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Organization and Basis of Presentation | 12 Months Ended
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Organization and Basis of Presentation | Note 1—Organization and Basis of Presentation Organization Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. is a Delaware limited partnership formed in 1998. Our operations are conducted directly and indirectly through our primary operating subsidiaries. As used in this Form 10-K and unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms “Partnership,” “Plains,” “PAA,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “ours” and similar terms refer to Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and its subsidiaries. We own and operate midstream energy infrastructure and provide logistics services for crude oil, natural gas liquids (“NGL”), natural gas and refined products. The term NGL includes ethane and natural gasoline products as well as products commonly referred to as liquefied petroleum gas (“LPG”), such as propane and butane. When used in this Form 10-K, NGL refers to all NGL products including LPG. We own an extensive network of pipeline transportation, terminalling, storage and gathering assets in key crude oil and NGL producing basins and transportation corridors and at major market hubs in the United States and Canada. Our business activities are conducted through three operating segments: Transportation, Facilities and Supply and Logistics. See Note 19 for further discussion of our operating segments. Our 2% general partner interest is held by PAA GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, whose sole member is Plains AAP, L.P. (“AAP”), a Delaware limited partnership. In addition to its ownership of PAA GP LLC, AAP also owns all of our incentive distribution rights (“IDRs”). Plains All American GP LLC (“GP LLC”), a Delaware limited liability company, is AAP’s general partner. Plains GP Holdings, L.P. (“PAGP”) is the sole member of GP LLC, and at December 31, 2014, owned an approximate 34.1% limited partner interest in AAP. GP LLC manages our operations and activities and employs our domestic officers and personnel. Our Canadian officers and personnel are employed by our subsidiary, Plains Midstream Canada ULC (“PMC”). References to our “general partner,” as the context requires, include any or all of PAA GP LLC, AAP and GP LLC. Definitions Additional defined terms are used in the following notes and shall have the meanings indicated below:
AOCI | = | Accumulated other comprehensive income / (loss)
Bcf | = | Billion cubic feet
Btu | = | British thermal unit
CAD | = | Canadian dollar
CERCLA | = | Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended
DERs | = | Distribution equivalent rights
EBITDA | = | Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
FASB | = | Financial Accounting Standards Board
GAAP | = | Generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
ICE | = | Intercontinental Exchange
IPO | = | Initial public offering
LIBOR | = | London Interbank Offered Rate
LTIP | = | Long-term incentive plan
Mcf | = | Thousand cubic feet
MLP | = | Master limited partnership
MQD | = | Minimum quarterly distribution
NYMEX | = | New York Mercantile Exchange
NYSE | = | New York Stock Exchange
Oxy | = | Occidental Petroleum Corporation or its subsidiaries
PLA | = | Pipeline loss allowance
PNG | = | PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P.
RCRA | = | Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended
USD | = | United States dollar
WTI | = | West Texas Intermediate
Basis of Consolidation and Presentation The accompanying financial statements and related notes present and discuss our consolidated financial position as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the consolidated results of our operations, cash flows, changes in partners’ capital, comprehensive income and changes in accumulated other comprehensive income / (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation, and certain reclassifications have been made to information from previous years to conform to the current presentation. These reclassifications do not affect net income attributable to PAA. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include PAA and all of its wholly owned subsidiaries. Subsequent events have been evaluated through the financial statements issuance date and have been included in the following footnotes where applicable. PNG Merger On December 31, 2013, with the approval of PNG’s common unitholders, PNG became our wholly-owned subsidiary through a unit-for-unit exchange (referred to herein as the “PNG Merger”). See Note 11 for further discussion. Since we historically consolidated PNG for financial reporting purposes, the PNG Merger did not change the basis of consolidation of our historical financial statements. Two-for-One Unit Split A two-for-one split of our common units was completed on October 1, 2012. The effect of the two-for-one split has been retroactively applied to all unit and per-unit data presented in this Form 10-K. In addition, our partnership agreement was amended to modify certain definitions related to target distribution amounts and minimum distribution amounts to reflect the unit split.

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