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Combined Consolidated Statements of Partners' Equity - USD ($) $ in Millions | Total | Equity of Predecessors | Common | Subordinated | General Partner | Non-controlling Interest
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Balance at Beginning of Period, Equity of Predecessors at Dec. 31, 2012 | [1] |  |  | $ 26 |  |  |  |  |
Balance at Beginning of Period, Partnership at Dec. 31, 2012 |  | $ 8 |  |  |  | $ 153 | $ (144) | $ (27) | $ 0
Partners' Capital |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sponsor contributions of equity to the Predecessors |  | 39 |  | 39 | [1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Loss attributable to Predecessors |  | (56) | [2] | (56) | [1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Net liabilities not assumed by Tesoro Logistics LP |  | 15 |  | 15 | [1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Allocation of net assets acquired by the unitholders |  | 0 |  | (698) | [1] | 655 | 0 | 43 | 0
Equity offering, net of issuance costs |  | (709) |  | 0 | [1] | (710) | (9) | (8) | 0
Quarterly distributions to unitholders and general partner |  | 102 |  | 0 | [1] | 63 | 30 | 9 | 0
Distributions to unitholders and general partner related to assets acquired | [3] | (1,129) |  | 0 | [1] | (1,049) | 0 | (80) | 0
Contributions |  | 731 |  | 731 | [1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Net earnings excluding loss attributable to Predecessors |  | 80 | [2] | 0 | [1] | 46 | 22 | 12 | 0
Other |  | 7 |  | 0 | [1] | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0
Balance at End of Period, Equity of Predecessors at Dec. 31, 2013 | [1] |  |  | 57 |  |  |  |  |
Balance at End of Period, Partnership at Dec. 31, 2013 |  | 302 |  |  |  | 459 | (161) | (53) | 0
Partner's capital additional information |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash payments for acquisitions |  | 1,100 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Decrease in equity balance due to acquisitions |  | 431 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sponsor contributions of equity to the Predecessors |  | 27 |  | 27 | [1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Loss attributable to Predecessors |  | (23) | [2],[4] | (23) | [1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Net liabilities not assumed by Tesoro Logistics LP |  | 1 |  | 1 | [1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Allocation of net assets acquired by the unitholders |  | 0 |  | (29) | [1] | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0
Equity offering, net of issuance costs |  | (1,478) |  | 0 | [1] | (1,449) | 0 | (29) | 0
Quarterly distributions to unitholders and general partner |  | 183 |  | 0 | [1] | 131 | 17 | 35 | 0
Subordinated unit conversion |  | 0 |  | 0 | [1] | (165) | 165 | 0 | 0
Distributions to unitholders and general partner related to assets acquired | [3] | (243) |  | 0 | [1] | (237) | 0 | (6) | 0
Contributions |  | 29 |  | 0 | [1] | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0
Net earnings excluding loss attributable to Predecessors | [2] | 99 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net Income |  | 102 |  | 0 | [1] | 43 | 13 | 43 | 3
Noncontrolling interest acquired |  | 432 |  | 0 | [1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 432
Other |  | 1 |  | 0 | [1] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
Balance at End of Period, Equity of Predecessors at Dec. 31, 2014 |  | 33 | [5] | 33 | [1] |  |  |  |
Balance at End of Period, Partnership at Dec. 31, 2014 |  | 1,923 | [5] |  |  | 1,474 | 0 | (19) | 435
Partner's capital additional information |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash payments for acquisitions |  | 243 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Decrease in equity balance due to acquisitions |  | 214 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sponsor contributions of equity to the Predecessors |  | 20 |  | 20 | [1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Loss attributable to Predecessors |  | (17) | [2],[6] | (17) | [1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Net liabilities not assumed by Tesoro Logistics LP |  | 3 |  | 3 | [1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Allocation of net assets acquired by the unitholders |  | 0 |  | (39) | [1] | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0
Equity offering, net of issuance costs |  | (99) |  | 0 | [1] | (95) | 0 | (4) | 0
Quarterly distributions to unitholders and general partner |  | 330 |  | 0 | [1] | 240 | 0 | 68 | 22
Subordinated unit conversion |  | 0 |  | 0 |  | 351 | 0 | 0 | 351
Distributions to unitholders and general partner related to assets acquired | [3] | (250) |  | 0 | [1] | (235) | 0 | (15) | 0
Contributions |  | 32 |  | 0 | [1] | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0
Net earnings excluding loss attributable to Predecessors | [2] | 272 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net Income |  | 292 |  | 0 | [1] | 199 | 0 | 73 | 20
Other |  | 6 |  | 0 | [1] | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2
Balance at End of Period, Equity of Predecessors at Dec. 31, 2015 |  | 0 |  | $ 0 | [1] |  |  |  |
Balance at End of Period, Partnership at Dec. 31, 2015 |  | 1,778 |  |  |  | $ 1,707 | $ 0 | $ (13) | $ 84
Partner's capital additional information |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash payments for acquisitions |  | 250 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Decrease in equity balance due to acquisitions |  | $ 211 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
[1] | Adjusted to include the historical results of the Predecessors. See Notes 1 and 2 for further discussion.
[2] | All periods include the historical results of the Predecessors. See Notes 1 and 2 for further discussion.
[3] | Distributions to unitholders and general partner include $250 million, $243 million and $1.1 billion in cash payments for acquisitions from Tesoro during 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. As an entity under common control with Tesoro, we record the assets that we acquire from Tesoro in our consolidated balance sheets at Tesoro’s historical book value instead of fair value, and any excess of cash paid over the historical book value of the assets acquired from Tesoro is recorded within equity. As a result of this accounting treatment, these transactions resulted in net decreases of $211 million, $214 million and $431 million in our equity balance during 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
[4] | Amounts attributable to Predecessors have been reflected in the Parent column.
[5] | Adjusted to include the historical results of the Predecessors. See Notes 1 and 2 for further discussion.
[6] | Amounts attributable to Predecessors have been reflected in the Parent column.

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