UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 ______________________________________________________________________________________
FORM 10-Q
 ______________________________________________________________________________________
(Mark One)
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 20202021
OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ____________ to _____________                    
Commission File Number: 1-32225
  _____________________________________________________________________________________
HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 ______________________________________________________________________________________
Delaware20-0833098
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2828 N. Harwood, Suite 1300
Dallas
Texas75201
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
(214) 871-3555
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Limited Partner UnitsHEPNew York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes      No  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes       No  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth” company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filerAccelerated filerNon-accelerated filerSmaller reporting company
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes  No  
The number of the registrant’s outstanding common units at October 29, 2020,2021, was 105,440,201.


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HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
INDEX
 
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Item 4.
Item 1.
Item 1A.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this Form 10-Q, including, but not limited to, statements regarding funding of capital expenditures and distributions, distributable cash flow coverage and leverage targets, and statements under “Results of Operations” and “Liquidity and Capital Resources” in Item 2 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part I are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements use words such as “anticipate,” “project,” “expect,” “plan,” “goal,” “forecast,” “intend,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “believe,” “may,” and similar expressions and statements regarding our plans and objectives for future operations are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are based on our beliefs and assumptions and those of our general partner using currently available information and expectations as of the date hereof, are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties. Although we and our general partner believe that such expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, neither we nor our general partner can give assurance that our expectations will prove to be correct. All statements concerning our expectations for future results of operations are based on forecasts for our existing operations and do not include the potential impact of any future acquisitions. Our forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected. Certain factors could cause actual results to differ materially from results anticipated in the forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to:
the extraordinary market environmentdemand for and supply of crude oil and refined products, including uncertainty regarding the effects of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic including the continuation of a material decline inon future demand for refined petroleum products in markets we serve;
(i) our ability to successfully close the Sinclair acquisition, which requires certain regulatory approvals (including clearance by antitrust authorities necessary to complete the Sinclair acquisition on the terms and timeline desired); (ii) disruption the Sinclair acquisition may cause to customers, vendors, business partners and our ongoing business; (iii) once closed, our ability to integrate the operations of Sinclair with our existing operations and fully realize the expected synergies of the Sinclair acquisition on the expected timeline; and (iv) the cost and potential for delay in closing as a result of litigation against us or HollyFrontier Corporation (“HFC”) challenging the Sinclair transactions;
risks and uncertainties with respect to the actual quantities of petroleum products and crude oil shipped on our pipelines and/or terminalled, stored or throughput in our terminals and refinery processing units;
the economic viability of HollyFrontier Corporation (“HFC”),HFC, our other customers and our joint ventures’ other customers, including any refusal or inability of our or our joint ventures’ customers or counterparties to perform their obligations under their contracts;
the demand for refined petroleum products in the markets we serve;
our ability to purchase and integrate future acquired operations;
our ability to complete previously announced or contemplated acquisitions;
the availability and cost of additional debt and equity financing;
the possibility of temporary or permanent reductions in production or shutdowns at refineries utilizing our pipelines, terminal facilities and refinery processing units, due to reasons such as infection in the workforce, in response to reductions in demand or lower gross margins due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and any potential asset impairments resulting from such actions;
the effects of current and future government regulations and policies, including the effects of current and future restrictions on various commercial and economic activities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic;
delay by government authorities in issuing permits necessary for our business or our capital projects;
our and our joint venture partners’ ability to complete and maintain operational efficiency in carrying out routine operations and capital construction projects;
the possibility of terrorist or cyber attackscyberattacks and the consequences of any such attacks;
general economic conditions, including uncertainty regarding the timing, pace and extent of an economic recovery in the United States;
the impact of recent or proposed changes in the tax laws and regulations that affect master limited partnerships; and
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other financial, operational and legal risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

Cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations are set forth in this Form 10-Q, including, without limitation, the forward-looking statements that are referred to above. You should not put any undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. When considering forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the known material risk factors and other cautionary statements set forth in our Annual Report on Form
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10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and in2020, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020,June 30, 2021, and in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and in connection with the discussion in this Form 10-Q in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” All forward-looking statements included in this Form 10-Q and all subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made and, other than as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.Financial Statements
HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except unit data)
September 30, 2020December 31, 2019September 30,
2021
December 31, 2020
(Unaudited)(Unaudited)
ASSETSASSETSASSETS
Current assets:Current assets:Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents (Cushing Connect VIEs: $9,288 and $6,842, respectively)
$18,091 $13,287 
Cash and cash equivalents (Cushing Connect VIEs: $7,472 and $18,259, respectively)
Cash and cash equivalents (Cushing Connect VIEs: $7,472 and $18,259, respectively)
$12,816 $21,990 
Accounts receivable:Accounts receivable:Accounts receivable:
Trade (Cushing Connect VIEs: $712 and $79, respectively)
13,857 18,731 
TradeTrade12,121 14,543 
AffiliatesAffiliates46,504 49,716 Affiliates41,507 47,972 
60,361 68,447 53,628 62,515 
Prepaid and other current assetsPrepaid and other current assets6,282 7,629 Prepaid and other current assets8,174 9,487 
Total current assetsTotal current assets84,734 89,363 Total current assets74,618 93,992 
Properties and equipment, net (Cushing Connect VIEs: $32,092 and $2,916, respectively)
1,447,924 1,467,099 
Properties and equipment, net (Cushing Connect VIEs: $0 and $47,801, respectively)
Properties and equipment, net (Cushing Connect VIEs: $0 and $47,801, respectively)
1,335,042 1,450,685 
Operating lease right-of-use assets, netOperating lease right-of-use assets, net3,164 3,255 Operating lease right-of-use assets, net2,501 2,979 
Net investment in leases167,238 134,886 
Net investment in leases (Cushing Connect VIEs: $95,598 and $0, respectively)
Net investment in leases (Cushing Connect VIEs: $95,598 and $0, respectively)
306,071 166,316 
Intangible assets, netIntangible assets, net90,817 101,322 Intangible assets, net76,809 87,315 
GoodwillGoodwill234,684 270,336 Goodwill223,650 234,684 
Equity method investments (Cushing Connect VIEs: $39,658 and $37,084, respectively)
122,046 120,071 
Equity method investments (Cushing Connect VIEs: $37,691 and $39,456, respectively)
Equity method investments (Cushing Connect VIEs: $37,691 and $39,456, respectively)
117,027 120,544 
Other assetsOther assets11,278 12,900 Other assets16,858 11,050 
Total assetsTotal assets$2,161,885 $2,199,232 Total assets$2,152,576 $2,167,565 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITYLIABILITIES AND EQUITYLIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:Current liabilities:Current liabilities:
Accounts payable:Accounts payable:Accounts payable:
Trade (Cushing Connect VIEs: $6,030 and $2,082, respectively)
$21,022 $17,818 
Trade (Cushing Connect VIEs: $10,083 and $14,076, respectively)
Trade (Cushing Connect VIEs: $10,083 and $14,076, respectively)
$25,472 $28,280 
AffiliatesAffiliates6,922 16,737 Affiliates14,605 18,120 
27,944 34,555 40,077 46,400 
Accrued interestAccrued interest4,691 13,206 Accrued interest4,604 10,892 
Deferred revenueDeferred revenue11,020 10,390 Deferred revenue10,768 11,368 
Accrued property taxesAccrued property taxes8,972 3,799 Accrued property taxes8,877 3,992 
Current operating lease liabilitiesCurrent operating lease liabilities1,199 1,126 Current operating lease liabilities706 875 
Current finance lease liabilitiesCurrent finance lease liabilities3,459 3,224 Current finance lease liabilities3,753 3,713 
Other current liabilitiesOther current liabilities2,849 2,305 Other current liabilities2,687 2,505 
Total current liabilitiesTotal current liabilities60,134 68,605 Total current liabilities71,472 79,745 
Long-term debtLong-term debt1,439,874 1,462,031 Long-term debt1,333,309 1,405,603 
Noncurrent operating lease liabilitiesNoncurrent operating lease liabilities2,333 2,482 Noncurrent operating lease liabilities2,169 2,476 
Noncurrent finance lease liabilitiesNoncurrent finance lease liabilities69,180 70,475 Noncurrent finance lease liabilities65,565 68,047 
Other long-term liabilitiesOther long-term liabilities13,861 12,808 Other long-term liabilities12,317 12,905 
Deferred revenueDeferred revenue41,376 45,681 Deferred revenue30,920 40,581 
Class B unitClass B unit51,956 49,392 Class B unit55,593 52,850 
Equity:Equity:Equity:
Partners’ equity:Partners’ equity:Partners’ equity:
Common unitholders (105,440 units issued and outstanding
at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019)
364,821 381,103 
Noncontrolling interest118,350 106,655 
Common unitholders (105,440 units issued and outstanding
at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020)
Common unitholders (105,440 units issued and outstanding
at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020)
437,998 379,292 
Noncontrolling interestsNoncontrolling interests143,233 126,066 
Total equityTotal equity483,171 487,758 Total equity581,231 505,358 
Total liabilities and equityTotal liabilities and equity$2,161,885 $2,199,232 Total liabilities and equity$2,152,576 $2,167,565 
See accompanying notes.

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HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per unit data)
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
20202019202020192021202020212020
Revenues:Revenues:Revenues:
AffiliatesAffiliates$100,992 $106,027 $297,983 $311,755 Affiliates$97,124 $100,992 $298,192 $297,983 
Third partiesThird parties26,739 29,868 72,409 89,388 Third parties25,460 26,739 77,810 72,409 
127,731 135,895 370,392 401,143 122,584 127,731 376,002 370,392 
Operating costs and expenses:Operating costs and expenses:Operating costs and expenses:
Operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)Operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)40,003 44,924 109,721 123,045 Operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)42,793 40,003 126,226 109,721 
Depreciation and amortizationDepreciation and amortization26,190 24,121 75,202 72,192 Depreciation and amortization21,826 26,190 71,894 75,202 
General and administrativeGeneral and administrative2,332 2,714 7,569 7,322 General and administrative3,849 2,332 9,664 7,569 
Goodwill impairmentGoodwill impairment35,653 35,653 Goodwill impairment— 35,653 11,034 35,653 
104,178 71,759 228,145 202,559 68,468 104,178 218,818 228,145 
Operating incomeOperating income23,553 64,136 142,247 198,584 Operating income54,116 23,553 157,184 142,247 
Other income (expense):Other income (expense):Other income (expense):
Equity in earnings of equity method investmentsEquity in earnings of equity method investments1,316 1,334 5,186 5,217 Equity in earnings of equity method investments3,689 1,316 8,875 5,186 
Interest expenseInterest expense(14,104)(18,807)(45,650)(57,059)Interest expense(13,417)(14,104)(40,595)(45,650)
Interest incomeInterest income2,803 2,243 7,834 3,322 Interest income6,835 2,803 19,997 7,834 
Gain on sales-type leasesGain on sales-type leases35,166 33,834 35,166 Gain on sales-type leases— — 24,677 33,834 
Loss on early extinguishment of debtLoss on early extinguishment of debt(25,915)Loss on early extinguishment of debt— — — (25,915)
Other income (loss)7,465 142 8,439 (57)
Gain on sale of assets and otherGain on sale of assets and other77 7,465 5,994 8,439 
(2,520)20,078 (16,272)(13,411)(2,816)(2,520)18,948 (16,272)
Income before income taxesIncome before income taxes21,033 84,214 125,975 185,173 Income before income taxes51,300 21,033 176,132 125,975 
State income tax expense(34)(30)(110)(36)
State income tax benefit (expense)State income tax benefit (expense)(34)(60)(110)
Net incomeNet income20,999 84,184 125,865 185,137 Net income51,304 20,999 176,072 125,865 
Allocation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interestsAllocation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interests(3,186)(1,839)(6,721)(5,920)Allocation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interests(2,144)(3,186)(6,770)(6,721)
Net income attributable to the partnersNet income attributable to the partners17,813 82,345 119,144 179,217 Net income attributable to the partners49,160 17,813 169,302 119,144 
Limited partners’ per unit interest in earnings—basic and dilutedLimited partners’ per unit interest in earnings—basic and diluted$0.17 $0.78 $1.13 $1.70 Limited partners’ per unit interest in earnings—basic and diluted$0.46 $0.17 $1.60 $1.13 
Weighted average limited partners’ units outstandingWeighted average limited partners’ units outstanding105,440 105,440 105,440 105,440 Weighted average limited partners’ units outstanding105,440 105,440 105,440 105,440 


Net income and comprehensive income are the same in all periods presented.
See accompanying notes.

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HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2020201920212020
Cash flows from operating activitiesCash flows from operating activitiesCash flows from operating activities
Net incomeNet income$125,865 $185,137 Net income$176,072 $125,865 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortizationDepreciation and amortization75,202 72,192 Depreciation and amortization71,894 75,202 
(Gain) loss on sale of assets(887)(19)
Gain on sale of assetsGain on sale of assets(5,567)(887)
Loss on early extinguishment of debtLoss on early extinguishment of debt25,915 Loss on early extinguishment of debt— 25,915 
Gain on sales-type leasesGain on sales-type leases(33,834)(35,166)Gain on sales-type leases(24,677)(33,834)
Goodwill impairmentGoodwill impairment35,653 Goodwill impairment11,034 35,653 
Amortization of deferred chargesAmortization of deferred charges2,479 2,307 Amortization of deferred charges2,992 2,479 
Equity-based compensation expenseEquity-based compensation expense1,547 1,774 Equity-based compensation expense1,856 1,547 
Equity in earnings of equity method investments, net of distributionsEquity in earnings of equity method investments, net of distributions(238)263 Equity in earnings of equity method investments, net of distributions— (238)
(Increase) decrease in operating assets:(Increase) decrease in operating assets:(Increase) decrease in operating assets:
Accounts receivable—tradeAccounts receivable—trade4,874 (3,850)Accounts receivable—trade3,020 4,874 
Accounts receivable—affiliatesAccounts receivable—affiliates3,212 11,016 Accounts receivable—affiliates6,465 3,212 
Prepaid and other current assetsPrepaid and other current assets1,885 1,694 Prepaid and other current assets2,452 1,885 
Increase (decrease) in operating liabilities:Increase (decrease) in operating liabilities:Increase (decrease) in operating liabilities:
Accounts payable—tradeAccounts payable—trade(2,258)2,622 Accounts payable—trade3,202 (2,258)
Accounts payable—affiliatesAccounts payable—affiliates(9,815)(7,475)Accounts payable—affiliates(3,515)(9,815)
Accrued interestAccrued interest(8,515)(7,418)Accrued interest(6,288)(8,515)
Deferred revenueDeferred revenue(3,675)413 Deferred revenue(3,702)(3,675)
Accrued property taxesAccrued property taxes5,173 7,487 Accrued property taxes4,885 5,173 
Other current liabilitiesOther current liabilities544 400 Other current liabilities183 544 
Other, netOther, net1,913 (3,160)Other, net468 1,913 
Net cash provided by operating activitiesNet cash provided by operating activities225,040 228,217 Net cash provided by operating activities240,774 225,040 
Cash flows from investing activitiesCash flows from investing activitiesCash flows from investing activities
Additions to properties and equipmentAdditions to properties and equipment(38,642)(23,828)Additions to properties and equipment(78,592)(38,642)
Investment in Cushing Connect JV TerminalInvestment in Cushing Connect JV Terminal(2,438)Investment in Cushing Connect JV Terminal— (2,438)
Proceeds from sale of assetsProceeds from sale of assets961 265 Proceeds from sale of assets7,365 961 
Distributions in excess of equity in earnings of equity investmentsDistributions in excess of equity in earnings of equity investments701 693 Distributions in excess of equity in earnings of equity investments3,517 701 
Net cash used for investing activitiesNet cash used for investing activities(39,418)(22,870)Net cash used for investing activities(67,710)(39,418)
Cash flows from financing activitiesCash flows from financing activitiesCash flows from financing activities
Borrowings under credit agreementBorrowings under credit agreement219,500 269,500 Borrowings under credit agreement210,500 219,500 
Repayments of credit agreement borrowingsRepayments of credit agreement borrowings(237,000)(257,000)Repayments of credit agreement borrowings(283,500)(237,000)
Redemption of senior notesRedemption of senior notes(522,500)Redemption of senior notes— (522,500)
Proceeds from issuance of debtProceeds from issuance of debt500,000 Proceeds from issuance of debt— 500,000 
Contributions from general partnerContributions from general partner611 182 Contributions from general partner— 611 
Contributions from noncontrolling interest15,382 
Contributions from noncontrolling interestsContributions from noncontrolling interests21,285 15,382 
Distributions to HEP unitholdersDistributions to HEP unitholders(137,437)(204,701)Distributions to HEP unitholders(112,384)(137,437)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest(7,845)(7,750)
Distributions to noncontrolling interestsDistributions to noncontrolling interests(8,743)(7,845)
Payments on finance leasesPayments on finance leases(2,666)(780)Payments on finance leases(2,666)(2,666)
Deferred financing costsDeferred financing costs(8,714)Deferred financing costs(6,661)(8,714)
Purchase of units for incentive grants(255)
Units withheld for tax withholding obligationsUnits withheld for tax withholding obligations(149)(119)Units withheld for tax withholding obligations(69)(149)
Net cash used by financing activitiesNet cash used by financing activities(180,818)(200,923)Net cash used by financing activities(182,238)(180,818)
Cash and cash equivalentsCash and cash equivalentsCash and cash equivalents
Increase for the period4,804 4,424 
Increase (decrease) for the periodIncrease (decrease) for the period(9,174)4,804 
Beginning of periodBeginning of period13,287 3,045 Beginning of period21,990 13,287 
End of periodEnd of period$18,091 $7,469 End of period$12,816 $18,091 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow informationSupplemental disclosure of cash flow information
Cash paid during the period for interestCash paid during the period for interest$44,147$51,375
See accompanying notes.
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HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
 
Common
Units
Noncontrolling InterestTotal EquityCommon
Units
Noncontrolling InterestsTotal Equity
Balance December 31, 2019$381,103 $106,655 $487,758 
Balance December 31, 2020Balance December 31, 2020$379,292 $126,066 $505,358 
Contributions from noncontrolling interestContributions from noncontrolling interest— 9,746 9,746 
Distributions to HEP unitholdersDistributions to HEP unitholders(38,328)— (38,328)
Distributions to noncontrolling interestsDistributions to noncontrolling interests— (3,819)(3,819)
Equity-based compensationEquity-based compensation683 — 683 
Class B unit accretionClass B unit accretion(893)— (893)
Other Other(68)— (68)
Net incomeNet income65,290 1,647 66,937 
Balance March 31, 2021Balance March 31, 2021$405,976 $133,640 $539,616 
Contributions from noncontrolling interestContributions from noncontrolling interest— 7,304 7,304 Contributions from noncontrolling interest— 9,780 9,780 
Distributions to HEP unitholdersDistributions to HEP unitholders(68,519)— (68,519)Distributions to HEP unitholders(37,028)— (37,028)
Distributions to noncontrolling interestDistributions to noncontrolling interest— (3,000)(3,000)Distributions to noncontrolling interest— (2,053)(2,053)
Equity-based compensationEquity-based compensation506 — 506 Equity-based compensation527 — 527 
Class B unit accretionClass B unit accretion(835)— (835)Class B unit accretion(894)— (894)
Other Other208 — 208  Other(2)— (2)
Net incomeNet income25,696 1,216 26,912 Net income56,639 1,192 57,831 
Balance March 31, 2020$338,159 $112,175 $450,334 
Balance June 30, 2021Balance June 30, 2021$425,218 $142,559 $567,777 
Contributions from noncontrolling interestContributions from noncontrolling interest— 5,959 5,959 Contributions from noncontrolling interest— 2,358 2,358 
Distributions to HEP unitholdersDistributions to HEP unitholders(34,460)— (34,460)Distributions to HEP unitholders(37,028)— (37,028)
Distributions to noncontrolling interestDistributions to noncontrolling interest— (1,000)(1,000)Distributions to noncontrolling interest— (2,871)(2,871)
Equity-based compensationEquity-based compensation474 — 474 Equity-based compensation646 — 646 
Class B unit accretionClass B unit accretion(835)— (835)Class B unit accretion(956)— (956)
Other Other80 — 80 Other— 
Net incomeNet income77,305 649 77,954 Net income50,117 1,187 51,304 
Balance June 30, 2020$380,723 $117,783 $498,506 
Contributions from noncontrolling interest— 2,119 2,119 
Distributions to HEP unitholders(34,458)— (34,458)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest— (3,845)(3,845)
Equity-based compensation567 — 567 
Class B unit accretion(894)— (894)
Other177 — 177 
Net income18,706 2,293 20,999 
Balance September 30, 2020$364,821 $118,350 $483,171 
Balance September 30, 2021Balance September 30, 2021$437,998 $143,233 $581,231 

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Common
Units
Noncontrolling InterestTotal EquityCommon
Units
Noncontrolling InterestsTotal Equity
Balance December 31, 2018$427,435 $88,126 $515,561 
Balance December 31, 2019Balance December 31, 2019$381,103 $106,655 $487,758 
Contributions from noncontrolling interestContributions from noncontrolling interest— 7,304 7,304 
Distributions to HEP unitholdersDistributions to HEP unitholders(68,519)— (68,519)
Distributions to noncontrolling interestsDistributions to noncontrolling interests— (3,000)(3,000)
Equity-based compensationEquity-based compensation506 — 506 
Class B unit accretionClass B unit accretion(835)— (835)
OtherOther208 — 208 
Net incomeNet income25,696 1,216 26,912 
Balance March 31, 2020Balance March 31, 2020$338,159 $112,175 $450,334 
Contributions from noncontrolling interestContributions from noncontrolling interest— 5,959 5,959 
Distributions to HEP unitholdersDistributions to HEP unitholders(67,975)— (67,975)Distributions to HEP unitholders(34,460)— (34,460)
Distributions to noncontrolling interestDistributions to noncontrolling interest— (3,000)(3,000)Distributions to noncontrolling interest— (1,000)(1,000)
Equity-based compensationEquity-based compensation661 — 661 Equity-based compensation474 — 474 
Class B unit accretionClass B unit accretion(780)— (780)Class B unit accretion(835)— (835)
OtherOther814 — 814 Other80 — 80 
Net incomeNet income51,962 1,832 53,794 Net income77,305 649 77,954 
Balance March 31, 2019$412,117 $86,958 $499,075 
Balance June 30, 2020Balance June 30, 2020$380,723 $117,783 $498,506 
Contributions from noncontrolling interestContributions from noncontrolling interest— 2,119 2,119 
Distributions to HEP unitholdersDistributions to HEP unitholders(68,232)— (68,232)Distributions to HEP unitholders(34,458)— (34,458)
Distributions to noncontrolling interestDistributions to noncontrolling interest— (2,250)(2,250)Distributions to noncontrolling interest— (3,845)(3,845)
Equity-based compensationEquity-based compensation585 — 585 Equity-based compensation567 — 567 
Class B unit accretionClass B unit accretion(781)— (781)Class B unit accretion(894)— (894)
OtherOther(138)— (138)Other177 — 177 
Net incomeNet income46,471 688 47,159 Net income18,706 2,293 20,999 
Balance June 30, 2019$390,022 $85,396 $475,418 
Distributions to HEP unitholders(68,493)— (68,493)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest— (2,500)(2,500)
Equity-based compensation528 — 528 
Class B unit accretion(835)— (835)
Other182 — 182 
Net income83,180 1,004 84,184 
Balance September 30, 2019$404,584 $83,900 $488,484 
Balance September 30, 2020Balance September 30, 2020$364,821 $118,350 $483,171 

See accompanying notes.


