2.0.0.10falseRELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS006110 - Disclosure - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONStruefalsefalsefalse1usd$falsefalseu000Standardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso42170u001Standardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0u002Dividehttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso4217http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli020oks_NotesToFinancialStatementsAbstractoksfalsenadurationstringNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsetruefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalseNo definition available.false31us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsDisclosureTextBlockus-gaaptruenadurationstringNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalselabelfalse1falsefalsefalsefalse00<div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">K.  RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS</font></div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br /> </div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Intersegment and affiliate sales are recorded on the same basis as sales to unaffiliated customers. Our Natural Gas Gathering and Processing segment sells natural gas to ONEOK and its subsidiaries. A portion of our Natural Gas Pipelines segment’s revenues are from ONEOK and its subsidiaries. Additionally, our Natural Gas Gathering and Processing segment and Natural Gas Liquids segment purchase a portion of the natural gas used in their operations from ONEOK and its subsidiaries.</font></div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"> </div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We have certain contractual rights to the Bushton Plant. Our Processing and Services Agreement with ONEOK and OBPI sets out the terms by which OBPI provides services to us at the Bushton Plant through 2012. We have contracted for all of the capacity of the Bushton Plant from OBPI. In exchange, we pay OBPI for all costs and expenses necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Bushton Plant, and we reimburse ONEOK for a portion of OBPI’s obligations under equipment leases covering the Bushton Plant.</font></div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"> </div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Under the Services Agreement with ONEOK, ONEOK Partners GP and NBP Services (Services Agreement), our operations and the operations of ONEOK and its affiliates can combine or share certain common services in order to operate more efficiently and cost effectively. Under the Services Agreement, ONEOK provides to us similar services that it provides to its affiliates, including those services required to be provided pursuant to our Partnership Agreement. ONEOK Partners GP may purchase services from ONEOK and its affiliates pursuant to the terms of the Services Agreement. ONEOK Partners GP has no employees and utilizes the services of ONEOK and ONEOK Services Company to fulfill its operating obligations.</font></div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"> </div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">ONEOK and its affiliates provide a variety of services to us under the Services Agreement, including cash management and financial services, employee benefits provided through ONEOK's benefit plans, administrative services, insurance and office space leased in ONEOK's headquarters building and other field locations. Where costs are specifically incurred on behalf of one of our affiliates, the costs are billed directly to us by ONEOK. In other situations, the costs may be allocated to us through a variety of methods, depending upon the nature of the expense and activities. For example, a service that applies equally to all employees is allocated based upon the number of employees. However, an expense benefiting the consolidated company but having no direct basis for allocation is allocated by the modified Distrigas method, a method using a combination of ratios that include gross plant and investment, earnings before interest and taxes and payroll expense. It is not practicable to determine what these general overhead costs would be on a stand-alone basis. All costs directly charged or allocated to us are included in our Consolidated Statements of Income.</font></div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"> </div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Our derivative contracts with OES are discussed under "Credit Risk" in Note C.</font></div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"> </div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The following table sets forth the transactions with related parties for the periods indicated:</font></div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"> </div> <div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> <tr> <td valign="bottom"> </td> <td colspan="8" valign="bottom"> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Three Months Ended</font></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="bottom"> </td> <td colspan="8" valign="bottom"> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">March 31,</font></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td align="left" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"> </td> <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">2010</font></div> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"> </td> <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">2009</font></div> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="bottom"> </td> <td colspan="8" valign="bottom"> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="FONT-STYLE: italic; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Thousands of dollars)</font></div> </td> </tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff"> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Revenues</font></div> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">136,931</font></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">144,135</font></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </td> </tr><tr bgcolor="white"> <td valign="bottom" width="76%"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </td> </tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff"> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%"> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><a name="range_a9"><!--efplaceholder--> </a>Expenses</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </td> </tr><tr bgcolor="white"> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%"> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 9pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Cost of sales and fuel</font></div> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">17,759</font></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">16,638</font></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </td> </tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff"> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 9pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Administrative and general expenses</font></div> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">51,025</font></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">48,623</font></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </td> </tr><tr bgcolor="white"> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Total expenses</font></div> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">68,784</font></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">65,261</font></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </td> </tr></table> </div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"> </div> <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cash Distributions to ONEOK</font> - We paid cash distributions to ONEOK and its subsidiaries related to its general and limited partner interests of $72.7 million and $68.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.</font></div> </div>K.  RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS   Intersegment and affiliate sales are recorded on the same basis as sales to unaffiliated customers.falsefalsefalseThis 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. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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