UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 


 

Date of Report: July 26, 2013

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

Phillips 66 Partners LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-36011

 

38-3899432

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

3010 Briarpark Drive

Houston, Texas 77042

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

(855) 283-9237

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 1.01                                              Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On July 26, 2013, Phillips 66 Partners LP (the “Partnership”) completed its initial public offering (the “Offering”) of 18,888,750 common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (“Common Units”), which included 2,463,750 Common Units pursuant to the underwriters’ option to purchase additional Common Units, at $23.00 per Common Unit pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-187582), initially filed by the Partnership with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on March 27, 2013. The material provisions of the Offering are described in the prospectus, dated July 22, 2013, filed with the Commission on July 24, 2013, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (the “Prospectus”).

 

Contribution, Conveyance and Assumption Agreement

 

The description of the Contribution Agreement (as defined below) provided below under Item 2.01 is incorporated in this Item 1.01 by reference. A copy of the Contribution Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Omnibus Agreement

 

On July 26, 2013, in connection with the closing of the Offering, the Partnership entered into an Omnibus Agreement (the “Omnibus Agreement”) with its general partner, Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC (the “General Partner”), Phillips 66 Company (“P66 Co.”), Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC (“P66 Pipeline”), its direct, wholly owned subsidiary Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC (“PSXP Holdings”), and PSXP Holdings’ direct, wholly owned subsidiary Phillips 66 Carrier LLC (“P66 Carrier”) that addresses the following matters:

 

·                   the Partnership’s payment of an annual operational and administrative support fee, initially in the amount of $13.7 million (prorated for the first year of service), for the provision of certain services by P66 Co. and its affiliates;

·                   the Partnership’s obligation to reimburse P66 Co. for costs and expenses incurred by P66 Co. in providing general and administrative services, as well as other expenses incurred on the Partnership’s behalf (which reimbursement is in addition to certain expenses of its general partner and its affiliates that are reimbursed under the Partnership’s partnership agreement);

·                   the Partnership’s right of first offer to acquire P66 Co.’s one-third equity interest in each of DCP Sand Hills Pipeline, LLC and DCP Southern Hills Pipeline, LLC;

·                   an indemnity by P66 Co. and certain of its subsidiaries for certain environmental and other liabilities, and the Partnership’s obligation to indemnify P66 Co. and its subsidiaries for events and conditions associated with the operation of the Partnership’s assets that occur after the closing of the Offering and for environmental liabilities related to the Partnership’s assets to the extent P66 Co. is not required to indemnify it;

·                   the granting of a license from P66 Co. to the Partnership with respect to use of certain P66 Co. trademarks; and

·                   the prefunding of certain projects by P66 Co.

 

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So long as P66 Co. controls the Partnership’s general partner, the Omnibus Agreement will remain in full force and effect. If P66 Co. ceases to control the Partnership’s general partner, either party may terminate the Omnibus Agreement, provided that the indemnification obligations will remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.

 

The foregoing description is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Omnibus Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Operational Services Agreement

 

On July 26, 2013, in connection with the closing of the Offering, PSXP Holdings and P66 Carrier (the “PSXP Parties”) entered into an Operational Services Agreement (the “Operating Agreement”) with P66 Pipeline under which they will reimburse P66 Pipeline for the provision of certain operational services to the PSXP Parties in support of the PSXP Parties’ pipelines, terminaling and storage facilities, including routine and emergency maintenance and repair services, routine operational activities, routine administrative services, construction and related services and such other services as the PSXP Parties and P66 Pipeline may mutually agree upon from time to time. P66 Pipeline will prepare and submit for the PSXP Parties’ approval a maintenance, operating and capital budget on an annual basis. P66 Pipeline will submit actual expenditures for reimbursement on a monthly basis and the PSXP Parties will reimburse P66 Pipeline for any direct costs actually incurred by P66 Pipeline in providing these services.

 

The Operating Agreement will have an initial term of five years and will continue in full force and effect thereafter unless terminated by either party at the end of the initial term or any time thereafter by giving not less than six months’ prior notice to the other party of such termination.

 

The foregoing description is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Operating Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Clifton Ridge Transportation Services Agreement

 

On July 26, 2013, in connection with the closing of the Offering, P66 Carrier entered into a transportation services agreement (the “Clifton Ridge Transportation Services Agreement”) with P66 Co. pursuant to which P66 Carrier will charge P66 Co. for transporting crude oil on P66 Carrier’s Clifton Ridge to Lake Charles refinery pipeline, Pecan Grove to Clifton Ridge pipeline and Shell to Clifton Ridge pipeline. P66 Co. will pay P66 Carrier the applicable published per-barrel tariff rates for any volumes transported on these pipelines. In addition, P66 Co. will pay P66 Carrier a monthly loss allowance fee, without regard to actual loss or gain, equal to 0.1% of (1) the total number of barrels of crude oil transported on P66 Carrier’s Clifton Ridge crude pipeline system for such month multiplied by (2) the average midpoint of the spot prices published by Platts Oilgram for LLS crude oil on each publication day during such month.

 

P66 Co. will be obligated to transport an average each quarter of at least 190,000 barrels per day of crude oil on P66 Carrier’s Clifton Ridge to Lake Charles refinery pipeline. P66 Co. will not be obligated to transport a minimum quarterly volume on the Pecan Grove to Clifton Ridge pipeline or the Shell to Clifton Ridge pipeline.

 

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If P66 Co. fails to transport its minimum throughput volume on P66 Carrier’s Clifton Ridge to Lake Charles refinery pipeline during any quarter, then P66 Co. will pay P66 Carrier a deficiency payment equal to (1) the volume of the deficiency multiplied by the applicable tariff rate then in effect, plus (2) 0.1% of the volume of the deficiency multiplied by the average midpoint of the spot prices published by Platts Oilgram for LLS crude oil on each publication day during the applicable quarter. The amount of any quarterly deficiency payment paid by P66 Co. may be applied as a credit for any volumes transported on P66 Carrier’s Clifton Ridge to Lake Charles refinery pipeline in excess of P66 Co.’s minimum volume commitment during any of the next four quarters, after which time any unused credits will expire. Upon the expiration or termination of P66 Carrier’s Clifton Ridge Transportation Services Agreement, P66 Co. will have the opportunity to apply any such remaining credit amounts until the completion of any such four-quarter period against any volumes shipped by P66 Co. on the Clifton Ridge to Lake Charles refinery pipeline in excess of the minimum volume commitment that was in place during the term of the agreement.

 

The foregoing description is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Clifton Ridge Transportation Services Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Sweeny to Pasadena Transportation Services Agreement

 

On July 26, 2013, in connection with the closing of the Offering, P66 Carrier entered into a transportation services agreement (the “Sweeny to Pasadena Transportation Services Agreement”) with P66 Co. pursuant to which P66 Carrier will charge P66 Co. for transporting diesel, gasoline products and other refined petroleum products on P66 Carrier’s two 60-mile Sweeny to Pasadena pipelines. P66 Co. will pay P66 Carrier the applicable published per-barrel tariff rates for any volumes transported on these pipelines. In addition, P66 Co. will pay P66 Carrier a monthly loss allowance fee, without regard to actual loss or gain, equal to 0.05% of (1) the total number of barrels of refined petroleum product injected into the pipelines for such month multiplied by (2) the average midpoint of the prices published by Argus Media Ltd. (“Argus”) on Colonial Pipeline for the applicable product on each publication day during such month.  P66 Co. will be obligated to transport an aggregate average each quarter of at least 200,000 barrels per day on these pipelines.

 

If P66 Co. fails to transport its minimum throughput volume on P66 Carrier’s Sweeny to Pasadena pipelines during any quarter, then P66 Co. will pay P66 Carrier a quarterly deficiency payment equal to (1) the volume of the deficiency multiplied by the applicable tariff rate then in effect, plus (2) 0.05% of the volume of the deficiency multiplied by the average midpoint of the spot prices published by Argus for CBOB gasoline on Colonial Pipeline on each publication day during the applicable quarter. The amount of any quarterly deficiency payment paid by P66 Co. may be applied as a credit for any volumes transported on these pipelines in excess of P66 Co.’s minimum volume commitment during any of the next four quarters, after which time any unused credits will expire. Upon the expiration or termination of the Sweeny to Pasadena Transportation Services Agreement, P66 Co. will have the opportunity to apply any such remaining credit amounts until the completion of any such four-quarter period against any volumes shipped by P66 Co. on these pipelines in excess of the minimum volume commitment that was in place during the term of the agreement.

 

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The foregoing description is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Sweeny to Pasadena Transportation Services Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Hartford Connector Throughput and Deficiency Agreement

 

On July 26, 2013, in connection with the closing of the Offering, P66 Carrier entered into an amended and restated throughput and deficiency agreement (the “Hartford Connector Throughput and Deficiency Agreement”) with P66 Co. pursuant to which P66 Carrier will charge P66 Co. for transporting gasoline products, diesel, jet fuel and other refined petroleum products on P66 Carrier’s Wood River to Hartford pipeline and P66 Carrier’s Hartford to Explorer pipeline. P66 Co. will be obligated to transport an aggregate average each quarter of at least 43,000 barrels per day of refined petroleum products on P66 Carrier’s Wood River to Hartford pipeline and 16,000 barrels per day through P66 Carrier’s Hartford to Explorer pipeline. P66 Co. will pay P66 Carrier the applicable published per-barrel tariff rates for any volumes transported on these pipelines. In addition, P66 Co. will pay P66 Carrier a monthly loss allowance fee, without regard to actual loss or gain, equal to 0.1% of (1) the total number of barrels of refined petroleum products transported on P66 Carrier’s Wood River to Hartford pipeline for such month multiplied by (2) the average midpoint of the spot prices published by Argus for Group 3 for the applicable product on each publication day during such month. P66 Co. will pay P66 Carrier each month for the value of any volume gains during transit, and P66 Carrier will pay P66 Co. each month for the value of any volume losses during transit. Any such payments will be equal to the product of (1) the volume of any such gains or losses, as applicable, during such month multiplied by (2) the average midpoint of the spot prices published by Argus for Group 3 for the applicable product on each publication day during such month.

 

P66 Co. will also pay P66 Carrier, at the beginning of each calendar month, a monthly capacity reservation fee in order to reserve 12,200 barrels of additional capacity per day on P66 Carrier’s Wood River to Hartford pipeline and 39,200 barrels per day of additional capacity on P66 Carrier’s Hartford to Explorer pipeline. This capacity reservation fee will be equal to (1) the total barrels of capacity reserved multiplied by the applicable tariff rate, multiplied by (2) the number of days in the applicable month. Under the agreement, P66 Carrier may offer interruptible transportation service on the pipelines to any third party, subject to P66 Co.’s minimum committed volumes and capacity reservation. In addition, P66 Co. may, at any time upon 30 days’ notice, elect to convert all or any portion of its capacity reservation on either pipeline into firm transportation service with an equivalent minimum throughput commitment. Upon any such election, P66 Co.’s minimum volume commitment on the applicable pipeline will be increased accordingly on the first day of the quarter following the expiration of such 30-day period.

 

Under this agreement, if P66 Co. fails to transport its minimum throughput volumes on P66 Carrier’s Wood River to Hartford pipeline and P66 Carrier’s Hartford to Explorer pipeline during any quarter, then P66 Co. will pay P66 Carrier a quarterly deficiency payment for each deficiency equal to the volume of the deficiency on the applicable pipeline multiplied by the applicable tariff rate then in effect. In addition, if P66 Co. transports volumes in excess of 55,200 barrels per day on either P66 Carrier’s Wood River to Hartford pipeline or P66 Carrier’s Hartford to Explorer pipeline during any quarter, then P66 Co. will accrue a credit for such excess equal to the amount of such excess volumes on such pipeline multiplied by the applicable tariff rate then in effect (the “quarterly transportation credit”). The amount of any quarterly

 

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transportation credit accrued by P66 Co. may be applied to any quarterly deficiency payment that is owed by P66 Co. on either P66 Carrier’s Wood River to Hartford pipeline or P66 Carrier’s Hartford to Explorer pipeline during any of the next eight quarters, after which time any unused portion of the quarterly transportation credit will expire.

 

The foregoing description is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Hartford Connector Throughput and Deficiency Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.6 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Clifton Ridge Terminal Services Agreement

 

On July 26, 2013, in connection with the closing of the Offering, PSXP Holdings entered into a terminal services agreement (the “Clifton Ridge Terminal Services Agreement”) with P66 Co. pursuant to which PSXP Holdings will charge P66 Co. for offloading ships and barges at PSXP Holding’s Clifton Ridge ship dock and Pecan Grove barge dock and for unloading trucks and storing crude oil at PSXP Holding’s Clifton Ridge terminal. P66 Co. will pay PSXP Holdings separate fees, ranging from $0.06 to $0.40 per barrel, for each of these services. P66 Co. does not have any minimum volume commitment for truck unloading services under this agreement.

 

P66 Co. will be obligated to offload at the Clifton Ridge ship dock and Pecan Grove barge dock a combined average each quarter of 150,000 barrels per day of crude oil. If P66 Co. fails to offload its minimum volume commitment during any quarter, then P66 Co. will pay PSXP Holdings a quarterly deficiency payment equal to the volume of the deficiency multiplied by the applicable per-barrel dock services fee then in effect. The amount of any quarterly deficiency payment paid by P66 Co. may be applied as a credit for any volumes offloaded in excess of P66 Co.’s minimum volume commitment during any of the next four quarters, after which time any unused credits will expire.

 

In addition, P66 Co. has agreed to pay PSXP Holdings a quarterly per-barrel fee for storing crude oil at PSXP Holding’s Clifton Ridge terminal (the “terminaling fee”). The terminaling fee will be for the exclusive use of the existing shell storage capacity of PSXP Holding’s Clifton Ridge terminal (currently 3.5 million barrels), including one complete rotation per month of inventory in storage, regardless of whether P66 Co. fully utilizes all of its contracted capacity. P66 Co. will pay a separate per-barrel fee (the “activity fee”) for any volumes throughput at the Clifton Ridge terminal in excess of 3.5 million barrels during any month. Under this agreement, P66 Co. will be obligated to throughput an average each quarter of at least 190,000 barrels per day of crude oil for storage at PSXP Holding’s Clifton Ridge terminal. If P66 Co. fails to deliver its minimum throughput volumes during any quarter, then P66 Co. will pay PSXP Holdings a quarterly deficiency payment equal to (1) the volume of the deficiency for such quarter less 10.5 million barrels (representing three months’ storage capacity) multiplied by (2) the activity fee. The amount of any quarterly deficiency payment paid by P66 Co.  may be applied as a credit for any volumes throughput in excess of P66 Co.’s minimum volume commitment during any of the next four quarters, after which time any unused credits will expire.

 

The foregoing description is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Clifton Ridge Terminal Services Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.7 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Hartford and Pasadena Terminal Services Agreement

 

On July 26, 2013, in connection with the closing of the Offering, P66 Carrier entered into a terminal services agreement (the “Hartford and Pasadena Terminal Services Agreement”) with P66 Co. pursuant to which P66 Carrier will charge P66 Co. for providing terminaling services at P66 Carrier’s Pasadena and Hartford terminals and at P66 Carrier’s Hartford barge dock. P66 Co. will pay P66 Carrier separate fees, ranging from $0.05 to $4.20 per barrel, for each of these services.  P66 Co. will be obligated to deliver at P66 Carrier’s Pasadena terminal an average each quarter of 135,000 barrels per day of refined petroleum products, and P66 Carrier will provide pumpover services into third-party pipeline systems with respect to those volumes. If P66 Co. fails to deliver its minimum volume commitment during any quarter, then P66 Co. will pay P66 Carrier a quarterly deficiency payment equal to the volume of the deficiency multiplied by the per-barrel pumpover services fee then in effect. The amount of any quarterly deficiency payment paid by P66 Co. may be applied as a credit for any volumes offloaded in excess of P66 Co.’s minimum volume commitment during any of the next four quarters, after which time any unused credits will expire.

 

P66 Co. will also be obligated to deliver to the Pasadena and Hartford terminals a combined average each quarter of 55,000 barrels per day for delivery through truck racks. If P66 Co. fails to deliver its minimum volume commitment during any quarter, then P66 Co. will pay P66 Carrier a quarterly deficiency payment equal to the volume of the deficiency multiplied by the per-barrel base throughput fee then in effect. The amount of any quarterly deficiency payment paid by P66 Co. may be applied as a credit for any volumes delivered through the truck racks at the Pasadena and Hartford terminals in excess of P66 Co.’s minimum volume commitment during any of the next four quarters, after which time any unused credits will expire.

 

Upon the expiration or termination of the Hartford and Pasadena Terminal Services Agreement, P66 Co. will have the opportunity to apply any remaining credit amounts until the completion of any such four-quarter period against any volumes delivered through the truck racks at the Pasadena and Hartford terminals, as applicable, in each case in excess of the applicable minimum volume commitment that was in place during the term of the agreement.

 

P66 Co. will also be obligated to tender (1) for blending with gasoline at P66 Carrier’s Pasadena terminal truck rack, a minimum volume of ethanol equal to 10% of the volume of blended gasoline delivered through P66 Carrier’s Pasadena terminal truck rack, and (2) for blending with diesel fuel at the truck racks at P66 Carrier’s Pasadena and Hartford terminals, a minimum volume of biodiesel equal to 5% of the volume of blended diesel fuel delivered through the truck racks at the Pasadena and Hartford terminals. If P66 Co. fails to tender these minimum volumes of ethanol or biodiesel for blending during any calendar quarter, then P66 Co. will pay P66 Carrier a quarterly deficiency payment equal to the volume of the deficiency multiplied by the per-barrel fee of ethanol or biodiesel blended then in effect. The amount of any quarterly deficiency payment paid by P66 Co. may be applied as a credit for any volumes of ethanol or biodiesel tendered for blending in excess of P66 Co.’s minimum volume commitments during any of the next four quarters, after which time any unused credits will expire.

 

The foregoing description is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Hartford and Pasadena Terminal Services Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.8 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Tax Sharing Agreement

 

On July 26, 2013, in connection with the closing of the Offering, the Partnership entered into a tax sharing agreement (the “Tax Sharing Agreement”) with Phillips 66 pursuant to which the Partnership will reimburse Phillips 66 for the Partnership’s share of state and local income and other taxes incurred by Phillips 66 as a result of the Partnership’s results of operations being included in a combined or consolidated tax return filed by Phillips 66 with respect to taxable periods including or beginning on the closing date of the Offering. The amount of any such reimbursement will be limited to the tax that the Partnership (and its subsidiaries) would have paid had the Partnership not been included in a combined group with Phillips 66. Phillips 66 may use its tax attributes to cause its combined or consolidated group, of which the Partnership may be a member for this purpose, to owe no tax. However, the Partnership would nevertheless reimburse Phillips 66 for the tax it would have owed had the attributes not been available or used for the Partnership’s benefit, even though Phillips 66 had no cash expense for that period.

 

The foregoing description is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Tax Sharing Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.9 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Relationships

 

Each of the Partnership, the General Partner, P66 Co, P66 Pipeline, PSXP Holdings and P66 Carrier is a direct or indirect subsidiary of Phillips 66. As a result, certain individuals, including officers and directors of Phillips 66 and the General Partner, serve as officers and/or directors of more than one of such other entities. As described in Item 2.01 below, the General Partner, as the general partner of the Partnership, holds 1,437,333 general partner units of the Partnership, which represents a 2% general partner interest in the Partnership, and P66 Co. holds 16,328,362 Common Units and 35,217,112 subordinated units of the Partnership (“Subordinated Units”), which represent an approximate 71.7% limited partner interest in the Partnership.

 

Item 2.01                                            Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

On July 26, 2013, in connection with the closing of the Offering, the Partnership entered into a Contribution, Conveyance and Assumption Agreement (the “Contribution Agreement”) with the General Partner, PSXP Holdings, 66 Pipeline LLC, P66 Co., Phillips Texas Pipeline Company, Ltd., P66 Carrier, and P66 Pipeline. Immediately prior to the closing of the Offering, the following transactions, among others, occurred pursuant to the Contribution Agreement:

 

·                   P66 Co. contributed to the General Partner, as a capital contribution, a limited liability company interest in PSXP Holdings with a value equal to 2% of the equity value of the Partnership at the closing of the Offering;

·                   The General Partner contributed to the Partnership, as a capital contribution, the limited liability company interest in PSXP Holdings in exchange for (a) 1,437,333 general partner units representing the continuation of an aggregate 2% general partner interest in the Partnership and (b) all the incentive distribution rights of the Partnership; and

·                   P66 Co. contributed to the Partnership, as a capital contribution, its remaining limited liability company interests in PSXP Holdings in exchange for (a) 16,328,362 Common Units representing a 22.7% limited partner interest in the Partnership, and

 

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(b) 35,217,112 Subordinated Units representing a 49.0% limited partner interest in the Partnership.

 

These transfers and distributions were made in a series of steps outlined in the Contribution Agreement. The foregoing description is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Contribution Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02                                            Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The description in Item 2.01 above of the issuance of equity interests by the Partnership on July 26, 2013,  in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement is incorporated in this Item 3.02 by reference. The foregoing transactions were undertaken in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act afforded by Section 4(2) thereof. The Partnership believes that exemptions other than the foregoing exemption may exist for these transactions.

 

Each of the Subordinated Units granted under the Contribution Agreement will convert into one Common Unit at the end of the subordination period and then will participate pro rata with the other Common Units in distributions of available cash. Unless earlier terminated pursuant to the terms of our Partnership Agreement (as defined below), the subordination period will extend until the first business day of any quarter beginning after September 30, 2016, that the Partnership meets the financial tests set forth in the Partnership Agreement, but may end sooner if the Partnership meets additional financial tests. The description of the subordination period contained in the section entitled “Provisions of our Partnership Agreement Relating to Cash Distributions—Subordinated Units and Subordination Period” of the Prospectus is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01                                            Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

10.1

Contribution, Conveyance and Assumption Agreement dated as of July 26, 2013, by and among Phillips 66 Partners LP, Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC, Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC, 66 Pipeline LLC, Phillips 66 Company, Phillips Texas Pipeline Company, Ltd., Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, and Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

10.2

Omnibus Agreement dated as of July 26, 2013, by and among Phillips 66 Company, Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC, Phillips 66 Partners LP, Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC, Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, and Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

10.3

Operational Services Agreement dated as of July 26, 2013, by and among Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC, Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, and Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

10.4

Transportation Services Agreement (Clifton Ridge) dated as of July 26, 2013, between Phillips 66 Carrier LLC and Phillips 66 Company

10.5

Transportation Services Agreement (Sweeny to Pasadena) dated as of July 26, 2013, between Phillips 66 Carrier LLC and Phillips 66 Company

 

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10.6

Amended and Restated Throughput and Deficiency Agreement (Hartford Connector) dated as of July 26, 2013, between Phillips 66 Carrier LLC and Phillips 66 Company

10.7†

Terminal Services Agreement (Clifton Ridge) dated as of July 26, 2013, between Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC and Phillips 66 Company

10.8†

Terminal Services Agreement (Hartford and Pasadena) dated as of July 26, 2013, between Phillips 66 Carrier LLC and Phillips 66 Company

10.9

Tax Sharing Agreement dated as of July 26, 2013, between Phillips 66 and Phillips 66 Partners LP

 


† Confidential treatment has been granted for certain portions of this Exhibit pursuant to a confidential treatment order granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Such portions have been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

Phillips 66 Partners LP

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC, its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: July 30, 2013

By:

/s/ Paula A. Johnson

 

 

Paula A. Johnson
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

10.1

Contribution, Conveyance and Assumption Agreement dated as of July 26, 2013, by and among Phillips 66 Partners LP, Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC, Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC, 66 Pipeline LLC, Phillips 66 Company, Phillips Texas Pipeline Company, Ltd., Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, and Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

10.2

Omnibus Agreement dated as of July 26, 2013, by and among Phillips 66 Company, Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC, Phillips 66 Partners LP, Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC, Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, and Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

10.3

Operational Services Agreement dated as of July 26, 2013, by and among Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC, Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, and Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

10.4

Transportation Services Agreement (Clifton Ridge) dated as of July 26, 2013, between Phillips 66 Carrier LLC and Phillips 66 Company

10.5

Transportation Services Agreement (Sweeny to Pasadena) dated as of July 26, 2013, between Phillips 66 Carrier LLC and Phillips 66 Company

10.6

Amended and Restated Throughput and Deficiency Agreement (Hartford Connector) dated as of July 26, 2013, between Phillips 66 Carrier LLC and Phillips 66 Company

10.7†

Terminal Services Agreement (Clifton Ridge) dated as of July 26, 2013, between Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC and Phillips 66 Company

10.8†

Terminal Services Agreement (Hartford and Pasadena) dated as of July 26, 2013, between Phillips 66 Carrier LLC and Phillips 66 Company

10.9

Tax Sharing Agreement dated as of July 26, 2013, between Phillips 66 and Phillips 66 Partners LP

 


† Confidential treatment has been granted for certain portions of this Exhibit pursuant to a confidential treatment order granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Such portions have been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

CONTRIBUTION, CONVEYANCE AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

 

This CONTRIBUTION, CONVEYANCE AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of July 26, 2013 (this “ Agreement ”), is by and among PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Partnership ”), PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the Partnership (the “ General Partner ”), PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( “ Holdings ”), 66 PIPELINE LLC,  a Delaware limited liability company (“ 66 Pipeline ”), PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (“ Phillips 66 Company ”), PHILLIPS TEXAS PIPELINE COMPANY, LTD., a Texas limited partnership (“ Phillips Texas Pipeline ”), PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Carrier ”) and PHILLIPS 66 PIPELINE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Phillips 66 Pipeline ”) (each, a “ Party ” and collectively, the “ Parties ”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS , the General Partner and Phillips 66 Company have caused the formation of the Partnership, pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (as amended from time to time, the “ Delaware Partnership Act ”), for the purpose of owning, operating, developing and acquiring primarily fee-based crude oil, refined petroleum product and natural gas liquids pipelines and terminals and other transportation and midstream assets, as well as engaging in any other business activity that is approved by the General Partner and that lawfully may be conducted by a limited partnership organized under the Delaware Partnership Act.

 

WHEREAS , in order to accomplish the objectives and purposes in the preceding recital, each of the following actions has been taken prior to the date hereof:

 

1.             66 Pipeline filed a certificate of conversion under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (as amended from time to time, the “ Delaware LLC Act ”) and converted from a Delaware corporation named “66 Pipe Line Company” to a Delaware limited liability company;

 

2.             Phillips 66 Company formed the General Partner under the Delaware LLC Act and contributed $1,000 in exchange for all of the limited liability company interests in the General Partner;

 

3.             Phillips 66 Company, as the limited partner, and the General Partner, as the general partner, formed the Partnership under the Delaware Partnership Act and contributed $980 and $20, respectively, in exchange for a 98% limited partner interest (the “ Initial LP Interest ”) and a 2% general partner interest, respectively, in the Partnership;

 

4.             Phillips Texas Pipeline formed Carrier under the Delaware LLC Act and contributed $1,000 in exchange for all of the limited liability company interests in Carrier;

 

5.             Phillips Texas Pipeline formed Holdings under the Delaware LLC Act and contributed $1,000 in exchange for all of the limited liability company interests in Holdings;

 



 

6.             On or prior to June 1, 2013, pursuant to the contribution, conveyance and assumption documents set forth on Exhibit A (the “ Conveyance Documents ”), each of the following were consummated:

 

(a)          Phillips Texas Pipeline conveyed to Carrier, as a capital contribution, (i) its interest in all pipe and equipment and a majority of existing third party rights-of-way related to that certain pipeline referred to as the “Sweeny to Pasadena pipeline,” (ii) four of the five parcels of land held in fee by Phillips Texas Pipeline at that certain refined petroleum product terminal located in Pasadena, Texas (together with the assets described in 6(d)(iii)  and (iv)  below, the “ Pasadena Terminal ”) and (iii) one parcel of land held in fee at the Sweeny Refinery owned by Phillips 66 Company;

 

(b)          Phillips Texas Pipeline distributed (i) to 66 Pipeline, a 99% limited liability company interest in each of Holdings and Carrier and (ii) to Phillips 66 Pipeline, a 1% limited liability company interest in each of Holdings and Carrier, and 66 Pipeline and Phillips 66 Pipeline were each admitted as a member of each of Holdings and Carrier;

 

(c)           66 Pipeline distributed to Phillips 66 Pipeline (i) all of its 99% limited liability company interest in Holdings and (ii) all of its 99% limited liability company interest in Carrier;

 

(d)          Phillips 66 Pipeline conveyed to Carrier, as a capital contribution, each of the following:

 

(i)              (A) all pipe and equipment and all existing third-party rights-of-way in that certain Wood River to Hartford refined petroleum products pipeline and that certain Hartford to Explorer refined petroleum products pipeline (collectively, the “ Hartford Connector Pipelines ”) and the refined petroleum products terminal and storage system located in Hartford, Illinois (the “ Hartford Terminal ” and, together with the Hartford Connector Pipelines, the “ Hartford Connector Products System ”); (B) all third-party contracts related to the Hartford Connector Products System; and (C) all equipment, supplies and inventories of spare parts related to the Hartford Connector Products System;

 

(ii)           (A) all pipe and existing third-party rights-of-way in that certain Clifton Ridge to Lake Charles 20-inch crude oil pipeline; (B) all pipe and existing third-party rights-of-way in that certain Shell to Clifton Ridge crude oil pipeline; (C) all pipe and existing third-party rights-of-way in that certain Pecan Grove to Clifton Ridge crude oil pipeline (together with the pipelines described in clauses (ii)(A) and (B), the “ Clifton Ridge Crude Pipeline System ”); (D) all third-party contracts related to the Clifton Ridge Crude Pipeline System; and (E) all equipment, supplies and inventories of spare parts related to the Clifton Ridge Pipeline System;

 

(iii)        (A) all third-party contracts related to the assets comprising the Pasadena Terminal and (B) all equipment, supplies and inventories of spare parts related to the Pasadena Terminal; and

 

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(iv)       (A) one tract of land held in fee at the Hartford Terminal and (B) one tract of land held in fee at the Pasadena Terminal.

 

(e)           Phillips 66 Pipeline conveyed to Holdings, as a capital contribution, (i) all third-party contracts related to the assets comprising that certain crude oil terminal located on the Calcasieu River approximately ten miles from Phillips 66 Company’s Lake Charles Refinery (the “ Clifton Ridge Terminal ”) and the assets comprising that certain crude oil terminal, including a barge dock and related assets, located adjacent to the Clifton Ridge Terminal (the “ Pecan Grove Terminal ”) and (ii) all equipment, supplies and inventories of spare parts related to the Clifton Ridge Terminal and Pecan Grove Terminal;

 

(f)            Phillips 66 Pipeline conveyed to Holdings, as a capital contribution, 100% of the limited liability company interests in Carrier, and Holdings was admitted as a member of Carrier;

 

(g)           Phillips 66 Pipeline distributed to Phillips 66 Company 100% of the limited liability company interests in Holdings, and Phillips 66 Company was admitted as a member of Holdings;

 

(h)          Phillips 66 Company conveyed to Holdings, as a capital contribution, (i) the Clifton Ridge Terminal and the Pecan Grove Terminal, other than certain parcels of land on which Phillips 66 Company’s Sulphur lubricants facility is located and a certain right-of-way for a related lubricants pipeline, and (ii) goodwill;

 

(i)              Phillips 66 Company conveyed to Carrier, on behalf of Holdings, as a capital contribution, (A) the remainder of the existing third-party rights-of-way in the pipeline corridor related to the Sweeny to Pasadena pipeline; (B) the remainder of the existing third-party rights-of-way in the pipeline corridor related to the Clifton Ridge to Lake Charles 20-inch crude oil pipeline; (C) certain fee property in the pipeline corridor related to the Sweeny to Pasadena pipeline; (D) all pipeline and existing third-party rights-of-way extending from the barge dock at the Hartford Terminal to the other assets at the Hartford Terminal; and (E) all parcels of land held in fee by Phillips 66 Company at the Hartford Terminal, other than certain parcels of land on which Phillips 66 Company’s Hartford lubricants facility is located;

 

7.             Effective as of June 1, 2013, (a) pursuant to that certain Right of Way Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between WRB Refining LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ WRB Refining ”), and Carrier, WRB Refining granted to Carrier an easement for the Wood River to Hartford refined petroleum products pipeline and (b) pursuant to that certain Partial Assignment and Assumption and Bill of Sale Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2013, by and between WRB Refining and Carrier, WRB Refining assigned to Carrier an easement for the Hartford Connector Products System;

 

8.             Effective as of June 7, 2013, the Partnership, as borrower, and Holdings, as initial guarantor, entered into a $250 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility with RBS Securities Inc., as a joint lead arranger, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent,

 

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and several other commercial lending institutions in certain other roles and as lenders and letter of credit issuing banks; and

 

WHEREAS , concurrently with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, each of the matters provided for in Article II will occur in accordance with its respective terms;

 

WHEREAS , if the Over-Allotment Option (as defined herein) is exercised, each of the matters provided for in Article III will occur in accordance with its respective terms; and

 

WHEREAS , the stockholders, members or partners of the Parties have taken or caused to be taken all corporate, limited liability company and partnership action, as the case may be, required to approve the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual covenants, representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms below:

 

Closing Date ” means the date on which the closing of the purchase and sale of Common Units to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement occurs.

 

Closing Time ” means the time on the Closing Date at which the closing of the purchase and sale of Common Units to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement occurs.

 

Common Unit ” means a common unit representing a limited partner interest in the Partnership having the rights set forth in the Partnership Agreement.

 

Company Group ” means Phillips 66 Company, 66 Pipeline, Phillips Texas Pipeline, and Phillips 66 Pipeline.

 

Effective Time ” means 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on the Closing Date.

 

General Partner Unit ” means a general partner unit representing a fractional part of the general partner interest in the Partnership having the rights set forth in the Partnership Agreement.

 

Offering ” means the initial public offering of the Partnership’s Common Units pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

Omnibus Agreement ” means that certain Omnibus Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Phillips 66 Company, Phillips 66 Pipeline, the General Partner and the Partnership, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

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Option Period ” means the period from the Closing Date to the date that is thirty days after the Closing Date.

 

Option Units ” has the meaning set forth in Article III .

 

Original Partnership Agreement ” means that certain Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, dated as of February 21, 2013.

 

Over-Allotment Option ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Partnership Agreement.

 

Partnership Agreement ” means the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, dated as of the Closing Date.

 

Partnership Group ” means the Partnership, the General Partner, Holdings and Carrier.

 

Registration Statement ” means the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (Registration No. 333-187582), as amended.

 

Subordinated Unit ” means a subordinated unit representing a limited partner interest in the Partnership having the rights set forth in the Partnership Agreement.

 

Underwriters ” means the members of the underwriting syndicate listed in the Underwriting Agreement.

 

Underwriting Agreement ” means the firm commitment underwriting agreement entered into by and among the Partnership and the underwriters named in the Registration Statement with respect to the Offering.

 

ARTICLE II

CONTRIBUTIONS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

 

Each of the following transactions set forth in Sections 2.1 through 2.6 shall be completed as of the Effective Time in the order set forth herein:

 

2.1          Execution of the Partnership Agreement .  The General Partner and Phillips 66 Company, as the organizational limited partner, shall amend and restate the Original Partnership Agreement by executing the Partnership Agreement in substantially the form included in Appendix A to the Registration Statement, with such changes as the General Partner and Phillips 66 Company may agree.

 

2.2          Contribution of QCR Balances . Phillips 66 Company hereby contributes its net receivable quick cash recall (“ QCR ”) balances to Holdings, as a capital contribution, such that each of Holdings and Carrier (through a further capital contribution from Holdings) can settle their respective individual net payable QCR balances under the existing treasury services

 

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management agreements in place between Phillips 66 Company and each of Holdings and Carrier on a cashless basis.

 

2.3          Prepayment of Certain Projects . (a) Phillips 66 Company hereby contributes $3.0 million to Holdings, as a capital contribution, and (b) Holdings hereby contributes $0.3 million to Carrier, as a capital contribution, in each case for the prepayment of certain projects to be completed by Holdings and Carrier, respectively, as contemplated in Article VIII of the Omnibus Agreement.

 

2.4          Contribution of the Holdings Interest to the General Partner .  Phillips 66 Company hereby grants, contributes, bargains, conveys, assigns, transfers, sets over and delivers to the General Partner a portion of its limited liability company interests in Holdings with a value equal to 2% of the equity value of the Partnership immediately after the Closing (the “ Holdings Interest ”), and the General Partner hereby accepts such Holdings Interest as a capital contribution from Phillips 66 Company. Notwithstanding any provision of the limited liability company agreement of Holdings (the “ Holdings LLC Agreement ”) to the contrary, the General Partner is hereby admitted to Holdings as a member of Holdings holding the Holdings Interest and hereby agrees that it is bound by the Holdings LLC Agreement.  Phillips 66 Company hereby continues as a member of Holdings with respect to the portion of its limited liability company interest in Holdings not transferred to the General Partner.

 

2.5          Contribution of the Holdings Interest to the Partnership .  The General Partner hereby grants, contributes, bargains, conveys, assigns, transfers, sets over and delivers to the Partnership the Holdings Interest in exchange for (a) a continuation of the General Partner’s 2% general partner interest in the Partnership (represented by 1,437,433 General Partner Units) and (b) the issuance to the General Partner of all of the limited partner interests in the Partnership classified as “Incentive Distribution Rights” under the Partnership Agreement, and the Partnership hereby accepts such Holdings Interest.  Notwithstanding any provision of the Holdings LLC Agreement to the contrary, the Partnership is hereby admitted to Holdings as a member of Holdings and hereby agrees that it is bound by the Holdings LLC Agreement.   Immediately following such contribution of the Holdings Interest, Phillips 66 Company shall and does hereby continue as a member of Holdings, and the General Partner shall and does hereby cease to be a member of Holdings and shall thereupon cease to have or exercise any right or power as a member of Holdings, and Holdings is hereby continued without dissolution.

 

2.6          Additional Contribution of Holdings Interests .  Phillips 66 Company hereby grants, contributes, bargains, conveys, assigns, transfers, sets over and delivers to the Partnership (a) all right, title and interest in and to all of Phillips 66 Company’s remaining limited liability company interests in Holdings in exchange for (a) 16,328,362 Common Units representing a 22.7% limited partner interest in the Partnership, and (b) 35,217,112 Subordinated Units representing a 49.0% limited partner interest in the Partnership, and the Partnership hereby accepts such limited liability company interests.  Immediately following such contribution of such limited liability company interests, the Partnership shall and does hereby continue as the sole member of Holdings and Phillips 66 Company shall and does hereby cease to be a member of Holdings and shall thereupon cease to have or exercise any right or power as a member of Holdings, and Holdings is continued without dissolution.  The Parties acknowledge and agree

 

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that, pursuant to and subject to the terms and conditions of the Omnibus Agreement, and in consideration of the Partnership’s issuance of Common Units and Subordinated Units to Phillips 66 Company under this Section 2.6 , Phillips 66 Company has granted to the Partnership Group a nontransferable, nonexclusive, royalty-free right and license to use the name “Phillips 66” (the “ Name ”) and any other trademarks owned by Company that contain the Name, the Name together with the distinctive shield graphic, the shield graphic alone, or the name “Phillips 66 Partners” together with the partial outline shield graphic.

 

Each of the following transactions set forth in Sections 2.7 through 2.9 shall be completed as of the Closing Time, and in any event only after completion of the transactions set forth in Sections 2.1 through 2.6 , in the order set forth herein:

 

2.7          Public Cash Contribution .  The Parties acknowledge that, in connection with the Offering, public investors, through the Underwriters, have made a capital contribution to the Partnership of $377,775,000 in cash in exchange for 16,425,000 Common Units (the “ Firm Units ”) representing a 22.9% limited partner interest in the Partnership, and new limited partners are being admitted to the Partnership in connection therewith.

 

2.8          Payment of Transaction Expenses and Retention of Proceeds by the Partnership .  The Parties acknowledge (a) the payment by the Partnership, in connection with the closing of the Offering, of transaction expenses in the amount of approximately $4.7 million, excluding underwriting discounts of $22,666,500 in the aggregate but including (i) a structuring fee of 0.375% of the gross proceeds of the Offering payable to certain of the Underwriters (the “ Structuring Fee ”), (ii) an advisory fee of $625,000 payable to Evercore Group L.L.C. and (iii) reimbursement of certain expenses by the Underwriters, and (b) the retention by the Partnership of $351.4 million for general partnership purposes, including (i) to prefund potential future acquisitions from Phillips 66 Company and its affiliates and third parties and potential future expansion capital expenditures and (ii) to fund ongoing working capital needs of Holdings.

 

2.9          Redemption of the Initial LP Interest from the Partnership and Return of Initial Capital Contribution .  The Partnership hereby redeems the Initial LP Interest held by Phillips 66 Company and hereby refunds and distributes to Phillips 66 Company the initial contribution, in the amount of $980, made by Phillips 66 Company in connection with the formation of the Partnership, along with any interest or other profit that resulted from the investment or other use of such initial contribution.

 

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ARTICLE III

EXERCISE OF OVER-ALLOTMENT OPTION

 

If the Over-Allotment Option is exercised in whole or in part, the Underwriters will contribute additional cash to the Partnership in exchange for up to an additional 2,463,750 Common Units representing a 3.4% limited partner interest in the Partnership (the “ Option Units ”) at the Offering price per Common Unit set forth in the Registration Statement, net of underwriting discounts and the Structuring Fee.  Upon the expiration of the Option Period, any Option Units not purchased by the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement will be issued on a deferred basis to Phillips 66 Company as part of the contribution transactions described in Section 2.6 .

 

ARTICLE IV

FURTHER ASSURANCES

 

From time to time after the date hereof, and without any further consideration, each of the Parties shall execute, acknowledge and deliver additional instruments, notices and other documents, and will do all such other acts and things, all in accordance with applicable law, as may be necessary or appropriate to more fully and effectively carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Parties acknowledge that the Parties have used their good faith efforts to identify all of the assets being contributed to the Partnership Group as required in connection with this Agreement.  However, due to the age of some of the assets and the difficulties in locating appropriate data with respect to some of the assets, it is possible that assets intended to be contributed ultimately to the Partnership Group were not identified and therefore are not included in the assets contributed to the Partnership Group as of the Effective Time.  It is the express intent of the Parties that the Partnership Group own all assets necessary to operate the assets that are identified in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement.  To the extent that any assets were not identified but are necessary to the operation of the assets that are so identified in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, then the intent of the Parties is that all such unidentified assets are intended to be conveyed to the Partnership Group pursuant to this Agreement.  To the extent any such assets are identified at a later date, the Parties shall take all appropriate action required in order to convey such assets to the Partnership or any applicable Partnership Group subsidiaries.  Likewise, to the extent that any assets that are conveyed to the Partnership Group hereunder are later identified by the Parties as assets that the Parties did not intend to convey to the Partnership Group as reflected in the Registration Statement, the Parties shall take all appropriate action required to convey such assets to the appropriate Company Group member.

 

Furthermore, without limiting any liabilities of the Company Group or other remedies of the Partnership Group applicable under this Agreement or any other agreements, if and to the extent that the valid, complete and perfected transfer or assignment of any assets by any member of the Company Group to any member of the Partnership Group or the acquisition of any assets from any member of the Company Group by any member of the Partnership Group would be a violation of applicable law, or require any additional consents, approvals or notifications in connection with the transfer of such assets by any member of the Company Group to any member of the Partnership Group that have not been obtained or made by the Effective Time,

 

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then, unless the Parties shall otherwise mutually determine, the transfer or assignment of such assets to such member of the Partnership Group or the assumption of such assets by such member of the Partnership Group, as the case may be, shall be automatically deemed deferred and any such purported transfer, assignment or assumption shall be null and void until such time as all legal impediments are removed or such consents, approvals and notifications have been obtained or made.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in such event the Company Group shall (a) hold such assets in trust for the benefit of the Partnership Group, (b) not transfer or assign such assets, in whole or in part, other than with the prior consent of the Partnership, and (c) use its reasonable best efforts to assure that each member of the Partnership Group receives all of the benefits of the assets attempted to have been transferred to it until such time as the attempted transfer is complete, and each member of the Partnership Group shall bear all costs associated with such assets (except costs associated with the attempted transfer or perfecting such transfer, and subject to offset of any benefits of the assets not received by the Partnership Group against associated costs incurred by the Company Group ) as if the transfer had been valid and complete.

 

ARTICLE V

ORDER OF COMPLETION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF TRANSACTIONS

 

5.1                                Order of Completion of Transactions .  The transactions provided for in Sections 2.1 through 2.6 shall be completed as of the Effective Time in the order set forth in Article II .  The transactions provided for in Sections 2.7 through 2.9 shall be completed as of the Closing Time in the order set forth in Article II .  Following the completion of the transactions set forth in Article II , the transactions provided for in Article III , if they occur, shall be completed.

 

5.2                                Effectiveness of Transactions .  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, (a) none of the provisions of Sections 2.1 through 2.6 shall be operative or have any effect until the Effective Time and (b) none of the provisions of Sections 2.7 through 2.9 or Article III shall be operative or have any effect until the Closing Time, at which respective time all such applicable provisions shall be effective and operative in accordance with Section 5.1 without further action by any Party.

 

ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS

 

6.1                                Costs .  Except for the transaction expenses set forth in Section 2.8 , Holdings shall pay all expenses, fees and costs, including, but not limited to, all sales, use and similar taxes arising out of the contributions, distributions, conveyances and deliveries to be made under Article II and shall pay all documentary, filing, recording, transfer, deed and conveyance taxes and fees required in connection therewith.  In addition, Holdings shall be responsible for all costs, liabilities and expenses (including court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with the implementation of any conveyance or delivery pursuant to Article IV (to the extent related to any of the contributions, distributions, conveyances and deliveries to be made under Article II ).

 

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6.2                                Headings; References; Interpretation .  All Article and Section headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be deemed to control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.  The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole, and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.  All references herein to Articles and Sections shall, unless the context requires a different construction, be deemed to be references to the Articles and Sections of this Agreement.  All personal pronouns used in this Agreement, whether used in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender, shall include all other genders, and the singular shall include the plural and vice versa.  The use herein of the word “including” following any general statement, term or matter shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “without limitation,” “but not limited to” or other words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that could reasonably fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter.

 

6.3                                Successors and Assigns .  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

6.4                                No Third Party Rights .  The provisions of this Agreement are intended to bind the Parties as to each other and are not intended to and do not create rights in any other person or confer upon any other person any benefits, rights or remedies, and no person is or is intended to be a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

6.5                                Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if all Parties had signed the same document.  All counterparts shall be construed together and shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

6.6                                Applicable Law .  This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT THIS AGREEMENT INVOLVES AT LEAST U.S. $100,000.00 AND THAT THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN ENTERED INTO IN EXPRESS RELIANCE UPON 6 Del. C. § 2708.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES (i) TO BE SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND OF THE FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE, AND (ii) TO THE EXTENT SUCH PARTY IS NOT OTHERWISE SUBJECT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE, TO APPOINT AND MAINTAIN AN AGENT IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE AS SUCH PARTY’S AGENT FOR ACCEPTANCE OF LEGAL PROCESS AND TO NOTIFY THE OTHER PARTIES OF THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF SUCH AGENT.

 

6.7                                Severability .  If any of the provisions of this Agreement are held by any court of competent jurisdiction to contravene, or to be invalid under, the laws of any political body having jurisdiction over the subject matter hereof, such contravention or invalidity shall not invalidate the entire Agreement.  Instead, this Agreement shall be construed as if it did not contain the particular provision or provisions held to be invalid and an equitable adjustment shall

 

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be made and necessary provision added so as to give effect to the intention of the Parties as expressed in this Agreement at the time of execution of this Agreement.

 

6.8                                Amendment or Modification .  This Agreement may be amended or modified from time to time only by the written agreement of all the Parties.  Each such instrument shall be reduced to writing and shall be designated on its face as an amendment to this Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, any amendment executed by the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries shall not be effective unless and until the execution of such amendment has been approved by the conflicts committee of the General Partner’s board of directors.

 

6.9                                Integration .  This Agreement and the instruments referenced herein and in the exhibits attached hereto supersede all previous understandings or agreements among the parties, whether oral or written, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and such instruments.  This Agreement and such instruments contain the entire understanding of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.  There are no unwritten oral agreements between the parties.  No understanding, representation, promise or agreement, whether oral or written, is intended to be or shall be included in or from part of this Agreement unless it is contained in a written amendment hereto executed by the parties hereto after the date of this Agreement.

 

6.10                         Deed; Bill of Sale; Assignment .  To the extent required and permitted by applicable law, this Agreement shall also constitute a “deed,” “bill of sale” or “assignment” of the assets and interests referenced herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties to this Agreement have caused it to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ T.G. Taylor

 

 

T.G. Taylor

 

 

Executive Vice President, Commercial, Marketing,

 

 

Transportation and Business Development

 

 

of Phillips 66 Company

 

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 PIPELINE LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ C.L. Brooks

 

 

C.L. Brooks

 

 

Vice President

 

 

 

 

PHILLIPS TEXAS PIPELINE COMPANY, LTD

 

By:

Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC, General Partner

 

 

of Phillips Texas Pipeline Company, Ltd.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ C.L. Brooks

 

 

C.L. Brooks

 

 

Vice President

 

 

 

 

66 PIPELINE LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ C.L. Brooks

 

 

C.L. Brooks

 

 

Vice President

 

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC,

 

 

General Partner of Phillips 66 Partners LP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J.T. Liberti

 

 

J.T. Liberti

 

 

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

 

 

of Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

 

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PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS GP LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ B.R. Wenzel

 

 

B.R. Wenzel

 

 

Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

of Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

 

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS HOLDINGS LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Company

 

 

Sole Member of Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ B.R. Wenzel

 

 

B.R. Wenzel

 

 

Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

of Phillips 66 Company

 

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC,

 

 

Sole Member of Phillips 66 Carrier LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Company,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ B.R. Wenzel

 

 

B.R. Wenzel

 

 

Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

of Phillips 66 Company

 

Second Signature page to Contribution Agreement

 



 

Exhibit A

 

Conveyance Documents

 

1.                                       Action of Contribution with Limited Warranty (Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana), dated May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Company and Holdings.

 

2.                                       Right of Way Agreement (Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana), dated May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Company and Carrier (Clifton Ridge to Westlake pipeline).

 

3.                                       Partial Assignment and Assumption and Bill of Sale Agreement (Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana), dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Company and Carrier (Clifton Ridge to Westlake pipeline).

 

4.                                       Assignment and Assumption and Bill of Sale Agreement (Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana), dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Company and Carrier.

 

5.                                       Assignment and Assumption and Bill of Sale Agreement (Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana), dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Pipeline and Carrier.

 

6.                                       Action of Contribution with Limited Warranty (Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana), dated May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Pipeline and Carrier.

 

7.                                       Right of Way Agreement (Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana), effective as of June 1, 2013, by and between Holdings and Carrier.

 

8.                                       Special Warranty Deed (Madison County, Illinois), dated May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Company and Carrier.

 

9.                                       Quitclaim Deed (Madison County, Illinois), dated May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Company and Carrier.

 

10.                                Assignment and Assumption and Bill of Sale Agreement (Madison County, Illinois), dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Company and Carrier.

 

11.                                Assignment and Assumption and Bill of Sale Agreement (Madison County, Illinois), dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Pipeline and Carrier.

 

12.                                Assignment and Assumption and Bill of Sale Agreement (Madison County, Illinois), dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Pipeline and Carrier.

 

13.                                Partial Assignment and Assumption and Bill of Sale Agreement (Madison County, Illinois), dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Pipeline and Carrier.

 

14.                                Special Warranty Deed (Madison County, Illinois), dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Pipeline and Carrier.

 

15.                                Right of Way Agreement (Madison County, Illinois), dated effective as of June  1, 2013, by and between WRB Refining and Carrier.

 

16.                               Partial Assignment and Assumption and Bill of Sale Agreement (Harris County, Texas), dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Company and Carrier.

 

17.                                Special Warranty Deed (Harris County, Texas), dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Company and Carrier.

 

Exhibit A-1



 

18.                                Partial Assignment and Assumption and Bill of Sale Agreement (Harris County, Texas), dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Pipeline and Carrier.

 

19.                                Special Warranty Deed (Harris County, Texas), dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Pipeline and Carrier.

 

20.                                Assignment and Assumption and Bill of Sale Agreement (Harris County, Texas), dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips Texas Pipeline and Carrier.

 

21.                                Special Warranty Deed (Harris County, Texas), dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips Texas Pipeline and Carrier.

 

22.                                Assignment and Assumption and Bill of Sale Agreement (Brazoria County, Texas), dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Company and Carrier.

 

23.                                Special Warranty Deed (Brazoria County, Texas), dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Company and Carrier.

 

24.                                Partial Assignment and Assumption and Bill of Sale Agreement (Brazoria County, Texas), dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Pipeline and Carrier.

 

25.                                Assignment and Assumption and Bill of Sale Agreement (Brazoria County, Texas), dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips Texas Pipeline and Carrier.

 

26.                                Special Warranty Deed (Brazoria County, Texas), dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips Texas Pipeline and Carrier.

 

27.                                Contribution, Conveyance and Assumption Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Pipeline and Holdings.

 

28.                                Distribution Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between 66 Pipeline and Phillips 66 Pipeline.

 

29.                                Distribution Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips Texas Pipeline and 66 Pipeline.

 

30.                                Distribution Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips Texas Pipeline and Phillips 66 Pipeline.

 

31.                                Distribution Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2013, by and between Phillips 66 Pipeline and Phillips 66 Company.

 

32.                                Partial Assignment and Assumption and Bill of Sale Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2013, by and between WRB Refining LP and Carrier.

 

Exhibit A-2


Exhibit 10.2

 

 

OMNIBUS AGREEMENT

 

by and among

 

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY,

 

PHILLIPS 66 PIPELINE LLC,

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP,

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS HOLDINGS, LLC,

 

PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC

 

and

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS GP LLC

 

 

 



 

Contents

 

Article I.

Defined Terms

2

 

 

 

Section 1.01

Defined Terms

2

Section 1.02

Other Defined Terms

6

Section 1.03

Terms Generally

6

 

 

 

Article II.

Term

7

 

 

 

Section 2.01

Term and Termination

7

 

 

 

Article III.

Indemnity

7

 

 

 

Section 3.01

Environmental Indemnification

7

Section 3.02

Right of Way and Real Property Indemnification

8

Section 3.03

Additional Indemnification by Company and Pipeline

9

Section 3.04

Additional Indemnification by the Partnership Group

10

Section 3.05

Indemnification Procedures

10

Section 3.06

Limitations on Indemnity Coverage

12

 

 

 

Article IV.

Services

12

 

 

 

Section 4.01

Operational and Administrative Services

12

Section 4.02

Reimbursable Costs

14

 

 

 

Article V.

  Right of First Offer

15

 

 

 

Section 5.01

Right of First Offer to Purchase Certain Assets

15

Section 5.02

Procedures

15

 

 

 

Article VI.

License of Name and Mark

17

 

 

 

Section 6.01

Grant of License

17

Section 6.02

Ownership and Quality

17

Section 6.03

Termination

17

 

 

 

Article VII.

Prefunded Projects

17

 

 

 

Section 7.01

Prefunded Projects

17

 

 

 

Article VIII.

Notices

18

 

 

 

Section 8.01

Notices

18

Section 8.02

Effective upon Receipt

18

 

 

 

Article IX.

