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Acquisitions and Divestitures
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Abstract]  
Acquisitions and Divestitures
 
3.  Acquisitions and Divestitures
 
Pending Acquisition of El Paso Corporation
 
On October 16, 2011, we and EP announced a definitive agreement whereby we will acquire all of the outstanding shares of EP.  EP owns North America’s largest interstate natural gas pipeline system, one of North America’s largest independent exploration and production companies and an emerging midstream business.  EP also owns a 42 percent limited partner interest and the 2 percent general partner interest in EPB.  The combined enterprise, including the associated master limited partnerships, KMP and EPB, will represent the largest natural gas pipeline network in the United States, the largest independent transporter of petroleum products in the United States, the largest transporter of CO2 in the United States, the second largest oil producer in Texas and the largest independent terminal owner/operator in the United States.
 
As of the announcement date, the total purchase price, including the assumption of debt outstanding at EP and the debt outstanding at EPB, was approximately $38 billion.  Under the terms of the transaction, the consideration to be received by the EP shareholders is valued at $26.87 per EP share based on KMI’s closing price as of October 14, 2011, representing a 47 percent premium to the 20-day average closing price of EP common shares and a 37 percent premium over the closing price of EP common shares on October 14, 2011.  The offer is comprised of $14.65 in cash, 0.4187 KMI Class P shares (valued at $11.26 per EP share) and 0.640 KMI warrants (valued at $0.96 per EP share) based on KMI’s closing price on October 14, 2011.  The warrants will have an exercise price of $40 and a five-year term.  EP shareholders will be able to elect, for each EP share held, either (i) $25.91 in cash, (ii) 0.9635 KMI Class P shares, or (iii) $14.65 in cash plus 0.4187 KMI Class P shares.  All elections will be subject to proration and in all cases EP shareholders will receive 0.640 KMI warrants per share of EP common stock.
 
On February 10, 2012, we entered into (i) an amendment to our existing $1.0 billion revolving credit facility to permit, among other things, the transactions contemplated by the EP merger agreement, and to fund, in part, the transactions and related costs and expenses; (ii) an incremental joinder agreement which provides for $750 million in additional commitments under our existing revolving credit facility; and (iii) an acquisition debt facilities credit agreement containing a $6.8 billion 364-day facility and a $5.0 billion 3-year term loan facility, the proceeds of which will be used to finance a portion of the cash consideration and related fees and expenses to be paid in connection with the EP acquisition. All of the foregoing will be effective upon completion of the EP acquisition.
 
The transaction has been approved by each company’s board of directors.  Prior to closing, the transaction will require approval of both KMI and EP shareholders.  The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2012 and is subject to customary regulatory approvals.
 
Acquisitions
 
During 2011, 2010 and 2009, KMP completed the following acquisitions.  For each of these acquisitions, KMP recorded all the acquired assets and assumed liabilities at their estimated fair market values as of the acquisition date.  The results of operations from these acquisitions accounted for as business combinations are included in our consolidated financial statements from the acquisition date.
 
           
Assignment of Purchase Price
           
(in millions)
Ref.
 
Date
 
Acquisition
 
Purchase
Price
 
Current
Assets
 
Property
Plant &
Equipment
 
Deferred
Charges
& Other
 
Goodwill
(1)
 
4/09
 
Megafleet Towing Co., Inc. Assets
 
$
21.7
 
$
-
 
$
7.1
 
$
4.0
 
$
10.6
(2)
 
7/09
 
Portland Airport Pipeline
   
9.0
   
-
   
9.0
   
-
   
-
(3)
 
10/09
 
Crosstex Energy, L.P. Natural Gas Treating Business
   
270.7
   
15.0
   
181.7
   
25.4
   
48.6
(4)
 
11/09
 
Endeavor Gathering LLC
   
36.0
   
-
   
-
   
36.0
   
-
(5)
 
1/10
 
USD Terminal Acquisition
   
201.1
   
-
   
43.1
   
100.0
   
58.0
(6)
 
3/10
 
Mission Valley, California Products Terminal
   
13.5
   
-
   
13.5
   
-
   
-
(7)
 
3/10
 
Slay Industries Terminal Acquisition
   
101.6
   
-
   
67.9
   
32.8
   
0.9
(8)
 
 5/10
 
KinderHawk Field Services LLC
   
917.4
   
-
   
-
   
917.4
   
-
(9)
 
7/10
 
Direct Fuels Terminal Acquisition
   
16.0
   
-
   
5.3
   
-
   
10.7
(10)
 
9/10
 
Gas-Chill, Inc. Natural Gas Treating Assets
   
13.1
   
-
   
8.0
   
5.1
   
-
(11)
 
10/10
 
Allied Concrete Terminal Acquisition
   
8.6
   
-
   
3.9
   
4.7
   
-
(12)
 
10/10
 
Chevron Refined Products Terminals
   
32.3
   
-
   
32.1
   
0.2
   
-
(13)
 