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Table of 19,
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

Note 1:Description of Business and Presentation of Financial Statements

Holly Energy Partners, L.P. (“HEP”), together with its consolidated subsidiaries, is a publicly held master limited partnership. As of September 30, 2020,2021, HollyFrontier Corporation (“HFC”) and its subsidiaries own a 57% limited partner interest and the non-economic general partner interest in HEP. We commenced operations on July 13, 2004, upon the completion of our initial public offering. In these consolidated financial statements, the words “we,” “our,” “ours” and “us” refer to HEP unless the context otherwise indicates.

On October 31, 2017, we closed on an equity restructuring transaction with HEP Logistics Holdings, L.P. (“HEP Logistics”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of HFC and the general partner of HEP, pursuant to which the incentive distribution rights ("IDRs") held by HEP Logistics were canceled, and HEP Logistics' 2% general partner interest in HEP was converted into a non-economic general partner interest in HEP. In consideration, we issued 37,250,000 of our common units to HEP Logistics. In addition, HEP Logistics agreed to waive $2.5 million of limited partner cash distributions for each of twelve consecutive quarters beginning with the first quarter the units issued as consideration were eligible to receive distributions. As a result of this transaction, 0 distributions were made on the general partner interest after October 31, 2017. This waiver of limited partner cash distributions expired after the cash distribution for the second quarter of 2020, which was made during the third quarter of 2020.

We own and operate petroleum product and crude oil pipelines, terminal, tankage and loading rack facilities and refinery processing units that support refining and marketing operations of HFC and other refineries in the Mid-Continent, Southwest and Northwest regions of the United States. Additionally, we own a 75% interest in UNEV Pipeline, LLC (“UNEV”), a 50% interest in Osage Pipe Line Company, LLC (“Osage”), a 50% interest in Cheyenne Pipeline LLC, and a 50% interest in Cushing Connect Pipeline & Terminal LLC.

On June 1, 2020, HFC announced plans to permanently cease petroleum refining operations at its Cheyenne Refinery (the “Cheyenne Refinery”) and to convert certain assets at that refinery to renewable diesel production. HFC subsequently began winding down petroleum refining operations at itsthe Cheyenne Refinery on August 3, 2020. As of September 30, 2020, our throughput agreement with HFC required minimum annualized payments to us of approximately $17.6 million related to our Cheyenne assets. The net book value of our Cheyenne assets as of June 30, 2020 was approximately $88.5 million, including $28.1 million of long-lived assets and $68.7 million of goodwill. NaN impairment of our Cheyenne long-lived assets was required.

Our annual goodwill impairment testing was performed during the third quarter of 2020. The estimated fair value of our reporting units were derived using a combination of both income and market approaches. The income approach reflects expected future cash flows based on anticipated gross margins, operating costs, and capital expenditures. The market approach includes both the guideline public company and guideline transaction methods. Both market approach methods use pricing multiples derived from historical market transactions of other like-kind assets. These fair value measurements involve significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 inputs). See Note 5 for further discussion of Level 3 inputs.

Our testing of goodwill did not identify any impairments other than our Cheyenne reporting unit, which reported a goodwill impairment charge of $35.7 million.

Subsequent to the third quarter of 2020,On February 8, 2021, HEP and HFC reached an agreement in principle to terminate the existing minimum volume commitmentsfinalized and executed new agreements for HEP'sHEP’s Cheyenne assets and enter into new agreements onwith the following terms, in each case effective January 1, 2021: (1) a ten-year lease with 2 five-year renewal option periods for HFC’s use of certain HEP tank and rack assets in the Cheyenne Refinery to facilitate renewable diesel production with an annual lease payment of approximately $5 million, (2) a five-year contango service fee arrangement that will utilize HEP tank assets inside the Cheyenne Refinery where HFC will pay a base tariff to HEP for available crude oil storage and HFC and HEP will split any profits generated on crude oil contango opportunities and (3) a $10 million one-time cash payment from HFC to HEP for the termination of the existing minimum volume commitment.

On April 1, 2021, we sold our 156-mile, 6-inch refined product pipeline that connected HFC’s Navajo Refinery to terminals in El Paso for gross proceeds of $7.0 million and recognized a gain on sale of $5.3 million.

We operate in 2 reportable segments, a Pipelines and Terminals segment and a Refinery Processing Unit segment. Disclosures around these segments are discussed in Note 15.16.

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We generate revenues by charging tariffs for transporting petroleum products and crude oil through our pipelines, by charging fees for terminalling and storing refined products and other hydrocarbons, providing other services at our storage tanks and terminals and by charging fees for processing hydrocarbon feedstocks through our refinery processing units. We do not take ownership of products that we transport, terminal, store or process, and therefore, we are not exposed directly to changes in commodity prices.

The consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The interim financial statements reflect all adjustments, which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of our results for the interim periods. Such adjustments are considered to be of a normal recurring nature. Although certain notes and other information required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted, we believe that the disclosures in these consolidated financial statements are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.2020. Results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that will be realized for the year ending December 31, 2020.2021.

Principles of Consolidation and Common Control Transactions
The consolidated financial statements include our accounts and those of subsidiaries and joint ventures that we control. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

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Most of our acquisitions from HFC occurred while we were a consolidated variable interest entity (“VIE”) of HFC. Therefore, as an entity under common control with HFC, we recorded these acquisitions on our balance sheets at HFC's historical basis instead of our purchase price or fair value.

Accounting Pronouncements Adopted During the Periods Presented

Goodwill and Long-lived Assets
Goodwill Impairment Testing
In January 2017, Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) 2017-04, “Simplifyingrepresents the Test forexcess of our cost of an acquired business over the fair value of the assets acquired, less liabilities assumed. Goodwill Impairment,” was issued amendingis not subject to amortization and is tested annually or more frequently if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the testing for goodwill impairment by eliminating Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test. Step 2 measures a goodwill impairment loss by comparing the implied fair value of a reporting unit’sunit below its carrying amount. Our goodwill withimpairment testing first entails either a quantitative assessment or an optional qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If we determine that based on the qualitative factors that it is more likely than not that the carrying amount of the reporting unit is greater than its fair value, a quantitative test is performed in which we estimate the fair value of the related reporting unit. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the goodwill of that goodwill. Under this standard,reporting unit is impaired, and we measure goodwill impairment is measured as the excess of the carrying amount of the reporting unit over the related fair value. We adopted this standard effective

Indicators of Goodwill and Long-lived Asset Impairment
The changes in our new agreements with HFC related to our Cheyenne assets resulted in an increase in the second quarternet book value of 2019,our Cheyenne reporting unit due to sales-type lease accounting, which led us to determine indicators of potential goodwill impairment for our Cheyenne reporting unit were present.

The estimated fair value of our Cheyenne reporting unit was derived using a combination of income and market approaches. The income approach reflects expected future cash flows based on anticipated gross margins, operating costs, and capital expenditures. The market approaches include both the guideline public company and guideline transaction methods. Both methods utilize pricing multiples derived from historical market transactions of other like-kind assets. These fair value measurements involve significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 inputs). See Note 6 for further discussion of Level 3 inputs.

Our interim impairment testing of our Cheyenne reporting unit goodwill identified an impairment charge of $11.0 million, which was recorded in the three months ended March 31, 2021.

We performed our annual goodwill impairment testing qualitatively as of July 1, 2021, and determined it was not more likely than not that the carrying amount of each reporting unit was greater than its fair value. Therefore, a quantitative test was not necessary, and no additional impairment of goodwill was recorded.

We evaluate long-lived assets, including finite-lived intangible assets, for potential impairment by identifying whether indicators of impairment exist and, if so, assessing whether the long-lived assets are recoverable from estimated future undiscounted cash flows. The actual amount of impairment loss, if any, to be recorded is equal to the amount by which a long-lived asset’s carrying value exceeds its fair value.

Revenue Recognition
Revenues are generally recognized as products are shipped through our pipelines and terminals, feedstocks are processed through our refinery processing units or other services are rendered. The majority of our contracts with customers meet the definition of a lease since (1) performance of the contracts is dependent on specified property, plant, or equipment and (2) it is unlikely that one or more parties other than the customer will take more than a minor amount of the output associated with the specified property, plant, or equipment. Prior to the adoption of the new lease standard (see below), we bifurcated the consideration received between lease and service revenue. The new lease standard allows the election of a practical expedient whereby a lessor does not have to separate non-lease (service) components from lease components under certain conditions. The majority of our contracts meet these conditions, and we have made this standard hadelection for those contracts. Under this practical expedient, we treat the combined components as a single performance obligation in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606, which largely codified ASU 2014-09, if the non-lease (service) component is the dominant component. If the lease component is the dominant component, we treat the combined components as a lease in accordance with ASC 842, which largely codified ASU 2016-02.
Several of our contracts include incentive or reduced tariffs once a certain quarterly volume is met. Revenue from the variable element of these transactions is recognized based on the actual volumes shipped as it relates specifically to rendering the services during the applicable quarter.
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The majority of our long-term transportation contracts specify minimum volume requirements, whereby, we bill a customer for a minimum level of shipments in the event a customer ships below their contractual requirements. If there are no effectfuture performance obligations, we will recognize these deficiency payments in revenue.
In certain of these throughput agreements, a customer may later utilize such shortfall billings as credit towards future volume shipments in excess of its minimum levels within its respective contractual shortfall make-up period. Such amounts represent an obligation to perform future services, which may be initially deferred and later recognized as revenue based on estimated future shipping levels, including the likelihood of a customer’s ability to utilize such amounts prior to the end of the contractual shortfall make-up period. We recognize these deficiency payments in revenue when we do not expect we will be required to satisfy these performance obligations in the future based on the pattern of rights projected to be exercised by the customer. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, we recognized $12.3 million and $13.8 million, respectively, of these deficiency payments in revenue, of which $0.5 million and $0.7 million, respectively, related to deficiency payments billed in prior periods.
We have other cost reimbursement provisions in our financial condition, resultsthroughput / storage agreements providing that customers (including HFC) reimburse us for certain costs. Such reimbursements are recorded as revenue or deferred revenue depending on the nature of operations or cash flows.the cost. Deferred revenue is recognized over the remaining contractual term of the related throughput agreement.

Leases
In February 2016, ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases” (“ASC 842”) was issued requiring leases to be measured and recognized as a lease liability, with a corresponding right-of-use asset on the balance sheet. We adopted this standardASC 842 effective January 1, 2019, and we elected to adopt using the modified retrospective transition method whereby comparative prior period financial information will not be restated and will continuepractical expedients, both of which are provided as options by the standard and further defined below.

Lessee Accounting
At inception, we determine if an arrangement is or contains a lease. Right-of-use assets represent our right to be reporteduse an underlying asset for the lease term, and lease liabilities represent our payment obligation under the leasing arrangement. Right-of-use assets and lease accounting standard in effect during those periods. We also elected practical expedients provided byliabilities are recognized at the new standard, including the package of practical expedients and the short-term lease recognition practical expedient, which allow an entity to not recognizecommencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. We use our estimated incremental borrowing rate (“IBR”) to determine the present value of lease payments as most of our leases do not contain an implicit rate. Our IBR represents the interest rate which we would pay to borrow, on a collateralized basis, an amount equal to the lease payments over a similar term in a similar economic environment. We use the implicit rate when readily determinable.

Operating leases are recorded in operating lease right-of-use assets and current and noncurrent operating lease liabilities on our consolidated balance sheetsheet. Finance leases are included in properties and equipment, current finance lease liabilities and noncurrent finance lease liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet.

When renewal options are defined in a lease, our lease term includes an option to extend the lease when it is reasonably certain we will exercise that option. Leases with a term of 12 months or less. Upon adoptionless are not recorded on our balance sheet, and lease expense is accounted for on a straight-line basis. In addition, as a lessee, we separate non-lease components that are identifiable and exclude them from the determination of this standard, we recognized $78.4 millionnet present value of lease liabilitiespayment obligations.

Lessor Accounting
Customer contracts that contain leases are generally classified as either operating leases, direct finance leases or sales-type leases. We consider inputs such as the lease term, fair value of the underlying asset and corresponding right-of-useresidual value of the underlying assets on our consolidated balance sheet. Adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our results of operations or cash flows. See Notes 3 and 4 for additional information on our lease policies.when assessing the classification.

Accounting Pronouncements Adopted During the Periods Presented

Credit Losses Measurement
In June 2016, ASU 2016-13, “Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments,” was issued requiring measurement of all expected credit losses for certain types of financial instruments, including trade receivables, held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. We adopted this standard effective January 1, 2020, and adoption of the standard did not have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.



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Note 2:Sinclair Acquisition

HEP Transactions

On August 2, 2021, HEP, The Sinclair Companies (“Sinclair”) and Sinclair Transportation Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sinclair (“STC”), entered into a Contribution Agreement (the “Contribution Agreement”) pursuant to which HEP will acquire all of the outstanding shares of STC in exchange for 21 million newly issued common units of HEP and cash consideration equal to $325 million (the “HEP Transactions”). On the same date, HFC, Sinclair and certain other parties entered into a Business Combination Agreement pursuant to which Sinclair will contribute all of the equity interests of Hippo Holding LLC, which owns Sinclair Oil Corporation, to a new HFC parent holding company that will be named “HF Sinclair Corporation” in exchange for 60,230,036 shares of common stock in HF Sinclair Corporation (the “HFC Transactions”, and together with the HEP Transactions, the “Sinclair Transactions”).

The cash consideration for the HEP Transactions is subject to customary adjustments at closing for working capital of STC. The number of HEP common units to be issued to Sinclair at closing is subject to downward adjustment if, as a condition to obtaining antitrust clearance for the Sinclair Transactions, HEP agrees to divest a portion of its equity interest in UNEV Pipeline, LLC and the sales price for such interests does not exceed the threshold provided in the Contribution Agreement.

The Contribution Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of HEP, Sinclair, and STC. The HEP Transactions are expected to close in mid-2022, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary conditions, including, among others, the receipt of certain required regulatory consents and clearance, including the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (the “HSR Act”), and the consummation of the HFC Transactions. On August 23, 2021, each of HollyFrontier and Sinclair filed its respective premerger notification and report regarding the Sinclair Transactions with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) under the HSR Act. On September 22, 2021, HFC and Sinclair each received a request for additional information and documentary material (“Second Request”) from the FTC in connection with the FTC’s review of the Sinclair Transactions. Issuance of the Second Request extends the waiting period under the HSR Act until 30 days after both HollyFrontier and Sinclair have substantially complied with the Second Request, unless the waiting period is terminated earlier by the FTC or the parties otherwise commit not to close the Sinclair Transactions for some additional period of time. HollyFrontier and Sinclair are cooperating with the FTC staff in its review.

The Contribution Agreement automatically terminates if the HFC Transactions are terminated, and contains other customary termination rights, including a termination right for each of HEP and Sinclair if, under certain circumstances, the closing does not occur by May 2, 2022 (the “Outside Date”), except that the Outside Date can be extended by either party by up to 2 90 day periods to obtain any required antitrust clearance.

Upon closing of the HEP Transactions, HEP’s existing senior management team will continue to operate HEP. Under the definitive agreements, Sinclair will be granted the right to nominate 1 director to the HEP board of directors at the closing. The Sinclair stockholders have also agreed to certain customary lock-up restrictions and registration rights for the HEP common units to be issued to the stockholders of Sinclair. HEP will continue to operate under the name Holly Energy Partners, L.P.

See Note 11 for a description of the Letter Agreement between HFC and HEP entered into in connection with the Contribution Agreement.

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Note 2:3:Investment in Joint Venture

On October 2, 2019, HEP Cushing LLC (“HEP Cushing”), a wholly-ownedwholly owned subsidiary of HEP, and Plains Marketing, L.P. (“PMLP”), a wholly-ownedwholly owned subsidiary of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (“Plains”), formed a 50/50 joint venture, Cushing Connect Pipeline & Terminal LLC (the “Cushing Connect Joint Venture”), for (i) the development and construction of a new 160,000 barrel per day common carrier crude oil pipeline (the “Cushing Connect Pipeline”) that will connect the Cushing, Oklahoma crude oil hub to the Tulsa, Oklahoma refining complex owned by a subsidiary of HFC and (ii) the ownership and operation of 1.5 million barrels of crude oil storage in Cushing, Oklahoma (the “Cushing Connect JV Terminal”). The Cushing Connect JV Terminal was fully in service beginning in April 2020. The Cushing Connect Pipeline is expected to bewent in service during the firstsecond quarter of 2020, and the Cushing Connect Pipeline was placed into service at the end of the third quarter of 2021. Long-termLong-term commercial agreements have been entered into to support the Cushing Connect Joint Venture assets.

The Cushing Connect Joint Venture contracted with an affiliate of HEP to manage the construction and operation of the Cushing Connect Pipeline and with an affiliate of Plains to manage the operation of the Cushing Connect JV Terminal. The total Cushing Connect Joint Venture investment will generally be shared proportionatelyequally among the partners, andpartners. However, we are solely responsible for any Cushing Connect Pipeline construction costs that exceed the budget by more than 10%. HEP estimates its share of the cost of the Cushing Connect JV Terminal contributed by Plains and Cushing Connect Pipeline construction costs will be approximately $65$70 million to $75 million.

The Cushing Connect Joint Venture legal entities are variable interest entities ("VIEs") as defined under GAAP. A VIE is a legal entity if it has any one of the following characteristics: (i) the entity does not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support; (ii) the at risk equity holders, as a group, lack the characteristics of a controlling financial interest; or (iii) the entity is structured with non-substantive voting rights. The Cushing Connect Joint Venture legal entities do not have sufficient equity at risk to finance their activities without additional financial support. Since HEP is constructing and will operate the Cushing Connect Pipeline, HEP has more ability to direct the activities that most significantly impact the financial performance of the Cushing Connect Joint Venture and Cushing Connect Pipeline legal entities. Therefore, HEP consolidates those legal entities. We do not have the ability to direct the activities that most significantly impact the Cushing Connect JV Terminal legal entity, and therefore, we account for our interest in the Cushing Connect JV Terminal legal entity using the equity method of accounting.

With the exception of the assets of HEP Cushing, creditors of the Cushing Connect Joint Venture legal entities have no recourse to our assets. Any recourse to HEP Cushing would be limited to the extent of HEP Cushing's assets, which other than its investment in Cushing Connect Joint Venture, are not significant. Furthermore, our creditors have no recourse to the assets of the Cushing Connect Joint Venture legal entities.