Applicable Law

18

 

 

 

Section 9.01

Applicable Law

18

 

 

 

Article X.

Limitation of Liability

18

 

 

 

Section 10.01

No Liability for Consequential Damages

18

Section 10.02

Limitation of Liability

18

 

 

 

Article XI.

Miscellaneous

19

 

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Section 11.01

Disputes between the Parties

19

Section 11.02

Assignment

19

Section 11.03

No Third-Party Rights

19

Section 11.04

Compliance with Laws

19

Section 11.05

Severability

19

Section 11.06

Non-Waiver

19

Section 11.07

Entire Agreement

19

Section 11.08

Amendments

20

Section 11.09

Survival

20

Section 11.10

Counterparts; Multiple Originals

20

Section 11.11

Exhibits and Schedules

20

Section 11.12

Table of Contents; Headings; Subheadings

20

Section 11.13

Construction

20

Section 11.14

Business Practices

20

 

Schedule I

Environmental Matters

 

Schedule II

Litigation

 

Schedule III

Services

 

Schedule IV

Prefunded Projects

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

Dispute Resolution Procedures

 

 

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OMNIBUS AGREEMENT

 

This OMNIBUS AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”) is entered into as of the Effective Date by and among PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY , a Delaware corporation (“ Company ”), on behalf of itself and the other Phillips 66 Entities (as defined herein), PHIILLIPS 66 PIPELINE LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“ Pipeline ”), PHIILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP , a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Partnership ”), PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS HOLDINGS LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“ Holdings ”), PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“ Carrier ”), and PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS GP LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (the “ General Partner ”).

 

Recitals

 

WHEREAS , the Parties (as defined herein) desire by their execution of this Agreement to evidence their understanding, as more fully set forth in Article III , with respect to certain indemnification obligations of the Parties to each other.

 

WHEREAS , the Parties desire by their execution of this Agreement to evidence their understanding, as more fully set forth in Article IV , with respect to the amount to be paid by the Partnership for the operational and administrative support services to be performed by the General Partner and its Affiliates (as defined herein) for and on behalf of the Partnership Group (as defined herein).

 

WHEREAS , the Parties desire by their execution of this Agreement to evidence their understanding, as more fully set forth in Article V , with respect to the Partnership Group’s right of first offer with respect to the ROFO Assets (as defined herein).

 

WHEREAS , the Parties desire by their execution of this Agreement to evidence their understanding, as more fully set forth in Article VI , with respect to the granting of a license to the Partnership Group and the General Partner to use the “Phillips 66” name and any other trademarks owned by the Company that contain such name.

 

WHEREAS, the Parties desire by their execution of this Agreement to evidence their understanding, as more fully set forth in Article VII , with respect to certain projects that will be undertaken by the Partnership Group after the Effective Date and the prepayment by Company of certain amounts relating to such projects.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the Parties agree as follows:

 

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ARTICLE I.                 DEFINED TERMS

 

Section 1.01                              Defined Terms .

 

The following definitions shall for all purposes apply to the capitalized terms used in this Agreement:

 

(a)                                  Affiliate ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Partnership Agreement.

 

(b)                                  Agreement ” means this Omnibus Agreement, together with all exhibits and schedules attached hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

(c)                                   Assets ” means all gathering pipelines, transportation pipelines, storage tanks, trucks, truck racks, terminal facilities, offices and related equipment, real estate and other assets, or portions thereof, conveyed, contributed or otherwise transferred or intended to be conveyed, contributed or otherwise transferred pursuant to the Contribution Agreement to any member of the Partnership Group, or owned by, leased by or necessary for the operation of the business, properties or assets of any member of the Partnership Group, prior to or as of the Effective Date.

 

(d)                                  Business Day ” means any Day except for Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in Texas.

 

(e)                                   Company ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in the introductory paragraph.

 

(f)                                    Contribution Agreement ” means that certain Contribution, Conveyance and Assumption Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, among Company, the General Partner, the Partnership, Holdings, 66 Pipeline LLC, Phillips Texas Pipeline Company Ltd., Carrier and Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC, together with the additional conveyance documents and instruments contemplated or referenced thereunder, as such may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

(g)                                   Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

 

(h)                                  Covered Environmental Losses ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 3.01(a) .

 

(i)                                      Covered Property Losses ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 3.02 .

 

(j)                                     Day ” means the period of time commencing at 0000 hours on one calendar day and running until, but not including, 0000 hours on the next calendar day, according to local time in Houston, Texas.

 

(k)                                 Effective Date ” means the date of the closing of the initial public offering of common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership.

 

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(l)                                      Environmental Laws ” means all federal, state, and local laws, statutes, rules, regulations, orders, judgments, ordinances, codes, injunctions, decrees, Environmental Permits and other legally enforceable requirements and rules of common law now or hereafter in effect, relating to (a) pollution or protection of human health, natural resources, wildlife and the environment including, without limitation, the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, the Superfund Amendments Reauthorization Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Clean Air Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Oil Pollution Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, and other environmental conservation and protection laws and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and any state or local counterparts, each as amended from time to time, and (b) the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, transport, or handling of any hazardous wastes.

 

(m)                              Environmental Permit ” means any permit, approval, identification number, license, registration, certification, consent, exemption, variance or other authorization required under or issued pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law, including applications for renewal of such permits in which the application allows for continued operation under the terms of an expired permit.

 

(n)                                  General Partner ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in the introductory paragraph.

 

(o)                                  Governmental Authority ” means any government, any governmental administration, agency, instrumentality or other instrumentality or other political subdivision thereof or any court, commission or other governmental authority of competent jurisdiction.

 

(p)                                  Hazardous Substance ” means (a) any substance, whether solid, liquid, gaseous, semi-solid or any combination thereof, that is designated, defined or classified as a hazardous waste, solid waste, hazardous material, pollutant, contaminant or toxic or hazardous substance, or terms of similar meaning, or that is otherwise regulated under any Environmental Law, including, without limitation, any hazardous substance as defined under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, and including friable asbestos and lead containing paints or coatings, radioactive materials, and polychlorinated biphenyls, and (b) petroleum, oil, gasoline, natural gas, fuel oil, motor oil, waste oil, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and other refined petroleum hydrocarbons, solely to the extent regulated under applicable Environmental Laws.

 

(q)                                  Indemnified Party ” means any applicable Partnership Group Member or any applicable Phillips 66 Entity, as the case may be, in its capacity as the party entitled to indemnification in accordance with Article III .

 

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(r)                                     Indemnifying Party ” means either the Partnership or Company, as the case may be, in its capacity as the Party from which indemnification may be sought in accordance with Article III .

 

(s)                                    Law ” means all constitutions, laws (including common law), treaties, statutes, orders, decrees, rules, injunctions, licenses, permits, approvals, agreements, regulations, codes, ordinances issued by any Governmental Authority, including judicial or administrative orders, consents, decrees, and judgments, published directives, guidelines, governmental authorizations, requirements or other governmental restrictions which have the force of law, and determinations by, or interpretations of any of the foregoing by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the matter in question and binding on a given Person, whether in effect as of the date hereof or thereafter and, in each case, as amended.

 

(t)                                     License ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 6.01 .

 

(u)                                  Limited Partner ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Partnership Agreement.

 

(v)                                  Losses ” means any losses, damages, liabilities, claims, demands, causes of action, judgments, settlements, fines, penalties, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, court costs and reasonable attorney’s and expert’s fees) of any and every kind or character, known or unknown, fixed or contingent.

 

(w)                                Marks ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 6.01 .

 

(x)                                  Month ” or “ Monthly ” means a calendar month commencing at 0000 hours on the first Day thereof and running until, but not including, 0000 hours on the first Day of the following calendar month, according to local time in Houston, Texas.

 

(y)                                  Name ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 6.01 .

 

(z)                                   Notice ” means any notice, request, instruction, correspondence or other communication permitted or required to be given under this Agreement.

 

(aa)                           Operational and Administrative Support Fee ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 4.01(a) .

 

(bb)                           Operational Services Agreement ” means that certain Operational Services Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, among Carrier, Holdings and Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC, as such may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

(cc)                             Parties ” means Company, Pipeline, the Partnership, Holdings, Carrier and the General Partner, collectively.

 

(dd)                           Partnership ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in the introductory paragraph.

 

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(ee)                             Partnership Agreement ” means the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, dated as of the Effective Date, as such agreement is in effect on the Effective Date, to which reference is hereby made for all purposes of this Agreement.

 

(ff)                               Partnership Change of Control ” means Company ceases to Control the general partner of the Partnership.

 

(gg)                             Partnership Group ” means the Partnership and any of its Subsidiaries, treated as a single consolidated entity.

 

(hh)                           Partnership Group Member ” means any member of the Partnership Group.

 

(ii)                                   Partnership Interest ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Partnership Agreement.

 

(jj)                                 Party ” means Company, Pipeline, the Partnership, Holdings, Carrier or the General Partner, individually; and “ Parties ” means Company, Pipeline, the Partnership, Holdings, Carrier and the General Partner, collectively.

 

(kk)                           Person ” means, without limitation, an individual, corporation (including a non-profit corporation), general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization, labor union, or other entity or Governmental Authority, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.

 

(ll)                                   Phillips 66 Entities ” means Company and any Person Controlled, directly or indirectly, by Company other than the General Partner or a Partnership Group Member; and “ Phillips 66 Entity ” means any of the Phillips 66 Entities.

 

(mm)                   Pipeline ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in the introductory paragraph.

 

(nn)                           PPI-FG ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 4.01(b) .

 

(oo)                           Prefunded Projects ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 7.01.

 

(pp)                           Proposed Transaction ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 5.02(a) .

 

(qq)                           Prudent Industry Practice ” means such practices, methods, acts, techniques, and standards as are in effect at the time in question that are required by and in accordance with applicable Law and are consistent with the higher of (a) the standards generally followed by reputable owners and operators of crude oil and refined petroleum products pipelines and terminals in the United States, including the inland marine terminal industry, and (b) the standards applied or followed by Company or its Affiliates as owners or operators of such assets, or by the Partnership Group or its Affiliates as owners or operators of such assets.

 

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(rr)                                 Registration Statement ” means the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed by the Partnership with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (Registration No. 333-187582), as amended.

 

(ss)                               Retained Assets ” means all gathering pipelines, transportation pipelines, storage tanks, trucks, truck racks, terminal facilities, offices and related equipment, real estate and other related assets, or portions thereof, owned by any of the Phillips 66 Entities that were not directly or indirectly conveyed, contributed or otherwise transferred to the Partnership Group pursuant to the Contribution Agreement or the other documents referred to in the Contribution Agreement.

 

(tt)                                 ROFO Assets ” means Pipeline’s limited liability company interest in each of (i) Phillips 66 Sand Hills LLC, a Delaware limtied liability company, and (ii) Phillips 66 Southern Hills LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

(uu)                           ROFO Notice ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 5.02(a) .

 

(vv)                           ROFO Period ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 5.01(a) .

 

(ww)                       ROFO Response ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 5.02(a) .

 

(xx)                           Taxes ” means any income, sales, use, excise, transfer, and similar taxes, fees and charges (including ad valorem taxes), including any interest or penalties attributable thereto, imposed by any Governmental Authority.

 

(yy)                           Tax Sharing Agreement ” means that certain Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, between the Partnership and Phillips 66, a Delaware corporation, as such may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

(zz)                             Transfer ” means to, directly or indirectly, sell, assign, lease, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of, whether in one or a series of transactions.

 

(aaa)                    Services ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 4.01(a) .

 

(bbb)                    Subsidiary ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Partnership Agreement.

 

(ccc)                       Voting Stock ” means securities of any class of a Person entitling the holders thereof to vote on a regular basis in the election of members of the board of directors or other governing body of such Person.

 

Section 1.02                              Other Defined Terms Other terms may be defined elsewhere in this Agreement, and, unless otherwise indicated, shall have such meanings ascribed to such terms elsewhere in this Agreement.

 

Section 1.03                              Terms Generally The definitions in this Agreement shall apply equally to both singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The

 

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word “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”  All references to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and schedules shall be deemed to be references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and schedules to, this Agreement unless the context requires otherwise.

 

ARTICLE II.                      TERM

 

Section 2.01                              Term and Termination .   This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue in effect until terminated by a written agreement executed by all of the Parties.  At any time following the occurrence of a Partnership Change of Control, either Company or the Partnership may terminate this Agreement upon written Notice to the other and such termination shall be effective at the later of such Partnership Change of Control and the date specified in such Notice; provided, however, that the Parties’ indemnification obligations under Article III shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, survive the termination of this Agreement in accordance with their respective terms.

 

ARTICLE III.                 INDEMNITY

 

Section 3.01                              Environmental Indemnification .

 

(a)                                  Subject to Section 3.01(b) , Company and Pipeline shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Partnership Group from and against any Losses suffered or incurred by the Partnership Group, directly or indirectly, or as a result of any claim by a third party, by reason of or arising out of the following (collectively, “ Covered Environmental Losses ”):

 

(i)              any violation or correction of a violation of Environmental Laws associated with or arising from the ownership or operation of the Assets;

 

(ii)           any event, condition or matter associated with or arising from the ownership or operation of the Assets (including, without limitation, the presence of Hazardous Substances on, under, about or migrating to or from the Assets or the disposal or release of Hazardous Substances generated by operation of the Assets at non-Asset locations) that requires investigation, assessment, evaluation, monitoring, containment, cleanup, repair, restoration, remediation, or other corrective action under Environmental Laws, including, without limitation, (A) the cost and expense of any such activity, (B) the cost or expense of the preparation and implementation of any closure, remedial, corrective action, or other plans required or necessary under Environmental Laws, and (C) the cost and expense of any environmental or toxic tort pre-trial, trial or appellate legal or litigation support work;

 

(iii)        any environmental event, condition or matter associated with or arising from the Retained Assets, whether occurring before or after the Effective Date.

 

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(b)                                  With respect to any discrete violation under Section 3.01(a)(i)  or any discrete environmental event, condition or matter included under Section 3.01(a)(ii) , Company and Pipeline will be obligated to indemnify the Partnership Group only if and to the extent that:

 

(i)              such violation, event, condition or environmental matter occurred before the Effective Date under then-applicable Environmental Laws; and

 

(ii)           either (A) such violation, event, condition or environmental matter is set forth on Schedule I attached hereto or (B) Company is notified in writing of such violation, event, condition or environmental matter prior to the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 3.01(b)  shall apply to Company’s and Pipeline’s indemnification obligations under Section 3.01(a)(iii) .

 

(c)                                   The Partnership Group shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each of the Phillips 66 Entities from and against any Losses suffered or incurred by the Phillips 66 Entities, directly or indirectly, or as a result of any claim by a third party, by reason of or arising out of:

 

(i)              any violation of Environmental Laws associated with or arising from the ownership or operation of the Assets; and

 

(ii)           any event, condition or matter associated with or arising from the ownership or operation of the Assets (including, without limitation, the presence of Hazardous Substances on, under, about or migrating to or from the Assets or the disposal or release of Hazardous Substances generated by operation of the Assets at non-Asset locations) that requires investigation, assessment, evaluation, monitoring, containment, cleanup, repair, restoration, remediation, or other corrective action under Environmental Laws, including, without limitation, (A) the cost and expense of any such activity, (B) the cost and expense of the preparation and implementation of any closure, remedial, corrective action, or other plans required or necessary under Environmental Laws, and (C) the cost and expense of any environmental or toxic tort pre-trial, trial or appellate legal or litigation support work;

 

and regardless of whether such violation under Section 3.01(c)(i)  or such event, condition or environmental matter included under Section 3.01(c)(ii)  occurred before or after the Effective Date, in each case, to the extent that any of the foregoing do not constitute Covered Environmental Losses for which the Partnership Group is entitled to indemnification from Company and Pipeline under this Article III .

 

Section 3.02                              Right of Way and Real Property Indemnification Company and Pipeline shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Partnership Group from and against any

 

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Losses suffered or incurred by the Partnership Group by reason of or arising out of the following (collectively, “ Covered Property Losses ”):

 

(a)                                  the failure of the applicable Partnership Group Member to be the owner of such valid and indefeasible easement rights or fee ownership or leasehold interests in and to the lands on which any crude oil or refined products pipeline or related pump station, storage tank, terminal or truck rack or any related facility or equipment conveyed or contributed to the applicable Partnership Group Member on the Effective Date is located as of the Effective Date, and such failure renders the Partnership Group liable to a third party or unable to use or operate the Assets in substantially the same manner that the Assets were used and operated by the applicable Phillips 66 Entity immediately prior to the Effective Date as described in the Registration Statement;

 

(b)                                  the failure of the applicable Partnership Group Member to have the consents, licenses and permits necessary to allow any such pipeline referred to in clause (a) of this Section 3.02 to cross the roads, waterways, railroads and other areas upon which any such pipeline is located as of the Effective Date, and such failure renders the Partnership Group liable to a third party or unable to use or operate the Assets in substantially the same manner that the Assets were used and operated by the applicable Phillips 66 Entity immediately prior to the Effective Date as described in the Registration Statement; and

 

(c)                                   the cost of curing any condition set forth in clause (a)  or (b)  of this Section 3.02 that does not allow any Asset to be operated in accordance with Prudent Industry Practice;

 

in each case to the extent that Company is notified in writing of any of the foregoing prior to the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date.

 

Section 3.03                              Additional Indemnification by Company and Pipeline In addition to and not in limitation of the indemnification provided under Section 3.01(a)  and Section 3.02 , Company and Pipeline shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Partnership Group from and against any Losses suffered or incurred by the Partnership Group by reason of or arising out of any of the following:

 

(a)                                  (i) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement or (ii) events and conditions associated with the ownership or operation of the Assets and occurring before the Effective Date (other than Covered Environmental Losses, which are provided for under Section 3.01 , Covered Property Losses, which are provided for under Section 3.02 , and current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business that have been accrued but not paid prior to the Effective Date), to the extent that Company is notified in writing of any such Loss prior to the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date;

 

(b)                                  any litigation matters attributable to the ownership or operation of the Assets prior to the Effective Date, including any currently pending legal actions against any of

 

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the Phillips 66 Entities set forth on Schedule II attached hereto (“ Covered Litigation Matters ”);

 

(c)                                   events and conditions associated with the Retained Assets and whether occurring before or after the Effective Date;

 

(d)                                  all federal, state and local Tax liabilities attributable to the ownership or operation of the Assets prior to the Effective Date, including under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state or local law), and any such Tax liabilities of any of the Phillips 66 Entities that may result from the consummation of the formation transactions for the Partnership Group and the General Partner occurring on or prior to the Effective Date or from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement (other than real property taxes that have been accrued but not paid prior to the Effective Date); and

 

(e)                                   the failure of any Partnership Group Member to have on the Effective Date any consent, license, permit or approval necessary to allow such Partnership Group Member to own or operate the Assets in substantially the same manner described in the Registration Statement.

 

Section 3.04                              Additional Indemnification by the Partnership Group .   In addition to and not in limitation of the indemnification provided under Section 3.01(c)  or the Partnership Agreement, the Partnership Group shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Pipeline and the Phillips 66 Entities from and against any Losses suffered or incurred by Pipeline or the Phillips 66 Entities, or any of them, by reason of or arising out of events and conditions associated with the ownership or operation of the Assets and occurring after the Effective Date (other than Covered Environmental Losses which are provided for under Section 3.01 ), unless such indemnification would not be permitted under the Partnership Agreement by reason of one of the provisos contained in Section 7.7(a) of the Partnership Agreement.

 

Section 3.05                              Indemnification Procedures .

 

(a)                                  The Indemnified Party agrees that within a reasonable period of time after it becomes aware of facts giving rise to a claim for indemnification under this Article III , it will provide notice thereof in writing to the Indemnifying Party, specifying the nature of and specific basis for such claim.

 

(b)                                  The Indemnifying Party shall have the right to control all aspects of the defense of (and any counterclaims with respect to) any claims brought against the Indemnified Party that are covered by the indemnification under this Article II , including, without limitation, the selection of counsel, determination of whether to appeal any decision of any court and the settling of any such claim or any matter or any issues relating thereto, provided that no such settlement shall be entered into without the consent of the Indemnified Party unless it includes a full and unconditional release of the Indemnified Party from such claim; provided,

 

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however, that no such settlement containing any form of injunctive or similar relief shall be entered into without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably delayed or withheld.

 

(c)                                   The Indemnified Party agrees to cooperate in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner with the Indemnifying Party with respect to all aspects of the defense of, and the pursuit of any counterclaims with respect to, any claims covered by the indemnification under this Article III for which a request for indemnification is made, including, without limitation, the prompt furnishing to the Indemnifying Party of any correspondence or other notice relating thereto that the Indemnified Party may receive, permitting the name of the Indemnified Party to be utilized in connection with such defense or counterclaims, the making available to the Indemnifying Party of any files, records or other information of the Indemnified Party that the Indemnifying Party considers relevant to such defense or counterclaims, the making available to the Indemnifying Party of any employees of the Indemnified Party and the granting to the Indemnifying Party of reasonable access rights to the properties and facilities of the Indemnified Party, provided that in connection therewith the Indemnifying Party agrees to use reasonable efforts to minimize the impact thereof on the operations of the Indemnified Party and further agrees to maintain the confidentiality of all files, records, and other information furnished by the Indemnified Party pursuant to this Section 3.05(c) .  In no event shall the obligation of the Indemnified Party to cooperate with the Indemnifying Party as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence be construed as imposing upon the Indemnified Party an obligation to hire and pay for counsel in connection with the defense of, or the pursuit of any counterclaims with respect to, any claims covered by the indemnification set forth in this Article III ; provided, however, that the Indemnified Party may, at its own option, cost and expense, engage and pay for counsel in connection with any such defense and counterclaims.  The Indemnifying Party agrees to keep any such counsel engaged by the Indemnified Party informed as to the status of any such defense, but the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to retain sole control over such defense and counterclaims.

 

(d)                                  In determining the amount of any loss, cost, damage or expense for which the Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, the gross amount of the indemnification will be reduced by (i) any insurance proceeds realized by the Indemnified Party, and such correlative insurance benefit shall be net of any incremental insurance premium that becomes due and payable by the Indemnified Party as a result of such claim and (ii) all amounts recovered by the Indemnified Party under contractual indemnities from third Persons.

 

(e)                                   With respect to Covered Environmental Losses, Company shall have the sole right and authority to manage any remediation required by Law, and, upon reasonable request from Company, the Partnership will, and will cause each Partnership Group Member to, cooperate with Company and its contractors or subcontractors to facilitate such remediation.

 

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Section 3.06                              Limitations on Indemnity Coverage .

 

(a)                                  With respect to Covered Environmental Losses under Sections 3.01(a)(i)  or 3.01(a)(ii) , neither Company nor Pipeline shall be obligated to indemnify, defend and hold harmless any Partnership Group Member until such time as the total aggregate amount of such Covered Environmental Losses exceeds $100,000 (the “ Environmental Deductible ”), at which time Company and Pipeline shall be obligated to indemnify the Partnership Group for the excess of such Covered Environmental Losses over the Environmental Deductible; provided, however , that to the extent any cure or remediation of any environmental matter is required under Sections 3.01(a)(i)  or 3.01(a)(ii) , Company and Pipeline will be obligated to indemnify the Partnership Group only to the extent of any cure or remediation that is required by Law (after giving effect to the Environmental Deductible).  For the avoidance of doubt, it is agreed that the Environmental Deductible shall not apply to any Covered Environmental Losses incurred by any Partnership Group Member related to the matters set forth on Schedule I attached hereto.

 

(b)                                  With respect to Covered Property Losses under Section 3.02 and Covered Litigation Matters under Section 3.03(b), neither Company nor Pipeline shall be obligated to indemnify, defend and hold harmless any Partnership Group Member until such time as the total aggregate amount of (i) such Covered Property Losses exceeds $200,000 (the “ Property Deductible ”) and (ii) Losses incurred by the Partnership Group for such Covered Litigation Matters exceeds $200,000 (the “ Litigation Deductible ”), at which time Company and Pipeline shall be obligated to indemnify the Partnership Group for the excess of (x) such Covered Property Losses over the Property Deductible or (y) such Losses incurred by the Partnership Group for such Covered Litigation Matters exceeds the Litigation Deductible; provided, however , that to the extent the Partnership Group attempts to cure any any matter for which it is entitled to indemnification under Section 3.02 , Company and Pipeline will be obligated to indemnify the Partnership Group only to the extent of any reasonably required cure (after giving effect to the Property Deductible). For the avoidance of doubt, it is agreed that the Litigation Deductible shall not apply to any Losses incurred by any Partnership Group Member related to the matters set forth on Schedule II attached hereto.

 

(c)                                   For the avoidance of doubt, there is no deductible with respect to the indemnification owed by any Indemnifying Party under any portion of this Article III other than as described in this Section 3.06 , and there is no monetary cap on the amount of indemnity coverage provided by any Indemnifying Party under this Article III other than as described in this Section 3.06 .

 

ARTICLE IV.                  SERVICES

 

Section 4.01                              Operational and Administrative Services .

 

(a)                                  Company agrees to provide, and agrees to cause its Affiliates to provide, on behalf of the General Partner and for the Partnership Group’s benefit, certain

 

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operational and administrative support services that Company and its Affiliates have traditionally provided in connection with the Assets, including the services listed on Schedule III to this Agreement (“ Services ”).  As consideration for the Services, the Partnership will pay Company an operational and administrative support fee (the “ Operational and Administrative Support Fee ”) of $1,144,000 per Month, payable without discount no later than the 21st Day of the Month in which Services are rendered, provided that if such Day is not a Business Day, then Partnership shall pay such amount without interest on the next Business Day.  If the Effective Date is any day other than the first day of a Month, or if this Agreement is terminated on any day other than the last day of a Month, then the Operational and Administrative Support Fee for the revelant Month shall be prorated based on the ratio of the number of days in the relevant partial Month to the number of days in the relevant full Month.

 

(b)                                  Company may increase the Operational and Administrative Support Fee on each anniversary of the Effective Date (or, if the Effective Date is any day other than the first day of a Month, on the first day of the Month following each anniversary of the Effective Date) by a percentage equal to the greater of zero and the positive change in the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods (“ PPI-FG ”), provided that if, with respect to any annual period or periods, the PPI-FG has decreased, Company may increase the Operational and Administrative Support Fee only to the extent that the percentage increase in the PPI-FG since the most recent previous increase in the Operational and Administrative Support Fee exceeds the cumulative decreases in the PPI-FG during the intervening periods.

 

(c)                                   From time to time, but not more frequently than once during any calendar year:

 

(i)              the Partnership will have the right to submit to Company a proposal to reduce the amount of the Operational and Administrative Support Fee if the Partnership believes, in good faith, that the prospective value of the Services to be performed by Company and its Affiliates for the benefit of the Partnership Group will be less than the Operational and Administrative Support Fee in effect at such time; and

 

(ii)    Company may propose to increase the Operational and Administrative Support Fee if Company believes, in good faith, that the prospective cost of the Services to be performed by Company and its Affiliates for the benefit of the Partnership Group (including costs incurred by reason of the Partnership’s acquisition or development of assets or changes in the complexity of the Partnership’s operations) will exceed the Operational and Administrative Support Fee in effect at such time.

 

If either Party submits such a proposal to the other Party, both Parties will negotiate in good faith to determine if the Operational and Administrative Support Fee should be changed and, if so, the amount of such change.  If the Parties agree that the Operational and Administrative Support Fee should be changed, then the

 

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Operational and Administrative Support Fee shall be changed as of the first day of the Month following such agreement.

 

Section 4.02                              Reimbursable Costs .

 

(a)                                  The Partnership Group shall reimburse Company for all other direct or allocated costs and expenses incurred by Company and its Affiliates on behalf of the Partnership Group including, but not limited to:

 

(i)                        salaries and related costs (including employment taxes) of employees of Company or its Affiliates (other than executive officers of the General Partner who devote less than a majority of their working time to the Partnership Group), and the cost of individual contractors to the extent, but only to the extent, such employees or contractors perform services for the Partnership Group that are directly related to the Services;

 

(ii)                     the cost (including employment taxes and similar expenses) of employee benefits relating to employees of Company or its Affiliates, including, but not limited to, 401(k), pension, bonuses and health insurance benefits, to the extent, but only to the extent, such employees perform services for the Partnership Group that are directly related to the Services;

 

(iii)                  any expenses incurred or payments made by Company or its Affiliates for insurance coverage with respect to the assets or the business of the Partnership Group;

 

(iv)                 all expenses and expenditures incurred by Company or its Affiliates as a result of the Partnership becoming and continuing as a publicly traded entity, including, but not limited to, costs associated with annual and quarterly reports, independent director and auditor fees, Partnership governance and compliance, registrar and transfer agent fees, tax return and Schedule K-1 preparation and distribution, legal fees and independent director compensation; and

 

(v)                    all sales, use, excise, value-added or similar taxes, if any, that may be applicable from time to time with respect to the Services.

 

(b)                                  As long as the General Partner is an Affiliate of Company, the Partnership and Company may settle the Partnership Group’s financial obligations to Company through Company’s normal interaffiliate settlement processes.  Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, the amount of any reimbursements due to Company under this Section 4.02 shall be paid by the Partnership Group no later than the 22nd Day of the Month following the Month in which the applicable reimbursable costs or expenses are incurred, provided that if such Day is not a Business Day, then the Partnership Group shall pay such amount without interest on the next Business Day.

 

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(c)                                   For the avoidance of doubt, the costs and expenses set forth in Section 4.02(a)  shall be paid by the Partnership Group in addition to, and not as a part of or included in, the Operational and Administrative Support Fee.

 

ARTICLE V.                       RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER

 

Section 5.01                              Right of First Offer to Purchase Certain Assets .

 

(a)                                  Pipeline hereby grants to the Partnership a right of first offer for a period (the “ ROFO Period ”) beginning at the Effective Date and ending at the earlier of (i) five years from the Effective Date and (ii) upon the occurrence of a Partnership Change of Control on all or any part of the ROFO Assets to the extent that Pipeline proposes to Transfer all or any part of either ROFO Asset; provided, however, that Pipeline may Transfer all or any part of either ROFO Asset to an Affiliate of Pipeline that agrees in writing that such ROFO Asset remains subject to the provisions of this Article V and such Affiliate assumes the obligations of Pipeline under this Article V with respect to such ROFO Asset, and such Transfer shall not be subject to the Partnership Group’s right of first offer.

 

(b)                                  The Parties acknowledge that any Transfer of all or any part of any ROFO Asset pursuant to the Partnership’s right of first offer is subject to the terms of all existing agreements with respect to the ROFO Assets and shall be subject to and conditioned on the obtaining of any and all necessary consents of securityholders, Governmental Authorities, lenders or other third parties; provided, however, that Company and Pipeline hereby represent and warrant that, to their knowledge after reasonable investigation, there are no terms in such agreements that would materially impair the rights granted to the Partnership Group pursuant to this Article V with respect to any ROFO Asset.

 

Section 5.02                              Procedures .

 

(a)                                  In the event Pipeline proposes to Transfer all or any part of any applicable ROFO Asset (other than to an Affiliate in accordance with Section 5.01(a) ) during the ROFO Period (a “ Proposed Transaction ”), Pipeline shall, prior to entering into any such Proposed Transaction, first give notice in writing to the Partnership (the “ ROFO Notice ”) of its intention to enter into such Proposed Transaction.  The ROFO Notice shall include any material terms, conditions and details as would be necessary for the Partnership to make a responsive offer to enter into the Proposed Transaction with Pipeline, which terms, conditions and details shall at a minimum include any terms, condition or details that Pipeline would propose to provide to non-Affiliates in connection with the Proposed Transaction.  If the Partnership determines to purchase the ROFO Assets, the Partnership shall have 60 days following receipt of the ROFO Notice to propose an offer to enter into the Proposed Transaction with Pipeline (the “ ROFO Response ”).  The ROFO Response shall set forth the terms and conditions (including, without limitation, the purchase price the Partnership proposes to pay for the ROFO Asset and the other terms of the purchase) pursuant to which the Partnership would be willing to

 

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enter into a binding agreement for the Proposed Transaction. If no ROFO Response is delivered by the Partnership within such 60-day period, then the Partnership shall be deemed to have waived its right of first offer with respect to such ROFO Asset, subject to Section 5.02(c) .

 

(b)                                  Unless the ROFO Response is rejected pursuant to written notice delivered by Pipeline to the Partnership within 60 days of the delivery to Pipeline of the ROFO Response, such ROFO Response shall be deemed to have been accepted by Pipeline, and Pipeline shall enter into an agreement with the Partnership providing for the consummation of the Proposed Transaction upon the terms set forth in the ROFO Response.  Unless otherwise agreed between Pipeline and the Partnership, the terms of the purchase and sale agreement will include the following:

 

(i)                        the Partnership will deliver the agreed purchase price (in cash, Partnership Securities, an interest-bearing promissory note, or any combination thereof);

 

(ii)                     Pipeline will represent that it has title to the applicable ROFO Asset that is sufficient to own and operate the applicable ROFO Asset in accordance with its intended and historical use, subject to all recorded matters and all physical conditions in existence on the closing date for the purchase of the applicable ROFO Asset, plus any other such matters as the Partnership may approve;

 

(iii)                  the closing date for the purchase of the ROFO Asset shall occur no later than 180 days following receipt by Pipeline of the ROFO Response pursuant to Section 5.02(a) ;

 

(iv)                 each of Pipeline and the Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to do or cause to be done all things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to effectuate the consummation of any transactions contemplated by this Section 5.02(b) , including causing its respective Affiliates to execute, deliver and perform all documents, notices, amendments, certificates, instruments and consents required in connection therewith; and

 

(v)                    neither Pipeline nor the Partnership shall have any obligation to sell or buy the applicable ROFO Asset if any consent referred to in Section 5.01(b)  has not been obtained.

 

(c)                                   If the Partnership has not timely delivered a ROFO Response as specified above with respect to a Proposed Transaction that is subject to a ROFO Notice, Pipeline shall be free to enter into a Proposed Transaction with any third party on terms and conditions no more favorable to such third party than those set forth in the ROFO Notice.  If Pipeline rejects a ROFO Response with respect to any Proposed Transaction, Pipeline shall be free to enter into a Proposed Transaction with any third party (i) on terms and conditions (excluding those relating to price) that are

 

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not more favorable in the aggregate to such third party than those proposed in respect of the Partnership Group in the ROFO Response and (ii) at a price equal to no less than 100% of the price offered by the Partnership in the ROFO Response to Pipeline.

 

(d)                                  The Partnership can assign its rights and obligations under this Article V to any Partnership Group Member.

 

ARTICLE VI.                  LICENSE OF NAME AND MARK

 

Section 6.01                              Grant of License .   Upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Article VI , Company hereby grants and conveys to each of the entities currently or hereafter comprising a part of the Partnership Group a nontransferable, nonexclusive, royalty-free right and license (“ License ”) to use the name “Phillips 66” (the “ Name ”) and any other trademarks owned by Company that contain the Name, the Name together with the distinctive shield graphic, the shield graphic alone, or the name “Phillips 66 Partners” together with the partial outline shield graphic (collectively, the “ Marks ”).

 

Section 6.02                              Ownership and Quality .   The Partnership agrees that ownership of the Name and the Marks and the goodwill relating thereto shall remain vested in Company both during the term of this License and thereafter, and the Partnership further agrees, and agrees to cause the other Partnership Group Members, never to challenge, contest or question the validity of Company’s ownership of the Name and Marks or any registration thereof by Company.  In connection with the use of the Name and the Mark, the Partnership and any other Partnership Group Members shall not in any manner represent that they have any ownership in the Name and the Marks or registration thereof except as set forth herein, and the Partnership, on behalf of itself and the other Partnership Group Members, acknowledge that the use of the Name and the Marks shall not create any right, title or interest in or to the Name and the Mark, and all use of the Name and the Marks by the Partnership or any other Partnership Group Members, shall inure to the benefit of Company. The Partnership agrees, and agrees to cause the other Partnership Group Members, to use the Name and Marks in accordance with such quality standards established by Company and communicated to the Partnership from time to time, it being understood that the products and services offered by the Partnership Group Members immediately before the Effective Date are of a quality that is acceptable to Company and justifies the License.

 

Section 6.03                              Termination .   The License shall terminate upon any termination of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE VII.             PREFUNDED PROJECTS

 

Section 7.01                              Prefunded Projects . Prior to the Effective Date, Company has contributed $3.0 million to Holdings, and Holdings has contributed $0.3 million to Carrier, in each case as prepayment for the completion of the projects set forth on Schedule IV (the “ Prefunded Projects ”). Holdings and Carrier hereby agree, in consideration of such contributions, that Holdings and Carrier will use their respective commercially

 

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reasonable efforts to complete, or cause the completion, of each Prefunded Project in accordance with such specifications and on or before such dates as shall be reasonably agreed by the Parties following the Effective Date. The Parties acknowledge and agree that Holdings or Carrier, as applicable, will bear any costs and expenses associated with the completion of the Prefunded Projects in excess of the amounts contributed to them prior to the Effective Date.

 

ARTICLE VIII.        NOTICES

 

Section 8.01                              Notices .   Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, all Notices between the Parties given under or in relation to this Agreement shall be made in writing and shall be deemed to have been properly given if:  (i) personally delivered (with written confirmation of receipt); or (ii) delivered by a recognized overnight delivery service (delivery fees prepaid), in either case to the appropriate address set forth below:

 

 

If to any Partnership Group Member:

If to Company or Pipeline:

 

 

 

 

Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

Phillips 66 Company

 

3010 Briarpark Dr.

3010 Briarpark Dr.

 

Houston, TX 77042

Houston, TX 77042

 

Attn: President

Attn: General Counsel

 

A Party may change its address for Notice upon Notice to each other Party in accordance with this Section 8.01 .

 

Section 8.02                              Effective upon Receipt .   Any Notice given in the manner set forth in Section 8.01 shall be effective upon actual receipt if received during normal business hours, or at the beginning of the recipient’s next Business Day if not received during normal business hours.

 

ARTICLE IX.                 APPLICABLE LAW

 

Section 9.01                              Applicable Law .   Regardless of the place of contracting, place(s) of performance or otherwise, this Agreement and all amendments, modifications, alterations or supplements hereto, shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas without regard to the principles of conflicts of law or any other principle that might apply the law of another jurisdiction.

 

ARTICLE X.                      LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

Section 10.01                       No Liability for Consequential Damages .   Except as provided in Article III , in no event shall a Party be liable to another Party for, and no arbitral panel is authorized to award, any punitive, special, indirect or consequential damages of any kind or character resulting from or arising out of this Agreement, including, without limitation, loss of profits or business interruptions, however they may be caused.

 

Section 10.02                       Limitation of Liability .   Except as provided in Article III , each Party shall be discharged from any and all liability with respect to Losses arising out of this

 

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Agreement unless suit or action is commenced within two years after the cause of action arises.

 

ARTICLE XI.                 MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 11.01                       Disputes between the Parties .   Any dispute between or among the Parties in connection with this Agreement shall be resolved by arbitration in accordance with the procedures set forth in Exhibit A ; provided, however, that a Party may seek a restraining order, temporary injunction, or other provisional relief in any court with jurisdiction over the subject matter of the dispute and sitting in Houston, Texas, if such Party in its sole judgment believes that such action is necessary to avoid irreparable injury or to preserve the status quo ante .

 

Section 11.02                       Assignment .   No Party may assign its rights or delegate its duties under this Agreement without prior written consent of each other Party; provided, however, that (a) Company may delegate any of its duties and obligations hereunder to any Phillips 66 Entity and (b) the Partnership can assign its rights under Article V to any Partnership Group Member.

 

Section 11.03                       No Third-Party Rights .   Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement is intended to confer any rights, benefits or obligations to any Person other than the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.  No Limited Partner shall have any right, separate and apart from the Partnership, to enforce any provision of this Agreement or to compel any Party to comply with the terms of this Agreement.

 

Section 11.04                       Compliance with Laws .   Each Party shall at all times comply with all Laws as are applicable to its performance of this Agreement.

 

Section 11.05                       Severability .   If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof shall be found by any arbitral panel or court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable to any extent and for any reason, this Agreement shall be adjusted rather than voided, if possible, in order to achieve the intent of the Parties.  In any event, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such remainder shall not be affected thereby and shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by Law.

 

Section 11.06                       Non-Waiver .   The failure of any Party to enforce any provision, condition, covenant or requirement of this Agreement at any time shall not be construed to be a waiver of such provision, condition, covenant or requirement unless the other Parties are so notified by such Party in writing.  Any waiver by a Party of a default by any other Party in the performance of any provision, condition, covenant or requirement contained in this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision, condition, covenant or requirement, nor shall any such waiver in any manner release such other Party from the performance of any other provision, condition, covenant or requirement.

 

Section 11.07                       Entire Agreement .   This Agreement, together with all exhibits and schedules attached hereto, the Tax Sharing Agreement (with respect to tax matters) and

 

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the Operational Services Agreement (with respect to employee reimbursement matters), constitute the entire agreement among the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and there are no warranties, representations or other agreements between the Parties in connection with the subject matter hereof except as specifically set forth in, or contemplated by, this Agreement, the Tax Sharing Agreement (with respect to tax matters) and the Operational Services Agreement (with respect to employee reimbursement matters).

 

Section 11.08                       Amendments .   This Agreement shall not be modified or amended, in whole or in part, except by a written amendment signed by all of the Parties.

 

Section 11.09                       Survival .   Any indemnification granted hereunder by a Party to any other Party shall survive the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms of the indemnification.

 

Section 11.10                       Counterparts; Multiple Originals .   This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding each of the Parties.  Each of the Parties may sign any number of copies of this Agreement.  Each signed copy shall be deemed to be an original, and all of them together shall represent one and the same agreement.

 

Section 11.11                       Exhibits and Schedules .   The exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement are incorporated into and constitute part of this Agreement.  If there is any conflict between this Agreement and any exhibit or schedule, the provisions of the exhibit or schedule shall control.

 

Section 11.12                       Table of Contents; Headings; Subheadings .   The table of contents and the headings and subheadings of this Agreement have been inserted only for convenience to facilitate reference and are not intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

 

Section 11.13                       Construction .   The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 11.14                       Business Practices .   Company shall use its best efforts to make certain that all billings, reports, and financial settlements rendered to or made with the Partnership Group pursuant to this Agreement, or any revision of or amendments to this Agreement, will properly reflect the facts about all activities and transactions handled by authority of this Agreement and that the information shown on such billings, reports and settlement documents may be relied upon by the Partnership Group as being complete and accurate in any further recording and reporting made by the Partnership Group for

 

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whatever purposes.  Company shall notify the Partnership if Company discovers any errors in such billings, reports, or settlement documents.

 

[Signature pages follow.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Company, the Partnership and the General Partner have signed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ T.G. Taylor

 

 

T.G. Taylor

 

 

Executive Vice President, Commercial, Marketing,

 

 

Transportation and Business Development

 

 

of Phillips 66 Company

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 PIPELINE LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ C.L. Brooks

 

 

C.L. Brooks

 

 

Vice President

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC,

 

 

General Partner of Phillips 66 Partners LP

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J.T. Liberti

 

 

J.T. Liberti

 

 

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

 

 

of Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS GP LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J.T. Liberti

 

 

J.T. Liberti

 

 

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

 

 

of Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

 

[Second signature page follows.]

 

First Signature page to Omnibus Agreement

 



 

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS HOLDINGS LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners LP,

 

 

Sole Member of Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

 

 

General Partner of Phillips 66 Partners LP

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J.T. Liberti

 

 

J.T. Liberti

 

 

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

 

 

of Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

 

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC,

 

 

Sole Member of Phillips 66 Carrier LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners LP,

 

 

Sole Member of Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC,

 

 

General Partner of Phillips 66 Partners LP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J.T. Liberti

 

 

J.T. Liberti

 

 

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

 

 

of Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

 

Second Signature page to Omnibus Agreement

 



 

Exhibit A

 

Arbitration Procedure

 

A Party may initiate dispute resolution procedures by sending a Notice to each other Party specifically stating the complaining Party’s Claim and by initiating binding arbitration in accordance with the Center for Public Resources Rules for Non-Administered Arbitration of Business Disputes, by three arbitrators who shall be neutral, independent, and generally knowledgeable about the type of transaction which gave rise to the dispute.  The arbitration shall be governed by the United States Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16, provided that the arbitrators shall include in their report/award a list of findings, with supporting evidentiary references, upon which they have relied in making their decision.  Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof.  The place of arbitration shall be Houston, Texas.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein and regardless of any procedures or rules of the Center for Public Resources, it is expressly agreed that the following shall apply and control over any other provision in this Agreement:

 

(a)                                  All offers, conduct, views, opinions and statements made in the course of negotiation or mediation by any of the Parties, their employees, agents, experts, attorneys and representatives, and by any mediator, are confidential, made for compromise and settlement, protected from disclosure under Federal and State Rules of Evidence and Procedure, and inadmissible and not discoverable for any purpose, including impeachment, in litigation or legal proceedings between the Parties, and shall not be disclosed to any Person who is not an agent, employee, expert or representative of the Parties, provided that evidence otherwise discoverable or admissible is not excluded from discovery or admission as a result of presentation or use in mediation.

 

(b)                                  Except to the extent that the Parties may agree upon selection of one or more arbitrators, the Center for Public Resources shall select arbitrators from a panel reviewed by the Parties.  The Parties shall be entitled to exercise peremptory strikes against one-third of the panel and may challenge other candidates for lack of neutrality or lack of qualifications.  Challenges shall be resolved in accordance with Center for Public Resource rules.

 

(c)                                   The Parties shall have at least 20 Days following the close of hearing within which to submit a brief (not to exceed 18 pages in length) and ten Days from date of receipt of the opponent’s brief within which to respond thereto.

 

(d)                                  The Parties expressly agree that the arbitrators shall not award punitive damages, consequential damages, or attorneys’ fees (except attorneys’ fees specifically authorized by the Agreement).

 

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(e)                                   The fees and expenses of any mediator or arbitrator shall be shared equally by the Parties.

 

(f)                                    The Parties may, by written agreement (signed by the Parties), alter any time deadline or location(s) for meetings.

 

Time is of the essence for purposes of the provisions of this exhibit.

 

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Schedule I
Environmental Matters

 

ISSUE

 

SUMMARY

IEPA E-2003-00026
INCIDENT #20021565
WOOD RIVER PRODUCTS
TERMINAL GASOLINE
RELEASE

 

The site was entered into the Illinois Site Remediation Program in early 2003. After a 60 gallon gasoline release in October 2002, subsurface investigation uncovered evidence of prior releases of other products in the manifold area on the NW corner of the Terminal property. In 2012, a detailed LNAPL mobility assessment was conducted which demonstrates stable, not practicably recoverable, and relatively immobile material. Currently the remedial plan and spend forecast is being re-evaluated considering this information. The plan will include long-term monitoring.

 

 

 

IEPA E-2002-00081
INCIDENT #20011073
WOOD RIVER PRODUCTS
TERMINAL TRANSMIX
RELEASE

 

After a 140 bbl overfill of Transmix (gasoline/diesel) in June 2001, excavation identified additional historical subsurface impacts. Subsurface investigation was performed, expanded, and the release was enrolled in the Illinois Site Remediation Program. Additional assessment requested by IEPA will be performed in 2103 and a remedial plan will be developed based on results.

 



 

Schedule II
Pending Litigation

 

Name

 

Subject Area

 

Issues

 

Location

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Petrocom Energy Group LLC v COP Pipe Line

 

Property Damage

 

Product discoloration

 

Pasadena Terminal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brown, Harold L v Eastman Chemical

 

Toxic Tort \ Asbestos

 

“Asbestos Exposure- Mesothelioma.”

 

Pasadena (non-specific)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guidry, Steven v Inland-Gulf Towing

 

Personal Injury \ Maritime

 

Alleged Personal injury while boarding barge

 

Pecan Grove Terminal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cordova, Noel J v Dealers Electrical Supply Co

 

Personal Injury \ Premises

 

Personal Injury Claim

 

Pasadena Terminal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bass, Kenneth v Air Liquid America

 

Toxic Tort \ Asbestos

 

Asbestos Exposure; Asbestos; Premises; Asbestosis

 

Pasadena (non-specific)

 



 

Schedule III
Services

 

(a)

 

Executive services

 

 

 

(b)

 

Financial and administrative services (including treasury and accounting)

 

 

 

(c)

 

Information technology

 

 

 

(d)

 

Legal services

 

 

 

(e)

 

Corporate health, safety and environmental services

 

 

 

(f)

 

Facility services

 

 

 

(g)

 

Human resources services

 

 

 

(h)

 

Procurement services

 

 

 

(i)

 

Corporate engineering services (such as asset integrity and regulatory services, but not including engineering services directly related to Partnership Group assets)

 

 

 

(j)

 

Logistical services, including Bartlesville control center

 

 

 

(k)

 

Asset oversight (such as operational management and supervision, but not including operational services directly related to Partnership Group assets)

 

 

 

(l)

 

Business development services

 

 

 

(m)

 

Investor relations

 

 

 

(n)

 

Tax matters

 

 

 

(o)

 

Public company reporting matters

 



 

Schedule IV
Prefunded Projects

 

Debottlenecking project at Clifton Ridge terminal, including the installation of a custody transfer meter, prover and sampler at the Pecan Grove barge dock.

 

Repair and maintenance of Tank 27 at Clifton Ridge terminal.

 

Complete connection to Shell Houston-Houma Pipeline at Clifton Ridge terminal.

 

Repair of mooring dolphin at Hartford barge dock.

 


Exhibit 10.3

 

 

OPERATIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

by and among

 

PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC,

 

 PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS HOLDINGS LLC

 

and

 

PHILLIPS 66 PIPELINE LLC

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

Page

Article I.

Defined Terms

1

Article II.

Responsibilities of Operator

5

Article III.

Financial Accounting and Billing Practices

7

Article IV.

Safety

9

Article V.

Relationship of the Parties

9

Article VI.

Liability Standard and Indemnification

9

Article VII.

Insurance

11

Article VIII.

Term and Termination

12

Article IX.

Alcohol and Controlled Substances

13

Article X.

Force Majeure

13

Article XI.

Notices

14

Article XII.

Applicable Law

15

Article XIII.

Confidentiality

15

Article XIV.

Disputes Between the Parties

15

Article XV.

Assignability

15

Article XVI.

Compliance with Laws

16

Article XVII.

Severability

16

Article XVIII.

Non-Waiver

16

Article XIX.

Entire Agreement; Amendments

16

Article XX.

Survival

17

Article XXI.

Counterparts; Multiple Originals

17

Article XXII.

Construction

17

Article XXIII.

Article Headings; Exhibits

17

 

 

 

Exhibits

 

 

 

A

Description of Pipelines and Terminals

B

Maintenance Services

C

Operating Services

D

Administrative Services

E

Construction Services

F

Accounting Procedures

G

Dispute Resolution Procedures

 

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OPERATIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

This OPERATIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of the 26th day of July, 2013, by and between PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“ Carrier ”), PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Holdings ”) and PHILLIPS 66  PIPELINE LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“ Operator ”).  Carrier and Holdings are collectively referred to herein as “ Company ”.

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS , Company owns various crude oil and refined products pipelines and terminal assets; and

 

WHEREAS , Operator has experience and expertise in the maintenance and operation of pipelines and terminals and can provide or make available to Company the personnel, technology, and other resources necessary to maintain and operate such crude oil and refined products pipelines and terminal assets; and

 

WHEREAS , Company and Operator desire that Operator maintain and operate such crude oil and refined products pipelines and terminal assets for Company;

 

NOW , THEREFORE , for and in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and promises contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by Company and Operator, Company and Operator agree as follows:

 

Article I.                                                                             Defined Terms

 

1.01                         Defined Terms .  The following definitions shall for all purposes, unless clearly indicated to the contrary, apply to the capitalized terms used in this Operational Services Agreement:

 

(a)                                  Accounting Procedures ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01 hereof and Exhibit F hereto.

 

(b)                                  Administrative Services ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(c) hereof.

 

(c)                                   Affiliate ” means with respect to any Person:  (i) any other Person which beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of such Person’s stock or fifty percent (50%) or more of the ownership interest entitled to vote in such Person, or (ii) any other Person as to which fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting stock or fifty percent (50%) or more of the ownership interest entitled to vote therein, is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, either by such Person or by an affiliate of such Person as defined in (i) above.  For the purposes of this Agreement, Company and Operator are not considered Affiliates.

 



 

(d)                                  Agreement ” means this Operational Services Agreement, together with all exhibits attached hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

(e)                                   Bankruptcy ” means, with respect to any Person, that:  (i) such Person (A) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (B) files a voluntary bankruptcy petition; (C) becomes the subject of an order for relief or is declared insolvent in any federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings; (D) files a petition or answer seeking for such Person, a reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief under any Law; (E) files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against such Person in a proceeding of the type described in subclauses (A) through (D) of this clause (i); or (F) seeks, consents to, or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part of such Person’s properties; or (ii) against such Person, a proceeding seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief under any Law has been commenced, and 120 Days have expired without dismissal thereof or with respect to which, without such Person’s consent or acquiescence, a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of such Person or all or any substantial part of such Person’s properties has been appointed and 90 Days have expired after the date of expiration of a stay, if the appointment has not previously been vacated.

 

(f)                                    Business Day ” means any Day except for Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in the State of Texas.

 

(g)                                  Carrier ” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.

 

(h)                                  Category of Expenditure ” means each of the types of capital and expense expenditures, or combinations thereof, for the Services set forth in Section 2.01 hereof and in accordance with the Accounting Procedures set forth in Exhibit F.

 

(i)                                     Partnership Change of Control ” means Phillips 66 Company ceases to Control the general partner of Phillips 66 Partners LP.

 

(j)                                    Claim ” means any and all judgments, claims, causes of action, demands, lawsuits, suits, proceedings, governmental investigations or audits, losses, assessments, fines, penalties, administrative orders, obligations, costs, expenses, liabilities and damages (whether actual or consequential), including interest, penalties, reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements and costs of investigations, deficiencies, levies, duties and imposts.

 

(k)                                  Claim Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.05 hereof.

 

(l)                                     Company ” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.

 

(m)                              Construction Services ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(d) hereof.

 

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(n)                                  Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

 

(o)                                  Day ” means the period of time commencing at 0000 hours on one calendar day and running until, but not including, 0000 hours on the next calendar day, according to Houston, Texas, local time.

 

(p)                                  Dispute Resolution Procedures ” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.01 hereof.

 

(q)                                  DOT ” means the United States Department of Transportation.

 

(r)                                   Effective Date ” means the date of the closing of the initial public offering of common units representing limited partner interests in Phillips 66 Partners LP.

 

(s)                                    FERC ” means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

 

(t)                                     Force Majeure ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02 hereof.

 

(u)                                  GAAP ” means United States generally accepted accounting principles.

 

(v)                                  Holdings ” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.

 

(w)                                Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.03 hereof.

 

(x)                                  Law ” means any applicable constitutional provision, statute, act, code, law, regulation ordinance, rule, ordinance, order, decree, ruling, proclamation, resolution, judgment, decision or declaration.

 

(y)                                  Liability Claim ” means any Claim against Operator or Company, except Claims made by employees under any workers compensation Law or those fully covered by insurance.

 

(z)                                   Maintenance Services ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a) hereof.