1/11
 
Watco Companies, LLC                                                     
   
50.0
   
-
   
-
   
50.0
   
-
(14)
 
2/11
 
Deeprock North, LLC                                                     
   
15.9
   
-
   
-
   
15.9
   
-
(15)
 
6/11
 
TGS Development, L.P. Terminal Acquisition
   
74.1
   
-
   
42.6
   
31.5
   
-
(16)
 
7/11
 
KinderHawk Field Services LLC and EagleHawk Field Services LLC
   
912.1
   
35.5
   
641.6
   
140.8
   
94.2
(17)
 
11/11
 
SouthTex Treaters, Inc. Natural Gas Treating Assets
   
178.5
   
26.8
   
9.3
   
16.7
   
125.7
(18)
 
12/11
 
Lorton, Virginia Products Terminal
   
12.5
   
-
   
12.5
   
-
   
-
(19)
 
12/11
 
Watco Companies, LLC                                                     
   
50.0
   
-
   
-
   
50.0
   
-
(20)
 
12/11
 
Battleground Oil Specialty Terminal Company LLC
   
26.1
   
-
   
26.1
   
-
   
-

(1) Megafleet Towing Co., Inc. Assets
 
Effective April 23, 2009, KMP acquired certain terminals assets from Megafleet Towing Co., Inc. for an aggregate consideration of approximately $21.7 million.  KMP’s consideration included $18.0 million in cash and an obligation to pay additional cash consideration on April 23, 2014 (five years from the acquisition date) contingent upon the purchased assets providing KMP an agreed-upon amount of earnings, as defined by the purchase and sale agreement, during the five year period.  The contingent consideration had a fair value of $3.7 million as of the acquisition date.  The acquired assets primarily consisted of nine marine vessels that provided towing and harbor boat services along the Gulf coast, the intracoastal waterway, and the Houston Ship Channel.  The acquisition complemented and expanded KMP’s existing Gulf Coast and Texas petroleum coke terminal operations.  KMP also recorded $10.6 million of the purchase price as “Goodwill,” and we expected that approximately $5.0 million of this goodwill amount would be deductible for tax purposes.  KMP believed the primary item that generated the goodwill was the value of the synergies created between the acquired assets and its pre-existing Texas petroleum coke handling assets.
 
In February 2011, KMP sold certain assets acquired from Megafleet, and contributed the ownership interest in the boat fleeting business acquired to a joint venture.  For more information about these events, see “—Divestitures—Megafleet Towing Co., Inc. Assets” below.
 
(2) Portland Airport Pipeline
 
On July 31, 2009, KMP acquired a refined products pipeline, as well as associated valves, equipment and other fixtures, from Chevron Pipe Line Company for $9.0 million in cash.  The approximate 8.5 mile, 8-inch diameter pipeline is located in Multnomah County, Oregon.  The line transports commercial jet fuel from KMP’s Willbridge liquids terminal facility to the Portland International Airport, both located in Portland, Oregon.  It has an estimated system capacity of approximately 26,000 barrels per day.  The acquisition enhanced KMP’s West Coast terminal operations, and the acquired assets are included in the Products Pipelines—KMP business segment.
 
(3) Crosstex Energy, L.P. Natural Gas Treating Business
 
On October 1, 2009, KMP acquired the natural gas treating business from Crosstex Energy, L.P. and Crosstex Energy, Inc. for an aggregate consideration of $270.7 million, consisting of $265.3 million in cash and assumed liabilities of $5.4 million.  The acquired assets primarily consisted of approximately 290 natural gas amine-treating and hydrocarbon dew-point control plants and related equipment, and are used to remove impurities and liquids from natural gas in order to meet pipeline quality specifications.  The assets are predominantly located in Texas and Louisiana, with additional facilities located in Mississippi, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas.  The acquisition complemented and expanded the existing natural gas treating operations offered by the Texas intrastate natural gas pipeline group and all of the acquired assets are included in the Natural Gas Pipelines—KMP business segment.
 
KMP measured the identifiable intangible assets acquired at fair value on the acquisition date, and accordingly, recognized $25.4 million in “Deferred charges and other assets,” representing the purchased fair value of separate and identifiable relationships with existing natural gas producing customers.  KMP estimates the remaining useful life of these existing customer relationships to be between approximately eight and nine years.  After measuring all of the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed at fair value on the acquisition date, KMP recognized $48.6 million of “Goodwill,” an intangible asset representing the future economic benefits expected to be derived from this acquisition that are not assigned to other identifiable, separately recognizable assets acquired.  KMP believes the primary item that generated the goodwill is its ability to grow the business by leveraging its pre-existing natural gas operations (resulting from the increase in services now offered by its natural gas processing and treating operations in the state of Texas), and KMP believes that this value contributed to its acquisition price exceeding the fair value of acquired identifiable net assets and liabilities—in the aggregate, these factors represented goodwill.  Furthermore, this entire amount of goodwill is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.
 
