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LONG TERM INVESTMENTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS |
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS | 11. LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
|  | Ownership |  |  |  |  |  |
December 31, |  | Interest |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
(millions of Canadian dollars) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity Investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Joint Ventures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Liquids Pipelines |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Chicap Pipeline |  | 43.8% |  | 27 |  |  | 27 |
Mustang Pipeline |  | 30.0% |  | 21 |  |  | 27 |
Seaway Pipeline |  | 50.0% |  | 1,385 |  |  | 1,186 |
Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Offshore - various joint ventures |  | 22.0%-74.3% |  | 391 |  |  | 420 |
Vector |  | 60.0% |  | 142 |  |  | 160 |
Alliance Pipeline US |  | 50.0% |  | 282 |  |  | 293 |
Aux Sable 1 |  | 42.7%-50.0% |  | 266 |  |  | 217 |
Other |  | 33.3%-70.0% |  | 10 |  |  | 21 |
Sponsored Investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Alliance Pipeline Canada |  | 50.0% |  | 277 |  |  | 296 |
Texas Express Pipeline |  | 35.0% |  | 183 |  |  | 11 |
Other |  | 50.0% |  | 35 |  |  | 47 |
Other Equity Investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Noverco Common Shares |  | 38.9% |  | - |  |  | - |
Other |  | 8.9%-41.0% |  | 55 |  |  | 34 |
Other Long-Term Investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Noverco Preferred Shares |  |  |  | 246 |  |  | 285 |
Other |  |  |  | 66 |  |  | 57 |
|  |  |  | 3,386 |  |  | 3,081 |
1 In July 2011, the Company, through its affiliate Aux Sable, acquired a 42.7% interest in the Palermo Conditioning Plant and the Prairie Rose Pipeline for $76 million. 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 $636 million (2011 - $651 million) in Goodwill and $493 million (2011 - $450 million) in amortizable assets. JOINT VENTURES Summarized combined financial information of the Company’s interest in unconsolidated equity investments of joint ventures is as follows:
Year ended December 31, |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
(millions of Canadian dollars) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | 921 |  |  | 804 |  | 771 |
Commodity costs |  | (236 | ) |  | (138 | ) | (92 | )
Operating and administrative expense |  | (244 | ) |  | (200 | ) | (203 | )
Depreciation and amortization |  | (159 | ) |  | (158 | ) | (158 | )
Other expense |  | 4 |  |  | (3 | ) | (1 | )
Interest expense |  | (81 | ) |  | (87 | ) | (96 | )
Earnings before income taxes |  | 205 |  |  | 218 |  | 221 |
December 31, |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
(millions of Canadian dollars) |  |  |  |  |  |
Current assets |  | 299 |  |  | 231 |
Property, plant and equipment, net |  | 3,192 |  |  | 2,864 |
Deferred amounts and other assets |  | 204 |  |  | 273 |
Intangible assets |  | 74 |  |  | 87 |
Goodwill |  | 639 |  |  | 651 |
Current liabilities |  | (333 | ) |  | (230 | )
Long-term debt |  | (895 | ) |  | (926 | )
Other long-term liabilities |  | (161 | ) |  | (245 | )
Net assets |  | 3,019 |  |  | 2,705 |
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, 2012, Enbridge owned an equity interest in Noverco through ownership of 38.9% (2011 - 38.9%; 2010 - 32.1%) 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, 2011, Noverco owned an approximate 8.9% reciprocal shareholding in the Common Shares of the Company. During the year ended December 31, 2012, Noverco sold 22.5 million Enbridge Common Shares through a secondary offering, thereby reducing the Company’s reciprocal shareholding to 6.0%. Both the Company’s equity investment in Noverco and Equity increased by $297 million, net of tax, as a result of this transaction. The Company’s share of the proceeds of approximately $317 million was received as a dividend from Noverco in May 2012. As a result of Noverco’s 6.0% (2011 - 8.9%; 2010 - 9.0%) reciprocal shareholding in Enbridge shares, the Company has an indirect pro-rata interest of 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 $126 million at December 31, 2012 (2011 - $187 million; 2010 - $154 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.

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