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LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS.  
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS

12. LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS

 

 

Ownership

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

Interest

 

2013

 

2012

 

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joint Ventures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquids Pipelines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicap Pipeline

 

43.8%

 

29

 

27

 

Mustang Pipeline

 

30.0%

 

23

 

21

 

Seaway Pipeline

 

50.0%

 

2,048

 

1,385

 

Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Offshore - various joint ventures

 

22.0% - 74.3%

 

401

 

391

 

Vector

 

60.0%

 

125

 

130

 

Alliance Pipeline US

 

50.0%

 

201

 

181

 

Aux Sable

 

42.7% - 50.0%

 

306

 

266

 

Other

 

33.3% - 70.0%

 

11

 

10

 

Sponsored Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alliance Pipeline Canada

 

50.0%

 

165

 

179

 

Texas Express Pipeline

 

35.0%

 

396

 

183

 

Other

 

50.0%

 

62

 

35

 

Other Equity Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noverco Common Shares

 

38.9%

 

-

 

-

 

Other

 

16.3% - 49.99%

 

56

 

55

 

Other Long-Term Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noverco Preferred Shares

 

 

 

287

 

246

 

Other

 

 

 

102

 

66

 

 

 

 

 

4,212

 

3,175

 

 

Equity investments include the unamortized excess of the purchase price over the underlying net book value of the investees’ assets at the purchase date which is comprised of $680 million (2012 - $636 million) in Goodwill and $517 million (2012 - $493 million) in amortizable assets.

 

JOINT VENTURES

Summarized combined financial information of the Company’s interest in unconsolidated equity investments in joint ventures is as follows:

 

Year ended December 31,

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

1,212

 

956

 

827

 

Commodity costs

 

(371

)

(236

)

(138

)

Operating and administrative expense

 

(268

)

(244

)

(200

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

(175

)

(159

)

(158

)

Other income/(expense)

 

4

 

4

 

(3

)

Interest expense

 

(74

)

(81

)

(87

)

Earnings before income taxes

 

328

 

240

 

241

 

 

 

December 31,

 

2013

 

2012

 

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

366

 

299

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

4,050

 

3,192

 

Deferred amounts and other assets

 

35

 

26

 

Intangible assets, net

 

75

 

74

 

Goodwill

 

680

 

639

 

Current liabilities

 

(395

)

(333

)

Long-term debt

 

(994

)

(895

)

Other long-term liabilities

 

(50

)

(194

)

Net assets

 

3,767

 

2,808

 

 

Alliance Pipeline

Certain assets of Alliance Pipeline Canada are pledged as collateral to Alliance Pipeline Canada lenders and to the lenders of Alliance Pipeline US. As well, certain assets of Alliance Pipeline US are pledged as collateral to Alliance Pipeline US lenders and to the lenders of Alliance Pipeline Canada.

 

OTHER EQUITY INVESTMENTS

Noverco

At December 31, 2013, Enbridge owned an equity interest in Noverco through ownership of 38.9% (2012 - 38.9%; 2011 - 38.9%) of its common shares and an investment in preferred shares. The preferred shares are entitled to a cumulative preferred dividend based on the average yield of Government of Canada bonds maturing in 10 years plus a range of 4.3% to 4.4%.

 

At December 31, 2013, Noverco owned an approximate 3.9% (2012 - 6.0%; 2011 - 8.9%) reciprocal shareholding in common shares of Enbridge. The change in reciprocal shareholding compared with prior years reflected the sale of Enbridge common shares by Noverco in 2012 and 2013. Through secondary offerings, Noverco sold 22.5 million Enbridge common shares in 2012 and a further 15 million common shares in 2013. Enbridge’s share of the net after-tax proceeds of $297 million and $248 million were received as dividends from Noverco in May 2012 and June 2013, respectively. The transactions were recognized as issuances of treasury stock on the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity and as an operating activity on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

 

As a result of Noverco’s reciprocal shareholding in Enbridge common shares, the Company has an indirect pro-rata interest of 1.5% (2012 - 2.1%; 2011 - 3.5%) in its own shares. Both the equity investment in Noverco and shareholders’ equity have been reduced by the reciprocal shareholding of $86 million at December 31, 2013 (2012 - $126 million; 2011 - $187 million). Noverco records dividends paid by the Company as dividend income and the Company eliminates these dividends from its equity earnings of Noverco. The Company records its pro-rata share of dividends paid by the Company to Noverco as a reduction of dividends paid and an increase in the Company’s investment in Noverco.