 

(aa)                           Material Default ” means:  (i) the failure of a Party to pay the other Party any material amount of money payable by that Party, except a failure related to a bona fide business dispute about the amount of such payment or the liability for such payment, not accompanied by a general failure by that Party to pay the amounts it owes under this Agreement, (ii) the general, continuing failure of a Party to perform its material obligations under this Agreement, except when excused by Force Majeure or by some other provision of this Agreement, and except a failure related to a bona fide dispute about any obligation, or (iii) with respect to Company, its failure to approve any budgetary expense or capital project involving any pipeline integrity, compliance or regulatory issue that Operator, in its reasonable judgment, deems necessary or required by any Law.

 

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(bb)                           Month ” or “ Monthly ” means a calendar month commencing at 0000 hours on the first Day thereof and running until, but not including, 0000 hours on the first Day of the following calendar month, according to Houston, Texas, local time.

 

(cc)                             Normal Business Hours ” means the period of time commencing at 0800 hours on one Day and running until 1700 hours on the same Day, according to Houston, Texas, local time.

 

(dd)                           Notice ” means any notice, request, instruction, correspondence or other communication permitted or required to be given under this Agreement in accordance with Article XI hereof, or received from a Person who is not a Party.

 

(ee)                             Omnibus Agreement ” shall mean the Omnibus Agreement by and among Phillips 66 Company, Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC, Phillips 66 Partners LP and Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC.

 

(ff)                               Operating Services ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b) hereof.

 

(gg)                           Operator ” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.

 

(hh)                           Overrun ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(b) hereof.

 

(ii)                                 Parties ” means Carrier, Holdings and Operator, collectively.

 

(jj)                                 Party ” means Carrier, Holdings or Operator, individually.

 

(kk)                           Person ” means, without limitation, an individual, corporation (including a non-profit corporation), general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization, labor union, or other entity or governmental body, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.

 

(ll)                                 Pipelines ” means the crude oil pipelines and refined petroleum products pipelines and related facilities identified in Exhibit A hereto, and any other crude oil pipelines, natural gas pipelines, natural gas liquid pipelines, liquefied petroleum gas pipelines and refined petroleum products pipelines and related facilities that Operator agrees to operate on behalf of Company upon reasonable request by Company.

 

(mm)                   Recovery Claim ” means any liability or claim which Company has against one or more Persons.

 

(nn)                           Services ” means the Maintenance Services, Operating Services, Administrative Services, Construction Services, and the other services included in Section 2.01 hereof, collectively.

 

(oo)                           Terminals ” means the terminals and related facilities identified in Exhibit A hereto, and any other terminals and related facilities that Operator agrees to operate on behalf of Company upon reasonable request by Company.

 

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(pp)                           Year ” means a period of three hundred sixty five (365) consecutive Days, commencing on the date hereof, and it shall also include each successive three hundred sixty five (365) Day period; provided, however, that any Year which contains a date of February 29 shall consist of three hundred sixty six (366) Days.

 

1.02                         Terms Generally .  The definitions in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The word “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” All references herein to Articles, Sections and exhibits shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and exhibits to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require.  Unless the context shall otherwise require, any reference to any federal, state or local statute, act, code or law shall be deemed also to refer to all rules, regulations and directives promulgated thereunder (and to any successor provision).

 

Article II.                                                                        Responsibilities of Operator

 

2.01                         Services to be Provided by Operator .  During the term of this Agreement, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Operator shall be obligated to perform and provide, or cause to be performed and provided, the following Services:

 

(a)                                  Such services as may be required by Company for the day-to-day routine and emergency maintenance and repair of the Pipelines and Terminals.  Operator’s obligation to maintain and repair the Pipelines and Terminals shall include the obligation to perform and provide such maintenance, repair and related services and activities as are described in Exhibit B (the “ Maintenance Services ”).

 

(b)                                  Such services as may be required by Company for the day-to-day operation of the Pipelines and Terminals.  Operator’s obligation to operate the Pipelines and Terminals shall include the obligation to perform and provide such operating services and activities as are described in Exhibit C (the “ Operating Services ”).

 

(c)                                   Such administrative services as may be required by Company in order for it to own the Pipelines and Terminals and conduct its business and affairs from time to time.  Operator’s obligation to provide administrative services shall include the obligation to perform and provide such administrative services as are described in Exhibit D (the “ Administrative Services ”).

 

(d)                                  Such construction and related services as may be required by Company from time to time in connection with the Pipelines and Terminals, consisting of the services described in Exhibit E (the “ Construction Services ”).

 

(e)                                   Such other services related to the Pipelines and Terminals as the Parties may agree upon in writing from time to time.

 

2.02                         Manner of Performing/Providing Services .  The Services to be performed and provided by Operator hereunder shall be performed and provided in an efficient and prudent manner with the same degree of diligence and care that Operator would exercise if operating its

 

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own property and in all respects in accordance with all applicable Laws relating to Operator, Company and the Pipelines and Terminals, and Company’s ownership and operation thereof.  Operator shall operate the Pipelines and Terminals in a safe, professional and economical manner and, in a timely fashion, shall advise Company of all matters of significance that could affect the safety or economics relating to their operation so that Company can make appropriate decisions with respect thereto.  Operator shall provide such Services in accordance with and subject to the terms of the budget that is submitted by it to and approved by Company pursuant to Section 3.03 hereof.

 

2.03                         Personnel .  Operator shall utilize and have supervision, subject to the ultimate direction and control of Company, over such Persons (including consultants and professionals, service or other organizations) as Operator deems necessary or appropriate in order to permit Operator to perform its duties and responsibilities hereunder in an efficient and prudent manner.  Subject to Operator’s right to be reimbursed for such expenses in accordance with the Accounting Procedures (as defined in Section 3.01), Operator shall pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with the retention of such Persons, including, but not limited to, compensation, salaries, wages and overhead and administrative expenses, charges to or incurred by Operator, and, if applicable, social security taxes, workers compensation insurance, retirement and insurance benefits and other such expenses.  Any such Persons retained by Operator may be union or non-union employees, and Operator shall have the sole right to negotiate the terms and provisions of any labor or other agreements with the unions to which such employees belong.  Operator shall provide, or cause to be provided, all workers who will perform Services.  With respect to Company operations in Texas, Operator shall obtain workers’ compensation coverage as defined by Texas Labor Code Section 401.011(44) on behalf of both Operator and Company, and Company shall be considered an employer solely for the purposes of Texas Labor Code Section 401.011(18) and Section 408.001.  With respect to Company operations performed in any jurisdiction other than Texas, to the extent that such jurisdiction would regard Company as a joint or dual employer of any such employee, Operator shall obtain workers’ compensation coverage as defined and required by Law on behalf of both Operator and Company, provided that Company shall be considered an employer solely for the purposes of its status as a joint or dual employer under the relevant workers’ compensation regime.

 

2.04                         Use of Affiliates .  In its performance of the Services hereunder, Operator may, but shall not be obligated to, use the services of Operator’s or its Affiliates’ accounting, construction, purchasing, engineering, legal, planning, budgeting, operating, regulatory, and other departments.

 

2.05                         Contracts .  Operator is authorized to execute, in its name and for the benefit of Company, such contracts as may be necessary for Operator to carry out its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that Operator shall not execute any contract in excess of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00), or that covers a period longer than the term of this Agreement, unless Operator obtains Company’s prior written approval.

 

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2.06                         Claims .

 

(a)                                  Any Liability Claim or Recovery Claim, to the extent relating to the operation or maintenance of the Pipelines and Terminals, shall be defended, prosecuted or settled by Operator, subject to the ultimate direction and control of Company.

 

(b)                                  The costs of handling a Liability Claim or a Recovery Claim, including reasonable costs of legal counsel, together with the amount of any settlement of or judgment rendered on a Liability Claim, including court costs, shall be paid by Operator and shall be reimbursed by Company.  Any amounts received by Operator in settlement of a Recovery Claim or in payment of a judgment on a Recovery Claim shall be paid over to Company.

 

(c)                                   Operator shall promptly notify Company whenever Operator receives actual Notice of any claim against Company or Operator (in its capacity as Operator).

 

(d)                                  Before making any settlement of any Liability Claim and before filing any lawsuit or making any settlement with respect to any Recovery Claim, Operator shall give to Company written Notice of the fact that it desires to file such suit or make such settlement (as the case may be), which Notice shall set forth the nature of the claim and the amount for which Operator proposes to sue or settle, and Operator shall not file any such suit nor make any such settlement without the approval of Company.

 

2.07                         Company Property .  All property, equipment and material acquired solely on behalf of Company by Operator hereunder shall be deemed to be owned by Company.

 

Article III.                                                                   Financial Accounting and Billing Practices

 

3.01                         Accounting .  Operator shall keep a full and complete account of all costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with the performance and provision of the Services hereunder in the manner set forth in the Accounting Procedures.

 

3.02                         Compensation .  Operator shall be fully reimbursed by Company for all necessary and reasonable costs, expenses and expenditures incurred by Operator on behalf of Company in connection with the provision of the Services at the rates and in the manner set forth in the Accounting Procedures.

 

3.03                         Budgets .

 

(a)                                  By November 1 st  of each year, Operator shall prepare and submit to Company for approval a detailed maintenance, operating, and capital budget setting out the amounts Operator proposes to expend for such purposes during the next calendar Year, which budget shall, to the extent practicable, provide for a breakdown of expenses and expenditures on a Monthly basis, by Category of Expenditure and by asset as defined by Operator. Upon Company approval of such budget, Operator shall have the authority to award and execute contracts within the expenditure limits set forth in such budget.  When expense and capital appropriation requests are not required (such as with annual maintenance contracts), Operator shall have the authority to award and execute such contracts without additional Company approval, subject to Section 2.05 of this Agreement.

 

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(b)                                  If it appears at any time after Operator receives a budget approved by Company that the total actual expenditures for any calendar Year will exceed the total annual budgeted amount for such calendar Year, Operator shall notify Company of such expected excess expenditure as part of the normal Monthly billing process.  If it subsequently appears that the total actual expenditures for any calendar Year will exceed ten percent (10%) of the total annual budgeted amount (“ Overrun ”), Operator shall submit to Company for approval an amendment to the then-applicable budget, together with an explanation of the reason(s) for the anticipated budget Overrun.  As soon as practicable following the last Day of each Month, Operator shall submit to Company a Monthly report comparing actual expenditures for such Month to budgeted operating expenses and capital projects for such Month.

 

(c)                                   Company shall notify Operator in writing of the approval or disapproval of any proposed budget or amendment thereto in writing within fifteen (15) Days after receipt thereof.  In the event Company does not so notify Operator within such time period, or if Company notifies Operator that such budget or amendment has been disapproved, then until Operator receives approval of a proposed budget or amendment:  (i) the current approved budget shall remain in effect, and (ii) Operator shall continue to have the authority to make expenditures with regard to items previously approved by Company.  If any such proposed budget or amendment is disapproved, Operator shall submit a revised proposed budget or amendment to Company for approval as soon as is reasonably practicable.

 

(d)                                  Operator shall meet with Company a minimum of four (4) times during each calendar Year, or more if Company requests, in order to review the budget and permit Company to monitor the accuracy of the budget for current Year operations.

 

(e)                                   The Parties agree that the maintenance, operating and capital budget for 2013 shall be as presented by Company to Operator no later than the Effective Date.

 

(f)                                    Except as Company may otherwise direct in writing, the approval by Company of a budget or an amendment to a budget shall constitute Company’s authorization of Operator to incur the expenses contained in such budget or amendment.

 

3.04                         Safety, Environmental and Emergency Expenditures .  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, Operator may incur (and be reimbursed for) any expenditures or take any other actions as Operator in its reasonable judgment deems to be immediately necessary:  (i) to protect the environment from immediate and present harm; (ii) to protect the health and safety of Persons from immediate and present harm; (iii) to safeguard lives or property in connection with the initial response to any emergencies affecting the Pipelines and Terminals; and (iv) proceed with maintenance or repair work necessary to keep the Pipelines and Terminals operating, or to restore the Pipelines and Terminals to operating conditions; however, it is also understood that every reasonable effort will be made by Operator to notify Company at the earliest possible convenience of such emergencies and expenditures involving same.

 

3.05                         Billing Practices .  Company shall pay and Operator shall receive as full and complete compensation for the performance of the Services hereunder, the sum of the amounts becoming due as described in the Accounting Procedures.  For Services provided by Operator in any

 

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Month, payment by Company shall be made no later than the 21 st  Day of the immediately following Month, provided that if such Day is not a Business Day, then Company shall pay such amount without interest on the next Business Day.  As long as Operator is an Affiliate of Company, the Operator and Company may settle Company’s financial obligations to Operator through Operator’s normal interaffiliate settlement processes.

 

3.06                         Records and Audit Rights .  Operator shall maintain a true and correct set of records pertaining to all activities relating to its performance hereunder and all transactions related thereto.  Operator further agrees to retain all such records for a period of time not less than two (2) Years following the end of the calendar Year in which the applicable Services were performed. Company, or its authorized representative or representatives, shall have the right during Operator’s Normal Business Hours to audit, copy and inspect, at Company’s sole cost and expense, any and all records of Operator relating to its performance of its obligations hereunder (but not any other books and records of Operator).  Audits shall not be commenced more than once by Company during each calendar Year and shall be completed within a reasonable time frame not to exceed thirty (30) Days.  Company may request information from Operator’s books and records relating to Operator’s obligations hereunder from time to time and such requests shall not constitute an audit for that calendar Year.  Company shall have two (2) Years after the end of a calendar Year during which to conduct an audit of Operator’s books and records for such calendar Year, and any Claim arising out of or based in whole or in part on the information produced or obtained by the performance of any such audit must be made, if at all, within such two (2) Year period.

 

Article IV.                                                                    Safety

 

4.01                         Safety Requirements .  Company agrees that Operator will abide by, at a minimum, the safety requirements promulgated by Operator from time to time with respect to the Pipelines and Terminals and in compliance with applicable Laws.

 

Article V.                                                                         Relationship of the Parties

 

5.01                         General Principles Regarding Relationship of the Parties .  The Parties agree that Operator shall provide the Services to Company as an independent contractor and not as an agent or representative of Company.  This Agreement is not intended to and shall not create or otherwise form a partnership or joint venture between Operator and Company.

 

5.02                         Standard of Operational Control .  The Parties agree that the Services shall be performed under the absolute direction and control of Company.  Company shall have the right to monitor, consult with and give operational instructions to Operator.  Operator shall not unreasonably refuse service requests or operational instructions of Company.

 

Article VI.                                                                    Liability Standard and Indemnification

 

6.01                         Liability Standard .  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, and in recognition of the fact that the Services to be performed and provided by Operator hereunder are to be furnished, performed and provided in exchange for the reimbursement provided for in the Accounting Procedures, Operator shall only be liable to Company for gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct in the performance of its obligations hereunder, AND NEITHER

 

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OPERATOR NOR SUCH OF ITS AFFILIATES OR AGENTS AS IT SHALL APPOINT TO PERFORM DUTIES HEREUNDER OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS, MEMBERS, PARTNERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONSULTANTS, REPRESENTATIVES, SUCCESSORS, TRANSFERREES AND ASSIGNEES SHALL BE LIABLE TO COMPANY OR PERSONS WHO HAVE ACQUIRED INTERESTS IN COMPANY, WHETHER AS PARTNERS, ASSIGNEES OR OTHERWISE, FOR ERRORS IN JUDGMENT OR FOR ANY ACTS OR OMISSIONS THAT DO NOT CONSTITUTE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL OR WANTON MISCONDUCT, IT BEING THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES THAT NEITHER OPERATOR NOR SUCH OF ITS AFFILIATES OR AGENTS AS IT SHALL APPOINT TO PERFORM DUTIES HEREUNDER OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS, MEMBERS, PARTNERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONSULTANTS, REPRESENTATIVES, SUCCESSORS, TRANSFEREES AND ASSIGNEES SHALL BE LIABLE FOR THEIR OWN NEGLIGENCE (SOLE, PARTIAL OR CONCURRENT).

 

6.02                         Responsibility for Affiliates and Agents .  Operator may exercise any of the powers granted to it by this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or through its Affiliates or agents, and Operator shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such Affiliate or agent appointed by Operator with due care.

 

6.03                         Indemnification .  FROM AND AFTER THE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT, COMPANY SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS OPERATOR AND EVERY AFFILIATE OF OPERATOR AS IT SHALL APPOINT TO PERFORM SERVICES HEREUNDER AND ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS, MEMBERS, PARTNERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONSULTANTS, REPRESENTATIVES, SUCCESSORS, TRANSFEREES AND ASSIGNEES (COLLECTIVELY THE “INDEMNIFIED PARTIES”) FROM, AGAINST AND IN RESPECT OF ANY AND ALL LIABILITY CLAIMS ASSERTED BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN COMPANY ARISING FROM, RELATING TO, OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE PERFORMANCE OR PROVISION OR FAILURE TO PERFORM OR PROVIDE BY OPERATOR ANY OF THE SERVICES OR THE FAILURE BY COMPANY TO PERFORM ANY OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, IN EACH CASE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY SUCH CLAIM RESULTS FROM THE NEGLIGENCE (SOLE, PARTIAL OR CONCURRENT) OF OPERATOR OR ANY OF THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH INDEMNIFICATION SHALL NOT EXTEND TO ANY AMOUNT OF DAMAGES THAT ARE DETERMINED TO BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL OR WANTON MISCONDUCT OF THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY.

 

6.04                         Consequential Damages .  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither Party shall be liable to the other Party for special, indirect or consequential damages resulting from or arising out of this Agreement, including, without limitation, loss of profits or business interruptions, however they may be caused.

 

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6.05                         Notice of Claims .  Promptly after any Indemnified Party becomes aware of facts giving rise to a Claim by it for indemnification pursuant to this Article, such Indemnified Party shall provide Notice to Company (a “ Claim Notice ”) outlining such Claim and a copy of all papers served with respect thereto (if any).  For purposes of this Section, receipt by an Indemnified Party of Notice of any Claim by or from any Person other than a Party to this Agreement which gives rise to a Claim on behalf of such Indemnified Party shall require prompt Notice from the Indemnified Party to Company of the receipt of such Notice as provided in the first sentence of this Section 6.05; provided, however, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give timely Notice shall not affect its rights to indemnification hereunder except to the extent that Company is materially prejudiced thereby.  Each Claim Notice shall set forth all information regarding the Claim as the Indemnified Party shall then have and shall contain a statement to the extent that the Indemnified Party giving the Notice is making a Claim pursuant to a formal demand for indemnification under this Article VI.

 

Article VII.                                                               Insurance

 

7.01                         Insurance .

 

(a)                                  Operator shall at all times during the term of this Agreement procure and maintain workers’ compensation insurance or similar insurance, including all such insurance as may be required by all applicable state and federal workers’ compensation Laws and such other Laws as may be applicable to the Services performed under this Agreement.  Operator shall cause its workers’ compensation and employers liability insurers to waive their rights of subrogation against Company.

 

(b)                                  Operator may elect to self-insure all or any part of the insurance requirements set forth in Section 7.01(a) above to the extent allowed by applicable Law.  If Operator elects to self-insure, then Operator shall respond to any insurance claim, with regard to waiving rights of subrogation against Company, in the same manner as a commercial market insurance policy that waived subrogation rights against Company would have responded to such insurance claim.

 

7.02                         Cost Reimbursement .  Insurance as required in Section 7.01 hereof shall be a reimbursable cost pursuant to the Accounting Procedures.

 

7.03                         Required Contractor Coverage .  Operator shall require all contractors and subcontractors employed by Operator in performing and/or providing Services hereunder to procure and maintain the following insurance:  (i) workers’ compensation insurance or similar insurance, including all such insurance as may be required by all applicable state and federal workers’ compensation Laws and such other Laws as may be applicable to the Services provided by such contractors and subcontractors; (ii) employers’ liability insurance with amounts required by Law or One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence, whichever is greater; (iii) commercial general liability insurance on an occurrence form covering liabilities for death and personal injury and liabilities for loss or damage to property with a combined single limit of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence, which insurance must cover all Services conducted by such contractors and subcontractors related to this Agreement; and (iv) business vehicle insurance covering liabilities for death of or injury to any one Person and

 

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liabilities for loss of or damage to property resulting from any one (1) accident with a combined single limit of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence.  Further, Operator shall require such contractors and subcontractors to cause their workers’ compensation and employers’ liability insurance insurers to waive their rights of subrogation against Company, and to name Company as an additional insured under any commercial general liability and business vehicle liability insurance policies carried by such contractors and subcontractors.

 

Article VIII.                                                          Term and Termination

 

8.01                         Term .  Unless terminated in accordance with Section 8.02, Section 8.03 or Section 8.04 below, this Agreement shall have a five (5) Year primary term, commencing on the date hereof, and this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect thereafter unless it is terminated by either Party at the end of the primary term or at any time thereafter by giving not less than six (6) Months prior Notice of such termination to the other Party.

 

8.02                         Termination by Company .  Company shall have the right to terminate this Agreement immediately upon the occurrence of any of the following events:  (i) upon the Bankruptcy of Operator; or (ii) upon a finding by Company that Operator (A) has been grossly negligent or engaged in willful or wanton misconduct in the performance of its obligations hereunder and that such gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct has had a material adverse effect on the Pipelines and Terminals or Company’s business as it relates to the Pipelines and Terminals, or (B) has engaged in a continued or regular pattern or gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct that Company reasonably determines to pose a risk of resulting in a material adverse effect on the Pipelines and Terminals or Company’s business as it relates to the Pipelines and Terminals; provided that Company shall deliver to Operator Notice of any such affirmative finding, which shall include a reasonably detailed description of the basis therefor.

 

8.03                         Termination by Operator .  Operator shall have the right to terminate this Agreement or any Services provided hereunder:  (i) immediately upon the Bankruptcy of Company or (ii) on six (6) Months prior Notice upon the occurrence of a Partnership Change of Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Phillips 66 Partners LP ceases to Control, directly or indirectly, either Carrier or Holdings, as the case may be, then Operator shall have the right to terminate this Agreement with respect to any Services provided to Carrier or Holdings, as applicable.

 

8.04                         Right of Termination by Either Party .  Any Party may terminate this Agreement at any time upon sixty (60) Days prior Notice to the other Party if:

 

(a)                                  the other Party is in Material Default of any of its obligations under this Agreement; and

 

(b)                                  the non-defaulting Party gives Notice of such Material Default to the defaulting Party, which Notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances of such Material Default; and

 

(c)                                   the defaulting Party fails to cure the Material Default within thirty (30) Days, or, for a Material Default not reasonably susceptible to cure within that period, to undertake to cure such Material Default and thereafter to diligently continue such efforts until the Material Default is cured.

 

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8.05                         Effect of Termination .  The termination of this Agreement shall not relieve either Party of its obligations to pay amounts of money due hereunder which accrued prior to such termination.  Upon termination, Operator shall promptly make available to Company its books and records relating to the Pipelines and Terminals.

 

Article IX.                                                                   Alcohol and Controlled Substances

 

9.01                         Substance Abuse .  Operator shall prohibit the use, possession, distribution, sale or storage of illegal or controlled substances, and substance-related paraphernalia, by its personnel while performing Services hereunder or while located on Company premises.  Operator shall perform or cause to be performed all actions necessary for compliance with any applicable Laws pertaining to illegal or controlled substances, specifically including, but not limited to, the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 (41 U.S.C. §§ 701-707) and DOT regulations applicable to operators of pipeline facilities subject to applicable 49 C.F.R. Part 199.  Unless prohibited by Law, Operator shall require all personnel who enter Company premises to consent to searches, whether performed by Company or appropriate law enforcement officials, of the vehicles and other personal effects of such personnel for monitoring the presence of any illegal or controlled substances or substance-related paraphernalia.  Company reserves the right, exercisable in Company’s sole discretion, to bar any of Operator’s personnel from performing Services hereunder, so long as such discretion is not exercised in violation of any governing Law.  Such discretion shall apply with respect to, but not be limited to, any personnel whom Company reasonably suspects to be involved with illegal or controlled substances, and such discretion shall not be unreasonably exercised.

 

Article X.                                                                        Force Majeure

 

10.01                  Force Majeure .  If, because of an event of Force Majeure, either Party is rendered unable, wholly or in part, to carry out its obligations under this Agreement, other than the obligation to make money payments when due, and if such Party gives Notice and reasonably full particulars of such Force Majeure in writing to the other Party within a reasonable time after the occurrence of the cause relied upon, the Party giving such Notice, so far and to the extent that it is affected by such Force Majeure, shall not be liable in damages due to such Party’s failure to carry out its obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, that the cause of the event of Force Majure shall be remedied with all reasonable dispatch.

 

10.02                  Meaning of “Force Majeure” .  As used herein, the term “Force Majeure” shall mean acts of God; strikes, lockouts or other industrial disturbances; acts of a public enemy, wars, blockades, insurrections, riots, epidemics, landslides, lightning, earthquakes, fires, storms, crevasses, subsidences, floods, washouts; arrests and restraints of the government, necessity for compliance with any court order, Law promulgated by any governmental authority having jurisdiction, either federal or state, civil or military; civil disturbances; shutdowns for purposes of necessary repairs; relocation or construction of facilities; breakage or accident to machinery or lines of pipe; the necessity for testing (as required by governmental authority or as deemed necessary by the testing Party for the safe operation thereof), the necessity of making repairs or alterations to machinery or lines of pipe; failure of surface equipment or pipelines; accidents, breakdowns, inability of either Party to obtain necessary material, supplies, permits or labor to perform or comply with any obligation or condition under this Agreement, or rights of way; and

 

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any other causes, whether of the kind herein enumerated or otherwise, which are not reasonably in the control of the Party claiming suspension.

 

10.03                  Strikes or Lockouts .  It is understood and agreed that the settlement of strikes or lockouts shall be entirely within the discretion of the Party having the difficulty and that the requirement in Section 10.01 that any event of Force Majeure shall be remedied with all reasonable dispatch shall not require the settlement of strikes or lockouts by acceding to the demands of an opposing party when such course is inadvisable in the discretion of the Party having the difficulty.

 

10.04                  Performance by Company or Third Parties .  If, because of an event of Force Majeure, Operator is unable to perform the Services required of it hereunder, Company may perform such Services itself or arrange for such Services to be performed by a third party, but only for the duration of such event of Force Majeure.

 

Article XI.                                                                   Notices

 

11.01                  Notices .  Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, all Notices between the Parties given under or in relation to this Agreement shall be made in writing and shall be deemed to have been properly given if:  (i) personally delivered; (ii) delivered and confirmed by telecopier or like transmission service; (iii) delivered by a reputable overnight courier delivery service; or (iv) sent by certified United States mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested), addressed as follows:

 

If to Carrier:

Phillips 66 Carrier LLC

 

3010 Briarpark Drive

 

Houston, TX 77042

 

Attn: President

 

 

If to Holdings:

Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC

 

3010 Briarpark Drive

 

Houston, TX 77042

 

Attn: President

 

 

If to Operator:

Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

 

3010 Briarpark Drive

 

Houston, TX 77042

 

Attn: President

 

11.02                  Effective Date .  Any Notice given in the manner set forth in Section 11.01 shall be effective upon actual receipt if received during the recipient’s Normal Business Hours or at the beginning of the recipient’s next Business Day if not received during the recipient’s Normal Business Hours.

 

11.03                  Change of Address Notice .  Either Party may change its Notice address by giving notice to the other Party in the manner set forth in Section 11.01; provided, however, that no change of address Notice shall be effective until actually received by the other Party.

 

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Article XII.                                                              Applicable Law

 

12.01                  Applicable Law .  REGARDLESS OF THE PLACE OF CONTRACTING, PLACE(S) OF PERFORMANCE, OR OTHERWISE, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL AMENDMENTS, MODIFICATIONS, ALTERATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTS HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW OR ANY OTHER PRINCIPLE THAT MIGHT REFER THE GOVERNANCE OR INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT TO THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

 

Article XIII.                                                         Confidentiality

 

13.01                  Confidentiality .  During the performance of this Agreement, each Party acknowledges that it will receive confidential business and technical information from or regarding the other Party.  All information disclosed between the Parties will be deemed confidential, unless expressly designated otherwise at the time of disclosure.  The receiving Party agrees not to disclose to any third Person, except as permitted herein, any confidential information it receives from the disclosing Party.  The receiving Party agrees that it will not use the confidential information for any purpose other than the performance of this Agreement.  The receiving Party may disclose confidential information:  (i) when compelled by Law (but the receiving Party must notify the disclosing Party promptly of any request for such information before disclosing it, if practicable); and (ii) only to those employees, advisers, consultants, or representatives of the receiving Party who have a need to know (provided that such Persons are obligated to the receiving Party in a manner consistent with the terms of this Section).  This Section will be inoperative as to particular portion of the confidential information if such information (i) is or lawfully becomes available to the public through no fault of the receiving Party; (ii) was available to the receiving Party on a non-confidential bas is prior to its disclosure to the receiving Party by the disclosing Party; (iii) becomes available to the receiving Party on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the disclosing Party when such source is entitled, to the best of the receiving Party’s knowledge, to make the disclosure to the receiving Party; or (iv) independently developed by or for the receiving Party by Persons who have not had access to the disclosing Party’s confidential information.

 

Article XIV.                                                          Disputes Between the Parties

 

14.01                  Dispute Resolution .  Any dispute between the Parties in connection with this Agreement shall be resolved by arbitration in accordance with the procedures set forth in Exhibit G; provided, however, that either Party may seek a restraining order, temporary injunction, or other provisional relief in any court with jurisdiction over the subject matter of the dispute and sitting in Houston, Texas, if such Party in its sole judgment believes that such action is necessary to avoid irreparable injury or to preserve the status quo ante .

 

Article XV.                                                               Assignability

 

15.01                  Assignability .  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Parties and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that neither this

 

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Agreement nor any of the rights, benefits or obligations hereunder shall be assigned, by operation of Law or otherwise, by either Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.  Except as provided for herein, nothing in this Agreement is intended to confer any rights, benefits or obligations upon any Person other than the Parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

Article XVI.                                                          Compliance with Laws

 

16.01                  Compliance with Laws .  This Agreement is in all respects subject to all Laws.  The Parties shall at all times comply with all of these Laws as are applicable to their performance of this Agreement.  If applicable, the Parties shall comply with the provisions of Executive Order 11246 (Equal Employment Opportunity), as amended, together with all rules, regulations and relevant orders of the United States Department of Labor.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Section of this Agreement, Company shall have no liability hereunder for any fines, penalties, or other assessments by regulatory agencies if and to the extent such fines, penalties, or other assessments result from Operator’s sole negligence in performing its obligations hereunder.

 

Article XVII.                                                     Severability

 

17.01                  Severability .  If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof shall be found by any arbitral panel or court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, to any extent and for any reason, it shall be adjusted rather than voided, if possible, in order to achieve the intent of the Parties.  In any event, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such remainder shall not be affected thereby and shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by Law.

 

Article XVIII.                                                Non-Waiver

 

18.01                  Non-Waiver .  The failure of either Party to enforce any provision, condition, covenant or requirement of this Agreement at any time shall not be construed to be a waiver of such provision, condition, covenant or requirement unless so notified by such Party in writing.  No waiver by either Party of any default by the other Party in the performance of any provision, condition, covenant or requirement contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of, or in any manner release such other Party from performance of any other provision, condition, covenant or requirement herein contained, nor be deemed to be a waiver of the same provision, condition, covenant or requirement.

 

Article XIX.                                                         Entire Agreement; Amendments

 

19.01                  Entire Agreement .  This Agreement, together with all exhibits attached hereto, constitutes the entire Agreement between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof and it supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and there are no warranties, representations or other agreements between the Parties in connection with the subject matter hereof except as specifically set forth in, or contemplated by, this Agreement.

 

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19.02                  Amendments .  This Agreement shall not be modified or amended, in whole or in part, except by a written amendment signed by the Parties.

 

Article XX.                                                              Survival

 

20.01                  Survival . Any indemnification granted hereunder by one Party to another Party shall survive the termination of all or any part of this Agreement.

 

Article XXI.                                                         Counterparts; Multiple Originals

 

21.01                  Counterparts; Multiple Originals .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on the Parties.  Each of the Parties may sign any number of copies of this Agreement.  Each signed copy shall be deemed to be an original, but all of them together shall represent one and the same agreement.

 

Article XXII.                                                    Construction

 

22.01                  Construction .  The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement.  In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring a Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Article XXIII.                                               Article Headings; Exhibits

 

23.01                  Article Headings .  The Article Headings used in this Agreement have been inserted only for convenience to facilitate reference and they shall not be determinative in construing the meaning, interpretation or application of any Article or provision hereof

 

23.02                  Exhibits .  The exhibits referred to herein are attached hereto and by this reference are incorporated herein and made a part hereof.  In the event there is any conflict between this Agreement and an exhibit, the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed controlling.

 

[Signature page follows.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Parties have caused this Agreement to be signed by their duly authorized officers as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 PIPELINE LLC

 

(“Operator”)

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ C.L. Brooks

 

 

C.L. Brooks

 

 

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC

 

 

Sole Member of Phillips 66 Carrier LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners LP,

 

 

Sole Member of Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

 

 

General Partner of Phillips 66 Partners LP

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J.T. Liberti

 

 

J.T. Liberti

 

 

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

 

 

of Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

 

 

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS HOLDINGS LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners LP,

 

 

Sole Member of Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

 

 

General Partner of Phillips 66 Partners LP

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J.T. Liberti

 

 

J.T. Liberti

 

 

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

 

 

of Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

 

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Exhibit A
Description of Pipelines and Terminals

 

Attached to and made a part of that certain Operational Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated June 1, 2013, by and among Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC and Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

 

Crude Oil Pipelines

 

Clifton Ridge to Lake Charles refinery — a 20” crude oil pipeline extending from the Clifton Ridge marine terminal to the Lake Charles Refinery, in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.

 

Pecan Grove to Clifton Ridge — a 12” crude oil pipeline extending from the Pecan Grove marine terminal to the Clifton Ridge marine terminal, in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.

 

Shell to Clifton Ridge — a 20” crude oil pipeline extending from Shell’s Houma to Houston pipeline to the Clifton Ridge marine terminal, in Calcasieu Parish Louisiana.

 

Refined Product Pipelines

 

Sweeny to Pasadena — a 12” refined products pipeline extending from the Sweeny Refinery, in Brazoria County, Texas to the Pasadena terminal, in Harris County, Texas.

 

Sweeny to Pasadena — a 18” refined products pipeline extending from the Sweeny Refinery, in Brazoria County, Texas to the Pasadena terminal, in Harris County, Texas.

 

Wood River to Hartford — a 12” refined products pipeline extending from the Wood River Refinery, in Madison County, Illinois to the Hartford terminal, in Madison County, Illinois.

 

Hartford to Explorer — a 24” refined products pipeline extending from the Hartford terminal, in Madison County, Illinois to the Explorer Pipeline system in Madison County, Illinois.

 

Terminals

 

Hartford Terminal .  Hartford Terminal is located at or near Hartford, Illinois.  The facility consists of a two-bay truck rack with 17,000 barrels of active terminaling capacity, 13 above-ground storage tanks with approximately 1.1 million barrels of total storage capacity.  The Hartford barge dock consists of a single-berth barge loading facility, approximately 0.8 miles of 8-inch pipeline and approximately 0.8 miles of 14-inch pipeline from the Hartford terminal to the Hartford barge dock for delivery.

 

Pasadena Terminal Pasadena Terminal is located at or near Pasadena, Texas and consists of a five-bay truck rack and tankage with 65,000 barrels per day of active terminaling capacity, 22 above ground storage tanks with approximately 3.2 million barrels of total storage capacity and a vapor combustion unit.

 

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Clifton Ridge Terminal .  Clifton Ridge Terminal is located at or near Sulphur, Louisiana and consists of a single-berth ship dock, 12 above-ground storage tanks with approximately 3.4 million barrels of total storage capacity and a truck offloading facility.

 

Pecan Grove Terminal .  Pecan Grove terminal is adjacent to the Clifton Ridge Terminal.  The facility consists of a single-berth barge dock and three above-ground storage tanks with 142,000 barrels of total storage capacity.

 

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Exhibit B
Maintenance Services

 

Attached to and made a part of that certain Operational Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated June 1, 2013, by and among Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC and Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC.

 

(a)                                  Day-to-day routine and emergency supervision, administrative liaison and related services required in connection with the maintenance and repair of the Pipelines and Terminals.

 

(b)                                  Provision of communications, inspection, surveillance, flow control, corrosion control, and monitoring.

 

(c)                                   Maintenance and repair of the Pipelines and Terminals within such maintenance/repair parameters and specifications as may be in accordance with sound engineering and maintenance practices and applicable Laws.

 

(d)                                  Implementation of a preventative maintenance program for the Pipelines and Terminals, including, without limitation, periodic testing, adjustment and maintenance of the Pipelines and Terminals, in each case in accordance with prudent maintenance practices and applicable Laws.

 

(e)                                   Implementation of a tank maintenance and integrity program for the Pipelines and Terminals, including, without limitation, periodic testing, maintenance, repair and/or replacement in each case in accordance with prudent maintenance practices and applicable Laws.

 

(f)                                    Implementation of a marine facility maintenance and integrity program for the Terminals, including, without limitation, dredging, maintenance, repair, and/or replacement in each case in accordance with prudent maintenance practices and applicable Laws.

 

(g)                                   Preparation and retention of appropriate records and logs as required by applicable Laws and that a prudent provider of maintenance services would maintain regarding the Pipelines and Terminals, which records and logs shall be made available to Company upon request.

 

(h)                                 Reconstruction, reconditioning, overhaul or replacement of the Pipelines and Terminals.

 

(i)                                      Establishment of safety, health, environmental, training, emergency response, spill response and other programs in connection with the maintenance and repair of the Pipelines and Terminals, in each case as may be required by prudent maintenance practices or under applicable Laws.

 

(j)                                     Providing technical services for purposes of trouble-shooting problems, improving Pipeline and Terminal performance, upgrading the Pipelines and Terminals, repairing the Pipelines and Terminals or meeting regulatory or safety requirements.

 

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(k)                                  Maintaining compliance with all applicable federal, state and local environmental, health and safety Laws; in addition, conducting all environmental investigation and remediation activities, as required by federal, state and local environmental Laws and/or prudent business practices.

 

(l)                                      Facilitate the acquisition of all materials (including spare parts inventories), equipment, services, supplies and labor necessary for the maintenance and repair of the Pipelines and Terminals.

 

(m)                              Perform all planning, design and engineering functions related to the maintenance and repair of the Pipelines and Terminals; selecting contractors and material suppliers for such activities.

 

(n)                                  Advise Company of major plans or significant changes in the maintenance or repair of the Pipelines and Terminals.

 

(o)                                  Close Pipeline valves in connection with a response to any emergency affecting the Pipelines.  The Pipelines shall remain down until such time that it is determined safe by Company (in consultation with Operator) to resume operation.  For normal scheduled maintenance, Operator will provide Company with sufficient advance Notice for Company’s planning purposes.

 

(p)                                  Prepare excavation plans for Pipeline right-of-way work, and advise Company of any right-of-way work which could threaten the integrity of the Pipelines.

 

(q)                                  Such other Pipeline and Terminal maintenance, repair and related services as Company may request from time to time.

 

(r)                                     The Maintenance Services to be performed by Operator hereunder shall include, but shall not be limited to, Pipeline repairs, Terminal repairs, aerial pipeline patrols, population density counts, right-of-way maintenance, gas leakage surveys, pipeline pigging operations, cathodic protection work as required by all governmental regulatory agencies, tank cleaning, tank repair and truck rack maintenance.  Operator will maintain suitable meter station, valve inspection and meter proving maintenance programs.  Any operating or maintenance deficiencies so discovered in the Pipelines or Terminals, or any appurtenances thereto, will be corrected by Operator.  Operator will provide inspectors for monitoring work performed by others in the vicinity of the Pipelines and Terminals.

 

(s)                                    Right-of-Way maintenance shall include, but not be limited to, filling of washes, mowing weeds and brush, and repair fences.  In all cases where Company’s Pipelines are exposed above the ground, fences, barricades or other suitable protection shall be erected to protect the Pipelines and associated equipment from damage due to mowers, trucks or other vehicles.  In the event that any known excavation is to be performed in the vicinity of Company’s Pipelines by Operator or third parties, Operator shall locate, flag and identify the pertinent lines.  Operator shall also provide a qualified inspector on-site during periods of construction activity.  If a Company Pipeline should be damaged, a prompt report shall be forwarded to Company describing the incident, extent of damage, and recommended course of action.

 

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Exhibit C
Operating Services

 

Attached to and made a part of that certain Operational Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated June 1, 2013, by and among Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC and Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

 

(a)                                  Day-to-day routine and emergency supervision of the operation of the Pipelines and Terminals.

 

(b)                                  Operation of the Pipelines and Terminals’ pump stations and other facilities within such operating parameters and specifications as may be in accordance with sound engineering and operating practices and applicable Laws.

 

(c)                                   Preparation and retention of appropriate records and logs as required by applicable Laws and that a prudent provider of operating services would maintain regarding the Pipelines and Terminals, which records and logs shall be made available to Company upon request.

 

(d)                                  Operator shall perform monitoring and control services (SCADA) for the Pipelines.  Operator shall be responsible for the maintenance of the Pipeline meter station equipment required for performance of monitoring and control services, product analysis, and custody transfer measurements in accordance with Company requirements and/or generally accepted industry practices.

 

(e)                                   Operator shall conduct the actual operations and maintenance of the Pipelines and Terminals in accordance with the directions for product and feedstock movements given by Company, and shall employ such of its own or outside personnel as may be necessary to perform this operation and maintenance.

 

(f)                                    Determine net volume received and delivered by utilizing measurement facilities comprised of components of standard make, installed, operated and maintained in accordance with the latest edition of the American Petroleum Institute Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards and standard industry practices, and reconcile book inventory with actual inventory.

 

(g)                                   Payment of damages in accordance with Section 2.06 of the Agreement occurring as a result of, or settlement of, claims made in connection with the Pipelines and Terminals and Operator’s operation, maintenance and repair activities.

 

(h)                                  Operator shall include the operation of the Pipeline meter stations including calibration of measurement and product analysis equipment, operation of booster pumps, providing custody measurement as required by Company and the coordination of product and feedstock movements as directed by Company.  Operator will provide sufficient on-the-job and outside training to its employees and contractors operating and maintaining the Pipelines and Terminals for the operation thereof in a safe and efficient manner in accordance with applicable Operator and governmental rules and regulations and Laws.  Operator shall prepare, file and renew, as applicable, all operating licenses and/or permits

 

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as directed by Company.  Operator shall also be responsible for arranging for payment of any fees in regard to operation of the Pipelines and Terminals.

 

(i)                                      Operator will close Pipeline valves in connection with a response to any emergency involving the Pipelines.  The Pipelines shall remain down until such time as it is deemed safe by Company (in consultation with Operator) to resume operation.

 

(j)                                     Such other operating services as Company may request from time to time.

 

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Exhibit D
Administrative Services

 

Attached to and made a part of that certain Operational Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated June 1, 2013, by and among Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC and Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

 

(a)                                  As directed by Company, preparation, filing and renewal, as applicable, of tariffs with FERC and/or state agencies.

 

(b)                                  As directed by Company, preparation and filing of permits, permit updates, and other documents required by any regulatory body or government agency, federal, state or local, if any, having jurisdiction over Operator, Company or their respective businesses.

 

(c)                                   Maintain fixed asset records of the Pipelines, Terminals and/or other regulated pipeline systems or terminals that Operator may operate upon request by Company and acceptance by Operator.

 

(d)                                  Product quality and assurance.

 

(e)                                   Such other administrative services as Company may request from time to time.

 

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Exhibit E
Construction Services

 

Attached to and made a part of that certain Operational Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated June 1, 2013, by and among Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC and Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

 

(a)                                  Construction, reconstruction, reconditioning, overhaul and replacement of Pipelines and Terminals and their related facilities.

 

(b)                                  Provide such oversight and management services as may be necessary in connection with the activities described in item (a) above.

 

(c)                                   Perform all planning, design and engineering functions related to the activities described in item (a) above as may be necessary.

 

(d)                                  Facilitate the acquisition of all materials, equipment, services, supplies and labor necessary for and related to the activities described in item (a) above.

 

(e)                                   Prepare and/or assist in the preparation of capital project (AFE) documents for approval by Company.

 

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Exhibit F
Accounting Procedures

 

Attached to and made a part of that certain Operational Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated June 1, 2013, by and among Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC and Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

 

This Exhibit shall govern the Accounting Procedures with regard to the billing and/or reimbursement of costs incurred by Operator in connection with the performance by Operator of the Services pursuant to the Agreement.  These Accounting Procedures shall be effective from the date hereof until replaced or modified by mutual agreement of the Parties.

 

1.                                       General Provisions

 

(a)                                  Statements and Billings .  Operator shall record Company’s financial transactions resulting from this Agreement in Operator’s financial system and allow Company to access its records in that system.

 

(b)                                  Payments by Company .  Company shall pay all charges from Operator in accordance with Section 3.05 of the Agreement.

 

(c)                                   Adjustments .  Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement, the actual payment of any such bills shall not prejudice the right of Company to protest or question the correctness or appropriateness thereof; provided, however, that all bills and statements rendered to Company during any calendar Year shall conclusively be presumed to be true and correct after twenty-four (24) Months following the end of any such calendar Year, unless prior to the end of said twenty-four (24) Month period Company takes written exception thereto and makes a claim against Operator for adjustment.

 

(d)                                  Financial Records .  Operator shall maintain accurate books and records in accordance with GAAP (as may be modified by FERC requirements) and in accordance with the prescribed accounting requirements or system of accounts mandated by any regulatory body or government agency, both federal and state, if any, having jurisdiction over Operator, Company, or their respective businesses.

 

2.                                       Determination of Costs, Expenses and Expenditures .  Subject to the limitations and determinations hereinafter prescribed and the provisions of the Agreement, Operator shall be reimbursed for all costs, expenses, expenditures and fees by or on behalf of Operator in connection with the provision of the Services.  Such reimbursement shall include any necessary Direct Costs (as defined in Paragraph 3 below) and the applicable portion of the Management Fee (as defined in the Omnibus Agreement).

 

(a)                                  It is the intent of the Parties that Services provided by employees of Operator shall be budgeted and billed by Operator on a Direct Cost basis pursuant to Section 3.03(a) to the extent that is feasible to measure and account for the Services directly provided by such employees to Operator by means of time sheets or other methods approved by Company.  Direct Costs billed to Company shall normally include field operation and maintenance personnel, administrative personnel supporting Company on a full time or near full time

 

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basis, and Home Office personnel (such as engineering and drafting personnel) typically assigned directly to Company-related projects whose time is accounted for by time sheets or other methods approved by Company.

 

(b)                                  It is the intent of the Parties that routine, ongoing Services (Home Office Overhead, General and Administrative Costs (hereinafter “G&A Costs”)) benefiting Company that are not feasible to measure and account for on a Direct Cost basis shall be billed by Operator as part of the Operational and Administrative Services Fee under the Omnibus Agreement.

 

(c)                                   It is the intent of the Parties that any G&A Cost associated with Company capital projects be billed as a Direct Cost and submitted as a line item on capital appropriations submitted by Operator to Company for approval.  Such G&A Costs shall not be included in the Operational and Administrative Services Fee under the Omnibus Agreement.

 

(d)                                  Operator reserves the right to submit for Company review and approval unusual G&A Costs that do not fit normal business billing patterns.  Such costs might be for items that in Operator’s judgment are outside the scope of the Administrative Fee work such as engineering and drafting.  (An example of this might be Operator’s attorney devoting several weeks exclusively to Company to handle a Company related issue.)

 

3.                                       Direct Costs .  Reimbursement of Operator shall include, but shall not be limited to, the right to reimbursement for the following Direct Costs:

 

(a)                                  Labor and Benefits .

 

(i)                                      Salaries and wages of Operator’s employees (or employees of Operator’s Affiliate) directly assigned to the operation, maintenance, project work, or other work relating to Company’s Pipelines and Terminals, including that portion of such employees’ time related to ancillary activities such as training required by Operator, and in any other activities required of Operator pursuant to the Agreement.

 

(ii)                                   Operator’s costs of all payroll taxes, and benefits and allowances and any other payment paid or contributed by Operator which is measured by Operator’s employees’ compensation; the above to include without limitation F.I.C.A., Operator’s costs of holiday, vacation, sickness and disability and other customary allowances, Operator’s current costs of established plans for employees’ group life insurance, hospitalization, retirement, stock purchase, and other benefit plans of a like nature.  Such costs will be charged on a percentage assessment rate on the amount of salaries and wages chargeable to Company under Paragraph 3(a)(i) above.  The percentage assessment rate shall be based on Operator’s actual cost experience.  Company payment to Operator for Operator’s workers’ compensation insurance premium is provided for in Paragraph 3(h) below and not in this Paragraph 3(a)(ii).

 

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(b)                                  Plant, Property and Equipment .  The cost of plant, property and equipment purchased, leased or rented from suppliers and vendors expressly for the purpose of providing Services to Company under the Agreement.

 

(c)                                   Materials, Supplies, Tools and Miscellaneous Equipment .  Any materials, supplies, tools and miscellaneous equipment purchased or furnished by Operator for the benefit of Company shall be priced at cost.  Equipment provided by Company warehouse shall be priced at replacement value.  For equipment or materials that are transported to a location by Operator for the benefit of Company, any costs or expenses incurred by Operator in connection therewith shall be reimbursed at cost.  Operator shall make reasonable efforts to ensure costs for such materials, supplies, tools and miscellaneous equipment are compatible with industry norms.

 

(d)                                  Reimbursable Expenses of Employees .  Operator shall bill Company for reasonable personal expenses of its (or its Affiliates’) employees whose salaries, wages and labor costs are chargeable under Paragraph 3(a)(i) above.  Such reasonable personal expense shall include out-of-pocket expenditures incurred by employees in the performance of their duties on behalf of Company and which were reimbursed under the terms of Operator’s official policy governing reimbursable employee expenses.

 

(e)                                   Autos, Trucks and Heavy Mobile Work Equipment .  All automotive, truck and other mobile equipment shall be charged on a direct charge basis that is consistent with Operators practices in charging such costs to its own facilities.  When a driver or operator is furnished with any such equipment, the rental rate of such equipment shall not include wages and expenses of the driver or operator if they will be charged separately.

 

(f)                                    Permits, Licenses and Bond .  Cost of permits, licenses and bond premiums necessary to perform and provide Services for the Pipelines and Terminals.

 

(g)                                   Outside Services .  The cost of outside services and expertise, including but not limited to engineering, fees from consultants on regulatory matters, provided that the outside services rendered were for the benefit of Company under the Agreement, including the cost of contract services required or necessary in the opinion of Operator in connection with the provision of the Services.  Operator shall make reasonable efforts to ensure costs for such services are competitive with industry norms.

 

(h)                                  Insurance .  Workers’ compensation insurance premiums paid or allocated as respects Operator’s employees performing Services under this Agreement, not to exceed state manual rates for such insurance on a guaranteed cost basis and charged as an amount per $100 of payroll.

 

(i)                                      Utilities, Communication and Power .  All costs incurred by Operator on behalf of Company for utility, communication and power services, plus fuel costs.

 

(j)                                     Maintenance and Repair .  All costs incurred to maintain the Pipelines and Terminals and related facilities, periodically inspect the Pipelines and Terminals for damages or other conditions that could affect the safe, efficient and economical operation of the

 

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Pipelines and Terminals, and perform such repairs to the Pipelines and Terminals as may be required.

 

(k)                                  Legal Expenses and Claims .  (i) All costs and expenses, net of insurance proceeds, of handling, investigating and settling litigation or Claims arising by reason of the provision of the Services, or necessary to protect or recover any of Company’s property, including, but not limited to, attorneys fees, court costs, cost of investigation or procuring evidence and any judgments paid or amounts paid in settlement or satisfaction of any such litigation or claims.  (Note:  a “baseload” level of in-house legal assistance for Company is provided and is included by Operator in the Operational and Administrative Services Fee under the Omnibus Agreement.)

 

(l)                                      Damages and Losses to Pipelines and Terminals .  To the extent not covered by insurance, all costs or expenses necessary for the repair or replacement of the Pipelines and Terminals made necessary because of damages or losses incurred by fire, floods, earthquake, storm, theft, chemicals spills, accident, or other cause, except those costs or expenses which Operator is liable for pursuant to Article VI of the Agreement to which this Exhibit is attached.  Operator shall furnish Company Notice of damages or losses incurred as soon as practicable after a report thereof has been received.

 

(m)                              Right-of-Way Costs .  The costs of rights-of-way and land purchases, damages and appraisals, and legal, regulatory and permit fees specifically related thereto.

 

(n)                                  Taxes .  All Taxes of every kind and nature assessed or levied upon or incurred in connection with the Pipelines and Terminals that have been paid by Operator for the benefit of Company, including any charges or penalties for late payment thereof, provided such late charge or fee did not arise from Operator’s gross negligence of willful misconduct in the filing and payment of the appropriate Tax.

 

(o)                                  Regulatory Costs .  The cost of complying with mandated regulatory programs, including, but not limited to, DOT operator qualification training.

 

(p)                                  Other Expenditures .  Any other expenditure not covered or dealt with in the foregoing provisions of Paragraphs 3(a) through (o), and that is incurred by Operator in the necessary and proper conduct of the Services, and that may be captured and billed to Company on a Direct Cost basis.

 

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Exhibit G
Arbitration Procedure

 

Attached to and made a part of that certain Operational Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated June 1, 2013, by and among Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC and Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

 

Either Party may initiate dispute resolution procedures by sending a Notice to the other Party specifically stating the complaining Party’s Claim and by initiating binding arbitration in accordance with the Center for Public Resources Rules for Non-Administered Arbitration of Business Disputes, by three arbitrators who shall be neutral, independent, and generally knowledgeable about the type of transaction which gave rise to the dispute.  The arbitration shall be governed by the United States Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16, provided that the arbitrators shall include in their report/award a list of findings, with supporting evidentiary references, upon which they have relied in making their decision.  Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof.  The place of arbitration shall be Houston, Texas.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein and regardless of any procedures or rules of the Center for Public Resources, it is expressly agreed that the following shall apply and control over any other provision in this Agreement:

 

(a)                                  All offers, conduct, views, opinions and statements made in the course of negotiation or mediation by any of the Parties, their employees, agents, experts, attorneys and representatives, and by any mediator, are confidential, made for compromise and settlement, protected from disclosure under Federal and State Rules of Evidence and Procedure, and inadmissible and not discoverable for any purpose, including impeachment, in litigation or legal proceedings between the Parties, and shall not be disclosed to any Person who is not an agent, employee, expert or representative of the Parties, provided that evidence otherwise discoverable or admissible is not excluded from discovery or admission as a result of presentation or use in mediation.

 

(b)                                  Except to the extent that the Parties may agree upon selection of one or more arbitrators, the Center for Public Resources shall select arbitrators from a panel reviewed by the Parties.  The Parties shall be entitled to exercise peremptory strikes against one-third of the panel and may challenge other candidates for lack of neutrality or lack of qualifications.  Challenges shall be resolved in accordance with Center for Public Resource rules.

 

(c)                                   The Parties shall have at least 20 Days following the close of hearing within which to submit a brief (not to exceed 18 pages in length) and ten Days from date of receipt of the opponent’s brief within which to respond thereto.