Note 3:4:Revenues

Revenues are generally recognized as products are shipped through our pipelines and terminals, feedstocks are processed through our refinery processing units or other services are rendered. The majoritySee Note 1 for further discussion of our contracts with customers meet the definition of a lease since (1) performance of the contracts is dependent on specified property, plant, or equipment and (2) it is remote that one or more parties other than the customer will take more than a minor amount of the output associated with the specified property, plant, or equipment. Prior to the adoption of the new lease standard (see Note 1), we bifurcated the consideration received between lease and service revenue. The new lease standard allows the election of a practical expedient whereby a lessor does not have to separate non-lease (service) components from lease components under certain conditions. The majority of our contracts meet these conditions, and we have made this election for those contracts. Under this practical expedient, we treat the combined componentsrevenue recognition.

Disaggregated revenues were as a single performance obligation in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606, which largely codified ASU 2014-09, if the non-lease (service) component is the dominant component. If the lease component is the dominant component, we treat the combined components as a lease in accordance with ASC 842, which largely codified ASU 2016-02.follows:
Several of our contracts include incentive or reduced tariffs once a certain quarterly volume is met. Revenue from the variable element of these transactions is recognized based on the actual volumes shipped as it relates specifically to rendering the services during the applicable quarter.
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2021202020212020
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Pipelines$67,354 $68,292 $202,180 $197,718 
Terminals, tanks and loading racks33,317 39,036 108,386 112,814 
Refinery processing units21,913 20,403 65,436 59,860 
$122,584 $127,731 $376,002 $370,392 
The majority of our long-term transportation contracts specify minimum volume requirements, whereby, we bill a customer for a minimum level of shipments in the event a customer ships below their contractual requirements. If there are no future performance obligations, we will recognize these deficiency payments in revenue.
In certain of these throughput agreements, a customer may later utilize such shortfall billings as credit towards future volume shipments in excess of its minimum levels within its respective contractual shortfall make-up period. Such amounts represent an obligation to perform future services, which may be initially deferred and later recognized as revenue based on estimated future
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shipping levels, including the likelihoodRevenues on our consolidated statements of a customer’s ability to utilize such amounts prior to the endincome were composed of the contractual shortfall make-up period. We recognize thefollowing lease and service portion of these deficiency payments in revenue when we do not expect we will be required to satisfy these performance obligations in the future based on the pattern of rights exercised by the customer. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, we recognized $1.1 million and $13.8 million of these deficiency payments in revenue, of which $0.2 million and $0.7 million, respectively, related to deficiency payments billed in prior periods. As of September 30, 2020, deferred revenue reflected in our consolidated balance sheet related to shortfalls billed was $0.4 million.revenues:
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2021202020212020
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Lease revenues$84,074 $90,077 $258,877 $269,931 
Service revenues38,510 37,654 117,125 100,461 
$122,584 $127,731 $376,002 $370,392 
A contract liability exists when an entity is obligated to perform future services for a customer for which the entity has received consideration. Since HEP may be required to perform future services for these deficiency payments received, the deferred revenues on our balance sheets were considered contract liabilities. A contract asset exists when an entity has a right to consideration in exchange for goods or services transferred to a customer. Our consolidated balance sheets included the contract assets and liabilities in the table below:
September 30,
2020
December 31,
2019
September 30,
2021
December 31,
2020
(In thousands) (In thousands)
Contract assetsContract assets$6,187 $5,675 Contract assets$6,593 $6,306 
Contract liabilitiesContract liabilities$(400)$(650)Contract liabilities$(482)$(500)

The contract assets and liabilities include both lease and service components. We did not recognize any revenue duringDuring the threenine months ended September 30, 2020,2021, we recognized $0.5 million of revenue that was previously included in contract liability as of December 31, 2019, and we recognized $0.7 million of revenue during2020. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, that was previously included in contract liability as of December 31, 2019. We did not recognize any revenue during the three months ended September 30, 2019, that was previously included in contract liability as of December 31, 2018, and we recognized $0.6 million of revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, that was previously included in contract liability as of December 31, 2018. During the three and the nine months ended September 30, 2020,2021, we also recognized $0.1$0.3 million and $0.5 million, respectively, of revenue included in contract assets at September 30, 2020.assets.

As of September 30, 2020,2021, we expect to recognize $2.2$1.7 billion in revenue related to our unfulfilled performance obligations under the terms of our long-term throughput agreements and leases expiring in 20212022 through 2036. These agreements generally provide for changes in the minimum revenue guarantees annually for increases or decreases in the Producer Price Index (“PPI”) or Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) index, with certain contracts having provisions that limit the level of the rate increases or decreases. We expect to recognize revenue for these unfulfilled performance obligations as shown in the table below (amounts shown in table include both service and lease revenues):
Years Ending December 31,Years Ending December 31,(In millions)Years Ending December 31,(In millions)
Remainder of 2020$92 
2021362 
Remainder of 2021Remainder of 2021$84 
20222022332 2022312 
20232023295 2023276 
20242024255 2024238 
20252025188 2025172 
20262026157 
ThereafterThereafter650 Thereafter483 
TotalTotal$2,174 Total$1,722 
Payment terms under our contracts with customers are consistent with industry norms and are typically payable within 10 to 30 days of the date of invoice.

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Disaggregated revenues were as follows:
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2020201920202019
(In thousands)
Pipelines$68,292 $73,163 $197,718 $220,526 
Terminals, tanks and loading racks39,036 42,454 112,814 119,121 
Refinery processing units20,403 20,278 59,860 61,496 
$127,731 $135,895 $370,392 $401,143 
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, lease revenues amounted to $90.1 million and $269.9 million, respectively, and service revenues amounted to $37.7 million and $100.5 million, respectively. Both of these revenues were recorded within affiliates and third parties revenues on our consolidated statement of income.

Note 4:5:Leases

We adopted ASC 842 effective January 1, 2019, and elected to adopt using the modified retrospective transition method and practical expedients, both of which are provided as options by the standard and further defined in Note 1. See Note 1 for further discussion of lease accounting.

Lessee Accounting
At inception, we determine if an arrangement is or contains a lease. Right-of-use assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term, and lease liabilities represent our payment obligation under the leasing arrangement. Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. We use our estimated incremental borrowing rate (“IBR”) to determine the present value of lease payments as most of our leases do not contain an implicit rate. Our IBR represents the interest rate which we would pay to borrow, on a collateralized basis, an amount equal to the lease payments over a similar term in a similar economic environment. We use the implicit rate when readily determinable.

As a lessee, we lease land, buildings, pipelines, transportation and other equipment to support our operations. These leases can be categorized into operating and finance leases. Operating leases are recorded in operating lease right-of-use assets and current and noncurrent operating lease liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet. Finance leases are included in properties and equipment, current finance lease liabilities and noncurrent finance lease liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet.

When renewal options are defined in a lease, our lease term includes an option to extend the lease when it is reasonably certain we will exercise that option. Leases with a term of 12 months or less are not recorded on our balance sheet, and lease expense is accounted for on a straight-line basis. In addition, as a lessee, we separate non-lease components that are identifiable and exclude them from the determination of net present value of lease payment obligations.

Our leases have remaining terms of less than 1 year to 2423 years, some of which include options to extend the leases for up to 10 years.

Finance Lease Obligations
We have finance lease obligations related to vehicle leases with initial terms of 33 to 48 months. The total cost of assets under finance leases was $6.6$6.0 million and $7.0$6.4 million as of September 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, respectively, with accumulated depreciation of $3.4 million and $4.5 million as of both September 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019, respectively.2020. We include depreciation of finance leases in depreciation and amortization in our consolidated statements of income.

In addition, we have a finance lease obligation related to a pipeline lease with an initial term of 10 years with 1 remaining subsequent renewal option for an additional 10 years.

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Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows (in thousands, except for lease term and discount rate):
September 30, 2020December 31, 2019September 30,
2021
December 31, 2020
Operating leases:Operating leases:Operating leases:
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net Operating lease right-of-use assets, net$3,164 $3,255  Operating lease right-of-use assets, net$2,501 $2,979 
Current operating lease liabilities Current operating lease liabilities1,199 1,126  Current operating lease liabilities706 875 
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities Noncurrent operating lease liabilities2,333 2,482  Noncurrent operating lease liabilities2,169 2,476 
Total operating lease liabilities Total operating lease liabilities$3,532 $3,608  Total operating lease liabilities$2,875 $3,351 
Finance leases:Finance leases:Finance leases:
Properties and equipment Properties and equipment$6,554 $6,968  Properties and equipment$6,031 $6,410 
Accumulated amortization Accumulated amortization(3,354)(4,547) Accumulated amortization(3,437)(3,390)
Properties and equipment, net Properties and equipment, net$3,200 $2,421  Properties and equipment, net$2,594 $3,020 
Current finance lease liabilities Current finance lease liabilities$3,459 $3,224  Current finance lease liabilities$3,753 $3,713 
Noncurrent finance lease liabilities Noncurrent finance lease liabilities69,180 70,475  Noncurrent finance lease liabilities65,565 68,047 
Total finance lease liabilities Total finance lease liabilities$72,639 $73,699  Total finance lease liabilities$69,318 $71,760 
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years)
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years):Weighted average remaining lease term (in years):
Operating leases Operating leases6.06.5 Operating leases5.85.9
Finance leases Finance leases16.217.0 Finance leases15.215.9
Weighted average discount rate
Weighted average discount rate:Weighted average discount rate:
Operating leases Operating leases4.8%5.0% Operating leases4.8%4.8%
Finance leases Finance leases5.6%6.0% Finance leases5.6%5.6%

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Supplemental cash flow and other information related to leases were as follows:
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
20202019
(In thousands)
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows on operating leases$773 $5,467 
Operating cash flows on finance leases$3,241 $75 
Financing cash flows on finance leases$2,666 $780 
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Nine Months Ended
September 30,
20212020
(In thousands)
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows on operating leases$855 $773 
Operating cash flows on finance leases$3,110 $3,241 
Financing cash flows on finance leases$2,666 $2,666 
Maturities of lease liabilities were as follows:
September 30, 2020September 30, 2021
OperatingFinanceOperatingFinance
(In thousands)(In thousands)
2020$257 $1,931 
20212021906 7,403 2021$262 $1,832 
20222022627 7,277 2022690 7,335 
20232023607 7,320 2023603 7,374 
20242024494 6,856 2024497 6,929 
2025 and thereafter1,179 80,313 
20252025429 6,470 
2026 and thereafter2026 and thereafter787 73,888 
Total lease payments Total lease payments4,070 111,100  Total lease payments3,268 103,828 
Less: Imputed interestLess: Imputed interest(538)(38,461)Less: Imputed interest(393)(34,510)
Total lease obligations Total lease obligations3,532 72,639  Total lease obligations2,875 69,318 
Less: Current lease liabilitiesLess: Current lease liabilities(1,199)(3,459)Less: Current lease liabilities(706)(3,753)
Noncurrent lease liabilities Noncurrent lease liabilities$2,333 $69,180  Noncurrent lease liabilities$2,169 $65,565 

The components of lease expense were as follows:
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
20202019202020192021202020212020
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Operating lease costsOperating lease costs$242 $1,852 $745 $5,420 Operating lease costs$260 $242 $807 $745 
Finance lease costsFinance lease costsFinance lease costs
Amortization of assets Amortization of assets251 213 766 711  Amortization of assets195 251 607 766 
Interest on lease liabilities Interest on lease liabilities1,032 24 3,108 75  Interest on lease liabilities983 1,032 2,983 3,108 
Variable lease costVariable lease cost64 41 159 112 Variable lease cost43 64 175 159 
Total net lease costTotal net lease cost$1,589 $2,130 $4,778 $6,318 Total net lease cost$1,481 $1,589 $4,572 $4,778 

Lessor Accounting
As discussed in Note 3,1, the majority of our contracts with customers meet the definition of a lease. See Note 3 for further discussion of the impact of adoption of this standard on our activities as a lessor.

Customer contracts that contain leases are generally classified as either operating leases, direct finance leases or sales-type leases. We consider inputs such as the lease term, fair value of the underlying asset and residual value of the underlying assets when assessing the classification.

Substantially all of the assets supporting contracts meeting the definition of a lease have long useful lives, and we believe these assets will continue to have value when the current agreements expire due to our risk management strategy for protecting the residual fair value of the underlying assets by performing ongoing maintenance during the lease term. HFC generally has the option to purchase assets located within HFC refinery boundaries, including refinery tankage, truck racks and refinery processing units, at fair market value when the related agreements expire.

One of our throughputDuring the nine months ended September 30, 2021, we entered into new agreements, and amended other agreements, with Delek was renewed duringHFC related to our Cheyenne assets, Tulsa West lube racks, various crude tanks and new Navajo tanks, and the three months ending June 30, 2020. Certain components of this agreementagreements we previously entered into relating to the Cushing Connect Pipeline became effective. These agreements met the criteria of sales-typesales-
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type leases since the underlying assets are not expected to have an alternative use at the end of the lease termterms to anyone other than Delek.HFC. Under sales-type lease accounting, at the commencement date, the lessor recognizes a net investment in the lease, based on the estimated fair value of the underlying leased assets at contract inception, and derecognizes the underlying assets with the difference recorded as selling profit or loss arising from the lease. Therefore, we recognized a gain on sales-type leases during the nine months ended September 30, 20202021 composed of the following:
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(In thousands)Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021
(In thousands)
Net investment in leases$143,720 
Properties and equipment, net(125,602)
Deferred revenue6,559 
Gain on sales-type leases$24,677 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, one of our throughput agreements with Delek US Holdings, Inc. (“Delek”) was partially renewed. A component of this agreement met the criteria of a sales-type lease since the underlying asset is not expected to have an alternative use at the end of the lease term to anyone other than Delek. Under sales-type lease accounting, at the commencement date, the lessor recognizes a net investment in the lease, based on the estimated fair value of the underlying leased assets at the commencement date of the lease, and derecognizes the underlying assets with the difference recorded as selling profit or loss arising from the lease. Therefore, we recognized a gain on sales-type leases during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 composed of the following:
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020
(In thousands)
Net investment in lease$35,319 
Properties and equipment, net(1,485)
Gain on sales-type leaseslease$33,834 

ThisThese sales-type lease transaction,transactions, including the related gain, was awere non-cash transaction.transactions.

Lease income recognized was as follows:
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
20202019202020192021202020212020
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Operating lease revenuesOperating lease revenues$87,125 $94,459 $262,518 $282,747 Operating lease revenues$80,907 $87,125 $251,605 $262,518 
Direct financing lease interest incomeDirect financing lease interest income525 539 1,572 1,558 Direct financing lease interest income521 525 1,568 1,572 
Gain on sales-type leasesGain on sales-type leases35,166 33,834 35,166 Gain on sales-type leases— — 24,677 33,834 
Sales-type lease interest incomeSales-type lease interest income2,278 1,675 6,218 1,675 Sales-type lease interest income6,313 2,278 18,429 6,218 
Lease revenues relating to variable lease payments not included in measurement of the sales-type lease receivableLease revenues relating to variable lease payments not included in measurement of the sales-type lease receivable2,952 3,075 7,413 3,075 Lease revenues relating to variable lease payments not included in measurement of the sales-type lease receivable3,167 2,952 7,272 7,413 
For our sales-type leases, we included customer obligations related to minimum volume requirements in guaranteed minimum lease payments. Portions of our minimum guaranteed pipeline tariffs for assets subject to sales-type lease accounting are recorded as interest income with the remaining amounts recorded as a reduction in net investment in leases. We recognized any billings for throughput volumes in excess of minimum volume requirements as variable lease payments, and these variable lease payments were recorded in lease revenues.

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Annual minimum undiscounted lease payments under our leases were as follows as of September 30, 2020:2021:
OperatingFinanceSales-typeOperatingFinanceSales-type
Years Ending December 31,Years Ending December 31,(In thousands)Years Ending December 31,(In thousands)
Remainder of 2020$77,568 $530 $3,114 
2021306,771 2,128 12,456 
Remainder of 2021Remainder of 2021$71,001 $544 $10,525 
20222022304,315 2,145 12,456 2022283,916 2,171 42,102 
20232023273,362 2,162 12,456 2023253,459 2,175 38,196 
20242024235,280 2,179 12,456 2024217,355 2,192 34,967 
2025 and thereafter739,158 40,787 73,044 
Total$1,936,454 $49,931 $125,982 
20252025153,934 2,209 31,539 
2026 and thereafter2026 and thereafter558,415 38,837 279,406 
Total lease receipt paymentsTotal lease receipt payments$1,538,080 $48,128 $436,735 
Less: Imputed interestLess: Imputed interest(31,734)(367,089)
16,394 69,646 
Unguaranteed residual assets at end of leasesUnguaranteed residual assets at end of leases— 224,779 
Net investment in leasesNet investment in leases$16,394 $294,425 

Net investments in leases recorded on our balance sheet were composed of the following:
September 30, 2020December 31, 2019September 30, 2021December 31, 2020
Sales-type LeasesDirect Financing LeasesSales-type LeasesDirect Financing LeasesSales-type LeasesDirect Financing LeasesSales-type LeasesDirect Financing Leases
(In thousands)(In thousands)(In thousands)(In thousands)
Lease receivables (1)
Lease receivables (1)
$90,606 $16,469 $68,457 $16,511 
Lease receivables (1)
$211,053 $16,394 $88,922 $16,452 
Unguaranteed residual assetsUnguaranteed residual assets63,718 52,933 Unguaranteed residual assets83,372 — 64,551 — 
Net investment in leasesNet investment in leases$154,324 $16,469 $121,390 $16,511 Net investment in leases$294,425 $16,394 $153,473 $16,452 

(1)    Current portion of lease receivables included in prepaid and other current assets on the balance sheet.
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Note 5:6:Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Fair value measurements are derived using inputs (assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability) including assumptions about risk. GAAP categorizes inputs used in fair value measurements into three broad levels as follows:
(Level 1) Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
(Level 2) Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active or can be corroborated by observable market data.
(Level 3) Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. This includes valuation techniques that involve significant unobservable inputs.

Financial Instruments
Our financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and debt. The carrying amounts of cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate fair value due to the short-term maturity of these instruments. Debt consists of outstanding principal under our revolving credit agreement (which approximates fair value as interest rates are reset frequently at current interest rates) and our fixed interest rate senior notes.

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The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of our senior notes were as follows:
September 30, 2020December 31, 2019 September 30, 2021December 31, 2020
Financial InstrumentFinancial InstrumentFair Value Input LevelCarrying
Value
Fair ValueCarrying
Value
Fair ValueFinancial InstrumentFair Value Input LevelCarrying
Value
Fair ValueCarrying
Value
Fair Value
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Liabilities:Liabilities:Liabilities:
6% Senior NotesLevel 2496,531 522,045 
5% Senior Notes5% Senior NotesLevel 2491,874 490,155 5% Senior NotesLevel 2492,809 506,770 492,103 506,540 

Level 2 Financial Instruments
Our senior notes are measured at fair value using Level 2 inputs. The fair value of the senior notes is based on market values provided by a third-party bank, which were derived using market quotes for similar type debt instruments. See Note 910 for additional information.

Non-Recurring Fair Value Measurements
For gains on sales-type leases recognized during the third quarter of 2020,nine months ended September 30, 2021, the estimated fair value of the underlying leased assets at contract inception and the present value of the estimated unguaranteed residual asset at the end of the lease term are used in determining the net investment in leases and related gain on sales-type leases recorded. The asset valuation estimates include Level 3 inputs based on a replacement cost valuation method.

During the three months ended September 30, 2020, At March 31, 2021, we recognized goodwill impairment based on fair value measurements utilized during our goodwill testing (see Note 1). The fair value measurements were based on a combination of valuation methods including discounted cash flows, the guideline public company and guideline transaction methods and obsolescence adjusted replacement costs, all of which are Level 3 inputs.


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Note 6:7:Properties and Equipment 

The carrying amounts of our properties and equipment arewere as follows:
September 30,
2020
December 31,
2019
September 30,
2021
December 31,
2020
(In thousands) (In thousands)
Pipelines, terminals and tankage(1)Pipelines, terminals and tankage(1)$1,609,453 $1,602,231 Pipelines, terminals and tankage(1)$1,545,545 $1,575,815 
Refinery assetsRefinery assets349,030 348,093 Refinery assets348,882 348,882 
Land and right of wayLand and right of way87,076 86,190 Land and right of way86,781 87,076 
Construction in progressConstruction in progress40,734 10,930 Construction in progress14,878 58,467 
Other(1)Other(1)9,266 14,110 Other(1)43,876 46,201 
2,095,559 2,061,554 2,039,962 2,116,441 
Less accumulated depreciationLess accumulated depreciation647,635 594,455 Less accumulated depreciation(704,920)(665,756)
$1,447,924 $1,467,099 $1,335,042 $1,450,685 

(1)Prior period balances have been reclassified to be comparative to current period.

Depreciation expense was $64.3$60.9 million and $61.7$64.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively, and includes depreciation of assets acquired under capital leases.


