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Related Party Transactions (Notes)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions
Related Party Transactions

Commercial Agreements

The Partnership has a number of commercial agreements with Delek under which we provide various services, including crude oil gathering and crude oil, intermediate and refined products transportation and storage services, and marketing, terminalling and offloading services. Fees under each agreement are payable to us monthly by Delek or certain third parties to whom Delek has assigned certain of its rights and are generally subject to increase or decrease on July 1 of each year, by the amount of any change in various inflation-based indices, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission oil pipeline index or various iterations of the consumer price index and the producer price index; provided, however, that in no event will the fees be adjusted below the amount initially set forth in the applicable agreement.

See our Annual Report on Form 10-K for a more complete description of certain of our commercial agreements and other agreements with Delek.

Omnibus Agreement. The Partnership entered into an omnibus agreement with Delek, our general partner, OpCo, Lion Oil Company and certain of the Partnership's and Delek's other subsidiaries on November 7, 2012, which was subsequently amended and restated on July 26, 2013, February 10, 2014 and March 31, 2015 in connection with our subsequent acquisitions from Delek (collectively, the "Omnibus Agreement"). The third amendment and restatement occurring on March 31, 2015 generally provided for the following: (i) revisions of the schedules to include the El Dorado Assets and the Tyler Assets, (ii) revisions of certain provisions and schedules with respect to certain environmental matters, (iii) the addition of DKL Transportation, LLC as a party to the agreement, (iv) the elimination of certain provisions under the Omnibus Agreement that had expired, and (v) updating the annual administrative fee payable by us to Delek for general corporate and administrative services that Delek and its affiliates provide to us to reflect the inflationary increase provided for under the Omnibus Agreement, from $3.3 million to $3.4 million, which is prorated and payable monthly. The Partnership entered into an amendment to the third amended and restated omnibus agreement on August 3, 2015, with an effective date of April 1, 2015 (the third amended and restated omnibus agreement between the Partnership, Delek and our general partner, as amended, is referred to as the "Third Restated Omnibus Agreement"). This amendment eliminated a $1.0 million per event deductible that applied to certain asset failures before Delek was required to reimburse the Partnership.

Pursuant to the terms of the Omnibus Agreement, we were reimbursed for certain capital expenditures in the amount of $0.7 million and $1.5 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, and $2.3 million and $4.9 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively. These amounts are recorded in other long term liabilities and are amortized to revenue over the life of the underlying revenue agreement corresponding to the asset. Additionally, we were reimbursed or indemnified, as the case may be, for costs incurred in excess of certain amounts related to certain asset failures pursuant to the terms of the Omnibus Agreement. We were reimbursed $0.1 million and $1.2 million for these matters during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, we were reimbursed for the costs incurred in connection with an asset failure near Fouke, Arkansas and the subsequent repair of the asset pursuant to the terms of the Third Restated Omnibus Agreement.
   
Logistics Assets Predecessor Transactions
 
Related-party transactions of the Logistics Assets Predecessor were settled through division equity. Costs related specifically to us have been identified and included in the accompanying consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income. Prior to the Acquisitions from Delek, we were not allocated certain corporate costs. These costs were primarily allocated based on a percentage of salaries expense and property, plant and equipment costs. In the opinion of management, the methods for allocating these costs are reasonable. It is not practicable to estimate the costs that would have been incurred by us if the Logistics Assets Predecessor had been operated on a stand-alone basis.

Summary of Transactions

Revenues from affiliates consist primarily of revenues from gathering, transportation, storage, offloading, wholesale marketing and products terminalling services provided primarily to Delek based on regulated tariff rates or contractually based fees, and product sales to Alon USA Energy, Inc., an equity method investee of Delek. The Logistics Assets Predecessor did not record revenues for intercompany terminalling, throughput, storage or other services. Affiliate operating expenses are primarily comprised of amounts we reimburse Delek or our general partner, as the case may be, for the services provided to us under the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (the "Partnership Agreement"). These expenses could also include reimbursement and indemnification amounts from Delek, as provided under the Third Restated Omnibus Agreement. Additionally, the Partnership is required to reimburse Delek for direct or allocated costs and expenses incurred by Delek on behalf of the Partnership and for charges Delek incurred for the management and operation of our logistics assets, including an annual fee for various centralized corporate services, which are included in general and administrative services. In addition to these transactions, we purchase finished products and bulk biofuels from Delek, the costs of which are included in cost of goods sold.

A summary of revenue and expense transactions with Delek and its affiliates, including expenses directly charged and allocated to our Logistics Assets Predecessor, are as follows (in thousands):

 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
$
36,360

 
$
41,824

 
$
111,814

 
$
113,975

Cost of goods sold
 
$
5,247

 
$
43,100

 
$
24,064

 
$
86,849

Operating and maintenance expenses (1) 
 
$
7,988

 
$
8,059

 
$
22,738

 
$
22,834

General and administrative expenses 
 
$
1,641

 
$
1,788

 
$
4,595

 
$
4,907

            

(1) 
Operating and maintenance expenses include costs allocated to the Logistics Assets Predecessor for operating support provided by Delek, including certain labor related costs, property and liability insurance costs and certain other operating expenses. The costs that were allocated to us by Delek were $0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

Quarterly Cash Distributions

Our common and general partner unitholders and the holders of incentive distribution rights ("IDRs") are entitled to receive quarterly distributions of available cash as it is determined by the board of directors of our general partner in accordance with the terms and provisions of our Partnership Agreement. In February, May and August 2016, we paid quarterly cash distributions, of which $10.5 million, $11.3 million and $12.1 million, respectively, were paid to Delek and our general partner. On October 25, 2016, our general partner's board of directors declared a quarterly cash distribution totaling $19.3 million, based on the available cash as of the date of determination for the end of the third quarter of 2016, payable on November 14, 2016, of which $13.1 million is expected to be paid to Delek and our general partner, including the payment for the IDRs.