 

(d)                                  The Parties expressly agree that the arbitrators shall not award punitive damages, consequential damages, or attorneys’ fees (except attorneys’ fees specifically authorized by the Agreement).

 

(e)                                   The fees and expenses of any mediator or arbitrator shall be shared equally by the Parties.

 

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(f)                                    The Parties may, by written agreement (signed by both Parties), alter any time deadline or location(s) for meetings.

 

Time is of the essence for purposes of the provisions of this Exhibit.

 

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Exhibit 10.4

 

 

TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC

 

and

 

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

 

for

 

the Clifton Ridge Pipeline System

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Article I.

Defined Terms

1

 

 

Section 1.01

Defined Terms

1

Section 1.02

Other Defined Terms

4

Section 1.03

Terms Generally

5

 

 

 

Article II.

Term and Termination

5

 

 

 

Section 2.01

Term

5

Section 2.02

Termination Following a Force Majeure Event

5

Section 2.03

Special Termination by Company

5

 

 

 

Article III.

Minimum Commitments

5

 

 

 

Section 3.01

Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment

5

Section 3.02

Loss of Available Capacity

6

Section 3.03

Partial Period Proration

6

Section 3.04

Special Reduction of Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment

7

 

 

 

Article IV.

Tariffs

7

 

 

 

Section 4.01

Tariff

7

Section 4.02

Adjustment

7

Section 4.03

No Challenge of Rates

7

Section 4.04

Recovery of Certain Costs

8

 

 

 

Article V.

Scheduling

8

 

 

 

Section 5.01

Scheduling

8

 

 

 

Article VI.

Quality

8

 

 

 

Section 6.01

Quality

8

 

 

 

Article VII.

Monthly Statement; Payment; Liens

9

 

 

 

Section 7.01

Monthly Statement

9

Section 7.02

Payment

9

Section 7.03

Liens

10

 

 

 

Article VIII.

Title; Custody

10

 

 

 

Section 8.01

Title

10

Section 8.02

Custody

10

 

 

 

Article IX.

Volume Determinations

10

 

 

 

Section 9.01

Volume Determinations

10

Section 9.02

Company’s Right to Witness

10

 

 

 

Article X.

Insurance

11

 

 

 

Section 10.01

Insurance

11

 

 

 

Article XI.

Taxes

11

 

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Section 11.01

Taxes

11

 

 

 

Article XII.

Health, Safety and Environment

11

 

 

 

Section 12.01

Spills; Environmental Pollution

11

 

 

 

Article XIII.

Force Majeure

12

 

 

 

Section 13.01

Suspension during Force Majeure Events

12

Section 13.02

Obligation to Remedy Force Majeure Events

12

Section 13.03

Strikes and Lockouts

12

Section 13.04

Action in Emergencies

12

 

 

 

Article XIV.

Notices

12

 

 

 

Section 14.01

Notices

12

Section 14.02

Effective upon Receipt

13

 

 

 

Article XV.

Applicable Law

13

 

 

 

Section 15.01

Applicable Law

13

 

 

 

Article XVI.

Limitation of Liability

13

 

 

 

Section 16.01

No Liability for Consequential Damages

13

Section 16.02

Limitation of Liability

13

 

 

 

Article XVII.

Default

13

 

 

 

Section 17.01

Default

13

Section 17.02

Non-Exclusive Remedies

14

Section 17.03

Right to Terminate

14

 

 

 

Article XVIII.

Miscellaneous

14

 

 

 

Section 18.01

Disputes between the Parties

14

Section 18.02

Assignment

14

Section 18.03

Partnership Change in Control

15

Section 18.04

No Third-Party Rights

15

Section 18.05

Compliance with Laws

15

Section 18.06

Severability

15

Section 18.07

Non-Waiver

15

Section 18.08

Entire Agreement

15

Section 18.09

Amendments

15

Section 18.10

Survival

16

Section 18.11

Counterparts; Multiple Originals

16

Section 18.12

Exhibits

16

Section 18.13

Table of Contents; Headings; Subheadings

16

Section 18.14

Construction

16

Section 18.15

Business Practices

16

Section 18.16

Effect of Company Restructuring

16

Section 18.17

Effect of Discontinuation of Publication

16

 

 

 

Exhibit A — Dispute Resolution Procedures

 

 

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TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

This transportation services agreement is made and entered into as of the Effective Date by and between PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“ Carrier ”), and PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY , a Delaware corporation (“ Company ”).

 

Recitals

 

WHEREAS , Company owns a petroleum refinery at 2200 Old Spanish Trail, Westlake, Louisiana 70669 (the “ Lake Charles Refinery ”);

 

WHEREAS , Carrier’s affiliate, Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC, owns Crude Oil terminal facilities located at 2115 Davison Rd., Sulphur, LA 70665 (the “ Clifton Ridge Terminal ”) and at 1695 Pak Tank Rd., Sulphur, LA 70665 (the “ Pecan Grove Terminal ,” and together with the Clifton Ridge Terminal,  the “ Terminals ”);

 

WHEREAS , Carrier owns a Crude Oil pipeline system (the “ Pipeline ”) comprising three segments:  (a) from Shell Pipeline Inc., Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, to the Clifton Ridge Terminal (the “ Shell Segment ”); (b) from the Pecan Grove Terminal to the Clifton Ridge Terminal (the “ Pecan Grove Segment ”); and (c) from the Clifton Ridge Terminal to the Lake Charles Refinery (the “ Lake Charles Segment ”); and

 

WHEREAS, Company intends to deliver Crude Oil to Origin Points (as defined below) on the Pipeline for transportation under a Carrier Tariff (as defined below), and Carrier desires to provide such transportation for Company, all upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, Carrier and Company agree as follows:

 

Article I.                                               Defined Terms

 

Section 1.01                              Defined Terms .  The following definitions shall for all purposes apply to the capitalized terms used in this Agreement:

 

(a)                                  “Agreement” means this Transportation Services Agreement, together with all exhibits attached hereto, as the same may be extended, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

(b)                                  “Barrel” means 42 Gallons.

 

(c)                                   “Business Day” means any Day except for Saturday, Sunday or an official holiday in the State of Texas.

 

(d)                                  “Calendar Quarter” means a period of three consecutive Months beginning on the first Day of each of January, April, July and October.

 

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(e)                                   “Carrier” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.

 

(f)                                    “Carrier Affiliated Parties” means Carrier, Phillips 66 Partners LP and their respective contractors and the directors, officers, employees and agents of each of them.

 

(g)                                   “Carrier Tariff” means Carrier’s Louisiana Public Service Commission Tariff No. 3.0 or Carrier’s FERC Tariff No. 3.0.0, as applicable, and any supplements thereto or reissues thereof.

 

(h)                                  “Claims” means any and all judgments, claims, causes of action, demands, lawsuits, suits, proceedings, governmental investigations or audits, losses, assessments, fines, penalties, administrative orders, obligations, costs, expenses, liabilities and damages, including interest, penalties, reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements and costs of investigations, deficiencies, levies, duties and imposts.

 

(i)                                      “Clifton Ridge Terminal” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

(j)                                     “Company” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.

 

(k)                                  “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

 

(l)                                      “Crude Oil” means any grade or grades of crude petroleum or condensate that is the direct liquid product of oil or gas wells.

 

(m)                              “Day” means the period of time commencing at 0400 hours on one calendar day and running until, but not including, 0400 hours on the next calendar day, according to local time in Houston, Texas.

 

(n)                                  “Effective Date” means the date of the closing of the initial public offering of common units representing limited partner interests of Phillips 66 Partners LP.

 

(o)                                  “FERC” means the United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

 

(p)                                  “Force Majeure” means: (i) acts of God, fires, floods or storms; (ii) compliance with orders of courts or Governmental Authorities; (iii) explosions, wars, terrorist acts or riots; (iv) inability to obtain or unavoidable delays in obtaining material or equipment; (v) accidental disruption of service; (vi) events or circumstances similar to the foregoing (including inability to obtain or unavoidable delays in obtaining material or equipment and disruption of service provided by third parties) that prevent a Party’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement, to the extent that such events or circumstances are beyond the Party’s reasonable control and could not have been prevented by the Party’s due diligence; (vii) strikes, lockouts or other industrial disturbances; and (viii) breakdown of refinery facilities, machinery, storage tanks or pipelines irrespective of the cause thereof.

 

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(q)                                  “Gallon” means a United States gallon of two hundred thirty-one cubic inches of liquid at 60º Fahrenheit, and at the equivalent vapor pressure of the liquid.

 

(r)                                     “Governmental Authority” means any government, any governmental administration, agency, instrumentality or other instrumentality or other political subdivision thereof or any court, commission or other governmental authority of competent jurisdiction.

 

(s)                                    “Initial Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

 

(t)                                     “Lake Charles Refinery” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

(u)                                  “Lake Charles Segment” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

(v)                                  “Law” means all constitutions, laws (including common law), treaties, statutes, orders, decrees, rules, injunctions, licenses, permits, approvals, agreements, regulations, codes, ordinances issued by any Governmental Authority, including judicial or administrative orders, consents, decrees, and judgments, published directives, guidelines, governmental authorizations, requirements or other governmental restrictions which have the force of law, and determinations by, or interpretations of any of the foregoing by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the matter in question and binding on a given Person, whether in effect as of the date hereof or thereafter and, in each case, as amended.

 

(w)                                “Loss Allowance Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a).

 

(x)                                  “Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).

 

(y)                                  “Month” or “Monthly” means a calendar month commencing at 0400 hours on the first Day thereof and running until, but not including, 0400 hours on the first Day of the following calendar month, according to local time in Houston, Texas.

 

(z)                                   “Non-Conforming Crude Oil” means any Crude Oil that fails to meet specifications established by Carrier for pipeline transportation of that Crude Oil (or in the absence of Carrier specifications, specifications established by Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC for such Crude Oil).

 

(aa)                           “Normal Business Hours” means the period of time commencing at 0800 hours on one Day and running until 1700 hours on the same Day, according to local time in Houston, Texas.

 

(bb)                           “Notice” means any notice, request, instruction, correspondence or other communication permitted or required to be given under this Agreement.

 

(cc)                            “Origin Point” means each of the pipeline connection points located at Shell Pipeline Inc., Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (for the Shell Segment), Pecan Junction, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (for the Pecan Grove Segment), Clifton

 

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Ridge, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (for the Lake Charles Segment), or such other point(s) as Carrier may establish where Crude Oil may be accepted for shipment on the Pipeline.

 

(dd)                           “Parties” means Carrier and Company, collectively.

 

(ee)                             “Partnership Change in Control” means Phillips 66 ceases to Control the general partner of Phillips 66 Partners LP.

 

(ff)                               “Party” means Carrier or Company, individually.

 

(gg)                             “Pecan Grove Segment” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

(hh)                           “Pecan Grove Terminal” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

(ii)                                   “Person” means, without limitation, an individual, corporation (including a non-profit corporation), general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization, labor union, or other entity or Governmental Authority, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.

 

(jj)                                 “Pipeline” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

(kk)                           “Platts Oilgram” means the publication of that name published by a unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.

 

(ll)                                   “Quarterly Deficiency Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b)

 

(mm)                   “Renewal Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

 

(nn)                           “Shell Segment” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

(oo)                           “Tariff Rate” means the rate applicable from time to time to the shipment of Crude Oil through the Pipeline under the terms of the Carrier Tariff, which shall be the rate in effect at the Effective Date, adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 4.02.

 

(pp)                           “Taxes” means any income, sales, use, excise, transfer, and similar taxes, fees and charges (including ad valorem taxes), including any interest or penalties attributable thereto, imposed by any Governmental Authority.

 

(qq)                           “Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

 

(rr)                                 “Terminals” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Section 1.02                              Other Defined Terms .  Other terms may be defined elsewhere in this Agreement, and, unless otherwise indicated, shall have such meanings throughout this Agreement.

 

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Section 1.03                              Terms Generally .  The definitions in this Agreement shall apply equally to both singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The word “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”  All references to Articles, Sections and Exhibits shall be deemed to be references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits to, this Agreement unless the context requires otherwise.

 

Article II.                                          Term and Termination

 

Section 2.01                              Term . This Agreement shall have a primary term commencing on the Effective Date and ending June 30, 2023 (the “ Initial Term ”), and may be renewed by Company, at Company’s sole option, for up to two successive renewal terms, each with a duration of five years (each, a “ Renewal Term ”), upon at least 180 Days’ written Notice from Company to Carrier prior to the end of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term.  The Initial Term and Renewal Terms, if any, shall be referred to in this Agreement as the “ Term .”

 

Section 2.02                              Termination Following a Force Majeure Event .  If a Force Majeure event prevents Carrier or Company from performing its respective obligations under this Agreement for a period of more than 12 consecutive Months, this Agreement may be terminated by either Party at any time after the expiration of such 12-Month period upon at least 30 Days’ Notice to the other Party.

 

Section 2.03                              Special Termination by Company .  If Company determines to completely suspend refinery operations at the Lake Charles Refinery for a period of at least 12 consecutive Months, then after Company has made a public announcement of such suspension, Company may provide written Notice to Carrier of its intent to terminate this Agreement and this Agreement will terminate 12 Months following the date such Notice is received by Carrier.  In the event Company publicly announces, prior to the expiration of such 12-Month period, its intent to resume operations at the Lake Charles Refinery, then such Notice shall be deemed revoked and this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect as if such Notice had never been delivered.

 

Article III.                                     Minimum Commitments

 

Section 3.01                              Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment .

 

(a)                                  During each Calendar Quarter, Company shall tender at the Origin Point at the Clifton Ridge Terminal an average of 190,000 Barrels per Day of Crude Oil for transportation to the Lake Charles Refinery, in approximately ratable quantities (such average, the “ Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment ”) at the Tariff Rate in effect at the time of the tender.

 

(b)                                  If Company fails to meet its Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment during any Calendar Quarter, then Company will pay Carrier a deficiency payment (a “ Quarterly Deficiency Payment ”) equal to:

 

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(i)                                      the volume of the deficiency multiplied by the Tariff Rate in effect for the relevant Calendar Quarter, plus

 

(ii)                                   0.1% of the volume of the deficiency multiplied by the average midpoint of the prices published by Platts Oilgram for Louisiana light sweet Crude Oil on each publication Day during that Calendar Quarter.

 

(c)                                   The dollar amount of any Quarterly Deficiency Payment paid by Company may be applied as a credit against any amounts incurred by Company and owed to Carrier with respect to volumes of Crude Oil tendered at the Origin Point at the Clifton Ridge Terminal for transportation to the Lake Charles Refinery in excess of Company’s Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment (or, if this Agreement expires or is terminated, to volumes that would have been in excess of Company’s Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment if this Agreement were still in effect) during any of the four Calendar Quarters immediately following the Calendar Quarter for which such Quarterly Deficiency Payment was made, at the end of which time any unused credits arising from such Quarterly Deficiency Payment will expire.  This Section 3.01(c) shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  Carrier shall provide transportation services in addition to Company’s Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment on an “as available” basis at the Tariff Rate in effect at the time of the tender.

 

Section 3.02                              Loss of Available Capacity .  If, for any reason (other than outages caused by Carrier’s planned maintenance), the average daily capacity of the Pipeline during a given Calendar Quarter is less than the Company’s Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment for such Calendar Quarter, or if the capacity of the Pipeline is required to be allocated among shippers with the result that the average daily capacity of the Pipeline available to Company during a given Calendar Quarter is less than the Company’s Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment for such Calendar Quarter, then Company’s Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment for the applicable Calendar Quarter shall be reduced to equal the average daily capacity available to Company during such Calendar Quarter.

 

Section 3.03                              Partial Period Proration .

 

(a)                                  If the Effective Date is any Day other than the first Day of a Calendar Quarter, or if this Agreement is terminated on any Day other than the last Day of a Calendar Quarter, then any calculation determined with respect to a Calendar Quarter will be prorated by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Days in that part of the Calendar Quarter beginning on the Effective Date or ending on the date of such termination, as the case may be, and the denominator of which is the number of Days in the Calendar Quarter.

 

(b)                                  If the Effective Date is any Day other than the first Day of a Month, or if this Agreement is terminated on any Day other than the last Day of a Month, then any

 

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quantity based on a Monthly determination will be prorated by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Days in that part of the Month beginning on the Effective Date or ending on the date of such termination, as the case may be, and the denominator of which is the number of Days in the Month.

 

Section 3.04                              Special Reduction of Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment .  If Carrier’s use of all or part of the Pipeline for transportation of Crude Oil shall be restrained, enjoined, restricted or terminated by (a) any Governmental Authority, (b) right of eminent domain or (c) the owner of leased land, Carrier, upon being notified of such restraint, enjoinder, restriction or termination, shall notify Company and the Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment shall be reduced to the extent that Carrier’s use of the part of the Pipeline is so restrained, enjoined, restricted or terminated.

 

Article IV.                                      Tariffs

 

Section 4.01                              Tariff .  Shipments on each of the Shell Segment, the Pecan Grove Segment and the Lake Charles Segment shall be subject to, and the Parties shall be required to comply with, the provisions of the applicable Carrier Tariff.  For so long as this Agreement is in effect, the Carrier Tariff shall include a provision substantially the same as the following:

 

(a)                                  Company shall pay to Carrier a Monthly fee (the “ Loss Allowance Fee ”) equal to 0.1% of an amount equal to the total number of Barrels of Crude Oil injected into the Pipeline at an Origin Point during the relevant Month multiplied by the average midpoint of the prices published by Platts Oilgram for Louisiana light sweet Crude Oil on each publication Day during that Month; and

 

(b)                                  Carrier shall be entitled to the value of volume gained in transit and shall be responsible for the value of any volume lost in transit.  Company shall pay Carrier the value of any volume gained, and Carrier shall pay Company the value of any volume lost, with the value of Crude Oil gained or lost being equal to the average midpoint of the prices published by Platts Oilgram for Louisiana light sweet Crude Oil on each publication Day during that Month.

 

For clarity, the Loss Allowance Fee described in Section 4.01(a) and the entitlement and obligation described in Section 4.01(b) relate only to losses or gains of a type normally incurred in connection with the transportation of Crude Oil and are exceptions to and not modifications of the general provisions of Section 16.02.

 

Section 4.02                              Adjustment .  Carrier may file with FERC (or the Louisiana Public Utilities Commission, as the case may be) to adjust Tariff Rates annually beginning July 1, 2013, at a rate equal to the percentage change in the inflationary index promulgated by FERC, in accordance with FERC’s indexing methodology.  If FERC terminates its indexing methodology and does not adopt a new methodology, the parties will negotiate in good faith any adjustments to existing Tariff Rates.

 

Section 4.03                              No Challenge of Rates .  Each of Company and Carrier agrees not to commence or support any tariff filing, application, protest, complaint, petition, motion, or

 

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other proceeding before FERC or the Louisiana Public Service Commission for the purpose of requesting that FERC or the Louisiana Public Service Commission accept or set Tariff Rates applicable to the Pipeline which are inconsistent with this Agreement; provided, however, that Company reserves its rights under FERC regulations to challenge any proposed changes in the Tariff Rate (a) to the extent that such changes are inconsistent with the indexing method provided in 18 C.F.R. §342.3, or (b) through other rate changing methodologies under 18 C.F.R. §342.4.

 

Section 4.04                              Recovery of Certain Costs .

 

(a)                                  If Carrier agrees to make any expenditures at Company’s request, Company will reimburse Carrier for such expenditures or, at Carrier’s option and if the Parties agree, Carrier may amend the Carrier Tariff in order to increase the Tariff Rate so that Carrier may recover the amounts paid for such expenditures over time.

 

(b)                                  If new Laws require Carrier to make substantial and unanticipated expenditures in connection with the services Carrier provides to Company under this Agreement, Company will reimburse Carrier for Company’s proportionate share of the costs of complying with such Laws, or at Carrier’s option and if the Parties agree, Carrier may amend the Carrier Tariff in order to increase the Tariff Rate so that Carrier may recover such costs over time.

 

Article V.                                           Scheduling

 

Section 5.01                              Scheduling .  For each Origin Point, Company shall provide Carrier with a written schedule by the tenth Day of the Month preceding the Month during which injections into the Pipeline are to be made, advising Carrier of the volumes and types of Crude Oil to be tendered for transportation, and estimated date(s) of such tenders.  Carrier will review and confirm its ability to receive according to the schedule by the 20th Day of such preceding Month.

 

Article VI.                                      Quality

 

Section 6.01                              Quality .

 

(a)                                  Company agrees not to deliver or cause to be delivered into the Pipeline any Non-Conforming Crude Oil.

 

(b)                                  Company shall be liable for all reasonable costs and losses in curing, removing, or recovering any Non-Conforming Crude Oil except to the extent that such non-conformity is due to the negligence or willful misconduct of Carrier.  After such consultation with Company as may be practical under the circumstances but otherwise at Carrier’s sole discretion, Carrier may attempt to blend the Non-Conforming Crude Oil, remove and dispose of the Non-Conforming Crude Oil, or, if necessary, recover any Non-Conforming Crude Oil from field locations and, except to the extent that such non-conformity is due to the negligence or willful misconduct of Carrier, Company shall reimburse Carrier for all reasonable costs associated therewith.  Except to the extent that a non-conformity is due to the

 

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negligence or willful misconduct of Carrier, if Company’s Non-Conforming Crude Oil causes any contamination, dilution or other damages to Crude Oil of other customers of Carrier, Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold the Carrier Affiliated Parties harmless from and against any Claims incurred by, or charged against any of the Carrier Affiliated Parties, as a result of such event and shall be responsible for all costs and liabilities associated with or incurred as a result of such event.

 

Article VII.                                 Monthly Statement; Payment; Liens

 

Section 7.01                              Monthly Statement .

 

(a)                                  Promptly after the end of each Month, Carrier shall provide Company with a statement for such Month, showing:  (i) the volume of Crude Oil injected into a Pipeline at an Origin Point under each applicable Carrier Tariff, (ii) the Loss Allowance Fee due Carrier, and (iii) the tariff due to Carrier (after application of any credit to which Company may be entitled pursuant to Section 3.01(c) and settlement of any obligations under Section 4.01(b)).  If requested by Company, Carrier shall provide Company with copies of individual meter tickets for such Month, if available.

 

(b)                                  The Monthly statement for the last Month in each Calendar Quarter shall include any Quarterly Deficiency Payment that may be due and payable by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01(b).

 

Section 7.02                              Payment .

 

(a)                                  Payment of the amount(s) identified on each Monthly statement shall be due, without discount, on the later of (i) two Business Days after such Monthly Statement is received, and (ii) the 22 nd  Day of the Month in which such Monthly statement is received, provided that if such Day is not a Business Day, then such payment shall be due, without interest, on the next Business Day.  Payments not paid by the due date shall bear interest at the rate of the lesser of 1.5% per Month and the maximum rate allowed by Law for each Month or portion of a Month thereafter during which such amount remains unpaid.

 

(b)                                  All payments shall be made to Carrier by automated clearing house to an account specified by Carrier from time to time, provided that as long as Carrier is an affiliate of Company, Carrier and Company may settle Company’s financial obligations to Carrier through Company’s normal interaffiliate settlement processes.  Any bank charges incurred by Company in remitting funds by automated clearing house shall be for Company’s account.  Acceptance by Carrier of any payment from Company for any charge or service after termination or expiration of this Agreement shall not be deemed a renewal of this Agreement or a waiver by Carrier of any default by Company hereunder.

 

(c)                                   If Company reasonably disputes any Monthly statement, in whole or in part, Company shall promptly notify Carrier in writing of the dispute and shall pay the

 

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undisputed portion according to the terms of this Section 7.02, and shall promptly seek to resolve the dispute including, if necessary, by arbitration as provided in Section 18.01.  An arbitral panel may award reasonable interest on any unpaid amount determined to have been due to Carrier but withheld in good faith.

 

Section 7.03                              Liens .  Company hereby grants to Carrier an irrevocable (a) lien on all of Company’s Crude Oil in transit and (b) power of attorney to dispose of such Crude Oil at fair market value to the extent of all amounts owed to Carrier by Company hereunder.

 

Article VIII.                            Title; Custody

 

Section 8.01                              Title .  Company shall retain title to all of Company’s Crude Oil in transit on the Pipeline at all times.  This provision does not preclude Company from any intraline transfer of title to a third party; in the event of such a transfer, such third party, and not Carrier, shall have title to the affected Crude Oil according to the terms of the relevant agreement between Company and such third party.

 

Section 8.02                              Custody .  Carrier shall be deemed to have custody of Crude Oil injected into the Pipeline from the time such Crude Oil passes through the flange connection between the relevant Origin Point and the Pipeline until it is delivered to Company or, at the direction of Company, to a third party through the flange connection (a) between the Pipeline and the Lake Charles Refinery, (b) between the Pipeline and a receiving third party pipeline, or (c) between the Pipeline and the Clifton Ridge Terminal, as the case may be.

 

Article IX.                                     Volume Determinations

 

Section 9.01                              Volume Determinations .

 

(a)                                  All measurements, volume corrections and calibrations will be made in accordance with the most recent edition of the American Petroleum Institute’s Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards.

 

(b)                                  All volume determinations shall be adjusted to a temperature of 60° Fahrenheit and a pressure of one standard atmosphere (14.7 PSIA) per the most recent edition of the American Petroleum Institute’s Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards, Chapter 11 (Table 6A).

 

(c)                                   All Crude Oil received from or delivered to pipeline at the Terminals will be determined by calibrated custody transfer grade meters or by tank measurements (static tank).

 

Section 9.02                              Company’s Right to Witness .  A Company representative may witness the testing, calibration of equipment, meter reading, gauging and sampling of Crude Oil at the Terminals, at Company’s expense.  In the absence of a Company representative, Carrier’s measurements shall be deemed to be accurate.

 

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Article X.                                          Insurance

 

Section 10.01                       Insurance .  Insurance for Company’s Crude Oil, if any, that may be desired by Company, shall be carried by Company at Company’s expense.  Should Company elect to carry commodity insurance, then each policy of insurance shall be endorsed to provide a waiver of subrogation rights in favor of the Carrier Affiliated Parties.  Carrier shall not be liable to Company for commodity losses or shortages for which Company is compensated by its insurer.

 

Article XI.                                     Taxes

 

Section 11.01                       Taxes .  Company shall be responsible for and shall pay all sales Taxes and similar Taxes on goods and services provided hereunder and any other Taxes now or hereafter imposed by any Governmental Authority in respect of or measured by Crude Oil handled or stored hereunder or the manufacture, storage, delivery, receipt, exchange or inspection thereof, and Company agrees to promptly reimburse Carrier for any such Taxes Carrier is legally required to pay, upon receipt of invoice therefor. Each Party is responsible for all Taxes in respect of its own real and personal property.

 

Article XII.                                Health, Safety and Environment

 

Section 12.01                       Spills; Environmental Pollution .

 

(a)                                  In the event of a Crude Oil spill or other environmentally polluting discharge caused by Carrier’s operation of the Pipeline, any clean-up resulting from any such spill or discharge and any liability resulting from such spill or discharge shall be the responsibility of Carrier, except to the extent such spill or discharge is caused by Company.

 

(b)                                  In the event and to the extent of a Crude Oil spill or other environmentally polluting discharge caused by Company or in connection with the operation of Company’s or a third party’s pipeline, barge, tank truck or transport trailer receiving Crude Oil on Company’s behalf, at its request or for its benefit, Carrier is authorized to commence containment or clean-up operations as deemed appropriate or necessary by Carrier or as required by any Governmental Authority, and Carrier shall notify Company of such operations as soon as practicable.  All liability and reasonable costs of containment or clean-up shall be borne by Company except that, in the event a spill or discharge is caused by the joint negligence of both Carrier and Company or a third party’s pipeline, barge, tank truck or transport trailer receiving Crude Oil on Company’s behalf, at its request or for its benefit, liability and costs of containment or clean-up shall be borne jointly by Carrier and Company in proportion to each Party’s respective negligence.

 

(c)                                   For purposes of this Section 12.01, the negligence of a third party pipeline, barge, tank truck or transport trailer receiving Crude Oil on Company’s behalf, at its request or for its benefit shall be attributed to Company.

 

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(d)                                  The Parties shall cooperate for the purpose of obtaining reimbursement if a third party is legally responsible for costs or expenses initially borne by Carrier or Company.

 

Article XIII.                           Force Majeure

 

Section 13.01                       Suspension during Force Majeure Events .  As soon as possible upon the occurrence of a Force Majeure, a Party affected by a Force Majeure event shall provide the other Party with written notice of the occurrence of such Force Majeure.  Each Party’s obligations (other than an obligation to pay any amounts due to the other Party) shall be temporarily suspended during the occurrence of, and for the entire duration of, a Force Majeure event to the extent that such an event prevents Carrier from performing its obligations under this Agreement.  Each Party’s obligations (other than an obligation to pay any amounts due to the other Party) shall be temporarily suspended beginning 20 Days after the commencement of, and for the entire remaining duration of, a Force Majeure event to the extent that such event prevents Company from performing its obligations under this Agreement. At the conclusion of the Force Majeure event, the Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment with respect to each Calendar Quarter in which the Force Majeure event remained in effect shall be ratably reduced to reflect such suspension.

 

Section 13.02                       Obligation to Remedy Force Majeure Events .  A Party affected by a Force Majeure event shall take commercially reasonable steps to remedy such situation so that it may resume the full performance of its obligations under this Agreement within a reasonable period of time.

 

Section 13.03                       Strikes and Lockouts .  The settlement of strikes, lockouts and other labor disturbances shall be entirely within the discretion of the affected Party and the requirement to remedy a Force Majeure event within a reasonable period of time shall not require the settlement of strikes or lockouts by acceding to the demands of an opposing Person when such course is inadvisable in the discretion of the Party having the difficulty.

 

Section 13.04                       Action in Emergencies .  Carrier may temporarily suspend performance of the services to prevent injuries to persons, damage to property or harm to the environment.

 

Article XIV.                            Notices

 

Section 14.01                       Notices .  Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, all Notices between the Parties given under or in relation to this Agreement shall be made in writing and shall be deemed to have been properly given if:  (i) personally delivered (with written confirmation of receipt); or (ii) delivered by a recognized overnight delivery service (delivery fees prepaid), in either case to the appropriate address set forth below:

 

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If to Carrier:

If to Company:

 

 

Phillips 66 Carrier LLC

Phillips 66 Company

c/o Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

3010 Briarpark Dr.

3010 Briarpark Dr.

Houston, TX 77042

Houston, TX 77042

Attn: General Counsel

Attn: President

 

 

Either Party may change its address for Notice upon Notice to the other in accordance with this Section 14.01.

 

Section 14.02       Effective upon Receipt .  Any Notice given in the manner set forth in Section 14.01 shall be effective upon actual receipt if received during Normal Business Hours, or at the beginning of the recipient’s next Business Day if not received during Normal Business Hours.

 

Article XV.           Applicable Law

 

Section 15.01       Applicable Law .  Regardless of the place of contracting, place(s) of performance or otherwise, this Agreement and all amendments, modifications, alterations or supplements to it, shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the state of Texas without regard to the principles of conflicts of law or any other principle that might apply the law of another jurisdiction.

 

Article XVI.         Limitation of Liability

 

Section 16.01       No Liability for Consequential Damages .  In no event shall either Party be liable to the other Party for, and no arbitral panel is authorized to award, any punitive, special, indirect or consequential damages of any kind or character resulting from or arising out of this Agreement, including, without limitation, loss of profits or business interruptions, however they may be caused.

 

Section 16.02       Limitation of Liability .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Carrier shall in no event be liable for loss of, or damage to, any of Company’s Crude Oil except to the extent caused by Carrier’s negligence, or the negligence of Carrier’s employees, agents, contractors or subcontractors, in the safekeeping and handling of Company’s Crude Oil.  In no event shall Carrier be liable for more than the replacement of lost or damaged Crude Oil or, at its option, payment of the replacement cost of any lost or damaged Crude Oil.  Each Party shall be discharged from any and all liability with respect to services performed and any loss or damage Claims arising out of this Agreement unless suit or action is commenced within two years after the applicable cause of action arises.

 

Article XVII.       Default

 

Section 17.01       Default .  Should either Party default in the prompt performance and observance of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and should such default continue for 30 Days or more after Notice thereof by the non-defaulting Party to the

 

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defaulting Party, or should either Party become insolvent, commence a case for liquidation or reorganization under the United States Bankruptcy Code (or become the involuntary subject of a case for liquidation or reorganization under the United States Bankruptcy Code, if such case is not dismissed within 30 Days), be placed in the hands of a state or federal receiver or make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, then the other Party shall have the right, at its option, to terminate this Agreement immediately upon Notice to the other Party.

 

Section 17.02       Non-Exclusive Remedies .  Except as otherwise provided, the remedies of Carrier and Company provided in this Agreement shall not be exclusive, but shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to all other remedies in favor of Carrier or Company, at Law or equity.

 

Section 17.03       Right to Terminate .  In the event of a default by Company, the amounts theretofore accrued shall, at the option of Carrier, become immediately due and payable and Carrier shall also have the right, at its option, to terminate this Agreement.  In the event of a default by Carrier, Company shall also have the right, at its option, to terminate this Agreement, provided Company has paid Carrier for the amounts that have accrued to the date of such termination.

 

Article XVIII.      Miscellaneous

 

Section 18.01       Disputes between the Parties .  Any dispute between the Parties in connection with this Agreement shall be resolved by arbitration in accordance with the procedures set forth in Exhibit A; provided, however, that either Party may seek a restraining order, temporary injunction, or other provisional relief in any court with jurisdiction over the subject matter of the dispute and sitting in Houston, Texas, if such Party in its sole judgment believes that such action is necessary to avoid irreparable injury or to preserve the status quo ante .

 

Section 18.02       Assignment .

 

(a)                                  Neither Party may assign its rights under this Agreement without prior written consent of the other Party except:

 

(i)                                      if Company transfers the Lake Charles Refinery, Company may assign this Agreement to the transferee of the Lake Charles Refinery subject to the provisions of Section 18.02(b); and

 

(ii)                                   Carrier may make collateral assignments of this Agreement to secure working capital financing;

 

provided, however, that in no event shall Company be required to consent to Carrier’s assignment of this Agreement to any Person that is engaged in the business of refining and marketing petroleum products (or that directly or indirectly Controls or is Controlled by a Person that is engaged in the business of refining and marketing petroleum products) in the states of Louisiana or Texas.

 

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(b)                                  Upon an assignment of this Agreement by either Party, the assigned rights and obligations shall be novated into a new agreement with the assignee, and such assignee shall be responsible for the performance of the assigned obligations unless the non-assigning Party has reasonably determined that the assignee is not financially or operationally capable of performing such assigned obligations, in which case the assignor shall remain responsible for the performance of such assigned obligations.

 

Section 18.03       Partnership Change in Control .  Company’s obligations hereunder shall not terminate in connection with a Partnership Change in Control.  Carrier shall provide Company with Notice of any Partnership Change in Control at least 60 Days prior to the effective date thereof.

 

Section 18.04       No Third-Party Rights .  Except as expressly provided, nothing in this Agreement is intended to confer any rights, benefits or obligations to any Person other than the Parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

Section 18.05       Compliance with Laws .  Each Party shall at all times comply with all Laws as are applicable to its performance of this Agreement.

 

Section 18.06       Severability .  If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof shall be found by any arbitral panel or court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable to any extent and for any reason, it shall be adjusted rather than voided, if possible, in order to achieve the intent of the Parties.  In any event, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such remainder shall not be affected thereby and shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by Law.

 

Section 18.07       Non-Waiver .  The failure of any Party to enforce any provision, condition, covenant or requirement of this Agreement at any time shall not be construed to be a waiver of such provision, condition, covenant or requirement unless the other Parties are so notified by such Party in writing.  Any waiver by a Party of a default by any other Party in the performance of any provision, condition, covenant or requirement contained in this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision, condition, covenant or requirement, nor shall any such waiver in any manner release such other Party from the performance of any other provision, condition, covenant or requirement.

 

Section 18.08       Entire Agreement .  This Agreement, together with all exhibits attached hereto, constitutes the entire Agreement between the Parties relating to its subject matter and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and there are no warranties, representations or other agreements between the Parties in connection with the subject matter hereof except as specifically set forth in, or contemplated by, this Agreement.

 

Section 18.09       Amendments .  This Agreement shall not be modified or amended, in whole or in part, except by a written amendment signed by both Parties.

 

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Section 18.10       Survival .  Any indemnification granted hereunder by one Party to the other Party shall survive the expiration or termination of all or any part of this Agreement.

 

Section 18.11       Counterparts; Multiple Originals .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on each of the Parties.  Each of the Parties may sign any number of copies of this Agreement.  Each signed copy shall be deemed to be an original, but all of them together shall represent one and the same agreement.

 

Section 18.12       Exhibits .  The exhibits identified in this Agreement are incorporated in this Agreement and constitute a part of this Agreement.  If there is any conflict between this Agreement and any exhibit, the provisions of the exhibit shall control.

 

Section 18.13       Table of Contents; Headings; Subheadings .  The table of contents and the headings and subheadings of this Agreement have been inserted only for convenience to facilitate reference and are not intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

 

Section 18.14       Construction .  The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement.  In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring either Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 18.15       Business Practices .  Carrier shall use its best efforts to make certain that all billings, reports, and financial settlements rendered to or made with Company pursuant to this Agreement, or any revision of or amendments to this Agreement, will properly reflect the facts about all activities and transactions handled by authority of this Agreement and that the information shown on such billings, reports and settlement documents may be relied upon by Company as being complete and accurate in any further recording and reporting made by Company for whatever purposes.  Carrier shall notify Company if Carrier discovers any errors in such billings, reports, or settlement documents.

 

Section 18.16       Effect of Company Restructuring .  If Company decides to restructure its supply, refining or sales operations at the Lake Charles Refinery in such a way as could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the economics of Company’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement, then the Parties will negotiate in good faith a reduction in Company’s Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment or an exchange of the Pipeline for other assets not so affected.

 

Section 18.17       Effect of Discontinuation of Publication .  If Platts Oilgram discontinues publication of prices for Louisiana Light Sweet Crude Oil or ceases to provide the information to be obtained therefrom pursuant to this Agreement, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to agree upon a replacement publication or pricing mechanism.

 

[Signature page follows.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Carrier and Company have signed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC

 

 

Sole Member of Phillips 66 Carrier LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners LP,

 

 

Sole Member of Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

 

 

General Partner of Phillips 66 Partners LP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J.T. Liberti

 

 

J.T. Liberti

 

 

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

 

 

of Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ T.G. Taylor

 

 

T.G. Taylor

 

 

Executive Vice President, Commercial, Marketing,

 

 

Transportation and Business Development

 

Signature Page to Transportation Services Agreement (Clifton Ridge)

 



 

Exhibit A

 

Arbitration Procedure

 

Either Party may initiate dispute resolution procedures by sending a Notice to the other Party specifically stating the complaining Party’s Claim and by initiating binding arbitration in accordance with the Center for Public Resources Rules for Non-Administered Arbitration of Business Disputes, by three arbitrators who shall be neutral, independent, and generally knowledgeable about the type of transaction which gave rise to the dispute.  The arbitration shall be governed by the United States Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16, provided that the arbitrators shall include in their report/award a list of findings, with supporting evidentiary references, upon which they have relied in making their decision.  Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof.  The place of arbitration shall be Houston, Texas.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein and regardless of any procedures or rules of the Center for Public Resources, it is expressly agreed that the following shall apply and control over any other provision in this Agreement:

 

(a)                                  All offers, conduct, views, opinions and statements made in the course of negotiation or mediation by any of the Parties, their employees, agents, experts, attorneys and representatives, and by any mediator, are confidential, made for compromise and settlement, protected from disclosure under Federal and State Rules of Evidence and Procedure, and inadmissible and not discoverable for any purpose, including impeachment, in litigation or legal proceedings between the Parties, and shall not be disclosed to any Person who is not an agent, employee, expert or representative of the Parties, provided that evidence otherwise discoverable or admissible is not excluded from discovery or admission as a result of presentation or use in mediation.

 

(b)                                  Except to the extent that the Parties may agree upon selection of one or more arbitrators, the Center for Public Resources shall select arbitrators from a panel reviewed by the Parties.  The Parties shall be entitled to exercise peremptory strikes against one-third of the panel and may challenge other candidates for lack of neutrality or lack of qualifications.  Challenges shall be resolved in accordance with Center for Public Resource rules.

 

(c)                                   The Parties shall have at least 20 Days following the close of hearing within which to submit a brief (not to exceed 18 pages in length) and ten Days from date of receipt of the opponent’s brief within which to respond thereto.

 

(d)                                  The Parties expressly agree that the arbitrators shall not award punitive damages, consequential damages, or attorneys’ fees (except attorneys’ fees specifically authorized by the Agreement).

 

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(e)                                   The fees and expenses of any mediator or arbitrator shall be shared equally by the Parties.

 

(f)                                    The Parties may, by written agreement (signed by both Parties), alter any time deadline or location(s) for meetings.

 

Time is of the essence for purposes of the provisions of this Exhibit.

 

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Exhibit 10.5

 

 

TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC

 

and

 

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

 

for

 

the Sweeny to Pasadena, Texas Pipeline

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Article I.

Defined Terms

1

 

 

 

Section 1.01

Defined Terms

1

Section 1.02

Other Defined Terms

4

Section 1.03

Terms Generally

4

 

 

 

Article II.

Term and Termination

4

 

 

 

Section 2.01

Term

4

Section 2.02

Termination Following a Force Majeure Event

5

Section 2.03

Special Termination by Company

5

 

 

 

Article III.

Minimum Commitments

5

 

 

 

Section 3.01

Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment

5

Section 3.02

Loss of Available Capacity

6

Section 3.03

Partial Period Proration

6

Section 3.04

Special Reduction of Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment

6

 

 

 

Article IV.

Tariffs

7

 

 

 

Section 4.01

Tariff

7

Section 4.02

Adjustment

7

Section 4.03

No Challenge of Rates

7

Section 4.04

Recovery of Certain Costs

7

 

 

 

Article V.

Scheduling

8

 

 

 

Section 5.01

Scheduling

8

 

 

 

Article VI.

Quality

8

 

 

 

Section 6.01

Quality

8

 

 

 

Article VII.

Monthly Statement; Payment; Liens

9

 

 

 

Section 7.01

Monthly Statement

9

Section 7.02

Payment

9

Section 7.03

Liens

9

 

 

 

Article VIII.

Title; Custody

10

 

 

 

Section 8.01

Title

10

Section 8.02

Custody

10

 

 

 

Article IX.

Volume Determinations

10

 

 

 

Section 9.01

Volume Determinations - General

10

Section 9.02

Company’s Right to Witness

10

Section 9.03

Delivery Determination

10

 

 

 

Article X.

Insurance

10

 

 

 

Section 10.01

Insurance

10

 

 

 

Article XI.

Taxes

11

 

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Section 11.01

Taxes

11

 

 

 

Article XII.

Health, Safety and Environment

11

 

 

 

Section 12.01

Spills; Environmental Pollution

11

 

 

 

Article XIII.

Force Majeure

12

 

 

 

Section 13.01

Suspension during Force Majeure Events

12

Section 13.02

Obligation to Remedy Force Majeure Events

12

Section 13.03

Strikes and Lockouts

12

Section 13.04

Action in Emergencies

12

 

 

 

Article XIV.

Notices

12

 

 

 

Section 14.01

Notices

12

Section 14.02

Effective upon Receipt

13

 

 

 

Article XV.

Applicable Law

13

 

 

 

Section 15.01

Applicable Law

13

 

 

 

Article XVI.

Limitation of Liability

13

 

 

 

Section 16.01

No Liability for Consequential Damages

13

Section 16.02

Limitation of Liability

13

 

 

 

Article XVII.

Default

13

 

 

 

Section 17.01

Default

13

Section 17.02

Non-Exclusive Remedies

14

Section 17.03

Right to Terminate

14

 

 

 

Article XVIII.

Miscellaneous

14

 

 

 

Section 18.01

Disputes between the Parties

14

Section 18.02

Assignment

14

Section 18.03

Partnership Change in Control

15

Section 18.04

No Third-Party Rights

15

Section 18.05

Compliance with Laws

15

Section 18.06

Severability

15

Section 18.07

Non-Waiver

15

Section 18.08

Entire Agreement

15

Section 18.09

Amendments

15

Section 18.10

Survival

16

Section 18.11

Counterparts; Multiple Originals

16

Section 18.12

Exhibits

16

Section 18.13

Table of Contents; Headings; Subheadings

16

Section 18.14

Construction

16

Section 18.15

Business Practices

16

Section 18.16

Effect of Company Restructuring

16

Section 18.17

Effect of Discontinuation of Publication

16

 

Exhibit A — Commodities

Exhibit B — Dispute Resolution Procedures

 

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TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

This transportation services agreement is made and entered into as of the Effective Date by and between PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“ Carrier ”), and PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY , a Delaware corporation (“ Company ”).

 

Recitals

 

WHEREAS , Carrier owns a refined petroleum product pipeline system (the “ Pipeline ”) extending from Company’s refinery at Old Ocean, Texas (the “ Sweeny Refinery ”), to Carrier’s refined petroleum product terminal facility located at 233 North Phillips Road, Pasadena, Texas 77506 (the “ Terminal ”), and from the Terminal to the terminal operated by Kinder Morgan, Inc., or an affiliate of Kinder Morgan, Inc., at 1420 North Witter Street, Pasadena, Texas 77502 (the “ Kinder Morgan Terminal ”).

 

WHEREAS, Company intends to deliver refined petroleum products to an Origin Point at the Sweeny Refinery for transportation to the Terminal and other destinations and to deliver, or cause to be delivered, refined petroleum products to an Origin Point at the Terminal for onward transportation, and Carrier desires to provide such transportation for Company, all upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement;

 

NOW, THEREFORE , for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, Carrier and Company agree as follows:

 

Article I.                                               Defined Terms

 

Section 1.01                              Defined Terms . The following definitions shall for all purposes apply to the capitalized terms used in this Agreement:

 

(a)                                  “Agreement” means this Transportation Services Agreement, together with all exhibits attached hereto, as the same may be extended, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

(b)                                  “Argus” means Argus Media Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries.

 

(c)                                   “Barrel” means 42 Gallons.

 

(d)                                  “Business Day” means any Day except for Saturday, Sunday or an official holiday in the State of Texas.

 

(e)                                   “Calendar Quarter” means a period of three consecutive Months beginning on the first Day of each of January, April, July and October.

 

(f)                                    “Carrier” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.

 

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(g)                                   “Carrier Affiliated Parties” means Carrier, Phillips 66 Partners LP and their respective contractors and the directors, officers, employees and agents of each of them.

 

(h)                                  “Carrier Tariff” means Carrier’s Texas Railroad Commission Tariff No. 2.0 or Carrier’s FERC Tariff No. 5.0.0, as applicable, and any supplements thereto or reissues thereof.

 

(i)                                      “Claims” means any and all judgments, claims, causes of action, demands, lawsuits, suits, proceedings, governmental investigations or audits, losses, assessments, fines, penalties, administrative orders, obligations, costs, expenses, liabilities and damages, including interest, penalties, reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements and costs of investigations, deficiencies, levies, duties and imposts.

 

(j)                                     “Commodity” or “Commodities” means any of the commodities identified in Exhibit A.

 

(k)                                  “Company” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.

 

(l)                                      “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

 

(m)                              “Day” means the period of time commencing at 0000 hours on one calendar day and running until, but not including, 0000 hours on the next calendar day, according to local time in Houston, Texas.

 

(n)                                  “Effective Date” means the date of the closing of the initial public offering of common units representing limited partner interests of Phillips 66 Partners LP.

 

(o)                                  “FERC” means the United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

 

(p)                                  “Force Majeure” means: (i) acts of God, fires, floods or storms; (ii) compliance with orders of courts or Governmental Authorities; (iii) explosions, wars, terrorist acts or riots; (iv) inability to obtain or unavoidable delays in obtaining material or equipment; (v) accidental disruption of service; (vi) events or circumstances similar to the foregoing (including inability to obtain or unavoidable delays in obtaining material or equipment and disruption of service provided by third parties) that prevent a Party’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement, to the extent that such events or circumstances are beyond the Party’s reasonable control and could not have been prevented by the Party’s due diligence; (vii) strikes, lockouts or other industrial disturbances; and (viii) breakdown of refinery facilities, machinery, storage tanks or pipelines irrespective of the cause thereof.

 

(q)                                  “Gallon” means a United States gallon of two hundred thirty-one cubic inches of liquid at 60º Fahrenheit, and at the equivalent vapor pressure of the liquid.

 

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(r)                                     “Governmental Authority” means any government, any governmental administration, agency, instrumentality or other instrumentality or other political subdivision thereof or any court, commission or other governmental authority of competent jurisdiction.

 

(s)                                    “Initial Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

 

(t)                                     “Kinder Morgan Terminal” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

(u)                                  “Law” means all constitutions, laws (including common law), treaties, statutes, orders, decrees, rules, injunctions, licenses, permits, approvals, agreements, regulations, codes, ordinances issued by any Governmental Authority, including judicial or administrative orders, consents, decrees, and judgments, published directives, guidelines, governmental authorizations, requirements or other governmental restrictions which have the force of law, and determinations by, or interpretations of any of the foregoing by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the matter in question and binding on a given Person, whether in effect as of the date hereof or thereafter and, in each case, as amended.

 

(v)                                  “Loss Allowance Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a).

 

(w)                                “Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).

 

(x)                                  “Month” or “Monthly” means a calendar month commencing at 0000 hours on the first Day thereof and running until, but not including, 0000 hours on the first Day of the following calendar month, according to local time in Houston, Texas.

 

(y)                                  “Non-Conforming Commodity” means any Commodity that fails to meet specifications established by Carrier for pipeline transportation of that Commodity (or in the absence of Carrier specifications, specifications established by Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC for such Commodity).

 

(z)                                   “Normal Business Hours” means the period of time commencing at 0800 hours on one Day and running until 1700 hours on the same Day, according to local time at Houston, Texas.

 

(aa)                           “Notice” means any notice, request, instruction, correspondence or other communication permitted or required to be given under this Agreement.

 

(bb)                           “Origin Point” means each of the pipeline connection points located at Sweeny, Texas (or such other point(s) as Carrier may establish) on the Pipeline where a Commodity may be accepted for shipment on the Pipeline.

 

(cc)                             “Parties” means Carrier and Company, collectively.

 

(dd)                           “Partnership Change in Control” means Phillips 66 ceases to Control the general partner of Phillips 66 Partners LP.

 

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(ee)                             “Party” means Carrier or Company, individually.

 

(ff)                               “Person” means, without limitation, an individual, corporation (including a non-profit corporation), general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization, labor union, or other entity or Governmental Authority, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.

 

(gg)                             “Pipeline” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

(hh)                           “Quarterly Deficiency Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b)

 

(ii)                                   “Renewal Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

 

(jj)                                 “Sweeny Refinery” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

(kk)                           “Tariff Rate” means the rate applicable from time to time to the shipment of a Commodity through the Pipeline under the terms of the Carrier Tariff, which shall be the rate in effect at the Effective Date, adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 4.02.

 

(ll)                                   “Taxes” means any income, sales, use, excise, transfer, and similar taxes, fees and charges (including ad valorem taxes), including any interest or penalties attributable thereto, imposed by any Governmental Authority.

 

(mm)                   “Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

 

(nn)                           “Terminal” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Section 1.02                              Other Defined Terms .  Other terms may be defined elsewhere in this Agreement, and, unless otherwise indicated, shall have such meanings throughout this Agreement.

 

Section 1.03                              Terms Generally .  The definitions in this Agreement shall apply equally to both singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The word “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”  All references to Articles, Sections and Exhibits shall be deemed to be references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits to, this Agreement unless the context requires otherwise.

 

Article II.                                          Term and Termination

 

Section 2.01                              Term .  This Agreement shall have a primary term commencing on the Effective Date and ending June 30, 2023 (the “ Initial Term ”), and may be renewed by Company, at Company’s sole option, for up to two successive renewal terms, each with a duration of five years (each, a “ Renewal Term ”), upon at least 180 Days’ written Notice from Company to Carrier prior to the end of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term.  The

 

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Initial Term and Renewal Terms, if any, shall be referred to in this Agreement as the “ Term .”

 

Section 2.02                              Termination Following a Force Majeure Event .  If a Force Majeure event prevents Carrier or Company from performing its respective obligations under this Agreement for a period of more than 12 consecutive Months, this Agreement may be terminated by either Party at any time after the expiration of such 12-Month period upon at least 30 Days’ Notice to the other Party.

 

Section 2.03                              Special Termination by Company .  If Company determines to completely suspend refinery operations at the Sweeny Refinery for a period of at least 12 consecutive Months, then after Company has made a public announcement of such suspension, Company may provide written Notice to Carrier of its intent to terminate this Agreement and this Agreement will terminate 12 Months following the date such Notice is received by Carrier. In the event Company publicly announces, prior to the expiration of such 12-month period, its intent to resume operations at the Sweeney Refinery, then such Notice shall be deemed revoked and this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect as if such Notice had never been delivered.

 

Article III.                                     Minimum Commitments

 

Section 3.01                              Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment .

 

(a)                                  During each Calendar Quarter, Company shall tender at the Origin Point at the Sweeny Refinery an aggregate average of at least 200,000 Barrels per Day of Commodities for transportation to or through the Terminal, in approximately ratable quantities (such average, the “ Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment ”) at the applicable Tariff Rate in effect at the time of the tender.

 

(b)                                  If Company fails to meet its Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment during any Calendar Quarter, then Company will pay Carrier a deficiency payment (a “ Quarterly Deficiency Payment ”) equal to:

 

(i)                   the volume of the deficiency multiplied by the Tariff Rate in effect for the relevant Calendar Quarter, plus

 

(ii)                0.05% of the volume of the deficiency multiplied by the average midpoint of the prices published by Argus for CBOB gasoline on Colonial Pipeline on each publication Day during that Calendar Quarter.

 

(c)                                   The dollar amount of any Quarterly Deficiency Payment paid by Company may be applied as a credit against any amounts incurred by Company and owed to Carrier with respect to volumes of Commodities tendered at the Origin Point at the Sweeny Refinery for transportation to or through the Terminal in excess of Company’s Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment (or, if this Agreement expires or is terminated, to volumes that would have been in excess of Company’s Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment if this Agreement were still in effect) during any of the four Calendar Quarters immediately

 

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following the Calendar Quarter for which such Quarterly Deficiency Payment was made, at the end of which time any unused credits arising from such Quarterly Deficiency Payment will expire.  This Section 3.01(c) shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  Carrier shall provide transportation services in addition to Company’s Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment on an “as available” basis at the Tariff Rate in effect at the time of the tender.

 

Section 3.02                              Loss of Available Capacity .  If, for any reason (other than outages caused by Carrier’s planned maintenance), the average daily capacity of the Pipeline during a given Calendar Quarter is less than the Company’s Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment for such Calendar Quarter, or if the capacity of the Pipeline is required to be allocated among shippers with the result that the average daily capacity of the Pipeline available to Company during a given Calendar Quarter is less than the Company’s Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment for such Calendar Quarter, then Company’s Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment for the applicable Calendar Quarter shall be reduced to equal the average daily capacity available to Company during such Calendar Quarter.

 

Section 3.03                              Partial Period Proration .

