Risk Factors

An investment in our common units involves risks associated with our business, our partnership structure and the tax characteristics of our common units. Below is a summary of certain key risk factors that you should consider in evaluating an investment in our common units. However, this list is not exhaustive. Please read “Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements.”

Risks Related to Our Business

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Risks Inherent in an Investment in Us

Tax Risks

The Transactions

We were formed in December 2014 by Noble. In connection with this offering, Noble will contribute to us the percentages of the development companies that will operate our assets described under “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Agreements with our Affiliates in Connection with the Transactions—Contribution Agreement.”

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In addition, in connection with this offering, we will:

The number of common units to be issued to Noble includes             common units that will be issued at the expiration of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional common units, assuming that the underwriters do not exercise the option. Any exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional common units would reduce the common units shown as held by Noble by the number to be purchased by the underwriters in connection with such exercise. If and to the extent the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional common units, the number of common units purchased by the underwriters pursuant to any exercise will be sold to the public, and any remaining common units not purchased by the underwriters pursuant to any exercise of the option will be issued to Noble at the expiration of the option period for no additional consideration. Any additional common units issued to Noble upon the expiration of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional common units will be issued pursuant to the exemption from registration provided under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. We will use any net proceeds from the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional common units to make a cash distribution to Noble.

RISK FACTORS

Limited partner interests are inherently different from the capital stock of a corporation, although many of the business risks to which we are subject are similar to those that would be faced by a corporation engaged in a similar business. You should carefully consider the following risk factors together with all of the other information included in this prospectus, including the matters addressed under “Forward-Looking Statements,” in evaluating an investment in our common units.

If any of the following risks were to occur, our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and ability to make cash distributions could be materially adversely affected. In that case, we may not be able to pay the minimum quarterly distribution on our common units, the trading price of our common units could decline and you could lose all or part of your investment.

Risks Related to Our Business

We derive substantially all of our revenue from Noble. If Noble changes its business strategy, alters its current drilling and development plan on our dedicated acreage, or otherwise significantly reduces the volumes of crude oil, natural gas, saltwater or fresh water with respect to which we perform midstream services, our revenue would decline and our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and ability to make distributions to our unitholders would be materially and adversely affected.

All of our commercial agreements are with Noble or its affiliates. Accordingly, because we expect to initially derive substantially all of our revenue from our commercial agreements with Noble, we are subject to the operational and business risks of Noble, the most significant of which include the following:

In addition, we are indirectly subject to the business risks of Noble generally and other factors, including, among others:

Further, we have no control over Noble’s business decisions and operations, and Noble is under no obligation to adopt a business strategy that is favorable to us. Thus, we are subject to the risk of non-payment or non-performance by Noble, including with respect to our midstream services agreements, which do not contain minimum volume commitments. The number of drilling rigs that Noble is operating in the DJ Basin has

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decreased from nine rigs in the fourth quarter of 2014 to four rigs in the first quarter of 2015. A further decrease in the number of drilling rigs that Noble operates on our dedicated acreage could result in lower throughput on our midstream infrastructure. Furthermore, we cannot predict the extent to which Noble’s businesses would be impacted if conditions in the energy industry were to deteriorate nor can we estimate the impact such conditions would have on Noble’s ability to execute its drilling and development plan on our dedicated acreage or to perform under our midstream services agreements. Any material non-payment or non-performance by Noble under our midstream services agreements would have a significant adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows and could therefore materially adversely affect our ability to make cash distributions to our unitholders at the minimum quarterly distribution rate or at all. Each of our midstream services agreements has an initial term of 15 years, and there is no guarantee that we will be able to renew or replace these agreements on equal or better terms, or at all, upon their expiration. Our ability to renew or replace our midstream services agreements following their expiration at rates sufficient to maintain our current revenues and cash flows could be adversely affected by activities beyond our control, including the activities of our competitors and Noble.

On a pro forma basis, we would not have generated sufficient distributable cash flow to make the payment of the aggregate annualized minimum quarterly distribution on all of our units for the year ended December 31, 2014 or the twelve months ended June 30, 2015.