(4) Endeavor Gathering LLC
 
On November 1, 2009, KMP acquired a 40% membership interest in Endeavor Gathering LLC for $36.0 million in cash.  Endeavor Gathering LLC owns the natural gas gathering and compression business previously owned by GMX Resources Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Endeavor Pipeline, Inc.  Endeavor Gathering LLC provides natural gas gathering service to GMX Resources’ exploration and production activities in its Cotton Valley Sands and Haynesville/Bossier Shale horizontal well developments located in East Texas.  The remaining 60% interest in Endeavor Gathering LLC is owned by GMX Resources, Inc. and Endeavor Pipeline Inc. remained operator of the business.  The acquired investment complemented KMP’s existing natural gas gathering and transportation business located in the state of Texas.  KMP accounts for this investment under the equity method of accounting, and the investment is included in the Natural Gas Pipelines—KMP business segment.  For more information on KMP’s investments, see Note 6.
 
(5) USD Terminal Acquisition
 
On January 15, 2010, KMP acquired three ethanol handling train terminals from US Development Group LLC for an aggregate consideration of $201.1 million, consisting of $114.3 million in cash, $81.7 million in common units, and $5.1 million in assumed liabilities.  The three train terminals are located in Linden, New Jersey; Baltimore, Maryland and Euless, Texas.  As part of the transaction, KMP announced the formation of a joint venture with US Development Group LLC to optimize and coordinate customer access to the three acquired terminals, other ethanol terminal assets it already owns and operates, and other terminal projects currently under development by both parties.  The acquisition complemented and expanded the ethanol and rail terminal operations KMP previously owned, and all of the acquired assets are included in the Terminals—KMP business segment.
 
Based on the measurement of fair values for all of the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed on the acquisition date, KMP assigned $94.6 million of the combined purchase price to “Other intangibles, net,” and a combined $5.4 million to “Other current assets” and “Deferred charges and other assets.” The acquired intangible amount represented the fair value of customer relationships, and KMP estimated the remaining useful life of these customer relationships to be 10 years.  After measuring all of the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed at fair value on the acquisition date, KMP recognized $58.0 million of “Goodwill,” an intangible asset representing the future economic benefits expected to be derived from this acquisition that are not assigned to other identifiable, separately recognizable assets.  KMP believes the primary items that generated the goodwill are the value of the synergies created between the acquired assets and its pre-existing ethanol handling assets, and its expected ability to grow the business by leveraging its pre-existing experience in ethanol handling operations.  KMP expects that the entire amount of goodwill will be deductible for tax purposes.
 
(6) Mission Valley Terminal Acquisition
 
On March 1, 2010, KMP acquired the refined products terminal assets at Mission Valley, California from Equilon Enterprises LLC (d/b/a Shell Oil Products US) for $13.5 million in cash.  The acquired assets included buildings, equipment, delivery facilities (including two truck loading racks), and storage tanks with a total capacity of approximately 170,000 barrels for gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel.  The terminal operates under a long-term terminaling agreement with Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company.  The acquisition enhanced KMP’s Pacific operations and complemented its existing West Coast terminal operations, and the acquired assets are included in the Products Pipelines—KMP business segment.
 
(7) Slay Industries Terminal Acquisition
 
On March 5, 2010, KMP acquired certain bulk and liquids terminal assets from Slay Industries for an aggregate consideration of $101.6 million, consisting of $97.0 million in cash, assumed liabilities of $1.6 million, and an obligation to pay additional cash consideration of $3.0 million in years 2013 through 2019, contingent upon the purchased assets providing KMP an agreed-upon amount of earnings during the three years following the acquisition.  Including accrued interest, KMP expects to pay approximately $2.0 million of this contingent consideration in the first half of 2013.
 
The acquired assets included (i) a marine terminal located in Sauget, Illinois; (ii) a transload liquid operation located in Muscatine, Iowa; (iii) a liquid bulk terminal located in St. Louis, Missouri; and (iv) a warehousing distribution center located in St. Louis.  All of the acquired terminals have long-term contracts with large creditworthy shippers.  As part of the transaction, KMP and Slay Industries entered into joint venture agreements at both the Kellogg Dock coal bulk terminal, located in Modoc, Illinois, and at the newly created North Cahokia terminal, located in Sauget and which has approximately 175 acres of land ready for development.  All of the assets located in Sauget have access to the Mississippi River and are served by five rail carriers.  The acquisition complemented and expanded KMP’s pre-existing Midwest terminal operations by adding a diverse mix of liquid and bulk capabilities, and all of the acquired assets are included in the Terminals—KMP business segment.
 
Based on the measurement of fair values for all of the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, KMP assigned $24.6 million of the combined purchase price to “Other intangibles, net” (representing customer contracts with an estimated remaining useful life of 20 years) and $8.2 million to “Investments.” KMP also recorded $0.9 million of the combined purchase price as “Goodwill,” representing certain advantageous factors that contributed to the acquisition price exceeding the fair value of acquired identifiable net assets—in the aggregate, these factors represented goodwill, and KMP expects that the entire amount of goodwill will be deductible for tax purposes.
 
