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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Text Block]

Results of operations for the reportable segments were as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019				2018				2017
	(Thousands of Dollars)
Revenues:
Pipeline	$	701,830			$	611,065			$	516,288
Storage:
Third parties	453,976				443,546				438,677
Intersegment	25				42				4,339
Total storage	454,001				443,588				443,016
Fuels marketing	342,215				465,651				489,807
Consolidation and intersegment eliminations	(25		)		(42		)		(4,339		)
Total revenues	$	1,498,021			$	1,520,262			$	1,444,772
Depreciation and amortization expense:
Pipeline	$	166,991			$	153,943			$	128,061
Storage	97,573				93,345				91,696
Total segment depreciation and amortization expense	264,564				247,288				219,757
Other depreciation and amortization expense	8,360				8,604				8,435
Total depreciation and amortization expense	$	272,924			$	255,892			$	228,192
Operating income:
Pipeline	$	332,480			$	272,695			$	231,795
Storage	154,105				155,708				172,720
Fuels marketing	20,578				15,964				1,987
Consolidation and intersegment eliminations	(32		)		32				(1		)
Total segment operating income	507,131				444,399				406,501
General and administrative expenses	107,855				100,067				107,556
Other depreciation and amortization expense	8,360				8,604				8,435
Total operating income	$	390,916			$	335,728			$	290,510

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries by Geographic Area [Table Text Block]

Revenues by geographic area are shown in the table below:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019				2018				2017
	(Thousands of Dollars)
United States	$	1,465,135			$	1,481,844			$	1,406,776
Foreign	32,886				38,418				37,996
Consolidated revenues	$	1,498,021			$	1,520,262			$	1,444,772

Schedule of Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Individual Foreign Countries by Country [Table Text Block]

Total amounts of property, plant and equipment, net by geographic area were as follows:

	December 31,
	2019				2018
	(Thousands of Dollars)
United States	$	4,000,647			$	3,688,631
Foreign	118,332				86,171
Consolidated property, plant and equipment, net	$	4,118,979			$	3,774,802

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information Assets By Segment [Text Block]

Total assets by reportable segment were as follows:

	December 31,
	2019				2018
	(Thousands of Dollars)
Pipeline	$	3,884,819			$	3,637,226
Storage	2,082,832				1,902,764
Fuels marketing	31,064				37,252
Total segment assets	5,998,715				5,577,242
Assets held for sale	—				599,347
Other partnership assets	187,277				172,551
Total consolidated assets	$	6,185,992			$	6,349,140

Schedule of Capital Expenditures, by Segment [Table Text Block]

Capital expenditures, including acquisitions, by reportable segment were as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019				2018				2017
	(Thousands of Dollars)
Pipeline	$	387,702			$	288,035			$	1,596,311
Storage	141,972				202,782				244,398
Other partnership assets	3,894				4,137				5,648
Total capital expenditures	$	533,568			$	494,954			$	1,846,357

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