Organization and Nature of Operations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Note 1. Organization and Nature of Operations

Organization We are a growth-oriented Delaware master limited partnership formed in December 2014 by Noble to own, operate, develop and acquire a wide range of domestic midstream infrastructure assets. Our current areas of focus are in the DJ Basin and the Delaware Basin.

Partnership Assets Our assets consist of ownership interests in certain companies which serve specific areas and integrated development plan (“IDP”) areas and consist of the following:



Company	Areas Served	NBLX Dedicated Service	NBLX Ownership	Noncontrolling Interest⁽¹⁾
Colorado River LLC ⁽²⁾	Wells Ranch IDP (DJ Basin) East Pony IDP (DJ Basin) All Noble DJ Basin Acreage	Crude Oil Gathering Natural Gas Gathering Water Services Crude Oil Gathering Crude Oil Treating	100%	N/A
San Juan River LLC ⁽²⁾	East Pony IDP (DJ Basin)	Water Services	100%	N/A
Green River DevCo LLC ⁽²⁾	Mustang IDP (DJ Basin)	Crude Oil Gathering Natural Gas Gathering Water Services	100%	N/A
Laramie River LLC ⁽²⁾	Greeley Crescent IDP (DJ Basin)	Crude Oil Gathering Water Services	100%	N/A
Laramie River LLC ⁽²⁾	Black Diamond Dedication Area (DJ Basin)	Crude Oil Gathering Crude Oil Sales Natural Gas Gathering	54.4%	45.6%
Blanco River LLC ⁽²⁾	Delaware Basin	Crude Oil Gathering Natural Gas Gathering Water Services	100%	N/A
Gunnison River DevCo LP	Bronco IDP (DJ Basin) ⁽³⁾	Crude Oil Gathering Water Services	5%	95%
Trinity River DevCo LLC ⁽⁴⁾	Delaware Basin	Natural Gas Compression Crude Oil Transmission	100%	N/A
Dos Rios DevCo LLC ⁽⁵⁾	Delaware Basin	Crude Oil Transmission Y-Grade Transmission	100%	N/A
Noble Midstream Holdings LLC	East Pony IDP (DJ Basin)	Natural Gas Gathering Natural Gas Processing	100%	N/A
Noble Midstream Holdings LLC	Delaware Basin	Crude Oil Gathering Natural Gas Gathering Water Services	100%	N/A


⁽¹⁾	The noncontrolling interest represents Noble’s retained ownership interest in the Gunnison River DevCo LP. The noncontrolling interest in Black Diamond represents Greenfield Member’s interest in Black Diamond.


⁽²⁾	On December 31, 2019, the general partner and limited partnership of each of the companies were merged into a limited liability company (“LLC”).


⁽³⁾	The Bronco IDP is a future development area. We currently have no midstream infrastructure assets in the Bronco IDP.


⁽⁴⁾	Our interest in Advantage Pipeline L.L.C. (“Advantage”) is owned through Trinity River DevCo LLC.


⁽⁵⁾	Our ownership interests in Delaware Crossing, EPIC Y-Grade and EPIC Crude are owned through wholly-owned subsidiaries of Dos Rios DevCo LLC.

Nature of Operations We operate and own interests in the following assets:


•	crude oil gathering systems;


•	natural gas gathering and processing systems and compression units;


•	crude oil treating facilities;


•	produced water collection, gathering, and cleaning systems;


•	fresh water storage and delivery systems; and


•	investments in midstream entities that provide transportation services.

We generate revenues primarily by charging fees on a per unit basis for gathering crude oil, gathering and processing natural gas, delivering and storing fresh water and collecting, cleaning and disposing of produced water. Additionally, we purchase

crude oil from producers and sell crude oil to customers at various delivery points. We have entered into multiple fee-based commercial agreements with Noble, each with an initial term of 15 years, to provide these services which are critical to Noble’s upstream operations. Our agreements include substantial acreage dedications. See Note 3. Transactions with Affiliates.