We must generate approximately $         million of distributable cash flow to make the payment of the minimum quarterly distribution for four quarters on all of our common units and subordinated units that will be outstanding immediately following this offering. The amount of pro forma distributable cash flow generated during each of the year ended December 31, 2014 and the twelve months ended June 30, 2015 would not have been sufficient to pay the full minimum quarterly distribution on our common units and subordinated units during those periods. Specifically, the amount of pro forma distributable cash flow generated during the year ended December 31, 2014 would have been sufficient to make a distribution of approximately $         per common unit per quarter (approximately $         per common unit on an annualized basis), or approximately     % of the minimum quarterly distribution, and would not have made any distributions on our subordinated units, and the amount of pro forma distributable cash flow generated during the twelve months ended June 30, 2015 would have been sufficient to support a distribution of $         per common unit per quarter ($         per common unit on an annualized basis), or     % of the minimum quarterly distribution, and would have been sufficient to make a distribution of approximately $         per subordinated unit per quarter (approximately $         per subordinated unit on an annualized basis), or approximately     % of the minimum quarterly distribution. For a calculation of our ability to make cash distributions to our unitholders based on our pro forma results for the year ended December 31, 2014 and the twelve months ended June 30, 2015, please read “Cash Distribution Policy and Restrictions on Distributions.” If we are unable to generate sufficient distributable cash flow in future periods, we may not be able to make the payment of the full minimum quarterly distribution or any amount on our common units or subordinated units, in which event the market price of our common units may decline materially.

We may not generate sufficient distributable cash flow to make the payment of the minimum quarterly distribution to our unitholders.

In order to make the payment of the minimum quarterly distribution of $         per unit per quarter, or $         per unit on an annualized basis, we must generate distributable cash flow of approximately $         million per quarter, or approximately $         million per year, based on the number of common units and subordinated units to be outstanding immediately after the completion of this offering. We may not generate sufficient distributable cash flow to make the payment of the minimum quarterly distribution to our unitholders.

The amount of cash we can distribute on our units principally depends upon the amount of cash we generate from our operations, which will fluctuate from quarter to quarter based on, among other things:

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In addition, the actual amount of distributable cash flow that we generate will also depend on other factors, some of which are beyond our control, including:

The assumptions underlying the forecast of distributable cash flow that we include in “Cash Distribution Policy and Restrictions on Distributions” are inherently uncertain and subject to significant business, economic, financial, regulatory and competitive risks that could cause our actual distributable cash flow to differ materially from our forecast.

The forecast of distributable cash flow set forth in “Cash Distribution Policy and Restrictions on Distributions” includes our forecast of our results of operations and distributable cash flow for the twelve months ending December 31, 2016. Our ability to pay the full minimum quarterly distribution in the forecast period is based on a number of assumptions that may not prove to be correct and that are discussed in “Cash Distribution Policy and Restrictions on Distributions.” Our financial forecast has been prepared by management, and we have neither received nor requested an opinion or report on it from our or any other independent auditor.

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The demand for our midstream services, and therefore our cash flow, is affected by crude oil and natural gas prices, which fluctuate based on factors that are out of our control.

The level and pace of Noble’s exploration and production activity is, in part, driven by commodity prices for crude oil and natural gas. Because Noble’s demand for our midstream services is tied to its production levels, we are also indirectly exposed to commodity price risk. Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2014, crude oil and natural gas prices significantly declined and continued to decline during the first quarter of 2015. High and low daily average prices for monthly contracts for crude oil and high and low contract expirations prices for natural gas during the year ended December 31, 2014 and the nine months ended September 30, 2015 were as follows:

Noble has lowered its rig count in the DJ Basin for 2015 as compared to 2014, partially as a result of the decline in crude oil and natural gas prices. When combined with a reduction of cash flow resulting from lower commodity prices, a reduction in Noble’s available capital and lack of availability of debt or equity financing could result in a significant reduction of Noble’s spending for crude oil and natural gas drilling and development activity, which could result in a lower utilization rate of our midstream systems. If we are not able to obtain new supplies of crude oil and natural gas to replace the declines resulting from reductions in drilling and development activity, the utilization rates of our midstream assets will decline, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial position and cash flows and our ability to make cash distributions.

Because of the natural decline in production from existing wells, our success, in part, depends on our ability to maintain or increase hydrocarbon throughput volumes on our midstream systems, which depends on Noble’s levels of development and completion activity on our dedicated acreage.

The level of crude oil and natural gas volumes handled by our midstream systems depends on the level of production from crude oil and natural gas wells dedicated to our midstream systems, which may be less than expected and which will naturally decline over time. In order to maintain or increase throughput levels on our midstream systems, we must obtain production from wells completed by Noble on acreage dedicated to our midstream systems or third parties in our areas of operation.