Note 7:8:Intangible Assets

Intangible assets include transportation agreements and customer relationships that represent a portion of the total purchase price of certain assets acquired from Delek in 2005, from HFC in 2008 prior to HEP becoming a consolidated VIE of HFC, from Plains in 2017, and from other minor acquisitions in 2018.

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The carrying amounts of our intangible assets arewere as follows:
Useful LifeSeptember 30,
2020
December 31,
2019
Useful LifeSeptember 30,
2021
December 31,
2020
(In thousands) (In thousands)
Delek transportation agreementDelek transportation agreement30 years$59,933 $59,933 Delek transportation agreement30 years$59,933 $59,933 
HFC transportation agreementHFC transportation agreement10-15 years75,131 75,131 HFC transportation agreement10-15 years75,131 75,131 
Customer relationshipsCustomer relationships10 years69,683 69,683 Customer relationships10 years69,683 69,683 
OtherOther50 50 Other20 years50 50 
204,797 204,797 204,797 204,797 
Less accumulated amortizationLess accumulated amortization113,980 103,475 Less accumulated amortization(127,988)(117,482)
$90,817 $101,322 $76,809 $87,315 

Amortization expense was $10.5 million for both of the nine months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019.2020. We estimate amortization expense to be $14.0 million for each of the next two years,2022, $9.9 million in 2023, and $9.1 million infor 2024 and 2025.through 2026.

We have additional transportation agreements with HFC resulting from historical transactions consisting of pipeline, terminal and tankage assets contributed to us or acquired from HFC. These transactions occurred while we were a consolidated variable interest entity of HFC; therefore, our basis in these agreements is zero0 and does not reflect a step-up in basis to fair value.


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Note 8:9:Employees, Retirement and Incentive Plans

Direct support for our operations is provided by Holly Logistic Services, L.L.C. (“HLS”), an HFC subsidiary, which utilizes personnel employed by HFC who are dedicated to performing services for us. Their costs, including salaries, bonuses, payroll taxes, benefits and other direct costs, are charged to us monthly in accordance with an omnibus agreement that we have with HFC (the “Omnibus Agreement”). These employees participate in the retirement and benefit plans of HFC. Our share of retirement and benefit plan costs was $1.9$2.1 million and $1.8$1.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively, and $5.7$6.2 million and $5.4$5.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively.

Under HLS’s secondment agreement with HFC (the “Secondment Agreement”), certain employees of HFC are seconded to HLS to provide operational and maintenance services for certain of our processing, refining, pipeline and tankage assets, and HLS reimburses HFC for its prorated portion of the wages, benefits, and other costs related to these employees.
We have a Long-Term Incentive Plan for employees and non-employee directors who perform services for us. The Long-Term Incentive Plan consists of 45 components: restricted or phantom units, performance units, unit options, and unit appreciation rights.rights and cash awards. Our accounting policy for the recognition of compensation expense for awards with pro-rata vesting (a significant proportion of our awards) is to expense the costs ratably over the vesting periods.

As of September 30, 2020,2021, we had 2 types of incentive-based awards outstanding, which are described below. The compensation cost charged against income was $0.6 million and $0.5 million for both the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, and 2019, respectively,$1.9 million and $1.5 million and $1.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively. We currently purchase units in the open market instead of issuing new units for settlement of all unit awards under our Long-Term Incentive Plan. As of September 30, 2020,2021, 2,500,000 units were authorized to be granted under our Long-Term Incentive Plan, of which 1,122,230860,361 were available to be granted, assuming no forfeitures of the unvested units and full achievement of goals for the unvested performance units.

Restricted and Phantom Units
Under our Long-Term Incentive Plan, as of September 30, 2020, we granted restrictedgrant phantom units to our non-employee directors and phantom units to selected employees who perform services for us, with most awards vesting over a period of one to three years. Although full ownership of the units does not transfer to the recipients until the units vest, the recipients have distribution rights on these units from the date of grant, and the recipients of the restricted units have voting rights on the restricted units from the date of grant.

The fair value of each restricted or phantom unit award is measured at the market price as of the date of grant and is amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for each separately vesting portion of the award.

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A summary of restricted and phantom unit activity and changes during the nine months ended September 30, 2020,2021, is presented below:
Restricted and Phantom UnitsUnitsWeighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Outstanding at January 1, 2020 (nonvested)145,205 $26.22 
Vesting and transfer of full ownership to recipients(5,646)29.94 
Forfeited(8,578)25.47 
Outstanding at September 30, 2020 (nonvested)130,981 $26.11 
Phantom UnitsUnitsWeighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Outstanding at January 1, 2021 (nonvested)295,992 $14.48 
Vesting and transfer of full ownership to recipients(823)16.24 
Forfeited(6,833)15.54 
Outstanding at September 30, 2021 (nonvested)288,336 14.45 

The grant date fair valuevalues of phantom units that were vested and transferred to recipients during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 waswere $13 thousand and $0.2 million. NaN restricted or phantom units vested and transferred to recipients during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.million, respectively. As of September 30, 2020, $0.92021, $1.4 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested restricted and phantom unit grants is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.11.2 years.

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Performance Units
Under our Long-Term Incentive Plan, we grant performance units to selected officers who perform services for us. Performance units granted are payable in common units at the end of a three-year performance period based upon meeting certain criteria over the performance period. Under the terms of our performance unit grants, some awards are subject to the growth in our distributable cash flow per common unit over the performance period while other awards are subject to "financial performance" and "market performance." Financial performance is based on meeting certain earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") targets, while market performance is based on the relative standing of total unitholder return achieved by HEP compared to peer group companies. The number of units ultimately issued under these awards can range from 50% to 150% or 0% to 200%. As of September 30, 2020, estimated unit payouts for outstanding nonvested performance unit awards ranged between 100% and 120% of the target number of performance units granted.

We did not grant any performance units during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.2021. Although common units are not transferred to the recipients until the performance units vest, the recipients have distribution rights with respect to the target number of performance units subject to the award from the date of grant at the same rate as distributions paid on our common units.

A summary of performance unit activity and changes for the nine months ended September 30, 2020,2021, is presented below:
Performance UnitsUnits
Outstanding at January 1, 20202021 (nonvested)53,44577,472 
Vesting and transfer of common units to recipients(11,634)(10,881)
Outstanding at September 30, 20202021 (nonvested)41,81166,591 

The grant date fair value of performance units vested and transferred to recipients during both of the nine months ended September 30, 20202021 and 20192020 was $0.4 million and $0.3 million, respectively.million. Based on the weighted-average fair value of performance units outstanding at September 30, 2020,2021, of $1.2 million, there was $0.4 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to nonvested performance units, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.31.5 years.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020,2021, we did not purchase any of our common units in the open market for the issuance and settlement of unit awards under our Long-Term Incentive Plan.


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Note 9:10:Debt

Credit Agreement
We have a $1.4 billionIn April 2021, we amended our senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Agreement”) expiring indecreasing the size of the facility from $1.4 billion to $1.2 billion and extending the maturity date to July 2022.27, 2025. The Credit Agreement is available to fund capital expenditures, investments, acquisitions, distribution payments, working capital and for general partnership purposes. The Credit Agreement is also available to fund letters of credit up to a $50 million sub-limit and it containscontinues to provide for an accordion feature givingthat allows us the ability to increase commitments under the size of the facility byCredit Agreement up to $300 million with additional lender commitments.a maximum amount of $1.7 billion.

Our obligations under the Credit Agreement are collateralized by substantially all of our assets, and indebtedness under the Credit Agreement is guaranteed by our material, wholly-ownedwholly owned subsidiaries. The Credit Agreement requires us to maintain compliance with certain financial covenants consisting of total leverage, senior secured leverage, and interest coverage. It also limits or restricts our ability to engage in certain activities. If, at any time prior to the expirationmaturity of the Credit Agreement, HEP obtains two investment grade credit ratings, the Credit Agreement will become unsecured and many of the covenants, limitations, and restrictions will be eliminated.

We may prepay all loans at any time without penalty, except for tranche breakage costs. If an event of default exists under the Credit Agreement, the lenders will be able to accelerate the maturity of all loans outstanding and exercise other rights and remedies. We were in compliance with the covenants under the Credit Agreement as of September 30, 2020.2021.

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Senior Notes
As of December 31, 2019, we had $500 million aggregate principal amount of 6% senior unsecured notes due in 2024 (the "6% Senior Notes") outstanding. The 6% Senior Notes were unsecured and imposed certain restrictive covenants, including limitations on our ability to incur additional indebtedness, make investments, sell assets, incur certain liens, pay distributions, enter into transactions with affiliates and enter into mergers.

On February 4, 2020, we closed a private placement of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 5% senior unsecured notes due in 2028 (the "5% Senior Notes"). On February 5, 2020, we redeemed the existing $500 million 6% Senior Notes at a redemption cost of $522.5 million, at which time we recognized a $25.9 million early extinguishment loss consisting of a $22.5 million debt redemption premium and unamortized financing costs of $3.4 million. We funded the $522.5 million redemption with net proceeds from the issuance of our 5% Senior Notes and borrowings under our Credit Agreement.

The 5% Senior Notes are unsecured and impose certain restrictive covenants, including limitations on our ability to incur additional indebtedness, make investments, sell assets, incur certain liens, pay distributions, enter into transactions with affiliates, and enter into mergers. We were in compliance with the restrictive covenants for the 5% Senior Notes as of September 30, 2020.2021. At any time when the 5% Senior Notes are rated investment grade by either Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s and no default or event of default exists, we will not be subject to many of the foregoing covenants. Additionally, we have certain redemption rights at varying premiums over face value under the 5% Senior Notes.

Indebtedness under the 5% Senior Notes is guaranteed by all of our existing wholly-ownedwholly owned subsidiaries (other than Holly Energy Finance Corp. and certain immaterial subsidiaries).

Long-term Debt
The carrying amounts of our long-term debt waswere as follows:
September 30,
2020
December 31,
2019
September 30,
2021
December 31,
2020
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Credit AgreementCredit AgreementCredit Agreement
Amount outstandingAmount outstanding948,000 $965,500 Amount outstanding$840,500 913,500 
6% Senior Notes
Principal500,000 
Unamortized premium and debt issuance costs(3,469)
496,531 
5% Senior Notes5% Senior Notes5% Senior Notes
PrincipalPrincipal500,000 Principal500,000 500,000 
Unamortized premium and debt issuance costsUnamortized premium and debt issuance costs(8,126)Unamortized premium and debt issuance costs(7,191)(7,897)
491,874 492,809 492,103 
Total long-term debtTotal long-term debt$1,439,874 $1,462,031 Total long-term debt$1,333,309 $1,405,603 


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Note 10:11:Related Party Transactions

We serve HFC’s refineries under long-term pipeline, terminal and tankage throughput agreements, and refinery processing unit tolling agreements expiring from 20212022 to 2036, and revenues from these agreementsHFC accounted for 79% and 80% of our total revenues for both the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.2021. Under these agreements, HFC agrees to transport, store and process throughput volumes of refined product, crude oil and feedstocks on our pipelines, terminals, tankage, loading rack facilities and refinery processing units that result in minimum annual payments to us. These minimum annual payments or revenues are subject to annual rate adjustments on July 1st each year generally based on increases or decreases in PPI or the FERC index. As of September 30, 2020,2021, these agreements with HFC require minimum annualized payments to us of $351.1$353 million.

If HFC fails to meet its minimum volume commitments under the agreements in any quarter, it will be required to pay us the amount of any shortfall in cash by the last day of the month following the end of the quarter. Under certain of these agreements, a shortfall payment may be applied as a credit in the following four quarters after its minimum obligations are met.

Under certain provisions of the Omnibus Agreement, we pay HFC an annual administrative fee (currently $2.6 million) for the provision by HFC or its affiliates of various general and administrative services to us. This fee does not include the salaries of personnel employed by HFC who perform services for us on behalf of HLS or the cost of their employee benefits, which are charged to us separately by HFC. Also, we reimburse HFC and its affiliates for direct expenses they incur on our behalf.

Related party transactions with HFC arewere as follows:
Revenues received from HFC were $101.0$97.1 million and $106.0$101.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively, and $298.0$298.2 million and $311.8$298.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively.
HFC charged us general and administrative services under the Omnibus Agreement of $0.7 million for both of the three months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, and $2.0 million and 1.9 million for both the nine months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019, respectively.2020.
We reimbursed HFC for costs of employees supporting our operations of $14.0$15.6 million and $13.7$14.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively, and $41.3$44.2 million and $40.5$41.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively.
HFC reimbursed us $2.3$1.8 million and $4.6$2.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and 2019, respectively, for expense and capital projects,$6.1 million and $6.3 million and $10.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, for expense and 2019, respectively.capital projects.
We distributed $18.4$20.9 million and $37.6$18.4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and 2019, respectively,$62.6 million and $74.3 million and $112.4 million forin the nine months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively, to HFC as regular distributions on its common units.
Accounts receivable from HFC were $46.5$41.5 million and $49.7$48.0 million at September 30, 2020,2021, and December 31, 2019,2020, respectively.
Accounts payable to HFC were $6.9$14.6 million and $16.7$18.1 million at September 30, 2020,2021, and December 31, 2019,2020, respectively.
Deferred revenue in the consolidated balance sheets atincluded $0.4 million for both September 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019, included $0.4 million and $0.5 million, respectively,2020, relating to certain shortfall billings to HFC.
We received direct financing lease payments from HFC for use of our Artesia and Tulsa rail yards of $0.5 million for both of the three months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019, and $1.5 million for both of the nine months ended September 30, 2020, and 2019 .
We received sales-type lease payments of $2.4 million from HFC for both of the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $7.1 million and $2.4$1.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and $1.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.
We recorded a gain on sales-type leases with HFC of $24.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and we received sales-type lease payments of $6.6 million and $2.4 million from HFC for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and 2019,$19.1 million and $7.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
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On October 31, 2017, we closedHEP and HFC reached an equity restructuring transactionagreement to terminate the existing minimum volume commitments for HEP’s Cheyenne assets and enter into new agreements, which were finalized and executed on February 8, 2021, with the following terms, in each case effective January 1, 2021: (1) a ten-year lease with 2 five-year renewal option periods for HFC’s use of certain HEP Logistics,tank and rack assets in the Cheyenne Refinery to facilitate renewable diesel production with an annual lease payment of approximately $5 million, (2) a wholly-owned subsidiary offive-year contango service fee arrangement that will utilize HEP tank assets inside the Cheyenne Refinery where HFC will pay a base tariff to HEP for available crude oil storage and HFC and HEP will split any profits generated on crude oil contango opportunities and (3) a $10 million one-time cash payment from HFC to HEP for the general partnertermination of the existing minimum volume commitment.

On August 2, 2021, in connection with the Sinclair Transactions (described in Note 2 above), HEP and HFC entered into a Letter Agreement (“Letter Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, HEP and HFC agreed, upon the consummation of the Sinclair Transactions, to enter into amendments to certain of the agreements by and among HEP and HFC, including the master throughput agreement, to include within the scope of such agreements the assets to be acquired by HEP pursuant to which the incentive distribution rights held by HEP Logistics were canceled, and HEP Logistics' 2% general partner interestContribution Agreement (described in HEP was convertedNote 2 above).

In addition, the Letter Agreement provides that if, as a condition to obtaining antitrust clearance for the Sinclair Transactions, HFC enters into a non-economic general partner interestdefinitive agreement to divest its refinery in HEP. InDavis County, Utah (the “Woods Cross Refinery”), then HEP would sell certain assets located at, or relating to, the Woods Cross Refinery to HFC in exchange for cash consideration we issued 37,250,000equal to $232.5 million plus the certain accounts receivable of our common unitsHEP in respect of such assets, with such sale to HEP Logistics. In addition, HEP Logistics agreedbe effective immediately prior to waive $2.5 millionthe closing of limited partner cash distributions for eachthe sale of twelve consecutive quarters beginning with the first quarterWoods Cross Refinery by HFC. The Letter Agreement also provides that HEP’s right to future revenues from HFC in respect of such Woods Cross Refinery assets will terminate at the units issued as consideration were eligible to receive distributions. This waiverclosing of limited partner cash distributions expired after the cash distribution for the second quarter of 2020, which was made during the third quarter of 2020.such sale.


Note 11:12: Partners’ Equity, Income Allocations and Cash Distributions

As of September 30, 2020,2021, HFC held 59,630,030 of our common units, constituting a 57% limited partner interest in us, and held the non-economic general partner interest.

Continuous Offering Program
We have a continuous offering program under which we may issue and sell common units from time to time, representing limited partner interests, up to an aggregate gross sales amount of $200 million. As of September 30, 2020,2021, HEP has issued 2,413,153 units under this program, providing $82.3 million in gross proceeds.

Allocations of Net Income
Net income attributable to HEP is allocated to the partners based on their weighted-average ownership percentage during the period.

Cash Distributions
On October 22, 2020,21, 2021, we announced our cash distribution for the third quarter of 20202021 of $0.35 per unit. The distribution is payable on all common units and will be paid November 12, 2020,2021, to all unitholders of record on November 2, 2020.1, 2021.

Our regular quarterly cash distribution to the limited partners will be $37.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 20202021 and was $68.5$37.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019.2020. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020,2021, the regular quarterly distribution to the limited partners will be $105.9$111.1 million and was $205.2$105.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.2020. Our distributions are declared subsequent to quarter end; therefore, these amounts do not reflect distributions paid during the respective period.


Note 12:13: Net Income Per Limited Partner Unit

Basic net income per unit applicable to the limited partners is calculated as net income attributable to the partners divided by the weighted average limited partners’ units outstanding. Diluted net income per unit assumes, when dilutive, the issuance of the net incremental units from restricted units, phantom units and performance units. To the extent net income attributable to the partners exceeds or is less than cash distributions, this difference is allocated to the partners based on their weighted-average ownership
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percentage during the period, after consideration of any priority allocations of earnings. Our dilutive securities are immaterial for all periods presented.
Net income per limited partner unit is computed as follows:
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
20202019202020192021202020212020
(In thousands, except per unit data)(In thousands, except per unit data)
Net income attributable to the partnersNet income attributable to the partners$17,813 $82,345 $119,144 $179,217 Net income attributable to the partners$49,160 $17,813 $169,302 $119,144 
Less: Participating securities’ share in earningsLess: Participating securities’ share in earnings(165)— (579)— 
Net income attributable to common unitsNet income attributable to common units48,995 17,813 168,723 119,144 
Weighted average limited partners' units outstandingWeighted average limited partners' units outstanding105,440 105,440 105,440 105,440 Weighted average limited partners' units outstanding105,440 105,440 105,440 105,440 
Limited partners' per unit interest in earnings - basic and dilutedLimited partners' per unit interest in earnings - basic and diluted$0.17 $0.78 $1.13 $1.70 Limited partners' per unit interest in earnings - basic and diluted$0.46 $0.17 $1.60 $1.13 

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Note 13:14:Environmental

We expensed $0.7 million and $1.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, for environmental remediation obligations, and we expensed $1.0 million and $1.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, for environmental remediation obligations, and we expensed $0.3 million for both of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019.respectively. The accrued environmental liability, net of expected recoveries from indemnifying parties, reflected in our consolidated balance sheets was $5.7$4.6 million and $5.5$4.5 million at September 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019, respectively,2020, of which $3.5$2.5 million was classified as other long-term liabilities for both periods. These accruals include remediation and monitoring costs expected to be incurred over an extended period of time.

Under the Omnibus Agreement and certain transportation agreements and purchase agreements with HFC, HFC has agreed to indemnify us, subject to certain monetary and time limitations, for environmental noncompliance and remediation liabilities associated with certain assets transferred to us from HFC and occurring or existing prior to the date of such transfers. Our consolidated balance sheets included additional accrued environmental liabilities of $0.4 million and $0.5 million for HFC indemnified liabilities for the periods endingas of September 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, respectively, and other assets included equal and offsetting balances representing amounts due from HFC related to indemnifications for environmental remediation liabilities.


Note 14:15: Contingencies

We are a party to various legal and regulatory proceedings, none of which we believe will have a material adverse impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.


Note 15:16: Segment Information

Although financial information is reviewed by our chief operating decision makers from a variety of perspectives, they view the business in 2 reportable operating segments: pipelines and terminals, and refinery processing units. These operating segments adhere to the accounting polices used for our consolidated financial statements.

Pipelines and terminals have been aggregated as one reportable segment as both pipeline and terminals (1) have similar economic characteristics, (2) similarly provide logistics services of transportation and storage of petroleum products, (3) similarly support the petroleum refining business, including distribution of its products, (4) have principally the same customers and (5) are subject to similar regulatory requirements.

