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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Transactions and Agreements with PBFX
PBF Holding entered into agreements with PBFX that establish fees for certain general and administrative services, and operational and maintenance services provided by the Company to PBFX. In addition, the Company executed terminal, pipeline and storage services agreements with PBFX under which PBFX provides commercial transportation, terminaling, storage and pipeline services to the Company. These agreements with PBFX include the agreements set forth below:
Contribution Agreements
Immediately prior to the closing of certain contribution agreements, which PBF LLC entered into with PBFX (collectively referred to as the “Contribution Agreements”), PBF Holding contributed certain assets to PBF LLC. PBF LLC in turn contributed those assets to PBFX pursuant to the Contribution Agreements. Certain proceeds received by PBF LLC from PBFX in accordance with the Contribution Agreements were subsequently contributed by PBF LLC to PBF Holding.
Pursuant to a Contribution Agreement entered into on February 15, 2017, PBF Holding contributed all of the issued and outstanding limited liability company interests of Paulsboro Natural Gas Pipeline Company LLC (“PNGPC”) to PBF LLC. PBFX Operating Company LP (“PBFX Op Co”), PBFX’s wholly-owned subsidiary, in turn acquired the limited liability company interests in PNGPC from PBF LLC in connection with the Contribution Agreement effective February 28, 2017. PNGPC owns and operates an existing interstate natural gas pipeline which serves PBF Holding's Paulsboro refinery (the “Paulsboro Natural Gas Pipeline”), which is subject to regulation by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”). In connection with the PNGPC Contribution Agreement, PBFX constructed a new pipeline to replace the existing pipeline, which commenced services in August 2017.
In consideration for the PNGPC limited liability company interests, PBFX delivered to PBF LLC (i) an $11,600 intercompany promissory note in favor of Paulsboro Refining Company LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of PBF Holding (the “Promissory Note”), (ii) an expansion rights and right of first refusal agreement in favor of PBF LLC with respect to the new pipeline and (iii) an assignment and assumption agreement with respect to certain outstanding litigation involving PNGPC and the existing pipeline.
Commercial Agreements
In connection with the Contribution Agreements, PBF Holding entered into long-term, fee-based, minimum volume commitment (“MVC”) commercial agreements with PBFX. Under these agreements, PBFX provides various pipeline, rail and truck terminaling and storage services to PBF Holding and PBF Holding has committed to provide PBFX with minimum fees based on minimum monthly throughput volumes. The fees under each of these agreements are supported by contractual fee escalations for inflation adjustments and certain increases in operating costs. PBF Holding believes the terms and conditions under these agreements, as well as the Omnibus Agreement (as defined below) and the Services Agreement (as defined below) each with PBFX, are generally no less favorable to either party than those that could have been negotiated with unaffiliated parties with respect to similar services.
These commercial agreements (as defined in the table below) with PBFX include:
Service Agreements
Initiation Date
Initial Term
Renewals (a)
Minimum Volume Commitments
Force Majeure
Transportation and Terminaling
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware City Rail Terminaling Services Agreement
5/8/2014
7 years, 8 months
2 x 5
85,000 barrels per day (“bpd”)
PBFX or PBF Holding can declare
Toledo Truck Unloading & Terminaling Services Agreement
5/8/2014
7 years, 8 months
2 x 5
5,500 bpd
Delaware West Ladder Rack Terminaling Services Agreement
10/1/2014
7 years, 3 months
2 x 5
40,000 bpd
Toledo Storage Facility Storage and Terminaling Services Agreement- Terminaling Facility
12/12/2014
10 years
2 x 5
4,400 bpd
Delaware Pipeline Services Agreement
5/15/2015
10 years, 8 months
2 x 5
50,000 bpd
Delaware Pipeline Services Agreement- Magellan Connection
11/1/2016
2 years, 5 months
N/A
14,500 bpd
Delaware City Truck Loading Services Agreement- Gasoline
5/15/2015
10 years, 8 months
2 x 5
30,000 bpd
Delaware City Truck Loading Services Agreement- LPGs
5/15/2015
10 years, 8 months
2 x 5
5,000 bpd
East Coast Terminals Terminaling Services Agreements
5/1/2016
Various (f)
Evergreen
15,000 bpd (e)
East Coast Terminals Tank Lease Agreements
5/1/2016
Various (f)
Evergreen
350,000 barrels (c)
Torrance Valley Pipeline Transportation Services Agreement- North Pipeline
8/31/2016
10 years
2 x 5
50,000 bpd
Torrance Valley Pipeline Transportation Services Agreement- South Pipeline
8/31/2016
10 years
2 x 5
70,000 bpd
Torrance Valley Pipeline Transportation Services Agreement- Midway Storage Tank
8/31/2016
10 years
2 x 5
55,000 barrels (c)
Torrance Valley Pipeline Transportation Services Agreement- Emidio Storage Tank
8/31/2016
10 years
2 x 5
900,000 barrels per month
Torrance Valley Pipeline Transportation Services Agreement- Belridge Storage Tank
8/31/2016
10 years
2 x 5
770,000 barrels per month
Paulsboro Natural Gas Pipeline Services Agreement (b)
8/4/2017
15 years
Evergreen
60,000 dekatherms per day
Toledo Terminal Services Agreement (g)
5/1/2016
1 year
Evergreen
N/A
Storage
 
