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Operating Segments (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Operating Segments |
Segment financial data | The following table reflects certain financial data for each segment for the periods indicated (in millions):
|  | Transportation |  | Facilities |  | Supply and Logistics |  | Total |
Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
External Customers |  | $ | 185 |  | $ | 125 |  | $ | 5,632 |  | $ | 5,942 |
Intersegment (1) |  | 215 |  | 132 |  | 2 |  | 349 |
Total revenues of reportable segments |  | $ | 400 |  | $ | 257 |  | $ | 5,634 |  | $ | 6,291 |
Equity earnings in unconsolidated entities |  | $ | 37 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 37 |
Segment profit (2) (3) |  | $ | 241 |  | $ | 142 |  | $ | 130 |  | $ | 513 |
Maintenance capital |  | $ | 33 |  | $ | 15 |  | $ | 2 |  | $ | 50 |
|  | Transportation |  | Facilities |  | Supply and Logistics |  | Total |
Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
External Customers |  | $ | 181 |  | $ | 157 |  | $ | 11,346 |  | $ | 11,684 |
Intersegment (1) |  | 206 |  | 142 |  | 22 |  | 370 |
Total revenues of reportable segments |  | $ | 387 |  | $ | 299 |  | $ | 11,368 |  | $ | 12,054 |
Equity earnings in unconsolidated entities |  | $ | 20 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 20 |
Segment profit (2) (3) |  | $ | 206 |  | $ | 154 |  | $ | 249 |  | $ | 609 |
Maintenance capital |  | $ | 34 |  | $ | 10 |  | $ | 2 |  | $ | 46 |
| (1) |  | Segment revenues and purchases and related costs include intersegment amounts. Intersegment sales are conducted at posted tariff rates, rates similar to those charged to third parties or rates that we believe approximate market. For further discussion, see “Analysis of Operating Segments” under Item 7 of our 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
| (2) |  | Supply and Logistics segment profit includes interest expense (related to hedged inventory purchases) of $1 million and $2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
| (3) |  | The following table reconciles segment profit to net income attributable to PAA (in millions):
|  | Three Months Ended |
|  | March 31, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
Segment profit |  | $ | 513 |  | $ | 609 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | (107 | ) | (96 | )
Interest expense, net |  | (102 | ) | (78 | )
Other expense, net |  | (4 | ) | (2 | )
Income before tax |  | 300 |  | 433 |
Income tax expense |  | (16 | ) | (48 | )
Net income |  | 284 |  | 385 |
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests |  | (1 | ) | (1 | )
Net income attributable to PAA |  | $ | 283 |  | $ | 384 |
Reconciliation of segment profit to net income attributable to PAA | The following table reconciles segment profit to net income attributable to PAA (in millions):
|  | Three Months Ended |
|  | March 31, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
Segment profit |  | $ | 513 |  | $ | 609 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | (107 | ) | (96 | )
Interest expense, net |  | (102 | ) | (78 | )
Other expense, net |  | (4 | ) | (2 | )
Income before tax |  | 300 |  | 433 |
Income tax expense |  | (16 | ) | (48 | )
Net income |  | 284 |  | 385 |
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests |  | (1 | ) | (1 | )
Net income attributable to PAA |  | $ | 283 |  | $ | 384 |

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