We evaluate the performance of each segment based on its respective operating income. Certain general and administrative expenses and interest and financing costs are excluded from segment operating income as they are not directly attributable to a specific reportable segment. Identifiable assets are those used by the segment, whereas other assets are principally equity method investments, cash, deposits and other assets that are not associated with a specific reportable reportable segment.
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Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
20202019202020192021202020212020
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Revenues:Revenues:Revenues:
Pipelines and terminals - affiliatePipelines and terminals - affiliate$80,589 $85,749 $238,123 $250,259 Pipelines and terminals - affiliate$75,211 $80,589 $232,756 $238,123 
Pipelines and terminals - third-partyPipelines and terminals - third-party26,739 29,868 72,409 89,388 Pipelines and terminals - third-party25,460 26,739 77,810 72,409 
Refinery processing units - affiliateRefinery processing units - affiliate20,403 20,278 59,860 61,496 Refinery processing units - affiliate21,913 20,403 65,436 59,860 
Total segment revenuesTotal segment revenues$127,731 $135,895 $370,392 $401,143 Total segment revenues$122,584 $127,731 $376,002 $370,392 
Segment operating income:Segment operating income:Segment operating income:
Pipelines and terminals(1)Pipelines and terminals(1)$15,912 $56,944 $120,445 $178,112 Pipelines and terminals(1)$48,268 $15,912 $139,143 $120,445 
Refinery processing unitsRefinery processing units9,973 9,906 29,371 27,794 Refinery processing units9,697 9,973 27,705 29,371 
Total segment operating incomeTotal segment operating income25,885 66,850 149,816 205,906 Total segment operating income57,965 25,885 166,848 149,816 
Unallocated general and administrative expensesUnallocated general and administrative expenses(2,332)(2,714)(7,569)(7,322)Unallocated general and administrative expenses(3,849)(2,332)(9,664)(7,569)
Interest and financing costs, netInterest and financing costs, net(11,301)(16,564)(37,816)(53,737)Interest and financing costs, net(6,582)(11,301)(20,598)(37,816)
Loss on early extinguishment of debtLoss on early extinguishment of debt(25,915)Loss on early extinguishment of debt— — — (25,915)
Equity in earnings of equity method investmentsEquity in earnings of equity method investments1,316 1,334 5,186 5,217 Equity in earnings of equity method investments3,689 1,316 8,875 5,186 
Gain on sales-type leasesGain on sales-type leases35,166 33,834 35,166 Gain on sales-type leases— — 24,677 33,834 
Gain (loss) on sale of assets and otherGain (loss) on sale of assets and other7,465 142 8,439 (57)Gain (loss) on sale of assets and other77 7,465 5,994 8,439 
Income before income taxesIncome before income taxes$21,033 $84,214 $125,975 $185,173 Income before income taxes$51,300 $21,033 $176,132 $125,975 
Capital Expenditures:Capital Expenditures:Capital Expenditures:
Pipelines and terminals Pipelines and terminals$7,902 $5,320 $38,318 $23,072  Pipelines and terminals$19,049 $7,902 $77,826 $38,318 
Refinery processing units Refinery processing units756 324 756  Refinery processing units168 — 766 324 
Total capital expendituresTotal capital expenditures$7,902 $6,076 $38,642 $23,828 Total capital expenditures$19,217 $7,902 $78,592 $38,642 
September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
(In thousands)
Identifiable assets:
  Pipelines and terminals (1)
$1,712,033 $1,749,843 
  Refinery processing units305,999 305,897 
Other143,853 143,492 
Total identifiable assets$2,161,885 $2,199,232 

September 30, 2021December 31, 2020
(In thousands)
Identifiable assets:
  Pipelines and terminals (2)
$1,728,983 $1,729,547 
  Refinery processing units291,838 305,090 
Other131,755 132,928 
Total identifiable assets$2,152,576 $2,167,565 

(1) IncludesPipelines and terminals segment operating income included goodwill impairment charges of $11.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and $35.7 million for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.
(2) Included goodwill of $234.7$223.7 million as of September 30, 20202021 and $270.3$234.7 million as of December 31, 2019.2020.

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Note 16:17: Supplemental Guarantor/Non-Guarantor Financial Information

Obligations of HEP (“Parent”) under the 5% Senior Notes have been jointly and severally guaranteed by each of its direct and indirect 100% owned subsidiaries, other than Holly Energy Finance Corp. and certain immaterial subsidiaries (“Guarantor Subsidiaries”). These guarantees are full and unconditional, subject to certain customary release provisions. These circumstances include (i) when a Guarantor Subsidiary is sold or sells all or substantially all of its assets, (ii) when a Guarantor Subsidiary is declared “unrestricted” for covenant purposes, (iii) when a Guarantor Subsidiary’s guarantee of other indebtedness is terminated or released and (iv) when the requirements for legal defeasance or covenant defeasance or to discharge the senior notes have been satisfied.

The following financial information presents condensed consolidating balance sheets, statements of comprehensive income, and statements of cash flows of the Parent, the Guarantor Subsidiaries and the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries. The information has been presented as if the Parent accounted for its ownership in the Guarantor Subsidiaries, and the Guarantor Restricted Subsidiaries accounted for the ownership of the Non-Guarantor Non-Restricted Subsidiaries, using the equity method of accounting.
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Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
September 30, 2020ParentGuarantor
Restricted Subsidiaries
Non-Guarantor Non-Restricted SubsidiariesEliminationsConsolidated
September 30, 2021September 30, 2021ParentGuarantor
Restricted Subsidiaries
Non-Guarantor Non-Restricted SubsidiariesEliminationsConsolidated
(In thousands) (In thousands)
ASSETSASSETSASSETS
Current assets:Current assets:Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalentsCash and cash equivalents$4,000 $(1,113)$15,204 $$18,091 Cash and cash equivalents$350 $(346)$12,812 $— $12,816 
Accounts receivableAccounts receivable56,434 4,982 (1,055)60,361 Accounts receivable— 47,696 5,968 (36)53,628 
Prepaid and other current assetsPrepaid and other current assets149 5,818 315 6,282 Prepaid and other current assets151 7,447 868 (292)8,174 
Total current assetsTotal current assets4,149 61,139 20,501 (1,055)84,734 Total current assets501 54,797 19,648 (328)74,618 
Properties and equipment, netProperties and equipment, net1,096,454 351,470 1,447,924 Properties and equipment, net— 1,030,270 304,772 — 1,335,042 
Operating lease right-of-use assetsOperating lease right-of-use assets2,990 174 3,164 Operating lease right-of-use assets— 2,397 104 — 2,501 
Net investment in leasesNet investment in leases167,238 167,238 Net investment in leases— 306,069 95,458 (95,456)306,071 
Investment in subsidiaries
Investment in subsidiaries
1,800,621 280,277 (2,080,898)Investment in subsidiaries
1,774,250 297,809 — (2,072,059)— 
Intangible assets, netIntangible assets, net90,817 90,817 Intangible assets, net— 76,809 — — 76,809 
GoodwillGoodwill234,684 234,684 Goodwill— 223,650 — — 223,650 
Equity method investmentsEquity method investments82,389 39,657 122,046 Equity method investments— 79,337 37,690 — 117,027 
Other assetsOther assets4,879 6,399 11,278 Other assets8,643 8,215 — — 16,858 
Total assetsTotal assets$1,809,649 $2,022,387 $411,802 $(2,081,953)$2,161,885 Total assets$1,783,394 $2,079,353 $457,672 $(2,167,843)$2,152,576 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITYLIABILITIES AND EQUITYLIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:Current liabilities:Current liabilities:
Accounts payableAccounts payable$$20,494 $8,505 $(1,055)$27,944 Accounts payable$— $28,150 $11,963 $(36)$40,077 
Accrued interestAccrued interest4,691 4,691 Accrued interest4,604 — — — 4,604 
Deferred revenueDeferred revenue10,620 400 11,020 Deferred revenue— 10,287 481 — 10,768 
Accrued property taxesAccrued property taxes5,377 3,595 8,972 Accrued property taxes— 5,576 3,301 — 8,877 
Current operating lease liabilitiesCurrent operating lease liabilities1,130 69 1,199 Current operating lease liabilities— 632 74 — 706 
Current finance lease liabilitiesCurrent finance lease liabilities3,459 3,459 Current finance lease liabilities— 5,533 — (1,780)3,753 
Other current liabilitiesOther current liabilities2,748 98 2,849 Other current liabilities— 2,302 385 — 2,687 
Total current liabilitiesTotal current liabilities4,694 43,828 12,667 (1,055)60,134 Total current liabilities4,604 52,480 16,204 (1,816)71,472 
Long-term debtLong-term debt1,439,874 1,439,874 Long-term debt1,333,309 — — — 1,333,309 
Noncurrent operating lease liabilitiesNoncurrent operating lease liabilities2,333 2,333 Noncurrent operating lease liabilities— 2,169 — — 2,169 
Noncurrent finance lease liabilitiesNoncurrent finance lease liabilities69,180 69,180 Noncurrent finance lease liabilities— 152,310 — (86,745)65,565 
Other long-term liabilitiesOther long-term liabilities260 13,093 508 13,861 Other long-term liabilities260 11,631 426 — 12,317 
Deferred revenueDeferred revenue41,376 41,376 Deferred revenue— 30,920 — — 30,920 
Class B unitClass B unit51,956 51,956 Class B unit— 55,593 — — 55,593 
Equity - partnersEquity - partners364,821 1,800,621 280,277 (2,080,898)364,821 Equity - partners445,221 1,774,250 297,809 (2,079,282)437,998 
Equity - noncontrolling interest118,350 118,350 
Equity - noncontrolling interestsEquity - noncontrolling interests— — 143,233 — 143,233 
Total liabilities and equityTotal liabilities and equity$1,809,649 $2,022,387 $411,802 $(2,081,953)$2,161,885 Total liabilities and equity$1,783,394 $2,079,353 $457,672 $(2,167,843)$2,152,576 
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Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
December 31, 2019ParentGuarantor
Restricted Subsidiaries
Non-Guarantor Non-Restricted SubsidiariesEliminationsConsolidated
December 31, 2020December 31, 2020ParentGuarantor
Restricted Subsidiaries
Non-Guarantor Non-Restricted SubsidiariesEliminationsConsolidated
(In thousands) (In thousands)
ASSETSASSETSASSETS
Current assets:Current assets:Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalentsCash and cash equivalents$4,790 $(709)$9,206 $$13,287 Cash and cash equivalents$1,627 $(987)$21,350 $— $21,990 
Accounts receivableAccounts receivable60,229 8,549 (331)68,447 Accounts receivable— 56,522 6,308 (315)62,515 
Prepaid and other current assetsPrepaid and other current assets282 6,710 637 7,629 Prepaid and other current assets349 8,366 772 — 9,487 
Total current assetsTotal current assets5,072 66,230 18,392 (331)89,363 Total current assets1,976 63,901 28,430 (315)93,992 
Properties and equipment, netProperties and equipment, net1,133,534 333,565 1,467,099 Properties and equipment, net— 1,087,184 363,501 — 1,450,685 
Operating lease right-of-use assetsOperating lease right-of-use assets3,243 12 3,255 Operating lease right-of-use assets— 2,822 157 — 2,979 
Net investment in leasesNet investment in leases134,886 134,886 Net investment in leases— 166,316 — — 166,316 
Investment in subsidiariesInvestment in subsidiaries1,844,812 275,279 (2,120,091)Investment in subsidiaries1,789,808 286,883 — (2,076,691)— 
Intangible assets, netIntangible assets, net101,322 101,322 Intangible assets, net— 87,315 — — 87,315 
GoodwillGoodwill270,336 270,336 Goodwill— 234,684 — — 234,684 
Equity method investmentsEquity method investments82,987 37,084 120,071 Equity method investments— 81,089 39,455 — 120,544 
Other assetsOther assets6,722 6,178 12,900 Other assets4,268 6,782 — — 11,050 
Total assetsTotal assets$1,856,606 $2,073,995 $389,053 $(2,120,422)$2,199,232 Total assets$1,796,052 $2,016,976 $431,543 $(2,077,006)$2,167,565 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITYLIABILITIES AND EQUITYLIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:Current liabilities:Current liabilities:
Accounts payableAccounts payable$$29,895 $4,991 $(331)$34,555 Accounts payable$— $30,252 $16,463 $(315)$46,400 
Accrued interestAccrued interest13,206 13,206 Accrued interest10,892 — — — 10,892 
Deferred revenueDeferred revenue9,740 650 10,390 Deferred revenue— 10,868 500 — 11,368 
Accrued property taxesAccrued property taxes2,737 1,062 3,799 Accrued property taxes— 2,915 1,077 — 3,992 
Current operating lease liabilitiesCurrent operating lease liabilities1,114 12 1,126 Current operating lease liabilities— 804 71 — 875 
Current finance lease liabilitiesCurrent finance lease liabilities3,224 3,224 Current finance lease liabilities— 3,713 — — 3,713 
Other current liabilitiesOther current liabilities2,293 2,305 Other current liabilities2,491 — 2,505 
Total current liabilitiesTotal current liabilities13,212 49,003 6,721 (331)68,605 Total current liabilities10,897 51,043 18,120 (315)79,745 
Long-term debtLong-term debt1,462,031 1,462,031 Long-term debt1,405,603 — — — 1,405,603 
Noncurrent operating lease liabilitiesNoncurrent operating lease liabilities2,482 2,482 Noncurrent operating lease liabilities— 2,476 — — 2,476 
Noncurrent finance lease liabilitiesNoncurrent finance lease liabilities70,475 70,475 Noncurrent finance lease liabilities— 68,047 — — 68,047 
Other long-term liabilitiesOther long-term liabilities260 12,150 398 12,808 Other long-term liabilities260 12,171 474 — 12,905 
Deferred revenueDeferred revenue45,681 45,681 Deferred revenue— 40,581 — — 40,581 
Class B unitClass B unit49,392 49,392 Class B unit— 52,850 — — 52,850 
Equity - partnersEquity - partners381,103 1,844,812 275,279 (2,120,091)381,103 Equity - partners379,292 1,789,808 286,883 (2,076,691)379,292 
Equity - noncontrolling interest106,655 106,655 
Equity - noncontrolling interestsEquity - noncontrolling interests— — 126,066 — 126,066 
Total liabilities and equityTotal liabilities and equity$1,856,606 $2,073,995 $389,053 $(2,120,422)$2,199,232 Total liabilities and equity$1,796,052 $2,016,976 $431,543 $(2,077,006)$2,167,565 



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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income
Three Months Ended September 30, 2020ParentGuarantor Restricted
Subsidiaries
Non-Guarantor Non-restricted SubsidiariesEliminationsConsolidated
 (In thousands)
Revenues:
Affiliates$$94,595 $6,397 $$100,992 
Third parties21,550 5,189 26,739 
116,145 11,586 127,731 
Operating costs and expenses:
Operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)36,065 3,938 40,003 
Depreciation and amortization21,997 4,193 26,190 
General and administrative649 1,683 2,332 
Goodwill impairment35,653 35,653 
649 95,398 8,131 104,178 
Operating income (loss)(649)20,747 3,455 23,553 
Other income (expense):
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries31,461 6,589 (38,050)
Equity in earnings of equity method investments755 561 1,316 
Interest expense(13,072)(1,032)(14,104)
Interest income2,787 16 2,803 
Other income73 2,542 4,850 7,465 
18,462 11,641 5,427 (38,050)(2,520)
Income before income taxes17,813 32,388 8,882 (38,050)21,033 
State income tax expense(34)(34)
Net income17,813 32,354 8,882 (38,050)20,999 
Allocation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interests(893)(2,293)(3,186)
Net income attributable to the partners$17,813 $31,461 $6,589 $(38,050)$17,813 

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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income
Three Months Ended September 30, 2019ParentGuarantor
Restricted Subsidiaries
Non-Guarantor Non-Restricted SubsidiariesEliminationsConsolidated
Three Months Ended September 30, 2021Three Months Ended September 30, 2021ParentGuarantor Restricted
Subsidiaries
Non-Guarantor Non-Restricted SubsidiariesEliminationsConsolidated
(In thousands) (In thousands)
Revenues:Revenues:Revenues:
AffiliatesAffiliates$$99,482 $6,545 $$106,027 Affiliates$— $90,980 $6,144 $— $97,124 
Third partiesThird parties23,999 5,869 29,868 Third parties— 20,024 5,436 — 25,460 
123,481 12,414 135,895 — 111,004 11,580 — 122,584 
Operating costs and expenses:Operating costs and expenses:Operating costs and expenses:
Operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)Operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)40,866 4,058 44,924 Operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)— 38,676 4,117 — 42,793 
Depreciation and amortizationDepreciation and amortization19,757 4,364 24,121 Depreciation and amortization— 17,558 4,268 — 21,826 
General and administrativeGeneral and administrative569 2,145 2,714 General and administrative739 3,110 — — 3,849 
569 62,768 8,422 71,759 
739 59,344 8,385 — 68,468 
Operating income (loss)Operating income (loss)(569)60,713 3,992 64,136 Operating income (loss)(739)51,660 3,195 — 54,116 
Other income (expense):Other income (expense):Other income (expense):
Equity in earnings of subsidiariesEquity in earnings of subsidiaries101,638 3,013 (104,651)Equity in earnings of subsidiaries69,553 3,045 — (72,598)— 
Equity in earnings of equity method investmentsEquity in earnings of equity method investments1,334 1,334 Equity in earnings of equity method investments— 2,743 946 — 3,689 
Interest expenseInterest expense(18,945)138 (18,807)Interest expense(12,431)(1,077)— 91 (13,417)
Interest incomeInterest income2,243 2,243 Interest income— 6,835 91 (91)6,835 
Gain on sales-type leaseGain on sales-type lease35,166 35,166 Gain on sales-type lease— 7,223 — (7,223)— 
Other income (loss)221 (104)25 142 
Gain on sale of assets and otherGain on sale of assets and other— 76 — 77 
82,914 41,790 25 (104,651)20,078 57,122 18,845 1,038 (79,821)(2,816)
Income before income taxesIncome before income taxes82,345 102,503 4,017 (104,651)84,214 Income before income taxes56,383 70,505 4,233 (79,821)51,300 
State income tax expense(30)(30)
State income tax benefitState income tax benefit— — — 
Net incomeNet income82,345 102,473 4,017 (104,651)84,184 Net income56,383 70,509 4,233 (79,821)51,304 
Allocation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interestsAllocation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interests(835)(1,004)(1,839)Allocation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interests— (956)(1,188)— (2,144)
Net income attributable to the partnersNet income attributable to the partners$82,345 $101,638 $3,013 $(104,651)$82,345 Net income attributable to the partners$56,383 $69,553 $3,045 $(79,821)$49,160 

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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020ParentGuarantor Restricted
Subsidiaries
Non-Guarantor Non-restricted SubsidiariesEliminationsConsolidated
Three Months Ended September 30, 2020Three Months Ended September 30, 2020ParentGuarantor
Restricted Subsidiaries
Non-Guarantor Non-Restricted SubsidiariesEliminationsConsolidated
(In thousands) (In thousands)
Revenues:Revenues:Revenues:
AffiliatesAffiliates$$278,767 $19,216 $$297,983 Affiliates$— $94,595 $6,397 $— $100,992 
Third partiesThird parties56,592 15,817 72,409 Third parties— 21,550 5,189 — 26,739 
335,359 35,033 370,392 — 116,145 11,586 — 127,731 
Operating costs and expenses:Operating costs and expenses:Operating costs and expenses:
Operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)Operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)98,176 11,545 109,721 Operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)— 36,065 3,938 — 40,003 
Depreciation and amortizationDepreciation and amortization62,489 12,713 75,202 Depreciation and amortization— 21,997 4,193 — 26,190 
General and administrativeGeneral and administrative2,528 5,041 7,569 General and administrative649 1,683 — — 2,332 
Goodwill impairmentGoodwill impairment35,653 35,653 Goodwill impairment— 35,653 — — 35,653 
2,528 201,359 24,258 228,145 649 95,398 8,131 — 104,178 
Operating income (loss)Operating income (loss)(2,528)134,000 10,775 — 142,247 Operating income (loss)(649)20,747 3,455 — 23,553 
Other income (expense):Other income (expense):Other income (expense):
Equity in earnings of subsidiariesEquity in earnings of subsidiaries189,889 12,394 (202,283)Equity in earnings of subsidiaries31,461 6,589 — (38,050)— 
Equity in earnings of equity method investmentsEquity in earnings of equity method investments4,292 894 5,186 Equity in earnings of equity method investments— 755 561 — 1,316 
Interest expenseInterest expense(42,542)(3,108)(45,650)Interest expense(13,072)(1,032)— — (14,104)
Interest incomeInterest income26 7,792 16 7,834 Interest income— 2,787 16 — 2,803 
Loss on early extinguishment of debt(25,915)(25,915)
Gain on sales-type lease33,834 33,834 
Gain on sale of assets and otherGain on sale of assets and other214 3,358 4,867 8,439 Gain on sale of assets and other73 2,542 4,850 — 7,465 
121,672 58,562 5,777 (202,283)(16,272)18,462 11,641 5,427 (38,050)(2,520)
Income before income taxesIncome before income taxes119,144 192,562 16,552 (202,283)125,975 Income before income taxes17,813 32,388 8,882 (38,050)21,033 
State income tax expenseState income tax expense(110)(110)State income tax expense— (34)— — (34)
Net incomeNet income119,144 192,452 16,552 (202,283)125,865 Net income17,813 32,354 8,882 (38,050)20,999 
Allocation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interestsAllocation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interests(2,563)(4,158)(6,721)Allocation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interests— (893)(2,293)— (3,186)
Net income attributable to the partnersNet income attributable to the partners$119,144 $189,889 $12,394 $(202,283)$119,144 Net income attributable to the partners$17,813 $31,461 $6,589 $(38,050)$17,813 

