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Revenue
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Revenue  
Revenue

(4) Revenue

(a)   Revenue from Contracts with Customers

All of our revenues are derived from service contracts with customers, and are recognized when we satisfy a performance obligation by delivering a service to a customer. Antero Resources is our most significant customer, and we expect to derive substantially all of our revenues from Antero Resources for the foreseeable future. The following sets forth the nature, timing of satisfaction of performance obligations, and significant payment terms of our contracts with Antero Resources.

Gathering and Compression Agreement

Antero Resources has dedicated all of its current and future acreage in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania to us for gathering and compression services except for acreage attributable to existing third-party commitments. We also have an option to gather and compress natural gas produced by Antero Resources on any acreage it acquires in the future outside of West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania on the same terms and conditions. Under the gathering and compression agreement, we receive a low pressure gathering fee of $0.30 per Mcf, a high pressure gathering fee of $0.18 per Mcf, and a compression fee of $0.18 per Mcf, in each case subject to CPI-based adjustments since 2014. In addition, the agreement stipulates that we receive a reimbursement for the actual cost of electricity used at our compressor stations.

We satisfy our performance obligations and recognize revenue when low pressure volumes are delivered to a compressor station, high pressure volumes are delivered to a processing plant or transmission pipeline, and compression volumes are delivered to a high pressure line. We invoice the customer the month after each service is performed, and payment is due in the same month.

Water Handling and Treatment Agreement

In connection with Antero Resources’ contribution of Antero Water and certain wastewater treatment assets to us in September 2015 (the “Water Acquisition”), we entered into a water services agreement with Antero Resources whereby we agreed to provide certain water handling and treatment services to Antero Resources within an area of dedication in defined service areas in Ohio and West Virginia. Antero Resources agreed to pay us for all water handling and treatment services provided by us in accordance with the terms of the water services agreement. The initial term of the water services agreement is 20 years from September 23, 2015 and from year to year thereafter until terminated by either party. Under the agreement, we receive a fixed fee of $3.685 per barrel in West Virginia and $3.635 per barrel in Ohio and all other locations for fresh water deliveries by pipeline directly to the well site, as well as $3.116 per barrel for fresh water delivered by truck to high-rate transfer facilities. All of these fees have been subject to annual CPI adjustments since the inception of the agreement in 2015. Antero Resources also agreed to pay us a fixed fee of $4.00 per barrel for wastewater treatment at the advanced wastewater treatment complex, in each case subject to annual CPI-based adjustments and additional fees based on certain costs.

Under the water services agreement, we may also contract with third parties to provide Antero Resources flow back and produced water services. Antero Resources reimburses us for third party out-of-pocket costs plus a 3% markup.

We satisfy our performance obligations and recognize revenue when the fresh water volumes have been delivered to the hydration unit of a specified well pad and the wastewater volumes have been delivered to our wastewater treatment facility. We invoice the customer the month after water services are performed, and payment is due in the same month. For services contracted through third party providers, our performance obligation is satisfied when the service to be performed by the third party provider has been completed. We invoice the customer after the third party provider billing is received, and payment is due in the same month.

Minimum Volume Commitments

Both the gathering and compression and water handling and treatment agreements include certain minimum volume commitment provisions, which are intended to support the stability of our cash flows. If and to the extent Antero Resources requests that we construct new high pressure lines and compressor stations, the gathering and compression agreement contains minimum volume commitments that require Antero Resources to utilize or pay for 75% and 70%, respectively, of the capacity of such new construction for 10 years. Antero Resources also committed to pay a fee on a minimum volume of fresh water deliveries in calendar years 2016 through 2019. Antero Resources is obligated to pay a minimum volume fee to us in the event the aggregate volume of fresh water delivered to Antero Resources under the water services agreement is less than 120,000 barrels per day in 2018 and 2019. We recognize revenue related to these minimum volume commitments at the time it is determined that the volumes will not be consumed by Antero Resources, and the amount of the shortfall is known.

