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Insurance Matters
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Insurance Matters [Abstract]  
Significant Risks and Uncertainties
Note 15.  Insurance Matters

We participate as a named insured in EPCO's insurance program, which provides us with property damage, business interruption and other insurance coverage, the scope and amounts of which we believe are customary and prudent for the nature and extent of our operations.  While we believe EPCO maintains adequate insurance coverage on our behalf, insurance may not fully cover every type of damage, interruption or other loss that might occur. 

We elected to forego windstorm coverage for our Gulf of Mexico offshore assets during the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season, which extends from June 1 through November 30.  The combination of increasingly high deductibles and proposed premiums resulted in such coverage being uneconomic to us.  Although EPCO's coverage does not provide any windstorm coverage for our offshore assets during the annual policy period that began on June 1, 2014, producers affiliated with our Independence Hub and Marco Polo platforms will continue to provide certain levels of physical damage windstorm coverage for each of these key offshore assets.

West Storage Claims

In February 2011, we experienced an NGL release and fire at the West Storage location of our Mont Belvieu, Texas underground storage facility.  We collected $95.0 million and $8.8 million of nonrefundable cash insurance proceeds attributable to this incident during the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.  The payments we received during the first quarter of 2014 represent the final installments on this property damage claim.

Operating income for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 includes $95.0 million and $8.8 million, respectively, of gains related to these insurance recoveries.  To the extent that we received nonrefundable cash insurance proceeds related to this incident, we recorded gains equal to such proceeds as a reduction in operating costs and expenses.