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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019ParentGuarantor Restricted
Subsidiaries
Non-Guarantor Non-restricted SubsidiariesEliminationsConsolidated
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021ParentGuarantor Restricted
Subsidiaries
Non-Guarantor Non-Restricted SubsidiariesEliminationsConsolidated
(In thousands) (In thousands)
Revenues:Revenues:Revenues:
AffiliatesAffiliates$$293,096 $18,659 $$311,755 Affiliates$— $279,592 $18,600 $— $298,192 
Third partiesThird parties69,764 19,624 89,388 Third parties— 59,554 18,256 — 77,810 
362,860 38,283 401,143 — 339,146 36,856 — 376,002 
Operating costs and expenses:Operating costs and expenses:Operating costs and expenses:
Operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)Operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)111,644 11,401 123,045 Operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)— 114,217 12,009 — 126,226 
Depreciation and amortizationDepreciation and amortization59,320 12,872 72,192 Depreciation and amortization— 59,045 12,849 — 71,894 
General and administrativeGeneral and administrative2,390 4,932 7,322 General and administrative2,824 6,840 — — 9,664 
Goodwill impairmentGoodwill impairment— 11,034 — — 11,034 
2,390 175,896 24,273 202,559 2,824 191,136 24,858 — 218,818 
Operating income (loss)Operating income (loss)(2,390)186,964 14,010 198,584 Operating income (loss)(2,824)148,010 11,998 — 157,184 
Other income (expense):Other income (expense):Other income (expense):
Equity in earnings of subsidiariesEquity in earnings of subsidiaries238,368 10,572 (248,940)Equity in earnings of subsidiaries216,958 10,786 — (227,744)— 
Equity in earnings of equity method investmentsEquity in earnings of equity method investments5,217 5,217 Equity in earnings of equity method investments— 6,154 2,721 — 8,875 
Interest expenseInterest expense(56,982)(77)(57,059)Interest expense(37,609)(3,077)— 91 (40,595)
Interest incomeInterest income3,322 3,322 Interest income— 19,997 91 (91)19,997 
Gain on sales-type leaseGain on sales-type lease35,166 35,166 Gain on sales-type lease— 31,900 — (7,223)24,677 
Gain on sale of assets and otherGain on sale of assets and other221 (364)86 (57)Gain on sale of assets and other— 5,991 — 5,994 
181,607 53,836 86 (248,940)(13,411)179,349 71,751 2,815 (234,967)18,948 
Income before income taxesIncome before income taxes179,217 240,800 14,096 (248,940)185,173 Income before income taxes176,525 219,761 14,813 (234,967)176,132 
State income tax expenseState income tax expense(36)(36)State income tax expense— (60)— — (60)
Net incomeNet income179,217 240,764 14,096 (248,940)185,137 Net income176,525 219,701 14,813 (234,967)176,072 
Allocation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interestsAllocation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interests(2,396)(3,524)(5,920)Allocation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interests— (2,743)(4,027)— (6,770)
Net income attributable to the partnersNet income attributable to the partners$179,217 $238,368 $10,572 $(248,940)$179,217 Net income attributable to the partners$176,525 $216,958 $10,786 $(234,967)$169,302 

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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash FlowsIncome
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020ParentGuarantor
Restricted Subsidiaries
Non-Guarantor Non-Restricted SubsidiariesEliminationsConsolidated
 (In thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities$(49,182)$250,355 $36,261 $(12,394)$225,040 
Cash flows from investing activities
Additions to properties and equipment(10,675)(27,967)(38,642)
Investment in Cushing Connect(15,382)(2,438)15,382 (2,438)
Proceeds from sale of assets961 961 
Distributions in excess of equity in earnings of equity investments11,084 (10,383)701 
(14,012)(30,405)4,999 (39,418)
Cash flows from financing activities
Net borrowings under credit agreement(17,500)(17,500)
Net intercompany financing activities234,081 (234,081)
Redemption of senior notes(522,500)(522,500)
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes500,000 500,000 
Contribution from general partner611 15,382 (15,382)611 
Contribution from noncontrolling interest15,382 15,382 
Distributions to HEP unitholders(137,437)(137,437)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests(30,622)22,777 (7,845)
Units withheld for tax withholding obligations(149)(149)
Deferred financing costs(8,714)(8,714)
Payments on finance leases(2,666)(2,666)
48,392 (236,747)142 7,395 (180,818)
Cash and cash equivalents
Increase (decrease) for the period(790)(404)5,998 4,804 
Beginning of period4,790 (709)9,206 13,287 
End of period$4,000 $(1,113)$15,204 $$18,091 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020ParentGuarantor Restricted
Subsidiaries
Non-Guarantor Non-Restricted SubsidiariesEliminationsConsolidated
 (In thousands)
Revenues:
Affiliates$— $278,767 $19,216 $— $297,983 
Third parties— 56,592 15,817 — 72,409 
— 335,359 35,033 — 370,392 
Operating costs and expenses:
Operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)— 98,176 11,545 — 109,721 
Depreciation and amortization— 62,489 12,713 — 75,202 
General and administrative2,528 5,041 — — 7,569 
Goodwill impairment— 35,653 — — 35,653 
2,528 201,359 24,258 — 228,145 
Operating income (loss)(2,528)134,000 10,775 — 142,247 
Other income (expense):
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries189,889 12,394 — (202,283)— 
Equity in earnings of equity method investments— 4,292 894 — 5,186 
Interest expense(42,542)(3,108)— — (45,650)
Interest income26 7,792 16 — 7,834 
Loss on early extinguishment of debt(25,915)— — — (25,915)
Gain on sales-type lease— 33,834 — — 33,834 
Gain on sale of assets and other214 3,358 4,867 — 8,439 
121,672 58,562 5,777 (202,283)(16,272)
Income before income taxes119,144 192,562 16,552 (202,283)125,975 
State income tax expense— (110)— — (110)
Net income119,144 192,452 16,552 (202,283)125,865 
Allocation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interests— (2,563)(4,158)— (6,721)
Net income attributable to the partners$119,144 $189,889 $12,394 $(202,283)$119,144 


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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019ParentGuarantor
Restricted Subsidiaries
Non-Guarantor Non-Restricted SubsidiariesEliminationsConsolidated
 (In thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities$(62,229)$271,657 $31,467 $(12,678)$228,217 
Cash flows from investing activities
Additions to properties and equipment(23,227)(601)(23,828)
Distributions from UNEV in excess of earnings10,572 (10,572)
Proceeds from sale of assets265 265 
Distributions in excess of equity in earnings of equity investments693 693 
(11,697)(601)(10,572)(22,870)
Cash flows from financing activities
Net borrowings under credit agreement12,500 12,500 
Net intercompany financing activities260,362 (260,362)
Contributions from general partner182 182 
Distributions to HEP unitholders(204,701)(204,701)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests(31,000)23,250 (7,750)
Units withheld for tax withholding obligations(119)(119)
Purchase units for incentive grants(255)(255)
Payments on finance leases(780)(780)
Other(139)139 
67,830 (261,003)(31,000)23,250 (200,923)
Cash and cash equivalents
Increase for the period5,601 (1,043)(134)4,424 
Beginning of period3,043 3,045 
End of period$5,603 $(1,043)$2,909 $$7,469 


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Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This Item 2, including but not limited to the sections under “Results of Operations” and “Liquidity and Capital Resources,” contains forward-looking statements. See “Forward-Looking Statements” at the beginning of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. In this document, the words “we,” “our,” “ours” and “us” refer to Holly Energy Partners, L.P. (“HEP”) and its consolidated subsidiaries or to HEP or an individual subsidiary and not to any other person.


OVERVIEW

HEP is a Delaware limited partnership. Through our subsidiaries and joint ventures, we own and/or operate petroleum product and crude oil pipelines, terminal, tankage and loading rack facilities and refinery processing units that support the refining and marketing operations of HollyFrontier Corporation (“HFC”) and other refineries in the Mid-Continent, Southwest and Northwest regions of the United States. HEP, through its subsidiaries and joint ventures, owns and/or operates petroleum product and crude pipelines, tankage and terminals in Texas, New Mexico, Washington, Idaho, Oklahoma, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Kansas as well as refinery processing units in Utah and Kansas. HFC owned 57% of our outstanding common units and the non-economic general partnership interest as of September 30, 2020.2021.

We generate revenues by charging tariffs for transporting petroleum products and crude oil through our pipelines, by charging fees for terminalling and storing refined products and other hydrocarbons, providing other services at our storage tanks and terminals and charging a tolling fee per barrel or thousand standard cubic feet of feedstock throughput in our refinery processing units. We do not take ownership of products that we transport, terminal, store or process, and therefore, we are not directly exposed to changes in commodity prices.

We believe the long-term growth of global refined product demand and U.S. crude production should support high utilization rates for the refineries we serve, which in turn should support volumes in our product pipelines, crude gathering systems and terminals.

On August 2, 2021, HEP, The Sinclair Companies (“Sinclair”), and Sinclair Transportation Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sinclair (“STC”), entered into a Contribution Agreement (the “Contribution Agreement”) pursuant to which HEP will acquire all of the outstanding shares of STC in exchange for 21 million newly issued common units of HEP and cash consideration equal to $325 million (the “HEP Transactions”), subject to downward adjustment if, as a condition to obtaining antitrust clearance for the Sinclair Transactions (as defined below), HEP agrees to divest a portion of its equity interest in UNEV Pipeline, LLC and the sales price for such interests does not exceed the threshold provided in the Contribution Agreement.

The Sinclair Transactions are expected to close in mid-2022, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory clearance, including the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (the “HSR Act”). On August 23, 2021, each of HollyFrontier and Sinclair filed its respective premerger notification and report regarding the Sinclair Transactions with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) under the HSR Act. On September 22, 2021, HFC and Sinclair each received a request for additional information and documentary material (“Second Request”) from the FTC in connection with the FTC’s review of the Sinclair Transactions. Issuance of the Second Request extends the waiting period under the HSR Act until 30 days after both HollyFrontier and Sinclair have substantially complied with the Second Request, unless the waiting period is terminated earlier by the FTC or the parties otherwise commit not to close the Sinclair Transactions for some additional period of time. HollyFrontier and Sinclair are cooperating with the FTC staff in its review. In addition, the HEP Transactions are conditioned on the closing of the transactions contemplated by that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2021, by and among HollyFrontier, Sinclair and certain other parties, which will occur immediately following the HEP Transactions (the “HFC Transactions,” and together with the HEP Transactions, the “Sinclair Transactions”). See Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in “Item 1. Financial Statements” for additional information.

Impact of COVID-19 on Our Business
Our business depends in large part on the demand for the various petroleum products we transport, terminal and store in the markets we serve. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global macroeconomy has created unprecedented destruction ofdiminished demand, as well as lack of forward visibility, for refined products and crude oil transportation, and for the terminalling and storage services that we provide. OverSince the coursedeclines in demand at the beginning of the third quarter,COVID-19 pandemic, we began to see improvement in demand for transportation fuels showed incremental improvement overthese products and services beginning late in the second quarter of 2020.2020 that continued through the third quarter of 2021, with aggregate volumes approaching pre-pandemic levels. We expect our customers will continue to adjust refinery production
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levels commensurate with market demand, and ultimately expect demandwith the increasing availability of vaccines, we believe there is a path to return to pre-COVID-19 levels.a fulsome recovery in demand.

In response toWith the COVID-19 pandemic, and with the health and safetyincreasing vaccination rates, most of our employees as a top priority,have returned to work at our locations, and we took several actions, including limiting onsite staff at all of our facilities, implementing a work-from-home policycontinue to follow Centers for certain employeesDisease Control and restricting travel unless approved by senior leadership.local government guidance. We will continue to monitor developments in the COVID-19 developmentspandemic and the dynamic environment it has created to properly address these policies going forward.

In light of current circumstances and our expectations for the future, HEP reduced its quarterly distribution to $0.35 per unit beginning with the distribution for the first quarter of 2020, representative of a new distribution strategy focused on funding all capital expenditures and distributions within operating cash flow and improving distributable cash flow coverage to 1.3x or greater with the goal of reducing leverage to 3.0-3.5x.

On March 27, 2020, the United States government passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), an approximately $2 trillion stimulus package that included various provisions intended to provide relief to individuals and businesses in the form of tax changes, loans and grants, among others. At this time, we have not sought relief in the form of loans or grants from the CARES Act; however, we have benefited from certain tax deferrals in the CARES Act and may benefit from other tax provisions if we meet the requirements to do so.

The extent to which HEP’s future results are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic will depend on various factors and consequences beyond our control, such as the duration and scope of the pandemic, the effects of any new variant strains of the underlying virus, additional actions by businesses and governments in response to the pandemic and the speed and effectiveness of responses to combat the virus. However, we have
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long-term customer contracts with minimum volume commitments, which have expiration datesdates from 20212022 to 2036. These minimum volume commitments accounted for approximately 70%approximately 67% and 76% of our total revenues in 2019.the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the twelve months ended December 31, 2020, respectively. We are currently not aware of any reasons that would prevent such customers from making the minimum payments required under the contracts or potentially making payments in excess of the minimum payments, other than with resect to the agreement in principle reached with HFC subsequent to the third quarter of 2020 with respect to HEP’s Cheyenne assets. payments. In addition to these payments, we also expect to collect payments for services provided to uncommitted shippers. There have been no material changes to customer payment terms due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic, and the volatile regional and global economic conditions stemming from it, could also exacerbate the risk factors identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, and2020, in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020.June 30, 2021, and in this Form 10-Q. The COVID-19 pandemic may also materially adversely affect our results in a manner that is either not currently known or that we do not currently consider to be a significant risk to our business.

Investment in Joint Venture
On October 2, 2019, HEP Cushing LLC (“HEP Cushing”), a wholly-ownedwholly owned subsidiary of HEP, and Plains Marketing, L.P. (“PMLP”), a wholly-ownedwholly owned subsidiary of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (“Plains”), formed a 50/50 joint venture, Cushing Connect Pipeline & Terminal LLC (the “Cushing Connect Joint Venture”), for (i) the development, construction, ownership and constructionoperation of a new 160,000 barrel per day common carrier crude oil pipeline (the “Cushing Connect Pipeline”) that will connect the Cushing, Oklahoma crude oil hub to the Tulsa, Oklahoma refining complex owned by a subsidiary of HFC and (ii) the ownership and operation of 1.5 million barrels of crude oil storage in Cushing, Oklahoma (the “Cushing Connect JV Terminal”). The Cushing Connect JV Terminal went intoin service during the second quarter of 2020, and the Cushing Connect Pipeline is expected to be inwas placed into service duringat the firstend of the third quarter of 2021. Long-term commercial agreements have been entered into to support the Cushing Connect Joint Venture assets.

The Cushing Connect Joint Venture will contracthas contracted with an affiliate of HEP to manage the construction and operation of the Cushing Connect Pipeline and with an affiliate of Plains to manage the operation of the Cushing Connect JV Terminal. The total Cushing Connect Joint Venture investment will generally be shared proportionatelyequally among HEP and Plains. However, we are solely responsible for any Cushing Connect Pipeline construction costs that exceed the partners, andbudget by more than 10%. HEP estimates its share of the cost of the Cushing Connect JV Terminal contributed by Plains and Cushing Connect Pipeline construction costs will beare approximately $65$70 million to $75 million.

Agreements with HFC
We serve HFC’sHFC's refineries under long-term pipeline, terminal, tankage and refinery processing unit throughput agreements expiring from 20212022 to 2036. Under these agreements, HFC agrees to transport, store, and process throughput volumes of refined product, crude oil and feedstocks on our pipelines, terminal, tankage, and loading rack facilities and refinery processing units that result in minimum annual payments to us. These minimum annual payments or revenues are subject to annual rate adjustments on July 1st each year based on the PPI or the FERC index. On December 17, 2020, FERC established a new price index for the five-year period commencing July 1, 2021 and ending June 30, 2026, in which common carriers charging indexed rates are permitted to adjust their indexed ceilings annually by Producer Price Index (“PPI”) or Federal Energy Regulatory Commission index.plus 0.78%. FERC has received requests for rehearing of its December 17, 2020 order, which remain pending in FERC Docket No. RM20-14-000. As of September 30, 2020,2021, these agreements with HFC require minimum annualized payments to us of $351.1$353 million.

If HFC fails to meet its minimum volume commitments under the agreements in any quarter, it will be required to pay us the amount of any shortfall in cash by the last day of the month following the end of the quarter. Under certain of the agreements, a shortfall payment may be applied as a credit in the following four quarters after minimum obligations are met.

A significant reduction in revenues under these agreements could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

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On June 1, 2020, HFC announced plans to permanently cease petroleum refining operations at its Cheyenne Refinery and to convert certain assets at that refinery to renewable diesel production. HFC subsequently began winding down petroleum refining operations at its Cheyenne Refinery on August 3, 2020. As of September 30, 2020, our throughput agreement with HFC required minimum annualized payments to us of approximately $17.6 million related to our Cheyenne assets. The net book value of our Cheyenne related net assets as of June 30, 2020 was approximately $88.5 million, including $28.1 million of long-lived assets and $68.7 million of goodwill. No impairment of our Cheyenne long-lived assets was required.

Our annual goodwill impairment testing was performed during the third quarter of 2020. The estimated fair value of our reporting units were derived using a combination of both income and market approaches. The income approach reflects expected future cash flows based on anticipated gross margins, operating costs, and capital expenditures. The market approach includes both the guideline public company and guideline transaction methods. Both market approach methods use pricing
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multiples derived from historical market transactions of other like-kind assets. These fair value measurements involve significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 inputs). See Note 5 for further discussion of Level 3 inputs.

Our testing of goodwill did not identify any impairments other than our Cheyenne reporting unit, which reported a goodwill impairment charge of $35.7 million.

Subsequent to the third quarter of 2020,On February 8, 2021, HEP and HFC reached an agreement in principle to terminate the existing minimum volume commitmentsfinalized and executed new agreements for HEP's Cheyenne assets and enter into new agreements onwith the following terms, in each case effective January 1, 2021: (1) a ten-year lease with two five-year renewal option periods for HFC’s use of certain HEP tank and rack assets in the Cheyenne Refinery to facilitate renewable diesel production with an annual lease payment of approximately $5 million, (2) a five-year contango service fee arrangement that will utilize HEP tank assets inside the Cheyenne Refinery where HFC will pay a base tariff to HEP for available crude oil storage and HFC and HEP will split any profits generated on crude oil contango opportunities and (3) a $10 million one-time cash payment from HFC to HEP for the termination of the existing minimum volume commitment.

Under certain provisions of an omnibus agreement we have with HFC (the “Omnibus Agreement”), we pay HFC an annual administrative fee, currently $2.6 million, for the provision by HFC or its affiliates of various general and administrative services to us. This fee does not include the salaries of personnel employed by HFC who perform services for us on behalf of Holly Logistic Services, L.L.C. (“HLS”), or the cost of their employee benefits, which are separately charged to us by HFC. We also reimburse HFC and its affiliates for direct expenses they incur on our behalf.

Under HLS’s Secondment Agreement with HFC, certain employees of HFC are seconded to HLS to provide operational and maintenance services for certain of our processing, refining, pipeline and tankage assets, and HLS reimburses HFC for its prorated portion of the wages, benefits, and other costs of these employees for our benefit.

We have a long-term strategic relationship with HFC that has historically facilitated our growth. Our future growth plans include organic projects around our existing assets and select investments or acquisitions that enhance our service platform while creating accretion for our unitholders. While in the near term, any acquisitions would be subject to economic conditions discussed in “Overview - Impact of COVID-19 on Our Business” above, we also expect over the longer term to continue to work with HFC on logistic asset acquisitions in conjunction with HFC’s refinery acquisition strategies. See “Overview” above for a discussion of the Sinclair Transactions.

Furthermore, as demonstrated by our pending transaction with Sinclair, we plan to continue to pursue third-party logistic asset acquisitions that are accretive to our unitholders and increase the diversity of our revenues.

Indicators of Goodwill and Long-lived Asset Impairment
During the three months ended March 31, 2021, changes in our agreements with HFC related to our Cheyenne assets resulted in an increase in the net book value of our Cheyenne reporting unit due to sales-type lease accounting, which led us to determine indicators of potential goodwill impairment for our Cheyenne reporting unit were present.