(8) KinderHawk Field Services LLC
 
On May 21, 2010, KMP purchased a 50% ownership interest in Petrohawk Energy Corporation’s natural gas gathering and treating business in the Haynesville shale gas formation located in northwest Louisiana.  KMP paid an aggregate consideration of $917.4 million in cash.  During a short transition period, Petrohawk continued to operate the business, and effective October 1, 2010, a newly formed company named KinderHawk Field Services LLC, owned 50% by KMP and 50% by Petrohawk, assumed the joint venture operations.  The acquisition complemented and expanded KMP’s existing natural gas gathering and treating businesses, and KMP assigned its entire purchase price to “Investments” (including $144.8 million of equity method goodwill, representing the excess of KMP’s investment cost over its proportionate share of the fair value of the joint venture’s identifiable net assets).
 
On July 1, 2011, KMP acquired from Petrohawk Energy Corporation both the remaining 50% equity ownership interest in KinderHawk Field Services LLC and a 25% equity ownership interest in Petrohawk’s natural gas gathering and treating business located in the Eagle Ford shale formation in South Texas.  For more information about this acquisition, see “—(16) KinderHawk Field Services LLC and EagleHawk Field Services LLC” below.
 
(9) Direct Fuels Terminal Acquisition
 
On July 22, 2010, KMP acquired a terminal with ethanol tanks, a truck rack and additional acreage in Dallas, Texas, from Direct Fuels Partners, L.P. for an aggregate consideration of $16 million, consisting of $15.9 million in cash and an assumed property tax liability of $0.1 million.  The acquired terminal facility is connected to and complements the Euless, Texas unit train terminal KMP acquired from USD Development Group LLC in January 2010 (described above in “—(5) USD Terminal Acquisition).  All of the acquired assets are included in the Terminals—KMP business segment.  After measuring all of the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed at fair value on the acquisition date, KMP recognized $10.7 million of “Goodwill,” an intangible asset representing the future economic benefits expected to be derived from the acquisition that was not assigned to other identifiable, separately recognizable assets acquired.  KMP believes the primary items that generated the goodwill are the value of the synergies created between the acquired assets and its pre-existing ethanol handling assets, and its expected ability to grow the business by leveraging its pre-existing experience in ethanol handling operations.  KMP expects that the entire amount of goodwill will be deductible for tax purposes.
 
(10) Gas-Chill, Inc. Asset Acquisition
 
On September 1, 2010, KMP acquired the natural gas treating assets of Gas-Chill, Inc. for an aggregate consideration of $13.1 million, consisting of $10.5 million in cash paid on closing, and an obligation to pay a holdback amount of $2.6 million within eighteen months from closing.  KMP paid 50% of this holdback amount to Gas Chill, Inc. in September 2011, and expects to pay the remaining amount in the first quarter of 2012.  The acquired assets primarily consisted of more than 100 mechanical refrigeration natural gas hydrocarbon dew point control units that are used to remove hydrocarbon liquids from natural gas streams prior to entering transmission pipelines.  The acquisition complemented and expanded the existing natural gas treating operations offered by KMP’s Texas intrastate natural gas pipeline group, and all of the acquired assets are included in the Natural Gas Pipelines—KMP business segment.  KMP assigned $8.0 million of its purchase price to “Property, Plant and Equipment, net” and the remaining $5.1 million to “Other intangibles, net” (representing both a technology-based asset and customer-related contract values).
 
(11) Allied Concrete Bulk Terminal Assets
 
On October 1, 2010, KMP acquired certain bulk terminal assets and real property located in Chesapeake, Virginia, from Allied Concrete Products, LLC and Southern Concrete Products, LLC for an aggregate consideration of $8.6 million, consisting of $8.1 million in cash and an assumed environmental liability of $0.5 million.  The acquired terminal facility is situated on 42 acres of land and can handle approximately 250,000 tons of material annually, including pumice, aggregates and sand.  The acquisition complemented the bulk commodity handling operations at KMP’s nearby Elizabeth River terminal, also located in Chesapeake, and all of the acquired assets are included in the Terminals—KMP business segment.  KMP assigned $3.9 million of its purchase price to “Property, Plant and Equipment, net” and the remaining $4.7 million to “Other intangibles, net” (representing customer-related contract values).
 
(12) Chevron Refined Products Terminal Assets
 
On October 8, 2010, KMP acquired four separate refined petroleum products terminals from Chevron U.S.A. Inc. for an aggregate consideration of $32.3 million, consisting of $31.5 million in cash and assumed environmental liability of $0.8 million.  Combined, the terminals have storage capacity of approximately 650,000 barrels for gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel, and Chevron has entered into long-term contracts with KMP to terminal product at the terminals.  The acquisition complemented and expanded KMP’s existing refined petroleum products assets, and all of the acquired assets are included in the Products Pipelines—KMP business segment.  KMP assigned $32.1 million of its purchase price to “Property, Plant and Equipment, net” and the remaining $0.2 million to “Deferred charges and other assets” (representing the fair value of petroleum pipeline product additives).
 
