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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, INTANGIBLE ASSETS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS |
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS | 7. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS Property, plant and equipment, net Property, plant and equipment, net is comprised of the following as of each period presented:
|  | Estimated |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Useful |  | December 31, |  | December 31, |
In thousands |  | Lives (Years) |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
Gathering pipelines and related equipment |  | 45 |  | $ | 319,058 |  | $ | 28,358 |
Gas processing and compression facilities |  | 20 |  |  | 173,679 |  |  | 278,547 |
Buildings |  | 30 |  |  | 2,175 |  |  | 2,058 |
Other depreciable assets |  | 5 - 15 |  |  | 5,589 |  |  | 2,405 |
Land and rights of way |  |  |  |  | 9,027 |  |  | 827 |
Construction in progress |  |  |  |  | 277 |  |  | 895 |
Total property, plant and equipment |  |  |  |  | 509,805 |  |  | 313,090 |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  |  |  | (24,650) |  |  | (8,915) |
Total property, plant and equipment, net |  |  |  | $ | 485,155 |  | $ | 304,175 |
Depreciation expense was $15.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2015 and $8.0 million for year ended December 31, 2014. Depreciation expense was $1.0 million for the period November 15 to December 31, 2013 and $10.0 million for the period January 1, 2013 to November 14, 2013. Intangible assets, net Intangible assets consist of the Partnership's existing customer contracts and relationships, and were identified as part of the purchase price allocation to the Partnership's assets acquired by the Azure System. The customer contracts and relationship intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the expected period of benefit of the customer contracts and relationship, which we have concluded is a ten year period. The amortization expense associated with the customer contracts and relationship intangible asset, which is included within depreciation and amortization expense within the statement of operations was $5.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2015. Amortization expense is expected to be $6.5 million annually over the ten year period. The Azure System had no intangible assets for the year ended December 31, 2014.

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