The estimated fair values of our Cheyenne reporting unit were derived using a combination of income and market approaches. The income approach reflects expected future cash flows based on anticipated gross margins, operating costs, and capital expenditures. The market approaches include both the guideline public company and guideline transaction methods. Both methods utilize pricing multiples derived from historical market transactions of other like-kind assets. These fair value measurements involve significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 inputs). See Note 6 for further discussion of Level 3 inputs.

Our interim impairment testing of our Cheyenne reporting unit goodwill identified an impairment charge of $11.0 million, which was recorded in the three months ended March 31, 2021.

We performed our annual goodwill impairment testing qualitatively as of July 1, 2021, and determined it was not more likely than not that the carrying amount of each reporting unit was greater than its fair value. Therefore, a quantitative test was not necessary, and no additional impairment of goodwill was recorded.


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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)

Income, Distributable Cash Flow, Volumes and Balance Sheet Data
The following tables present income, distributable cash flow and volume information for the three and the nine months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019.2020.
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 202120202020
 (In thousands, except per unit data)
Revenues:
Pipelines:
Affiliates—refined product pipelines$18,702 $18,619 $83 
Affiliates—intermediate pipelines7,537 7,537 — 
Affiliates—crude pipelines19,536 20,218 (682)
45,775 46,374 (599)
Third parties—refined product pipelines8,799 9,812 (1,013)
Third parties—crude pipelines12,780 12,106 674 
67,354 68,292 (938)
Terminals, tanks and loading racks:
Affiliates29,436 34,215 (4,779)
Third parties3,881 4,821 (940)
33,317 39,036 (5,719)
Refinery processing units—Affiliates21,913 20,403 1,510 
Total revenues122,584 127,731 (5,147)
Operating costs and expenses:
Operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)42,793 40,003 2,790 
Depreciation and amortization21,826 26,190 (4,364)
General and administrative3,849 2,332 1,517 
Goodwill impairment— 35,653 (35,653)
68,468 104,178 (35,710)
Operating income54,116 23,553 30,563 
Other income (expense):
Equity in earnings of equity method investments3,689 1,316 2,373 
Interest expense, including amortization(13,417)(14,104)687 
Interest income6,835 2,803 4,032 
Gain on sale of assets and other77 7,465 (7,388)
(2,816)(2,520)(296)
Income before income taxes51,300 21,033 30,267 
State income tax benefit (expense)(34)38 
Net income51,304 20,999 30,305 
Allocation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interests(2,144)(3,186)1,042 
Net income attributable to the partners49,160 17,813 31,347 
Limited partners’ earnings per unit—basic and diluted$0.46 $0.17 $0.29 
Weighted average limited partners’ units outstanding105,440 105,440 — 
EBITDA (1)
$77,564 $55,338 $22,226 
Adjusted EBITDA (1)
$83,270 $86,435 $(3,165)
Distributable cash flow (2)
$66,810 $76,894 $(10,084)
Volumes (bpd)
Pipelines:
Affiliates—refined product pipelines115,507 119,403 (3,896)
Affiliates—intermediate pipelines136,398 142,817 (6,419)
Affiliates—crude pipelines271,717 270,840 877 
523,622 533,060 (9,438)
Third parties—refined product pipelines46,834 60,203 (13,369)
Third parties—crude pipelines136,247 133,487 2,760 
706,703 726,750 (20,047)
Terminals and loading racks:
Affiliates419,665 401,904 17,761 
Third parties52,541 57,355 (4,814)
472,206 459,259 12,947 
Refinery processing units—Affiliates72,297 62,016 10,281 
Total for pipelines and terminal and refinery processing unit assets (bpd)1,251,206 1,248,025 3,181 
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Three Months Ended September 30,Change from Nine Months Ended September 30,Change from
202020192019 202120202020
(In thousands, except per unit data) (In thousands, except per unit data)
Revenues:Revenues:Revenues:
Pipelines:Pipelines:Pipelines:
Affiliates—refined product pipelinesAffiliates—refined product pipelines$18,619 $19,401 $(782)Affiliates—refined product pipelines$56,520 $55,004 $1,516 
Affiliates—intermediate pipelinesAffiliates—intermediate pipelines7,537 7,490 47 Affiliates—intermediate pipelines22,564 22,486 78 
Affiliates—crude pipelinesAffiliates—crude pipelines20,218 21,675 (1,457)Affiliates—crude pipelines58,241 59,922 (1,681)
46,374 48,566 (2,192)137,325 137,412 (87)
Third parties—refined product pipelinesThird parties—refined product pipelines9,812 13,270 (3,458)Third parties—refined product pipelines28,188 33,360 (5,172)
Third parties—crude pipelinesThird parties—crude pipelines12,106 11,327 779 Third parties—crude pipelines36,667 26,946 9,721 
68,292 73,163 (4,871)202,180 197,718 4,462 
Terminals, tanks and loading racks:Terminals, tanks and loading racks:Terminals, tanks and loading racks:
AffiliatesAffiliates34,215 37,183 (2,968)Affiliates95,431 100,711 (5,280)
Third partiesThird parties4,821 5,271 (450)Third parties12,955 12,103 852 
39,036 42,454 (3,418)108,386 112,814 (4,428)
Refinery processing units—AffiliatesRefinery processing units—Affiliates20,403 20,278 125 Refinery processing units—Affiliates65,436 59,860 5,576 
Total revenuesTotal revenues127,731 135,895 (8,164)Total revenues376,002 370,392 5,610 
Operating costs and expenses:Operating costs and expenses:Operating costs and expenses:
Operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)Operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)40,003 44,924 (4,921)Operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)126,226 109,721 16,505 
Depreciation and amortizationDepreciation and amortization26,190 24,121 2,069 Depreciation and amortization71,894 75,202 (3,308)
General and administrativeGeneral and administrative2,332 2,714 (382)General and administrative9,664 7,569 2,095 
Goodwill impairmentGoodwill impairment35,653 — 35,653 Goodwill impairment11,034 35,653 (24,619)
104,178 71,759 32,419 218,818 228,145 (9,327)
Operating incomeOperating income23,553 64,136 (40,583)Operating income157,184 142,247 14,937 
Other income (expense):Other income (expense):Other income (expense):
Equity in earnings of equity method investmentsEquity in earnings of equity method investments1,316 1,334 (18)Equity in earnings of equity method investments8,875 5,186 3,689 
Interest expense, including amortizationInterest expense, including amortization(14,104)(18,807)4,703 Interest expense, including amortization(40,595)(45,650)5,055 
Interest incomeInterest income2,803 2,243 560 Interest income19,997 7,834 12,163 
Loss on early extinguishment of debtLoss on early extinguishment of debt— (25,915)25,915 
Gain on sales-type leasesGain on sales-type leases— 35,166 (35,166)Gain on sales-type leases24,677 33,834 (9,157)
Gain on sale of assets and otherGain on sale of assets and other7,465 142 7,323 Gain on sale of assets and other5,994 8,439 (2,445)
(2,520)20,078 (22,598)18,948 (16,272)35,220 
Income before income taxesIncome before income taxes21,033 84,214 (63,181)Income before income taxes176,132 125,975 50,157 
State income tax expenseState income tax expense(34)(30)(4)State income tax expense(60)(110)50 
Net incomeNet income20,999 84,184 (63,185)Net income176,072 125,865 50,207 
Allocation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interestsAllocation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interests(3,186)(1,839)(1,347)Allocation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interests(6,770)(6,721)(49)
Net income attributable to the partnersNet income attributable to the partners17,813 82,345 (64,532)Net income attributable to the partners169,302 119,144 50,158 
Limited partners’ earnings per unit—basic and dilutedLimited partners’ earnings per unit—basic and diluted$0.17 $0.78 $(0.61)Limited partners’ earnings per unit—basic and diluted$1.60 $1.13 $0.47 
Weighted average limited partners’ units outstandingWeighted average limited partners’ units outstanding105,440 105,440 — Weighted average limited partners’ units outstanding105,440 105,440 — 
EBITDA (1)
EBITDA (1)
$55,338 $123,060 $(67,722)
EBITDA (1)
$261,854 $232,272 $29,582 
Adjusted EBITDA (1)
Adjusted EBITDA (1)
$86,435 $90,269 $(3,834)
Adjusted EBITDA (1)
$259,466 $257,711 $1,755 
Distributable cash flow (2)
Distributable cash flow (2)
$76,894 $68,838 $8,056 
Distributable cash flow (2)
$206,707 $213,058 $(6,351)
Volumes (bpd)Volumes (bpd)Volumes (bpd)
Pipelines:Pipelines:Pipelines:
Affiliates—refined product pipelinesAffiliates—refined product pipelines119,403 129,681 (10,278)Affiliates—refined product pipelines118,033 116,641 1,392 
Affiliates—intermediate pipelinesAffiliates—intermediate pipelines142,817 153,547 (10,730)Affiliates—intermediate pipelines131,873 137,816 (5,943)
Affiliates—crude pipelinesAffiliates—crude pipelines270,840 358,867 (88,027)Affiliates—crude pipelines261,117 276,128 (15,011)
533,060 642,095 (109,035)511,023 530,585 (19,562)
Third parties—refined product pipelinesThird parties—refined product pipelines60,203 67,440 (7,237)Third parties—refined product pipelines47,805 55,921 (8,116)
Third parties—crude pipelinesThird parties—crude pipelines133,487 129,222 4,265 Third parties—crude pipelines131,842 103,955 27,887 
726,750 838,757 (112,007)690,670 690,461 209 
Terminals and loading racks:Terminals and loading racks:Terminals and loading racks:
AffiliatesAffiliates401,904 482,291 (80,387)Affiliates386,400 401,245 (14,845)
Third partiesThird parties57,355 59,307 (1,952)Third parties50,542 49,753 789 
459,259 541,598 (82,339)436,942 450,998 (14,056)
Refinery processing units—AffiliatesRefinery processing units—Affiliates62,016 75,857 (13,841)Refinery processing units—Affiliates69,904 60,573 9,331 
Total for pipelines and terminal and refinery processing unit assets (bpd)Total for pipelines and terminal and refinery processing unit assets (bpd)1,248,025 1,456,212 (208,187)Total for pipelines and terminal and refinery processing unit assets (bpd)1,197,516 1,202,032 (4,516)
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 Nine Months Ended September 30,Change from
 202020192019
 (In thousands, except per unit data)
Revenues:
Pipelines:
Affiliates—refined product pipelines$55,004 $60,892 $(5,888)
Affiliates—intermediate pipelines22,486 22,068 418 
Affiliates—crude pipelines59,922 63,447 (3,525)
137,412 146,407 (8,995)
Third parties—refined product pipelines33,360 40,652 (7,292)
Third parties—crude pipelines26,946 33,467 (6,521)
197,718 220,526 (22,808)
Terminals, tanks and loading racks:
Affiliates100,711 103,852 (3,141)
Third parties12,103 15,269 (3,166)
112,814 119,121 (6,307)
Refinery processing units—Affiliates59,860 61,496 (1,636)
Total revenues370,392 401,143 (30,751)
Operating costs and expenses:
Operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)109,721 123,045 (13,324)
Depreciation and amortization75,202 72,192 3,010 
General and administrative7,569 7,322 247 
Goodwill impairment35,653 — 35,653 
228,145 202,559 25,586 
Operating income142,247 198,584 (56,337)
Other income (expense):
Equity in earnings of equity method investments5,186 5,217 (31)
Interest expense, including amortization(45,650)(57,059)11,409 
Interest income7,834 3,322 4,512 
Loss on early extinguishment of debt(25,915)— (25,915)
Gain on sales-type leases33,834 35,166 (1,332)
Gain (loss) on sale of assets and other8,439 (57)8,496 
(16,272)(13,411)(2,861)
Income before income taxes125,975 185,173 (59,198)
State income tax expense(110)(36)(74)
Net income125,865 185,137 (59,272)
Allocation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interests(6,721)(5,920)(801)
Net income attributable to the partners119,144 179,217 (60,073)
Limited partners’ earnings per unit—basic and diluted$1.13 $1.70 $(0.57)
Weighted average limited partners’ units outstanding105,440 105,440 — 
EBITDA (1)
$232,272 $305,182 $(72,910)
Adjusted EBITDA (1)
$257,711 $272,391 $(14,680)
Distributable cash flow (2)
$213,058 $206,923 $6,135 
Volumes (bpd)
Pipelines:
Affiliates—refined product pipelines116,641 130,426 (13,785)
Affiliates—intermediate pipelines137,816 141,991 (4,175)
Affiliates—crude pipelines276,128 376,518 (100,390)
530,585 648,935 (118,350)
Third parties—refined product pipelines55,921 71,773 (15,852)
Third parties—crude pipelines103,955 132,101 (28,146)
690,461 852,809 (162,348)
Terminals and loading racks:
Affiliates401,245 429,660 (28,415)
Third parties49,753 62,437 (12,684)
450,998 492,097 (41,099)
Refinery processing units—Affiliates60,573 73,178 (12,605)
Total for pipelines and terminal and refinery processing unit assets (bpd)1,202,032 1,418,084 (216,052)
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(1)Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) is calculated as net income attributable to the partners plus (i) interest expense, net of interest income, (ii) state income tax expense and (iii) depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as EBITDA plus (i) loss on early extinguishment of debt, (ii) goodwill impairment and (iii) pipeline tariffs and fees not included in revenues due to impacts from lease accounting for certain pipeline tariffs and fees minus (iv) gain on sales-type leases, (v) HEP's pro-rata share of gain on business interruption insurance settlementsignificant asset sales, and (vi) pipeline lease payments not included in operating costs and expenses. Portions of our minimum guaranteed pipeline and terminal tariffs and fees for assets subject to sales-type lease accounting are recorded as interest income with the remaining amounts recorded as a reduction in net investment in leases. These pipeline tariffs and fees were previously recorded as revenues prior to the renewal of the throughput agreements, which triggered sales-type lease accounting. Similarly, certain pipeline lease payments were previously recorded as operating costs and expenses, but the underlying lease was reclassified from an operating lease to a financing lease, and these payments are now recorded as interest expense and reductions in the lease liability. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not calculations based upon generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). However, the amounts included in the EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA calculations are derived from amounts included in our consolidated financial statements. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as alternatives to net income attributable to Holly Energy Partners or operating income, as indications of our operating performance or as alternatives to operating cash flow as a measure of liquidity. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are presented here because they are widely used financial indicators used by investors and analysts to measure performance. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are also used by our management for internal analysis and as a basis for compliance with financial covenants. Set forth below are our calculations of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA.
 Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 2020201920202019
 (In thousands)
Net income attributable to the partners$17,813 $82,345 $119,144 $179,217 
Add (subtract):
Interest expense14,104 18,807 45,650 57,059 
Interest income(2,803)(2,243)(7,834)(3,322)
State income tax expense34 30 110 36 
Depreciation and amortization26,190 24,121 75,202 72,192 
EBITDA$55,338 $123,060 $232,272 $305,182 
Loss on early extinguishment of debt— — 25,915 — 
Gain on sales-type leases— (35,166)(33,834)(35,166)
Goodwill impairment35,653 — 35,653 — 
HEP's pro-rata share of gain on business interruption insurance settlement(6,079)— (6,079)— 
Pipeline tariffs not included in revenues3,129 2,375 8,603 2,375 
Lease payments not included in operating costs(1,606)— (4,819)— 
Adjusted EBITDA$86,435 $90,269 $257,711 $272,391 

 Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 2021202020212020
 (In thousands)
Net income attributable to the partners$49,160 $17,813 $169,302 $119,144 
Add (subtract):
Interest expense13,417 14,104 40,595 45,650 
Interest income(6,835)(2,803)(19,997)(7,834)
State income tax (benefit) expense(4)34 60 110 
Depreciation and amortization21,826 26,190 71,894 75,202 
EBITDA$77,564 $55,338 $261,854 $232,272 
Loss on early extinguishment of debt— — — 25,915 
Gain on sales-type leases— — (24,677)(33,834)
Gain on significant asset sales— — (5,263)— 
Goodwill impairment— 35,653 11,034 35,653 
HEP's pro-rata share of gain on business interruption insurance settlement— (6,079)— (6,079)
Tariffs and fees not included in revenues7,312 3,129 21,337 8,603 
Lease payments not included in operating costs(1,606)(1,606)(4,819)(4,819)
Adjusted EBITDA$83,270 $86,435 $259,466 $257,711 

(2)Distributable cash flow is not a calculation based upon GAAP. However, the amounts included in the calculation are derived from amounts presented in our consolidated financial statements, with the general exceptions of maintenance capital expenditures. Distributable cash flow should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to net income or operating income as an indication of our operating performance or as an alternative to operating cash flow as a measure of liquidity. Distributable cash flow is not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Distributable cash flow is presented here because it is a widely accepted financial indicator used by investors to compare partnership performance. It is also used by management for internal analysis and for our performance units. We believe that this measure provides investors an enhanced perspective of the operating performance of our assets and the cash our business is generating. Set forth below is our calculation of distributable cash flow.
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Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2020201920202019 2021202020212020
(In thousands) (In thousands)
Net income attributable to the partnersNet income attributable to the partners$17,813 $82,345 $119,144 $179,217 Net income attributable to the partners$49,160 $17,813 $169,302 $119,144 
Add (subtract):Add (subtract):Add (subtract):
Depreciation and amortizationDepreciation and amortization26,190 24,121 75,202 72,192 Depreciation and amortization21,826 26,190 71,894 75,202 
Amortization of discount and deferred debt issuance costsAmortization of discount and deferred debt issuance costs838 771 2,479 2,307 Amortization of discount and deferred debt issuance costs763 838 2,992 2,479 
Loss on early extinguishment of debtLoss on early extinguishment of debt— — 25,915 — Loss on early extinguishment of debt— — — 25,915 
Revenue recognized greater than customer billings(198)504 (699)(2,827)
Customer billings greater than revenue recognizedCustomer billings greater than revenue recognized(122)(198)(301)(699)
Maintenance capital expenditures (3)
Maintenance capital expenditures (3)
(1,565)(2,118)(5,192)(3,477)
Maintenance capital expenditures (3)
(3,351)(1,565)(8,834)(5,192)
Increase (decrease) in environmental liability29 91 187 (464)
Increase in environmental liabilityIncrease in environmental liability271 29 36 187 
Decrease in reimbursable deferred revenueDecrease in reimbursable deferred revenue(3,257)(1,964)(9,062)(5,604)Decrease in reimbursable deferred revenue(2,991)(3,257)(10,507)(9,062)
Gain on sales-type leasesGain on sales-type leases— (35,166)(33,834)(35,166)Gain on sales-type leases— — (24,677)(33,834)
Gain on significant asset salesGain on significant asset sales— — (5,263)— 
Goodwill impairmentGoodwill impairment35,653 — 35,653 — Goodwill impairment— 35,653 11,034 35,653 
OtherOther1,391 254 3,265 745 Other1,254 1,391 1,031 3,265 
Distributable cash flowDistributable cash flow$76,894 $68,838 $213,058 $206,923 Distributable cash flow$66,810 $76,894 $206,707 $213,058 

(3)Maintenance capital expenditures are capital expenditures made to replace partially or fully depreciated assets in order to maintain the existing operating capacity of our assets and to extend their useful lives. Maintenance capital expenditures include expenditures required to maintain equipment reliability, tankage and pipeline integrity, safety and to address environmental regulations.
September 30,
2020
December 31,
2019
September 30,
2021
December 31,
2020
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Balance Sheet DataBalance Sheet DataBalance Sheet Data
Cash and cash equivalentsCash and cash equivalents$18,091 $13,287 Cash and cash equivalents$12,816 $21,990 
Working capitalWorking capital$24,600 $20,758 Working capital$3,146 $14,247 
Total assetsTotal assets$2,161,885 $2,199,232 Total assets$2,152,576 $2,167,565 
Long-term debtLong-term debt$1,439,874 $1,462,031 Long-term debt$1,333,309 $1,405,603 
Partners’ equityPartners’ equity$364,821 $381,103 Partners’ equity$437,998 $379,292 


Results of Operations—Three Months Ended September 30, 20202021 Compared with Three Months Ended September 30, 20192020

Summary
Net income attributable to the partners for the third quarter of 2021 was $17.8$49.2 million ($0.170.46 per basic and diluted limited partner unit) compared to $82.3$17.8 million ($0.780.17 per basic and diluted limited partner unit) for the third quarter of 2019. The2020. Net income attributable to HEP for the third quarter of 2020 results reflect special items that collectively decreased net income attributable to HEP by a total of $29.6 million. These items includeincluded a goodwill impairment charge of $35.7 million related to our Cheyenne reporting unit and a $6.1 million gain related to HEP's pro-rata share of a business interruption insurance claim settlement resulting from a loss at HollyFrontier's Woods Cross Refinery. In addition, net income attributable to HEP for the third quarter of 2019 included a gain on sales-type leases of $35.2 million. Excluding these items, net income attributable to HEPthe partners for the third quarterquarters of 2021 and 2020 waswere $49.2 million ($0.46 per basic and diluted limited partner unit) and $47.4 million ($0.45 per basic and diluted limited partner unit) compared, respectively. The increase in earnings was mainly due to nethigher interest income attributable to HEP for the third quarter of 2019 of $47.2 million ($0.45 per basis can diluted limited partner unit).associated with sales-type leases, higher equity in earnings from our joint ventures and lower depreciation expense partially offset by lower revenues and higher operating expenses.