 (13) Watco Companies, LLC
 
On January 3, 2011, KMP purchased 50,000 Class A preferred shares of Watco Companies, LLC for $50.0 million in cash in a private transaction.  In connection with its purchase of these preferred shares, the most senior equity security of Watco, KMP entered into a limited liability company agreement with Watco that provides KMP certain priority and participating cash distribution and liquidation rights.  Pursuant to the agreement, KMP receives priority, cumulative cash distributions from the preferred shares at a rate of 3.25% per quarter (13% annually), and it participates partially in additional profit distributions at a rate equal to 0.5%.  The preferred shares have no conversion features and hold no voting powers, but do provide KMP certain approval rights, including the right to appoint one of the members to Watco’s Board of Managers.  As of December 31, 2010, KMP placed its $50.0 million investment in a cash escrow account and we reported this amount separately as “Restricted deposits” on our accompanying consolidated balance sheet.  On December 28, 2011, KMP made an additional $50 million investment in Watco, as described below in “—(19) Watco Companies, LLC.”
 
(14) Deeprock North, LLC
 
On February 17, 2011, Deeprock Energy Resources, LLC, Mecuria Energy Trading, Inc., and KMP’s subsidiary Kinder Morgan Cushing LLC, entered into formal agreements for a crude oil storage joint venture located in Cushing, Oklahoma.  The joint venture is named Deeprock North, LLC, and on that date it operated an existing crude oil tank farm that had storage capacity of one million barrels.  KMP contributed $15.9 million for a 50% ownership interest in Deeprock North, and during 2011, contributed an additional $7.7 million for its proportionate share of costs related to the construction of three new storage tanks that provide for incremental storage capacity of 750,000 barrels.  The new tanks were completed and placed in service during the fourth quarter of 2011.  Deeprock Energy owns a 12.02% member interest in Deeprock North and is the construction manager and operator of the joint venture.  Mecuria owns the remaining 37.98% member interest and is the anchor tenant for the joint venture’s crude oil capacity for the next five years with an option to extend.  In addition, KMP entered into a development agreement with Deeprock Energy that gives it an option to participate in future expansions on Deeprock Energy’s remaining 254 acres of undeveloped land.  We account for KMP’s investment under the equity method of accounting, and its investment and its pro rata share of Deeprock North’s operating results are included as part of the Terminals—KMP business segment.
 
(15) TGS Development, L.P. Terminal Acquisition
 
On June 10, 2011, KMP acquired a newly constructed petroleum coke terminal located in Port Arthur, Texas from TGS Development, L.P. (TGSD) for an aggregate consideration of $74.1 million, consisting of $42.9 million in cash, $23.7 million in common units, and an obligation to pay additional consideration of $7.5 million.  KMP estimates the remaining $7.5 million obligation will be paid to TGSD approximately one year from the closing (in May or June 2012), and will be settled in cash and/or common units, depending on TGSD’s election.
 
All of the acquired assets are located in Port Arthur, Texas, and include long-term contracts to provide petroleum coke handling and cutting services to improve the refining of heavy crude oil at Total Petrochemicals USA Inc.’s Port Arthur refinery.  The refinery is expected to produce more than one million tons of petroleum coke annually.  Based on the measurement of fair values for all of the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired, we assigned $42.6 million of the combined purchase price to “Property, plant and equipment, net,” and the remaining $31.5 million to “Other intangibles, net,” representing the combined fair values of two separate intangible customer contracts with Total.  The acquisition complemented KMP’s existing Gulf Coast bulk terminal facilities and expanded its pre-existing petroleum coke handling operations.  All of the acquired assets are included as part of the Terminals—KMP business segment.
 
(16) KinderHawk Field Services LLC and EagleHawk Field Services LLC
 
Effective July 1, 2011, KMP acquired from Petrohawk Energy Corporation both the remaining 50% equity ownership interest in KinderHawk Field Services LLC that it did not already own and a 25% equity ownership interest in Petrohawk’s natural gas gathering and treating business located in the Eagle Ford shale formation in South Texas for an aggregate consideration of $912.1 million, consisting of $835.1 million in cash and assumed debt of $77.0 million (representing 50% of KinderHawk’s borrowings under its bank credit facility as of July 1, 2011).  KMP then repaid the outstanding $154.0 million of borrowings and following this repayment, KinderHawk had no outstanding debt.
 
