v2.4.0.8
GOODWILL
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Goodwill disclosure [Text Block]
GOODWILL

2013 Goodwill Impairment
The estimated fair value was less than the carrying value of the Statia Terminals reporting unit. To determine the amount of goodwill impairment loss, we first considered whether any other assets assigned to the Statia Terminals reporting unit were impaired. The only significant assets of this reporting unit, other than goodwill, consist of property, plant and equipment, which we determined were fully recoverable. The hypothetical fair value allocation for the Statia Terminals reporting unit indicated the estimated fair value of goodwill was $0. As a result, we recognized a $304.5 million goodwill impairment charge in the fourth quarter of 2013, which represents all of the goodwill allocated to the Statia Terminals reporting unit.

The goodwill impairment charge resulted from changes in demand for storage at our St. Eustatius and Point Tupper terminal locations. Increased supply from various shale formations within the U.S. has reduced the need for storage at these locations, which historically functioned as break bulk facilities for light crude moving from foreign sources into the U.S. These changes in crude flow patterns, as well as the backwardation of the forward pricing curve, reduced demand at these terminals. Primarily resulting from those factors, a customer at our St. Eustatius terminal vacated a significant portion of its storage in the fourth quarter of 2013.

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by segment were as follows:
 
Storage
 
Pipeline
 
Fuels
Marketing
 
Total
 
(Thousands of Dollars)
Balances as of January 1, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Goodwill
$
618,614

 
$
174,848

 
$
53,255

 
$
846,717

Accumulated impairment losses

 

 

 

Net goodwill
618,614

 
174,848

 
53,255

 
846,717

TexStar Asset Acquisition preliminary purchase
price allocation

 
127,896

 

 
127,896

Asphalt Operations impairment

 

 
(22,132
)
 
(22,132
)
Terminal sales (a)
(3,764
)
 

 

 
(3,764
)
Other (b)
2,307

 

 

 
2,307

Balances as of December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Goodwill
617,157

 
302,744

 
53,255

 
973,156

Accumulated impairment losses

 

 
(22,132
)
 
(22,132
)
Net goodwill
617,157

 
302,744

 
31,123

 
951,024

TexStar Asset Acquisition final purchase price allocation

 
3,463

 

 
3,463

Impairments
(331,913
)
 

 

 
(331,913
)
Other (b)
(5,145
)
 

 

 
(5,145
)
Balances as of December 31, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Goodwill
612,012

 
306,207

 
53,255

 
971,474

Accumulated impairment losses
(331,913
)
 

 
(22,132
)
 
(354,045
)
Net goodwill
$
280,099

 
$
306,207

 
$
31,123

 
$
617,429

(a)
Goodwill associated with five terminals in Georgia and Alabama sold on April 16, 2012.
(b)
Includes purchase price adjustments related to acquisitions still subject to the measurement period that ends at the earlier of 12 months from the acquisition date or when information becomes available. Also includes foreign currency translation adjustments.