We have no control over Noble’s or other producers’ levels of development and completion activity in our areas of operation, the amount of reserves associated with wells connected to our systems or the rate at which production from a well declines. In addition, we have no control over Noble or other producers or their exploration and development decisions, which may be affected by, among other things:

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Due to these and other factors, even if reserves are known to exist in areas served by our midstream assets, producers, including Noble, may choose not to develop those reserves. If producers choose not to develop their reserves, or they choose to slow their development rate, in our areas of operation, utilization of our midstream systems will be below anticipated levels. Our inability to provide increased services resulting from reductions in development activity, coupled with the natural decline in production from our current dedicated acreage, would result in our inability to maintain the then-current levels of utilization of our midstream assets, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and ability to make cash distributions.

If Noble does not maintain its drilling activities on our dedicated acreage, the demand for our fresh water services could be reduced, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows and ability to make distributions to our unitholders.

The fresh water services we provide to Noble assist in Noble’s drilling activities. If Noble does not maintain its drilling activities on our dedicated acreage, its demand for our fresh water services will be reduced regardless of whether we continue to provide our other midstream services on Noble’s production. If the demand for our fresh water services declines for this or any other reason, our results of operations, cash flows and ability to make distributions to our unitholders could be materially adversely affected.

Substantially all of our assets are controlling ownership interests in our development companies. Because our interests in our development companies represent almost all of our cash-generating assets, our cash flow will depend entirely on the performance of our development companies and their ability to distribute cash to us.

We have a holding company structure, and the primary source of our earnings and cash flow consists exclusively of the earnings of and cash distributions from our development companies. Therefore, our ability to make quarterly distributions to our unitholders will be almost entirely dependent upon the performance of our development companies and their ability to distribute funds to us. We are the sole member of the general partner of each of our development companies, and we control and manage our development companies through our ownership of our development companies’ respective general partners.

The limited partnership agreement governing each development company requires that the general partner of such development company cause such development company to distribute all of its available cash each quarter, less the amounts of cash reserves that such general partner determines are necessary or appropriate in its reasonable discretion to provide for the proper conduct of such development company’s business.

The amount of cash each development company generates from its operations will fluctuate from quarter to quarter based on events and circumstances and the actual amount of cash each development company will have available for distribution to its partners, including us, also will depend on certain factors. For a description of the events, circumstances and factors that may affect the cash distributions from our development companies please read “—We may not generate sufficient distributable cash flow to make the payment of the minimum quarterly distribution to our unitholders.”

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Our midstream assets are currently exclusively located in the DJ Basin in Colorado, making us vulnerable to risks associated with operating in a single geographic area.

Our midstream assets are currently located exclusively in the DJ Basin in Colorado. As a result of this concentration, we will be disproportionately exposed to the impact of regional supply and demand factors, delays or interruptions of production from wells in this area caused by governmental regulation, market limitations, water shortages or other drought related conditions or interruption of the processing or transportation of crude oil and natural gas. If any of these factors were to impact the DJ Basin more than other producing regions, our business, financial condition, results of operations and ability to make cash distributions could be adversely affected relative to other midstream companies that have a more geographically diversified asset portfolio.

We cannot predict the rate at which Noble will develop acreage that is dedicated to us or the areas it will decide to develop.

Our acreage dedication covers midstream services in a number of areas that are at the early stages of development or in areas that Noble is still determining whether to develop. In addition, Noble owns acreage in areas that are not dedicated to us. We cannot predict which of these areas Noble will determine to develop and at what time. Noble may decide to explore and develop areas in which we have a smaller operating interest in the midstream assets that service that area, or where the acreage is not dedicated to us, rather than areas in which we have a larger operating interest in the midstream assets that service that area. Noble’s decision to develop acreage that is not dedicated to us or that we have a smaller operating interest in may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and ability to make cash distributions.

While we have been granted a right of first refusal to provide midstream services on all acreage that Noble has or acquires onshore in the United States (other than in the Marcellus Shale), portions of this acreage may be subject to preexisting dedications that may require Noble to use third parties for midstream services.

Although Noble has granted us a ROFR to provide midstream services on all of its currently owned or future acquired acreage onshore in the United States (other than in the Marcellus Shale), portions of this acreage may be subject to preexisting dedications that require Noble to use third parties for midstream services, and, as a result, Noble may be precluded from offering us the opportunity to provide midstream services on this acreage. Because we do not currently know which acreage Noble has or acquires, if any, and what existing dedications or other overriding rights any acreage Noble acquires in the future may have, we are unable to predict the value, if any, of our ROFR to provide midstream services on Noble’s acreage onshore in the United States.

We may not be able to economically accept an offer from Noble for us to provide services with respect to which we have a right of first refusal.