 

(a)                                  If the Effective Date is any Day other than the first Day of a Calendar Quarter, or if this Agreement is terminated on any Day other than the last Day of a Calendar Quarter, then any calculation determined with respect to a Calendar Quarter will be prorated by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Days in that part of the Calendar Quarter beginning on the Effective Date or ending on the date of such termination, as the case may be, and the denominator of which is the number of Days in the Calendar Quarter.

 

(b)                                  If the Effective Date is any Day other than the first Day of a Month, or if this Agreement is terminated on any Day other than the last Day of a Month, then any quantity based on a Monthly determination will be prorated by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Days in that part of the Month beginning on the Effective Date or ending on the date of such termination, as the case may be, and the denominator of which is the number of Days in the Month.

 

Section 3.04                              Special Reduction of Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment .  If Carrier’s use of all or part of the Pipeline for transportation of any Commodity shall be restrained, enjoined, restricted or terminated by (a) any Governmental Authority, (b) right of eminent domain or (c) the owner of leased land, Carrier, upon being notified of such restraint, enjoinder, restriction or termination, shall notify Company and the Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment shall be reduced to the extent that Carrier’s use of the part of the Pipeline is so restrained, enjoined, restricted or terminated.

 

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Article IV.                                      Tariffs

 

Section 4.01                              Tariff .  Shipments under this Agreement shall be subject to, and the Parties shall be required to comply with, the provisions of the applicable Carrier Tariff.  For so long as this Agreement is in effect, the Carrier Tariff shall include a provision substantially the same as, or having substantially the effect of, the following:

 

(a)                                  Company shall pay to Carrier a Monthly fee (the “ Loss Allowance Fee ”) equal to 0.05% of an amount equal to the total number of Barrels of each Commodity injected into the Pipeline at the Origin Point at the Sweeny Refinery during the relevant Month multiplied by the average midpoint of the prices published by Argus for that Commodity on Colonial Pipeline on each publication Day during that Month; and

 

(b)                                  Carrier shall be entitled to the value of volume gained in transit and shall be responsible for the value of any volume lost in transit.  Company shall pay Carrier the value of any volume gained, and Carrier shall pay Company the value of any volume lost, with the value of a Commodity being equal to the average midpoint of the prices published by Argus for that Commodity on Colonial Pipeline on each publication Day during that Month.

 

For clarity, the Loss Allowance Fee described in Section 4.01(a) and the entitlement and obligation described in Section 4.01(b) relate only to losses or gains of a type normally incurred in connection with the transportation of Commodities and are exceptions to and not modifications of the general provisions of Section 16.02.

 

Section 4.02                              Adjustment .  Carrier may file with FERC (or the Texas Railroad Commission, as the case may be) to adjust Tariff Rates annually beginning July 1, 2013, at a rate equal to the percentage change in the inflationary index promulgated by FERC, in accordance with FERC’s indexing methodology.  If FERC terminates its indexing methodology and does not adopt a new methodology, the parties will negotiate in good faith any adjustments to existing Tariff Rates.

 

Section 4.03                              No Challenge of Rates . Each of Company and Carrier agrees not to commence or support any tariff filing, application, protest, complaint, petition, motion, or other proceeding before FERC or the Texas Railroad Commission for the purpose of requesting that FERC or the Texas Railroad Commission accept or set Tariff Rates applicable to the Pipeline which are inconsistent with this Agreement; provided, however, that Company reserves its rights under FERC regulations to challenge any proposed changes in the Tariff Rate (a) to the extent that such changes are inconsistent with the indexing method provided in 18 C.F.R. §342.3, or (b) through other rate changing methodologies under 18 C.F.R. §342.4.

 

Section 4.04                              Recovery of Certain Costs .

 

(a)                                  If Carrier agrees to make any expenditures at Company’s request, Company will reimburse Carrier for such expenditures or, at Carrier’s option and if the Parties

 

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agree, Carrier may amend the Carrier Tariff in order to increase the Tariff Rate so that Carrier may recover the amounts paid for such expenditures over time.

 

(b)                                  If new Laws require Carrier to make substantial and unanticipated expenditures in connection with the services Carrier provides to Company under this Agreement, Company will reimburse Carrier for Company’s proportionate share of the costs of complying with such Laws, or at Carrier’s option and if the Parties agree, Carrier may amend the Carrier Tariff in order to increase the Tariff Rate so that Carrier may recover such costs over time.

 

Article V.                                           Scheduling

 

Section 5.01                              Scheduling .  For each Origin Point, Company shall provide Carrier with a written schedule by the tenth Day of the Month preceding the Month during which injections into the Pipeline are to be made, advising Carrier of the volumes of each Commodity to be tendered for transportation, and estimated date(s) of such tenders.  Carrier will review and confirm its ability to receive according to the schedule by the 20th Day of such preceding Month.

 

Article VI.                                      Quality

 

Section 6.01                              Quality .

 

(a)                                  Company agrees not to deliver or cause to be delivered into the Pipeline any Non-Conforming Commodity.

 

(b)                                  Company shall be liable for all reasonable costs and losses in curing, removing, or recovering any Non-Conforming Commodities except to the extent that such non-conformity is due to the negligence or willful misconduct of Carrier.  After such consultation with Company as may be practical under the circumstances but otherwise at Carrier’s sole discretion, Carrier may attempt to blend the Non-Conforming Commodities, remove and dispose of the Non-Conforming Commodities, or, if necessary, recover any Non-Conforming Commodities from field locations and, except to the extent that such non-conformity is due to the negligence or willful misconduct of Carrier, Company shall reimburse Carrier for all reasonable costs associated therewith.  Except to the extent that a non-conformity is due to the negligence or willful misconduct of Carrier, if Company’s Non-Conforming Commodities cause any contamination, dilution or other damages to the Commodities of other customers of Carrier, Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold the Carrier Affiliated Parties harmless from and against any Claims incurred by, or charged against any of the Carrier Affiliated Parties, as a result of such event and shall be responsible for all costs and liabilities associated with or incurred as a result of such event.

 

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Article VII.                                 Monthly Statement; Payment; Liens

 

Section 7.01                              Monthly Statement .

 

(a)                                  Promptly after the end of each Month, Carrier shall provide Company with a statement for such Month, showing for each Commodity:  (i) the volume injected into a Pipeline at an Origin Point under each applicable Carrier Tariff, (ii) the Loss Allowance Fee due Carrier, and (iii) the tariff due to Carrier (after application of any credit to which Company may be entitled pursuant to Section 3.01(c) and settlement of any obligations under Section 4.01(b)).  If requested by Company, Carrier shall provide Company with copies of individual meter tickets for such Month, if available.

 

(b)                                  The Monthly statement for the last Month in each Calendar Quarter shall include any Quarterly Deficiency Payment that may be due and payable by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01(b).

 

Section 7.02                              Payment .

 

(a)                                  Payment of the amount(s) identified on each Monthly statement shall be due, without discount, on the later of (i) two Business Days after such Monthly Statement is received, and (ii) the 22 nd  Day of the Month in which such Monthly statement is received, provided that if such Day is not a Business Day, then such payment shall be due, without interest, on the next Business Day.  Payments not paid by the due date shall bear interest at the rate of the lesser of 1.5% per Month and the maximum rate allowed by Law for each Month or portion of a Month thereafter during which such amount remains unpaid.

 

(b)                                  All payments shall be made to Carrier by automated clearing house to an account specified by Carrier from time to time, provided that as long as Carrier is an affiliate of Company, Carrier and Company may settle Company’s financial obligations to Carrier through Company’s normal interaffiliate settlement processes.  Any bank charges incurred by Company in remitting funds by automated clearing house shall be for Company’s account.  Acceptance by Carrier of any payment from Company for any charge or service after termination or expiration of this Agreement shall not be deemed a renewal of this Agreement or a waiver by Carrier of any default by Company hereunder.

 

(c)                                   If Company reasonably disputes any Monthly statement, in whole or in part, Company shall promptly notify Carrier in writing of the dispute and shall pay the undisputed portion according to the terms of this Section 7.02, and shall promptly seek to resolve the dispute including, if necessary, by arbitration as provided in Section 18.01.  An arbitral panel may award reasonable interest on any unpaid amount determined to have been due to Carrier but withheld in good faith.

 

Section 7.03                              Liens .  Company hereby grants to Carrier an irrevocable (a) lien on all of Company’s Commodities in transit and (b) power of attorney to dispose of such Commodities at fair market value to the extent of all amounts owed to Carrier by Company hereunder.

 

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Article VIII.                            Title; Custody

 

Section 8.01                              Title .  Company shall retain title to all of Company’s Commodities in transit on the Pipeline at all times.  This provision does not preclude Company from any intraline transfer of title to a third party; in the event of such a transfer, such third party, and not Carrier, shall have title to the affected Commodity according to the terms of the relevant agreement between Company and such third party.

 

Section 8.02                              Custody .  Carrier shall be deemed to have custody of a Commodity injected into the Pipeline from the time such Commodity passes through the flange connection between the relevant Origin Point and the Pipeline until it is delivered to Company or, at the direction of Company, to a third party through the flange connection (a) between the delivery hose at the Terminal’s truck loading rack and a receiving transport truck, (b) between the Terminal and a receiving third party pipeline, or (c) between the Pipeline and the Kinder Morgan Terminal, as the case may be.

 

Article IX.                                     Volume Determinations

 

Section 9.01                              Volume Determinations - General .

 

(a)                                  All measurements, volume corrections and calibrations will be made in accordance with the most recent edition of the American Petroleum Institute’s Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards.

 

(b)                                  All volume determinations shall be adjusted to a temperature of 60° Fahrenheit and a pressure of one standard atmosphere (14.7 PSIA) per the most recent edition of the American Petroleum Institute’s Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards, Chapter 11 ( viz. , Table 6B, 6C, etc., whichever table is relevant to the Commodity being measured).

 

(c)                                   All Commodities delivered to or received from the Pipeline will be determined by calibrated custody transfer grade meters.

 

Section 9.02                              Company’s Right to Witness .  A Company representative may witness the testing, calibration of equipment and meter reading, at Company’s expense.  In the absence of a Company representative, Carrier’s measurements shall be deemed to be accurate.

 

Section 9.03                              Delivery Determination .  The volumes of Company’s Commodities delivered hereunder shall be determined by Carrier’s meter at the point nearest before the applicable custody transfer point and recorded on a bill of lading.

 

Article X.                                          Insurance

 

Section 10.01                       Insurance .  Insurance for Company’s Commodities, if any, that may be desired by Company, shall be carried by Company at Company’s expense.  Should Company elect to carry Commodity insurance, then each policy of insurance shall be endorsed to provide a waiver of subrogation rights in favor of the Carrier Affiliated

 

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Parties.  Carrier shall not be liable to Company for Commodity losses or shortages for which Company is compensated by its insurer.

 

Article XI.                                     Taxes

 

Section 11.01                       Taxes .  Company shall be responsible for and shall pay all sales Taxes and similar Taxes on goods and services provided hereunder and any other Taxes now or hereafter imposed by any Governmental Authority in respect of or measured by Commodities handled or stored hereunder or the manufacture, storage, delivery, receipt, exchange or inspection thereof, and Company agrees to promptly reimburse Carrier for any such Taxes Carrier is legally required to pay, upon receipt of invoice therefor.  Each Party is responsible for all Taxes in respect of its own real and personal property.

 

Article XII.                                Health, Safety and Environment

 

Section 12.01                       Spills; Environmental Pollution .

 

(a)                                  In the event of any Commodity spill or other environmentally polluting discharge caused by Carrier’s operation of the Pipeline, any clean-up resulting from any such spill or discharge and any liability resulting from such spill or discharge shall be the responsibility of Carrier, except to the extent such spill or discharge is caused by Company.

 

(b)                                  In the event and to the extent of any Commodity spill or other environmentally polluting discharge caused by Company or in connection with the operation of Company’s or a third party’s pipeline, barge, tank truck or transport trailer receiving Commodities on Company’s behalf, at its request or for its benefit, Carrier is authorized to commence containment or clean-up operations as deemed appropriate or necessary by Carrier or as required by any Governmental Authority, and Carrier shall notify Company of such operations as soon as practicable.  All liability and reasonable costs of containment or clean-up shall be borne by Company except that, in the event a spill or discharge is caused by the joint negligence of both Carrier and Company or a third party’s pipeline, barge, tank truck or transport trailer receiving Commodities on Company’s behalf, at its request or for its benefit, liability and costs of containment or clean-up shall be borne jointly by Carrier and Company in proportion to each Party’s respective negligence.

 

(c)                                   For purposes of this Section 12.01, the negligence of a third party pipeline, barge, tank truck or transport trailer receiving Commodities on Company’s behalf, at its request or for its benefit shall be attributed to Company.

 

(d)                                  The Parties shall cooperate for the purpose of obtaining reimbursement if a third party is legally responsible for costs or expenses initially borne by Carrier or Company.

 

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Article XIII.                           Force Majeure

 

Section 13.01                       Suspension during Force Majeure Events .  As soon as possible upon the occurrence of a Force Majeure, a Party affected by a Force Majeure event shall provide the other Party with written notice of the occurrence of such Force Majeure.  Each Party’s obligations (other than an obligation to pay any amounts due to the other Party) shall be temporarily suspended during the occurrence of, and for the entire duration of, a Force Majeure event to the extent that such an event prevents Carrier from performing its obligations under this Agreement.  Each Party’s obligations (other than an obligation to pay any amounts due to the other Party) shall be temporarily suspended beginning 20 Days after the commencement of, and for the entire remaining duration of, a Force Majeure event to the extent that such event prevents Company from performing its obligations under this Agreement.  At the conclusion of the Force Majeure event, the Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment with respect to each Calendar Quarter in which the Force Majeure event remained in effect shall be ratably reduced to reflect such suspension.

 

Section 13.02                       Obligation to Remedy Force Majeure Events .  A Party affected by a Force Majeure event shall take commercially reasonable steps to remedy such situation so that it may resume the full performance of its obligations under this Agreement within a reasonable period of time.

 

Section 13.03                       Strikes and Lockouts .  The settlement of strikes, lockouts and other labor disturbances shall be entirely within the discretion of the affected Party and the requirement to remedy a Force Majeure event within a reasonable period of time shall not require the settlement of strikes or lockouts by acceding to the demands of an opposing Person when such course is inadvisable in the discretion of the Party having the difficulty.

 

Section 13.04                       Action in Emergencies .  Carrier may temporarily suspend performance of the services to prevent injuries to persons, damage to property or harm to the environment.

 

Article XIV.                            Notices

 

Section 14.01                       Notices .  Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, all Notices between the Parties given under or in relation to this Agreement shall be made in writing and shall be deemed to have been properly given if:  (i) personally delivered (with written confirmation of receipt); or (ii) delivered by a recognized overnight delivery service (delivery fees prepaid), in either case to the appropriate address set forth below:

 

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If to Carrier:

If to Company:

 

 

Phillips 66 Carrier LLC

Phillips 66 Company

c/o Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

3010 Briarpark Dr.

3010 Briarpark Dr.

Houston, TX 77042

Houston, TX 77042

Attn: General Counsel

Attn: President

 

 

Either Party may change its address for Notice upon Notice to the other in accordance with this Section 14.01.

 

Section 14.02                       Effective upon Receipt . Any Notice given in the manner set forth in Section 14.01 shall be effective upon actual receipt if received during Normal Business Hours, or at the beginning of the recipient’s next Business Day if not received during Normal Business Hours.

 

Article XV.                                 Applicable Law

 

Section 15.01                       Applicable Law . Regardless of the place of contracting, place(s) of performance or otherwise, this Agreement and all amendments, modifications, alterations or supplements to it, shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the state of Texas without regard to the principles of conflicts of law or any other principle that might apply the law of another jurisdiction.

 

Article XVI.                            Limitation of Liability

 

Section 16.01                       No Liability for Consequential Damages . In no event shall either Party be liable to the other Party for, and no arbitral panel is authorized to award, any punitive, special, indirect or consequential damages of any kind or character resulting from or arising out of this Agreement, including, without limitation, loss of profits or business interruptions, however they may be caused.

 

Section 16.02                       Limitation of Liability . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Carrier shall in no event be liable for loss of, or damage to, any Commodities of Company except to the extent caused by Carrier’s negligence, or the negligence of Carrier’s employees, agents, contractors or subcontractors, in the safekeeping and handling of any Commodity of Company.  In no event shall Carrier be liable for more than the replacement of lost or damaged Commodities or, at its option, payment of the replacement cost of any lost or damaged Commodities.  Each Party shall be discharged from any and all liability with respect to services performed and any loss or damage Claims arising out of this Agreement unless suit or action is commenced within two years after the applicable cause of action arises.

 

Article XVII.                       Default

 

Section 17.01                       Default . Should either Party default in the prompt performance and observance of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and should such default continue for 30 Days or more after Notice thereof by the non-defaulting Party to the

 

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defaulting Party, or should either Party become insolvent, commence a case for liquidation or reorganization under the United States Bankruptcy Code (or become the involuntary subject of a case for liquidation or reorganization under the United States Bankruptcy Code, if such case is not dismissed within 30 Days), be placed in the hands of a state or federal receiver or make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, then the other Party shall have the right, at its option, to terminate this Agreement immediately upon Notice to the other Party.

 

Section 17.02                       Non-Exclusive Remedies . Except as otherwise provided, the remedies of Carrier and Company provided in this Agreement shall not be exclusive, but shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to all other remedies in favor of Carrier or Company, at Law or equity.

 

Section 17.03                       Right to Terminate . In the event of a default by Company, the amounts theretofore accrued shall, at the option of Carrier, become immediately due and payable and Carrier shall also have the right, at its option, to terminate this Agreement.  In the event of a default by Carrier, Company shall also have the right, at its option, to terminate this Agreement, provided Company has paid Carrier for the amounts that have accrued to the date of such termination.

 

Article XVIII.                  Miscellaneous

 

Section 18.01                       Disputes between the Parties . Any dispute between the Parties in connection with this Agreement shall be resolved by arbitration in accordance with the procedures set forth in Exhibit B; provided, however, that either Party may seek a restraining order, temporary injunction, or other provisional relief in any court with jurisdiction over the subject matter of the dispute and sitting in Houston, Texas, if such Party in its sole judgment believes that such action is necessary to avoid irreparable injury or to preserve the status quo ante .

 

Section 18.02                       Assignment .

 

(a)                                  Neither Party may assign its rights or delegate its duties under this Agreement without prior written consent of the other Party except:

 

(i)                                      if Company transfers the Sweeny Refinery, Company may assign this Agreement to the transferee of the Sweeny Refinery subject to the provisions of Section 18.02(b); and

 

(ii)                                   Carrier may make collateral assignments of this Agreement to secure working capital financing;

 

provided; however, that in no event shall Company be required to consent to Carrier’s assignment of this Agreement to any Person that is engaged in the business of refining and marketing petroleum products (or that directly or indirectly Controls or is Controlled by a Person that is engaged in the business of refining and marketing petroleum products) in the states of Louisiana or Texas.

 

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(b)                                  Upon an assignment of this Agreement by either Party, the assigned rights and obligations shall be novated into a new agreement with the assignee, and such assignee shall be responsible for the performance of the assigned obligations unless the non-assigning Party has reasonably determined that the assignee is not financially or operationally capable of performing such assigned obligations, in which case the assignor shall remain responsible for the performance of such assigned obligations.

 

Section 18.03                       Partnership Change in Control . Company’s obligations hereunder shall not terminate in connection with a Partnership Change in Control.  Carrier shall provide Company with Notice of any Partnership Change in Control at least 60 Days prior to the effective date thereof.

 

Section 18.04                       No Third-Party Rights . Except as expressly provided, nothing in this Agreement is intended to confer any rights, benefits or obligations to any Person other than the Parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

Section 18.05                       Compliance with Laws . Each Party shall at all times comply with all Laws as are applicable to its performance of this Agreement.

 

Section 18.06                       Severability . If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof shall be found by any arbitral panel or court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable to any extent and for any reason, it shall be adjusted rather than voided, if possible, in order to achieve the intent of the Parties.  In any event, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such remainder shall not be affected thereby and shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by Law.

 

Section 18.07                       Non-Waiver . The failure of either Party to enforce any provision, condition, covenant or requirement of this Agreement at any time shall not be construed to be a waiver of such provision, condition, covenant or requirement unless the other Parties are so notified by such Party in writing.  Any waiver by a Party of a default by any other Party in the performance of any provision, condition, covenant or requirement contained in this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision, condition, covenant or requirement, nor shall any such waiver in any manner release such other Party from the performance of any other provision, condition, covenant or requirement.

 

Section 18.08                       Entire Agreement . This Agreement, together with all exhibits attached hereto, constitutes the entire Agreement between the Parties relating to its subject matter and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and there are no warranties, representations or other agreements between the Parties in connection with the subject matter hereof except as specifically set forth in, or contemplated by, this Agreement.

 

Section 18.09                       Amendments . This Agreement shall not be modified or amended, in whole or in part, except by a written amendment signed by both Parties.

 

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Section 18.10                       Survival . Any indemnification granted hereunder by one Party to the other Party shall survive the expiration or termination of all or any part of this Agreement.

 

Section 18.11                       Counterparts; Multiple Originals . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on each of the Parties.  Each of the Parties may sign any number of copies of this Agreement.  Each signed copy shall be deemed to be an original, but all of them together shall represent one and the same agreement.

 

Section 18.12                       Exhibits . The exhibits identified in this Agreement are incorporated in this Agreement and constitute a part of this Agreement.  If there is any conflict between this Agreement and any exhibit, the provisions of the exhibit shall control.

 

Section 18.13                       Table of Contents; Headings; Subheadings . The table of contents and the headings and subheadings of this Agreement have been inserted only for convenience to facilitate reference and are not intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

 

Section 18.14                       Construction . The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement.  In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring either Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 18.15                       Business Practices . Carrier shall use its best efforts to make certain that all billings, reports, and financial settlements rendered to or made with Company pursuant to this Agreement, or any revision of or amendments to this Agreement, will properly reflect the facts about all activities and transactions handled by authority of this Agreement and that the information shown on such billings, reports and settlement documents may be relied upon by Company as being complete and accurate in any further recording and reporting made by Company for whatever purposes.  Carrier shall notify Company if Carrier discovers any errors in such billings, reports, or settlement documents.

 

Section 18.16                       Effect of Company Restructuring . If Company decides to restructure its supply, refining or sales operations at the Sweeny Refinery in such a way as could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the economics of Company’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement, then the Parties will negotiate in good faith a reduction in Company’s Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment or an exchange of the Pipeline for other assets not so affected.

 

Section 18.17                       Effect of Discontinuation of Publication . If Argus ceases to provide the information to be obtained therefrom pursuant to this Agreement, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to agree upon a replacement publication or pricing mechanism.

 

[Signature page follows.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Carrier and Company have signed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC

 

 

Sole Member of Phillips 66 Carrier LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners LP,

 

 

Sole Member of Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

 

 

General Partner of Phillips 66 Partners LP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J.T. Liberti

 

 

J.T. Liberti

 

 

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

 

 

of Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ T.G. Taylor

 

 

T.G. Taylor

 

 

Executive Vice President, Commercial, Marketing,

 

 

Transportation and Business Development

 

Signature Page to Transportation Services Agreement (Sweeny-Pasadena)

 



 

Exhibit A

 

Commodities

 

·                   Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel

·                   Jet Fuel

·                   Non-Premium Gasoline

·                   Non-Premium RBOB Gasoline

·                   Premium Gasoline

·                   Premium RBOB Gasoline

·                   High Sulfur Diesel

·                   Transmix

 

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Exhibit B

 

Arbitration Procedure

 

Either Party may initiate dispute resolution procedures by sending a Notice to the other Party specifically stating the complaining Party’s Claim and by initiating binding arbitration in accordance with the Center for Public Resources Rules for Non-Administered Arbitration of Business Disputes, by three arbitrators who shall be neutral, independent, and generally knowledgeable about the type of transaction which gave rise to the dispute.  The arbitration shall be governed by the United States Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16, provided that the arbitrators shall include in their report/award a list of findings, with supporting evidentiary references, upon which they have relied in making their decision.  Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof.  The place of arbitration shall be Houston, Texas.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein and regardless of any procedures or rules of the Center for Public Resources, it is expressly agreed that the following shall apply and control over any other provision in this Agreement:

 

(a)                                  All offers, conduct, views, opinions and statements made in the course of negotiation or mediation by any of the Parties, their employees, agents, experts, attorneys and representatives, and by any mediator, are confidential, made for compromise and settlement, protected from disclosure under Federal and State Rules of Evidence and Procedure, and inadmissible and not discoverable for any purpose, including impeachment, in litigation or legal proceedings between the Parties, and shall not be disclosed to any Person who is not an agent, employee, expert or representative of the Parties, provided that evidence otherwise discoverable or admissible is not excluded from discovery or admission as a result of presentation or use in mediation.

 

(b)                                  Except to the extent that the Parties may agree upon selection of one or more arbitrators, the Center for Public Resources shall select arbitrators from a panel reviewed by the Parties.  The Parties shall be entitled to exercise peremptory strikes against one-third of the panel and may challenge other candidates for lack of neutrality or lack of qualifications.  Challenges shall be resolved in accordance with Center for Public Resource rules.

 

(c)                                   The Parties shall have at least 20 Days following the close of hearing within which to submit a brief (not to exceed 18 pages in length) and ten Days from date of receipt of the opponent’s brief within which to respond thereto.

 

(d)                                  The Parties expressly agree that the arbitrators shall not award punitive damages, consequential damages, or attorneys’ fees (except attorneys’ fees specifically authorized by the Agreement).

 

(e)                                  The fees and expenses of any mediator or arbitrator shall be shared equally by the Parties.

 

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(f)                                    The Parties may, by written agreement (signed by both Parties), alter any time deadline or location(s) for meetings.

 

Time is of the essence for purposes of the provisions of this Exhibit.

 

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Exhibit 10.6

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

THROUGHPUT AND DEFICIENCY AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC

 

and

 

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

 

for

 

the Hartford Connector Pipeline

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Article I. Defined Terms

1

 

 

Section 1.01

Defined Terms

1

Section 1.02

Other Defined Terms

5

Section 1.03

Terms Generally

5

 

 

 

Article II. Term and Termination

5

 

 

Section 2.01

Term

5

Section 2.02

Termination Following a Force Majeure Event

6

 

 

 

Article III. Minimum Commitments

6

 

 

Section 3.01

Minimum Wood River Quarterly Transportation Commitment

6

Section 3.02

Minimum Hartford Quarterly Transportation Commitment

6

Section 3.03

Quarterly Transportation Credit

6

Section 3.04

Loss of Available Capacity

7

Section 3.05

Capacity Reservation

7

Section 3.06

Partial Period Proration

8

Section 3.07

Special Reduction of Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment

9

 

 

 

Article IV. Tariffs

9

 

 

Section 4.01

Tariff

9

Section 4.02

No Challenge of Rates

10

 

 

 

Article V. Scheduling

10

 

 

Section 5.01

Scheduling

10

 

 

 

Article VI. Quality

10

 

 

Section 6.01

Quality

10

 

 

 

Article VII. Monthly Statement; Payment; Liens

11

 

 

Section 7.01

Monthly Statement

11

Section 7.02

Payment

11

Section 7.03

Liens

12

 

 

 

Article VIII. Title; Custody

12

 

 

Section 8.01

Title

12

Section 8.02

Custody

12

 

 

 

Article IX. Volume Determinations

12

 

 

Section 9.01

Volume Determinations - General

12

Section 9.02

Company’s Right to Witness

13

Section 9.03

Delivery Determination

13

 

 

 

Article X. Insurance

13

 

 

Section 10.01

Insurance

13

 

 

 

Article XI. Taxes

13

 

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Section 11.01

Taxes

13

 

 

 

Article XII. Health, Safety and Environment

13

 

 

Section 12.01

Spills; Environmental Pollution

13

 

 

 

Article XIII. Force Majeure

14

 

 

Section 13.01

Suspension during Force Majeure Events

14

Section 13.02

Obligation to Remedy Force Majeure Events

14

Section 13.03

Strikes and Lockouts

14

Section 13.04

Action in Emergencies

15

 

 

 

Article XIV. Notices

15

 

 

Section 14.01

Notices

15

Section 14.02

Effective upon Receipt

15

 

 

 

Article XV. Applicable Law

15

 

 

Section 15.01

Applicable Law

15

 

 

 

Article XVI. Limitation of Liability

15

 

 

Section 16.01

No Liability for Consequential Damages

15

Section 16.02

Limitation of Liability

16

 

 

 

Article XVII. Default

16

 

 

Section 17.01

Default

16

Section 17.02

Non-Exclusive Remedies

16

Section 17.03

Right to Terminate

16

 

 

 

Article XVIII. Miscellaneous

16

 

 

Section 18.01

Disputes between the Parties

16

Section 18.02

Assignment

16

Section 18.03

Partnership Change in Control

17

Section 18.04

No Third-Party Rights

17

Section 18.05

Compliance with Laws

17

Section 18.06

Severability

17

Section 18.07

Non-Waiver

17

Section 18.08

Entire Agreement

18

Section 18.09

Amendments

18

Section 18.10

Survival

18

Section 18.11

Counterparts; Multiple Originals

18

Section 18.12

Exhibits

18

Section 18.13

Table of Contents; Headings; Subheadings

18

Section 18.14

Construction

18

Section 18.15

Business Practices

18

Section 18.16

Effect of Company Restructuring

19

Section 18.17

Effect of Discontinuation of Publication

19

 

 

 

Exhibit A — Commodities

 

Exhibit B — Dispute Resolution Procedures

 

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED
THROUGHPUT AND DEFICIENCY AGREEMENT

 

This amended and restated throughput and deficiency agreement is made and entered into as of the Effective Date by and between PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“ Carrier ”), and PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY , a Delaware corporation (“ Company ”), and amends and restates that certain Throughput and Deficiency Agreement (the “ Original Agreement ”) originally entered into as of August 25, 2008, by and between Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC (formerly known as ConocoPhillips Pipe Line Company and in this Agreement called “ P66 Pipeline ”) and ConocoPhillips Company (“ ConocoPhillips ”).

 

Recitals

 

WHEREAS, at the date of the Original Agreement, P66 Pipeline owned and operated a refined petroleum product pipeline system (the “ Pipeline ”) extending from a refinery then operated by ConocoPhillips at Roxana, Illinois (the “ Wood River Refinery ”), to Carrier’s refined petroleum products terminal facility located at 2105 South Delmar Avenue, Hartford, Illinois 62048 (the “ Terminal ”), and from the Terminal to Explorer Pipeline at Wood River, Illinois (“ Explorer ”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Original Agreement, ConocoPhillips agreed to deliver refined petroleum products to an Origin Point at the Wood River Refinery for transportation on the Pipeline to the Terminal, and further agreed to deliver, or cause to be delivered, refined petroleum products to an Origin Point at the Terminal for onward transportation;

 

WHEREAS, as of April 26, 2012, Company became the operator of the Wood River Refinery and ConocoPhillips assigned to Company, and Company accepted, ConocoPhillips’ rights and obligation under the Original Agreement;

 

WHEREAS , as of May 31, 2013, Carrier acquired the Pipeline and the Terminal and P66 Pipeline assigned to Carrier, and Carrier accepted, P66 Pipeline’s rights and obligations under the Original Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, Carrier and Company desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement as of the Effective Date upon the terms and conditions set forth below.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, Carrier and Company agree as follows:

 

Article I.                                               Defined Terms

 

Section 1.01                              Defined Terms . The following definitions shall for all purposes apply to the capitalized terms used in this Agreement:

 

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(a)                                  “Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Throughput and Deficiency Agreement, together with all exhibits attached hereto, as the same may be extended, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

(b)                                  “Argus” means Argus Media Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries.

 

(c)                                   “Barrel” means 42 Gallons.

 

(d)                                  “Business Day” means any Day except for Saturday, Sunday or an official holiday in the State of Texas.

 

(e)                                   “Calendar Quarter” means a period of three consecutive Months beginning on the first Day of each of January, April, July and October.

 

(f)                                    “Carrier” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.

 

(g)                                   “Carrier Affiliated Parties” means Carrier, Phillips 66 Partners LP and their respective contractors and the directors, officers, employees and agents of each of them.

 

(h)                                  “Carrier Tariff” means Carrier’s relevant Illinois Commerce Commission tariff or Carrier’s FERC Tariff No. 4.0.0, as applicable, and any supplements thereto or reissues thereof.

 

(i)                                      “Claims” means any and all judgments, claims, causes of action, demands, lawsuits, suits, proceedings, governmental investigations or audits, losses, assessments, fines, penalties, administrative orders, obligations, costs, expenses, liabilities and damages, including interest, penalties, reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements and costs of investigations, deficiencies, levies, duties and imposts.

 

(j)                                     “Commitment” means the Minimum Hartford Quarterly Transportation Commitment and the Minimum Wood River Quarterly Transportation Commitment, as applicable.

 

(k)                                  “Commodity” or “Commodities” means any of the commodities identified in Exhibit A.

 

(l)                                      “Company” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.

 

(m)                              “ConocoPhillips” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.

 

(n)                                  “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

 

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(o)                                  “Day” means the period of time commencing at 0000 hours on one calendar day and running until, but not including, 0000 hours on the next calendar day, according to local time in Houston, Texas.

 

(p)                                  “Effective Date” means the date of the closing of the initial public offering of common units representing limited partner interests of Phillips 66 Partners LP.

 

(q)                                  “Explorer” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

(r)                                     “FERC” means the United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

 

(s)                                    “Force Majeure” means: (i) acts of God, fires, floods or storms; (ii) compliance with orders of courts or Governmental Authorities; (iii) explosions, wars, terrorist acts or riots; (iv) inability to obtain or unavoidable delays in obtaining material or equipment; (v) accidental disruption of service; (vi) events or circumstances similar to the foregoing (including inability to obtain or unavoidable delays in obtaining material or equipment and disruption of service provided by third parties) that prevent a Party’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement, to the extent that such events or circumstances are beyond the Party’s reasonable control and could not have been prevented by the Party’s due diligence; (vii) strikes, lockouts or other industrial disturbances; and (viii) breakdown of refinery facilities, machinery, storage tanks or pipelines irrespective of the cause thereof.

 

(t)                                     “Gallon” means a United States gallon of two hundred thirty-one cubic inches of liquid at 60º Fahrenheit, and at the equivalent vapor pressure of the liquid.

 

(u)                                  “Governmental Authority” means any government, any governmental administration, agency, instrumentality or other instrumentality or other political subdivision thereof or any court, commission or other governmental authority of competent jurisdiction.

 

(v)                                  “Hartford Base Capacity” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(b).

 

(w)                                “Hartford Quarterly Deficiency Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(b).

 

(x)                                  “Hartford Reservation Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(b).

 

(y)                                  “Hartford Reserved Capacity” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(b).

 

(z)                                   “Hartford Surplus Capacity” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(b).

 

(aa)                           “Law” means all constitutions, laws (including common law), treaties, statutes, orders, decrees, rules, injunctions, licenses, permits, approvals, agreements, regulations, codes, ordinances issued by any Governmental Authority, including judicial or administrative orders, consents, decrees, and judgments, published directives, guidelines, governmental authorizations, requirements or other

 

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governmental restrictions which have the force of law, and determinations by, or interpretations of any of the foregoing by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the matter in question and binding on a given Person, whether in effect as of the date hereof or thereafter and, in each case, as amended.

 

(bb)                           “Loss Allowance Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a).

 

(cc)                             “Minimum Hartford Quarterly Transportation Commitment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a).

 

(dd)                           “Minimum Wood River Quarterly Transportation Commitment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).

 

(ee)                             “Month” or “Monthly” means a calendar month commencing at 0000 hours on the first Day thereof and running until, but not including 0000 hours on the first Day of the following calendar month, according to local time in Houston, Texas.

 

(ff)                               “Non-Conforming Commodity” means any Commodity that fails to meet specifications established by Carrier for pipeline transportation of that Commodity (or in the absence of Carrier specifications, specifications established by Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC for such Commodity).

 

(gg)                             “Normal Business Hours” means the period of time commencing at 0800 hours on one Day and running until 1700 hours on the same Day, according to local time in Houston, Texas.

 

(hh)                           “Notice” means any notice, request, instruction, correspondence or other communication permitted or required to be given under this Agreement.

 

(ii)                                   “Original Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.

 

(jj)                                 “Origin Point” means each of the pipeline connection points located at Roxanna, Illinois, and Hartford, Illinois (or such other point(s) as Carrier may establish) on the Pipeline where a Commodity may be accepted for shipment on the Pipeline.

 

(kk)                           “P66 Pipeline” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.

 

(ll)                                   “Parties” means Carrier and Company, collectively.

 

(mm)                   “Partnership Change in Control” means Phillips 66 ceases to Control the general partner of Phillips 66 Partners LP.

 

(nn)                           “Party” means Carrier or Company, individually.

 

(oo)                           “Person” means, without limitation, an individual, corporation (including a non-profit corporation), general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization, labor union, or other entity or

 

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Governmental Authority, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.

 

(pp)                           “Pipeline” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

(qq)                           “Quarterly Transportation Credit” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03.

 

(rr)                                 “Tariff Rate” means the rate applicable from time to time to the shipment of a Commodity through the Pipeline under the terms of the Carrier Tariff, which shall be the rate in effect at the Effective Date, adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 4.01.

 

(ss)                               “Taxes” means any income, sales, use, excise, transfer, and similar taxes, fees and charges (including ad valorem taxes), including any interest or penalties attributable thereto, imposed by any Governmental Authority.

 

(tt)                                 “Terminal” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

(uu)                           “Wood River Refinery” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

(vv)                           “Wood River Base Capacity” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(a).

 

(ww)                       Wood River Quarterly Deficiency Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b).

 

(xx)                           “Wood River Reservation Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(a).

 

(yy)                           “Wood River Reserved Capacity” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(a).

 

(zz)                             “Wood River Surplus Capacity” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(a).

 

Section 1.02                              Other Defined Terms . Other terms may be defined elsewhere in this Agreement, and, unless otherwise indicated, shall have such meanings throughout this Agreement.

 

Section 1.03                              Terms Generally . The definitions in this Agreement shall apply equally to both singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The word “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”  All references to Articles, Sections and Exhibits shall be deemed to be references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits to, this Agreement unless the context requires otherwise.

 

Article II.                                          Term and Termination

 

Section 2.01                              Term . This Agreement, as amended and restated, shall be effective on the Effective Date and shall expire on December 31, 2030.

 

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Section 2.02                              Termination Following a Force Majeure Event . If a Force Majeure event prevents Carrier or Company from performing its respective obligations under this Agreement for a period of more than 12 consecutive Months, this Agreement may be terminated by either Party at any time after the expiration of such 12-Month period upon at least 30 Days’ Notice to the other Party.

 

Article III.                                     Minimum Commitments

 

Section 3.01                              Minimum Wood River Quarterly Transportation Commitment .

 

(a)                                  During each Calendar Quarter, Company shall tender at the Origin Point at the Wood River Refinery an aggregate average of at least 43,000 Barrels per Day of Commodities for transportation to or through the Terminal, in approximately ratable quantities (such average, the “ Minimum Wood River Quarterly Transportation Commitment ”) at the applicable Tariff Rate in effect at the time of the tender.

 

(b)                                  If Company fails to meet its Minimum Wood River Quarterly Transportation Commitment during any Calendar Quarter, then Company will pay Carrier a deficiency payment (the “ Wood River Quarterly Deficiency Payment ”) equal to the volume of the deficiency multiplied by the Tariff Rate in effect for the relevant Calendar Quarter.

 

Section 3.02                              Minimum Hartford Quarterly Transportation Commitment .

 

(a)                                  During each Calendar Quarter, Company shall tender at the Origin Point at the Terminal an average of at least 16,000 Barrels per Day of Commodities for transportation to Explorer, in approximately ratable quantities (such average, the “ Minimum Hartford Quarterly Transportation Commitment ”) at the applicable Tariff Rate in effect at the time of the tender.

 

(b)                                  If Company fails to meet its Minimum Hartford Quarterly Transportation Commitment during any Calendar Quarter, then Company will pay Carrier a deficiency payment (the “ Hartford Quarterly Deficiency Payment ”) equal to the volume of the deficiency multiplied by the Tariff Rate in effect for the relevant Calendar Quarter.

 

Section 3.03                              Quarterly Transportation Credit . If the volume delivered by Company to Carrier for transportation on the pipeline segment from the Wood River Refinery to the Terminal, or the pipeline segment from the Terminal to Explorer, during a Calendar Quarter exceeds 55,200 Barrels per Day multiplied by the number of Days in the relevant Calendar Quarter, then Company will be issued a separate credit (a “ Quarterly Transportation Credit ”) for each such segment for which excess volumes were delivered equal to the Tariff Rate then in effect for such segment multiplied by the excess volume on the relevant segment.  A Quarterly Transportation Credit may be applied to a Wood River Quarterly Deficiency Payment or a Hartford Quarterly Deficiency Payment with respect to any of the eight Calendar Quarters immediately following the Calendar Quarter in which such Quarterly Transportation Credit was earned.  A Quarterly Transportation

 

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Credit shall expire if not applied within eight Calendar Quarters after the Calendar Quarter in which such Quarterly Transportation Credit was earned.

 

Section 3.04                              Loss of Available Capacity .

 

(a)                                  If, for any reason (other than outages caused by Carrier’s planned maintenance), the average daily capacity of the Pipeline segment between the Wood River Refinery and the Terminal during a given Calendar Quarter is less than the Company’s Wood River Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment for such Calendar Quarter, or if the capacity of the Pipeline segment between the Wood River Refinery and the Terminal is required to be allocated among shippers with the result that the average daily capacity of the Pipeline segment available to Company during a given Calendar Quarter is less than the Company’s Minimum Wood River Quarterly Transportation Commitment for such Calendar Quarter, then Company’s Minimum Wood River Quarterly Transportation Commitment for the applicable Calendar Quarter shall be reduced to equal the average daily capacity on the segment available to Company during such Calendar Quarter.

 

(b)                                  If, for any reason (other than outages caused by Carrier’s planned maintenance), the average daily capacity of the Pipeline segment between the Terminal and Explorer Pipeline during a given Calendar Quarter is less than the Company’s Minimum Hartford Quarterly Transportation Commitment for such Calendar Quarter, or if the capacity of the Pipeline segment between the Terminal and Explorer Pipeline is required to be allocated among shippers with the result that the average daily capacity of the Pipeline segment available to Company during a given Calendar Quarter is less than the Company’s Minimum Hartford Quarterly Transportation Commitment for such Calendar Quarter, then Company’s Minimum Hartford Quarterly Transportation Commitment for the applicable Calendar Quarter shall be reduced to equal the average daily capacity on the segment available to Company during such Calendar Quarter.

 

Section 3.05                              Capacity Reservation .

 

(a)                                  In contemplation of future requirements, Company reserves 12,200 Barrels per Day of capacity (the “ Wood River Reserved Capacity ”) from the Origin Point at the Wood River Refinery to the Terminal, in addition to the 43,000 Barrels per Day of capacity included within the Minimum Wood River Quarterly Transportation Commitment (such 43,000 Barrels per Day of capacity, the “ Wood River Base Capacity ”), in consideration for which Company shall pay to Carrier a Monthly fee (the “ Wood River Reservation Fee ”) equal to (i) 12,200 Barrels per Day multiplied by the then-applicable Tariff Rate multiplied by (ii) the number of Days in the relevant Month.  Carrier may offer transportation services to third parties on this pipeline segment in any capacity in excess of the Wood River Base Capacity (such excess, including the Wood River Reserved Capacity, the “ Wood River Surplus Capacity ”) on an interruptible basis.  In the event of apportionment, all capacity, including the Wood River Base Capacity and the

 

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Wood River Surplus Capacity, will be allocated in accordance with the Carrier’s prorationing policy.

 

(b)                                  In contemplation of future requirements, Company reserves 39,200 Barrels per Day of capacity (the “ Hartford Reserved Capacity ”) from the Origin Point at the Terminal to Explorer, in addition to the 16,000 Barrels per Day of capacity included within the Minimum Hartford Quarterly Transportation Commitment (such 16,000 Barrels per Day of capacity, the “ Hartford Base Capacity ”), in consideration for which Company shall pay to Carrier a Monthly fee (the “Hartford Reservation Fee”) equal to (i) 39,200 Barrels per Day multiplied by the then-applicable Tariff Rate multiplied by (ii) the number of Days in the relevant Month.  Carrier may offer transportation services to third parties on this pipeline segment in any capacity in excess of the Hartford Base Capacity (such excess, including the Hartford Reserved Capacity, the “ Hartford Surplus Capacity ”) on an interruptible basis.  In the event of apportionment, all capacity, including the Hartford Base Capacity and the Hartford Surplus Capacity, will be allocated in accordance with the Carrier’s prorationing policy.

 

(c)                                   Company may convert all or part of the Wood River Reserved Capacity to incremental Wood River Base Capacity, or may convert all or part of the Hartford Reserved Capacity to incremental Hartford Base Capacity, at the commencement of any Calendar Quarter upon 30 Days’ Notice.  Whenever the Wood River Base Capacity or Hartford Base Capacity is increased according to this Section 3.05, the Minimum Quarterly Wood River Transportation Commitment or Minimum Quarterly Hartford Transportation Commitment, as the case may be, shall be increased by the same amount(s).

 

(d)                                  With respect to any Month in which volumes transported from the Origin Point at the Wood River Refinery to the Terminal or from the Origin Point at the Terminal to Explorer exceed the Wood River Base Capacity or Hartford Base Capacity, then the Wood River Reservation Fee or Hartford Reservation Fee shall be credited against the aggregate tariff due for such actual excess shipments by Company.

 

Section 3.06                              Partial Period Proration .

 

(a)                                  If the Effective Date is any Day other than the first Day of a Calendar Quarter, or if this Agreement is terminated on any Day other than the last Day of a Calendar Quarter, then any calculation determined with respect to a Calendar Quarter will be prorated by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Days in that part of the Calendar Quarter beginning on the Effective Date or ending on the date of such termination, as the case may be, and the denominator of which is the number of Days in the Calendar Quarter.

 

(b)                                  If the Effective Date is any Day other than the first Day of a Month, or if this Agreement is terminated on any Day other than the last Day of a Month, then any quantity based on a Monthly determination will be prorated by a fraction, the

 

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numerator of which is the number of Days in that part of the Month beginning on the Effective Date or ending on the date of such termination, as the case may be, and the denominator of which is the number of Days in the Month.

 

Section 3.07                              Special Reduction of Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment . If Carrier’s use of all or part of the Pipeline for transportation of any Commodity shall be restrained, enjoined, restricted or terminated by (a) any Governmental Authority, (b) right of eminent domain or (c) the owner of leased land, Carrier, upon being notified of such restraint, enjoinder, restriction or termination, shall notify Company and the Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment shall be reduced to the extent that Carrier’s use of the part of the Pipeline is so restrained, enjoined, restricted or terminated.

 

Article IV.                                      Tariffs

 

Section 4.01                              Tariff . Shipments under this Agreement shall be subject to, and the Parties shall be required to comply with, the provisions of the applicable Carrier Tariff.  For so long as this Agreement is in effect, the Carrier Tariff shall include provisions substantially the same as, or having substantially the effect of, the following:

 

(a)                                  with respect to loss allowance:

 

(i)                                      Company shall pay to Carrier a Monthly fee (the “ Loss Allowance Fee ”) equal to 0.1% of an amount equal to the total number of Barrels of each Commodity injected into the Pipeline at the Origin Point at the Wood River Refinery during the relevant Month multiplied by the average midpoint of the prices published by Argus for Group 3 and for that Commodity on each publication Day during that Month; and

 

(ii)                                   Carrier shall be entitled to the value of volume gained in transit and shall be responsible for the value of any volume lost in transit.  Company shall pay Carrier the value of any volume gained, and Carrier shall pay Company the value of any volume lost, with the value of a Commodity being equal to the average midpoint of the prices published by Argus for Group 3 and for that Commodity on each publication Day during that Month,

 

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(b)                                  with regard to Tariff Rates:

 

(i)                                      Carrier may file with FERC (or the Illinois Commerce Commission, as the case may be) to adjust Tariff Rates annually beginning as of July 1, 2013, at a rate equal to 40% of the percentage change in the inflationary index promulgated by FERC, in accordance with FERC’s indexing methodology; provided, however, that if FERC terminates its indexing methodology and does not adopt a new methodology, the parties will negotiate in good faith any adjustments to existing Tariff Rates; and

 

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(ii)                                   Carrier may file with FERC (or the Illinois Commerce Commission, as the case may be) to adjust tariff rates annually beginning January 1, 2014, at a rate equal to 60% of the positive change in the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods (Series ID WPUSOP3000) (such Index, the “ PPI-FG ”), as reported during the Month of October immediately before the effective date of the adjustment and with respect to the 12-Month period ending at the end of the Month of September immediately preceding such publication, provided that if, with respect to any such 12-Month period or periods, the PPI-FG has decreased, Carrier may file to subsequently increase its tariff rates under this provision only to the extent that the percentage change in the PPI-FG since the most recent previous PPI-FG-based increase in the Annual Commitment is greater than the cumulative decreases in the PPI-FG during the intervening periods.

 

For clarity, the Loss Allowance Fee described in Section 4.01(a)(i) and the entitlement and obligation described in Section 4.01(a)(ii) relate only to losses or gains of a type normally incurred in connection with the transportation of Commodities and are exceptions to and not modifications of the general provisions of Section 16.02.

 

Section 4.02                              No Challenge of Rates . Each of Company and Carrier agrees not to commence or support any tariff filing, application, protest, complaint, petition, motion, or other proceeding before FERC or the Illinois Commerce Commission for the purpose of requesting that FERC or the Illinois Commerce Commission accept or set Tariff Rates applicable to the Pipeline which are inconsistent with this Agreement, provided that Company reserves its rights under FERC regulations to challenge any proposed changes in the Tariff Rate (a) to the extent that such changes are inconsistent with the indexing method provided in 18 C.F.R. §342.3, or (b) through other rate changing methodologies under 18 C.F.R. §342.4.

 

Article V.                                           Scheduling

 

Section 5.01                              Scheduling . For each Origin Point, Company shall provide Carrier with a written schedule by the tenth Day of the Month preceding the Month during which injections into the Pipeline are to be made, advising Carrier of the volumes of each Commodity to be tendered for transportation, and estimated date(s) of such tenders.  Carrier will review and confirm its ability to receive according to the schedule by the 20th Day of such preceding Month.

 

Article VI.                                      Quality

 

Section 6.01                              Quality .

 

(a)                                  Company agrees not to deliver or cause to be delivered into the Pipeline any Non-Conforming Commodity.

 

(b)                                  Company shall be liable for all reasonable costs and losses in curing, removing, or recovering any Non-Conforming Commodities except to the extent that such non-conformity is due to the negligence or willful misconduct of Carrier.  After such

 

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consultation with Company as may be practical under the circumstances, but otherwise at Carrier’s sole discretion, Carrier may attempt to blend the Non-Conforming Commodities, remove and dispose of the Non-Conforming Commodities, or, if necessary, recover any Non-Conforming Commodities from field locations and, except to the extent that such non-conformity is due to the negligence or willful misconduct of Carrier, Company shall reimburse Carrier for all reasonable costs associated therewith.  Except to the extent that a non-conformity is due to the negligence or willful misconduct of Carrier, if Company’s Non-Conforming Commodities cause any contamination, dilution or other damages to the Commodities of other customers of Carrier, Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold the Carrier Affiliated Parties harmless from and against any Claims incurred by, or charged against any of the Carrier Affiliated Parties, as a result of such event and shall be responsible for all costs and liabilities associated with or incurred as a result of such event.

 

Article VII.                                 Monthly Statement; Payment; Liens

 

Section 7.01                              Monthly Statement .

 

(a)                                  Promptly after the end of each Month, Carrier shall provide Company with a statement for such Month, showing for each Commodity:  (i) the volume injected into a Pipeline at an Origin Point under each applicable Carrier Tariff, (ii) the Loss Allowance Fee due Carrier, and (iii) the tariff due to Carrier (after application of any credit of the Hartford Reservation Fee or the Wood River Reservation Fee pursuant to Section 3.05(d) and settlement of any obligations under Section 4.01(a)(ii)).  If requested by Company, Carrier shall provide Company with copies of individual meter tickets for such Month, if available.

 

(b)                                  The Monthly statement for the last Month in each Calendar Quarter shall include any Wood River Quarterly Deficiency Payment or Hartford Quarterly Deficiency Payment that may be due after application of any credit pursuant to Section 3.03.

 

Section 7.02                              Payment .

 

(a)                                  Company shall pay the Wood River Reservation Fee and the Hartford Reservation Fee on or before the first Day of each Month, provided that if the Effective Date is any Day other than the first Day of a Month, Company shall pay the Wood River Reservation Fee and the Hartford Reservation Fee for the partial Month during which the Effective Date occurs on the Effective Date.

 

(b)                                  Payment of the amount(s) identified on each Monthly statement shall be due, without discount, on the later of (i) two Business Days after such Monthly Statement is received, and (ii) the 22 nd  Day of the Month in which such Monthly statement is received, provided that if such Day is not a Business Day, then such payment shall be due, without interest, on the next Business Day.  Payments not paid by the due date shall bear interest at the rate of the lesser of 1.5% per Month

 

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and the maximum rate allowed by Law for each Month or portion of a Month thereafter during which such amount remains unpaid.

 

(c)                                   All payments shall be made to Carrier by automated clearing house to an account specified by Carrier from time to time, provided that as long as Carrier is an affiliate of Company, Carrier and Company may settle Company’s financial obligations to Carrier through Company’s normal interaffiliate settlement processes.  Any bank charges incurred by Company in remitting funds by automated clearing house shall be for Company’s account.  Acceptance by Carrier of any payment from Company for any charge or service after termination or expiration of this Agreement shall not be deemed a renewal of this Agreement or a waiver by Carrier of any default by Company hereunder.

 

(d)                                  If Company reasonably disputes any Monthly statement, in whole or in part, Company shall promptly notify Carrier in writing of the dispute and shall pay the undisputed portion according to the terms of this Section 7.02, and shall promptly seek to resolve the dispute including, if necessary, by arbitration as provided in Section 18.01.  An arbitral panel may award reasonable interest on any unpaid amount determined to have been due to Carrier but withheld in good faith.

 

Section 7.03                              Liens . Company hereby grants to Carrier an irrevocable (a) lien on all of Company’s Commodities in transit and (b) power of attorney to dispose of such Commodities at fair market value to the extent of all amounts owed to Carrier by Company hereunder.

 

Article VIII.                            Title; Custody

 

Section 8.01                              Title . Company shall retain title to all of Company’s Commodities in transit on the Pipeline at all times.  This provision does not preclude Company from any intraline transfer of title to a third party; in the event of such a transfer, such third party, and not Carrier, shall have title to the affected Commodity according to the terms of the relevant agreement between Company and such third party.

 

Section 8.02                              Custody . Carrier shall be deemed to have custody of a Commodity injected into the Pipeline from the time such Commodity passes through the flange connection between the relevant Origin Point and the Pipeline until it is delivered to Company or, at the direction of Company, to a third party through the flange connection (a) between the delivery hose at the Terminal’s truck loading rack and a receiving transport truck, or (b) between the Terminal and a receiving third party pipeline, as the case may be.

 

Article IX.                                     Volume Determinations

 

Section 9.01                              Volume Determinations - General .

