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. Instead, our ownership interest is reflected in one line as a noncurrent asset on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
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 have contributed approximately $25.1 million for project funding up through March 31, 2013, including $22.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, and estimate our expected remaining contributions to be $96.6 million and $29.5 million for 2013 and 2014, respectively.
Certain summarized income statement information of White Cliffs for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012 is shown below (in thousands):
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2013
 
2012
Revenue
$
30,673

 
$
22,656

Operating, general and administrative expenses
$
5,179

 
$
3,885

Depreciation and amortization expense
$
4,715

 
$
4,983

Net income
$
20,779

 
$
13,788

Distributions paid to SemGroup
$
13,792

 
$
8,940


The equity in earnings of White Cliffs for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012 reported in our condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income 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 interest. White Cliffs recorded $0.3 million and $0.9 million of such general and administrative expense for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012, respectively.
NGL Energy
We own 9,133,409 common units representing limited partner interests in NGL Energy Partners LP (NYSE: NGL) (“NGL Energy”), which represents approximately 17.2% of the total 53,121,177 limited partner units of NGL Energy outstanding at December 31, 2012, and a 6.42% interest in the general partner of NGL Energy.
At March 31, 2013, the fair market value of our 9,133,409 common unit investment in NGL Energy was $245.7 million, based on a March 28, 2013 closing price of $26.90 per common unit. This does not reflect our interest in the general partner of NGL Energy. 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. 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.
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 equity in earnings of NGL Energy of $6.9 million and $0.9 million in our condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, which relate to the earnings of NGL Energy for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, prorated for the period of time we held our ownership interest in NGL Energy. We received cash distributions of $4.3 million and $1.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, related to these earnings from NGL Energy.
Certain unaudited summarized income statement information of NGL Energy for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 is shown below (in thousands):
 
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
2012

2011
Revenue
$
1,338,208

 
$
470,649

Cost of products sold
$
1,204,545

 
$
439,790

Operating, general and administrative expenses
$
64,693

 
$
16,816

Depreciation and amortization expense
$
18,747

 
$
5,402

Net income
$
40,477

 
$
6,090

 
Glass Mountain Pipeline LLC
In May 2012, we formed a joint venture, Glass Mountain Pipeline, LLC (“Glass Mountain” or "GMP"), 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 interest to 50% . We account for our investment in GMP using the equity method. As of March 31, 2013, we have invested $87.8 million in GMP including our capital contributions, amounts paid to acquire the additional ownership percentage, and capitalized interest. We invested $13.4 million in GMP for the three months ended March 31, 2013. We expect to make additional contributions of approximately $38.6 million for the remainder of 2013.