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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>8. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS</b>
</div>
<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">   <i>Goodwill</i>
</div>
<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price of an acquired business over the amounts
assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the transaction. Goodwill is not amortized;
it is subject to annual impairment testing. The following table summarizes our goodwill amounts by
segment at the dates indicated (in thousands):
</div>
<div align="center">
<table style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<tr valign="bottom">
<td width="76%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2"><b>March 31,</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2"><b>December 31,</b></td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>2011</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>2010</b></td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
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<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Pipelines & Terminals:
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Purchase of general partner interests in 2004
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">210,066</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">210,066</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Acquisition of six terminals in June 2000
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">11,355</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">11,355</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Acquisition of Albany Terminal in 2008
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">26,829</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">26,829</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Subtotal
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">248,250</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">248,250</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">International Operations:
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Acquisition of BORCO in 2011
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">497,946</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">—</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Natural Gas Storage:
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Acquisition of Lodi Gas in 2008
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">169,560</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">169,560</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Energy Services:
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Acquisition of Farm & Home in 2008
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">1,132</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">1,132</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Development & Logistics:
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Purchase of general partner interests in 2004
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">13,182</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">13,182</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Total goodwill
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">930,070</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">432,124</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
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<div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">
<b>
</b>
</div>
<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">   <i>Intangible Assets</i>
</div>
<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Intangible assets include customer relationships and contracts. These intangible assets have
definite lives and are being amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives
ranging from 5 to 25 years. Our amortizable customer contracts are contracts that were acquired in
connection with the acquisition of BDL in March
1999, the acquisition of the Taylor, Michigan terminal in December 2005, the acquisition of certain
pipeline and terminal assets in November 2009, the acquisition of the Yabucoa, Puerto Rico terminal
in 2010 and the acquisition of BORCO in 2011 (see Note 2 for further discussion). The customer
contracts are being amortized over their contractual life, 5 years in the case of the acquisition
of certain pipeline and terminal assets in November 2009 and 5 years in the case of the terminal
acquisition in 2010.
</div>
<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     The customer relationships resulted from the acquisition of Farm & Home Oil Company LLC (“Farm
& Home”) in 2008 and BORCO in 2011. We determined, through an analysis of historical customer
attrition rates at Farm & Home, that an appropriate recovery period for customer relationships is
approximately 12 years. For BORCO, due to the high customer demand at the facility, the level of
customer service being provided, the expansion capabilities of the facility, the potential of
customer recontracting rates and the location of the facility in relation to international shipping
routes, we anticipate the customer relationships to extend well beyond the existing contract terms
with a recovery period of approximately 25 years. Intangible assets consist of the following at
the dates indicated (in thousands):
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<table style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<tr valign="bottom">
<td width="64%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2"><b>March 31,</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2"><b>December 31,</b></td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>2011</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>2010</b></td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
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<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Customer relationships
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">247,663</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">41,663</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Accumulated amortization
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td>
<td align="right">(11,003</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td>
<td align="right">(8,600</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Net carrying amount
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">236,660</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">33,063</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Customer contracts
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">16,380</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">16,380</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Accumulated amortization
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td>
<td align="right">(5,747</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td>
<td align="right">(5,376</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Net carrying amount
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">10,633</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">11,004</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Total intangible assets
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">247,293</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">44,067</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     For the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, amortization expense related to intangible
assets was $2.8 million and $1.1 million, respectively. Amortization expense related to intangible
assets is expected to be approximately $10.2 million for the remainder of 2011 (April 1 through
December 31), $13.4 million for 2012, $13.4 million for 2013, $13.2 million for 2014 and $12.2
million for 2015.
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<!-- Begin Block Tagged NotefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherus-types:textBlockItemTypestringDiscloses the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain or loss on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss. This element may be used as a single block of text to include the entire intangible asset disclosure including data and tables.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 142
-Paragraph 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47
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