 

(a)                                  All measurements, volume corrections and calibrations will be made in accordance with the most recent edition of the American Petroleum Institute’s Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards.

 

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(b)                                  All volume determinations shall be adjusted to a temperature of 60° Fahrenheit and a pressure of one standard atmosphere (14.7 PSIA) per the most recent edition of the American Petroleum Institute’s Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards, Chapter 11 ( viz. , Table 6B, 6C, etc., whichever table is relevant to the Commodity being measured).

 

(c)                                   All Commodities delivered to or received from the Pipeline will be determined by calibrated custody transfer grade meter.

 

Section 9.02                              Company’s Right to Witness . A Company representative may witness the testing, calibration of equipment and meter reading, at Company’s expense.  In the absence of a Company representative, Carrier’s measurements shall be deemed to be accurate.

 

Section 9.03                              Delivery Determination . The volumes of Company’s Commodities delivered hereunder shall be determined by Carrier’s or Explorer’s meter at the point nearest before the applicable custody transfer point and recorded on a bill of lading.

 

Article X.                                          Insurance

 

Section 10.01                       Insurance . Insurance for Company’s Commodities, if any, that may be desired by Company, shall be carried by Company at Company’s expense.  Should Company elect to carry Commodity insurance, then each policy of insurance shall be endorsed to provide a waiver of subrogation rights in favor of the Carrier Affiliated Parties.  Carrier shall not be liable to Company for Commodity losses or shortages for which Company is compensated by its insurer.

 

Article XI.                                     Taxes

 

Section 11.01                       Taxes . Company shall be responsible for and shall pay all sales Taxes and similar Taxes on goods and services provided hereunder and any other Taxes now or hereafter imposed by any Governmental Authority in respect of or measured by Commodities handled or stored hereunder or the manufacture, storage, delivery, receipt, exchange or inspection thereof, and Company agrees to promptly reimburse Carrier for any such Taxes Carrier is legally required to pay, upon receipt of invoice therefor. Each Party is responsible for all Taxes in respect of its own real and personal property.

 

Article XII.                                Health, Safety and Environment

 

Section 12.01                       Spills; Environmental Pollution .

 

(a)                                  In the event of any Commodity spill or other environmentally polluting discharge caused by Carrier’s operation of the Pipeline, any clean-up resulting from any such spill or discharge and any liability resulting from such spill or discharge shall be the responsibility of Carrier, except to the extent such spill or discharge is caused by Company.

 

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(b)                                  In the event and to the extent of any Commodity spill or other environmentally polluting discharge caused by Company or in connection with the operation of Company’s or a third party’s pipeline, barge, tank truck or transport trailer receiving Commodities on Company’s behalf, at its request or for its benefit, Carrier is authorized to commence containment or clean-up operations as deemed appropriate or necessary by Carrier or as required by any Governmental Authority, and Carrier shall notify Company of such operations as soon as practicable.  All liability and reasonable costs of containment or clean-up shall be borne by Company except that, in the event a spill or discharge is caused by the joint negligence of both Carrier and Company or a third party’s pipeline, barge, tank truck or transport trailer receiving Commodities on Company’s behalf, at its request or for its benefit, liability and costs of containment or clean-up shall be borne jointly by Carrier and Company in proportion to each Party’s respective negligence.

 

(c)                                   For purposes of this Section 12.01, the negligence of a third party pipeline, barge, tank truck or transport trailer receiving Commodities on Company’s behalf, at its request or for its benefit shall be attributed to Company.

 

(d)                                  The Parties shall cooperate for the purpose of obtaining reimbursement if a third party is legally responsible for costs or expenses initially borne by Carrier or Company.

 

Article XIII.                           Force Majeure

 

Section 13.01                       Suspension during Force Majeure Events . As soon as possible upon the occurrence of a Force Majeure, a Party affected by a Force Majeure event shall provide the other Party with written notice of the occurrence of such Force Majeure.  Each Party’s obligations (other than an obligation to pay any amounts due to the other Party) shall be temporarily suspended during the occurrence of, and for the entire duration of, a Force Majeure event to the extent that such an event prevents a Party from performing its obligations under this Agreement (other than an obligation to pay amounts due to the other Party).  At the conclusion of the Force Majeure event, the Minimum Wood River Quarterly Transportation Commitment, Minimum Hartford Quarterly Transportation Commitment, Wood River Reserved Capacity or Hartford Reserved Capacity with respect to each Calendar Quarter in which the Force Majeure event remained in effect shall be ratably reduced to reflect such suspension.

 

Section 13.02                       Obligation to Remedy Force Majeure Events . A Party affected by a Force Majeure event shall take commercially reasonable steps to remedy such situation so that it may resume the full performance of its obligations under this Agreement within a reasonable period of time.

 

Section 13.03                       Strikes and Lockouts . The settlement of strikes, lockouts and other labor disturbances shall be entirely within the discretion of the affected Party and the requirement to remedy a Force Majeure event within a reasonable period of time shall not require the settlement of strikes or lockouts by acceding to the demands of an opposing

 

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Person when such course is inadvisable in the discretion of the Party having the difficulty.

 

Section 13.04                       Action in Emergencies . Carrier may temporarily suspend performance of the services to prevent injuries to persons, damage to property or harm to the environment.

 

Article XIV.                            Notices

 

Section 14.01                       Notices .

 

Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, all Notices between the Parties given under or in relation to this Agreement shall be made in writing and shall be deemed to have been properly given if:  (i) personally delivered (with written confirmation of receipt); or (ii) delivered by a recognized overnight delivery service (delivery fees prepaid), in either case to the appropriate address set forth below:

 

If to Carrier:

If to Company:

 

 

Phillips 66 Carrier LLC

Phillips 66 Company

c/o Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

3010 Briarpark Dr.

3010 Briarpark Dr.

Houston, TX 77042

Houston, TX 77042

Attn: General Counsel

Attn:  President

 

 

Either Party may change its address for Notice upon Notice to the other in accordance with this Section 14.01.

 

Section 14.02                       Effective upon Receipt . Any Notice given in the manner set forth in Section 14.01 shall be effective upon actual receipt if received during Normal Business Hours, or at the beginning of the recipient’s next Business Day if not received during Normal Business Hours.

 

Article XV.                                 Applicable Law

 

Section 15.01                       Applicable Law . Regardless of the place of contracting, place(s) of performance or otherwise, this Agreement and all amendments, modifications, alterations or supplements to it, shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the state of Texas without regard to the principles of conflicts of law or any other principle that might apply the law of another jurisdiction.

 

Article XVI.                            Limitation of Liability

 

Section 16.01                       No Liability for Consequential Damages . In no event shall either Party be liable to the other Party for, and no arbitral panel is authorized to award, any punitive, special, indirect or consequential damages of any kind or character resulting from or arising out of this Agreement, including, without limitation, loss of profits or business interruptions, however they may be caused.

 

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Section 16.02                       Limitation of Liability . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Carrier shall in no event be liable for loss of, or damage to, any Commodities of Company except to the extent caused by Carrier’s negligence, or the negligence of Carrier’s employees, agents, contractors or subcontractors, in the safekeeping and handling of any Commodity of Company.  In no event shall Carrier be liable for more than the replacement of lost or damaged Commodities or, at its option, payment of the replacement cost of any lost or damaged Commodities.  Each Party shall be discharged from any and all liability with respect to services performed and any loss or damage Claims arising out of this Agreement unless suit or action is commenced within two years after the applicable cause of action arises.

 

Article XVII.                       Default

 

Section 17.01                       Default . Should either Party default in the prompt performance and observance of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and should such default continue for 30 Days or more after Notice thereof by the non-defaulting Party to the defaulting Party, or should either Party become insolvent, commence a case for liquidation or reorganization under the United States Bankruptcy Code (or become the involuntary subject of a case for liquidation or reorganization under the United States Bankruptcy Code, if such case is not dismissed within 30 Days), be placed in the hands of a state or federal receiver or make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, then the other Party shall have the right, at its option, to terminate this Agreement immediately upon Notice to the other Party.

 

Section 17.02                       Non-Exclusive Remedies . Except as otherwise provided, the remedies of Carrier and Company provided in this Agreement shall not be exclusive, but shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to all other remedies in favor of Carrier or Company, at Law or equity.

 

Section 17.03                       Right to Terminate . In the event of a default by Company, the amounts theretofore accrued shall, at the option of Carrier, become immediately due and payable and Carrier shall also have the right, at its option, to terminate this Agreement.  In the event of a default by Carrier, Company shall also have the right, at its option, to terminate this Agreement, provided Company has paid Carrier for the amounts that have accrued to the date of such termination.

 

Article XVIII.                  Miscellaneous

 

Section 18.01                       Disputes between the Parties . Any dispute between the Parties in connection with this Agreement shall be resolved by arbitration in accordance with the procedures set forth in Exhibit B; provided, however, that either Party may seek a restraining order, temporary injunction, or other provisional relief in any court with jurisdiction over the subject matter of the dispute and sitting in Houston, Texas, if such Party in its sole judgment believes that such action is necessary to avoid irreparable injury or to preserve the status quo ante .

 

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Section 18.02                       Assignment .

 

(a)                                  Neither Party may assign its rights under this Agreement without prior written consent of the other Party except:

 

(i)                                      if WRB Refining LP transfers the Wood River Refinery, Company may assign this Agreement to the transferee subject to the provisions of Section 18.02(b); and

 

(ii)                                   Carrier may make collateral assignments of this Agreement to secure working capital financing;

 

provided, however, that in no event shall Company be required to consent to Carrier’s assignment of this Agreement to any Person that is engaged in the business of refining and marketing petroleum products (or that directly or indirectly Controls or is Controlled by a Person that is engaged in the business of refining and marketing petroleum products) in the states of Illinois or Missouri.

 

(b)                                  Upon an assignment of this Agreement by either Party, the assigned rights and obligations shall be novated into a new agreement with the assignee, and such assignee shall be responsible for the performance of the assigned obligations unless the non-assigning Party has reasonably determined that the assignee is not financially or operationally capable of performing such assigned obligations, in which case the assignor shall remain responsible for the performance of such assigned obligations.

 

Section 18.03                       Partnership Change in Control . Company’s obligations hereunder shall not terminate in connection with a Partnership Change in Control.  Carrier shall provide Company with Notice of any Partnership Change in Control at least 60 Days prior to the effective date thereof.

 

Section 18.04                       No Third-Party Rights . Except as expressly provided, nothing in this Agreement is intended to confer any rights, benefits or obligations to any Person other than the Parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

Section 18.05                       Compliance with Laws . Each Party shall at all times comply with all Laws as are applicable to its performance of this Agreement.

 

Section 18.06                       Severability . If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof shall be found by any arbitral panel or court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable to any extent and for any reason, it shall be adjusted rather than voided, if possible, in order to achieve the intent of the Parties.  In any event, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such remainder shall not be affected thereby and shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by Law.

 

Section 18.07                       Non-Waiver . The failure of any Party to enforce any provision, condition, covenant or requirement of this Agreement at any time shall not be construed to be a waiver of such provision, condition, covenant or requirement unless the other Parties are so notified by such Party in writing.  Any waiver by a Party of a default by any other Party in the performance of any provision, condition, covenant or requirement contained

 

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in this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision, condition, covenant or requirement, nor shall any such waiver in any manner release such other Party from the performance of any other provision, condition, covenant or requirement.

 

Section 18.08                       Entire Agreement . This Agreement, together with all exhibits attached hereto, constitutes the entire Agreement between the Parties relating to its subject matter and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and there are no warranties, representations or other agreements between the Parties in connection with the subject matter hereof except as specifically set forth in, or contemplated by, this Agreement.

 

Section 18.09                       Amendments . This Agreement shall not be modified or amended, in whole or in part, except by a written amendment signed by both Parties.

 

Section 18.10                       Survival . Any indemnification granted hereunder by one Party to the other Party shall survive the expiration or termination of all or any part of this Agreement.

 

Section 18.11                       Counterparts; Multiple Originals . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on each of the Parties.  Each of the Parties may sign any number of copies of this Agreement.  Each signed copy shall be deemed to be an original, but all of them together shall represent one and the same agreement.

 

Section 18.12                       Exhibits . The exhibits identified in this Agreement are incorporated in this Agreement and constitute a part of this Agreement.  If there is any conflict between this Agreement and any exhibit, the provisions of the exhibit shall control.

 

Section 18.13                       Table of Contents; Headings; Subheadings . The table of contents and the headings and subheadings of this Agreement have been inserted only for convenience to facilitate reference and are not intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

 

Section 18.14                       Construction . The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement.  In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring either Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 18.15                       Business Practices . Carrier shall use its best efforts to make certain that all billings, reports, and financial settlements rendered to or made with Company pursuant to this Agreement, or any revision of or amendments to this Agreement, will properly reflect the facts about all activities and transactions handled by authority of this Agreement and that the information shown on such billings, reports and settlement documents may be relied upon by Company as being complete and accurate in any further recording and reporting made by Company for whatever purposes.  Carrier shall notify Company if Carrier discovers any errors in such billings, reports, or settlement documents.

 

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Section 18.16                       Effect of Company Restructuring . If WRB Refining LP decides to restructure its supply, refining or sales operations at the Wood River Refinery in such a way as could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the economics of Company’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement, then the Parties will negotiate in good faith a reduction in Company’s Commitment or an exchange of the Pipeline for other assets not so affected.

 

Section 18.17                       Effect of Discontinuation of Publication . If Argus ceases to provide the information to be obtained therefrom pursuant to this Agreement, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to agree upon a replacement publication or pricing mechanism.

 

[Signature page follows.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Carrier and Company have signed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC,

 

 

Sole Member of Phillips 66 Carrier LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners LP,

 

 

Sole Member of Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC,

 

 

General Partner of Phillips 66 Partners LP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J.T. Liberti

 

 

J.T. Liberti

 

 

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

 

 

of Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ T.G. Taylor

 

 

T.G. Taylor

 

 

Executive Vice President, Commercial, Marketing,

 

 

Transportation and Business Development

 

Signature Page for Amended and Restated Throughput and Deficiency Agreement

 



 

Exhibit A

 

Commodities

 

·                   Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel

·                   Jet Fuel

·                   Natural Gasoline

·                   Reformate

·                   Butane

·                   Liquid Petroleum Gas

·                   Non-Premium Gasoline

·                   Non-Premium RBOB Gasoline

·                   Premium Gasoline

·                   Premium RBOB Gasoline

·                   Transmix

·                   Naphtha

 

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Exhibit B

 

Arbitration Procedure

 

Either Party may initiate dispute resolution procedures by sending a Notice to the other Party specifically stating the complaining Party’s Claim and by initiating binding arbitration in accordance with the Center for Public Resources Rules for Non-Administered Arbitration of Business Disputes, by three arbitrators who shall be neutral, independent, and generally knowledgeable about the type of transaction which gave rise to the dispute.  The arbitration shall be governed by the United States Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16, provided that the arbitrators shall include in their report/award a list of findings, with supporting evidentiary references, upon which they have relied in making their decision.  Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof.  The place of arbitration shall be Houston, Texas.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein and regardless of any procedures or rules of the Center for Public Resources, it is expressly agreed that the following shall apply and control over any other provision in this Agreement:

 

(a)                                  All offers, conduct, views, opinions and statements made in the course of negotiation or mediation by any of the Parties, their employees, agents, experts, attorneys and representatives, and by any mediator, are confidential, made for compromise and settlement, protected from disclosure under Federal and State Rules of Evidence and Procedure, and inadmissible and not discoverable for any purpose, including impeachment, in litigation or legal proceedings between the Parties, and shall not be disclosed to any Person who is not an agent, employee, expert or representative of the Parties, provided that evidence otherwise discoverable or admissible is not excluded from discovery or admission as a result of presentation or use in mediation.

 

(b)                                  Except to the extent that the Parties may agree upon selection of one or more arbitrators, the Center for Public Resources shall select arbitrators from a panel reviewed by the Parties.  The Parties shall be entitled to exercise peremptory strikes against one-third of the panel and may challenge other candidates for lack of neutrality or lack of qualifications.  Challenges shall be resolved in accordance with Center for Public Resource rules.

 

(c)                                   The Parties shall have at least 20 Days following the close of hearing within which to submit a brief (not to exceed 18 pages in length) and ten Days from date of receipt of the opponent’s brief within which to respond thereto.

 

(d)                                  The Parties expressly agree that the arbitrators shall not award punitive damages, consequential damages, or attorneys’ fees (except attorneys’ fees specifically authorized by the Agreement).

 

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(e)                                   The fees and expenses of any mediator or arbitrator shall be shared equally by the Parties.

 

(f)                                    The Parties may, by written agreement (signed by both Parties), alter any time deadline or location(s) for meetings.

 

Time is of the essence for purposes of the provisions of this Exhibit.

 

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Exhibit 10.7

 

TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

 

 

TERMINAL SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS HOLDINGS LLC

 

and

 

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

 

for

 

Clifton Ridge and Pecan Grove, Louisiana

 

 

 



 

TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Article I.      Defined Terms

1

 

 

 

Section 1.01

Defined Terms

1

Section 1.02

Other Defined Terms

5

Section 1.03

Terms Generally

5

 

 

 

Article II.      Term and Termination

5

 

 

 

Section 2.01

Term

5

Section 2.02

Termination Following a Force Majeure Event

5

Section 2.03

Special Termination by Company

6

Section 2.04

Inventory Settlement

6

Section 2.05

Removal of Crude Oil

6

 

 

 

Article III.      Minimum Commitments

7

 

 

 

Section 3.01

Quarterly Dock Commitment

7

Section 3.02

Capacity and Minimum Quarterly Throughput Commitments

8

Section 3.03

Partial Period Proration

9

Section 3.04

Special Reduction of Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment

9

 

 

 

Article IV.      Charges

9

 

 

 

Section 4.01

Scheduled Charges

9

Section 4.02

Recovery of Certain Costs

10

Section 4.03

Adjustments

10

 

 

 

Article V.      Storage of Crude Oil

10

 

 

 

Section 5.01

No Commingled Storage

10

 

 

 

Article VI.      Redelivery of Crude Oil

10

 

 

 

Section 6.01

Redelivery of Crude Oil

10

Section 6.02

Negative Inventory

10

 

 

 

Article VII.      Crude Oil Quality

11

 

 

 

Section 7.01

Non-Conforming Crude Oil

11

 

 

 

Article VIII.      Other Services

11

 

 

 

Section 8.01

Laboratory Fees and Services

11

Section 8.02

Additional Services

12

 

 

 

Article IX.      Operating Hours; Terminal Access

12

 

 

 

Section 9.01

Operating Hours

12

Section 9.02

Terminal Access

12

 

 

 

Article X.      Storage Variations

12

 

 

 

Section 10.01

Storage Variations

12

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

Article XI.      Monthly Statement; Payment; Liens

12

 

 

 

Section 11.01

Monthly Statement

12

Section 11.02

Payment

13

Section 11.03

Liens

13

 

 

 

Article XII.      Title; Custody

13

 

 

 

Section 12.01

Title

13

Section 12.02

Custody

13

 

 

 

Article XIII.      Volume and Quality Determinations

14

 

 

 

Section 13.01

Volume Determinations

14

Section 13.02

Quality Determinations

15

Section 13.03

Company’s Right to Witness

15

 

 

 

Article XIV.      Insurance

16

 

 

 

Section 14.01

Insurance

16

 

 

 

Article XV.      Taxes

16

 

 

 

Section 15.01

Taxes

16

 

 

 

Article XVI.       Health, Safety and Environment

16

 

 

 

Section 16.01

Spills; Environmental Pollution

16

Section 16.02

Inspection

17

Section 16.03

Marine Terminals Particulars Questionnaire

17

Section 16.04

Incident Notification

17

Section 16.05

Vessel Vetting

18

 

 

 

Article XVII.      Force Majeure

18

 

 

 

Section 17.01

Suspension during Force Majeure Events

18

Section 17.02

Obligation to Remedy Force Majeure Events

18

Section 17.03

Strikes and Lockouts

18

Section 17.04

Action in Emergencies

18

 

 

 

Article XVIII.      Notices

18

 

 

 

Section 18.01

Notices

18

Section 18.02

Effective upon Receipt

19

 

 

 

Article XIX.      Applicable Law

19

 

 

 

Section 19.01

Applicable Law

19

 

 

 

Article XX.      Limitation of Liability

19

 

 

 

Section 20.01

No Liability for Consequential Damages

19

Section 20.02

Limitation of Liability

19

 

 

 

Article XXI.      Default

20

 

 

 

Section 21.01

Default

20

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

Section 21.02

Non-Exclusive Remedies

20

Section 21.03

Right to Terminate

20

 

 

 

Article XXII.      Public Use

20

 

 

 

Section 22.01

Public Use

20

 

 

 

Article XXIII.      Confidentiality

20

 

 

 

Section 23.01

Confidentiality

20

 

 

 

Article XXIV.      Miscellaneous

21

 

 

 

Section 24.01

Disputes between the Parties

21

Section 24.02

Assignment

21

Section 24.03

Partnership Change in Control

21

Section 24.04

No Third-Party Rights

22

Section 24.05

Compliance with Laws

22

Section 24.06

Severability

22

Section 24.07

Non-Waiver

22

Section 24.08

Entire Agreement

22

Section 24.09

Amendments

22

Section 24.10

Survival

22

Section 24.11

Counterparts; Multiple Originals

22

Section 24.12

Exhibits

22

Section 24.13

Table of Contents; Headings; Subheadings

23

Section 24.14

Construction

23

Section 24.15

Business Practices

23

Section 24.16

Right of First Refusal

23

Section 24.17

Right of First Offer

23

Section 24.18

Effect of Company Restructuring

23

Section 24.19

Effect of Discontinuation of Publication

23

 

Exhibit A — Scheduled Charges
Exhibit B — Dispute Resolution Procedures

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

TERMINAL SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

THIS TERMINAL SERVICES AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of the Effective Date by and between PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS HOLDINGS LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“ Holdings ”), and PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY , a Delaware corporation (“ Company ”).

 

Recitals

 

WHEREAS , Holdings owns a certain terminal facility located at 2115 Davison Rd., Sulphur, LA 70665 (the “ Clifton Ridge Terminal ”), which is suitable, among other things, for receiving and storing Crude Oil delivered by pipeline, truck or vessel and redelivery of such Crude Oil to a pipeline for onward delivery to Company’s refinery at Westlake, Louisiana (the “ Lake Charles Refinery ”);

 

WHEREAS , Holdings owns a certain terminal facility located at 1695 Pak Tank Rd., Sulphur, LA, 70665 (the “ Pecan Grove Terminal ”), which is suitable, among other things, for receiving and storing Crude Oil delivered by barge and redelivery of such Crude Oil to a pipeline for storage at the Clifton Ridge Terminal and to a pipeline for onward delivery to the Lake Charles Refinery; and

 

WHEREAS, Company intends to deliver Crude Oil to the Clifton Ridge Terminal and the Pecan Grove Terminal (together, the “ Terminals ”) and desires to have such Crude Oil stored and handled at the Terminals and redelivered into a pipeline for onward delivery to the Lake Charles Refinery, and Holdings desires to provide such terminaling services and the additional services described in this Agreement, for Company, all upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, Holdings and Company agree as follows:

 

Article I.                                               Defined Terms

 

Section 1.01                              Defined Terms .  The following definitions shall for all purposes apply to the capitalized terms used in this Agreement:

 

(a)                                  “Agreement” means this Terminal Services Agreement, together with all exhibits attached hereto, as the same may be extended, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

(b)                                  “API MPMS” means the American Petroleum Institute Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards.

 

(c)                                  “ASTM” means ASTM International, a nonprofit organization previously known as the American Society for Testing and Materials.

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

(d)                                  “Barrel” means 42 Gallons.

 

(e)                                   “Business Day” means any Day except for Saturday, Sunday or an official holiday in the State of Texas.

 

(f)                                    “Calendar Quarter” means a period of three consecutive Months beginning on the first Day of each of January, April, July and October.

 

(g)                                   “Capacity Commitment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a).

 

(h)                                  “Claims” means any and all judgments, claims, causes of action, demands, lawsuits, suits, proceedings, governmental investigations or audits, losses, assessments, fines, penalties, administrative orders, obligations, costs, expenses, liabilities and damages, including interest, penalties, reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements and costs of investigations, deficiencies, levies, duties and imposts.

 

(i)                                      “Clifton Ridge Dock” means that certain dock owned by Holdings and located at MM 26 Calcasieu River, Latitude 30°09’12.124” N, Longitude 93°19’55.384” W.

 

(j)                                     “Clifton Ridge Terminal” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

(k)                                  “Commitment” means the Minimum Quarterly Dock Commitment and Minimum Quarterly Throughput Commitment, as applicable.

 

(l)                                      “Company” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.

 

(m)                              “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

 

(n)                                  “Crude Oil” means any grade or grades of crude petroleum or condensate that is the direct liquid product of oil or gas wells.

 

(o)                                  “Day” means the period of time commencing at 0400 hours on one calendar day and running until, but not including, 0400 hours on the next calendar day, according to local time in Houston, Texas.

 

(p)                                  “Dock” means either the Clifton Ridge Dock or the Pecan Grove Dock.

 

(q)                                  “Dock Deficiency Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b).

 

(r)                                     “Docks” means both the Clifton Ridge Dock and the Pecan Grove Dock.

 

(s)                                    “Effective Date” means the date of the closing of the initial public offering of common units representing limited partner interests of Phillips 66 Partners LP.

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

(t)                                     “Force Majeure” means: (i) acts of God, fires, floods or storms; (ii) compliance with orders of courts or Governmental Authorities; (iii) explosions, wars, terrorist acts or riots; (iv) inability to obtain or unavoidable delays in obtaining material or equipment; (v) accidental disruption of service; (vi) events or circumstances similar to the foregoing (including inability to obtain or unavoidable delays in obtaining material or equipment and disruption of service provided by third parties) that prevent a Party’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement, to the extent that such events or circumstances are beyond the Party’s reasonable control and could not have been prevented by the Party’s due diligence; (vii) strikes, lockouts or other industrial disturbances; and (viii) breakdown of refinery facilities, machinery, storage tanks or pipelines irrespective of the cause thereof.

 

(u)                                  “Gallon” means a United States gallon of two hundred thirty-one cubic inches of liquid at 60º Fahrenheit, and at the equivalent vapor pressure of the liquid.

 

(v)                                  “Governmental Authority” means any government, any governmental administration, agency, instrumentality or other instrumentality or other political subdivision thereof or any court, commission or other governmental authority of competent jurisdiction.

 

(w)                                “Holdings” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.

 

(x)                                  “Holdings Affiliated Parties” means Holdings, Phillips 66 Partners LP and their respective contractors and the directors, officers, employees and agents of each of them.

 

(y)                                  “IIC” means a mutually acceptable independent inspection company.

 

(z)                                   “Initial Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

 

(aa)                           “Lake Charles Refinery” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

(bb)                           “Law” means all constitutions, laws (including common law), treaties, statutes, orders, decrees, rules, injunctions, licenses, permits, approvals, agreements, regulations, codes, ordinances issued by any Governmental Authority, including judicial or administrative orders, consents, decrees, and judgments, published directives, guidelines, governmental authorizations, requirements or other governmental restrictions which have the force of law, and determinations by, or interpretations of any of the foregoing by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the matter in question and binding on a given Person, whether in effect as of the date hereof or thereafter and, in each case, as amended.

 

(cc)                             “Minimum Quarterly Dock Commitment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

(dd)                           “Minimum Quarterly Throughput Commitment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(b).

 

(ee)                             “Month” or “Monthly” means a calendar month commencing at 0400 hours on the first Day thereof and running until, but not including, 0400 hours on the first Day of the following calendar month, according to local time in Houston, Texas.

 

(ff)                               “Non-Conforming Crude Oil” means any Crude Oil that fails to meet specifications established by Phillips 66 Carrier LLC for pipeline transportation of Crude Oil (or in the absence of specifications established by Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, specifications established by Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC).

 

(gg)                             “Normal Business Hours” means the period of time commencing at 0800 hours on one Day and running until 1700 hours on the same Day, according to local time in Houston, Texas.

 

(hh)                           “Notice” means any notice, request, instruction, correspondence or other communication permitted or required to be given under this Agreement.

 

(ii)                                   “Parties” means Holdings and Company, collectively.

 

(jj)                                 “Partnership Change in Control” means Phillips 66 ceases to Control the general partner of Phillips 66 Partners LP.

 

(kk)                           “Party” means Holdings or Company, individually.

 

(ll)                                   “Pecan Grove Dock” means that certain dock owned by Holdings and located at MM 26 Calcasieu River, Latitude 30°09’02” N, Longitude 93°20’05” W.

 

(mm)                   “Pecan Grove Terminal” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

(nn)                           “Person” means, without limitation, an individual, corporation (including a non-profit corporation), general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization, labor union, or other entity or Governmental Authority, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.

 

(oo)                           “Platts Oilgram” means the publication of that name published by a unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.

 

(pp)                           “PPI-FG” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.03.

 

(qq)                           “Renewal Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

 

(rr)                                 “Regular Terminal Operating Hours” means 24 hours per Day, 7 Days per week.

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

(ss)                               “Scheduled Charges” means those fees payable by Company for the services provided by Holdings hereunder, as set forth in Exhibit A.

 

(tt)                                 “Storage Variation” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.

 

(uu)                           “Tanks” means the storage tanks and all appurtenant and associated pipelines and pumps used in connection with the storage and handling of Crude Oil and other products at a Terminal.

 

(vv)                           “Taxes” means any income, sales, use, excise, transfer, and similar taxes, fees and charges (including ad valorem taxes), including any interest or penalties attributable thereto, imposed by any Governmental Authority.

 

(ww)                       “Terminal” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

(xx)                           “Throughput Deficiency Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(c).

 

Section 1.02                              Other Defined Terms .  Other terms may be defined elsewhere in this Agreement, and, unless otherwise indicated, shall have such meanings throughout this Agreement.

 

Section 1.03                              Terms Generally .  The definitions in this Agreement shall apply equally to both singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The word “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”  All references to Articles, Sections and Exhibits shall be deemed to be references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits to, this Agreement unless the context requires otherwise.

 

Article II.                                          Term and Termination

 

Section 2.01                              Term .  This Agreement shall have a primary term commencing on the Effective Date and ending June 30, 2018 (the “ Initial Term ”), and may be renewed by Company, at Company’s sole option, for up to three successive renewal terms, each with a duration of five years (each, a “ Renewal Term ”), upon at least 180 Days’ written Notice from Company to Holdings prior to the end of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term.  The Initial Term and Renewal Terms, if any, shall be referred to in this Agreement as the “Term.”

 

Section 2.02                              Termination Following a Force Majeure Event .  If a Force Majeure event prevents Holdings or Company from performing its respective obligations under this Agreement for a period of more than 12 consecutive Months, this Agreement may be terminated by either Party at any time after the expiration of such 12-Month period upon at least 30 Days’ Notice to the other Party.

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

Section 2.03                              Special Termination by Company .  If Company determines to totally or partially suspend refinery operations at the Lake Charles Refinery for a period of at least 12 consecutive Months, the Parties will negotiate in good faith to agree upon a reduction of the applicable Commitment(s) to reflect such suspension of operations.  If the Parties are unable to agree to an appropriate reduction of the applicable Commitment(s), then after Company has made a public announcement of such suspension, Company may provide written Notice to Holdings of its intent to terminate this Agreement and this Agreement will terminate 12 Months following the date such Notice is received by Holdings.  In the event Company publicly announces, prior to the expiration of such 12-month period, its intent to resume operations at the Lake Charles Refinery, then such Notice shall be deemed revoked and this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect as if such Notice had never been delivered.

 

Section 2.04                              Inventory Settlement .  Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement, any outstanding inventory imbalance on Company’s account must be eliminated within 60 Days of termination and will be settled, for each relevant grade of Crude Oil, at Platt’s Oilgram ’s Monthly average price for that grade of Crude Oil for the Month prior to the effective date of such expiration or termination.

 

Section 2.05                              Removal of Crude Oil .

 

(a)                                  Company, at its own expense, shall remove all of its Crude Oil from both Terminals no later than the later of (i) the effective date of the termination or expiration of this Agreement, or (ii) ten Days after receipt of Notice to terminate this Agreement in accordance with its terms, provided that Holdings may, in its sole discretion, agree in writing to extend the time for such removal.  If, at the end of such period, Company has not removed all of its Crude Oil, then in addition to any other rights it may have under this Agreement, Holdings shall have the right to take possession of such Crude Oil and sell it at public or private sale.  In the event of such a sale, Holdings shall withhold from the proceeds therefrom all amounts owed to it hereunder and all expenses of sale (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees and any amounts necessary to discharge any and all liens against the Crude Oil).  The balance of the proceeds, if any, shall be remitted to Company.

 

(b)                                  Should any Crude Oil remain in any Tank(s) beyond the expiration or termination of this Agreement, Company shall remain obligated to perform all of the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and, in addition, shall pay an additional “Holdover Fee” per Barrel per Month or partial Month, as applicable, determined in accordance with Exhibit A, until all Crude Oil is removed.

 

(c)                                   Company shall indemnify and hold Holdings, its parent, their subsidiaries and affiliates, and the directors, officers, employees and agents of each of them, harmless from and against all Claims arising from or related to Company’s failure to remove any Crude Oil in accordance with this Section 2.05 or Holdings’

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

exercise of its right to take possession of Company’s Crude Oil and sell the same in accordance with this Section 2.05.

 

Article III.                                     Minimum Commitments

 

Section 3.01                              Quarterly Dock Commitment .

 

(a)                                  During each Calendar Quarter, Company shall tender a combined average of at least 150,000 Barrels per Day of Crude Oil to be offloaded at the Docks, in approximately ratable quantities (such combined average, the “ Minimum Quarterly Dock Commitment ”) at the “Dock Services Fee” determined in accordance with Exhibit A.  Holdings shall perform stevedoring services for Company’s Crude Oil at the Docks, including loading and unloading waterborne vessels designated by Company and calling at either Dock, and in connection therewith:

 

(i)                                      Customer shall inform Holdings of the estimated time of arrival of each vessel from which Crude Oil is to be unloaded at the Clifton Ridge Dock or the Pecan Grove Dock as soon as practicable and (A) for tankers and to the extent practicable, at each of ten, seven, three, two and one Day before such tanker’s arrival and (B) for barges and to the extent practicable, at each of 72, 48 and 24 hours before such barge’s arrival.  If so informed, Holdings will make commercially reasonable efforts to provide such vessel with berthing space within 24 hours after the master, agent or representative of such vessel tenders “notice of readiness” to Holdings, stating that the vessel is ready in all respects to berth at the relevant Dock to discharge Crude Oil.  Absent such information, Holdings shall make commercially reasonable efforts to provide such vessel with berthing space to the extent that doing so would not be reasonably likely to impede a vessel that has provided such information.

 

(ii)                                   Holdings does not guarantee any particular rate at which Crude Oil will be offloaded from a vessel.

 

(iii)                                Holdings shall not be liable for any demurrage charges for any vessel except to the extent caused by Holdings’ willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement.

 

(iv)                               In no event shall Holdings be responsible for any port expenses (including, but not limited to, pilotage, towage, linemen, fees related to marine preservation or spill prevention).

 

(b)                                  If Company fails to meet its Minimum Quarterly Dock Commitment during any Calendar Quarter, then Company will pay Holdings a deficiency payment (each, a “ Dock Deficiency Payment ”) equal to the volume of the deficiency multiplied by the “Dock Services Fee” determined in accordance with Exhibit A.

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

(c)                                   The dollar amount of any Dock Deficiency Payment paid by Company may be applied as a credit against any amounts incurred by Company and owed to Holdings with respect to volumes of Crude Oil offloaded at the Docks in excess of Company’s Minimum Quarterly Dock Commitment (or, if this Agreement expires or is terminated, to volumes of Crude Oil that would have been in excess of Company’s Minimum Quarterly Dock Commitment if this Agreement were still in effect) during any of the four Calendar Quarters immediately following the Calendar Quarter for which such Quarterly Deficiency Payment was made, at the end of which time any unused credits arising from such Quarterly Deficiency Payment will expire.  This Section 3.01(c) shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  Holdings shall provide dock capacity in addition to Company’s Minimum Quarterly Dock Commitment on an “as available” basis, at the “Dock Services Fee” determined in accordance with Exhibit A.

 

Section 3.02                              Capacity and Minimum Quarterly Throughput Commitments .

 

(a)                                  Holdings shall provide storage services with respect to, and shall maintain for the use of Company approximately 3,500,000 Barrels of storage capacity at the Clifton Ridge Terminal, subject to reduction for periodic maintenance (the “ Capacity Commitment ”), and Company shall pay a Monthly fee equal to the “Terminaling Fee” determined in accordance with Exhibit A multiplied by the Capacity Commitment.

 

(b)                                  During each Calendar Quarter, Company shall deliver, and accept delivery into a pipeline, at the Clifton Ridge Terminal at least a combined average of 190,000 Barrels per Day of Crude Oil, in approximately ratable quantities (such average, the “ Minimum Quarterly Throughput Commitment ”).  Throughput up to 10,500,000 Barrels per Calendar Quarter is included in the Capacity Commitment; for each Barrel of Crude Oil in excess of the Capacity Commitment, Company shall pay to Holdings an amount equal to the “Activity Fee” determined in accordance with Exhibit A.

 

(c)                                   If Company fails to meet its Minimum Quarterly Throughput Commitment during any Calendar Quarter, then Company will pay Holdings a deficiency payment (each, a “ Throughput Deficiency Payment ”) equal to the volume of the deficiency multiplied by the “Activity Fee” determined in accordance with Exhibit A.  For purposes of this calculation, “deficiency” means the amount by which actual throughput is less than the Minimum Quarterly Throughput Commitment but greater than 10,500,000 barrels.

 

(d)                                  The dollar amount of any Throughput Deficiency Payment paid by Company may be applied as a credit against any amounts incurred by Company and owed to Holdings with respect to volumes of Crude Oil throughput at the Clifton Ridge Terminal in excess of Company’s Minimum Quarterly Throughput Commitment

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

(or, if this Agreement expires or is terminated, to volumes that would have been in excess of Company’s Minimum Quarterly Throughput Commitment if this Agreement were still in effect) during any of the four Calendar Quarters immediately following the Calendar Quarter for which such Throughput Deficiency Payment was made, at the end of which time any unused credits arising from such Throughput Deficiency Payment will expire.  This Section 3.02(d) shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

(e)                                   Holdings shall provide throughput services in addition to Company’s Minimum Quarterly Throughput Commitment on an “as available” basis, at the “Activity Fee” determined in accordance with Exhibit A.

 

Section 3.03                              Partial Period Proration .

 

(a)                                  If the Effective Date is any Day other than the first Day of a Calendar Quarter, or if this Agreement is terminated on any Day other than the last Day of a Calendar Quarter, then any calculation determined with respect to a Calendar Quarter will be prorated by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Days in that part of the Calendar Quarter beginning on the Effective Date or ending on the date of such termination, as the case may be, and the denominator of which is the number of Days in the Calendar Quarter.

 

(b)                                  If the Effective Date is any Day other than the first Day of a Month, or if this Agreement is terminated on any Day other than the last Day of a Month, then any quantity based on a Monthly determination will be prorated by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Days in that part of the Month beginning on the Effective Date or ending on the date of such termination, as the case may be, and the denominator of which is the number of Days in the Month.

 

Section 3.04                              Special Reduction of Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment .  If Holdings’ use of all or part of a Terminal for the storage and handling of Crude Oil shall be restrained, enjoined, restricted or terminated by (a) any Governmental Authority, (b) right of eminent domain or (c) the owner of leased land, Holdings, upon being notified of such restraint, enjoinder, restriction or termination, shall notify Company and the applicable Commitment(s) shall be reduced to the extent that Holdings’ use of the applicable Terminal is so restrained, enjoined, restricted or terminated.

 

Article IV.                                      Charges

 

Section 4.01                              Scheduled Charges .  As compensation to Holdings for the services provided by it hereunder, Company shall pay to Holdings the Scheduled Charges determined in accordance with Exhibit A.

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

Section 4.02                              Recovery of Certain Costs .

 

(a)                                  If Holdings agrees to make any expenditures at Company’s request, Company will reimburse Holdings for such expenditures or, at Holdings’ option and if the Parties agree, any applicable fees set forth on Exhibit A will be increased, or additional fees shall be added to Exhibit A, or an alternate mechanism shall be adopted to allow Holdings to recover the amount paid for such expenditures over time.

 

(b)                                  If new Laws require Holdings to make substantial and unanticipated expenditures in connection with the services Holdings provides to Company under this Agreement, Company will reimburse Holdings for Company’s proportionate share of the costs of complying with such Laws, or at Holdings’ option and if the Parties agree, relevant periodic or unit charges will be increased or an alternate mechanism shall be adopted to allow Holdings to recover such costs over time.

 

Section 4.03                              Adjustments .  As of January 1, 2014, and as of January 1 of each year thereafter while this Agreement is in effect, Holdings may adjust each of the fees set forth on Exhibit A annually by a percentage equal to the greater of zero and the positive change in the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods (Series ID WPUSOP3000) (such Index, the “ PPI-FG ”), as reported during the Month of October immediately before the effective date of the adjustment, with respect to the 12-Month period ending at the end of the Month of September immediately preceding such publication, provided that if, with respect to any such 12-Month period or periods, the PPI-FG has decreased, Holdings may subsequently increase such fees only to the extent that the percentage change in the PPI-FG since the most recent previous increase in such fees is greater than the aggregate amount of the cumulative decreases in the PPI-FG during the intervening period or periods.

 

Article V.                                           Storage of Crude Oil

 

Section 5.01                              No Commingled Storage .  Holdings may not commingle Company’s Crude Oil with that of any other Person.

 

Article VI.                                      Redelivery of Crude Oil

 

Section 6.01                              Redelivery of Crude Oil .  Company shall provide any documentation reasonably required by Holdings to authorize withdrawals by or on behalf of Company from a Terminal.  Upon redelivery of Crude Oil to Company or its designated carrier or customer, Holdings shall have no further responsibility for any Claims arising out of possession or use of such Crude Oil.

 

Section 6.02                              Negative Inventory .  Company shall not withdraw from either Terminal a greater volume of any grade of Crude Oil than it has in inventory at that Terminal on the Day of withdrawal.

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

Article VII.                                 Crude Oil Quality

 

Section 7.01                              Non-Conforming Crude Oil .

 

(a)                                  Company agrees not to deliver, or cause to be delivered, any Non-Conforming Crude Oil, into storage in Tanks.

 

(b)                                  Company shall be liable for all reasonable costs and losses in curing, removing, or recovering any Non-Conforming Crude Oil except to the extent that such non-conformity is due to the negligence or willful misconduct of Holdings.  Holdings, at its sole discretion, may attempt to blend the Non-Conforming Crude Oil, remove and dispose of the Non-Conforming Crude Oil, or, if necessary, recover any Non-Conforming Crude Oil from field locations and, except to the extent that such non-conformity is due to the negligence or willful misconduct of Holdings, Company shall reimburse Holdings for all reasonable costs associated therewith.  Except to the extent that a non-conformity is due to the negligence or willful misconduct of Holdings, if Company’s Non-Conforming Crude Oil causes any contamination, dilution or other damages to the Crude Oil of other customers of Holdings, Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold the Holdings Affiliated Parties, harmless from and against any Claims incurred by, or charged against any of the Holdings Affiliated Parties, as a result of such event and shall be responsible for all costs and liabilities associated with or incurred as a result of such event.

 

Article VIII.                            Other Services

 

Section 8.01                              Laboratory Fees and Services.

 

(a)                                  If Holdings provides sampling and testing services requested by Company for Crude Oil at the Clifton Ridge Terminal or the Pecan Grove Terminal, Holdings shall charge for each sampling and testing procedure performed as set forth in Holdings’ “Schedule of Rates for Laboratory Services” then in effect.  If Holdings contracts with another Person to perform laboratory services, all fees for such services shall be billed to Company at Holdings’ cost.

 

(b)                                  Holdings’ liability for sampling and testing services is limited to the charge for the service provided.  Holdings shall in no event be liable for special or consequential damages no matter how any losses or damages shall have occurred, including but not limited to any losses or damages caused by Holdings’ negligence.  There are no guarantees or warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose whether arising by operation of law or otherwise as a result of services provided.

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

Section 8.02                              Additional Services.  For any service or function not specifically provided for in this Agreement, requested by Company and agreed to by Holdings, there shall be a charge or fee in an amount as agreed upon by the Parties in writing.

 

Article IX.                                     Operating Hours; Terminal Access

 

Section 9.01                              Operating Hours .  Subject to mechanical breakdowns, Crude Oil quality issues or other operational issues, each Terminal and each Dock shall be operated by Holdings during Regular Terminal Operating Hours.

 

Section 9.02                              Terminal Access .  As a condition to being granted access to either Terminal or either Dock, Company shall require all contractors, carriers and customers designated by it to deliver, receive, sample or inspect Company’s Crude Oil at such Terminal or Dock or to provide any other service for Company, to sign and comply with a terminal access agreement in such form as Holdings may reasonably specify from time to time.  Further, Company shall cause all such designated contractors, carriers and customers to comply with all applicable Terminal rules and regulations and Holdings shall make copies of such rules and regulations available to Company and its designated carriers and customers at both Terminals.

 

Article X.                                          Storage Variations

 

Section 10.01                       Storage Variations .  Company shall bear any losses or gains that may occur while Company’s Crude Oil is in storage (such losses or gains, the “ Storage Variations ”), except to the extent that Storage Variations result from Holdings’ negligence or willful misconduct or the negligence or willful misconduct of Holdings’ employees, agents, contractors or subcontractors.  Each Month, Holdings shall determine for each grade of Crude Oil the physical inventory of such grade of Crude Oil in storage and calculate the Storage Variation for such grade of Crude Oil.  Company’s inventory of each such individual grade of Crude Oil in storage at a Terminal shall then be adjusted each Month (increased or decreased) to reflect the Storage Variation.

 

Article XI.                                     Monthly Statement; Payment; Liens

 

Section 11.01                       Monthly Statement .

 

(a)                                  Promptly after the end of each Month, Holdings shall provide Company with a statement showing the previous Month’s beginning inventory, receipts, withdrawals, ending inventory, Storage Variation adjustment and the Scheduled Charges due to Holdings (after application of any credit to which Company may be entitled pursuant to Section 3.01(c) or Section 3.02(c)).  If requested by Company, Holdings shall provide Company with copies of individual tank gauge reports, pipeline meter tickets, and truck unloading rack meter tickets for receipts and withdrawals at each Terminal for such Month, if available.

 

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(b)                                  The Monthly statement for the last Month in each Calendar Quarter shall include any deficiency payment that may be due under Section 3.01(b) or Section 3.02(b).

 

Section 11.02                       Payment .

 

(a)                                  Payment of the amount(s) identified on each Monthly statement shall be due, without discount, on the later of (i) two Business Days after such Monthly Statement is received, and (ii) the 22 nd  Day of the Month in which such Monthly statement is received, provided that if such Day is not a Business Day, then such payment shall be due, without interest, on the next Business Day.  Payments not paid by the due date shall bear interest at the rate of the lesser of 1.5% per Month and the maximum rate allowed by Law for each Month or portion of a Month thereafter during which such amount remains unpaid.

 

(b)                                  All payments shall be made to Holdings by automated clearing house to an account specified by Holdings from time to time, provided that as long as Holdings is an affiliate of Company, Holdings and Company may settle Company’s financial obligations to Holdings through Company’s normal interaffiliate settlement processes.  Any bank charges incurred by Company in remitting funds by automated clearing house shall be for Company’s account.  Acceptance by Holdings of any payment from Company for any charge or service after termination or expiration of this Agreement shall not be deemed a renewal of this Agreement or a waiver by Holdings of any default by Company hereunder.

 

(c)                                   If Company reasonably disputes any Monthly statement, in whole or in part, Company shall promptly notify Holdings in writing of the dispute and shall pay the undisputed portion according to the terms of this Section 11.02, and shall promptly seek to resolve the dispute including, if necessary, by arbitration as provided in Section 24.01.  An arbitral panel may award reasonable interest on any unpaid amount determined to have been due to Holdings but withheld in good faith.

 

Section 11.03                       Liens .  Company hereby grants to Holdings an irrevocable (a) lien on all of Company’s Crude Oil in storage at both Terminals and (b) power of attorney to dispose of such Crude Oil at fair market value to the extent of all amounts owed to Holdings by Company hereunder.

 

Article XII.                                Title; Custody

 

Section 12.01                       Title .  Title to all of Company’s Crude Oil received, stored, handled and loaded out by Holdings at a Terminal or a Dock shall remain at all times in Company’s name.

 

Section 12.02                       Custody .  Custody of all Crude Oil received by Holdings hereunder shall pass to Holdings when such Crude Oil passes through the flange connection between a Terminal and (i) a connecting third party pipeline; (ii) a delivering transport truck at the

 

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relevant Terminal’s truck unloading rack; or (iii) a vessel and the relevant Dock, as the case may be.

 

Article XIII.                           Volume and Quality Determinations

 

Section 13.01                       Volume Determinations .

 

(a)                                  All measurements, volume corrections and calibrations will be made in accordance with the API MPMS.

 

(b)                                  All volume determinations shall be adjusted to a temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit and a pressure of one standard atmosphere (14.7 PSIA) per the API MPMS, Chapter 11 (Table 6A).

 

(c)                                   All Crude Oil received by truck will be determined by calibrated custody transfer grade meters.

 

(d)                                  All Crude Oil received from or delivered to pipelines will be determined by calibrated custody transfer grade meters or by tank measurements (static tank).

 

(e)                                   All Crude Oil received from waterborne vessels will be determined by an IIC using the measurement methods below and will be the basis for preparing relevant shipping documents except in cases of fraud or manifest error.  In the absence of an IIC, Holdings’ measurements will be final and binding except in cases of fraud or manifest error.  The volumes received from or delivered to waterborne vessels shall be determined by one of the following measurement methods in the following order of preference:

 

(i)                                      custody transfer grade meter(s);

 

(ii)                                   shore tank(s) measurements (static tank), as determined by the IIC;

 

(iii)                                in the event of an active (versus static) shore tank during any part of the transfer, or if the IIC determines shore quantities to be inaccurate or not representative of the cargo transferred, quantity shall be based on the volumes as determined from measurements of the vessel before and after the transfer with application of a vessel experience factor, if determined valid and applicable by the IIC; or

 

(iv)                               in the event the IIC determines that the above custody transfer measurement points are inaccurate or not representative of the volume(s) of cargo transferred, the Parties agree to negotiate in good faith to agree upon a new basis for custody transfer volumes.

 

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Section 13.02                       Quality Determinations .

 

(a)                                  Quality determination of all receipts and deliveries shall be based on a qualified laboratory’s analyses performed on representative samples obtained by the methods outlined below:

 

(i)                                      a representative sample of all Crude Oil received by truck will be obtained via flow-proportional in-line sampler that performs according to API MPMS 8.2;

 

(ii)                                   a representative sample of all Crude Oil received from or delivered to pipeline will be determined by flow-proportional in-line sampler that performs according to API MPMS 8.2. If a flow-proportional in-line sampler is not available or if it malfunctions, Holdings and Company shall agree on alternate custody transfer samples sources (shore tanks); or

 

(iii)                                a representative sample of all Crude Oil received from waterborne vessels at Terminals will be determined by flow-proportional in-line sampler that performs according to API MPMS 8.2, provided that if a flow-proportional in-line sampler is not available or if it malfunctions, a representative sample will be comprised of volumetric composite samples performed by the IIC from delivering marine vessel’s cargo tanks.

 

(b)                                  Volumetric deductions for sediment and water content shall be made by one of the methods described in API MPMS Chapter 10 in the following order of preference:

 

Characteristic

 

First
Preference

 

Second
Preference

 

Third
Preference

Water

 

Karl Fisher

ASTM D4928

 

Distillation

ASTM D4006)

 

Centrifuge

ASTM D4007 (Lab)

or ASTM D96 (Field)

Sediment

 

Membrane filtration

ASTM D4807

 

Extraction

ASTM D473

 

Centrifuge

ASTM D4007 (Lab)

or ASTM D96 (Field)

 

Full deduction for all free water and sediment and water content shall be made according to the ASTM and API MPMS published methods and standards.

 

Section 13.03                       Company’s Right to Witness .  A Company representative may witness testing, calibration of equipment, meter reading, and gauging of Crude Oil at either Terminal, at Company’s expense.  In the absence of a Company representative, Holdings’ measurements shall be deemed to be accurate.

 

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Article XIV.                            Insurance

 

Section 14.01                       Insurance .  Insurance for Company’s Crude Oil, if any, that may be desired by Company, shall be carried by Company at Company’s expense.  Should Company elect to carry Crude Oil insurance, then each policy of insurance shall be endorsed to provide a waiver of subrogation rights in favor of Holdings, its parent, and their subsidiaries and affiliates.  Holdings shall not be liable to Company for Crude Oil losses or shortages for which Company is compensated by its insurer.

 

Article XV.                                 Taxes

 

Section 15.01                       Taxes .  Company shall be responsible for and shall pay all sales Taxes and similar Taxes on goods and services provided hereunder and any other Taxes now or hereafter imposed by any Governmental Authority in respect of or measured by Crude Oil handled or stored hereunder or the manufacture, storage, delivery, receipt, exchange or inspection thereof, and Company agrees to promptly reimburse Holdings for any such Taxes Holdings is legally required to pay, upon receipt of invoice therefor. Each Party is responsible for all Taxes in respect of its own real and personal property.

 

Article XVI.                            Health, Safety and Environment

 

Section 16.01                       Spills; Environmental Pollution .

 

(a)                                  In the event of any Crude Oil spill or other environmentally polluting discharge caused by Holdings’ operation of a Terminal or a Dock, any clean-up associated with any such spill or discharge and any liability resulting from such spill or discharge shall be the responsibility of Holdings, except to the extent such spill or discharge is caused by Company.

 

(b)                                  In the event and to the extent of any Crude Oil spill or other environmentally polluting discharge caused by Company or in connection with the operation of Company’s or a third party’s pipeline, vessel, tank truck or transport trailer receiving Crude Oil on Company’s behalf, at its request or for its benefit, Holdings is authorized to commence containment or clean-up operations as deemed appropriate or necessary by Holdings or as required by any Governmental Authority, and Holdings shall notify Company of such operations as soon as practicable.  All liability and reasonable costs of containment or clean-up shall be borne by Company except that, in the event a spill or discharge is caused by the joint negligence of both Holdings and Company or a third party pipeline, vessel, tank truck or transport trailer receiving Crude Oil on Company’s behalf, at its request or for its benefit, liability and costs of containment or clean-up shall be borne jointly by Holdings and Company in proportion to each Party’s respective negligence.

 

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(c)                                   For purposes of this Section 16.01, the negligence of a third party pipeline, barge, tank truck or transport trailer receiving Commodities on Company’s behalf, at its request or for its benefit shall be attributed to Company.

 

(d)                                  The Parties shall cooperate for the purpose of obtaining reimbursement if a third party is legally responsible for costs or expenses initially borne by Holdings or Company.