Noble is required to offer us, prior to contracting for such opportunity with a third party, the opportunity to provide midstream services on upstream acreage or midstream systems that Noble currently owns or in the future acquires or develops that are not subject to a third-party dedications. The acreage and assets subject to this ROFR may be located in areas far from our existing infrastructure or may otherwise be undesirable in the context of our business. In addition, we can make no assurances that the terms at which Noble offers us the opportunity to provide these services will be acceptable to us. Furthermore, another midstream service provider may be willing to accept an offer from Noble that we are unwilling to accept. Our inability to take advantage of the opportunities with respect to such acreage or assets could adversely affect our growth strategy or our ability to maintain or increase our cash distribution level.

We may be unable to grow by acquiring the non-controlling interests in our development companies owned by Noble or midstream assets retained, acquired or developed by Noble, which could limit our ability to increase our distributable cash flow.

Part of our strategy for growing our business and increasing distributions to our unitholders is dependent upon our ability to make acquisitions that increase our distributable cash flow. Part of the acquisition component of our growth strategy is based upon our expectation of future divestitures by Noble to us of retained, acquired or

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developed midstream assets and portions of its retained, non-controlling interests in our development companies. We have only a ROFO pursuant to our omnibus agreement that requires Noble to allow us to make an offer with respect to Noble’s retained non-controlling interests in our development companies to the extent Noble elects to sell these interests. In addition Noble has granted us a ROFR on any midstream assets retained, acquired or developed by Noble after the completion of this offering onshore in the United States (other than in the Marcellus Shale). Noble is under no obligation to sell its retained interests in our development companies or offer to sell us additional assets, we are under no obligation to buy any additional interests or assets from Noble and we do not know when or if Noble will decide to sell its retained interests in our development companies or make any offers to sell assets to us. We may never purchase all or any portion of the non-controlling interests in our development companies or any of Noble’s retained, acquired or developed midstream assets onshore in the United States (other than in the Marcellus Shale) for several reasons, including the following:

We do not know when or if Noble will decide to sell all or any portion of its non-controlling interests or will offer us any portion of its assets, and we can provide no assurance that we will be able to successfully consummate any future acquisition of all or any portion of such non-controlling interests in our development companies or assets. Furthermore, if Noble reduces its ownership interest in us, it may be less willing to sell to us its retained non-controlling interests in our development companies or its retained assets. In addition, except for our ROFO and ROFR, there are no restrictions on Noble’s ability to transfer its non-controlling interests in our development companies or its retained assets to a third party or non-controlled affiliate. If we do not acquire all or a significant portion of the non-controlling interests in our development companies held by Noble or midstream assets from Noble, our ability to grow our business and increase our cash distributions to our unitholders may be significantly limited.

We may not be able to attract dedications of third-party volumes, in part because our industry is highly competitive, which could limit our ability to grow and increase our dependence on Noble.

Part of our long-term growth strategy includes diversifying our customer base by identifying opportunities to offer services to third parties in our areas of operation. To date and over the near term, substantially all of our revenues have been and will be earned from Noble relating to its operated wells on our dedicated acreage. Our ability to increase throughput on our midstream systems and any related revenue from third parties is subject to numerous factors beyond our control, including competition from third parties and the extent to which we have available capacity when requested by third parties. Any lack of available capacity on our systems for third-party volumes will detrimentally affect our ability to compete effectively with third-party systems for crude oil and natural gas from reserves associated with acreage other than our then-current dedicated acreage. In addition, some of our competitors for third-party volumes have greater financial resources and access to larger supplies of crude oil and natural gas than those available to us, which could allow those competitors to price their services more aggressively than we do.

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Our efforts to attract third parties as customers may be adversely affected by our relationship with Noble and the fact that a substantial majority of the capacity of our midstream systems will be necessary to service its production on our dedicated acreage and our desire to provide services pursuant to fee-based agreements. As a result, we may not have the capacity to provide services to third parties and/or potential third-party customers may prefer to obtain services pursuant to other forms of contractual arrangements under which we would be required to assume direct commodity exposure. In addition, potential third-party customers who are significant producers of crude oil and natural gas may develop their own midstream systems in lieu of using our systems. All of these competitive pressures could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, cash flows and ability to make cash distributions to our unitholders.

To maintain and grow our business, we will be required to make substantial capital expenditures. If we are unable to obtain needed capital or financing on satisfactory terms, our ability to make cash distributions may be diminished or our financial leverage could increase.

