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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
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:
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.
TVPC Contribution Agreement
On April 24, 2019, PBFX entered into a contribution agreement with PBF LLC (the “TVPC Contribution Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company contributed to PBF LLC, which in turn contributed to PBFX, all of the issued and outstanding limited liability company interests of TVP Holding Company LLC (“TVP Holding”) for total consideration of $200.0 million (the “TVPC Acquisition”). Prior to the TVPC Acquisition, TVP Holding (then a subsidiary of PBF Holding) owned a 50% membership interest in Torrance Valley Pipeline Company LLC (“TVPC”). Subsequent to the closing of the TVPC Acquisition on May 31, 2019, PBFX owns 100% of the membership interests in TVPC.
Refer to the Company’s 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K (“Note 10 - Related Party Transactions” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements) for a more complete description of the Contribution Agreements with PBFX that were entered into prior to 2019.
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, 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 and the Services Agreement (each as defined below) 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.
Refer to the Company’s 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K (“Note 10 - Related Party Transactions” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements) for a more complete description of the Company’s commercial agreements with PBFX, including those identified as leases, that were entered into prior to 2019. The following table reflects activity during 2019 related to commercial agreements between the Company and PBFX:
Agreements
Initiation Date
Initial Term
Renewals (a)
MVC
Force Majeure
Amended and Restated Rail Agreements (b)
5/8/2014
7 years, 8 months
N/A
125,000 bpd
 PBF Holding or PBFX can declare
Delaware Pipeline Services Agreement - Magellan Connection
11/1/2016
2 years, 5 months
See note (c)
See note (c)
Delaware City Terminaling Services Agreement (d)
1/1/2022
4 years
2 x 5
95,000 bpd
Amended and Restated Torrance Valley Pipeline Transportation Services Agreement - South Pipeline
8/31/2016
10 years
2 x 5
75,000 bpd (e)
East Coast Storage Assets Terminal Storage Agreement
1/1/2019
8 years
Evergreen
2,953,725 barrels (f)
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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)
In 2019, the Company amended (effective as of January 1, 2019) the existing Amended and Restated Rail Agreements between the Company and Delaware City Terminaling Company LLC (“DCTC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of PBFX, for the inclusion of services through certain rail infrastructure at the PBFX East Coast Storage Assets.
(c)
In connection with the inclusion of an additional destination at the Magellan connection under the Delaware Pipeline Services Agreement, Delaware Pipeline Company LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PBFX, and the Company agreed to a two-year, five-month MVC (the “Magellan MVC”) under the Delaware Pipeline Services Agreement. The Magellan MVC expired on March 31, 2019, subsequent to which, PBFX has been billing actual throughput on the Magellan connection.
(d)
The Delaware City Terminaling Services Agreement between DCTC and the Company will commence in 2022 subsequent to the expiration of the Amended and Restated Rail Agreements and includes additional services to be provided by PBFX as operator of other rail facilities owned by the Company’s subsidiaries.
(e)
In connection with the TVPC Acquisition on May 31, 2019, the Torrance Valley Pipeline Transportation Services Agreement - South Pipeline was amended and restated to increase the MVC from 70,000 bpd to 75,000 bpd.
(f)
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’s available shell capacity may be subject to change as agreed to by the Company and PBFX.

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 certain Contribution Agreements (as amended, the “Omnibus Agreement”). 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.
Additionally, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries have entered into an operation and management services and secondment agreement with PBFX (as amended, the “Services Agreement”), 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. The Services Agreement will terminate upon the termination of the Omnibus Agreement, provided that PBFX may terminate any service upon 30-days’ notice.
Refer to the Company’s 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K (“Note 10 - Related Party Transactions” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements) for a more complete description of the Omnibus Agreement and the Services Agreement.
Summary of Transactions with PBFX
A summary of transactions with PBFX is as follows:
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions)
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Reimbursements under affiliate agreements:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Services Agreement
$
2.1

 
$
2.0

 
$
6.4

 
$
5.3

Omnibus Agreement
1.9

 
2.0

 
5.4

 
5.4

Total expenses under affiliate agreements
78.0

 
66.2

 
224.0

 
190.8

Total reimbursements under the Omnibus Agreement are included in General and administrative expenses and reimbursements under the Services Agreement and expenses under affiliate agreements are included in Cost of products and other in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.