Following KMP’s acquisition of the remaining ownership interest on July 1, 2011, KMP changed its method of accounting from the equity method to full consolidation, and due to the fact that KMP acquired a controlling financial interest in KinderHawk, KMP remeasured its previous 50% equity investment in KinderHawk to its fair value.  KMP recognized a $167.2 million non-cash loss as a result of this remeasurement.  The loss amount represents the excess of the carrying value of the investment ($910.2 million as of July 1, 2011) over its fair value ($743.0 million), and we reported this loss separately within the “Other Income (Expense)” section in our accompanying consolidated statements of income for the year ended December 31, 2011.
 
KMP then measured the fair values of the acquired identifiable tangible and intangible assets and the assumed liabilities on the acquisition date, and assigned the following amounts:
 
 
$35.5 million to current assets, primarily consisting of trade receivables and materials and supplies inventory;
 
 
$641.6 million to property, plant and equipment;
 
 
$93.4 million to KMP’s 25% investment in EagleHawk;
 
 
$883.2 million to a long-term intangible customer contract, representing the contract value of natural gas gathering services to be performed for Petrohawk over an approximate 20-year period; less
 
 
$92.8 million assigned to assumed liabilities, not including $77.0 million for the 50% of KinderHawk’s borrowings under its bank credit facility that KMP was previously responsible for.
 
Based on the excess of (i) the consideration KMP transferred ($912.1 million) and the fair value of its previously held interest ($743.0 million); over (ii) the combined fair value of net assets acquired ($1,560.9 million), KMP recognized $94.2 million of “Goodwill.”  This goodwill intangible asset represents the future economic benefits expected to be derived from this strategic acquisition that are not assignable to other individually identifiable, separately recognizable assets acquired.  KMP believes the primary items that generated the goodwill are the value of the synergies created by expanding its natural gas gathering operations.  KMP expects this entire amount of goodwill to be deductible for tax purposes.  Furthermore, KMP believes the fair value of $16.6 million assigned to “Accounts, notes and interest receivable, net” is fully realizable.
 
KinderHawk Field Services LLC owns and operates one of the largest natural gas gathering and midstream business in the Haynesville shale formation located in northwest Louisiana, consisting of more than 400 miles of pipeline with over 2.0 billion cubic feet per day of pipeline capacity.  Currently, it gathers approximately 1.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day.  The Eagle Ford natural gas gathering joint venture is named EagleHawk Field Services LLC, and the 25% investment is accounted for under the equity method of accounting.  Petrohawk operates EagleHawk Field Services LLC and owns the remaining 75% ownership interest.  The joint venture owns two midstream gathering systems in and around Petrohawk’s Hawkville and Black Hawk areas of Eagle Ford and combined, the joint venture’s assets as of December 31, 2011 consist of more than 280 miles of gas gathering pipelines and approximately 140 miles of condensate gathering lines.  It also has a life of lease dedication of Petrohawk’s Eagle Ford reserves that provides Petrohawk and other Eagle Ford producers with gas and condensate gathering, treating and condensate stabilization services.
 
All of the acquired assets are included in the Natural Gas Pipelines—KMP business segment.  Additionally, on August 25, 2011, mining and oil company BHP Billiton completed its previously announced acquisition of Petrohawk Energy Corporation through a short-form merger under Delaware law.  The merger was closed with Petrohawk being the surviving corporation as a wholly owned subsidiary of BHP Billiton.  The acquisition will not affect the terms of KMP’s contracts with Petrohawk.
 
(17) SouthTex Treaters, Inc. Asset Acquisition
 
On November 30, 2011, KMP acquired a manufacturing complex and certain natural gas treating assets from SouthTex Treaters, Inc. for an aggregate consideration of $178.5 million, consisting of $151.5 million in cash and assumed liabilities of $27.0 million.  SouthTex Treaters, Inc. is a leading manufacturer, designer and fabricator of natural gas treating plants that are used to remove impurities (carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide) from natural gas before it is delivered into gathering systems and transmission pipelines to ensure that it meets pipeline quality specifications.  The acquisition complemented and expanded KMP’s existing natural gas treating business, and all of the acquired operations are included in the Natural Gas Pipelines— KMP business segment.
 
Based on KMP’s measurement of fair values for all of the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, it assigned $26.8 million of its combined purchase price to current assets (consisting of $13.5 million included within “Accounts, notes and interest receivable, net” and $13.3 million included within “Inventories”), $9.3 million to “Property, plant and equipment, net,” $16.6 million to “Deferred charges and other assets” (representing the fair value of construction in process costs), and $0.1 million to a non-compete agreement included within “Other intangibles, net.”  The remaining $125.7 million of KMP’s purchase price was recorded to “Goodwill,” an intangible asset representing the future economic benefits expected to be derived from this acquisition that are not assigned to other identifiable, separately recognizable assets acquired.  KMP believes the fair value of receivables is fully realizable and the primary item that generated the goodwill is its ability to grow the business by leveraging its pre-existing natural gas treating operations, and KMP believes that this growth potential contributed to our acquisition price exceeding the fair value of acquired identifiable net assets and liabilities.  Furthermore, this entire amount of goodwill is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.
 