Minimum revenue amounts under the minimum volume commitments are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remainder

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

of 2018

  

2019

  

2020

  

2021

  

2022

  

2023

  

Thereafter

  

Total

  

Minimum revenue under the Gathering and Compression Agreement

 

$

67,281

 

150,758

 

151,171

 

150,758

 

150,758

 

150,758

 

462,378

 

1,283,862

 

Minimum revenue under the Water Handling and Treatment Agreement

 

 

 —

 

165,564

 

 —

 

 —

 

 —

 

 —

 

 —

 

165,564

 

Total

  

$

67,281

  

316,322

  

151,171

  

150,758

  

150,758

  

150,758

  

462,378

  

1,449,426

  

 

(b)   Disaggregation of Revenue

In the following table, revenue is disaggregated by type of service and type of fee (in thousands). The table also identifies the reportable segment to which the disaggregated revenues relate. For more information on reportable segments, see Note 14—Reportable Segments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

Segment to which

 

 

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017

 

2018

 

revenues relate

 

Revenue from contracts with customers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type of service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gathering—low pressure

  

$

48,428

 

 

57,393

  

$

95,630

  

 

110,655

  

Gathering and Processing

  

Gathering—high pressure

 

 

29,830

 

 

33,782

 

 

56,730

 

 

64,305

 

Gathering and Processing

 

Compression

 

 

20,504

 

 

26,961

 

 

37,997

 

 

51,353

 

Gathering and Processing

 

Condensate gathering

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

64

 

 

 —

 

Gathering and Processing

 

Fresh water delivery

 

 

58,579

 

 

78,430

 

 

108,283

 

 

154,223

 

Water Handling and Treatment

 

Wastewater treatment

 

 

 —

 

 

3,171

 

 

 —

 

 

3,171

 

Water Handling and Treatment

 

Other fluid handling

 

 

36,425

 

 

50,655

 

 

69,832

 

 

96,276

 

Water Handling and Treatment

 

Total

 

$

193,766

 

 

250,392

 

$

368,536

 

 

479,983

 

 

 

Type of contract

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Fee

  

$

98,762

 

 

118,136

  

$

190,421

  

 

226,313

  

Gathering and Processing;

  

Fixed Fee

 

 

58,579

 

 

81,601

 

 

108,283

 

 

157,394

 

Water Handling and Treatment

 

Cost plus 3%

 

 

36,425

 

 

50,655

 

 

69,832

 

 

96,276

 

Water Handling and Treatment

 

Total

 

$

193,766

 

 

250,392

 

$

368,536

 

 

479,983

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain on sale of assets

 

 

 —

 

 

583

 

 

 —

 

 

583

 

 

 

Total revenue

 

$

193,766

 

 

250,975

 

 

368,536

 

 

480,566

 

 

 

 

(c)   Transaction Price Allocated to Remaining Performance Obligations

The majority of our service contracts have a term greater than one year, and as such we have utilized the practical expedient in ASC 606, which states that a company is not required to disclose the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations if the variable consideration is allocated entirely to a wholly unsatisfied performance obligation. Under our service contracts, each unit of product delivered to the customer represents a separate performance obligation; therefore, future volumes are wholly unsatisfied and thus disclosure of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations is not required.

The remainder of our service contracts, which relate to contracts with third parties, are short-term in nature with a contract term of one year or less. We have utilized an additional practical expedient in ASC 606 which exempts us from disclosure of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations if the performance obligation is part of a contract that has an original expected duration of one year or less.

(d)   Contract Balances

Under our service contracts, we invoice customers after our performance obligations have been satisfied, at which point payment is unconditional. Accordingly, our service contracts do not give rise to contract assets or liabilities under ASC 606. At December 31, 2017 and June 30, 2018, our receivables from contracts with customers were $110 million and $114 million, respectively.