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Note 14—Related Party Transactions See Note 9 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part IV of our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K for a complete discussion of our related party transactions. Occidental Petroleum Corporation As of September 30, 2012, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (“Oxy”) owned approximately 35% of our general partner interest and had a representative on the board of directors of Plains All American GP LLC. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, we recognized sales and transportation revenues and purchased petroleum products from companies affiliated with Oxy. These transactions were conducted at posted tariff rates or prices that we believe approximate market. See detail below (in millions):
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | September 30, |  | September 30, |
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
Revenues |  | $ | 383 |  | $ | 530 |  | $ | 1,435 |  | $ | 2,311 |
Purchases and related costs |  | $ | 138 |  | $ | 90 |  | $ | 416 |  | $ | 255 |
We currently have a netting arrangement with Oxy. Our gross receivable and payable amounts with affiliates of Oxy were as follows (in millions):
|  | September 30, |  | December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
Trade accounts receivable and other receivables |  | $ | 227 |  | $ | 132 |
Accounts payable |  | $ | 162 |  | $ | 155 |

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