(18) Lorton, Virginia Products Terminal
 
On December 15, 2011, KMP acquired a refined petroleum products terminal located on a 14-acre site in Lorton, Virginia from Motiva Enterprises, LLC for an aggregate consideration of $12.5 million in cash.  The terminal is served exclusively by the Plantation Pipeline and has storage capacity of approximately 450,000 barrels for refined petroleum products like gasoline and jet fuel.  The acquisition complemented and expanded KMP’s existing refined petroleum products assets in the northern Virginia market, and the acquired terminal is included as part of the Products Pipelines—KMP business segment.  KMP assigned the entire purchase price amount to “Property, Plant and Equipment, net.”
 
(19) Watco Companies, LLC
 
On December 28, 2011, KMP purchased an additional 50,000 Class A preferred shares of Watco Companies, LLC for $50.0 million in cash in a private transaction.  The priority and participating cash distribution and liquidation rights associated with these shares are similar to the rights associated with the 50,000 Class A preferred shares KMP acquired on January 3, 2011.  KMP receives priority, cumulative cash distributions from the preferred shares at a rate of 3.25% per quarter (13% annually), and participates partially in additional profit distributions at a rate equal to 0.5%.
 
Watco Companies, LLC is the largest privately held short line railroad company in the United States, operating 22 short line railroads on approximately 3,500 miles of leased and owned track.  KMP’s investment provided capital to Watco for further expansion of specific projects and complemented KMP’s existing terminal network.  It also provides KMP’s customers more transportation services for many of the commodities that it currently handles, and offers it the opportunity to share in additional growth opportunities through new projects.  As of December 31, 2011, KMP’s net equity investment in Watco totaled $101.7 million and is included within “Investments” on our accompanying consolidated balance sheet.  KMP accounts for its investment under the equity method of accounting, and it is included in the Terminals—KMP business segment.
 
(20) Battleground Oil Specialty Terminal Company LLC
 
On November 8, 2011 KMP announced its initial 50% equity participation in BOSTCO, and it paid a combined $12.0 million to acquire a 50% Class A member interest (consisting of $11.6 million paid in October 2011 and $0.4 million of pre-development costs incurred and paid for during 2010).  KMP also made cash contributions of $6.0 million to BOSTCO in December 2011.  Effective December 29, 2011, KMP acquired from TransMontaigne Partners, L.P. the remaining 50% Class A member interest in Battleground Oil Specialty Terminal Company LLC (BOSTCO) that it did not already own for an aggregate consideration of $8.1 million in cash (net of an acquired cash balance of $9.9 million).  TransMontaigne also received a transferrable option to buy 50% of KMP’s ownership interest at any time prior to January 20, 2013; however, KMP is currently unable to predict whether it will exercise this purchase option.  Following its acquisition of the remaining ownership interest on December 29, 2011, KMP changed its method of accounting from the equity method to full consolidation, and based on its measurement of fair values for all of the identifiable tangible assets acquired, it assigned $26.1 million to property, plant and equipment.
 
BOSTCO will construct, own and operate an approximately $430 million oil terminal located on the Houston Ship Channel.  Phase I of the project includes the design and construction of 52 tanks with combined storage capacity of approximately 6.6 million barrels for handling residual fuel, feedstocks, distillates and other  black oils.  BOSTCO will initially be a water-in, water-out facility with the capability of handling ships with large drafts up to 45 feet, and KMP has executed terminal service contracts or letters of intent with customers for almost all of the Phase I storage capacity.  The acquisition of BOSTCO complemented and expanded KMP’s existing Gulf Liquids terminal operations, and all of the acquired assets (including the acquired cash balance) are included in the Terminals—KMP business segment.
 
Pro Forma Information
 
Pro forma consolidated income statement information that gives effect to all of the acquisitions we have made and all of the joint ventures we have entered into since January 1, 2010 as if they had occurred as of January 1, 2010 is not presented because it would not be materially different from the information presented in our accompanying consolidated statements of income.
 
Divestitures
 
Cypress Interstate Pipeline LLC
 
Effective October 1, 2010, Westlake Petrochemicals LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Westlake Chemical Corporation, exercised an option it held to purchase a 50% ownership interest in KMP’s Cypress Pipeline.  Accordingly, KMP sold a 50% interest in its subsidiary, Cypress Interstate Pipeline LLC, to Westlake and KMP received proceeds of $10.2 million.  At the time of the sale, the carrying value of the net assets of Cypress Interstate Pipeline LLC totaled $20.0 million and consisted mostly of property, plant and equipment.  In the fourth quarter of 2010, KMP recognized an $8.8 million gain from this sale, including an $8.6 million gain amount related to the remeasurement of KMP’s retained investment to its fair value.  Due to the loss of control of Cypress Interstate Pipeline LLC, KMP recognized the retained investment at its fair value, and the gain amount related to remeasurement represents the excess of the fair value of KMP’s retained investment ($18.6 million as of October 1, 2010) over its carrying value ($10.0 million).  This fair value of KMP’s retained investment was determined by applying a multiple to the future annual cash flows expected from its retained 50% interest.  The $10.2 million value of the transaction with Westlake Chemical Corporation was based on a contract price and does not represent the fair value of a 50% interest in the Cypress Pipeline in an orderly transaction between market participants.  We now account for this retained investment under the equity method of accounting.  We included the entire gain within the caption “Other, net” in our accompanying consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2010.
 