In order to maintain and grow our business, we will need to make substantial capital expenditures to fund our share of growth capital expenditures associated with our operating interests in our development companies, or to purchase or construct new midstream systems. If we do not make sufficient or effective capital expenditures, we will be unable to maintain and grow our business and, as a result, we may be unable to maintain or raise the level of our future cash distributions over the long term. To fund our capital expenditures, we will be required to use cash from our operations, incur debt or sell additional common units or other equity securities. Using cash from our operations will reduce cash available for distribution to our unitholders. Our ability to obtain bank financing or our ability to access the capital markets for future equity or debt offerings may be limited by our financial condition at the time of any such financing or offering and the covenants in our existing debt agreements, as well as by general economic conditions, contingencies and uncertainties that are beyond our control. Also, due to our relationship with Noble, our ability to access the capital markets, or the pricing or other terms of any capital markets transactions, may be adversely affected by any impairment to the financial condition of Noble or adverse changes in Noble’s credit ratings. Any material limitation on our ability to access capital as a result of such adverse changes to Noble could limit our ability to obtain future financing under favorable terms, or at all, or could result in increased financing costs in the future. Similarly, material adverse changes affecting Noble could negatively impact our unit price, limiting our ability to raise capital through equity issuances or debt financing, or could negatively affect our ability to engage in, expand or pursue our business activities, or could also prevent us from engaging in certain transactions that might otherwise be considered beneficial to us. We will also rely on Noble to make its portion of capital expenditures on our assets, and to the extent that Noble is unable or unwilling to make these capital expenditures, we may not be able to grow at our expected rate or at all.

Even if we are successful in obtaining the necessary funds to support our growth plan, the terms of such financings could limit our ability to pay distributions to our unitholders. In addition, incurring additional debt may significantly increase our interest expense and financial leverage, and issuing additional limited partner interests may result in significant unitholder dilution and would increase the aggregate amount of cash required to maintain the then current distribution rate, which could materially decrease our ability to pay distributions at the then prevailing distribution rate. While we have historically received funding from Noble, none of Noble, our general partner or any of their respective affiliates is committed to providing any direct or indirect financial support to fund our growth.

The amount of cash we have available for distribution to our unitholders depends primarily on our cash flow and not solely on our profitability, which may prevent us from making distributions, even during periods in which we record net income.

The amount of cash we have available for distribution depends primarily upon our cash flow and not solely on our profitability, which will be affected by non-cash items. As a result, we may make cash distributions during periods when we record a net loss for financial accounting purposes, and conversely, we might fail to make cash distributions during periods when we record net income for financial accounting purposes.

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Increased competition from other companies that provide midstream services, or from alternative fuel sources, could have a negative impact on the demand for our services, which could adversely affect our financial results.

Our ability to renew or replace existing contracts at rates sufficient to maintain current revenues and cash flows could be adversely affected by the activities of our competitors. Our systems compete for third-party customers primarily with other crude oil and natural gas gathering systems and fresh and saltwater service providers. Some of our competitors have greater financial resources and may now, or in the future, have access to greater supplies of crude oil and natural gas than we do. Some of these competitors may expand or construct gathering systems that would create additional competition for the services we would provide to third-party customers. In addition, potential third-party customers may develop their own gathering systems instead of using ours. Moreover, Noble and its affiliates are not limited in their ability to compete with us outside of our dedicated area. See “Conflicts of Interest and Duties.”

Further, hydrocarbon fuels compete with other forms of energy available to end-users, including electricity and coal. Increased demand for such other forms of energy at the expense of hydrocarbons could lead to a reduction in demand for our services.

All of these competitive pressures could make it more difficult for us to retain our existing customers or attract new customers as we seek to expand our business, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and ability to make quarterly cash distributions to our unitholders. In addition, competition could intensify the negative impact of factors that decrease demand for natural gas in the markets served by our systems, such as adverse economic conditions, weather, higher fuel costs and taxes or other governmental or regulatory actions that directly or indirectly increase the cost or limit the use of natural gas.

Our construction of new midstream assets may not result in revenue increases and may be subject to regulatory, environmental, political, legal and economic risks, which could adversely affect our cash flows, results of operations and financial condition and, as a result, our ability to distribute cash to unitholders.

The construction of additions or modifications to our existing systems involves numerous regulatory, environmental, political and legal uncertainties beyond our control, may require the expenditure of significant amounts of capital, and we may not be able to construct in certain locations due to set back requirements. Financing may not be available on economically acceptable terms or at all. If we undertake these projects, we may not be able to complete them on schedule, at the budgeted cost or at all.

Our revenues may not increase immediately (or at all) upon the expenditure of funds on a particular project. For instance, if we build additional gathering assets, the construction may occur over an extended period of time, and we may not receive any material increases in revenues until the project is completed or at all. Additionally we may construct facilities to capture anticipated future production growth in an area where such growth does not materialize. As a result, new midstream assets may not be able to attract enough throughput to achieve our expected investment return, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and ability to make cash distributions.

