v3.20.4

SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

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,
			2020						2019						2018
			(Thousands of Dollars)
Revenues:
Pipeline			$	718,823					$	701,830					$	611,065
Storage:
Third parties			494,396						453,976						443,546
Intersegment			46						25						42
Total storage			494,442						454,001						443,588
Fuels marketing			268,345						342,215						465,651
Consolidation and intersegment eliminations			(46)						(25)						(42)
Total revenues			$	1,481,564					$	1,498,021					$	1,520,262
Depreciation and amortization expense:
Pipeline			$	177,384					$	166,991					$	153,943
Storage			99,092						97,573						93,345
Total segment depreciation and amortization expense			276,476						264,564						247,288
Other depreciation and amortization expense			8,625						8,360						8,604
Total depreciation and amortization expense			$	285,101					$	272,924					$	255,892
Operating income:
Pipeline			$	118,429					$	332,480					$	272,695
Storage			189,781						154,105						155,708
Fuels marketing			12,233						20,578						15,964
Consolidation and intersegment eliminations			—						(32)						32
Total segment operating income			320,443						507,131						444,399
General and administrative expenses			102,716						107,855						100,067
Other depreciation and amortization expense			8,625						8,360						8,604
Total operating income			$	209,102					$	390,916					$	335,728

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,
			2020						2019						2018
			(Thousands of Dollars)
United States			$	1,441,892					$	1,465,135					$	1,481,844
Foreign			39,672						32,886						38,418
Consolidated revenues			$	1,481,564					$	1,498,021					$	1,520,262

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,
			2020						2019
			(Thousands of Dollars)
United States			$	3,837,550					$	4,000,647
Foreign			119,962						118,332
Consolidated property, plant and equipment, net			$	3,957,512					$	4,118,979

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

Total assets by reportable segment were as follows:

			December 31,
			2020						2019
			(Thousands of Dollars)
Pipeline			$	3,609,508					$	3,884,819
Storage			1,897,167						2,082,832
Fuels marketing			31,967						31,064
Total segment assets			5,538,642						5,998,715
Other partnership assets			278,376						187,277
Total consolidated assets			$	5,817,018					$	6,185,992

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

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

			Year Ended December 31,
			2020						2019						2018
			(Thousands of Dollars)
Pipeline			$	122,512					$	387,702					$	288,035
Storage			71,788						141,972						202,782
Other partnership assets			3,779						3,894						4,137
Total capital expenditures			$	198,079					$	533,568					$	494,954

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