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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions Related Party Transactions
PAA’s Ownership of our Class C Shares

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, PAA owned 542,004,838 and 539,445,289, respectively, Class C shares. See Note 11 for additional information regarding our Class C shares.

Omnibus Agreement

The Plains Entities entered into an Omnibus Agreement on November 15, 2016, which, among other things, provides for the following:

our ability to issue additional Class A shares and use the net proceeds therefrom to purchase a like number of AAP units from AAP, and the corresponding ability of AAP to use the net proceeds therefrom to purchase a like number of PAA common units; and

our ability to lend proceeds of any future indebtedness incurred by us to AAP, and AAP’s corresponding ability to lend such proceeds to PAA, in each case on substantially the same terms as incurred by us.

Transactions with Other Related Parties

Our other related parties include entities in which we hold investments and account for under the equity method of accounting (see Note 8 for information regarding such entities). During the three years ended December 31, 2024, we recognized sales and transportation revenues, purchased petroleum products and utilized transportation and storage services from our related parties. These transactions were conducted at posted tariff rates or prices that we believe approximate market.
The impact to our Consolidated Statements of Operations from these transactions is included below (in millions):

Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
Revenues from related parties
$46 $48 $45 
Purchases and related costs from related parties
$400 $404 $365 

Our receivable and payable amounts with these related parties as reflected on our Consolidated Balance Sheets were as follows (in millions):

December 31,
20242023
Trade accounts receivable and other receivables, net from related parties (1)
$40 $63 
Trade accounts payable to related parties (1) (2)
$66 $72 
(1)Includes amounts related to transportation and storage services and amounts owed to us or advanced to us related to investment capital projects of equity method investees where we serve as construction manager.
(2)We have agreements to store crude oil at facilities and transport crude oil or utilize capacity on pipelines that are owned by equity method investees. A portion of our commitment to transport is supported by crude oil buy/sell or other agreements with third parties with commensurate quantities.