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Leases

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Leases
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Leases [Abstract]  
LEASES
LEASES
As of March 31, 2016, the Company had three significant leases. The table below displays the impact of the Company's most significant leases on total leased properties and total lease revenues for the periods presented.


As a Percentage of (1)


Leased Properties

Lease Revenues


As of
 
As of

For the Three Months Ended


March 31, 2016

December 31, 2015

March 31, 2016
 
March 31, 2015
Pinedale LGS

39.9%

40.0%

30.4%
 
70.4%
Grand Isle Gathering System

50.1%

50.1%

59.8%
 
Portland Terminal Facility

9.7%

9.6%

9.7%
 
20.7%
Public Service of New Mexico (2)



 
8.7%
(1) Insignificant leases are not presented; thus percentages may not sum to 100%.
(2) The Public Service of New Mexico lease terminated on April 1, 2015.

Grand Isle Gathering System
Grand Isle Corridor, LP entered into a long-term triple-net lease agreement on June 30, 2015, relating to the use of the GIGS (the “Grand Isle Lease Agreement”) with Energy XXI GIGS Services, LLC (the "EXXI Tenant"). The Grand Isle Lease Agreement has an initial eleven-year term and may be extended for one additional term equal to the lesser of nine years or 75 percent of the expected remaining useful life of the GIGS. The EXXI Tenant’s obligations under the lease agreement are guaranteed by EXXI. During the initial term, the EXXI Tenant will make minimum monthly rental payments that are initially $2.6 million in year one, increase to a maximum of $4.2 million in year seven and decline to $3.5 million in year eleven. In addition, the EXXI Tenant will pay variable rent payments based on a 10 percent participation above a pre-defined threshold, which will be calculated monthly on the volumes of EXXI oil that flow through the GIGS, multiplied by the average daily closing price of crude oil for the applicable calendar month. Variable rent will be capped at 39 percent of the total rent for each month. Tangible assets, excluding land, are depreciated over the 30-year depreciable life of the leased property with associated depreciation expense of approximately $8.6 million annually beginning July 1, 2015.
As of March 31, 2016, and December 31, 2015, approximately $313 thousand and $321 thousand, respectively, of net deferred lease costs related to the GIGS are included in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. The deferred costs are amortized over the 11-year life of the Grand Isle Lease Agreement. For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, $8 thousand and $0, respectively, was included in amortization expense within the Consolidated Statement of Income.
In view of the fact that EXXI leases a substantial portion of the Company's net leased property, which is a significant source of revenues and operating income, its financial condition and ability and willingness to satisfy its obligations under its lease with the Company are expected to have a considerable impact on the Company's results of operations going forward. EXXI and substantially all of its direct and indirectly wholly-owned subsidiaries, but not including the EXXI Tenant, (the “EXXI Debtor Group”) filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code on April 14, 2016. See Note 16, Subsequent Events, for further information regarding EXXI's bankruptcy filing.
EXXI is currently subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and is required to file with the SEC annual reports containing audited financial statements and quarterly reports containing unaudited financial statements. The audited financial statements and unaudited financial statements of EXXI can be found on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov (OTC Pink: EXXIQ). The Company makes no representation as to the accuracy or completeness of the audited and unaudited financial statements of EXXI, but has no reason to doubt the accuracy or completeness of such information. In addition, EXXI has no duty, contractual or otherwise, to advise the Company of any events that might have occurred subsequent to the date of such financial statements which could affect the significance or accuracy of such information.
Pinedale LGS
Pinedale LP entered into a long-term triple-net lease agreement on December 20, 2012, relating to the use of the Pinedale LGS (the “Pinedale Lease Agreement”) with Ultra Wyoming LGS, LLC (“Ultra Wyoming”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Ultra Petroleum. The Pinedale Lease Agreement has a fifteen-year initial term and may be extended for additional five-year terms at the sole discretion of Ultra Wyoming. Ultra Wyoming utilizes the Pinedale LGS to gather and transport a commingled stream of oil, natural gas and water, then further utilizes the Pinedale LGS to separate this stream into its separate components. Ultra Wyoming's obligations under the Pinedale Lease Agreement are guaranteed by Ultra Petroleum and Ultra Petroleum's operating subsidiary, Ultra Resources, Inc. (“Ultra