 

Section 16.02                       Inspection .  During Normal Business Hours, Company may: (a) inspect either Terminal and either Dock, including health, safety, and environmental audits by inspector(s) chosen by Company; (b) make physical checks of Crude Oil in storage at either Terminal, (c) audit Holdings’ health, safety, environmental, and operational records relating to the performance of this Agreement and otherwise observe such performance, and (d) subject to the provisions of Section 9.02, enter upon any Terminal or Dock property for any of the foregoing purposes.  For clarity, none of the rights identified in this Section 16.02 shall be exercised by Company in such manner as to substantially interfere with or diminish Holdings’ complete control and responsibility for the operation of the Terminals and the Docks.

 

Section 16.03                       Marine Terminals Particulars Questionnaire .  Holdings shall complete and submit relevant portions of the Marine Terminals Particulars Questionnaire promulgated by the Oil Companies International Marine Forum as part of its Marine Terminal Information System, and available online at www.ocimf-mtis.org.

 

Section 16.04                       Incident Notification .  Both Parties undertake to notify the other as soon as reasonably practical, but in no event more than 24 hours, after becoming aware of any accident, spill or incident involving the other’s employees, agents, contractors, sub-contractors or their equipment, or Company’s Crude Oil at a Terminal or at a Dock and to provide reasonable assistance in investigating the circumstances of the accident, spill or incident.  Notices required by this Section 16.04 shall be delivered in person, by telephone or by email:

 

If to Holdings:

If to Company:

 

 

Phillips 66 Holdings LLC

Phillips 66 Company

c/o Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

600 North Dairy Ashford Rd.

3010 Briarpark Dr.

Houston, TX 77063

Houston, TX 77042

Attn: John E. Sweeney

Atten: John A. Padilla

Manager/Loss Control

Division Terminal Manager

Telephone: 832-765-3017

Telephone: 832-765-1523

Email: john.e.sweeney@p66.com

Email: john.a.padilla@p66.com

 

 

When an accident, spill or incident involving Company’s Crude Oil requires a report to be submitted to a Governmental Authority, this notification shall be made as soon as reasonably practical in compliance with applicable Law, and a copy of the required report

 

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shall be delivered to Company at IncidentFollowup@P66.com.  Either Party may change its contact information upon Notice to the other in accordance with this Section 16.04 and Section 18.01.

 

Section 16.05                       Vessel Vetting .  Company shall have procedures in place to ensure that all vessels accepted to call at a Dock meet minimum standards of safe operation as established by Holdings.  Holdings shall advise Company of specific requirements applicable to either Dock.

 

Article XVII.                       Force Majeure

 

Section 17.01                       Suspension during Force Majeure Events .  As soon as possible upon the occurrence of a Force Majeure, a Party affected by a Force Majeure event shall provide the other Party with written notice of the occurrence of such Force Majeure.  Each Party’s obligations (other than an obligation to pay any amounts due to the other Party) shall be temporarily suspended during the occurrence of, and for the entire duration of, a Force Majeure event to the extent that such an event prevents Holdings from performing its obligations under this Agreement.  Each Party’s obligations (other than an obligation to pay any amounts due to the other Party) shall be temporarily suspended beginning 20 Days after the commencement of, and for the entire remaining duration of, a Force Majeure event to the extent that such event prevents Company from performing its obligations under this Agreement.  At the conclusion of the Force Majeure event, the Minimum Quarterly Dock Commitment, Capacity Commitment or Minimum Quarterly Throughput Commitment with respect to each Calendar Quarter in which the Force Majeure event remained in effect shall be ratably reduced to reflect such suspension.

 

Section 17.02                       Obligation to Remedy Force Majeure Events .  A Party affected by a Force Majeure event shall take commercially reasonable steps to remedy such situation so that it may resume the full performance of its obligations under this Agreement within a reasonable period of time.

 

Section 17.03                       Strikes and Lockouts .  The settlement of strikes, lockouts and other labor disturbances shall be entirely within the discretion of the affected Party and the requirement to remedy a Force Majeure event within a reasonable period of time shall not require the settlement of strikes or lockouts by acceding to the demands of an opposing Person when such course is inadvisable in the discretion of the Party having the difficulty.

 

Section 17.04                       Action in Emergencies .  Holdings may temporarily suspend performance of the services to prevent injuries to persons, damage to property or harm to the environment.

 

Article XVIII.                  Notices

 

Section 18.01                       Notices .  Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, all Notices between the Parties given under or in relation to this Agreement shall be made in

 

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writing and shall be deemed to have been properly given if:  (i) personally delivered (with written confirmation of receipt); or (ii) delivered by a recognized overnight delivery service (delivery fees prepaid), in either case to the appropriate address set forth below:

 

If to Holdings:

If to Company:

 

 

Phillips 66 Holdings LLC

Phillips 66 Company

c/o Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

3010 Briarpark Dr.

3010 Briarpark Dr.

Houston, TX 77042

Houston, TX 77042

Attn: General Counsel

Attn: President

 

 

Either Party may change its address for Notice upon Notice to the other in accordance with this Section 18.01.

 

Section 18.02                       Effective upon Receipt .  Any Notice given in the manner set forth in Section 18.01 shall be effective upon actual receipt if received during Normal Business Hours, or at the beginning of the recipient’s next Business Day if not received during Normal Business Hours.

 

Article XIX.                           Applicable Law

 

Section 19.01                       Applicable Law .  Regardless of the place of contracting, place(s) of performance or otherwise, this Agreement and all amendments, modifications, alterations or supplements to it, shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the state of Texas, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law or any other principle that might apply the law of another jurisdiction.

 

Article XX.                                Limitation of Liability

 

Section 20.01                       No Liability for Consequential Damages .  In no event shall either Party be liable to the other Party for, and no arbitral panel is authorized to award, any punitive, special, indirect or consequential damages of any kind or character resulting from or arising out of this Agreement, including, without limitation, loss of profits or business interruptions, however they may be caused.

 

Section 20.02                       Limitation of Liability .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, and except for Storage Variations, Holdings shall in no event be liable for loss of, or damage to, Company’s Crude Oil except to the extent caused by Holdings’ negligence or the negligence of Holdings’ employees, agents, contractors or subcontractors in the safekeeping and handling of Company’s Crude Oil.  In no event shall Holdings be liable for more than the replacement of lost or damaged Crude Oil or, at its option, payment of the replacement cost of any lost or damaged Crude Oil.  Each Party shall be discharged from any and all liability with respect to services performed and any loss or damage Claims arising out of this Agreement unless suit or action is commenced within two years after the applicable cause of action arises.

 

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Article XXI.                           Default

 

Section 21.01                       Default .  Should either Party default in the prompt performance and observance of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and should such default continue for 30 Days or more after Notice thereof by the non-defaulting Party to the defaulting Party, or should either Party become insolvent, commence a case for liquidation or reorganization under the United States Bankruptcy Code (or become the involuntary subject of a case for liquidation or reorganization under the United States Bankruptcy Code, if such case is not dismissed within 30 Days), be placed in the hands of a state or federal receiver or make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, then the other Party shall have the right, at its option, to terminate this Agreement immediately  upon Notice to the other Party.

 

Section 21.02                       Non-Exclusive Remedies .  Except as otherwise provided, the remedies of Holdings and Company provided in this Agreement shall not be exclusive, but shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to all other remedies in favor of Holdings or Company, at Law or equity.

 

Section 21.03                       Right to Terminate .  In the event of a default by Company, the Scheduled Charges theretofore accrued shall, at the option of Holdings, become immediately due and payable and Holdings shall also have the right, at its option, to terminate this Agreement.  In the event of a default by Holdings, Company shall also have the right, at its option, to terminate this Agreement and withdraw its Crude Oil from both Terminals, provided Company has paid Holdings for any Scheduled Charges that have accrued to the date of such withdrawal.

 

Article XXII.                      Public Use

 

Section 22.01                       Public Use .  This Agreement is made as an accommodation to Company.  In no event shall Holdings’ services hereunder be deemed to be those of a public utility or a common carrier.  If any action is taken or threatened by any Governmental Authority to declare Holdings’ services hereunder to be those of a public utility or a common carrier, then, in that event, at the option of Holdings and upon Company’s receipt of Holdings’ Notice, Holdings may restructure and restate this Agreement or terminate this Agreement on the effective date of such action as to the affected Tank(s) or services.

 

Article XXIII.                 Confidentiality

 

Section 23.01                       Confidentiality .  The Parties understand and agree that the Scheduled Charges are confidential as between the Parties.  Each Party agrees not to disclose such confidential information to any third Person.  Each Party may disclose confidential information to its advisors, consultants or representatives ( provided that such Persons agree to maintain the confidentiality thereof) or when compelled to do so by Law (but the disclosing Party must notify the other Party promptly of any such request for confidential information before disclosing it, if practicable, so that the other Party may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy or waive compliance with this Section

 

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23.01).  In the event that the other Party does not obtain a protective order or other remedy or does not waive compliance with this Section 23.01, the disclosing Party shall disclose only that portion of the confidential information to which the compelling Person is legally entitled.

 

Article XXIV.                  Miscellaneous

 

Section 24.01                       Disputes between the Parties .  Any dispute between the Parties in connection with this Agreement shall be resolved by arbitration in accordance with the procedures set forth in Exhibit B, provided that either Party may seek a restraining order, temporary injunction, or other provisional relief in any court with jurisdiction over the subject matter of the dispute and sitting in Houston, Texas, if such Party in its sole judgment believes that such action is necessary to avoid irreparable injury or to preserve the status quo ante .

 

Section 24.02                       Assignment

 

(a)                                  Neither Party may assign its rights or delegate its duties under this Agreement without prior written consent of the other Party except:

 

(i)                                      if Company transfers the Lake Charles Refinery, Company may assign this Agreement to the transferee of such asset subject to the provisions of Section 24.02(b); and

 

(ii)                                   Holdings may make collateral assignments of this Agreement to secure working capital financing;

 

provided, however, that in no event shall Company be required to consent to Holdings’ assignment of this Agreement to any Person that is engaged in the business of refining and marketing petroleum products (or that directly or indirectly Controls or is Controlled by a Person that is engaged in the business of refining and marketing petroleum products) in the states of Louisiana or Texas.

 

(b)                                  Upon an assignment or partial assignment of this Agreement by either Party, the assigned rights and obligations shall be novated into a new agreement with the assignee, and such assignee shall be responsible for the performance of the assigned obligations unless the non-assigning Party has reasonably determined that the assignee is not financially or operationally capable of performing such assigned obligations, in which case the assignor shall remain responsible for the performance of such assigned obligations.

 

Section 24.03                       Partnership Change in Control .  Company’s obligations hereunder shall not terminate in connection with a Partnership Change in Control.  Holdings shall provide Company with Notice of any Partnership Change in Control at least 60 Days prior to the effective date thereof.

 

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Section 24.04                       No Third-Party Rights .  Except as expressly provided, nothing in this Agreement is intended to confer any rights, benefits or obligations to any Person other than the Parties, and their respective successors and assigns.

 

Section 24.05                       Compliance with Laws .  Each Party shall at all times comply with all Laws as are applicable to its performance of this Agreement.

 

Section 24.06                       Severability .  If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof shall be found by any arbitral panel or court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable to any extent and for any reason, it shall be adjusted rather than voided, if possible, in order to achieve the intent of the Parties.  In any event, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such remainder shall not be affected thereby and shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by Law.

 

Section 24.07                       Non-Waiver .  The failure of any Party to enforce any provision, condition, covenant or requirement of this Agreement at any time shall not be construed to be a waiver of such provision, condition, covenant or requirement unless the other Parties are so notified by such Party in writing.  Any waiver by a Party of a default by any other Party in the performance of any provision, condition, covenant or requirement contained in this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision, condition, covenant or requirement, nor shall any such waiver in any manner release such other Party from the performance of any other provision, condition, covenant or requirement.

 

Section 24.08                       Entire Agreement .  This Agreement, together with all exhibits attached hereto, constitutes the entire Agreement between the Parties relating to its subject matter and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and there are no warranties, representations or other agreements between the Parties in connection with the subject matter hereof except as specifically set forth in, or contemplated by, this Agreement.

 

Section 24.09                       Amendments .  This Agreement shall not be modified or amended, in whole or in part, except by a written amendment signed by both Parties.

 

Section 24.10                       Survival .  Any indemnification granted hereunder by one Party to the other Party shall survive the expiration or termination of all or any part of this Agreement.

 

Section 24.11                       Counterparts; Multiple Originals .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on each of the Parties.  Each of the Parties may sign any number of copies of this Agreement.  Each signed copy shall be deemed to be  an original, but all of them together shall represent one and the same agreement.

 

Section 24.12                       Exhibits .  The exhibits identified in this Agreement are incorporated in this Agreement and constitute a part of this Agreement.  If there is any conflict between this Agreement and any exhibit, the provisions of the exhibit shall control.

 

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Section 24.13                       Table of Contents; Headings; Subheadings .  The table of contents and the headings and subheadings of this Agreement have been inserted only for convenience to facilitate reference and are not intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

 

Section 24.14                       Construction .  The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement.  In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring either Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 24.15                       Business Practices .  Holdings shall use its best efforts to make certain that all billings, reports, and financial settlements rendered to or made with Company pursuant to this Agreement, or any revision of or amendments to this Agreement, will properly reflect the facts about all activities and transactions handled by authority of this Agreement and that the information shown on such billings, reports and settlement documents may be relied upon by Company as being complete and accurate in any further recording and reporting made by Company for whatever purposes.  Holdings shall notify Company if Holdings discovers any errors in such billings, reports, or settlement documents.

 

Section 24.16                       Right of First Refusal .  Holdings may not enter into any agreement with any Person other than Company with respect to terminaling services at the Clifton Ridge Terminal or Pecan Grove Terminal during the Term of this Agreement or upon the termination of this Agreement without first disclosing to Company all of the material terms and conditions of such an agreement and allowing Company not less than 60 Days within which to enter into an agreement upon the same terms and conditions.

 

Section 24.17                       Right of First Offer .  Company may not enter into any agreement with any Person other than Holdings with respect to terminaling services in connection with supply of Crude Oil to the Lake Charles Refinery without allowing Holdings an opportunity to offer to provide such services.

 

Section 24.18                       Effect of Company Restructuring .  If Company decides to restructure its supply, refining or sales operations at the Lake Charles Refinery in such a way as could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the economics of Company’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement, then the Parties will negotiate in good faith concerning a reduction in Company’s commitment or an exchange of the Clifton Ridge Terminal or the Pecan Grove Terminal (whichever is adversely affected) for other assets not so affected.

 

Section 24.19                       Effect of Discontinuation of Publication .  If Platts Oilgram ceases to provide the information to be obtained therefrom pursuant to this Agreement, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to agree upon a replacement publication or pricing mechanism.

 

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[Signature page follows.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Holdings and Company have signed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS HOLDINGS LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners LP,

 

 

Sole Member of Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

 

 

General Partner of Phillips 66 Partners LP

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J.T. Liberti

 

 

J.T. Liberti

 

 

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

 

 

of Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ T.G. Taylor

 

 

T.G. Taylor

 

 

Executive Vice President, Commercial, Marketing,

 

 

Transportation and Business Development

 

Signature Page/Terminal Services Agreement (Clifton Ridge and Pecan Grove)

 



 

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Exhibit A

 

Scheduled Charges

 

1.

 

Dock Services Fee :

 

$**/Barrel

 

 

 

 

 

2.

 

Truck Unloading Fee :

 

$**/Barrel

 

 

 

 

 

3.

 

Terminaling Fee :

 

$**/Barrel/Month(1)

 

 

 

 

 

4.

 

Activity Fee :

 

$**/Barrel

 

 

 

 

 

5.

 

Holdover Fee .

 

$**/Barrel/Month (or partial Month)

 

 

 

 

 

6.

 

Adjustment Holdings may adjust all charges set forth in Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 above annually beginning January 1, 2014, in accordance with Section 4.03.

 


(1)  If the Effective Date is any Day other than the first Day of a Month, or if this Agreement is terminated on any Day other than the last Day of a Month, then this fee shall be prorated accordingly.

 

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Exhibit B

 

Arbitration Procedure

 

Either Party may initiate dispute resolution procedures by sending a Notice to the other Party specifically stating the complaining Party’s Claim and by initiating binding arbitration in accordance with the Center for Public Resources Rules for Non-Administered Arbitration of Business Disputes, by three arbitrators who shall be neutral, independent, and generally knowledgeable about the type of transaction which gave rise to the dispute.  The arbitration shall be governed by the United States Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16, provided that the arbitrators shall include in their report/award a list of findings, with supporting evidentiary references, upon which they have relied in making their decision.  Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof.  The place of arbitration shall be Houston, Texas.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein and regardless of any procedures or rules of the Center for Public Resources, it is expressly agreed that the following shall apply and control over any other provision in this Agreement:

 

(a)                                  All offers, conduct, views, opinions and statements made in the course of negotiation or mediation by any of the Parties, their employees, agents, experts, attorneys and representatives, and by any mediator, are confidential, made for compromise and settlement, protected from disclosure under Federal and State Rules of Evidence and Procedure, and inadmissible and not discoverable for any purpose, including impeachment, in litigation or legal proceedings between the Parties, and shall not be disclosed to any Person who is not an agent, employee, expert or representative of the Parties, provided that evidence otherwise discoverable or admissible is not excluded from discovery or admission as a result of presentation or use in mediation.

 

(b)                                  Except to the extent that the Parties may agree upon selection of one or more arbitrators, the Center for Public Resources shall select arbitrators from a panel reviewed by the Parties.  The Parties shall be entitled to exercise peremptory strikes against one-third of the panel and may challenge other candidates for lack of neutrality or lack of qualifications. Challenges shall be resolved in accordance with Center for Public Resource rules.

 

(c)                                   The Parties shall have at least 20 Days following the close of hearing within which to submit a brief (not to exceed 18 pages in length) and ten Days from date of receipt of the opponent’s brief within which to respond thereto.

 

(d)                                  The Parties expressly agree that the arbitrators shall not award punitive damages, consequential damages, or attorneys’ fees (except attorneys’ fees specifically authorized by the Agreement).

 

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(e)                                   The fees and expenses of any mediator or arbitrator shall be shared equally by the Parties.

 

(f)                                    The Parties may, by written agreement (signed by both Parties), alter any time deadline or location(s) for meetings.

 

Time is of the essence for purposes of the provisions of this Exhibit.

 

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Exhibit 10.8

 

TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

 

TERMINAL SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC

 

and

 

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

 

for

 

Hartford, Illinois, and Pasadena, Texas

 

 



 

TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

Article I.

Defined Terms

1

 

 

 

Section 1.01

Defined Terms

1

Section 1.02

Other Defined Terms

5

Section 1.03

Terms Generally

5

 

 

 

Article II.

Term and Termination

6

 

 

 

Section 2.01

Term

6

Section 2.02

Termination Following a Force Majeure Event

6

Section 2.03

Special Termination by Company

6

Section 2.04

Inventory Settlement

6

Section 2.05

Removal of Commodities

6

 

 

 

Article III.

Minimum Commitments

7

 

 

 

Section 3.01

Quarterly Truck Rack Commitment

7

Section 3.02

Minimum Ethanol Blending Commitment

8

Section 3.03

Minimum Biodiesel Blending Commitment

9

Section 3.04

Minimum Quarterly Pasadena Pumpover Commitment

9

Section 3.05

Partial Period Proration

10

Section 3.06

Special Reduction of Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment

10

 

 

 

Article IV.

Charges

11

 

 

 

Section 4.01

Scheduled Charges

11

Section 4.02

Recovery of Certain Costs

11

Section 4.03

Adjustments

11

 

 

 

Article V.

Storage of Commodities

11

 

 

 

Section 5.01

Commingled Storage

11

 

 

 

Article VI.

Redelivery of Commodities

12

 

 

 

Section 6.01

Redelivery of Commodities

12

Section 6.02

Negative Inventory

12

 

 

 

Article VII.

Commodity Quality

12

 

 

 

Section 7.01

Verification by Carrier

12

Section 7.02

Sampling by Company

12

Section 7.03

Non-Conforming Commodities

12

 

 

 

Article VIII.

Other Services

13

 

 

 

Section 8.01

Additive Injection

13

Section 8.02

Stevedoring

13

Section 8.03

Jet Fuel Handling

14

Section 8.04

Laboratory Fees and Services

14

Section 8.05

Hartford Pumpover

14

Section 8.06

Additional Services

15

 

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Article IX.

Operating Hours; Terminal Access

15

 

 

 

Section 9.01

Operating Hours

15

Section 9.02

Terminal Access

15

 

 

 

Article X.

Storage Variations

15

 

 

 

Section 10.01

Storage Variations

15

Section 10.02

Loss Settlement

15

 

 

 

Article XI.

Monthly Statement; Payment; Liens

16

 

 

 

Section 11.01

Monthly Statement

16

Section 11.02

Payment

17

Section 11.03

Liens

17

 

 

 

Article XII.

Title; Custody

17

 

 

 

Section 12.01

Title

17

Section 12.02

Custody

17

 

 

 

Article XIII.

Volume Determinations

18

 

 

 

Section 13.01

Volume Determinations - General

18

Section 13.02

Terminal Receipts and Withdrawals

18

 

 

 

Article XIV.

Insurance

19

 

 

 

Section 14.01

Insurance

19

 

 

 

Article XV.

Taxes

19

 

 

 

Section 15.01

Taxes

19

 

 

 

Article XVI.

Health, Safety and Environment

20

 

 

 

Section 16.01

Spills; Environmental Pollution

20

Section 16.02

Inspection

20

Section 16.03

Marine Terminals Particulars Questionnaire

20

Section 16.04

Incident Notification

21

Section 16.05

Vessel Vetting

21

 

 

 

Article XVII.

Force Majeure

21

 

 

 

Section 17.01

Suspension during Force Majeure Events

21

Section 17.02

Obligation to Remedy Force Majeure Events

22

Section 17.03

Strikes and Lockouts

22

Section 17.04

Action in Emergencies

22

 

 

 

Article XVIII.

Notices

22

 

 

 

Section 18.01

Notices

22

Section 18.02

Effective upon Receipt

22

 

 

 

Article XIX.

Applicable Law

23

 

 

 

Section 19.01

Applicable Law

23

 

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Article XX.

Limitation of Liability

23

 

 

 

Section 20.01

No Liability for Consequential Damages

23

Section 20.02

Limitation of Liability

23

 

 

 

Article XXI.

Default

23

 

 

 

Section 21.01

Default

23

Section 21.02

Non-Exclusive Remedies

23

Section 21.03

Right to Terminate

24

 

 

 

Article XXII.

Public Use

24

 

 

 

Section 22.01

Public Use

24

 

 

 

Article XXIII.

Confidentiality

24

 

 

 

Section 23.01

Confidentiality

24

 

 

 

Article XXIV.

Miscellaneous

24

 

 

 

Section 24.01

Disputes between the Parties

24

Section 24.02

Assignment

25

Section 24.03

Partnership Change in Control

25

Section 24.04

No Third-Party Rights

25

Section 24.05

Compliance with Laws

25

Section 24.06

Severability

25

Section 24.07

Non-Waiver

26

Section 24.08

Entire Agreement

26

Section 24.09

Amendments

26

Section 24.10

Survival

26

Section 24.11

Counterparts; Multiple Originals

26

Section 24.12

Exhibits

26

Section 24.13

Table of Contents; Headings; Subheadings

26

Section 24.14

Construction

26

Section 24.15

Business Practices

27

Section 24.16

Right of First Refusal

27

Section 24.17

Right of First Offer

27

Section 24.18

Effect of Company Restructuring

27

Section 24.19

Effect of Discontinuation of Publication

27

 

Exhibit A — Commodities

Exhibit B — Scheduled Charges

Exhibit C — Dispute Resolution Procedures

 

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TERMINAL SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

THIS TERMINAL SERVICES AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of the Effective Date by and between PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“ Carrier ”), and PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY , a Delaware corporation (“ Company ”).

 

Recitals

 

WHEREAS , Carrier owns a certain terminal facility located at 2105 South Delmar Avenue, Hartford, Illinois 62048 (the “ Hartford Terminal ”), which is suitable for receiving refined petroleum products, handling and storing such refined petroleum products, and delivering such refined petroleum products into pipelines, barges and transport trucks;

 

WHEREAS , Carrier owns a certain terminal facility located at 233 North Phillips Road, Pasadena, Texas 77506 (the “ Pasadena Terminal ”), which is suitable for receiving refined petroleum products, handling and storing such refined petroleum products, and delivering such refined petroleum products into pipelines and transport trucks; and

 

WHEREAS, Company intends to deliver refined petroleum products to the Hartford Terminal and the Pasadena Terminal and desires to have such refined petroleum products stored, handled and delivered into pipelines, barges or transport trucks, as applicable, and Carrier desires to provide such services for Company, all upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, Carrier and Company agree as follows:

 

Article I.                                               Defined Terms

 

Section 1.01                              Defined Terms .  The following definitions shall for all purposes apply to the capitalized terms used in this Agreement:

 

(a)                                  “Agreement” means this Terminal Services Agreement, together with all exhibits attached hereto, as the same may be extended, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

(b)                                  “Argus” means Argus Media Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries.

 

(c)                                   “Barrel” means 42 Gallons.

 

(d)                                 “Biodiesel Blending Deficiency Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(b).

 

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(e)                                   “Business Day” means any Day except for Saturday, Sunday or an official holiday in the State of Texas.

 

(f)                                    “Calendar Quarter” means a period of three consecutive Months beginning on the first Day of each of January, April, July and October.

 

(g)                                   “Carrier” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.

 

(h)                                  “Carrier Affiliated Parties” means Carrier, Phillips 66 Partners LP and their respective contractors and the directors, officers, employees and agents of each of them.

 

(i)                                      “Claims” means any and all judgments, claims, causes of action, demands, lawsuits, suits, proceedings, governmental investigations or audits, losses, assessments, fines, penalties, administrative orders, obligations, costs, expenses, liabilities and damages, including interest, penalties, reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements and costs of investigations, deficiencies, levies, duties and imposts.

 

(j)                                     “Commitment” means the Minimum Quarterly Truck Rack Commitment, Minimum Quarterly Biodiesel Commitment, Minimum Quarterly Ethanol Commitment and Minimum Quarterly Pasadena Pumpover Commitment, as applicable.

 

(k)                                  “Commodity” or “Commodities” means any of the commodities identified in Exhibit A.

 

(l)                                      “Company” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.

 

(m)                              “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

 

(n)                                  “Day” means the period of time commencing at 0000 hours on one calendar day and running until, but not including, 0000 hours on the next calendar day, according to local time in Houston, Texas.

 

(o)                                  “Effective Date” means the date of the closing of the initial public offering of common units representing limited partner interests of Phillips 66 Partners LP.

 

(p)                                  “Ethanol Blending Deficiency Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(b).

 

(q)                                  “Force Majeure” means: (i) acts of God, fires, floods or storms; (ii) compliance with orders of courts or Governmental Authorities; (iii) explosions, wars, terrorist acts or riots; (iv) inability to obtain or unavoidable delays in obtaining material or equipment; (v) accidental disruption of service; (vi) events or circumstances

 

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similar to the foregoing (including inability to obtain or unavoidable delays in obtaining material or equipment and disruption of service provided by third parties) that prevent a Party’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement, to the extent that such events or circumstances are beyond the Party’s reasonable control and could not have been prevented by the Party’s due diligence; (vii) strikes, lockouts or other industrial disturbances; and (viii) breakdown of refinery facilities, machinery, storage tanks or pipelines irrespective of the cause thereof.

 

(r)                                     “Gallon” means a United States gallon of two hundred thirty-one cubic inches of liquid at 60º Fahrenheit, and at the equivalent vapor pressure of the liquid.

 

(s)                                    “Governmental Authority” means any government, any governmental administration, agency, instrumentality or other instrumentality or other political subdivision thereof or any court, commission or other governmental authority of competent jurisdiction.

 

(t)                                     “Hartford Dock” means that certain marine dock facility owned by Carrier and located at Mile 197.4 to 197.7 (left descending bank) of the Upper Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois.

 

(u)                                  “Hartford Terminal” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

(v)                                  “IIC” means a mutually acceptable independent inspection company.

 

(w)                                “Initial Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

 

(x)                                  “LAC” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01.

 

(y)                                  “Law” means all constitutions, laws (including common law), treaties, statutes, orders, decrees, rules, injunctions, licenses, permits, approvals, agreements, regulations, codes, ordinances issued by any Governmental Authority, including judicial or administrative orders, consents, decrees, and judgments, published directives, guidelines, governmental authorizations, requirements or other governmental restrictions which have the force of law, and determinations by, or interpretations of any of the foregoing by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the matter in question and binding on a given Person, whether in effect as of the date hereof or thereafter and, in each case, as amended.

 

(z)                                   “Loss Settlement” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02.

 

(aa)                           “Minimum Quarterly Biodiesel Commitment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(a).

 

(bb)                           “Minimum Quarterly Ethanol Commitment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a).

 

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(cc)                             “Minimum Quarterly Pasadena Pumpover Commitment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(a).

 

(dd)                           “Minimum Quarterly Truck Rack Commitment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).

 

(ee)                             “Month” or “Monthly” means a calendar month commencing at 0000 hours on the first Day thereof and running until, but not including, 0000 hours on the first Day of the following calendar month, according to local time in Houston, Texas.

 

(ff)                               “Monthly Storage Variation Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02.

 

(gg)                             “Non-Conforming Commodity” means any Commodity that fails to meet specifications established by Carrier for pipeline transportation of that Commodity (or in the absence of Carrier specifications, specifications established by Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC for such Commodity).

 

(hh)                           “Normal Business Hours” means the period of time commencing at 0800 hours on one Day and running until 1700 hours on the same Day, according to local time in Houston, Texas.

 

(ii)                                   “Notice” means any notice, request, instruction, correspondence or other communication permitted or required to be given under this Agreement.

 

(jj)                                 “Parties” means Carrier and Company, collectively.

 

(kk)                           “Partnership Change in Control” means Phillips 66 ceases to Control the general partner of Phillips 66 Partners LP.

 

(ll)                                   “Party” means Carrier or Company, individually.

 

(mm)                   “Pasadena Pumpover Deficiency Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(b).

 

(nn)                           “Pasadena Terminal” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

(oo)                           “Person” means, without limitation, an individual, corporation (including a non-profit corporation), general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization, labor union, or other entity or Governmental Authority, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.

 

(pp)                           “PPI-FG” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.03.

 

(qq)                           “Proportionate Share” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.

 

(rr)                                 “Renewal Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

 

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(ss)                               “Regular Terminal Operating Hours” means 24 hours per Day, 7 Days per week.

 

(tt)                                 “Scheduled Charges” means those fees payable by Company for the services provided by Carrier hereunder, as set forth in Exhibit B.

 

(uu)                           “Storage Gain” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.

 

(vv)                           “Storage Loss” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.

 

(ww)                       “Storage Variation” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.

 

(xx)                           “Sweeny Refinery” means the refinery owned and operated by Company at Old Ocean, Texas.

 

(yy)                           “Tanks” means the storage tanks and all appurtenant and associated pipelines and pumps used in connection with the storage and handling of Company’s Commodities at a Terminal.

 

(zz)                             “TARs” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01.

 

(aaa)                    “Taxes” means any income, sales, use, excise, transfer, and similar taxes, fees and charges (including ad valorem taxes), including any interest or penalties attributable thereto, imposed by any Governmental Authority.

 

(bbb)                    “Terminal” or “Terminals” means the Hartford Terminal or the Pasadena Terminal, as applicable.

 

(ccc)                       “Truck Rack Deficiency Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01.

 

(ddd)                    “Wood River Refinery” means the refinery owned by WRB Refining LP and operated by Company at Roxana, Illinois.

 

Section 1.02                              Other Defined Terms .  Other terms may be defined elsewhere in this Agreement, and, unless otherwise indicated, shall have such meanings throughout this Agreement.

 

Section 1.03                              Terms Generally .  The definitions in this Agreement shall apply equally to both singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The word “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”  All references to Articles, Sections and Exhibits shall be deemed to be references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits to, this Agreement unless the context requires otherwise.

 

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Article II.                                          Term and Termination

 

Section 2.01                              Term .  This Agreement shall have a primary term commencing on the Effective Date and ending June 30, 2018 (the “ Initial Term ”), and may be renewed by Company, at Company’s sole option, for up to three successive renewal terms, each with a duration of five years (each, a “ Renewal Term ”), upon at least 180 Days’ written Notice from Company to Carrier prior to the end of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term.  The Initial Term and Renewal Terms, if any, shall be referred to in this Agreement as the “Term.”

 

Section 2.02                              Termination Following a Force Majeure Event .  If a Force Majeure event prevents Carrier or Company from performing its respective obligations under this Agreement for a period of more than 12 consecutive Months, this Agreement may be terminated by either Party at any time after the expiration of such 12-Month period upon at least 30 Days’ Notice to the other Party.

 

Section 2.03                              Special Termination by Company .  If (a) Company determines to totally or partially suspend refinery operations at the Sweeny Refinery or (b) WRB Refining LP determines to suspend refinery operations at the Wood River Refinery, in either case, for a period of at least 12 consecutive Months, the Parties will negotiate in good faith to agree upon a reduction of the applicable Commitment(s) to reflect such suspension of operations.  If the Parties are unable to agree to an appropriate reduction of the applicable Commitments(s), then after Company or WRB Refining LP (as the case may be) has made a public announcement of such suspension, Company may provide written Notice to Carrier of its intent to terminate this Agreement and this Agreement will terminate 12 Months following the date such Notice is received by Carrier. In the event Company or WRB Refinery LP (as the case may be) publicly announces, prior to the expiration of such 12-month period, its intent to resume operations at the Sweeney Refinery or the Wood River Refinery, as applicable, then such Notice shall be deemed revoked and this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect as if such Notice had never been delivered.

 

Section 2.04                              Inventory Settlement .  Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement, any outstanding inventory imbalance on Company’s account must be eliminated within 60 Days of termination and will be settled, for each Commodity, at Argus’s Monthly average price for that Commodity for the Month prior to the effective date of such expiration or termination.

 

Section 2.05                              Removal of Commodities .

 

(a)                                  Company, at its own expense, shall remove all of its Commodities from both Terminals no later than the later of (i) the effective date of the termination or expiration of this Agreement, or (ii) ten Days after receipt of Notice to terminate this Agreement in accordance with its terms, provided that Carrier may, in its sole discretion, agree in writing to extend the time for such removal.  If, at the end of such period, Company has not removed all of its Commodities, then in addition to

 

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any other rights it may have under this Agreement, Carrier shall have the right to take possession of such Commodities and sell them at public or private sale.  In the event of such a sale, Carrier shall withhold from the proceeds therefrom all amounts owed to it hereunder and all expenses of sale (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees and any amounts necessary to discharge any and all liens against the Commodities).  The balance of the proceeds, if any, shall be remitted to Company.

 

(b)                                  Should any Commodity remain in any Tank(s) beyond the expiration or termination of this Agreement, Company shall remain obligated to perform all of the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and, in addition, shall pay an additional Holdover Fee per Barrel per Month or partial Month, as applicable, determined in accordance with Exhibit B, until all Commodities are removed.

 

(c)                                   Company shall indemnify and hold the Carrier Affiliated Parties harmless from and against all Claims arising from or related to Company’s failure to remove any Commodities in accordance with this Section 2.05 or Carrier’s exercise of its right to take possession of Company’s Commodities and sell the same in accordance with this Section 2.05.

 

Article III.                                     Minimum Commitments

 

Section 3.01                              Quarterly Truck Rack Commitment .

 

(a)                                  During each Calendar Quarter, Company shall tender a combined average of at least 55,000 Barrels per Day of Commodities for delivery at the Hartford Terminal truck rack and the Pasadena Terminal truck rack, in approximately ratable quantities (such combined average, the “ Minimum Quarterly Truck Rack Commitment ”) at the “Base Throughput Fee” determined in accordance with Exhibit B, and Carrier shall accept, store and redeliver such Commodities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                  If Company fails to meet its Minimum Quarterly Truck Rack Commitment during any Calendar Quarter, then Company will pay Carrier a deficiency payment (each, a “ Truck Rack Deficiency Payment ”) equal to the volume of the deficiency multiplied by the “Base Throughput Fee” determined in accordance with Exhibit B.

 

(c)                                   The dollar amount of any Truck Rack Deficiency Payment paid by Company may be applied as a credit against any amounts incurred by Company and owed to Carrier with respect to volumes of Commodities delivered through the Hartford Terminal truck rack and the Pasadena Terminal truck rack in excess of Company’s Minimum Quarterly Truck Rack Commitment (or, if this Agreement expires or is terminated, to volumes that would have been in excess of Company’s Minimum Quarterly Truck Rack Commitment if this Agreement were still in effect) during any of the four Calendar Quarters immediately following the

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

Calendar Quarter for which such Truck Rack Deficiency Payment was made, at the end of which time any unused credits arising from such Truck Rack Deficiency Payment will expire.  This Section 3.01(c) shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  Carrier shall provide truck rack capacity in addition to Company’s Minimum Quarterly Truck Rack Commitment on an “as available” basis, at the “Base Throughput Fee” determined in accordance with Exhibit B.

 

Section 3.02                              Minimum Ethanol Blending Commitment .

 

(a)                                  During each Calendar Quarter, Company shall tender for blending with gasoline, and Carrier shall blend, a volume of ethanol equal to 10% of the total volume of Company’s blended gasoline delivered at the Pasadena Terminal truck rack during such Calendar Quarter, in approximately ratable quantities (such volume, the “ Minimum Quarterly Ethanol Commitment ”), and for each Barrel of ethanol blended into gasoline, Company shall pay the “Ethanol Blending” fee determined in accordance with Exhibit B.  Company shall provide any ethanol required for Carrier to discharge its obligations under this Section 3.02.

 

(b)                                  If Company fails to meet its Minimum Quarterly Ethanol Commitment during any Calendar Quarter, then Company will pay Carrier a deficiency payment (each, an “ Ethanol Blending Deficiency Payment ”) in an amount equal to the volume of the deficiency multiplied by the “Ethanol Blending” fee determined in accordance with Exhibit B.

 

(c)                                   The dollar amount of any Ethanol Blending Deficiency Payment paid by Company may be applied as a credit against any amounts incurred by Company and owed to Carrier with respect to volumes of ethanol blended in excess of Company’s Minimum Quarterly Ethanol Commitment (or, if this Agreement expires or is terminated, to volumes that would have been in excess of Company’s Minimum Quarterly Ethanol Commitment if this Agreement were still in effect) during any of the four Calendar Quarters immediately following the Calendar Quarter for which such Ethanol Blending Deficiency Payment was made, at the end of which time any unused credits arising from such Ethanol Blending Deficiency Payment will expire.  This Section 3.02(c) shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  Carrier shall provide ethanol blending services in addition to Company’s Minimum Quarterly Ethanol Commitment on an “as available” basis, at the “Ethanol Blending” fee determined in accordance with Exhibit B.

 

(e)                                   Carrier’s and Company’s obligations under this Section 3.02 shall terminate immediately upon any change of Law that results in Company no longer being required to blend renewable fuel into gasoline offered for sale in the United States.

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

Section 3.03                              Minimum Biodiesel Blending Commitment.

 

(a)                                  During each Calendar Quarter, Company shall tender for blending with diesel fuel, and Carrier shall blend, a volume of biodiesel equal to 5% of the total volume of Company’s blended diesel fuel delivered at the Hartford Terminal truck rack and the Pasadena Terminal truck rack during such Calendar Quarter, in approximately ratable quantities (such volume, the “ Minimum Quarterly Biodiesel Commitment ”), and for each Barrel of biodiesel blended into diesel fuel, Company shall pay the “Biodiesel Blending” fee determined in accordance with Exhibit B.  Company shall provide any biodiesel required for Carrier to discharge its obligations under this Section 3.03.

 

(b)                                  If Company fails to meet its Minimum Biodiesel Commitment during any Calendar Quarter, then Company will pay Carrier a deficiency payment (each, a “ Biodiesel Blending Deficiency Payment ”)in an amount equal to the volume of the deficiency multiplied by the “Biodiesel Blending” fee determined in accordance with Exhibit B.

 

(c)                                   The dollar amount of any Biodiesel Blending Deficiency Payment paid by Company may be applied as a credit against any amounts incurred by Company and owed to Carrier with respect to volumes of biodiesel blended in excess of Company’s Minimum Quarterly Biodiesel Commitment (or, if this Agreement expires or is terminated, to volumes that would have been in excess of Company’s Minimum Quarterly Biodiesel Commitment if this Agreement were still in effect) during any of the four Calendar Quarters immediately following the Calendar Quarter for which such Biodiesel Deficiency Payment was made, at the end of which time any unused credits arising from such Biodiesel Deficiency Payment will expire.  This Section 3.03(c) shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  Carrier shall provide biodiesel blending capacity in addition to Company’s Minimum Quarterly Biodiesel Commitment on an “as available” basis, at the “Biodiesel Blending” fee determined in accordance with Exhibit B.

 

(e)                                   Carrier’s and Company’s obligations under this Section 3.03 shall terminate immediately upon any change of Law that results in Company no longer being required to blend renewable fuel into diesel fuel offered for sale in the United States.

 

Section 3.04                              Minimum Quarterly Pasadena Pumpover Commitment .

 

(a)                                  During each Calendar Quarter, Company shall tender at the Pasadena Terminal for onward transportation via pipeline at least a combined average of 135,000 Barrels per Day of Commodities, in approximately ratable quantities (such average, the “ Minimum Quarterly Pasadena Pumpover Commitment ”).

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

Company shall pay Carrier for pumpover services at a rate equal to the “Pasadena Pumpover Fee” determined in accordance with Exhibit B.

 

(b)                                  If Company fails to meet its Minimum Quarterly Pasadena Pumpover Commitment during any Calendar Quarter, then Company will pay Carrier a deficiency payment (each, a “ Pasadena Pumpover Deficiency Payment ”) equal to the volume of the deficiency multiplied by the “Pasadena Pumpover Fee” determined in accordance with Exhibit B.

 

(c)                                   The dollar amount of any Pasadena Pumpover Deficiency Payment paid by Company may be applied as a credit against any amounts incurred by Company and owed to Carrier with respect to volumes of Commodities delivered through the Pasadena Terminal in excess of Company’s Minimum Quarterly Pasadena Pumpover Commitment (or, if this Agreement expires or is terminated, to volumes that would have been in excess of Company’s Minimum Quarterly Pasadena Pumpover Commitment if this Agreement were still in effect) during any of the four Calendar Quarters immediately following the Calendar Quarter for which such Pasadena Pumpover Deficiency Payment was made, at the end of which time any unused credits arising from such Pasadena Pumpover Deficiency Payment will expire.  This Section 3.04(c) shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  Carrier shall provide pumpover services in addition to Company’s Minimum Quarterly Pasadena Pumpover Commitment on an “as available” basis at the “Pasadena Pumpover Fee” determined in accordance with Exhibit B.

 

Section 3.05                              Partial Period Proration .

 

(a)                                  If the Effective Date is any Day other than the first Day of a Calendar Quarter, or if this Agreement is terminated on any Day other than the last Day of a Calendar Quarter, then any calculation determined with respect to a Calendar Quarter will be prorated by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Days in that part of the Calendar Quarter beginning on the Effective Date or ending on the date of such termination, as the case may be, and the denominator of which is the number of Days in the Calendar Quarter.

 

(a)                                  If the Effective Date is any Day other than the first Day of a Month, or if this Agreement is terminated on any Day other than the last Day of a Month, then any quantity based on a Monthly determination will be prorated by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Days in that part of the Month beginning on the Effective Date or ending on the date of such termination, as the case may be, and the denominator of which is the number of Days in the Month.

 

Section 3.06                              Special Reduction of Minimum Quarterly Transportation Commitment.  If Carrier’s use of all or part of a Terminal for the storage and handling of Commodities shall be restrained, enjoined, restricted or terminated by (a) any Governmental Authority,

 

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(b) right of eminent domain or (c) the owner of leased land, Carrier, upon being notified of such restraint, enjoinder, restriction or termination, shall notify Company and the applicable Commitment(s) shall be reduced to the extent that Holdings’ use of the applicable Terminal is so restrained, enjoined, restricted or terminated.

 

Article IV.                                      Charges

 

Section 4.01                              Scheduled Charges .  As compensation to Carrier for the services provided by it hereunder, Company shall pay to Carrier the Scheduled Charges determined in accordance with Exhibit B.

 

Section 4.02                              Recovery of Certain Costs .

 

(a)                                  If Carrier agrees to make any expenditures at Company’s request, Company will reimburse Carrier for such expenditures or, at Carrier’s option and if the Parties agree, any applicable fees set forth on Exhibit B will be increased, or additional fees shall be added to Exhibit B, or an alternate mechanism shall be adopted to allow Carrier to recover such expenditures over time.

 

(b)                                  If new Laws require Carrier to make substantial and unanticipated expenditures in connection with the services Carrier provides to Company under this Agreement, Company will reimburse Carrier for Company’s proportionate share of the costs of complying with such Laws, or at Carrier’s option and if the Parties agree, relevant periodic or unit charges will be increased or an alternate mechanism shall be adopted to allow Carrier to recover the amount paid for such costs over time.

 

Section 4.03                              Adjustments .  As of January 1, 2014, and as of January 1 of each year thereafter while this Agreement is in effect, Carrier may adjust each of the fees set forth on Exhibit B annually by a percentage equal to the greater of zero and the positive change in the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods (Series ID WPUSOP3000) (such Index, the “ PPI-FG ”), as reported during the Month of October immediately before the effective date of the adjustment, with respect to the 12-Month period ending at the end of the Month of September immediately preceding such publication, provided that if, with respect to any such 12-Month period or periods, the PPI-FG has decreased, Carrier may subsequently increase such fees only to the extent that the percentage change in the PPI-FG since the most recent previous increase in such fees is greater than the aggregate amount of the cumulative decreases in the PPI-FG during the intervening period or periods.

 

Article V.                                           Storage of Commodities

 

Section 5.01                              Commingled Storage .  Carrier is not required to store Company’s Commodities in dedicated storage.  Each Commodity may be stored in commingled storage in a Tank at a Terminal with a Commodity belonging to another Person; provided, however, that any Commodity belonging to another Person and commingled with a Commodity belonging to Company shall meet or exceed specifications established

 

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by Carrier for pipeline transportation of that Commodity (or in the absence of Carrier specifications, specifications established by Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC for such Commodity) in effect on the date of receipt of Company’s Commodity.  Carrier shall not commingle Company’s Commodity with any other Commodity that does not meet such minimum Commodity specifications.

 

Article VI.                                      Redelivery of Commodities

 

Section 6.01                              Redelivery of Commodities .    Company shall provide any documentation reasonably required by Carrier to authorize withdrawals by or on behalf of Company from a Terminal.  Upon redelivery of Commodities to Company or its designated carrier or customer, Carrier shall have no further responsibility for any Claims arising out of possession or use of such Commodities.

 

Section 6.02                              Negative Inventory .  Company shall not withdraw from either Terminal a greater volume of any Commodity than it has in inventory at that Terminal on the Day of withdrawal.

 

Article VII.                                 Commodity Quality

 

Section 7.01                              Verification by Carrier .  At Carrier’s request from time to time, the quality of any Commodity tendered into commingled storage for Company’s account hereunder shall be verified by an IIC analysis indicating that such Commodity so tendered meets Carrier’s minimum Commodity specifications.  Company shall provide Carrier with a copy of each such analysis.  All costs for each such analysis shall be borne by Company.  Carrier shall have the right to sample any Commodity tendered to Carrier for Company’s account hereunder for the purpose of confirming the accuracy of the analysis.  The costs of such confirmation shall be borne by Carrier.

 

Section 7.02                              Sampling by Company .  Company may, at its sole cost and expense, sample its Commodities in storage at a Terminal to satisfy itself that the minimum Commodity specifications are maintained.  If any such Company sample indicates the presence of any Commodity that does not meet or exceed Carrier’s minimum specifications for such Commodity in effect on the date of such sample, Company shall immediately notify Carrier by telephone and Company shall confirm such notification in writing by telecopy Notice.  If Company does not so notify Carrier, Carrier’s Commodity sample analysis shall be deemed to be conclusive and binding upon both Parties.

 

Section 7.03                              Non-Conforming Commodities .

 

(a)                                  Company agrees not to deliver, or cause to be delivered, any Non-Conforming Commodity, into storage in Tanks.

 

(b)                                  Company shall be liable for all reasonable costs and losses in curing, removing, or recovering any Non-Conforming Commodities except to the extent that such non-conformity is due to the negligence or willful misconduct of Carrier.  Carrier, at

 

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its sole discretion, may attempt to blend the Non-Conforming Commodities, remove and dispose of the Non-Conforming Commodities, or, if necessary, recover any Non-Conforming Commodities from field locations and, except to the extent that such non-conformity is due to the negligence or willful misconduct of Carrier, Company shall reimburse Carrier for all reasonable costs associated therewith.  Except to the extent that a non-conformity is due to the negligence or willful misconduct of Carrier, if Company’s Non-Conforming Commodities cause any contamination, dilution or other damages to the Commodities of other customers of Carrier, Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold the Carrier Affiliated Parties harmless from and against any Claims incurred by, or charged against any of the Carrier Affiliated Parties, as a result of such event and shall be responsible for all costs and liabilities associated with or incurred as a result of such event.

 

Article VIII.                            Other Services

 

Section 8.01                              Additive Injection .  Company shall provide additives (including red dye for injection into Company’s untaxed distillate Commodities) and skid-based storage for additives that Company desires to be blended into its Commodities at the Terminals.  Carrier shall provide an additive injection system and shall blend additives into Company’s Commodities as instructed by Company, and for each Barrel of a Commodity into which one or more additives are blended, Company shall pay to Carrier the “Other Additive Blending” fee determined in accordance with Exhibit B.  Company shall provide Carrier with target additization rates (“ TARs ”) which must be at least as high as the lowest additive concentration (“ LAC ”) as registered with the United States Environmental Protection Agency.  Carrier may increase the TAR as it deems necessary to maintain the LAC.  Carrier shall calibrate, monitor and maintain the red dye system and ensure the dyed Commodities meet requirements for untaxed distillates under applicable Law.

 

Section 8.02                              Stevedoring .

 

(a)                                  Carrier shall perform stevedoring services for Company’s Commodities at the Hartford Dock, including loading and unloading barges designated by Company and calling at the Hartford Dock and receiving or delivering Commodities at the Hartford Dock, and Company shall pay the applicable “Hartford Dock Fee” for such services determined in accordance with Exhibit B.  If Company wishes Carrier to provide stevedoring services for a Commodity not identified on Exhibit B, the Parties shall agree upon the applicable fee before Carrier will be required to provide such services.

 

(b)                                  Customer shall inform Carrier of the estimated time of arrival of each barge from which Commodities are to be loaded or unloaded at the Hartford Dock as soon as practicable and, to the extent practicable, at each of 72, 48 and 24 hours before such barge’s arrival.  If so informed, Carrier will make commercially reasonable efforts to provide such barge with berthing space within 24 hours after the master,

 

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agent or representative of such barge tenders “notice of readiness” to Carrier, stating that the barge is ready in all respects to berth at the Hartford Dock to discharge Commodities.  Absent such information, Carrier shall make commercially reasonable efforts to provide such barge with berthing space to the extent that doing so would not be reasonably likely to impede a barge that has provided such information.

 

(c)                                   Carrier does not guarantee any particular rate at which a Commodity will be offloaded from a barge.

 

(d)                                  Carrier shall not be liable for any demurrage charges for any barge except to the extent caused by Carrier’s negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement.

 

(e)                                   In no event shall Carrier be responsible for any port expenses (including, but not limited to, pilotage, towage and linemen).

 

Section 8.03                              Jet Fuel Handling.   Carrier shall provide jet fuel handling services at the Pasadena Terminal, and Company shall pay the Monthly “Pasadena Terminal Jet Fuel Handling Fee” determined in accordance with Exhibit B.

 

Section 8.04                              Laboratory Fees and Services.

 

(a)                                  If Carrier provides sampling and testing services requested by Company for Commodities at the Hartford Terminal or the Pasadena Terminal, Carrier shall charge for each sampling and testing procedure performed as set forth in Carrier’s “Schedule of Rates for Laboratory Services” then in effect.  If Carrier contracts with another Person to perform laboratory services, all fees for such services shall be billed to Company at Carrier’s cost.

 

(b)                                  Carrier’s liability for sampling and testing services is limited to the charge for the service provided.  Carrier shall in no event be liable for special or consequential damages no matter how any losses or damages shall have occurred, including but not limited to any losses or damages caused by Carrier’s negligence. There are no guarantees or warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose whether arising by operation of law or otherwise as a result of services provided.

 

Section 8.05                              Hartford Pumpover.   Carrier shall provide pumpover services from the Hartford Terminal to connecting pipelines.  Except for pumpover services to the Explorer Pipeline at Wood River, Illinois (which services are governed by one of Carrier’s tariffs), Company shall pay Carrier for pumpover services at a rate equal to the “Hartford Pumpover Fee” determined in accordance with Exhibit B.

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

Section 8.06                              Additional Services.   For any service or function not specifically provided for in this Agreement, requested by Company and agreed to by Carrier, there may be a charge or fee in an amount as agreed upon by the Parties in writing.

 

Article IX.                                     Operating Hours; Terminal Access

 

Section 9.01                              Operating Hours .  Subject to mechanical breakdowns, Commodity quality issues or other operational issues, each Terminal and the Hartford Dock shall be operated by Carrier during Regular Terminal Operating Hours.

 

Section 9.02                              Terminal Access .  As a condition to being granted access to either Terminal or the Hartford Dock, Company shall require all contractors, carriers and customers designated by it to deliver, receive, sample or inspect Company’s Commodities at such Terminal or the Hartford Dock or to provide any other service for Company, to sign and comply with a terminal access agreement in such form as Carrier may reasonably specify from time to time.  Further, Company shall cause all such designated contractors, carriers and customers to comply with all applicable Terminal rules and regulations and Carrier shall make copies of such rules and regulations available to Company and its designated carriers and customers at both Terminals.

 

Article X.                                          Storage Variations

 

Section 10.01                       Storage Variations .  Each Month, Carrier shall determine the physical inventory of each Commodity in storage and calculate the losses (“ Storage Losses ”) or gains (“ Storage Gains ”) of a type normally incurred in connection with handling Commodities while in storage (Storage Losses and Storage Gains together, “ Storage Variations ”) for each Commodity and for each Terminal, provided that for purposes of this Agreement, Storage Gains do not include gains that result from vapor recovery or butane blending.  Monthly Storage Variations for each Commodity shall be prorated to all Persons using the storage for that Commodity based upon their respective percentages of Terminal receipts of that Commodity for that Month (such proration being such Person’s “ Proportionate Share ”).  Company’s inventory of each such individual Commodity in storage at a Terminal shall then be adjusted each Month (increased or decreased) to reflect its Proportionate Share of the Storage Variation.  For clarity, this Article X relates only to the losses or gains of a type normally incurred in connection with handling Commodities while in storage and is an exception to and not a modification of the general provisions of Section 20.02.