The construction of additions to our existing assets may require us to obtain new rights-of-way, leases or other surface use agreements prior to constructing new pipelines or facilities. We may be unable to timely obtain such rights-of-way to connect new crude oil, natural gas and water sources to our existing infrastructure or capitalize on other attractive expansion opportunities. Additionally, it may become more expensive for us to obtain new rights-of-way or to expand or renew existing rights-of-way, leases or other agreements. If the cost of renewing or obtaining new agreements increases, our cash flows could be adversely affected.

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We are subject to regulation by multiple governmental agencies, which could adversely impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We are subject to regulation by multiple federal, state and local governmental agencies. Proposals and proceedings that affect the midstream industry are regularly considered by Congress, as well as by state legislatures and federal and state regulatory commissions, agencies and courts. We cannot predict when or whether any such proposals may become effective or the magnitude of the impact changes in laws and regulations may have on our business. However, additions to the regulatory burden on our industry generally increase our cost of doing business and affect our profitability.

The rates of our regulated assets are subject to review and reporting by federal regulators, which could adversely affect our revenues.

Currently, only the crude oil gathering system servicing the East Pony IDP transports crude oil in interstate commerce. Pipelines that transport crude oil in interstate commerce are, among other things, subject to rate regulation by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or the FERC, unless such rate requirements are waived. We applied for and received a waiver of the FERC’s tariff requirements. This temporary waiver is subject to revocation. We are required to inform the FERC of any change in circumstances upon which the waiver was granted. Should the pipeline’s circumstances change, the FERC could find that transportation on the East Pony IDP no longer qualifies for a waiver. In the event that the FERC were to determine that the crude oil gathering system servicing the East Pony IDP no longer qualified for the waiver, we would likely be required to comply with the tariff and reporting requirements, including filing a tariff with the FERC and providing a cost justification for the transportation rates, and providing service to all potential shippers, without undue discrimination. A revocation of the temporary waiver for this pipeline could adversely affect the results of our revenues.

We may also be required to respond to requests for information from government agencies, including compliance audits conducted by the FERC.

Federal and state legislative and regulatory initiatives relating to pipeline safety that require the use of new or more stringent safety controls or result in more stringent enforcement of applicable legal requirements could subject us to increased capital costs, operational delays and costs of operation.

The Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011, the Pipeline Safety and Job Creations Act, is the most recent federal legislation to amend the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, as amended, or NGPSA, and the Hazardous Liquids Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, as amended, or HLPSA, pipeline safety laws, requiring increased safety measures for natural gas and hazardous liquids pipelines. Among other things, the Pipeline Safety and Job Creations Act directs the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate regulations relating to expanded integrity management requirements, automatic or remote-controlled valve use, excess flow valve use, leak detection system installation, material strength testing, and verification of the maximum allowable pressure of certain pipelines. The Pipeline Safety and Job Creations Act also increases the maximum penalty for violation of pipeline safety regulations from $100,000 to $200,000 per violation per day of violation and from $1.0 million to $2.0 million for a related series of violations. The safety enhancement requirements and other provisions of the Pipeline Safety and Job Creations Act as well as any implementation of Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, or PHMSA, rules thereunder could require us to install new or modified safety controls, pursue additional capital projects, or conduct maintenance programs on an accelerated basis, any or all of which tasks could result in our incurring increased operating costs that could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial position.

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Our ownership interest in White Cliffs LLC could require us to make capital contributions from time to time, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and ability to make distributions to our unitholders.

We currently own a 3.33% non-operating interest in White Cliffs LLC. Because we do not operate or control White Cliffs LLC, we do not have control over decisions to make maintenance and growth capital expenditures on the White Cliffs Pipeline. Furthermore, White Cliffs LLC is subject to many of the same environmental and regulatory risks that our assets are subject to, including regulation by the FERC. To the extent that the operator of White Cliffs LLC decides to make capital expenditures on White Cliffs LLC or White Cliffs LLC becomes subject to regulatory assessments, we could be required to contribute additional capital to White Cliffs LLC, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and ability to make distributions to our unitholders.

If third-party pipelines or other facilities interconnected to our midstream systems become partially or fully unavailable, or if the volumes we gather or treat do not meet the quality requirements of such pipelines or facilities, our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and ability to make distributions to our unitholders could be adversely affected.

Our midstream systems are connected to other pipelines or facilities, the majority of which are owned by third parties. The continuing operation of such third-party pipelines or facilities is not within our control. If any of these pipelines or facilities becomes unable to transport, treat or process natural gas or crude oil, or if the volumes we gather or transport do not meet the quality requirements of such pipelines or facilities, our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and ability to make distributions to our unitholders could be adversely affected.

