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Derivatives
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivatives
(12) Derivatives

Interest Rate Swaps

In April 2019, we entered into $850.0 million of interest rate swaps to manage the interest rate risk associated with our floating-rate, LIBOR-based borrowings. Under this arrangement, we pay a fixed interest rate of 2.27825% in exchange for LIBOR-based variable interest through December 2021. Assets or liabilities related to these interest rate swap contracts are included in the fair value of derivative assets and liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets, and the change in fair value of this contract is recorded net as gain or loss on designated cash flow hedges on the consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Monthly, upon settlement, we reclassify the gain or loss associated with the interest rate swaps into interest expense from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). There is no ineffectiveness related to this hedge.

In December 2020, in connection with the partial repayment of the Term Loan, we paid $10.9 million to terminate $500.0 million of the $850.0 million interest rate swaps and settled the outstanding derivative liability of $10.9 million. The unrealized loss remains in accumulated other comprehensive loss and will amortize into “Interest expense” on the consolidated statements of operations until the original maturity date of the Term Loan. For the year ended December 31, 2020, we amortized $0.4 million into interest expense out of accumulated other comprehensive loss related to the termination of the interest rate swaps. The remaining $350.0 million interest rate swaps were re-designated as a cash flow hedge on LIBOR-based borrowings and continue to be effective.

The components of the loss on designated cash flow hedge related to changes in the fair value of our interest rate swaps were as follows (in millions):
December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Change in fair value of interest rate swaps$(5.6)$(12.4)
Tax benefit1.3 3.4 
Loss on designated cash flow hedge$(4.3)$(9.0)

The interest expense, recognized from accumulated other comprehensive loss from the monthly settlement and amortization of the termination payment of our interest rate swaps, included in our consolidated statements of operations were as follows (in millions):
December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Interest expense$14.5 $0.4 

We expect to recognize an additional $18.2 million of interest expense out of accumulated other comprehensive loss over the next twelve months.

The fair value of our interest rate swaps included in our consolidated balance sheets were as follows (in millions):
December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Fair value of derivative liabilities—current$(7.6)$(5.6)
Fair value of derivative liabilities—long-term— (6.8)
Net fair value of interest rate swaps$(7.6)$(12.4)

Commodity Swaps

We manage our exposure to changes in commodity prices by hedging the impact of market fluctuations. Commodity swaps are used both to manage and hedge price and location risk related to these market exposures and to manage margins on offsetting fixed-price purchase or sale commitments for physical quantities of crude, condensate, natural gas, and NGLs. We do not designate commodity swaps as cash flow or fair value hedges for hedge accounting treatment under ASC 815. Therefore, changes in the fair value of our derivatives are recorded in revenue in the period incurred. In addition, our commodity risk management policy does not allow us to take speculative positions with our derivative contracts.

We commonly enter into index (float-for-float) or fixed-for-float swaps in order to mitigate our cash flow exposure to fluctuations in the future prices of natural gas, NGLs, and crude oil. For natural gas, index swaps are used to protect against the
price exposure of daily priced gas versus first-of-month priced gas. For condensate, crude oil, and natural gas, index swaps are also used to hedge the basis location price risk resulting from supply and markets being priced on different indices. For natural gas, NGLs, condensate, and crude oil, fixed-for-float swaps are used to protect cash flows against price fluctuations: (1) where we receive a percentage of liquids as a fee for processing third-party gas or where we receive a portion of the proceeds of the sales of natural gas and liquids as a fee, (2) in the natural gas processing and fractionation components of our business and (3) where we are mitigating the price risk for product held in inventory or storage.

Assets and liabilities related to our derivative contracts are included in the fair value of derivative assets and liabilities, and the change in fair value of these contracts is recorded net as a gain (loss) on derivative activity on the consolidated statements of operations. We estimate the fair value of all of our derivative contracts based upon actively-quoted prices of the underlying commodities.

The components of gain (loss) on derivative activity in the consolidated statements of operations related to commodity swaps are (in millions):
Year Ended December 31,
202020192018
Change in fair value of derivatives$(10.5)$(0.1)$10.1 
Realized gain (loss) on derivatives(11.5)14.5 (4.9)
Gain (loss) on derivative activity$(22.0)$14.4 $5.2 

The fair value of derivative assets and liabilities related to commodity swaps are as follows (in millions):
December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Fair value of derivative assets—current$25.0 $12.9 
Fair value of derivative assets—long-term4.9 4.3 
Fair value of derivative liabilities—current(29.5)(8.8)
Fair value of derivative liabilities—long-term(2.5)— 
Net fair value of commodity swaps$(2.1)$8.4 

Set forth below are the summarized notional volumes and fair values of all instruments related to commodity swaps that we held for price risk management purposes and the related physical offsets at December 31, 2020 (in millions). The remaining term of the contracts extend no later than December 2022.
December 31, 2020
Commodity
Instruments
Unit
Volume
Net Fair Value
NGL (short contracts)SwapsGallons(117.3)$(14.8)
NGL (long contracts)SwapsGallons13.7 0.3 
Natural gas (short contracts)SwapsMMbtu(15.9)1.4 
Natural gas (long contracts)SwapsMMbtu10.7 1.2 
Crude and condensate (short contracts)SwapsMMbbls(10.1)(7.0)
Crude and condensate (long contracts)SwapsMMbbls2.5 16.8 
Total fair value of commodity swaps$(2.1)
On all transactions where we are exposed to counterparty risk, we analyze the counterparty’s financial condition prior to entering into an agreement, establish limits, and monitor the appropriateness of these limits on an ongoing basis. We primarily deal with financial institutions when entering into financial derivatives on commodities. We have entered into Master ISDAs that allow for netting of swap contract receivables and payables in the event of default by either party. If our counterparties failed to perform under existing commodity swap contracts, the maximum loss on our gross receivable position of $29.9 million as of December 31, 2020 would be reduced to $9.2 million due to the offsetting of gross fair value payables against gross fair value receivables as allowed by the ISDAs.