 

Section 10.02                       Loss Settlement .  Separately for each Commodity and for each Month, Carrier shall calculate an amount (the “ Monthly Storage Variation Amount ”) equal to:

 

(i)                                      the average of the midpoint postings published by Argus for the relevant Commodity at the nearest benchmark location on each publication day during the relevant Month, multiplied by

 

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(ii)                                   either:

 

(A)        if there is a net Storage Loss of the relevant Commodity during that Month (taking into account Storage Losses and Storage Gains at both Terminals and offsetting any Storage Gain of the relevant Commodity at one Terminal against any Storage Loss at the other Terminal), then the product of multiplying (1) negative one by (2) the volume of that net Storage Loss that is in excess of ( a ) 0.5% for ethanol and biodiesel, or ( b ) 0.25% for any other Commodity, or

 

(B)        if there is a net Storage Gain of the relevant Commodity during that Month (taking into account Storage Losses and Storage Gains at both Terminals and offsetting any Storage Gain of the relevant Commodity at one Terminal against any Storage Loss at the other Terminal), then the volume of that net Storage Gain.

 

(b)                                  With respect to each Commodity, if the sum of all Monthly Storage Variation Amounts for that Commodity during a Calendar Year (or, with respect to 2013, during the partial Calendar Year during which this Agreement is in effect) is a negative number, then no later than the 22 nd  day of February of the following Calendar Year (or, if such Day is not a Business Day, on the next Business Day), Carrier shall pay to Company the absolute value of that number.  Such payment(s) shall be made by automated clearing house to an account specified by Company from time to time, provided that as long as Carrier is an affiliate of Company, Carrier and Company may settle Carrier’s financial obligations to Company through Company’s normal interaffiliate settlement processes.  Any bank charges incurred by Carrier in remitting funds by automated clearing house shall be for Carrier’s account.

 

Article XI.                                     Monthly Statement; Payment; Liens

 

Section 11.01                       Monthly Statement .

 

(a)                                  Promptly after the end of each Month, Carrier shall provide Company with a statement showing the previous Month’s beginning inventory, receipts, withdrawals, ending inventory, Storage Variation adjustment, number of Barrels of Commodities additized (if any), and the Scheduled Charges due to Carrier (after application of any credit to which Company may be entitled pursuant to Section 3.01(c), Section 3.02(c), Section 3.03(c) or Section 3.04(c).  If requested by Company, Carrier shall provide Company with copies of individual tank gauge reports, pipeline meter tickets, and truck loading rack meter tickets for receipts and withdrawals at each Terminal for such Month, if available.

 

(b)                                  The Monthly statement for the last Month in each Calendar Quarter shall include any deficiency payment that may be due under Section 3.01(b), Section 3.02(b), Section 3.03(b) or Section 3.04(b).

 

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Section 11.02                       Payment .

 

(a)                                  Payment of the amount(s) identified on each Monthly statement shall be due, without discount, on the later of (i) two Business Days after such Monthly Statement is received, and (ii) the 22 nd  Day of the Month in which such Monthly statement is received, provided that if such Day is not a Business Day, then such payment shall be due, without interest, on the next Business Day.  Payments not paid by the due date shall bear interest at the rate of the lesser of 1.5% per Month or the maximum rate allowed by Law for each Month or portion of a Month thereafter during which such amount remains unpaid.

 

(b)                                  All payments shall be made to Carrier by automated clearing house to an account specified by Carrier from time to time, provided that as long as Carrier is an affiliate of Company, Carrier and Company may settle Company’s financial obligations to Carrier through Company’s normal interaffiliate settlement processes.  Any bank charges incurred by Company in remitting funds by automated clearing house shall be for Company’s account.  Acceptance by Carrier of any payment from Company for any charge or service after termination or expiration of this Agreement shall not be deemed a renewal of this Agreement or a waiver by Carrier of any default by Company hereunder.

 

(c)                                   If Company reasonably disputes any Monthly statement, in whole or in part, Company shall promptly notify Carrier in writing of the dispute and shall pay the undisputed portion according to the terms of this Section 11.02, and shall promptly seek to resolve the dispute including, if necessary, by arbitration as provided in Section 24.01.  An arbitral panel may award reasonable interest on any unpaid amount determined to have been due to Carrier but withheld in good faith.

 

Section 11.03                       Liens .  Company hereby grants to Carrier an irrevocable (a) lien on all of Company’s Commodities in storage at both Terminals and (b) power of attorney to dispose of such Commodities at fair market value to the extent of all amounts owed to Carrier by Company hereunder.

 

Article XII.                                Title; Custody

 

Section 12.01                       Title .  Title to all of Company’s Commodities received, stored, handled and loaded out by Carrier at a Terminal and at the Hartford Dock shall remain at all times in Company’s name.

 

Section 12.02                       Custody .  Custody of all Commodities received by Carrier hereunder from a connecting third party pipeline shall pass from such pipeline to Carrier when such Commodities pass the flange connection between such delivering pipeline and the relevant Terminal.  Custody of all Commodities withdrawn and delivered to Company hereunder shall pass from Carrier to Company when such Commodities pass through the flange connection (a) between the delivery hose at the relevant Terminal’s truck loading

 

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rack and a receiving transport truck, (b) between the delivery hose at the Hartford Dock and a receiving barge, or (c) between the relevant Terminal and a receiving pipeline, as the case may be.

 

Article XIII.                           Volume Determinations

 

Section 13.01                       Volume Determinations - General .

 

(a)                                  All measurements, volume corrections and calibrations will be made in accordance with the most recent edition of the American Petroleum Institute’s Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards.

 

(b)                                  All volume determinations shall be adjusted to a temperature of 60° Fahrenheit and a pressure of one standard atmosphere (14.7 PSIA) per the most recent edition of the American Petroleum Institute’s Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards, Chapter 11 ( viz. , Table 6B, 6C, etc., whichever table is relevant to the Commodity being measured).

 

Section 13.02                       Terminal Receipts and Withdrawals .

 

(a)                                  All Commodities (except ethanol and biodiesel) delivered to trucks at racks will be determined by calibrated custody transfer grade meters.  Carrier will provide bills of lading indicating the net volume delivered into each truck including language required by the appropriate Governmental Authority to Company.

 

(b)                                  All Commodities (except ethanol and biodiesel) received from or delivered to pipelines will be determined by calibrated custody transfer grade meters.

 

(c)                                   All Commodities (except ethanol and biodiesel) received from or delivered to barges will be determined by an IIC using the measurement methods below and will be the basis for preparing relevant shipping documents except in cases of fraud or manifest error.  In the absence of an IIC, Carrier’s measurements will be final and binding except in cases of fraud or manifest error.  The volumes received from or delivered to barges shall be determined by one of the following measurement methods in the following order of preference:

 

(i)                                      Custody transfer grade meter(s);

 

(ii)                                   Shore tank(s) measurements (static tank), as determined by the IIC;

 

(iii)                                In the event of an active (versus static) shore tank during any part of the transfer, or if the IIC determines shore quantities to be inaccurate or not representative of the cargo transferred, quantity shall be based on the volumes as determined from measurements of the vessel before and after the transfer with application of a vessel experience factor, if determined valid and applicable by the IIC; or

 

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(iv)                               In the event the IIC determines that the above custody transfer measurement points are inaccurate or not representative of the volume(s) of cargo transferred, the Parties agree to negotiate in good faith to agree upon a new basis for custody transfer volumes.

 

(d)                                  All ethanol received from pipeline or trucks will be determined by calibrated custody transfer grade meters, if such meters are available.  If custody transfer grade meters are not available for offloading, the volume shown on truck bills of lading (measured in Gallons or Barrels) shall be deemed to be the volume delivered into a Terminal.  Alternate measurement methods may be acceptable subject to review and approval by Carrier and Company.

 

(e)                                   All biodiesel received from trucks into a Terminal will be determined by calibrated custody transfer grade meters, if such meters are available.  If calibrated custody transfer grade meters are not available for offloading, the volume shown on truck bills of lading (measured in Gallons or Barrels) shall be deemed to be the volume delivered into a Terminal.  Alternate measurement methods may be acceptable subject to review and approval by Carrier and Company.

 

(f)                                    A Company representative may witness testing, calibration of equipment, meter reading, and gauging of Commodities at either Terminal, at Company’s expense.  In the absence of a Company representative, Carrier’s measurements shall be deemed to be accurate.

 

Article XIV.                            Insurance

 

Section 14.01                       Insurance .  Insurance for Company’s Commodities, if any, that may be desired by Company, shall be carried by Company at Company’s expense.  Should Company elect to carry Commodity insurance, then each policy of insurance shall be endorsed to provide a waiver of subrogation rights in favor of the Carrier Affiliated Parties.  Carrier shall not be liable to Company for Commodity losses or shortages for which Company is compensated by its insurer.

 

Article XV.                                 Taxes

 

Section 15.01                       Taxes .  Company shall be responsible for and shall pay all sales Taxes and similar Taxes on goods and services provided hereunder and any other Taxes now or hereafter imposed by any Governmental Authority in respect of or measured by Commodities handled or stored hereunder or the manufacture, storage, delivery, receipt, exchange or inspection thereof, and Company agrees to promptly reimburse Carrier for any such Taxes Carrier is legally required to pay, upon receipt of invoice therefor. Each Party is responsible for all Taxes in respect of its own real and personal property.

 

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Article XVI.                            Health, Safety and Environment

 

Section 16.01                       Spills; Environmental Pollution .

 

(a)                                  In the event of any Commodity spill or other environmentally polluting discharge caused by Carrier’s operation of a Terminal or the Hartford Dock, any clean-up associated with any such spill or discharge and any liability resulting from such spill or discharge, shall be the responsibility of Carrier, except to the extent such spill or discharge is caused by Company.

 

(b)                                  In the event and to the extent of any Commodity spill or other environmentally polluting discharge caused by Company or in connection with the operation of Company’s or a third party’s pipeline, barge, tank truck or transport trailer receiving Commodities on Company’s behalf, at its request or for its benefit, Carrier is authorized to commence containment or clean-up operations as deemed appropriate or necessary by Carrier or as required by any Governmental Authority, and Carrier shall notify Company of such operations as soon as practicable.  All liability and reasonable costs of containment or clean-up shall be borne by Company except that, in the event a spill or discharge is caused by the joint negligence of both Carrier and Company or a third party’s pipeline, barge, tank truck or transport trailer receiving Commodities on Company’s behalf, at its request or for its benefit, liability and costs of containment or clean-up shall be borne jointly by Carrier and Company in proportion to each Party’s respective negligence.

 

(c)                                   For purposes of this Section 16.01, the negligence of a third party pipeline, barge, tank truck or transport trailer receiving Commodities on Company’s behalf, at its request or for its benefit, shall be attributed to Company.

 

(d)                                  The Parties shall cooperate for the purpose of obtaining reimbursement if a third party is legally responsible for costs or expenses initially borne by Carrier or Company.

 

Section 16.02                       Inspection .  During Normal Business Hours, Company may: (a) inspect either Terminal and the Hartford Dock, including health, safety, and environmental audits by inspector(s) chosen by Company; (b) make physical checks of Commodities in storage at either Terminal, (c) audit Carrier’s health, safety, environmental, and operational records relating to the performance of this Agreement and otherwise observe such performance, and (d) subject to the provisions of Section 9.02, enter upon any Terminal or Hartford Dock property for any of the foregoing purposes.  For clarity, none of the rights identified in this Section 16.02 shall be exercised by Company in such manner as to substantially interfere with or diminish Carrier’s complete control and responsibility for the operation of the Terminals and the Hartford Dock.

 

Section 16.03                       Marine Terminals Particulars Questionnaire .  Carrier shall complete and submit relevant portions of the Marine Terminals Particulars Questionnaire promulgated

 

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by the Oil Companies International Marine Forum as part of its Marine Terminal Information System, and available online at www.ocimf-mtis.org.

 

Section 16.04                       Incident Notification .    Both Parties undertake to notify the other as soon as reasonably practical, but in no event more than 24 hours, after becoming aware of any accident, spill or incident involving the other’s employees, agents, contractors, sub-contractors or their equipment, or Company’s Commodities at a Terminal or at the Hartford Dock and to provide reasonable assistance in investigating the circumstances of the accident, spill or incident.  Notices required by this Section 16.04 shall be delivered in person, by telephone or by email:

 

If to Carrier (Hartford Terminal or Hartford Dock):

If to Carrier (Pasadena Terminal):

If to Company:

 

 

 

Phillips 66 Carrier LLC

Phillips 66 Carrier LLC

Phillips 66 Company

c/o Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

c/o Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

600 North Dairy Ashford Rd.

P.O. Box 1267

3010 Briarpark Dr.

Houston, TX 77079

Bartlesville, OK 74603

Houston, TX 77042

Attn: John E. Sweeney

Attn: Bill D. Shepherd

Attn: Stephanie D. Webb

Manager/Loss Control

Division Terminal Manager

Division Terminal Manager

Telephone: 832-765-3017

Telephone: 918-977-4640

Telephone: 832-765-1534

Email: john.e.sweeney@p66.com

Email: bill.d.shepherd@p66.com

Email: stephanie.d.webb@p66.com

 

 

an accident, spill or incident involving Company’s Commodities requires a report to be submitted to a Governmental Authority, this notification shall be made as soon as reasonably practical in compliance with applicable Law, and a copy of the required report shall be delivered to Company at IncidentFollowup@P66.com.  Either Party may change its contact information upon Notice to the other in accordance with this Section 16.04 and Section 18.01.

 

Section 16.05                       Vessel Vetting .  Company shall have procedures in place to ensure that all vessels accepted to call at the Hartford Dock meet minimum standards of safe operation as established by Carrier.  Carrier shall advise Company of specific requirements applicable to the Hartford Dock.

 

Article XVII.                       Force Majeure

 

Section 17.01                       Suspension during Force Majeure Events .  As soon as possible upon the occurrence of a Force Majeure, a Party affected by a Force Majeure event shall provide the other Party with written notice of the occurrence of such Force Majeure.  Each Party’s obligations (other than an obligation to pay any amounts due to the other Party) shall be temporarily suspended during the occurrence of, and for the entire duration of, a Force Majeure event to the extent that such an event prevents Carrier from performing its obligations under this Agreement.  Each Party’s obligations (other than an obligation to pay any amounts due to the other Party) shall be temporarily suspended beginning 20 Days after the commencement of, and for the entire remaining duration of, a Force Majeure event to the extent that such event prevents Company from performing its

 

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obligations under this Agreement.  At the conclusion of the Force Majeure event, the Minimum Quarterly Truck Rack Commitment, Minimum Quarterly Ethanol Commitment, Minimum Quarterly Biodiesel Commitment or Minimum Quarterly Pasadena Pumpover Commitment with respect to each Calendar Quarter in which the Force Majeure event remained in effect shall be ratably reduced to reflect such suspension.

 

Section 17.02                       Obligation to Remedy Force Majeure Events .  A Party affected by a Force Majeure event shall take commercially reasonable steps to remedy such situation so that it may resume the full performance of its obligations under this Agreement within a reasonable period of time.

 

Section 17.03                       Strikes and Lockouts .  The settlement of strikes, lockouts and other labor disturbances shall be entirely within the discretion of the affected Party and the requirement to remedy a Force Majeure event within a reasonable period of time shall not require the settlement of strikes or lockouts by acceding to the demands of an opposing Person when such course is inadvisable in the discretion of the Party having the difficulty.

 

Section 17.04                       Action in Emergencies.  Carrier may temporarily suspend performance of the services to prevent injuries to persons, damage to property or harm to the environment.

 

Article XVIII.                  Notices

 

Section 18.01                       Notices .  Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, all Notices between the Parties given under or in relation to this Agreement shall be made in writing and shall be deemed to have been properly given if:  (i) personally delivered (with written confirmation of receipt); or (ii) delivered by a recognized overnight delivery service (delivery fees prepaid), in either case to the appropriate address set forth below:

 

If to Carrier:

If to Company:

 

 

Phillips 66 Carrier LLC

Phillips 66 Company

c/o Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

3010 Briarpark Dr.

3010 Briarpark Dr.

Houston, TX 77042

Houston, TX 77042

Attn: General Counsel

Attn: President

 

 

Either Party may change its address for Notice upon Notice to the other in accordance with this Section 18.01.

 

Section 18.02                       Effective upon Receipt .  Any Notice given in the manner set forth in Section 18.01 shall be effective upon actual receipt if received during Normal Business Hours, or at the beginning of the recipient’s next Business Day if not received during Normal Business Hours.

 

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Article XIX.                           Applicable Law

 

Section 19.01                       Applicable Law .  Regardless of the place of contracting, place(s) of performance or otherwise, this Agreement and all amendments, modifications, alterations or supplements to it, shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the state of Texas, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law or any other principle that might apply the law of another jurisdiction.

 

Article XX.                                Limitation of Liability

 

Section 20.01                       No Liability for Consequential Damages .  In no event shall either Party be liable to the other Party for, and no arbitral panel is authorized to award, any punitive, special, indirect or consequential damages of any kind or character resulting from or arising out of this Agreement, including, without limitation, loss of profits or business interruptions, however they may be caused.

 

Section 20.02                       Limitation of Liability .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, and except for Storage Variations, Carrier shall in no event be liable for loss of, or damage to, any Commodities of Company except to the extent caused by Carrier’s negligence, or the negligence of Carrier’s employees, agents, contractors or subcontractors, in the safekeeping and handling of any Commodity of Company.  In no event shall Carrier be liable for more than the replacement of lost or damaged Commodities or, at its option, payment of the replacement cost of any lost or damaged Commodities.  Each Party shall be discharged from any and all liability with respect to services performed and any loss or damage Claims arising out of this Agreement unless suit or action is commenced within two years after the applicable cause of action arises.

 

Article XXI.                           Default

 

Section 21.01                       Default .  Should either Party default in the prompt performance and observance of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and should such default continue for 30 Days or more after Notice thereof by the non-defaulting Party to the defaulting Party, or should either Party become insolvent, commence a case for liquidation or reorganization under the United States Bankruptcy Code (or become the involuntary subject of a case for liquidation or reorganization under the United States Bankruptcy Code, if such case is not dismissed within 30 Days), be placed in the hands of a state or federal receiver or make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, then the other Party shall have the right, at its option, to terminate this Agreement immediately upon Notice to the other Party.

 

Section 21.02                       Non-Exclusive Remedies .  Except as otherwise provided, the remedies of Carrier and Company provided in this Agreement shall not be exclusive, but shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to all other remedies in favor of Carrier or Company, at Law or equity.

 

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Section 21.03                       Right to Terminate .    In the event of a default by Company, the Scheduled Charges theretofore accrued shall, at the option of Carrier, become immediately due and payable and Carrier shall also have the right, at its option, to terminate this Agreement.  In the event of a default by Carrier, Company shall also have the right, at its option, to terminate this Agreement and withdraw its Commodities from both Terminals, provided Company has paid Carrier for any Scheduled Charges that have accrued to the date of such withdrawal.

 

Article XXII.                      Public Use

 

Section 22.01                       Public Use .  This Agreement is made as an accommodation to Company.  In no event shall Carrier’s services hereunder be deemed to be those of a public utility or a common carrier.  If any action is taken or threatened by any Governmental Authority to declare Carrier’s services hereunder to be those of a public utility or a common carrier, then, in that event, at the option of Carrier and upon Company’s receipt of Carrier’s Notice, Carrier may restructure and restate this Agreement or terminate this Agreement on the effective date of such action as to the affected Tank(s) or services.

 

Article XXIII.                 Confidentiality

 

Section 23.01                       Confidentiality .  The Parties understand and agree that the Scheduled Charges are confidential as between the Parties.  Each Party agrees not to disclose such confidential information to any third Person.  Each Party may disclose confidential information to its advisors, consultants or representatives ( provided that such Persons agree to maintain the confidentiality thereof) or when compelled to do so by Law (but the disclosing Party must notify the other Party promptly of any such request for confidential information before disclosing it, if practicable, so that the other Party may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy or waive compliance with this Section 23.01).  In the event that the other Party does not obtain a protective order or other remedy or does not waive compliance with this Section 23.01, the disclosing Party shall disclose only that portion of the confidential information to which the compelling Person is legally entitled.

 

Article XXIV.                  Miscellaneous

 

Section 24.01                       Disputes between the Parties .  Any dispute between the Parties in connection with this Agreement shall be resolved by arbitration in accordance with the procedures set forth in Exhibit C, provided that either Party may seek a restraining order, temporary injunction, or other provisional relief in any court with jurisdiction over the subject matter of the dispute and sitting in Houston, Texas, if such Party in its sole judgment believes that such action is necessary to avoid irreparable injury or to preserve the status quo ante .

 

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Section 24.02                       Assignment .

 

(a)                                  Neither Party may assign its rights or delegate its duties under this Agreement without prior written consent of the other Party except:

 

(i)                                      if WRB Refining LP transfers the Wood River Refinery or if Company transfers the Sweeny Refinery, Company may assign this Agreement to the transferee of such asset subject to the provisions of Section 24.02(b); and

 

(ii)                                   Carrier may make collateral assignments of this Agreement to secure working capital financing;

 

provided, however, that in no event shall Company be required to consent to Carrier’s assignment of this Agreement to any Person that is engaged in the business of refining and marketing petroleum products (or that directly or indirectly Controls or is Controlled by a Person that is engaged in the business of refining and marketing petroleum products) in the states of Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri or Texas.

 

(b)                                  If Company assigns this Agreement relating to a single Terminal, then (i) Company’s Minimum Quarterly Truck Rack Commitment, Minimum Quarterly Ethanol Commitment, Minimum Quarterly Biodiesel Commitment and Minimum Pasadena Pumpover Commitment shall be allocated between the two Terminals consistent with Company’s historic use of such Terminals.

 

(c)                                   Upon an assignment or partial assignment of this Agreement by either Party, the assigned rights and obligations shall be novated into a new agreement with the assignee, and such assignee shall be responsible for the performance of the assigned obligations unless the non-assigning Party has reasonably determined that the assignee is not financially or operationally capable of performing such assigned obligations, in which case the assignor shall remain responsible for the performance of such assigned obligations.

 

Section 24.03                       Partnership Change in Control .  Company’s obligations hereunder shall not terminate in connection with a Partnership Change in Control.  Carrier shall provide Company with Notice of any Partnership Change in Control at least 60 Days prior to the effective date thereof.

 

Section 24.04                       No Third-Party Rights .  Except as expressly provided, nothing in this Agreement is intended to confer any rights, benefits or obligations to any Person other than the Parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

Section 24.05                       Compliance with Laws .  Each Party shall at all times comply with all Laws as are applicable to its performance of this Agreement.

 

Section 24.06                       Severability .  If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof shall be found by any arbitral panel or court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,

 

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illegal or unenforceable to any extent and for any reason, it shall be adjusted rather than voided, if possible, in order to achieve the intent of the Parties.  In any event, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such remainder shall not be affected thereby and shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by Law.

 

Section 24.07                       Non-Waiver .  The failure of either Party to enforce any provision, condition, covenant or requirement of this Agreement at any time shall not be construed to be a waiver of such provision, condition, covenant or requirement unless the other Parties are so notified by such Party in writing.  Any waiver by a Party of a default by any other Party in the performance of any provision, condition, covenant or requirement contained in this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision, condition, covenant or requirement, nor shall any such waiver in any manner release such other Party from the performance of any other provision, condition, covenant or requirement.

 

Section 24.08                       Entire Agreement .  This Agreement, together with all exhibits attached hereto, constitutes the entire Agreement between the Parties relating to its subject matter and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and there are no warranties, representations or other agreements between the Parties in connection with the subject matter hereof except as specifically set forth in, or contemplated by, this Agreement.

 

Section 24.09                       Amendments .  This Agreement shall not be modified or amended, in whole or in part, except by a written amendment signed by both Parties.

 

Section 24.10                       Survival .  Any indemnification granted hereunder by one Party to the other Party shall survive the expiration or termination of all or any part of this Agreement.

 

Section 24.11                       Counterparts; Multiple Originals .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on each of the Parties.  Each of the Parties may sign any number of copies of this Agreement.  Each signed copy shall be deemed to be an original, but all of them together shall represent one and the same agreement.

 

Section 24.12                       Exhibits .  The exhibits identified in this Agreement are incorporated in this Agreement and constitute a part of this Agreement.  If there is any conflict between this Agreement and any exhibit, the provisions of the exhibit shall control.

 

Section 24.13                       Table of Contents; Headings; Subheadings .  The Table of Contents and the headings and subheadings of this Agreement have been inserted only for convenience to facilitate reference and are not intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

 

Section 24.14                       Construction .  The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement.  In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or

 

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interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring either Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 24.15                       Business Practices .  Carrier shall use its best efforts to make certain that all billings, reports, and financial settlements rendered to or made with Company pursuant to this Agreement, or any revision of or amendments to this Agreement, will properly reflect the facts about all activities and transactions handled by authority of this Agreement and that the information shown on such billings, reports and settlement documents may be relied upon by Company as being complete and accurate in any further recording and reporting made by Company for whatever purposes.  Carrier shall notify Company if Carrier discovers any errors in such billings, reports, or settlement documents.

 

Section 24.16                       Right of First Refusal .  Carrier may not enter into any agreement with any Person other than Company with respect to terminaling services at the Hartford Terminal or Pasadena Terminal during the Term of this Agreement or upon the termination of this Agreement without first disclosing to Company all of the material terms and conditions of such an agreement and allowing Company not less than 60 Days within which to enter into an agreement upon the same terms and conditions.

 

Section 24.17                       Right of First Offer .  Company may not enter into any agreement with any Person other than Carrier with respect to terminaling services in connection with refined petroleum product distribution from the Sweeny Refinery or the Wood River Refinery without allowing Carrier an opportunity to offer to provide such services.

 

Section 24.18                       Effect of Company Restructuring   If Company decides to restructure its supply, refining or sales operations at the Sweeny Refinery, or if WRB Refining LP decides to restructure its supply, refining or sales operations at the Wood River Refinery, in such a way as could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the economics of Company’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement, then the Parties will negotiate in good faith concerning a reduction in Company’s commitment or an exchange of the Hartford Terminal or the Pasadena Terminal (whichever is adversely affected) for other assets not so affected.

 

Section 24.19                       Effect of Discontinuation of Publication .  If Argus ceases to provide the information to be obtained therefrom pursuant to this Agreement, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to agree upon a replacement publication or pricing mechanism.

 

[Signature page follows.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Carrier and Company have signed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC

 

 

Sole Member of Phillips 66 Carrier LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners LP,

 

 

Sole Member of Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

 

 

General Partner of Phillips 66 Partners LP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J.T. Liberti

 

 

J.T. Liberti

 

 

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

 

 

of Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ T.G. Taylor

 

 

T.G. Taylor

 

 

Executive Vice President, Commercial, Marketing,

 

 

Transportation and Business Development

 

Signature Page/Terminal Services Agreement (Hartford and Pasadena)

 



 

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Exhibit A

 

Commodities

 

·                   Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel

·                   Aviation Gasoline

·                   Biodiesel

·                   Jet Fuel

·                   Slurry

·                   Natural Gasoline

·                   Reformate

·                   Fuel Oil

·                   Ethanol

·                   Butane

·                   Liquid Petroleum Gas

·                   Non-Premium Gasoline

·                   Non-Premium RBOB Gasoline

·                   Premium Gasoline

·                   Premium RBOB Gasoline

·                   Transmix

 

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Exhibit B

 

Scheduled Charges

 

1.

Base Throughput Fee :

$**/Barrel

 

 

 

2.

Blending Fees :

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ethanol Blending:

$**/Barrel

 

 

 

(applied to volume of

 

 

 

neat ethanol blended)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biodiesel Blending:

$**/Barrel

 

 

 

(applied to volume of

 

 

 

neat biodiesel blended)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Additive Blending:

$**/Barrel

 

 

(applied to total

 

 

volume blended)

 

 

 

3.

Pasadena Terminal Jet Fuel Handling :

$**/Month(1)

 

 

 

4.

Hartford Dock Fees :

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dyed diesel across barge dock:

$**/Barrel

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Commodities across barge dock:

$**/Barrel

 

 

 

5.

Pumpover Fees:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pasadena Pumpover Fee:

$**/Barrel

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hartford Pumpover Fee:

$**/Barrel

 

 

 

6.

Holdover Fee.

$**/Barrel/Month

 

 

(or partial Month)

 

 

 

7.

Adjustment . Carrier may adjust all charges set forth in Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 above annually beginning January 1, 2014, in accordance with Section 4.03.

 


(1)  If the Effective Date is any day other than the first Day of a Month, or if this Agreement is terminated on any Day other than the last Day of a Month, then this Fee shall be prorated accordingly.

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

Exhibit C

 

Arbitration Procedure

 

Either Party may initiate dispute resolution procedures by sending a Notice to the other Party specifically stating the complaining Party’s Claim and by initiating binding arbitration in accordance with the Center for Public Resources Rules for Non-Administered Arbitration of Business Disputes, by three arbitrators who shall be neutral, independent, and generally knowledgeable about the type of transaction which gave rise to the dispute.  The arbitration shall be governed by the United States Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16, provided that the arbitrators shall include in their report/award a list of findings, with supporting evidentiary references, upon which they have relied in making their decision.  Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof.  The place of arbitration shall be Houston, Texas.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein and regardless of any procedures or rules of the Center for Public Resources, it is expressly agreed that the following shall apply and control over any other provision in this Agreement:

 

(a)                                  All offers, conduct, views, opinions and statements made in the course of negotiation or mediation by any of the Parties, their employees, agents, experts, attorneys and representatives, and by any mediator, are confidential, made for compromise and settlement, protected from disclosure under Federal and State Rules of Evidence and Procedure, and inadmissible and not discoverable for any purpose, including impeachment, in litigation or legal proceedings between the Parties, and shall not be disclosed to any Person who is not an agent, employee, expert or representative of the Parties, provided that evidence otherwise discoverable or admissible is not excluded from discovery or admission as a result of presentation or use in mediation.

 

(b)                                  Except to the extent that the Parties may agree upon selection of one or more arbitrators, the Center for Public Resources shall select arbitrators from a panel reviewed by the Parties.  The Parties shall be entitled to exercise peremptory strikes against one-third of the panel and may challenge other candidates for lack of neutrality or lack of qualifications. Challenges shall be resolved in accordance with Center for Public Resource rules.

 

(c)                                   The Parties shall have at least 20 Days following the close of hearing within which to submit a brief (not to exceed 18 pages in length) and ten Days from date of receipt of the opponent’s brief within which to respond thereto.

 

(d)                                  The Parties expressly agree that the arbitrators shall not award punitive damages, consequential damages, or attorneys’ fees (except attorneys’ fees specifically authorized by the Agreement).

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

(e)                                   The fees and expenses of any mediator or arbitrator shall be shared equally by the Parties.

 

(f)                                    The Parties may, by written agreement (signed by both Parties), alter any time deadline or location(s) for meetings.

 

Time is of the essence for purposes of the provisions of this Exhibit.

 

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Exhibit 10.9

 

 

TAX SHARING AGREEMENT

 

by and among

 

PHILLIPS 66

 

and

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP

 

July 26, 2013

 

 



 

TAX SHARING AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
PHILLIPS 66 AND
PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP

 

Tax Sharing Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated this 26th day of July, 2013, by and among PHILLIPS 66, a Delaware corporation (“Phillips 66”), and PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Phillips 66 is the common parent of an affiliated group of corporations within the meaning of Section 1504(a) of the Code (as defined below), which currently files a consolidated federal income tax return;

 

WHEREAS, the Partnership Group (as defined below) includes various entities that may be required to join with Phillips 66 in the filing of a consolidated, combined or unitary state tax return;

 

WHEREAS, the Parties wish to set forth the general principles under which they will allocate and share various Taxes (as defined below) and related liabilities;

 

WHEREAS, Phillips 66, on behalf of itself and its present and future subsidiaries other than the Partnership Group (“Phillips 66 Group”), and the Partnership, on behalf of itself and its present and future subsidiaries (the “Partnership Group”), are entering into this Agreement to provide for the allocation among the Phillips 66 Group and the Partnership Group of all responsibilities, liabilities and benefits relating to any Tax for which a Combined Return (as defined herein) is filed for a taxable period including or beginning on or after the Effective Date (as defined herein) and to provide for certain other matters;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions, and covenants contained in this Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01                              Definitions .  The following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and the plural forms of the terms defined):

 

Accounting Referee ” is defined in Section 6.11 herein.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor thereto, as in effect for the taxable period in question.

 



 

Combined Group ” means a group of corporations or other entities that files a Combined Return.

 

Combined Return ” means any Tax Return (other than a Tax Return for Federal income taxes) filed on a consolidated, combined (including nexus combination, worldwide combination, domestic combination, line of business combination or any other form of combination), or unitary basis that includes activities of any member of the Phillips 66 Group and any member of the Partnership Group.

 

Effective Date ” means the date of the closing of the initial public offering of common units representing limited partner interests of the Partnership.

 

Final Determination ” means the final resolution of any Tax (or other matter) for a taxable period, including related interest or penalties, that, under applicable law, is not subject to further appeal, review or modification through proceedings or otherwise, including (i) by the expiration of a statute of limitations or a period for the filing of claims for refunds, amending Tax Returns, appealing from adverse determinations, or recovering any refund (including by offset), (ii) by a decision, judgment, decree, or other order by a court of competent jurisdiction, which has become final and unappealable, (iii) by a closing agreement, an accepted offer in compromise, or a comparable agreement under laws of the particular Tax Authority, (iv) by execution of a form under the laws of a Tax Authority that is comparable to an Internal Revenue Service Form 870 or 870-AD (or any successor forms thereto) (excluding, however, with respect to a particular Tax Item for a particular taxable period any such form that reserves (whether by its terms or by operation of law) the right of the taxpayer to file a claim for refund and/or the right of the Tax Authority to assert a further deficiency with respect to such Tax Item for such period) or (v) by any allowance of a refund or credit, but only after the expiration of all periods during which such refund may be adjusted.

 

Notice ” is defined in Section 6.01 herein.

 

Partnership Group ” is defined in the Recitals to this Agreement.

 

Partnership Group Combined Tax Liability ” means, with respect to any Tax, the Partnership Group’s liability for such Tax owed with respect to a Combined Return for a taxable period, as determined under Section 3.02 of this Agreement.

 

Partnership Group Deposit ” is defined in Section 3.04 herein.

 

Partnership Group Members ” means those entities included in the Partnership Group.

 

Partnership Group Pro Forma Combined Return ” means a pro forma Combined Return or other schedule prepared pursuant to Section 3.02 of this Agreement.

 

Party ” means each of Phillips 66 and the Partnership, and solely for purposes of this definition, “Phillips 66” includes the Phillips 66 Group and the “Partnership” includes the Partnership Group.  Each of Phillips 66 and the Partnership shall cause the Phillips 66 Group and the Partnership Group, respectively, to comply with this Agreement.

 



 

Phillips 66 Group ” is defined in the Recitals to this Agreement.

 

Tax ” or “ Taxes ” means all forms of taxation, whenever created or imposed, and whether imposed by a domestic, local, municipal, governmental, state, federation or other body, but excluding taxes imposed by the United States, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall include net income, alternative or add-on minimum, gross income, sales, use, ad valorem, gross receipts, value added, franchise, profits, license, transfer, recording, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, windfall profit, custom duty, or other tax, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever, together with any related interest, penalties, or other additions to tax, or additional amounts imposed by any such Tax Authority.

 

Tax Attribute ” means a Tax Item of a member of the Partnership Group reflected on a Combined Return that is comparable to one or more of the following attributes with respect to a Federal income tax consolidated tax return:  a net operating loss, a net capital loss, an unused investment credit, an unused foreign tax credit, an excess charitable contribution, a U.S. federal minimum tax credit or a U.S. federal general business credit (but not tax basis or earnings and profits).

 

Tax Authority ” means a domestic governmental authority (other than the United States) or any subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof or any quasi-governmental or private body having jurisdiction over the assessment, determination, collection or imposition of any Tax (excluding the U.S. Internal Revenue Service).

 

Tax Controversy ” means any audit, examination, dispute, suit, action, litigation or other judicial or administrative proceeding initiated by Phillips 66 or the Partnership or any Tax Authority.

 

Tax Item ” means any item of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit, or other item reflected on a Tax Return or any Tax Attribute.

 

Tax Return ” means any return, report, certificate, form or similar statement or document (including any related or supporting information or schedule attached thereto and any information return, amended Tax Return, claim for refund or declaration of estimated tax) required to be supplied to, or filed with, a Tax Authority in connection with the determination, assessment or collection of any Tax or the administration of any laws, regulations or administrative requirements relating to any Tax.

 

Any term used but not capitalized herein that is defined in the Code or in the Treasury Regulations thereunder or, where relevant, in applicable state or local statutes or regulations shall, to the extent required by the context of the provision at issue, have the meaning assigned to it in the Code, Treasury Regulations or such state or local statute or regulation.

 



 

ARTICLE II

 

PREPARATION AND FILING OF TAX RETURNS

 

Section 2.01                              Manner of Filing .

 

(a)                                  For periods that include the Effective Date and periods after the Effective Date, Phillips 66 shall have the sole and exclusive responsibility for the preparation and filing of, and shall prepare and file, all Combined Returns or cause to be prepared and filed all Combined Returns.  Phillips 66 shall be authorized to take any and all action necessary or incidental to the preparation and filing of a Combined Return, including, without limitation, (i) making elections and adopting accounting methods, (ii) filing all extensions of time, including extensions of time for payment of tax, (iii) filing claims for refund or credit or (iv) giving waivers or bonds.

 

(b)                                  For periods that include the Effective Date and periods after the Effective Date, the Partnership Group shall have the sole and exclusive responsibility for the preparation and filing of, and shall prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed, all Tax Returns of the Partnership Group Members that are not Combined Returns.

 

(c)                                   Phillips 66 shall have sole discretion to include, or cause to be included, in a Combined Return for any Tax any member of the Partnership Group for which inclusion in such Combined Return is elective; provided, however, that the Partnership Group Combined Tax Liability for any period shall not exceed the aggregate of (x) each such elective Partnership Group Member’s liability for such Tax for such period, computed as if such Partnership Group Member were not included in such Combined Return and (y) the Partnership Group Combined Tax Liability calculated for the Partnership Group Members for which inclusion is not elective.  Phillips 66 shall provide pro forma Tax Returns pursuant to Section 3.053 of this Agreement to support the calculation of the amount of any decrease in the Partnership Group Combined Tax Liability pursuant to this Section 2.01(c) .

 

Section 2.02                              Franchise Tax Taxable Period .  References to “taxable period” for any franchise or other doing business Tax shall mean the taxable period during which the income, operations, assets or capital comprising the base of such Tax is measured, regardless of whether the right to do business for another taxable period is obtained by the payment of such franchise Tax.

 

ARTICLE III

 

ALLOCATION OF TAXES

 

Section 3.01                              Liability of the Partnership Group for Combined Taxes .  For each Tax for each taxable period that includes or begins on or after the Effective Date and for which a Combined Return is filed, the Partnership Group Members included in such Combined Return shall be liable to Phillips 66 for an amount equal to the Partnership Group Combined Tax Liability in respect of such Tax.

 

Section 3.02                              Partnership Group Combined Tax Liability .  With respect to each Tax for each taxable period that includes or begins on or after the Effective Date and for which a

 



 

member of the Partnership Group is included in a Combined Return, the Partnership Group Combined Tax Liability for such Tax for such taxable period shall be the Tax for such taxable period as determined on a Partnership Group Pro Forma Combined Return prepared:

 

(a)                                  by including only the Tax Items of the members of the Partnership Group that are included in the Combined Return and computing the liability of the Partnership Group Members for such Tax as if such Partnership Group Members were included in a separate consolidated or unitary group;

 

(b)                                  except as provided in Section 3.02(e)  hereof, using all elections, accounting methods and conventions appropriate for the includable Partnership Group Members as a stand-alone taxpayer for such period;

 

(c)                                   applying the Tax rate in effect for the Combined Return of the Combined Group for such taxable period;

 

(d)                                  assuming that the Partnership Group elects not to carry back any net operating losses; and

 

(e)                                   assuming that the Partnership Group’s utilization of any Tax Attribute carryforward or carryback is limited to the Tax Attributes of the Partnership Group that would be available if the Partnership Group Combined Tax Liability for each taxable period ending after the Effective Date were determined in accordance with this Section 3.02 .

 

Section 3.03                              Preparation and Delivery of Pro Forma Tax Returns .  Not later than 90 days following the date on which a Combined Return is filed with the appropriate Tax Authority, Phillips 66 shall prepare and deliver to the Partnership the related Partnership Group Pro Forma Combined Return calculating the Partnership Group Combined Tax Liability attributable to the period covered by such filed Combined Return.

 

Section 3.04                              Payment of Tax .  Phillips 66 shall timely pay (or shall cause to be timely paid) any Tax reflected on a Combined Return and hold harmless the Partnership for all liability for such Tax.  In the event Phillips 66 is required to make an estimated payment or deposit of any Tax of any Combined Group which includes any member of the Partnership Group, Phillips 66 shall calculate the portion, if any, of such estimated payment or deposit attributable to the Partnership Group using a methodology similar to that described in Section 3.02 (the “Partnership Group Deposit”) and shall present such calculation to the Partnership.  Within 5 days thereafter, the Partnership shall pay the Partnership Group Deposit to Phillips 66.  Within 30 days after delivery by Phillips 66 of a Partnership Group Pro Forma Combined Return to the Partnership calculating the Partnership Group Combined Tax Liability with respect to a Combined Return, the Partnership shall pay to Phillips 66 such Partnership Group Combined Tax Liability less the amount of any Partnership Group Deposit relating to the same Combined Return.

 

Section 3.05                              Subsequent Changes in Treatment of Tax Items .  With respect to any Combined Return for any taxable period beginning on or after the Effective Date, in the event of a change in the treatment of any Tax Item of any member of a Combined Group as a result of a Final Determination, within 30 days following such Final Determination (i) Phillips 66 shall

 



 

calculate the change, if any, to the Partnership Group Combined Tax Liability resulting from such change, (ii) Phillips 66 shall pay any decrease in the Partnership Group Combined Tax Liability to the Partnership and (iii) the Partnership shall pay any increase in the Partnership Group Combined Tax Liability to Phillips 66.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

CONTROL OF TAX PROCEEDINGS; COOPERATION AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION

 

Section 4.01                              Control of Proceedings .  Except as provided in this Article IV , Phillips 66 shall have full responsibility and discretion in handling, settling or contesting any Tax Controversy involving a Tax Return for which it has filing responsibility under this Agreement as well as any Tax Controversy attributable to a Tax Return for any taxable period ending before the Effective Date.  The Partnership shall have full responsibility and discretion in handling, settling or contesting any Tax Controversy involving a Tax Return for which it has filing responsibility under this Agreement.  Except as otherwise provided in this Article IV , any costs incurred in handling, settling or contesting any Tax Controversy shall be borne by the Party having full responsibility and discretion thereof.

 

Section 4.02                              Cooperation and Exchange of Information .

 

(a)                                  Each Party shall cooperate fully at such time and to the extent reasonably requested by any other Party in connection with the preparation and filing of any Tax Return or claim for refund, or the conduct of any audit, dispute, proceeding, suit or action concerning any issues or other matters considered in this Agreement.  Such cooperation shall include, without limitation, the following: (i) the retention and provision on demand of Tax Returns, books, records (including those concerning ownership and Tax basis of property which a Party may possess), documentation or other information relating to the Tax Returns, including accompanying schedules, related workpapers, and documents relating to rulings or other determinations by Taxing Authorities, until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations (giving effect to any extension, waiver or mitigation thereof); (ii) the provision of additional information, including an explanation of material provided under clause (i) of this Section 4.02(a) , to the extent such information is necessary or reasonably helpful in connection with the foregoing; (iii) the execution of any document that may be necessary or reasonably helpful in connection with the filing of a Tax Return by Phillips 66, the Partnership or of their respective subsidiaries, or in connection with any audit, dispute, proceeding, suit or action and (iv) such Party’s commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any documentation from a governmental authority or a third party that may be necessary or reasonably helpful in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

(b)                                  Each Party shall make its employees and facilities available on a reasonable and mutually convenient basis in connection with any of the foregoing matters.

 

(c)                                   If any Party fails to provide any information requested pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof within a reasonable period, as determined in good faith by the Party requesting the information, then the requesting Party shall have the right to engage a public accounting firm to

 



 

gather such information, provided that 30 days’ prior written notice is given to the unresponsive Party.  If the unresponsive Party fails to provide the requested information within 30 days of receipt of such notice, then such unresponsive Party shall permit the requesting Party’s public accounting firm full access to all appropriate records or other information as reasonably necessary to comply with this Section 4.02 and shall reimburse the requesting Party or pay directly all costs connected with the requesting Party’s engagement of the public accounting firm.

 

ARTICLE V

 

WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS; PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS

 

Section 5.01                              Warranties and Representations Relating to Actions of Phillips 66 and the Partnership .  Each of Phillips 66 and the Partnership warrants and represents to the other that:

 

(a)                                  in the case of Phillips 66, it is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite power to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(b)                                  in the case of the Partnership, it is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite power to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(c)                                   it has duly and validly taken all action necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

(d)                                  this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with its terms subject, as to the enforcement of remedies, to (i) applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and (ii) to general principles of equity, whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity and

 

(e)                                   the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or the compliance with any of the provisions of this Agreement will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach of any provision of its certificate of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of limited partnership, limited partnership agreement or other organizational or governing documents, (ii) breach, violate or result in a default under any of the terms of any agreement or other instrument or obligation to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties or assets may be bound, or (iii) violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to it or affecting any of its properties or assets.

 

Section 5.02                              Calculation of Payment Obligations .  Except as otherwise provided under this Agreement, to the extent that the payor Party has a payment obligation to the payee Party pursuant to this Agreement, the payee Party shall provide the payor Party with its calculation of the amount of such obligation.  The documentation of such calculation shall provide sufficient detail to permit the payor Party to reasonably understand the calculation.  All payment

 



 

obligations shall be made to the payee Party or to the appropriate Tax Authority as specified by the payee Party within 30 days after delivery by the payee Party to the payor Party of written notice of a payment obligation.  Any disputes with respect to payment obligations shall be resolved in accordance with Section 6.11 below.

 

Section 5.03                              Prompt Performance .  All actions required to be taken by any Party under this Agreement shall be performed within the time prescribed for performance in this Agreement, or if no period is prescribed, such actions shall be performed promptly.

 

Section 5.04                              Interest .  Payments pursuant to this Agreement that are not made within the period prescribed therefor in this Agreement shall bear interest (compounded daily) from and including the date immediately following the last date of such period through and including the date of payment at a rate equal to the Federal short-term rate or rates established pursuant to Section 6621 of the Code for the period during which such payment is due but unpaid.

 

Section 5.05                              Tax Records .  The Parties to this Agreement hereby agree to retain and provide on proper demand by any Tax Authority (subject to any applicable privileges) the books, records, documentation and other information relating to any Tax Return until the later of (a) the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations (giving effect to any extension, waiver or mitigation thereof), (b) the date specified in an applicable records retention agreement entered into with a Tax Authority, (c) a Final Determination made with respect to such Tax Return and (d) the final resolution of any claim made under this Agreement for which such information is relevant.

 

Section 5.06                              Continuing Covenants .  Each Party agrees (1) not to take any action reasonably expected to result in a new or changed Tax Item that is detrimental to any other Party and (2) to take any action reasonably requested by any other Party that would reasonably be expected to result in a new or changed Tax Item that produces a benefit or avoids a detriment to such other Party; provided that such action does not result in any additional cost not fully compensated for by the requesting Party.  The Parties hereby acknowledge that the preceding sentence is not intended to limit, and therefore shall not apply to, the rights of the Parties with respect to matters otherwise covered by this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

Section 6.01                              Notice .  Any notice, demand, claim, or other communication required or permitted to be given under this Agreement (a “Notice”) shall be in writing and may be personally served provided a receipt is obtained therefor, or may be sent by certified mail return receipt requested postage prepaid, to the Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address as one Party may specify by notice to any other Party):

 



 

 

Phillips 66 at:                        Phillips 66

3010 Briarpark Dr.

Houston, Texas 77042

Attention:  General Counsel

 

Partnership at:                  Phillips 66 Partners LP

c/o Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC

3010 Briarpark Dr.

Houston, Texas 77042

Attention:  President

 

A Notice which is delivered personally shall be deemed given as of the date specified on the written receipt therefor.  A Notice mailed as provided herein shall be deemed given on the third business day following the date so mailed.  Notification of a change of address may be given by any Party to another in the manner provided in this Section 6.01 for providing a Notice.

 

Section 6.02                              Required Payments .  Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, any payment of Tax required shall be due within 30 days of a Final Determination of the amount of such Tax.

 

Section 6.03                              Injunctions .  The Parties acknowledge that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with its specific terms or were otherwise breached.  The Parties hereto shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of the provisions of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in any court having jurisdiction, such remedy being in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity.

 

Section 6.04                              Further Assurances .  Subject to the provisions hereof, the Parties hereto shall make, execute, acknowledge and deliver such other instruments and documents, and take all such other actions, as may be reasonably required in order to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.  Subject to the provisions hereof, each of the Parties shall, in connection with entering into this Agreement, perform its obligations hereunder and take any and all actions relating hereto, comply with all applicable laws, regulations, orders, and decrees, obtain all required consents and approvals and make all required filings with any governmental agency, other regulatory or administrative agency, commission or similar authority and promptly provide the other Parties with all such information as such Parties may reasonably request in order to be able to comply with the provisions of this sentence.

 

Section 6.05                              Parties in Interest .  Except as herein otherwise specifically provided, nothing in this Agreement expressed or implied is intended to confer any right or benefit upon any person, firm or corporation other than the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Section 6.06                              Setoff .  Except as provided by Section 2.01(c)  of this Agreement, all payments to be made under this Agreement shall be made without setoff, counterclaim or withholding, all of which are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, expressly waived.

 



 

Section 6.07                              Change of Law .  If, due to any change in applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof by any court of law or other governing body having jurisdiction subsequent to the date of this Agreement, performance of any provision of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby shall become impracticable or impossible, the Parties hereto shall use their best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such provision.

 

Section 6.08                              Termination and Survival .  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall remain in effect and its provisions shall survive for the full period of all applicable statutes of limitation (giving effect to any extension, waiver or mitigation thereof) or until otherwise agreed to in writing by Phillips 66 and the Partnership, or their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Section 6.09                              Amendments; No Waivers .

 

(a)                                  Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, by Phillips 66 and the Partnership, or in the case of a waiver, by the Party against whom the waiver is to be effective.

 

(b)                                  No failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

 

Section 6.10                              Governing Law and Interpretation .  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to agreements made and to be performed in the State of Delaware.

 

Section 6.11                              Resolution of Certain Disputes .  To the fullest extent permitted by law, any disagreement between the Parties with respect to any matter that is the subject of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any disagreement with respect to any calculation or other determinations by Phillips 66 hereunder, which is not resolved by mutual agreement of the Parties, shall be resolved by a nationally recognized independent accounting firm chosen by and mutually acceptable to the Parties hereto (an “Accounting Referee”).  Such Accounting Referee shall be chosen by the Parties within 15 business days from the date on which one Party serves written notice on another Party requesting the appointment of an Accounting Referee, provided that such notice specifically describes the calculations to be considered and resolved by the Accounting Referee.  In the event the Parties cannot agree on the selection of an Accounting Referee, then the Accounting Referee shall be any office or branch of the public accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP.  The Accounting Referee shall resolve any such disagreements as specified in the notice within 30 days of appointment; provided, however, that no Party shall be required to deliver any document or take any other action pursuant to this Section 6.11 if it determines that such action would result in the waiver of any legal privilege or any detriment to its business.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, any resolution of an issue submitted to the Accounting Referee shall be final and binding on the Parties hereto without further recourse.  The Parties shall share the costs and fees of the Accounting Referee equally.

 



 

Section 6.12                              Confidentiality .  Except to the extent required to protect a Party’s interests in a Tax Controversy, each Party shall hold and shall cause its consultants and advisors to hold in strict confidence, unless compelled to disclose by judicial or administrative process or, by other requirements of law, all information (other than any such information relating solely to the business or affairs of such Party) concerning another Party or its representatives pursuant to this Agreement (except to the extent that such information can be shown to have been (i) previously known by the Party to which it was furnished, (ii) in the public domain through no fault of such Party or (iii) later lawfully acquired from other sources by the Party to which it was furnished), and each Party shall not release or disclose such information to any other person, except its auditors, attorneys, financial advisors, bankers and other consultants and advisors who shall be advised of the provisions of this Agreement.  Each Party shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligation to hold confidential information concerning or supplied by another Party if it exercises the same care as it takes to preserve confidentiality for its own similar information.

 

Section 6.13                              Costs, Expenses and Attorneys’ Fees .  Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, each Party shall bear its own costs and expenses incurred pursuant to this Agreement.  In the event a Party to this Agreement brings an action or proceeding for the breach or enforcement of this Agreement, the prevailing party in such action, proceeding, or appeal, whether or not such action, proceeding or appeal proceeds to final judgment, shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be entitled to recover as an element of its costs, and not as damages, such reasonable attorneys’ fees as may be awarded in the action, proceeding or appeal in addition to whatever other relief the prevailing party may be entitled.  For purposes of this Section 6.13 , the “prevailing party” shall be the Party who is entitled to recover its costs; a Party not entitled to recover its costs shall not recover attorneys’ fees.  No sum for attorneys’ fees shall be counted in calculating the amount of the judgment for purposes of determining whether a Party is entitled to recover its costs or reasonable attorneys’ fees.

 

Section 6.14                              Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

Section 6.15                              Severability .  The Parties hereby agree that, if any provision of this Agreement should be adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be deemed deleted herefrom with respect, and only with respect, to the operation of such provision in the particular jurisdiction in which such adjudication was made, and only to the extent of the invalidity, and any such invalidity or unenforceability in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.  All other remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect for the particular jurisdiction and all other jurisdictions.

 

Section 6.16                              Entire Agreement .

 

(a)                                  This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all other agreements, whether or not written, in respect of any Tax between the Phillips 66 Group and the Partnership Group.

 



 

(b)                                  In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any other agreement between the Phillips 66 Group and the Partnership Group the provisions of this Agreement shall take precedence and to such extent shall be deemed to supersede such conflicting provisions under the other agreement.

 

Section 6.17                              Assignment .  This Agreement is being entered into by Phillips 66 and the Partnership on behalf of themselves and each member of the Phillips 66 Group and the Partnership Group.  This Agreement shall constitute a direct obligation of each such member and shall be deemed to have been readopted and affirmed on behalf of any entity that becomes a member of the Phillips 66 Group or the Partnership Group in the future.  Each of Phillips 66 and the Partnership hereby guarantee the performance of all actions, agreements and obligations provided for under this Agreement of each member of the Phillips 66 Group and the Partnership Group, respectively.  Each of Phillips 66 and the Partnership shall, upon the written request of the other, cause any of their respective group members to formally execute this Agreement.  This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the successors, assigns and persons controlling any of the entities bound hereby for so long as such successors, assigns or controlling persons are members of the Phillips 66 Group or the Partnership Group or their successors and assigns.

 

Section 6.18                              Fair Meaning .  The parties intend that this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with its fair meaning and shall not be construed strictly against the drafter.

 

Section 6.19                              Titles and Headings .  Titles and headings to sections herein are inserted for the convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

Section 6.20                              Construction .  In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires the terms “herein,” “hereof,” and “hereunder” refer to this Agreement.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Tim G. Taylor

 

 

Tim G. Taylor

 

 

Executive Vice President, Commercial,

Marketing, Transportation and Business

Development

 

 

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP

 

 

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC,

 

 

its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J.T. Liberti

 

 

J.T. Liberti

 

 

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer