As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2015

Registration No. 333-203259

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Genesis Energy, L.P.

Genesis Energy Finance Corporation

(and the subsidiaries identified below in the Table of Subsidiary Guarantor Registrants)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware 76-0513049
Delaware 20-5948137

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

919 Milam, Suite 2100

Houston, Texas 77002

(713) 860-2500

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Kristen O. Jesulaitis

919 Milam, Suite 2100

Houston, Texas 77002

Telephone: (713) 860-2500

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copy to:

J. Vincent Kendrick

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

1111 Louisiana Street, 44 th Floor

Houston, Texas 77002

Telephone: (713) 220-5839

 

 

Approximate Date of Commencement of Proposed Sale to the Public: From time to time after the registration statement becomes effective.

If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.   ¨

If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.   x

If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.   ¨

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.   ¨

If this form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.   x

If this form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.   x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   x    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   ¨   (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered
 

Amount to be Registered / Proposed
Maximum Offering Price

Per Unit / Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price / Amount of
Registration Fee(1)

Common Units

   

Preferred Securities

   

Subordinated Securities

   

Options

   

Warrants

   

Rights

   

Debt Securities

   

Guarantees of Debt Securities(2)

   

 

 

(1) An indeterminate initial offering price, principal amount or number of securities of each identified class is being registered as may from time to time be issued at indeterminate prices or upon conversion, exchange or exercise of securities registered hereunder to the extent any such securities are, by their terms, convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, such securities. Separate consideration may or may not be received for securities that are being registered that are issued in exchange for, or upon conversion or exercise of, the securities being registered hereunder. In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r), the registrant is deferring payment of all of the registration fee.
(2) One or more existing or future subsidiaries of Genesis Energy, L.P. may guarantee the debt securities of Genesis Energy, L.P. and Genesis Energy Finance Corporation. If a series of debt securities is guaranteed, such series will be guaranteed by certain subsidiaries other than “minor” subsidiaries as such term is interpreted in securities regulations governing financial reporting for guarantors. Pursuant to Rule 457(n), no separate fee is payable with respect to the guarantees of the debt securities being registered.

 

 

 


TABLE OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR REGISTRANTS

 

Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter*    State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or
Organization
   I.R.S. Employer
Identification No
 

Antelope Refining, LLC

   Delaware      38-3856532   

AP Marine, LLC

   Delaware      37-1764919   

BR Port Services, LLC

   Delaware      46-4679011   

Casper Express Pipeline, LLC

   Delaware      46-5488589   

Davison Petroleum Supply, LLC

   Delaware      26-0236407   

Davison Transportation Services, Inc.

   Delaware      26-0614522   

Davison Transportation Services, LLC

   Delaware      26-0236417   

GEL CHOPS GP, LLC

   Delaware      80-0071240   

GEL CHOPS I, L.P.

   Delaware      80-0071252   

GEL CHOPS II, L.P.

   Delaware      80-0071254   

GEL Louisiana Fuels, LLC

   Delaware      45-3342894   

GEL Odyssey, LLC

   Delaware      36-4718967   

GEL Offshore Pipeline, LLC

   Delaware      31-1554529   

GEL Offshore, LLC

   Delaware      45-4161350   

GEL Poseidon, LLC

   Delaware      38-3861505   

GEL PRCS, LLC

   Delaware      35-2521853   

GEL Sekco, LLC

   Delaware      30-0711492   

GEL Tex Marketing, LLC

   Delaware      45-2680673   

GEL Texas Pipeline, LLC

   Delaware      47-2951701   

GEL Wyoming, LLC

   Delaware      45-3741081   

Genesis BR, LLC

   Delaware      46-1638187   

Genesis CHOPS I, LLC

   Delaware      27-3891042   

Genesis CHOPS II, LLC

   Delaware      27-3891161   

Genesis CO2 Pipeline, L.P.

   Delaware      20-1606322   

Genesis Crude Oil, L.P.

   Delaware      76-0516202   

Genesis Davison, LLC

   Delaware      26-0236399   

Genesis Energy, LLC

   Delaware      80-0321477   

Genesis Free State Holdings, LLC

   Delaware      26-2580658   

Genesis Marine, LLC

   Delaware      45-2448783   

Genesis Natural Gas Pipeline, L.P.

   Delaware      20-2092879   

Genesis NEJD Holdings, LLC

   Delaware      26-2580299   

Genesis Odyssey, LLC

   Delaware      45-4106077   

Genesis Offshore, LLC

   Delaware      30-0712127   

Genesis Pipeline Alabama, LLC

   Alabama      20-8656576   

Genesis Pipeline Texas, L.P.

   Delaware      76-0557287   

Genesis Pipeline USA, L.P.

   Delaware      76-0557288   

Genesis Poseidon, LLC

   Delaware      45-4106041   

Genesis Rail Services, LLC

   Delaware      45-4161320   

Genesis Sekco, LLC

   Delaware      45-4011058   

Genesis Syngas Investments, L.P.

   Delaware      20-2248614   

Milam Services, Inc.

   Delaware      36-4704817   

Powder River Crude Services, LLC

   Delaware      47-4228661   

Powder River Express, LLC

   Delaware      32-0457478   

Powder River Operating, LLC

   Delaware      36-4802656   

Pronghorn Rail Services, LLC

   Delaware      46-1277928   

Red River Terminals, L.L.C.

   Louisiana      76-0501596   

TBP2, LLC

   Delaware      30-0847572   

TDC Services, LLC

   Delaware      26-0614359   

 

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TDC, L.L.C.

Louisiana   62-1861810   

Texas City Crude Oil Terminal, LLC

Delaware   26-0461841   

Thunder Basin Holdings, LLC

Delaware   30-0704642   

Thunder Basin Pipeline, LLC

Delaware   61-1664572   

 

* The address for each registrant’s principal executive office is 919 Milam, Suite 2100 Houston, Texas 77002 and the telephone number for each registrant’s principal executive office is (713) 860-2500.

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement (File No. 333-203259) is being filed for the purpose of adding Antelope Refining, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Powder River Crude Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company , Thunder Basin Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Thunder Basin Pipeline, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “Additional Co-Registrants”), each a wholly owned subsidiary of Genesis Energy, L.P., as Co-Registrants that may potentially be guarantors of some or all of the debt securities with respect to which offers and sales are registered under this Registration Statement. No changes or additions are being made hereby to the base prospectus that already forms a part of the Registration Statement. Accordingly, such base prospectus is being omitted from this filing.

 

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION

The following table sets forth the costs and expenses, other than selling or underwriting discounts and commissions, we expect to incur in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered. All amounts shown are estimated except the Commission registration fee. Genesis Energy, L.P. will bear all such costs and expenses.

 

Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee*

$ *

Accounting fees and expenses

  *

Legal fees and expenses

  *

Printing and engraving expenses

  *

Transfer agent and registrar fees

  *

Trustee fees and expenses

  *

Listing fees

  *

Miscellaneous

  *
  

 

 

 

Total

$ *
  

 

 

 

 

* Under Rules 456(b) and 457(r), the Commission registration fee will be paid at the time of any particular offering of securities under the registration statement, and is therefore not currently determinable.
** These fees are calculated based on the number of issuances and amount of securities offered and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time.

 

ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

Genesis Energy, L.P.

Section 17-108 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act provides that, subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its limited partnership agreement, a Delaware limited partnership may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any partner or other person from and against all claims and demands whatsoever. The partnership agreement of Genesis Energy, L.P. provides that Genesis Energy, L.P. will indemnify (to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law) certain persons (each, an “Indemnitee”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts incurred by such Indemnitee in connection with any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding to which the Indemnitee is or was an actual or threatened party by reason or its status as an Indemnitee. This indemnity is available only if the Indemnitee acted in good faith, in a manner in which such Indemnitee believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of Genesis and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe its conduct was unlawful. Indemnitees include our general partner, any Departing Partner (as defined in the partnership agreement of Genesis Energy, L.P.), any affiliate of our general partner or any Departing Partner, any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of our general partner or any Departing Partner or any affiliate of either (including Genesis Energy, L.P. and its subsidiaries), or any person who is or was serving at the request of our general partner, any Departing Partner, or any such affiliate as a director, officer, employee, member, partner, agent fiduciary or trustee of another person. Expenses subject to indemnity will be paid by the partnership to the Indemnitee in advance, subject to receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification. Genesis Energy, L.P. will, to the extent commercially reasonable, purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of the Indemnitees, whether or not Genesis Energy, L.P. would have the power to indemnify such Indemnitees against liability under the partnership agreement.

Genesis Energy, L.P. has entered into indemnification agreements with the directors of its general partner. Those agreements provide, among other things, that Genesis Energy, L.P. will indemnify each director in the event that such director becomes a party or otherwise a participant in any action or proceeding on account of such director’s service as a director (or service for another entity in any capacity at the request of our general partner or Genesis Energy, L.P.) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. Under each indemnification agreement, Genesis Energy, L.P. has agreed to pay, in advance of the final disposition of any such action or proceeding, expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by each director in defending or otherwise responding to such action or proceeding. The contractual rights to indemnification provided by the indemnification agreements are subject to the limitations and conditions specified in those agreements, and

 

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are in addition to any other rights the directors may have under our general partner’s limited liability company agreement and the partnership agreement of Genesis Energy, L.P. (each as amended from time to time) and applicable law. Our general partner is party to each of those indemnification agreements. Genesis Energy, L.P. has joint and several liability with our general partner for all obligations owed to those directors under those indemnification agreements. Under the partnership agreement of Genesis Energy, L.P., it has agreed to reimburse and indemnify our general partner for all costs and expenses it incurs in connection with being general partner of Genesis Energy, L.P., including any costs and expenses related to indemnifying its directors.

Reference is made to Exhibit 1.1 hereto, which will contain provisions for indemnification of Genesis Energy, L.P., our general partner and its directors, officers, and any controlling persons, against certain liabilities for information furnished by the underwriters and/or agents, as applicable, expressly for use in a prospectus supplement.

Genesis Energy Finance Corporation

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Similar indemnity is authorized for such persons against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of any such threatened, pending or completed action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and provided further that (unless a court of competent jurisdiction otherwise provides) such person shall not have been adjudged liable to the corporation. Any such indemnification may be made only as authorized in each specific case upon a determination by the stockholders or disinterested directors or by independent legal counsel in a written opinion that indemnification is proper because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct.

Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him under Section 145. Also, Article VIII of the certificate of incorporation and Article VIII of the bylaws of Genesis Energy Finance Corporation provide for the indemnification of directors and officers of the company and such directors and officers who serve at the request of the company as directors, officers, employees or agents of any other enterprise against certain liabilities under certain circumstances.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling our company as set forth above, we have been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

ITEM 16. EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

1.1*    Underwriting Agreement
2.1#    Purchase and Sale Agreement by and among by and among Florida Marine Transporters, Inc., FMT Heavy Oil Transportation, LLC, FMT Industries, LLC, JAR Assets, Inc., Pasentine Family Enterprises, LLC, PBC Management, Inc., and GEL Marine, LLC dated June 24, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 30, 2011, File No. 001-12295)
2.2#    Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated October 28, 2011, by and between Marathon Oil Company and Genesis Energy, L.P. regarding interest in Poseidon Oil Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 9, 2012, File No. 001-12295)
2.3#    Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2011, by and between Marathon Oil Company and Genesis Energy, L.P. regarding interest in Odyssey Pipeline L.L.C. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 9, 2012, File No. 001-12295)

 

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Exhibit

Number

 

Description

2.4#   Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated October 28, 2011, by and between Marathon Oil Company and Genesis Energy, L.P. regarding interests in Eugene Island Pipeline System and certain related pipelines (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 9, 2012, File No. 001-12295)
3.1   Certificate of Limited Partnership of Genesis Energy, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 2 of the Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-11545)
3.2   Amendment to the Certificate of Limited Partnership of Genesis Energy, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2011, File No. 001-12295)
3.3   Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Genesis Energy, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 3, 2011, File No. 001-12295)
3.4   Certificate of Conversion of Genesis Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation, into Genesis Energy, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K dated January 7, 2009,
File No. 001-12295)
3.5   Certificate of Formation of Genesis Energy, LLC (formerly Genesis Energy, Inc.) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Form 8-K dated January 7, 2009, File No. 001-12295)
3.6   Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Genesis Energy, LLC dated December 28, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Form 8-K dated January 3, 2011, File No. 001-12295)
3.7   Certificate of Incorporation of Genesis Energy Finance Corporation, dated as of November 27, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on September 26, 2011, File No. 333-177012)
3.8   Bylaws of Genesis Energy Finance Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on September 26, 2011, File No. 333-177012)
4.1   Form of Unit Certificate of Genesis Energy, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, File No. 001-12295)
4.2   Unitholder Rights Agreement dated July 25, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 31, 2007, File No. 001-12295)
4.3   Amendment No. 1 to the Unitholder Rights Agreement dated October 15, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 19, 2007, File No. 001-12295)
4.4   Amendment No. 2 to the Unitholder Rights Agreement dated December 28, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 3, 2011, File No. 001-12295)
4.5*   Form of Preferred Security Certificate
4.6*   Form of Subordinated Security Certificate
4.7*   Form of Warrant Agreement
4.8*   Form of Warrant Certificate
4.9*   Form of Option Agreement
4.10*   Form of Rights Agreement
4.11*   Form of Debt Securities
4.12   Form of Senior Indenture (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.13 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on May 9, 2014, File No. 333-195858)
4.13   Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.14 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on May 9, 2014, File No. 333-195858)
5.1***   Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as to the legality of the securities (other than the subsidiary guarantees of the Additional Co-Registrants)
5.2***   Opinion of McDavid, Noblin & West PLLC concerning certain matters of Alabama law
5.3***   Opinion of Liskow & Lewis, A Professional Law Corporation, concerning certain matters of Louisiana law
5.4**   Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as to the legality of the subsidiary guarantees of the Additional Co-Registrants

 

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Exhibit

Number

 

Description

  8.1***   Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as to certain federal income tax matters
12.1***   Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
23.1**   Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2***   Consent of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.3**   Consent of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (included in Exhibit 5.4)
23.4***   Consent of McDavid, Noblin & West PLLC (included in Exhibit 5.2)
23.5***   Consent of Liskow & Lewis, A Professional Law Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.3)
23.6***   Consent of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1)
24.1   Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on April 6, 2015)
24.2**   Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages of the Registration Statement)
25.1***   Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification with respect to the Senior Debt Indenture
25.2***   Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification with respect to the Subordinated Debt Indenture

 

* To be filed as an exhibit to a report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or in a post-effective amendment to this registration statement.
** Filed herewith.
*** Previously filed as an exhibit to this Registration Statement.
# Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, the registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted exhibit or schedule to the Commission upon request.

 

ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 

  (i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

 

  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

 

  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) do not apply if information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in the reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

 

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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

 

  (i) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

 

  (ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which the prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however , that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

 

  (i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

 

  (ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

 

  (iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

 

  (iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933 each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, in the State of Texas, on July 6, 2015.

 

GENESIS ENERGY, L.P.
By:   GENESIS ENERGY, LLC, its general partner
By:  

/s/ Robert V. Deere

  Robert V. Deere
  Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities set forth below on July 6, 2015.

 

SIGNATURE

  

TITLE

     (OF GENESIS ENERGY, LLC)*

/s/ Grant E. Sims

  

Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

Grant E. Sims   

/s/ Robert V. Deere

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

Robert V. Deere   

/s/ Karen N. Pape

  

Senior Vice President and Controller

(Principal Accounting Officer)

Karen N. Pape   

*

Conrad P. Albert

   Director

*

James E. Davison

   Director

*

James E. Davison, Jr.

   Director

*

Sharilyn S. Gasaway

   Director

*

Kenneth M. Jastrow, II

   Director

 

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SIGNATURE

  

TITLE

     (OF GENESIS ENERGY, LLC)*

*

Corbin J. Robertson III

   Director

*

Jack T. Taylor

   Director

 

*By:  

/s/ Robert V. Deere

       Robert V. Deere, Attorney-in-Fact

 

* Genesis Energy, LLC is the sole general partner of Genesis Energy, L.P.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, in the State of Texas, on July 6, 2015.

 

GENESIS ENERGY FINANCE CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Robert V. Deere

  Robert V. Deere
  Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities set forth below on July 6, 2015.

 

SIGNATURE

  

TITLE

/s/ Grant E. Sims

  

Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

Grant E. Sims   

/s/ Robert V. Deere

  

Chief Financial Officer and Director

(Principal Financial Officer)

Robert V. Deere   

/s/ Karen N. Pape

  

Senior Vice President and Director

(Principal Accounting Officer)

Karen N. Pape   

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, in the State of Texas, on July 6, 2015.

 

GENESIS CO2 PIPELINE, L.P.

GENESIS CRUDE OIL, L.P.

GENESIS NATURAL GAS PIPELINE, L.P.

GENESIS PIPELINE TEXAS, L.P.

GENESIS PIPELINE USA, L.P.

GENESIS SYNGAS INVESTMENTS, L.P.

By:   GENESIS ENERGY, LLC, its general partner
By:  

  /s/ Robert V. Deere

  Robert V. Deere
  Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities set forth below on July 6, 2015.

 

SIGNATURE

  

TITLE

     (OF GENESIS ENERGY, LLC)*

/s/ Grant E. Sims

  

Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

Grant E. Sims   

/s/ Robert V. Deere

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

Robert V. Deere   

/s/ Karen N. Pape

  

Senior Vice President and Controller

(Principal Accounting Officer)

Karen N. Pape   

*

   Director
Conrad P. Albert   

*

   Director
James E. Davison   

*

   Director
James E. Davison, Jr.   

*

   Director
Sharilyn S. Gasaway   

 

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SIGNATURE

  

TITLE

     (OF GENESIS ENERGY, LLC)*

*

   Director
Kenneth M. Jastrow, II   

*

   Director
Corbin J. Robertson III   

*

   Director
Jack T. Taylor   

 

*By:  

/s/ Robert V. Deere

       Robert V. Deere, Attorney-in-Fact

 

* Genesis Energy, LLC is the sole general partner of Genesis CO2 Pipeline, L.P., Genesis Crude Oil, L.P., Genesis Natural Gas Pipeline, L.P., Genesis Pipeline Texas, L.P., Genesis Pipeline USA, L.P., and Genesis Syngas Investments, L.P.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, in the State of Texas, on July 6, 2015.

 

DAVISON TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.

MILAM SERVICES, INC.

By:  

/s/ Robert V. Deere

  Robert V. Deere
  Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities set forth below on July 6, 2015.

 

SIGNATURE

  

TITLE

/s/ Grant E. Sims

  

Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

Grant E. Sims   

/s/ Robert V. Deere

  

Chief Financial Officer and Director

(Principal Financial Officer)

Robert V. Deere   

/s/ Karen N. Pape

  

Senior Vice President and Director

(Principal Accounting Officer)

Karen N. Pape   

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, in the State of Texas, on July 6, 2015.

 

AP MARINE, LLC

BR PORT SERVICES, LLC

CASPER EXPRESS PIPELINE, LLC

DAVISON PETROLEUM SUPPLY, LLC

DAVISON TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, LLC

GEL CHOPS GP, LLC

GEL LOUISIANA FUELS, LLC

GEL ODYSSEY, LLC

GEL OFFSHORE, LLC

GEL OFFSHORE PIPELINE, LLC

GEL POSEIDON, LLC

GEL PRCS, LLC

GEL SEKCO, LLC

GEL TEX MARKETING, LLC

GEL TEXAS PIPELINE, LLC

GEL WYOMING, LLC

GENESIS BR, LLC

GENESIS CHOPS I, LLC

GENESIS CHOPS II, LLC

GENESIS DAVISON, LLC

GENESIS FREE STATE HOLDINGS, LLC

GENESIS MARINE, LLC

GENESIS NEJD HOLDINGS, LLC

GENESIS ODYSSEY, LLC

GENESIS OFFSHORE, LLC

GENESIS PIPELINE ALABAMA, LLC

GENESIS POSEIDON, LLC

GENESIS RAIL SERVICES, LLC

GENESIS SEKCO, LLC

POWDER RIVER EXPRESS, LLC

POWDER RIVER OPERATING, LLC

PRONGHORN RAIL SERVICES, LLC

RED RIVER TERMINALS, L.L.C.

TBP2, LLC

TDC, L.L.C.

TDC SERVICES, LLC

TEXAS CITY CRUDE OIL TERMINAL, LLC

By:

/s/ Robert V. Deere

Robert V. Deere
Chief Financial Officer

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities set forth below on July 6, 2015.

 

SIGNATURE

  

TITLE

/s/ Grant E. Sims

  

Chief Executive Officer*

(Principal Executive Officer)

Grant E. Sims   

/s/ Robert V. Deere

  

Chief Financial Officer*

(Principal Financial Officer)

Robert V. Deere   

/s/ Karen N. Pape

  

Senior Vice President*

(Principal Accounting Officer)

Karen N. Pape

  

 

* Of the Registrant and of (i) Genesis Energy, LLC, in its capacity as the general partner of Genesis Crude Oil, L.P., in its capacity as the sole member of BR Port Services, LLC, Casper Express Pipeline, LLC, Genesis BR, LLC, Genesis CHOPS I, LLC, Genesis CHOPS II, LLC, Genesis Davison, LLC, Genesis Free State Holdings, LLC, Genesis Marine, LLC, Genesis Odyssey, LLC, Genesis Offshore, LLC, Genesis Pipeline Alabama, LLC, Genesis Poseidon, LLC, Genesis Rail Services, LLC, Genesis Sekco, LLC, GEL Texas Pipeline, LLC, GEL Wyoming, LLC and Pronghorn Rail Services, LLC; (ii) Genesis Davison, LLC, in its capacity as the sole member of Davison Petroleum Supply, LLC, Davison Transportation Services, LLC, Red River Terminals, L.L.C. and Texas City Crude Oil Terminal, LLC; (iii) Genesis Energy, LLC, in its capacity as the general partner of Genesis Energy, L.P., in its capacity as the sole member of Genesis NEJD Holdings, LLC; (iv) Davison Petroleum Supply, LLC, in its capacity as the sole member of GEL Louisiana Fuels, LLC, GEL Tex Marketing, LLC and TDC, L.L.C.; (v) Genesis CHOPS II, LLC, in its capacity as the sole member of GEL CHOPS GP, LLC; (vi) Genesis Sekco, LLC, in its capacity as the sole member of GEL Sekco, LLC; (vii) Genesis Offshore, LLC, in its capacity as the sole member of GEL Offshore, LLC; (viii) GEL Offshore, LLC, in its capacity as the sole member of GEL Offshore Pipeline, LLC; (ix) Genesis Poseidon, LLC, in its capacity as the sole member of GEL Poseidon, LLC; (x) Genesis Odyssey, LLC, in its capacity as the sole member of GEL Odyssey, LLC; (xi) Davison Transportation Services, Inc., in its capacity as the sole member of TDC Services, LLC; (xii) Genesis Marine, LLC, in its capacity as sole member of AP Marine, LLC; and (xiii) GEL Wyoming, LLC, in its capacity as the sole member of TBP2, LLC, Powder River Express, LLC, Powder River Operating, LLC and GEL PRCS, LLC.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, in the State of Texas, on July 6, 2015.

 

GENESIS ENERGY, LLC
By:  

/s/ Robert V. Deere

  Robert V. Deere
  Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities set forth below on July 6, 2015.

 

SIGNATURE

  

TITLE

     (OF GENESIS ENERGY, LLC)

/s/ Grant E. Sims

  

Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

Grant E. Sims   

/s/ Robert V. Deere

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

Robert V. Deere   

/s/ Karen N. Pape

  

Senior Vice President and Controller

(Principal Accounting Officer)

Karen N. Pape   

*

   Director
Conrad P. Albert   

*

   Director
James E. Davison   

*

   Director
James E. Davison, Jr.   

*

   Director
Sharilyn S. Gasaway   

*

   Director
Kenneth M. Jastrow, II   

*

   Director
Corbin J. Robertson III   

 

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SIGNATURE

  

TITLE

     (OF GENESIS ENERGY, LLC)

*

   Director
Jack T. Taylor   

 

*By:  

/s/ Robert V. Deere

  Robert V. Deere, Attorney-in-Fact

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, in the State of Texas, on July 6, 2015.

 

GEL CHOPS I, L.P.

GEL CHOPS II, L.P.

By:   GEL CHOPS GP, LLC, its general partner
By:  

/s/ Robert V. Deere

  Robert V. Deere
  Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities set forth below on July 6, 2015.

 

SIGNATURE

  

TITLE

/s/ Grant E. Sims

  

Chief Executive Officer*

(Principal Executive Officer)

Grant E. Sims   

/s/ Robert V. Deere

  

Chief Financial Officer*

(Principal Financial Officer)

Robert V. Deere   

/s/ Karen N. Pape

  

Senior Vice President*

(Principal Accounting Officer)

Karen N. Pape   

 

* Of GEL CHOPS GP, LLC, in its capacity as the sole general partner of GEL CHOPS I, L.P. and GEL CHOPS II, L.P.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, in the State of Texas, on July 6, 2015.

 

ANTELOPE REFINING, LLC
POWDER RIVER CRUDE SERVICES, LLC

THUNDER BASIN HOLDINGS, LLC

THUNDER BASIN PIPELINE, LLC

By:  

/s/ Robert V. Deere

  Robert V. Deere
  Chief Financial Officer

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Grant E. Sims, Robert V. Deere, Kristen O. Jesulaitis and Karen N. Pape, and each of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of the other, as their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or would do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them of their or his or her substitute and substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities set forth below on July 6, 2015.

 

SIGNATURE

  

TITLE

/s/ Grant E. Sims

  

Chief Executive Officer*

(Principal Executive Officer)

Grant E. Sims   

/s/ Robert V. Deere

  

Chief Financial Officer*

(Principal Financial Officer)

Robert V. Deere   

/s/ Karen N. Pape

  

Senior Vice President*

(Principal Accounting Officer)

Karen N. Pape   

 

* Of the Registrant and of (i) GEL Wyoming, LLC, in its capacity as the sole member of Thunder Basin Holdings, LLC, (ii) GEL PRCS, LLC, in its capacity as the sole member of Powder River Crude Services, LLC; and (iii) Thunder Basin Holdings, LLC, in its capacity as the sole member of Antelope Refining, LLC and Thunder Basin Pipeline, LLC.


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

1.1*    Underwriting Agreement
2.1#    Purchase and Sale Agreement by and among by and among Florida Marine Transporters, Inc., FMT Heavy Oil Transportation, LLC, FMT Industries, LLC, JAR Assets, Inc., Pasentine Family Enterprises, LLC, PBC Management, Inc., and GEL Marine, LLC dated June 24, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 30, 2011, File No. 001-12295)
2.2#    Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated October 28, 2011, by and between Marathon Oil Company and Genesis Energy, L.P. regarding interest in Poseidon Oil Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 9, 2012, File No. 001-12295)
2.3#    Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2011, by and between Marathon Oil Company and Genesis Energy, L.P. regarding interest in Odyssey Pipeline L.L.C. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 9, 2012, File No. 001-12295)
2.4#    Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated October 28, 2011, by and between Marathon Oil Company and Genesis Energy, L.P. regarding interests in Eugene Island Pipeline System and certain related pipelines (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 9, 2012, File No. 001-12295)
3.1    Certificate of Limited Partnership of Genesis Energy, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 2 of the Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-11545)
3.2    Amendment to the Certificate of Limited Partnership of Genesis Energy, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2011, File No. 001-12295)
3.3    Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Genesis Energy, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 3, 2011, File No. 001-12295)
3.4    Certificate of Conversion of Genesis Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation, into Genesis Energy, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K dated January 7, 2009, File No. 001-12295)
3.5    Certificate of Formation of Genesis Energy, LLC (formerly Genesis Energy, Inc.) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Form 8-K dated January 7, 2009, File No. 001-12295)
3.6    Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Genesis Energy, LLC dated December 28, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Form 8-K dated January 3, 2011, File No. 001-12295)
3.7    Certificate of Incorporation of Genesis Energy Finance Corporation, dated as of November 27, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on September 26, 2011, File No. 333-177012)
3.8    Bylaws of Genesis Energy Finance Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on September 26, 2011, File No. 333-177012)
4.1    Form of Unit Certificate of Genesis Energy, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, File No. 001-12295)
4.2    Unitholder Rights Agreement dated July 25, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 31, 2007, File No. 001-12295)
4.3    Amendment No. 1 to the Unitholder Rights Agreement dated October 15, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 19, 2007, File No. 001-12295)
4.4    Amendment No. 2 to the Unitholder Rights Agreement dated December 28, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 3, 2011, File No. 001-12295)
4.5*    Form of Preferred Security Certificate
4.6*    Form of Subordinated Security Certificate
4.7*    Form of Warrant Agreement
4.8*    Form of Warrant Certificate
4.9*    Form of Option Agreement


Exhibit

Number

 

Description

  4.10*   Form of Rights Agreement
  4.11*   Form of Debt Securities
  4.12   Form of Senior Indenture (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.13 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on May 9, 2014, File No. 333-195858)
  4.13   Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.14 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on May 9, 2014, File No. 333-195858)
  5.1***   Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as to the legality of the securities (other than the subsidiary guarantees of the Additional Co-Registrants)
  5.2***   Opinion of McDavid, Noblin & West PLLC concerning certain matters of Alabama law
  5.3***   Opinion of Liskow & Lewis, A Professional Law Corporation, concerning certain matters of Louisiana law
  5.4**   Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as to the legality of the subsidiary guarantees of the Additional Co-Registrants
  8.1***   Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as to certain federal income tax matters
12.1***   Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
23.1**   Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2***   Consent of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.3**   Consent of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (included in Exhibit 5.4)
23.4***   Consent of McDavid, Noblin & West PLLC (included in Exhibit 5.2)
23.5***   Consent of Liskow & Lewis, A Professional Law Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.3)
23.6***   Consent of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1)
24.1   Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on April 6, 2015)
24.2**   Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages of the Registration Statement)
25.1***   Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification with respect to the Senior Debt Indenture
25.2***   Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification with respect to the Subordinated Debt Indenture

 

* To be filed as an exhibit to a report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or in a post-effective amendment to this registration statement.
** Filed herewith.
*** Previously filed as an exhibit to this Registration Statement.
# Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, the registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted exhibit or schedule to the Commission upon request.

Exhibit 5.4

 

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Genesis Energy, L.P.

919 Milam, Suite 2100

Houston, Texas 77002

 

  Re: Genesis Energy, L.P.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement Form S-3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Genesis Energy, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Partnership ”), in connection with the registration, pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-203259), as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (as so amended, the “ Registration Statement ”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Act ”), relating to the offering and sale from time to time, as set forth in the Registration Statement, the form of prospectus contained therein (the “ Prospectus ”), and one or more supplements to the Prospectus (each, a “ Prospectus Supplement ”), of an indeterminate aggregate amount of securities (the “ Securities ”) consisting of, among other things, (a) preferred securities (the “ Preferred Securities ”) representing limited partnership interests in the Partnership, (b) subordinated securities (the “ Subordinated Securities ” and, together with the Preferred Securities, the “ LP Equity Securities ”) representing limited partnership interests in the Partnership, (c) the Partnership’s warrants to purchase LP Equity Securities or Debt Securities (defined below) (the “ Warrants ”), (d) the Partnership’s senior debt securities, as to which the Partnership’s subsidiary, Genesis Energy Finance Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Genesis Finance ”), may be co-issuer, in one or more series (the “ Senior Debt Securities ”), and the Partnership’s subordinated debt securities, as to which Genesis Finance may be co-issuer, in one or more series (the “ Subordinated Debt Securities ” and, together with the Senior Debt Securities, the “ Partnership Debt Securities ”) and (e) guarantees (the “ Guarantees ”) of Partnership Debt Securities by the subsidiaries (the “ Subsidiary Guarantors ”) listed on Schedule I hereto and named in the Registration Statement (the Partnership Debt Securities, together with (if such Partnership Debt Securities have been guaranteed by Subsidiary Guarantors) the related Guarantees of such Subsidiary Guarantors, being referred to herein as the “ Debt Securities ”) or any combination of the foregoing, each on terms to be determined at the time of each offering. For purposes of this opinion, the term “ Specified Subsidiary Guarantors ” means the Subsidiary Guarantors listed on Schedule II hereto and named in the Registration Statement; and the term “ Other Subsidiary Guarantors ” means the Subsidiary Guarantors other than the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors. The Specified Subsidiary Guarantors have been added to the Registration Statement as registrants pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto. This opinion is being furnished at the request of the Partnership and in accordance with the


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requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act with respect to the validity of any Guarantees by the Specified Guarantors of Partnership Debt Securities that may be offered pursuant to the Registration Statement.

We have examined originals or certified copies of (i) a form of the Indenture for the Senior Debt Securities filed as Exhibit 4.12 to the Registration Statement to be entered into by the Partnership, Genesis Finance, the Subsidiary Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, the form and terms (including whether Genesis Finance is co-issuer thereof and any Guarantees) of any series of Partnership Debt Securities issued under such Indenture to be established by and set forth in an officers’ certificate or supplemental indenture to such Indenture, (ii) a form of the Indenture for the Subordinated Debt Securities filed as Exhibit 4.13 to the Registration Statement to be entered into by the Partnership, Genesis Finance, the Subsidiary Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (together with the trustee referred to in (i), each a “ Trustee ”) (the indentures in (i) and (ii) are each referred to herein as an “ Indenture ”), the form and terms (including whether Genesis Finance is co-issuer thereof and any Guarantees) of any series of Partnership Debt Securities issued under such Indenture to be established by and set forth in an officers’ certificate or a supplemental indenture to such Indenture and (iii) the agreement of limited partnership of the Partnership as in effect on the date hereof (the “ Partnership Agreement ”) and such other partnership, corporate, or limited liability company records of the Partnership, Genesis Finance and the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors and other certificates and documents of officials of the Partnership, Genesis Finance and the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors and public officials and others as we have deemed appropriate for purposes of this letter. We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all copies submitted to us as conformed and certified or reproduced copies. We have also assumed the existence and entity power of each party to the Indenture other than the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors. As to various questions of fact relevant to this letter, we have relied, without independent investigation, upon certificates of public officials and certificates of officers of the general partner of the Partnership, Genesis Finance, the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors and the Other Subsidiary Guarantors, all of which we assume to be true, correct and complete.

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications and limitations set forth hereinafter, we are of the opinion that:

 

  1.

When (i) the Partnership and, if applicable, Genesis Finance have issued Partnership Debt Securities guaranteed by Guarantees of the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors, (ii) the Subsidiary Guarantors (together with the Partnership and Genesis Finance, the “ Obligors ”) have taken all necessary action to establish the form and terms of such Guarantees and to authorize and approve the issuance of such Guarantees, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters, (iii) the applicable Indenture in substantially the form filed as an exhibit to the


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  Registration Statement and any officers’ certificate or supplemental indenture thereto relating to such Debt Securities have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto (including the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors) with the terms of such Guarantees having been set forth in such Indenture or a supplemental indenture or an officers’ certificate delivered pursuant thereto, (iv) the Trustee under the applicable Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “ TIA ”), (v) any notations of such Guarantees on such Partnership Debt Securities have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the applicable Indenture and the applicable resolution of the Board of Directors of the general partner of the Partnership or duly authorized committee thereof (the “ GP Board ”) and, if such Debt Securities constitute Partnership Debt Securities as to which Genesis Finance is co-issuer, the applicable resolution of the Board of Directors of Genesis Finance or duly authorized committee thereof (the “ Finance Board”) or supplemental indenture relating to such Guarantees and the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement against payment (or delivery) of the consideration therefor provided for therein, or, if such Debt Securities are issuable upon exchange or conversion of Securities constituting Preferred Securities or Subordinated Securities, the amendment to the Partnership Agreement or certificate of designations therefor, or if such Debt Securities are issuable upon exercise of Securities constituting Warrants, the applicable warrant agreement therefor, against payment (or delivery) of the consideration therefor provided for therein, and (vi) such Guarantees (including any such Guarantees of Securities duly issued upon (a) exchange or conversion of Securities constituting any Preferred Securities or Subordinated Securities that are exchangeable for or convertible into Debt Securities, or (b) exercise of Securities constituting any Warrants that are exercisable for Debt Securities) (x) will have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of each of the applicable Specified Subsidiary Guarantors and (y) will be valid and binding obligations of each such Specified Subsidiary Guarantor, enforceable against such Specified Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with their terms.

The opinions and other matters in this letter are qualified in their entirety and subject to the following:

 

  (A)

We have assumed that, in the case of each offering and sale of Partnership Debt Securities guaranteed by Guarantees of the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors, (i) the Registration Statement, and any amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), will have become effective under the Act and the Indenture will have been qualified under the TIA and such effectiveness or qualification shall not have been terminated or rescinded; (ii) a Prospectus Supplement will have been prepared and filed with the Commission describing such Guarantees; (iii)


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  such Securities will have been issued and sold in compliance with applicable United States federal and state securities Laws (hereinafter defined) and pursuant to and in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and the applicable Prospectus Supplement; (iv) unless such Debt Securities are issuable upon exercise of Securities constituting Warrants or upon exchange or conversion of Securities constituting Preferred Securities or Subordinated Securities, a definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement with respect to the issuance and sale of such Guarantees will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors; (v) at the time of the issuance of such Guarantees, each of the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors (a) will continue to be validly existing and duly qualified and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation and (b) will continue to have the necessary limited liability company power and due authorization, and the organizational documents of such Specified Subsidiary Guarantors will be in full force and effect and will not have been amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise altered, and there will have been no authorization of any such amendment, restatement, supplement or other alteration, since the date hereof; (vi) the terms of such Guarantees and of their issuance and sale will have been established in conformity with and so as not to violate, or result in a default under or breach of, the organizational document of each of the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors, and the terms of such Guarantees and of their issuance and sale will have been established in conformity with and so as not to violate, or result in a default under or breach of any applicable law, regulation or administrative order or any agreement or instrument binding upon any such Specified Subsidiary Guarantor and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental or regulatory body (including any securities exchange on which the Partnership’s securities are listed for trading) having jurisdiction over any such Specified Subsidiary Guarantor and, in conformity with the applicable Indenture, supplemental indenture or officers’ certificate and the applicable resolution of the GP Board and, if such Debt Securities constitute Partnership Debt Securities as to which Genesis Finance is co-issuer, the applicable Indenture, supplemental indenture or officers’ certificate and the applicable resolution of the Finance Board, (vii) the officers’ certificate or supplemental indenture to the related Indenture establishing any terms different from those in such Indenture shall not include any provision that is unenforceable against the applicable Specified Subsidiary Guarantors; (viii) the applicable Indenture will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of each party thereto (other than each of the applicable Specified Subsidiary Guarantors), enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms; and (ix) such action will have been taken with respect to the Partnership Debt Securities guaranteed by the Guarantees of the Specified Guarantors (and if such Debt Securities are issuable upon exercise of Securities constituting


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  Warrants or upon exchange or conversion of Securities constituting Preferred Securities or Subordinated Securities, such Warrants, Preferred Securities or Subordinated Securities) such that such Partnership Debt Securities and any Guarantees thereof by any Subsidiary Guarantors (other than the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors) constitute valid and binding obligations of each Obligor (other than the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors).

 

  (B) We express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than any published constitutions, treaties, laws, rules or regulations or judicial or administrative decisions (“ Laws ”) of (i) the federal Laws of the United States; (ii) the Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Delaware (the “ Delaware LLC Act ”); and (iii) the Laws of the State of New York. As used herein, the term “Delaware LLC Act” includes the statutory provisions contained therein and all applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and reported judicial decisions interpreting this law.

 

  (C) The matters expressed in this letter are subject to and qualified and limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer and conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally; (ii) general principles of equity, including without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and (iii) securities Laws and public policy underlying such Laws with respect to rights to indemnification and contribution.

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We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name in the Prospectus under the caption “Legal Matters.” In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP


Schedule I

Subsidiary Guarantors

 

     Jurisdiction of
Formation or
Organization

Antelope Refining, LLC

   Delaware

AP Marine, LLC

   Delaware

BR Port Services, LLC

   Delaware

Casper Express Pipeline, LLC

   Delaware

Davison Petroleum Supply, LLC

   Delaware

Davison Transportation Services, Inc.

   Delaware

Davison Transportation Services, LLC

   Delaware

GEL CHOPS GP, LLC

   Delaware

GEL CHOPS I, L.P.

   Delaware

GEL CHOPS II, L.P.

   Delaware

GEL Louisiana Fuels, LLC

   Delaware

GEL Odyssey, LLC

   Delaware

GEL Offshore Pipeline, LLC

   Delaware

GEL Offshore, LLC

   Delaware

GEL Poseidon, LLC

   Delaware

GEL PRCS, LLC

   Delaware

GEL Sekco, LLC

   Delaware

GEL Tex Marketing, LLC

   Delaware

GEL Texas Pipeline, LLC

   Delaware

GEL Wyoming, LLC

   Delaware

Genesis BR, LLC

   Delaware

Genesis CHOPS I, LLC

   Delaware

Genesis CHOPS II, LLC

   Delaware

Genesis CO2 Pipeline, L.P.

   Delaware

Genesis Crude Oil, L.P.

   Delaware

Genesis Davison, LLC

   Delaware

Genesis Energy, LLC

   Delaware

Genesis Free State Holdings, LLC

   Delaware

Genesis Marine, LLC

   Delaware

Genesis Natural Gas Pipeline, L.P.

   Delaware

Genesis NEJD Holdings, LLC

   Delaware

Genesis Odyssey, LLC

   Delaware

Genesis Offshore, LLC

   Delaware

Genesis Pipeline Alabama, LLC

   Alabama

Genesis Pipeline Texas, L.P.

   Delaware

Genesis Pipeline USA, L.P.

   Delaware

Genesis Poseidon, LLC

   Delaware

Genesis Rail Services, LLC

   Delaware

Genesis Sekco, LLC

   Delaware

Genesis Syngas Investments, L.P.

   Delaware

Milam Services, Inc.

   Delaware

Powder River Crude Services, LLC

   Delaware

Powder River Express, LLC

   Delaware

Powder River Operating, LLC

   Delaware

Pronghorn Rail Services, LLC

   Delaware

Red River Terminals, L.L.C.

   Louisiana

TBP2, LLC

   Delaware

TDC Services, LLC

   Delaware

TDC, L.L.C.

   Louisiana

Texas City Crude Oil Terminal, LLC

   Delaware

Thunder Basin Holdings, LLC

   Delaware

Thunder Basin Pipeline, LLC

   Delaware


Schedule II

Specified Subsidiary Guarantors

 

     Jurisdiction of
Formation or
Organization

Antelope Refining, LLC

   Delaware

Powder River Crude Services, LLC

   Delaware

Thunder Basin Holdings, LLC

   Delaware

Thunder Basin Pipeline, LLC

   Delaware

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-203259 on Form S-3 of our report dated February 27, 2015 (July 2, 2015 as to Note 22), relating to the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 and the related consolidated statements of operations, partners’ capital, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2014 of Genesis Energy, L.P. and subsidiaries (the “Partnership”) and the effectiveness of the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014, incorporated by reference in the Partnership’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 2, 2015.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Houston, Texas

July 6, 2015