Triton Power
 
Effective October 22, 2010, we sold our ownership interest in Triton Power, a 550-megawatt natural gas-fired electricity generation facility in Michigan, for approximately $15.0 million in cash and recorded a gain on the sale for approximately $16.1 million, which is included in the caption “Other, net” in our accompanying consolidated statement of income.
 
Megafleet Towing Co., Inc. Assets
 
On February 9, 2011, KMP sold a marine vessel to Kirby Inland Marine, L.P., and additionally, KMP and Kirby formed a joint venture named Greens Bayou Fleeting, LLC.  Pursuant to the joint venture agreement, KMP sold its ownership interest in the boat fleeting business it acquired from Megafleet Towing Co., Inc. in April 2009 (discussed above in “—“Acquisitions—(1) Megafleet Towing Co., Inc. Assets”) to the joint venture for $4.1 million in cash and a 49% ownership interest in the joint venture.  Kirby then made cash contributions to the joint venture in exchange for the remaining 51% ownership interest.  Related to the above transactions, we recorded a loss of $5.5 million ($4.1 million after tax) in the fourth quarter of 2010 to write down the carrying value of the net assets to be sold to their estimated fair values as of December 31, 2010.  We included this loss within the caption “Other expense (income),” and recorded the $1.4 million decrease in income tax expense within the caption “Income Tax Expense” in our accompanying consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2010.
 
In the first quarter of 2011, after final reconciliation and measurement of all of the net assets sold, we recognized a combined $2.2 million increase in income from the sale of these net assets, primarily consisting of a $1.9 million reduction in income tax expense, which is included within the caption “Income Tax Expense” in the accompanying consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2011.  Additionally, the sale of KMP’s ownership interest resulted in a $10.6 million non-cash reduction in goodwill (see Note 7), and was a transaction with a related party (see Note 11).
 
River Consulting, LLC and Devco USA L.L.C.
 
Effective April 1, 2011, KMP sold 51% ownership interests in two separate wholly-owned subsidiaries to two separate buyers, for an aggregate consideration of $8.1 million, consisting of a $4.1 million note receivable, $1.0 million in cash, and a $3.0 million receivable for the settlement of working capital items.  Following the sale, KMP continues to own 49% membership interests in both River Consulting, LLC, a company engaged in the business of providing engineering, consulting and management services, and Devco USA, L.L.C., a company engaged in the business of processing, handling and marketing sulfur, and selling related pouring equipment.  At the time of the sale, the combined carrying value of the net assets (and members’ capital on a 100% basis) of both entities totaled approximately $8.8 million and consisted mostly of technology-based assets and trade receivables.  We now account for these retained investments under the equity method of accounting.
 
We recognized a $3.6 million pre-tax gain from the sale of these ownership interests (including a $2.1 million gain related to the remeasurement of the retained investment to fair value) and included this gain within the caption “Other, net” in our accompanying consolidated statements of income for the year ended December 31, 2011.  We also recognized a $1.4 million increase in income tax expense related to this gain, which is included within the caption “Income Tax Expense” in our accompanying consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2011.
 
Arrow Terminals B.V.
 
Effective August 31, 2011, KMP sold the outstanding share capital of its wholly-owned subsidiary Arrow Terminals B.V. to Pacorini Metals Europe B.V. for an aggregate consideration of $13.3 million in cash.  Arrow Terminals B.V. owns and operates a bulk terminal facility located in the seaport area of Vlissingen, Netherlands.  The terminal is primarily engaged in the business of storing, handling and distributing bulk ferro alloys and general commodities.  Including the removal of the cumulative translation adjustments balance and the estimated costs to sell, we recognized a $1.3 million pre-tax gain from the sale of Arrow Terminals B.V. and included this gain within the caption “Other, net” in our accompanying consolidated statements of income for the year ended December 31, 2011.
 
Earnings of Discontinued Operations
 
The financial results of discontinued operations have been reclassified for all periods presented and reported in the caption, “Income (loss) from Discontinued Operations, net of tax” in our accompanying consolidated statements of income.  Summarized financial results of these operations are as follows (in millions):
 
   
Year Ended December 31,
 
   
2011
  
2010
  
2009
 
Revenues
 $-  $-  $- 
              
Income (loss) from discontinued operations before income taxes
 $12.2  $(1.1) $0.5 
Income taxes
  (4.4)  0.4   (0.2)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
 $7.8  $(0.7) $0.3