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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Transactions and Agreements with PBFX
The Company 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”), the Company 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 the Company. See the 2017 Form 10-K for a more complete description of the Company’s contribution agreements with PBFX that were entered into prior to 2018.
On July 16, 2018, PBFX entered into four contribution agreements with PBF LLC pursuant to which the Company contributed to PBF LLC certain of its subsidiaries (the “Development Assets Contribution Agreements”). Pursuant to the Development Asset Contribution Agreements, the Company contributed all of the issued and outstanding limited liability company interests of: Toledo Rail Logistics Company LLC (“TRLC”), whose assets consist of a loading and unloading rail facility located at the Toledo refinery (the “Toledo Rail Products Facility”); Chalmette Logistics Company LLC (“CLC”), whose assets consist of a truck loading rack facility (the “Chalmette Truck Rack”) and a rail yard facility (the “Chalmette Rosin Yard”), both of which are located at the Chalmette refinery; Paulsboro Terminaling Company LLC (“PTC”), whose assets consist of a lube oil terminal facility located at the Paulsboro refinery (the “Paulsboro Lube Oil Terminal”); and DCR Storage and Loading Company LLC (“DSLC”), whose assets consist of an ethanol storage facility located at the Delaware City refinery (the “Delaware Ethanol Storage Facility” and collectively with the Toledo Rail Products Facility, the Chalmette Truck Rack, the Chalmette Rosin Yard, and the Paulsboro Lube Oil Terminal, the “Development Assets”) to PBF LLC. PBFX Operating Company LP (“PBFX Op Co”), PBFX’s wholly-owned subsidiary, in turn acquired the limited liability company interests in the Development Assets from PBF LLC in connection with the Development Assets Contribution Agreement effective July 31, 2018.
In consideration for the Development Assets limited liability company interests, PBFX delivered to PBF LLC total consideration of $31,586, consisting of 1,494,134 common units of PBFX.
Commercial Agreements
PBFX currently derives a substantial majority of its revenue from long-term, fee-based commercial agreements with the Company relating to assets associated with the Contribution Agreements described above, the majority of which include minimum volume commitments (“MVCs”) and are supported by contractual fee escalations for inflation adjustments and certain increases in operating costs. Under these agreements, PBFX provides various pipeline, rail and truck terminaling and storage services to the Company and the Company has committed, under certain of these agreements, to provide PBFX with minimum fees based on minimum monthly throughput volumes. The Company 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.
See the 2017 Form 10-K for a more complete description of the Company’s commercial agreements with PBFX, including those identified as leases, that were entered into prior to 2018. The following are commercial agreements entered into between the Company and PBFX during 2018:
Agreements
Initiation Date
Initial Term
Renewals (a)
MVC
Force Majeure
Amended and Restated Rail Agreements (b)
5/8/2014
7 years,
8 months
2 x 5
125,000 barrels per day (“bpd”)
 PBF Holding or PBFX can declare
Knoxville Terminals Agreement- Terminaling Services
4/16/2018
5 years
Evergreen
Various (c)
Knoxville Terminals Agreement- Tank Lease (d)
4/16/2018
5 years
Evergreen
115,334 barrels (e)
Toledo Rail Loading Agreement
7/31/2018
7 years, 5 months
2 x 5
Various (f)
Chalmette Terminal Throughput Agreement
7/31/2018
1 year
Evergreen
N/A
Chalmette Rail Unloading Agreement
7/31/2018
7 years, 5 months
2 x 5
7,600 bpd
DSL Ethanol Throughput Agreement (d)
7/31/2018
7 years, 5 months
2 x 5
5,000 bpd
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(a)
The Company has the option to extend the agreements for up to two additional five-year terms, as applicable.
(b)
The Delaware City Rail Terminaling Services Agreement and the Delaware West Ladder Rack Terminaling Services Agreement each between Delaware City Terminaling Company LLC and the Company were amended effective as of January 1, 2018 with the service fees thereunder being adjusted, including the addition of an ancillary fee paid by the Company on an actual cost basis. In determining payments due under the Amended and Restated Rail Agreements, excess volumes throughput under the agreements shall apply against required payments in respect to the minimum throughput commitments on a quarterly basis and, to the extent not previously applied, on an annual basis against the MVCs.
(c)
The minimum throughput revenue commitment is $894 for year one, $1,788 for year two and $2,683 for year three and thereafter.
(d)
These commercial agreements with the Company are considered leases.
(e)
Reflects the overall capacity as stipulated by the storage agreement. The storage MVC is subject to the effective operating capacity of each tank, which can be impacted by routine tank maintenance and other factors. The Company is expected to take full shell capacity by the end of the fourth quarter of 2018.
(f)
Under the Toledo Rail Loading Agreement, the Company has minimum throughput commitments for (i) 30 railcars per day of products and (ii) 11.5 railcars per day of premium product. The Toledo Rail Loading Agreement also specifies a maximum throughput rate of 50 railcars per day.

Other Agreements
In addition to the commercial agreements described above, the Company has entered into an omnibus agreement with PBFX, PBF GP and PBF LLC, which has been amended and restated in connection with the closing of certain of the contribution agreements. This 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. On July 31, 2018, the Company entered into the Fifth Amendment and Restated Omnibus Agreement (as amended, the “Omnibus Agreement”) in connection with the Development Assets Acquisition, resulting in an increase of the estimated annual fee to $7,000.
Additionally, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries have entered into an operation and management services and secondment agreement with PBFX, pursuant to which the Company and its subsidiaries provide PBFX with the personnel necessary for PBFX to perform its obligations under its commercial agreements. PBFX reimburses the Company 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 July 31, 2018, the Company entered into the Sixth Amended and Restated Operation and Management Services and Secondment Agreement (as amended, the “Services Agreement”) in connection with the Development Assets Acquisition, resulting in an increase of the annual fee to $8,587. The Services Agreement will terminate upon the termination of the Omnibus Agreement, provided that PBFX may terminate any service on 30-days’ notice.
Summary of Transactions with PBFX
A summary of transactions with PBFX is as follows:
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Reimbursements under affiliate agreements:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Services Agreement
$
1,979

 
$
1,639

 
$
5,327

 
$
4,918

Omnibus Agreement
1,927

 
1,890

 
5,364

 
5,174

Total expenses under affiliate agreements
66,140

 
62,359

 
190,789

 
176,916