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Transactions with Affiliates
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Transactions with Affiliates  
Transactions with Affiliates

(3)Transactions with Affiliates

(a)Revenues

Gathering and compression revenues earned from Antero were $26.3 million and $59.2 million during the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2015, respectively, and $55.0 million and $168.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2015, respectively. Water handling revenues earned from Antero were $42.6 million and $21.8 million during the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2015, respectively, and $107.9 million and $86.8 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2015, respectively. 

(b)Accounts receivable—affiliate and Accounts payable—affiliate

Accounts receivable—affiliate represents amounts due from Antero, primarily related to gathering and compression services, water handling services, net working capital receivable attributable to the Water Acquisition and other costs. Accounts payable—affiliate represents amounts due to Antero for general and administrative and other costs.

 

(c)Accounts Payable, Accrued Expenses, and Accrued Capital Expenditures

All accounts payable, accrued liabilities and accrued capital expenditures balances are due to transactions with unaffiliated parties. Prior to the IPO, all operating and capital expenditures, related to gathering and compression activities were funded through capital contributions from Antero and borrowings under its midstream credit facility. Prior to September 23, 2015, all operating and capital expenditures related to Antero Water were funded through capital contributions from Antero and borrowings under the water credit facility. See Note 4 — Long-term Debt. These balances were managed and paid under Antero’s cash management program. Following the IPO, we maintained our own bank accounts and sources of liquidity related to gathering and compression operations, and on September 23, 2015, we began to maintain our own bank accounts and sources of liquidity for water handling operations.

(d)Allocation of Costs

The employees supporting our operations are employees of Antero. Direct operating expense includes allocated costs of $0.5 million and $0.8 million during the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2015, respectively, and $1.1 million and $2.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2015, respectively, related to direct labor charges for Antero employees associated with the operation of our gathering lines and compressor stations. General and administrative expense includes allocated costs of $7.4 million and $11.6 million during the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2015, respectively, and $20.9 million and $33.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2015, respectively. These costs relate to: (i) various business services, including payroll processing, accounts payable processing and facilities management, (ii) various corporate services, including legal, accounting, treasury, information technology and human resources and (iii) compensation, including equity‑based compensation (see Note 5—Equity-Based Compensation for more information). These expenses are charged or allocated to us based on the nature of the expenses and are allocated based on a combination of our proportionate share of Antero’s gross property and equipment, capital expenditures and direct labor costs, as applicable.

(e)Water Acquisition

In the third quarter of 2015 we acquired Antero’s water handling business in exchange for a combination of cash and equity consideration. See Note 1—Business and Organization.