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Revenues and Accounts Receivable (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following tables present the reconciliation of our revenues from contracts with customers (as described above for each segment) to segment revenues and total revenues as disclosed in our Consolidated Statements of Operations (in millions):

Year Ended December 31, 2019						Transportation						Facilities						Supply and Logistics						Total
Revenues from contracts with customers						$	2,283					$	1,122					$	31,966					$	35,371
Other items in revenues						37						49						310						396
Total revenues of reportable segments						$	2,320					$	1,171					$	32,276					$	35,767
Intersegment revenues																								(2,098)
Total revenues																								$	33,669

Year Ended December 31, 2018						Transportation						Facilities						Supply and Logistics						Total
Revenues from contracts with customers						$	1,976					$	1,136					$	32,700					$	35,812
Other items in revenues						14						25						122						161
Total revenues of reportable segments						$	1,990					$	1,161					$	32,822					$	35,973
Intersegment revenues																								(1,918)
Total revenues																								$	34,055

Contracts with Customers, Assets and Liabilities

The following table presents the changes in the contract liability balance (in millions):

			Contract Liabilities
Balance at December 31, 2017			$	90
Amounts recognized as revenue			(81)
Additions (1) (2)			332
Other			(3)
Balance at December 31, 2018			$	338
Amounts recognized as revenue			(227)
Additions (3)			244
Other			(1)
Balance at December 31, 2019			$	354

⁽¹⁾ Includes approximately $116 million associated with crude oil sales agreements that are entered into in conjunction with storage arrangements and future inventory exchanges. Such amount was recognized as revenue in the first quarter of 2019.

⁽²⁾ Includes $100 million associated with long-term capacity agreements with Cactus II Pipeline LLC. See Note 9 for additional information.

⁽³⁾ Includes approximately $155 million associated with crude oil sales agreements that are entered into in conjunction with storage arrangements and future inventory exchanges. Such amount is expected to be recognized as revenue in the first quarter of 2020.

The following is a reconciliation of trade accounts receivable from revenues from contracts with customers to total Trade accounts receivable and other receivables, net as presented on our Consolidated Balance Sheets (in millions):

			December 31,
			2019						2018
Trade accounts receivable arising from revenues from contracts with customers			$	3,381					$	2,277
Other trade accounts receivables and other receivables (1)			3,576						2,732
Impact due to contractual rights of offset with counterparties			(3,343)						(2,555)
Trade accounts receivable and other receivables, net			$	3,614					$	2,454

⁽¹⁾ The balance is comprised primarily of accounts receivable associated with buy/sell arrangements that are not within the scope of Topic 606.

Remaining Performance Obligations

The following table presents the amount of consideration associated with remaining performance obligations for the population of contracts with external customers meeting the presentation requirements as of December 31, 2019 (in millions):

			2020						2021						2022						2023						2024						2025 and Thereafter
Pipeline revenues supported by minimum volume commitments and capacity agreements (1)			$	164					$	170					$	170					$	168					$	146					$	698
Storage, terminalling and throughput agreement revenues			404						312						242						188						147						366
Total			$	568					$	482					$	412					$	356					$	293					$	1,064

⁽¹⁾ Calculated as volumes committed under contracts multiplied by the current applicable tariff rate.

Supply And Logistics

Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table presents our Supply and Logistics segment revenues from contracts with customers disaggregated by type of activity (in millions):

			Year Ended December 31,
			2019						2018
Supply and Logistics segment revenues from contracts with customers
Crude oil transactions			$	30,082					$	29,592
NGL and other transactions			1,884						3,108
Total Supply and Logistics segment revenues from contracts with customers			$	31,966					$	32,700

Transportation

Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table presents our Transportation segment revenues from contracts with customers disaggregated by type of activity (in millions):

			Year Ended December 31,
			2019						2018
Transportation segment revenues from contracts with customers
Tariff activities:
Crude oil pipelines			$	2,039					$	1,724
NGL pipelines			99						103
Total tariff activities			2,138						1,827
Trucking			145						149
Total Transportation segment revenues from contracts with customers			$	2,283					$	1,976

Facilities

Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table presents our Facilities segment revenues from contracts with customers disaggregated by type of activity (in millions):

			Year Ended December 31,
			2019						2018
Facilities segment revenues from contracts with customers
Crude oil, NGL and other terminalling and storage			$	697					$	688
NGL and natural gas processing and fractionation			349						364
Rail load / unload			76						84
Total Facilities segment revenues from contracts with customers			$	1,122					$	1,136

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