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Organization and Basis of Presentation (Notes) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Organization and Basis of Presentation | ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION ORGANIZATION Tesoro Logistics LP (“TLLP” or the “Partnership”) is a fee-based, growth-oriented Delaware limited partnership formed in December 2010 by Tesoro Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tesoro Logistics GP, LLC (“TLGP”), our general partner, to own, operate, develop and acquire logistics assets. Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this report to “we,” “us,” “our,” or “ours” refer to Tesoro Logistics LP, one or more of its consolidated subsidiaries, or all of them taken as a whole. Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this report to “Tesoro” or our “Sponsor” refer collectively to Tesoro Corporation and any of its subsidiaries, other than TLLP, its subsidiaries and its general partner. PRINCIPLES OF COMBINATION AND CONSOLIDATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION Acquired assets from Tesoro, and those assets, liabilities and results of operations are collectively referred to as the “Predecessor”. The accompanying condensed combined consolidated financial statements and related notes present the results of operations and cash flows of our Predecessor at historical cost. The financial statements of our Predecessor have been prepared from the separate records maintained by Tesoro and may not necessarily be indicative of the conditions that would have existed or the results of operations if our Predecessor had been operated as an unaffiliated entity. Our Predecessor did not record revenue for transactions with Tesoro in the Terminalling and Transportation segment. The interim condensed combined consolidated financial statements and notes thereto have been prepared by management without audit according to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and reflect all adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of results for the periods presented. Such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature, unless otherwise disclosed. Certain information and notes normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the SEC’s rules and regulations. However, management believes that the disclosures presented herein are adequate to present the information fairly. The accompanying interim condensed combined consolidated financial statements and notes should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. We prepare our condensed combined consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP, which requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets and liabilities and revenues and expenses reported as of and during the periods presented. We review our estimates on an ongoing basis using currently available information. Changes in facts and circumstances may result in revised estimates, and actual results could differ from those estimates. The results of operations of the Partnership, or our Predecessor, for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION. The parent company of the Partnership has no independent assets or operations. The Partnership’s operations are conducted by its wholly-owned guarantor subsidiaries, other than Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Partnership whose sole purpose is to act as co-issuer of any debt securities. The guarantees are full and unconditional and joint and several, subject to certain automatic customary releases, including sale, disposition, or transfer of the capital stock or substantially all of the assets of a subsidiary guarantor, exercise of legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option, and designation of a subsidiary guarantor as unrestricted in accordance with the applicable indenture. There are no significant restrictions on the ability of the Partnership or any guarantor to obtain funds from its subsidiaries by dividend or loan. None of the assets of the Partnership or a guarantor represent restricted net assets pursuant to Rule 4-08(e)(3) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act. As of March 31, 2016, due to the deconsolidation of Rendezvous Gas Services, L.L.C. (“RGS”), we are not required to provide condensed consolidating financial information pursuant to Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X as we no longer have a consolidated non-guarantor subsidiary. For further discussion on the deconsolidation of RGS, see discussion below and in Note 4. FAIR VALUE INFORMATION We believe the carrying value of our cash and cash equivalents, receivables, accounts payable and certain accrued liabilities approximates fair value. Our fair value assessment incorporates a variety of considerations, including:
• | the short term duration of the instruments (approximately one percent of our trade payables and receivables have been outstanding for greater than 90 days); and
• | the expected future insignificance of bad debt expense, which includes an evaluation of counterparty credit risk.
