2.2.0.25falsefalse0220 - Disclosure - Related Party Transactionstruefalsefalse1falsefalseUSDfalsefalse1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010 USD ($) USD ($) / shares $Jan-01-2010_Dec-31-2010http://www.sec.gov/CIK0000805022duration2010-01-01T00:00:002010-12-31T00:00:00USDStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso42170SharesStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0USDEPSDividehttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso4217http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0USDUSD$2true0us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionDueFromToRelatedPartyAbstractus-gaaptruenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherxbrli:stringItemTypestringNo definition available.falsefalseRelated Party Transactions [Abstract]3false0us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsDisclosureTextBlockus-gaaptruenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseverboselabel1falsefalsefalse00  <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>20. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS</b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     We are managed by Buckeye GP, our general partner. Services Company is considered a related party with respect to us. As discussed in Note 2, our consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Services Company on a consolidated basis, and all intercompany transactions have been eliminated. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Services Company, which is beneficially owned by the ESOP, owned 1.5 million of our LP Units (approximately 2.1% of our LP Units outstanding) as of December 31, 2010. Distributions received by Services Company from us on such LP Units are used to fund obligations of the ESOP. Distributions paid to Services Company totaled $5.9 million, $7.2 million and $7.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Total distributions paid to Services Company decrease over time as Services Company sells LP Units to fund benefits payable to ESOP participants who exit the ESOP. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     We incurred a senior administrative charge for certain management services performed by affiliates of Buckeye GP of $0.5 million and $1.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The senior administrative charge was waived indefinitely on April 1, 2009 as these affiliates are currently not providing services to us that were contemplated as being covered by the senior administrative charge. As a result, there were no related charges recorded in the last nine months of 2009 or during the year ended December 31, 2010. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Prior to the Merger, Buckeye GP received incentive distributions from us pursuant to our partnership agreement and incentive compensation agreement. Incentive distributions were based on the level of quarterly cash distributions paid per LP Unit. Incentive distribution payments totaled $51.0 million, $45.7 million and $38.9 million during the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     As discussed in Note 4, on January 18, 2008, we acquired all the member interests of Lodi Gas. The Lodi Gas acquisition was a related party transaction because Lodi Gas was indirectly owned by affiliates of ArcLight. Due to ArcLight’s indirect ownership interest in Buckeye GP, the Audit Committee of Buckeye GP, made up of independent directors and represented by independent legal counsel and financial advisors, reviewed and approved the terms of the Lodi Gas acquisition, including the purchase price, as fair and reasonable to us in accordance with our partnership agreement. </div>   </div>  <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"> <b> </b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Two of MainLine Management’s current directors, Robb E. Turner and John F. Erhard, had an indirect ownership interest in affiliates of ArcLight, the sellers of Lodi Gas. As a result of their indirect ownership interests in those ArcLight affiliates, Messrs. Turner and Erhard received approximately $7.9 million and $16,700, respectively, from the sale of Lodi Gas to us in 2008. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     On August 18, 2010, we and our general partner entered into the Merger Agreement with BGH, its general partner and Merger Sub, our subsidiary. On November 19, 2010, we consummated the Merger Agreement with our general partner, BGH, BGH’s general partner, BGH GP, and Merger Sub. See Note 1 for further information regarding the Merger. </div> </div>  <!-- Begin Block Tagged NotefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherus-types:textBlockItemTypestringThis element may be used for the entire related party transactions disclosure as a single block of text. Disclosure may include: the nature of the relationship(s), a description of the transactions, the amount of the transactions, the effects of any change in the method of establishing the terms of the transaction from the previous period, stated interest rate, expiration date, terms and manner of settlement per the agreement with the related party, and amounts due to or from related parties. If the entity and one or more other entities are under common ownership or management control and this control affects the operating results or financial position, disclosure includes the nature of the control relationship even if there are no transactions between the entities. Disclosure may also include the aggregate amount of current and deferred tax expense for each statement of earnings presented where the entity is a member of a group that files a consolidated tax return, the amount of any tax related balances due to or from affiliates as of the date of each statement of financial position presented, the principal provisions of the method by which the consolidated amount of current and deferred tax expense is allocated to the members of the group and the nature and effect of any changes in that method. 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