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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES |
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | 11. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES The Partnership had a fee-based commercial agreement with AES (See Note 12), for reserve capacity at a third-party fractionator, which expired April 30, 2015. Under the former fee-based commercial agreement, if the Partnership failed to deliver 95% of the reserve capacity, the Partnership was obligated to pay a fixed fee for the shortfall of NGL production up to 95% of the reserve capacity. The maximum total fee was capped on an annual basis at $2.2 million. In addition, the Partnership was reimbursed for a majority of any deficiency payments accrued under the former fee-based commercial agreement. The Partnership recorded $0.4 million of expense for the period from March 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 of accrued deficiency payments under delivered volumes. The Partnership also received reimbursements for deficiency payments from AES of $0.2 million for the period March 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015. Pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, the Partnership entered into a Gas Gathering Agreement with TGG agreeing to provide services to TGG on a priority basis for quantities of gas designated by TGG. Azure has guaranteed TGG’s obligations under the Gas Gathering Agreement. For the year ended December 31, 2015, TGG paid the Partnership $0.4 million. From time to time, the Partnership may be involved in legal, tax, regulatory and other proceedings in the ordinary course of business. Management does not believe that the Partnership is a party to any litigation that will have a material impact on its financial condition or results of operations. The Partnership and its subsidiaries are guarantors of the Credit Agreement as of December 31, 2015 (See Note 9). The Partnership and the Azure System Predecessor lease compression and treating equipment and these leases are accounted for as operating leases. Total rent expense for operating leases, including those with terms of less than one year, was $2.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2015. Total rent expense for operating leases, including those with terms of less than one year, was $3.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2014. The following table summarizes our future minimum lease commitments:
In thousands |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | Thereafter |  | Total |
Operating lease agreements (1) |  | $ | 626 |  | $ | 399 |  | $ | 290 |  | $ | 274 |  | $ | 274 |  | $ | 1,032 |  | $ | 2,895 |
| (1) |  | The contractual obligations associated with operating lease agreements relate to various midstream property and equipment operating leases that are used in our gathering, processing and transloading operations and have terms of greater than one year.

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