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New Accounting Standards
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
New Accounting Standards

2. New Accounting Standards

In February 2016, the FASB updated guidance regarding the accounting for leases (the “New Lease Guidance”). The New Lease Guidance requires lessees to recognize a lease liability and a lease asset for all leases, including operating leases, with a term greater than 12 months on its balance sheet. The New Lease Guidance also expands the required quantitative and qualitative disclosures surrounding leases. The New Lease Guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within those fiscal years.

We adopted the New Lease Guidance as of January 1, 2019 using a modified retrospective transition approach for leases existing at, or entered into after, the adoption date.  Under this transition approach, comparative information for periods prior to January 1, 2019 is not adjusted. Upon adoption, we elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the New Lease Guidance, which allows for the carry forward of historical lease classification.  We also elected the practical expedient related to land easements, allowing us to carry forward our accounting treatment for land easements on existing agreements.   

The adoption of the New Lease Guidance resulted in the addition of $7.6 million in lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet at January 1, 2019. The adoption of the New Lease Guidance did not have a material effect on our results of operations and had no impact on cash flows. Additionally, there was no cumulative adjustment to partners’ capital. Refer to Note 13 for the additional financial statement disclosures required by the New Lease Guidance.