The computation of the percentage of the short-term duration of our trade receivables excludes amounts that are greater than 90 days related to legal disputes, primarily XTO Energy Inc.’s (“XTO”) legal dispute with QEP Field Services, LLP (“QEPFS”). See further discussion regarding the XTO litigation in Note 6. The fair value of our senior notes is based on prices from recent trade activity and is categorized in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The borrowings under our amended revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) and our secured dropdown credit facility (“Dropdown Credit Facility”), which include a variable interest rate, approximate fair value. The carrying value and fair value of our debt were both approximately $2.9 billion as of March 31, 2016. The carrying value and fair value of our debt were approximately $2.9 billion and $2.8 billion at December 31, 2015, respectively. These carrying and fair values of our debt do not include any unamortized issuance costs associated with our total debt. NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS AND DISCLOSURES REVENUE RECOGNITION. In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“ASU 2014-09”), which provides accounting guidance for all revenue arising from contracts to provide goods or services to customers. ASU 2014-09 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, given the FASB’s recent deferral of ASU 2014-09’s effective date. Entities may choose to early adopt ASU 2014-09 as of the original effective date. The standard allows for either full retrospective adoption or modified retrospective adoption. We are currently evaluating the impact of the standard on our financial statements and related disclosures. Based on our initial evaluation, we believe that the standard could impact the amount and timing of revenues we recognize as certain of our revenue arrangements require us to provide multiple services and may include variable consideration. CONSOLIDATION. In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, “Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis” (“ASU 2015-02”). This standard modifies existing consolidation guidance for reporting organizations that are required to evaluate whether they should consolidate certain legal entities. ASU 2015-02 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and requires either a retrospective or a modified retrospective approach to adoption. We adopted this guidance using the modified retrospective approach as of January 1, 2016 and performed the required reassessments outlined by the guidance. For further information on the results of our reassessments, refer to Note 4, Investments - Equity Method and Joint Ventures. BUSINESS COMBINATIONS. In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-16, “Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments” (“ASU 2015-16”). The standard requires an acquirer to recognize the cumulative impact of adjustments to provisional purchase price amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period, in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The standard also requires an entity to present separately on the face of the income statement or disclose in the notes the portion of the amount recorded in current-period earnings by line item that would have been recorded in previous reporting periods if the adjustment to the provisional amounts had been recognized as of the acquisition date. ASU 2015-16 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and must be applied prospectively to adjustments that occur after the effective date. We adopted this guidance as of January 1, 2016, with no impact to our financial statements. LEASES. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases” (“ASU 2016-02”), which improves transparency and comparability among organizations by requiring lessees to recognize a lease liability and a corresponding lease asset for virtually all lease contracts. It also requires additional disclosures about leasing arrangements. ASU 2016-02 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and requires a modified retrospective approach to adoption. Early adoption is permitted. At this time, we are evaluating the potential impact of this standard on our financial statements. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION. In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, “Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting” (“ASU 2016-09”), which simplifies several aspects of the accounting for employee share-based payment transactions including accounting for income taxes, cash flow presentation of tax impacts, forfeitures, and liability versus equity accounting due to statutory tax withholding requirements. ASU 2016-09 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted. As of January 1, 2016, we early adopted ASU 2016-09 and with respect to the guidance on forfeitures, we have elected to continue to estimate forfeitures on the date of grant to account for the estimated number of awards for which the requisite service period will not be rendered. The adoption of ASU 2016-09 had no impact on our financial statements. PRINCIPAL VS AGENT CONSIDERATIONS. In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-08, “Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net)” (“ASU 2016-08”), which amends the principal versus agent guidance in ASU 2014-09. The amendments clarify how an entity should apply the control principle to certain types of arrangements, such as service transactions, by explaining what a principal controls before the specified good or service is transferred to the customer. The effective date and transition requirements for the amendments in ASU 2016-08 are the same as the effective date and transition requirements of ASU 2014-09. At this time, we are evaluating the potential impact of this standard on our financial statements.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the organization, consolidation and basis of presentation of financial statements disclosure, and significant accounting policies of the reporting entity. May be provided in more than one note to the financial statements, as long as users are provided with an understanding of (1) the significant judgments and assumptions made by an enterprise in determining whether it must consolidate a VIE and/or disclose information about its involvement with a VIE, (2) the nature of restrictions on a consolidated VIE's assets reported by an enterprise in its statement of financial position, including the carrying amounts of such assets, (3) the nature of, and changes in, the risks associated with an enterprise's involvement with the VIE, and (4) how an enterprise's involvement with the VIE affects the enterprise's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. Describes procedure if disclosures are provided in more than one note to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51801978&loc=d3e6003-108592 + Details
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