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ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITION  Refined Petroleum Products Terminals and Pipeline Assets Acquisition On November 18, 2009, we acquired from ConocoPhillips certain refined petroleum product terminals and pipeline assets for approximately $47.1 million in cash. In addition, we acquired certain inventory on hand upon completion of the transaction for additional consideration of $7.3 million. The assets include over 300 miles of active pipeline that provide connectivity between the East St. Louis, Illinois and East Chicago, Indiana markets and three terminals providing 2.3 million barrels of storage tankage. ConocoPhillips entered into certain commercial contracts with us concurrent with our acquisition regarding usage of the acquired facilities. We believe the acquisition of these assets has given us greater access to markets and refinery operations in the Midwest and increased the commercial value of these assets and certain of our existing assets to our customers by offering enhanced distribution connectivity and flexible storage capabilities. The operations of these acquired assets are reported in the Pipeline Operations and Terminalling & Storage segments. The purchase price has been allocated to the tangible and intangible assets acquired, as follows (in thousands):<div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:20px;"><tr style="height: 17px"><td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:130px;"> </td><td style="width: 284px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:284px;">Inventory</td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;">$</td><td style="width: 68px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"> 7,287</td></tr><tr style="height: 17px"><td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:130px;"> </td><td style="width: 284px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:284px;">Property, plant and equipment</td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"> 44,400</td></tr><tr style="height: 17px"><td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:130px;"> </td><td style="width: 284px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:284px;">Intangible assets</td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"> 4,580</td></tr><tr style="height: 17px"><td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:130px;"> </td><td style="width: 284px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:284px;">Environmental and other liabilities</td><td style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"> (1,834)</td></tr><tr style="height: 18px"><td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:130px;"> </td><td style="width: 284px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:284px;"> Allocated purchase price</td><td style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;">$</td><td style="width: 68px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"> 54,433</td></tr></table></div>Acquisition of Additional Interest in West Shore Pipe Line Company On August 2, 2010, in connection with our exercise of a right of first refusal, we completed the acquisition of additional shares of West Shore Pipe Line Company (“West Shore”) common stock from an affiliate of BP plc, resulting in an increase in our ownership interest in West Shore from 24.9% to 34.6%. We paid approximately $13.5 million for this additional interest. We exercised our right of first refusal to purchase the additional shares because of the favorable economics associated with the investment opportunity and our desire to increase our ownership in a successful joint venture pipeline that we currently operate.  Acquisition of Other Pipeline Assets In August 2010, we acquired pipeline assets in western Pennsylvania for $1.3 million. These assets have been included in the Pipeline Operations segment.  Sale of Buckeye NGL Pipeline Effective January 1, 2010, we sold our ownership interest in an approximately 350-mile natural gas liquids pipeline (the “Buckeye NGL Pipeline”) that runs from Wattenberg, Colorado to Bushton, Kansas for $22.0 million. The assets had been classified as “Assets held for sale” in our consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2009 with a carrying amount equal to the proceeds received. Revenues for Buckeye NGL Pipeline for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 were $1.7 million and $8.2 million, respectively. 2. ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITION  Refined Petroleum Products Terminals and Pipeline Assets Acquisition On November 18, 2009, we acquired from false false false us-types:textBlockItemType textblock Acquisitions And Disposition. No authoritative reference available. false 1 2 false UnKnown UnKnown UnKnown false true