Our exposure to commodity price risk may change over time and we cannot guarantee the terms of any agreements for our midstream services with third parties or with Noble.

We currently generate the majority of our revenues pursuant to fee-based agreements under which we are paid based on volumetric fees, rather than the underlying value of the commodity. Consequently, our existing operations and cash flows have little direct exposure to commodity price risk. However, Noble is exposed to commodity price risk, and extended reduction in commodity prices could reduce the production volumes available for our midstream services in the future below expected levels. Although we intend to enter into fee-based gathering agreements with existing or new customers in the future, our efforts to negotiate such terms may not be successful.

Restrictions in our new revolving credit facility could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and ability to make quarterly cash distributions to our unitholders.

We expect to enter into a new revolving credit facility prior to or in connection with the closing of this offering. We expect our new revolving credit facility will limit our ability to, among other things:

We expect our new revolving credit facility will also contain covenants requiring us to maintain certain financial ratios.

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The provisions of our new revolving credit facility may affect our ability to obtain future financing and to pursue attractive business opportunities and our flexibility in planning for, and reacting to, changes in business conditions. In addition, a failure to comply with the provisions of our new revolving credit facility could result in a default or an event of default that could enable our lenders to declare the outstanding principal of that debt, together with accrued and unpaid interest, to be immediately due and payable. If the payment of our debt is accelerated, our assets may be insufficient to repay such debt in full, and our unitholders could experience a partial or total loss of their investment. Please read “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Capital Resources and Liquidity.”

Increased regulation of hydraulic fracturing could result in reductions or delays in crude oil and natural gas production by our customers, which could reduce the throughput on our gathering and other midstream systems, which could adversely impact our revenues.

We do not conduct hydraulic fracturing operations, but substantially all of Noble’s crude oil and natural gas production on our dedicated acreage is developed from unconventional sources, such as shales, that require hydraulic fracturing as part of the completion process. The majority of our fresh water services business is related to the storage and transportation of water for hydraulic fracturing. Hydraulic fracturing is a well stimulation process that utilizes large volumes of water and sand combined with fracturing chemical additives that are pumped at high pressure to crack open previously impenetrable rock to release hydrocarbons. Hydraulic fracturing is typically regulated by state oil and gas commissions and similar agencies. Some states, including those in which we operate, have adopted, and other states are considering adopting, regulations that could impose more stringent disclosure or well construction requirements on hydraulic fracturing operations, or otherwise seek to ban some or all of these activities. Recently, however, several federal agencies have asserted jurisdiction over the process. For example, the Bureau of Land Management finalized rules in March 2015 that impose new requirements related to disclosure, well bore integrity, and water management on hydraulic fracturing on federal lands. The U.S. District Court of Wyoming has issued an injunction against implementation of the new rule until lawsuits in opposition to it are settled. In addition, the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, has moved forward with various regulatory actions, including the issuance of new regulations requiring green completions for hydraulically fractured wells, emission requirements for certain midstream equipment, and an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on its intent to develop regulations under the Toxic Substances and Control Act to require companies to disclose information regarding the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing. In addition, in April 2015, the EPA proposed to prohibit the discharge of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing operations to publicly owned wastewater treatment plants. Certain environmental groups have also suggested that additional laws may be needed to more closely and uniformly regulate the hydraulic fracturing process; and legislation has been proposed by some members of Congress to provide for such regulation. We cannot predict whether any such legislation will be enacted and if so, what its provisions would be. Additional levels of regulation and permits required through the adoption of new laws and regulations at the federal, state or local level could lead to delays, increased operating costs and process prohibitions that could reduce the volumes of crude oil and natural gas that move through our gathering systems and decrease demand for our water services, which in turn could materially adversely impact our revenues.

We, Noble or any third-party customers may incur significant liability under, or costs and expenditures to comply with, environmental and worker health and safety regulations, which are complex and subject to frequent change.