 
 
 
 
Toledo Storage Facility Storage and Terminaling Services Agreement- Storage Facility
12/12/2014
10 years
2 x 5
3,849,271 barrels (c)
PBFX or PBF Holding can declare
Chalmette Storage Agreement (d)
See note (d)
10 years
2 x 5
625,000 barrels
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(a)
PBF Holding has the option to extend the agreements for up to two additional five-year terms, as applicable.
(b)
In August 2017, PBFX’s new pipeline commenced service. Concurrent with the commencement of operations, a new service agreement was entered into between PBF Holding and PNGPC.
(c)
Reflects the overall capacity as stipulated by the storage agreement. The storage MVC is subject to effective operating capacity of each tank which can be impacted by routine tank maintenance and other factors.
(d)
The Chalmette Storage Agreement was entered into on February 15, 2017 but commences at the earlier of November 1, 2017 or the completion of the Chalmette Storage Tank (as defined below), which is currently expected to be completed in November 2017.
(e)
The East Coast Terminals terminaling service agreements have no MVCs and are billed based on actual volumes throughput, other than a terminaling services agreement between the East Coast Terminals' Paulsboro, New Jersey location and PBF Holding with a 15,000 bpd MVC.
(f)
The East Coast Terminal related party agreements include varying term lengths, ranging from one to five years.
(g)
Subsequent to the Toledo Terminal Acquisition, the Toledo Terminal was added to the East Coast Terminals Terminaling Service Agreements.

Other Agreements
In addition to the commercial agreements described above, at the closing of the PBFX Offering, PBFX entered into an omnibus agreement, which has been amended and restated in connection with the closing of certain of the contribution agreements with PBF GP, PBF LLC and PBF Holding (as amended, the “Omnibus Agreement”). The Omnibus Agreement addresses the payment of an annual fee for the provision of various general and administrative services and reimbursement of salary and benefit costs for certain PBF Energy employees. The annual fee was increased to $6,900 per year effective as of January 1, 2017.
In connection with the PBFX Offering, PBFX also entered into an operation and management services and secondment agreement with PBF Holding and certain of its subsidiaries, pursuant to which PBF Holding and its subsidiaries provide PBFX with the personnel necessary for PBFX to perform its obligations under its commercial agreements. PBFX reimburses PBF Holding for the use of such employees and the provision of certain infrastructure-related services to the extent applicable to its operations, including storm water discharge and waste water treatment, steam, potable water, access to certain roads and grounds, sanitary sewer access, electrical power, emergency response, filter press, fuel gas, API solids treatment, fire water and compressed air. On February 28, 2017, PBF Holding and PBFX entered into a fifth amended and restated services agreement (as amended, the “Services Agreement”) in connection with the PNGPC Contribution Agreement, resulting in an increase to the annual fee to $6,696. The Services Agreement will terminate upon the termination of the Omnibus Agreement, provided that PBFX may terminate any service on 30 days’ notice.
In connection with the Chalmette Storage Agreement, PBF Holding’s subsidiary, Chalmette Refining, entered into a twenty-year lease for the premises upon which a new tank at the Chalmette refinery (the “Chalmette Storage Tank”) will be located (the “Lease”) and a project management agreement (the “Project Management Agreement”) pursuant to which Chalmette Refining has managed the construction of the tank. The Lease can be extended by PBFX Op Co for two additional ten year terms.
Summary of Transactions with PBFX
A summary of revenue and expense transactions with PBFX is as follows:
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
Revenues under affiliate agreements:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Services Agreement
$
1,639

 
$
1,280

 
$
4,918

 
$
3,523

Omnibus Agreement
1,890

 
1,201

 
5,174

 
3,460

Total expenses under affiliate agreements
62,359

 
43,842

 
176,916

 
118,356