Resources”), pursuant to the terms of a related parent guaranty. Annual rent for the initial term under the Pinedale Lease Agreement is a minimum of $20 million (as adjusted annually for changes based on the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”), subject to annual maximum adjustments of 2 percent). Additionally, the Pinedale Lease Agreement has a variable rent component based on the volume of liquid hydrocarbons and water that flowed through the Pinedale LGS in a prior month, subject to Pinedale LP not being in default under the Pinedale Lease Agreement. For 2016, the quarterly rent increased by $10 thousand to $5.2 million based on the CPI adjustment as specified in the lease terms. Total annual rent may not exceed $27.5 million during the initial fifteen-year term.
As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, approximately $719 thousand and $734 thousand, respectively, of net deferred lease costs are included in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. The deferred costs are amortized over the 15-year life of the Pinedale Lease Agreement. For each of the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, $15 thousand is included in amortization expense within the Consolidated Statements of Income.
In view of the fact that Ultra Petroleum leases a substantial portion of the Company's net leased property, which is a significant source of revenues and operating income, its financial condition and ability and willingness to satisfy its obligations under its lease with the Company are expected to have a considerable impact on the Company's results of operation going forward. On April 29, 2016, UPL filed a voluntary petition to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. See Note 16, Subsequent Events, for further information regarding UPL's bankruptcy filing.
Ultra Petroleum is currently subject to the reporting requirements Exchange Act and is required to file with the SEC annual reports containing audited financial statements and quarterly reports containing unaudited financial statements. The audited financial statements and unaudited financial statements of Ultra Petroleum can be found on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov (OTC Pink: UPLMQ). The Company makes no representation as to the accuracy or completeness of the audited and unaudited financial statements of Ultra Petroleum, but has no reason to doubt the accuracy or completeness of such information. In addition, Ultra Petroleum has no duty, contractual or otherwise, to advise the Company of any events that might have occurred subsequent to the date of such financial statements which could affect the significance or accuracy of such information.
Portland Terminal Facility
LCP Oregon entered into the Portland Lease Agreement on January 21, 2014. Arc Logistics has guaranteed the obligations of Arc Terminals under the Portland Lease Agreement. The Portland Lease Agreement grants Arc Terminals substantially all authority to operate the Portland Terminal Facility. During the initial fifteen-year term, Arc Terminals will make base monthly rental payments as well as variable rent payments based on the volume of liquid hydrocarbons that flowed through the Portland Terminal Facility in the prior month in excess of a designated threshold of 12,500 barrels per day of oil equivalent (unaudited). Variable rent is capped at 30 percent of total rent each month, which would be the equivalent of the Portland Terminal Facility’s expected throughput capacity.
With the 2015 completion of $10.0 million in construction projects, annual base rent beginning in 2016, is approximately $6.2 million. Base rent for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, was $1.5 million and $1.4 million, respectively.
Arc Logistics is currently subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and is required to file with the SEC annual reports containing audited financial statements and quarterly reports containing unaudited financial statements. The audited financial statements and unaudited financial statements of Arc Logistics can be found on the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov (NYSE: ARCX). The Company makes no representation as to the accuracy or completeness of the audited and unaudited financial statements of Arc Logistics but has no reason to doubt the accuracy or completeness of such information. In addition, Arc Logistics has no duty, contractual or otherwise, to advise the Company of any events that might have occurred subsequent to the date of such financial statements which could affect the significance or accuracy of such information. None of the information in the public reports of Arc Logistics that are filed with the SEC is incorporated by reference into, or in any way form, a part of this filing.
The future contracted minimum rental receipts for all net leases as of March 31, 2016, are as follows:
Future Minimum Lease Receipts
Years Ending December 31,
 
Amount
2016
 
$
45,000,738

2017
 
60,931,762

2018
 
61,139,762

2019
 
63,468,195

2020
 
70,629,654

Thereafter
 
451,794,133

Total
 
$
752,964,244