As an owner and operator of gathering systems, we are subject to various stringent federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the discharge of materials into, and protection of, the environment and worker health and safety. Numerous governmental authorities, such as the EPA and analogous state agencies, have the power to enforce compliance with these laws and regulations and the permits issued under them, oftentimes requiring difficult and costly response actions. These laws and regulations may impose numerous obligations that are applicable to our and our customers’ operations, including the acquisition of permits to conduct regulated activities, the incurrence of capital or operating expenditures to limit or prevent releases of materials from our or our customers’ operations, the imposition of specific standards addressing worker protection, and the imposition

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of substantial liabilities and remedial obligations for pollution or contamination resulting from our and our customers’ operations. Failure to comply with these laws, regulations and permits may result in joint and several or strict liability or the assessment of administrative, civil and criminal penalties, the imposition of remedial obligations or the issuance of injunctions limiting or preventing some or all of our operations. Private parties, including the owners of the properties through which our gathering systems pass, may also have the right to pursue legal actions to enforce compliance, as well as to seek damages for non-compliance, with environmental laws and regulations or for personal injury or property damage. We may not be able to recover all or any of these costs from insurance. In addition, we may experience a delay in obtaining or be unable to obtain required permits, which may cause us to lose potential and current customers, interrupt our operations and limit our growth and revenues, which in turn could affect the amount of cash we have available for distribution. There is no assurance that changes in or additions to public policy regarding the protection of the environment and worker health and safety will not have a significant impact on our operations and the amount of cash we have available for distribution.

Our operations also pose risks of environmental liability due to leakage, migration, releases or spills to surface or subsurface soils, surface water or groundwater. Certain environmental laws impose strict as well as joint and several liability for costs required to remediate and restore sites where hazardous substances, hydrocarbons or solid wastes have been stored or released. We may be required to remediate contaminated properties currently or formerly operated by us regardless of whether such contamination resulted from the conduct of others or from consequences of our own actions that were in compliance with all applicable laws at the time those actions were taken. In addition, claims for damages to persons or property, including natural resources, may result from the environmental, health and safety impacts of our operations. Moreover, public interest in the protection of the environment has increased dramatically in recent years. The trend of more expansive and stringent environmental legislation and regulations applied to the crude oil and natural gas industry could continue, potentially resulting in increased costs of doing business and consequently affecting the amount of cash we have available for distribution. Please read “Business—Regulation of Operations.”

Climate change laws and regulations restricting emissions of greenhouse gases could result in increased operating costs and reduced demand for the crude oil and natural gas that we gather while potential physical effects of climate change could disrupt Noble’s and our other customers’ production and cause us to incur significant costs in preparing for or responding to those effects.

In response to findings that emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases, or GHGs, present an endangerment to public health and the environment, the EPA has adopted regulations under existing provisions of the Clean Air Act, or CAA, that, among other things, establish Prevention of Significant Deterioration, or PSD, construction and Title V operating permit reviews for certain large stationary sources that emit GHGs. Facilities required to obtain PSD permits for their GHG emissions also will be required to meet “best available control technology” standards that will be established by the states or, in some cases, by the EPA on a case-by-case basis. These EPA rulemakings could adversely affect our operations and restrict or delay our ability to obtain air permits for new or modified sources. In addition, the EPA has adopted rules requiring the monitoring and reporting of GHG emissions from specified onshore crude oil and natural gas production sources in the U.S. on an annual basis.

While Congress has from time to time considered legislation to reduce emissions of GHGs, there has not been significant activity in the form of adopted legislation to reduce GHG emissions at the federal level in recent years. In the absence of such federal climate legislation, a number of state and regional efforts have emerged that are aimed at tracking or reducing GHG emissions.

In addition, the EPA and states continue the development of regulations to further address the potential impacts of climate change. For example in February 2015, Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission approved comprehensive changes to rules governing crude oil and natural gas activities in the state, including the nation’s first-ever regulations designed to detect and reduce methane emissions. The EPA is also acting to increase the

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requirements associated with methane releases from crude oil and natural gas activities. In August 2015, the EPA proposed new regulations that set methane emission standards for new and modified oil and natural gas production and natural gas processing and transmission facilities as part of the Administration’s efforts to reduce methane emissions from the oil and natural gas sector by up to 45% from 2012 levels by 2025. The EPA is expected to finalize this proposal in 2016. The Bureau of Land Management is expected to address methane emissions from crude oil and natural gas sources in 2015 as well.

Although it is not possible at this time to predict how legislation or new regulations that may be adopted to address GHG emissions would impact our business, any such future laws and regulations imposing reporting obligations on, or limiting emissions of GHGs from, our equipment and operations could require us to incur costs to reduce emissions of GHGs associated with our operations. Substantial limitations on GHG emissions could also adversely affect demand for the crude oil and natural gas we gather. Finally, it should be noted that some scientists have concluded that increasing concentrations of GHGs in the Earth’s atmosphere may produce climate changes that have significant physical effects, such as increased frequency and severity of storms, floods and other climatic events; if any such effects were to occur, they could have an adverse effect on Noble’s exploration and production operations. Please read “Business—Regulation of Operations.”

Certain plant or animal species are or could be designated as endangered or threatened, which could have a material impact on our and Noble’s operations.