Revenues
Revenues for the third quarter were $127.7$122.6 million, a decrease of $8.2$5.1 million compared to the third quarter of 2019.2020. The decrease was mainly attributabledue to lower on-going revenues on our Cheyenne assets as a 13% reductionresult of the conversion of the HollyFrontier
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Revenues from our refined product pipelines were $28.4$27.5 million, a decrease of $4.2$0.9 million compared to the third quarter of 2019.2020. Shipments averaged 179.6162.3 thousand barrels per day (“mbpd”) compared to 197.1179.6 mbpd for the third quarter of 2019.2020. The volume and revenue decreases were mainly due to lower volumes on pipelines servicing HFC'sHollyFrontier's Navajo Refineryrefinery and our pipelines servicing Delek's Big Spring refinery largely as a result of demand destruction associated with the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the recording of certain pipeline tariffs as interest income as the related throughput contract renewals were determined to be sales-type leases.refinery.

Revenues from our intermediate pipelines were $7.5 million, consistent with the third quarter of 2019.2020. Shipments averaged 136.4 mbpd for the third quarter of 2021 compared to 142.8 mbpd for the third quarter of 2020 compared to 153.5 mbpd for the third quarter of 2019.2020. The decrease in volumes was mainly due to lower throughputs on our intermediate pipelines servicing HFC'sHollyFrontier's Navajo refinery while revenue remained constant mainly due to contractual minimum volume guarantees.

Revenues from our crude pipelines were $32.3 million, consistent with the third quarter of 2020. Shipments averaged 408.0 mbpd compared to 404.3 mbpd for the third quarter of 2020. The increased volume was mainly attributable to our crude pipeline systems in Wyoming and Utah.

Revenues from terminal, tankage and loading rack fees were $33.3 million, a decrease of $5.7 million compared to the third quarter of 2020. Refined products and crude oil terminalled in the facilities averaged 472.2 mbpd compared to 459.3 mbpd for the third quarter of 2020. The increase in volume was mainly the result of higher throughputs at HollyFrontier's El Dorado refinery. Revenues decreased mainly due to lower on-going revenues on our Cheyenne assets as a result of the conversion of the HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refinery to renewable diesel production and reclassifications of certain tariffs and fees from revenue to interest income under sales-type lease accounting.

Revenues from refinery processing units were $21.9 million, an increase of $1.5 million compared to the third quarter of 2020, and throughputs averaged 72.3 mbpd compared to 62.0 mbpd for the third quarter of 2020. The increase in volumes was mainly due to increased throughput for both our Woods Cross and El Dorado processing units. Revenues increased mainly due to higher natural gas recoveries in revenues. Revenues did not increase in proportion to the increase in volumes mainly due to contractual minimum volume guarantees.

Operations Expense
Operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization and goodwill impairment) expense was $42.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021, an increase of $2.8 million compared to the third quarter of 2020. The increase was mainly due to higher natural gas costs and employee costs for the three months ended September 30, 2021.

Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization for the three months ended September 30, 2021 decreased by $4.4 million compared to the three months ended September 30, 2020. The decrease was mainly due to the acceleration of depreciation on certain of our Cheyenne tanks in 2020.

General and Administrative
General and administrative costs for the three months ended September 30, 2021 increased by $1.5 million compared to the three months ended September 30, 2020, mainly due to higher legal and professional expenses associated with our Sinclair acquisition.

Equity in Earnings of Equity Method Investments
Three Months Ended September 30,
Equity Method Investment20212020
(in thousands)
Osage Pipe Line Company, LLC$1,090 $219 
Cheyenne Pipeline LLC1,654 533 
Cushing Connect Terminal Holdings LLC945 564 
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Equity in earnings of Osage Pipe Line Company, LLC increased for the three months ended September 30, 2021, mainly due to higher throughput volumes. Equity in earnings of Cheyenne Pipeline LLC increased for the three months ended September 30, 2021, mainly due to the recognition in revenue of prior contractual minimum commitment billings. Equity in earnings of Cushing Connect Terminal Holdings LLC increased for the three months ended September 30, 2021, mainly due to lower operating expenses.

Interest Expense, including Amortization
Interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2021, totaled $13.4 million, a decrease of $0.7 million compared to the three months ended September 30, 2020. The decrease was mainly due to lower average borrowings outstanding under our senior secured revolving credit facility during the third quarter of 2021. Our aggregate effective interest rates were 3.7% and 3.6% for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

State Income Tax Expense
We recorded state income tax benefit of $4,000 and a state income tax expense of $34,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. All tax expense is solely attributable to the Texas margin tax.

Results of Operations—Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 Compared with Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020

Summary
Net income attributable to the partners for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, was $169.3 million ($1.60 per basic and diluted limited partner unit) compared to $119.1 million ($1.13 per basic and diluted limited partner unit) for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Results for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, include special items that collectively increased net income attributable to the partners by a total of$18.9 million. These items include a gain on sales-type leases of $24.7 million, a gain on significant asset sales of $5.3 million and a goodwill impairment charge of $11.0 million. In addition, the net income attributable to the partners for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, included a gain on sales-type leases of $33.8 million, a loss on early extinguishment of debt of $25.9 million, a goodwill impairment charge of $35.7 million related to our Cheyenne reporting unit and a $6.1 million gain related to HEP’s pro-rate share of a business interruption insurance claim resulting from a loss at HollyFrontier’s Woods Cross Refinery. Excluding these items, net income attributable to the partners for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, were $150.4 million ($1.43 per basic and diluted limited partner unit) and $140.8 million ($1.34 per basic and diluted limited partner unit), respectively. The increase in earnings was mainly due to higher volumes across our crude pipelines, higher interest income associated with sales-type leases and lower interest expense, partially offset by higher operating expenses.

Revenues
Revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, were $376.0 million, an increase of $5.6 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The increase was mainly attributable to increased volumes on our crude pipeline systems in Wyoming and Utah, the recognition of the $10 million termination fee related to the termination of HollyFrontier's minimum volume commitment on our Cheyenne assets and higher revenues on our refinery processing units partially offset by lower on-going revenues on our Cheyenne assets and our pipelines servicing Delek's Big Spring refinery as well as reclassifications of certain tariffs and fees from revenue to interest income under sales-type lease accounting.

Revenues from our refined product pipelines were $84.7 million, a decrease of $3.7 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Shipments averaged 165.8 mbpd compared to 172.6 mbpd for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The volume and revenue decreases were mainly due to lower volumes on pipelines servicing Delek's Big Spring refinery.

Revenues from our intermediate pipelines were $22.6 million, an increase of $0.1 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Shipments averaged 131.9 mbpd compared to 137.8 mbpd for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The decrease in volumes was mainly due to lower throughputs on our intermediate pipelines servicing HollyFrontier's Tulsa refinery while revenue remained relatively constant mainly due to contractual minimum volume guarantees.

Revenues from our crude pipelines were $32.3$94.9 million, a decreasean increase of $0.7$8.0 million compared to the third quarter of 2019, and shipmentsnine months ended September 30, 2020. Shipments averaged 404.3393.0 mbpd compared to 488.1380.1 mbpd for the third quarter of 2019. nine months ended September 30, 2020. The decreasesincreases were mainly attributable to decreased volumes on our crude pipeline systems in New Mexico and Texas partially offset by increased volumes on our crude pipeline systems in Wyoming and Utah. Revenues did not decrease in proportion to the decrease in volumes mainly due to contractual minimum volume guarantees.
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Revenues from terminal, tankage and loading rack fees were $39.0$108.4 million, a decrease of $3.4$4.4 million compared to the third quarter of 2019.nine months ended September 30, 2020. Refined products and crude oil terminalled in the facilities averaged 459.3436.9 mbpd compared to 541.6 mbpd for the third quarter of 2019. The volume and revenue decreases were mainly as a result of demand destruction associated with the COVID-19 pandemic across most of our facilities. Revenues did not decrease in proportion to the decrease in volumes mainly due to contractual minimum volume guarantees.

Revenues from refinery processing units were $20.4 million, an increase of $0.1 million compared to the third quarter of 2019, and throughputs averaged 62.0 mbpd compared to 75.9 mbpd for the third quarter of 2019. The decrease in volumes was mainly due to reduced throughput for our El Dorado processing units largely as a result of demand destruction associated with the COVID-19 pandemic while revenue remained relatively constant mainly due to contractual minimum volume guarantees.

Operations Expense
Operations (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) expense was $40.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020, a decrease of $4.9 million compared to the third quarter of 2019. The decrease was mainly due to lower rental expenses and maintenance costs for the three months ended September 30, 2020.

Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization for the three months ended September 30, 2020 increased by $2.1 million compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019. The increase was mainly due to the acceleration of depreciation on certain of our Cheyenne tanks.

General and Administrative
General and administrative costs for the three months ended September 30, 2020 decreased by $0.4 million compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019, mainly due to lower legal expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2020.

Equity in Earnings of Equity Method Investments
Three Months Ended September 30,
Equity Method Investment20202019
(in thousands)
Osage Pipe Line Company, LLC$219 $606 
Cheyenne Pipeline LLC533 728 
Cushing Terminal564 — 
Total$1,316 $1,334 

Equity in earnings of Osage Pipe Line Company, LLC decreased for the three months ended September 30, 2020, mainly due to lower throughput volumes.
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Interest Expense
Interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2020, totaled $14.1 million, a decrease of $4.7 million compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019. The decrease was mainly due to market interest rate decreases under our senior secured revolving credit facility and refinancing our $500 million aggregate principal amount of 6% Senior Notes due 2024 (“6% Senior Notes”) with $500 million aggregate principal amount of 5% Senior Notes due 2028 (“5% Senior Notes”). Our aggregate effective interest rates were 3.6% and 5.2% for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

State Income Tax
We recorded a state income tax expense of $34,000 and $30,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. All tax expense is solely attributable to the Texas margin tax.


Results of Operations—Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 Compared with Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

Summary
Net income attributable to the partners for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $119.1 million ($1.13 per basic and diluted limited partner unit) compared to $179.2 million ($1.70 per basic and diluted limited partner unit) for the third quarter of 2019. Results for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 reflect special items that collectively decreased net income attributable to HEP by a total of $21.7 million. These items include a goodwill impairment charge of $35.7 million related to our Cheyenne reporting unit, a charge of $25.9 million related to the early redemption of our previously outstanding $500 million aggregate principal amount of 6% Senior Notes, due in 2024, a gain on sales-type leases of $33.8 million and a $6.1 million gain related to HEP's pro-rata share of a business interruption insurance claim settlement resulting from a loss at HollyFrontier's Woods Cross Refinery. In addition, net income attributable to HEP for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 included a gain on sales-type leases of $35.2 million. Excluding these items, net income attributable to the partners for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $140.8 million ($1.34 per basic and diluted limited partner unit) compared to net income attributable to HEP for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 of $144.1 million ($1.37 per basis can diluted limited partner unit).

Revenues
Revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, were $370.4 million, a decrease of $30.8 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The decrease was mainly attributable to a 19% reduction in overall crude and product pipeline volumes predominantly in our Southwest and Rockies regions.

Revenues from our refined product pipelines were $88.4 million, a decrease of $13.2 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Shipments averaged 172.6 mbpd compared to 202.2451.0 mbpd for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The volume and revenue decreases were mainly due to lower volumes on pipelines servicing HFC's Navajo refinery, Delek's Big Spring refinery and our UNEV pipeline largely as a result of demand destruction associated with the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the recording of certain pipeline tariffs as interest income as the related throughput contract renewals were determined to be sales-type leases.

Revenues from our 2020. Vintermediate pipelines were $22.5 million, an increase of $0.4 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Shipments averaged 137.8 mbpd compared to 142.0 mbpd for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Revenues from our crude pipelines were $86.9 million, a decrease of $10.0 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Shipments averaged 380.1 mbpd compared to 508.6 mbpd for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The decreases were mainly attributable toolumes decreased volumes on our crude pipeline systems in New Mexico and Texas and on our crude pipeline systems in Wyoming and Utah largely as a result of demand destruction associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Revenues from terminal, tankage and loading rack fees were $112.8 million, a decrease of $6.3 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Refined products and crude oil terminalled in the facilities averaged 451.0 mbpd compared to 492.1 mbpd for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The volume and revenue decreases were mainly as a result of demand destruction associated withlower throughputs at HollyFrontier's Tulsa refinery as well as the COVID-19 pandemic across mostcessation of our facilities.
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Revenues from refinery processing units were $59.9$65.4 million, a decreasean increase of $1.6$5.6 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019.2020. Throughputs averaged 60.669.9 mbpd compared to 73.260.6 mbpd for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. 2020. The decreaseincrease in volumes was mainly due to reducedincreased throughput for both our Woods Cross and El Dorado processing units largely as a result of demand destruction associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.units. Revenues were higher in the nine months ended September 30, 2019increased mainly due to an adjustment in revenue recognition recorded during that period; otherwise, revenues for the two nine-month periods remained relatively constant due to contractual minimum volume guarantees.higher recovery of natural gas costs as well as higher throughputs.

Operations Expense
Operations expense (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, decreased2021, increased by $13.3$16.5 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019.2020. The decreaseincrease was mainly due to higher maintenance, natural gas, and pipeline rental costs, partially offset by lower rental expenses, maintenance costsmaterials and variable costs such as electricitysupplies and chemicals associated with lower volumes.property taxes.

Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, increased2021, decreased by $3.0$3.3 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019. 2020. The increasedecrease was mainly due to the acceleration of depreciation on certain of our Cheyenne tanks.tanks in 2020 as well as retirement of assets due to sales-type lease accounting.

General and Administrative
General and administrative costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2020,2021, increased by $0.2$2.1 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019 2020 mainly due to higher legal and professional expenses incurred in the nine months ended September 30, 2020.2021.

Equity in Earnings of Equity Method Investments
Nine Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
Equity Method InvestmentEquity Method Investment20202019Equity Method Investment20212020
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Osage Pipe Line Company, LLCOsage Pipe Line Company, LLC1,599 1,857 Osage Pipe Line Company, LLC2,726 1,599 
Cheyenne Pipeline LLCCheyenne Pipeline LLC2,693 3,360 Cheyenne Pipeline LLC3,428 2,693 
Cushing Terminal894 — 
Cushing Connect Terminal Holdings LLCCushing Connect Terminal Holdings LLC2,721 894 
TotalTotal$5,186 $5,217 Total$8,875 $5,186 

Equity in earnings of Cheyenne PipelineOsage Pipe Line Company, LLC decreasedincreased for the nine months ended September 30, 2020,2021, mainly due to lowerhigher throughput volumes. Equity in earnings of Cheyenne Pipeline LLC increased for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, mainly due to the recognition in revenue of prior contractual minimum commitment billings. Equity in earnings of Cushing Connect Terminal Holdings LLC increased for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 as the terminal started operations in the second quarter of 2020.

Interest Expense, including Amortization
Interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2020,2021, totaled $45.7$40.6 million, a decrease of $11.4$5.1 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019.2020. The decrease was mainly due to market interest rate decreases under lower average borrowings outstanding on our senior secured revolving credit facility and refinancingour $500 million 6% Senior Notesaggregate principal amount of 6.0% senior notes due 2024, with $500 million 5% Senior Notes.aggregate principal amount of 5.0% senior notes due 2028. Our aggregate effective interest rates were 3.7% and 3.8% for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 5.3%2020, respectively.

State Income Tax Expense
We recorded state income tax expense of $60,000 and $110,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019, respectively.

State Income Tax
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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Overview
We have a $1.4 billionIn April 2021, we amended our senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Agreement”) expiring indecreasing the size of the facility from $1.4 billion to $1.2 billion and extending the maturity date to July 2022.27, 2025. The Credit Agreement is available to fund capital expenditures, investments, acquisitions, distribution payments and working capital and for general partnership purposes. The Credit Agreement is also available to fund letters of credit up to a $50 million sub-limit and it containscontinues to provide for an accordion feature givingthat allows us the ability to increase commitments under the size of the facility byCredit Agreement up to $300 million with additional lender commitments.a maximum amount of $1.7 billion.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020,2021, we received advances totaling $219.5$210.5 million and repaid $237.0$283.5 million under the Credit Agreement, resulting in a net decrease of $17.5$73.0 million under the Credit Agreement and an outstanding balance of $948.0$840.5 million at September 30, 2020.2021 under the Credit Agreement. As of September 30, 2020,2021, we have no letters of credit outstanding under the Credit Agreement and the available capacity under the Credit Agreement was $452.0$359.5 million. Amounts repaid under the Credit Agreement may be reborrowed from time to time.
On February 4, 2020, we closed a private placement of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 5% Senior Notes due in 2028. On February 5, 2020, we redeemed the existing $500 million 6% Senior Notes at a redemption cost of $522.5 million, at which time we recognized a $25.9 million early extinguishment loss consisting of a $22.5 million debt redemption premium and unamortized financing costs of $3.4 million. We funded the $522.5 million redemption with proceeds from the issuance of our 5% Senior Notes and borrowings under our Credit Agreement.
We have a continuous offering program under which we may issue and sell common units from time to time, representing limited partner interests, up to an aggregate gross sales amount of $200 million. We did not issue any units under this program during the threenine months ended September 30, 2020.2021. As of September 30, 2020,2021, HEP has issued 2,413,153 units under this program, providing $82.3 million in gross proceeds.

Under our registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) using a “shelf” registration process, we currently have the authority to raise up to $2.0 billion by offering securities, through one or more prospectus supplements that would describe, among other things, the specific amounts, prices and terms of any securities offered and how the proceeds would be used. Any proceeds from the sale of securities are expected to be used for general business purposes, which may include, among other things, funding acquisitions of assets or businesses, working capital, capital expenditures, investments in subsidiaries, the retirement of existing debt and/or the repurchase of common units or other securities.

We believe our current sources of liquidity, including cash balances, future internally generated funds, any future issuances of debt or equity securities and funds available under the Credit Agreement will provide sufficient resources to meet our working capital liquidity, capital expenditure and quarterly distribution needs for the foreseeable future.future, including funding the cash portion of the HEP Transactions with Sinclair. Future securities issuances, if any, will depend on prevailing market conditions, our liquidity requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors.

We reduced our quarterly distribution to $0.35 per unit beginning with the distribution for the first quarter of 2020, representative of our new distribution strategy focused on funding all capital expenditures and distributions within operating cash flow and improving distributable cash flow coverage to 1.3x or greater with the goal of reducing leverage to 3.0-3.5x.

In August 2020,2021, we paid a regular quarterly cash distribution of $0.35 on all units in an aggregate amount of $34.5 million after deducting HEP Logistics' waiver of $2.5 million of limited partner cash distributions.$37.0 million.

Cash and cash equivalents increaseddecreased by $4.8$9.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.2021. The cash flows provided by operating activities of $225.0$240.8 million were moreless than the cash flows used for financing activities of $180.8$182.2 million and investing activities of $39.4$67.7 million. Working capital increaseddecreased by $3.8$11.1 million to $24.6$3.1 million at September 30, 2020,2021, from $20.8$14.2 million at December 31, 2019.2020.

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Cash Flows—Operating Activities
Cash flows from operating activities decreased increased by $3.2$15.7 million from $228.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, to $225.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.2020, to $240.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The decrease increase was mainly due to lowerhigher cash receipts from customers and lower payments for interest expenses partially offset by lowerhigher payments for operating expensescosts and interest expenses during the nine months ended September 30, 2020,2021, as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019.2020.

Cash Flows—Investing Activities
Cash flows used for investing activities were $67.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, compared to $39.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, comparedan increase of $28.3 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, we invested $78.6 million and $38.6 million, respectively, in additions to $22.9properties and equipment. We received $3.5 million in excess of equity in earnings and $7.4 million in proceeds from the sale of assets during the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

Cash Flows—Financing Activities
Cash flows used for financing activities were $182.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, an increase of $16.5 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, we invested $38.6 million and $23.8 million, respectively, in additions2021, compared to properties and equipment. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we invested $2.4 million in our equity method investment in Cushing Connect JV Terminal. We received $0.7 million in excess of equity in earnings during both the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019.

Cash Flows—Financing Activities
Cash flows used for financing activities were $180.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to $200.9 million foran increase of $1.4 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, a decrease of $20.1 million.2021, we received $210.5 million and repaid $283.5 million in advances under the Credit Agreement. Additionally, we paid $112.4 million in regular quarterly cash distributions to our limited partners and $8.7 million to our noncontrolling interests. We received $21.3 million in contributions from noncontrolling interests during the nine months ended September 30, 2021. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we received $219.5 million and repaid $237.0 million in advances under the Credit Agreement. Additionally, weWe paid $137.4 million in regular quarterly cash distributions to our limited partners and $7.8 million to our noncontrolling interest. We received $15.4 million in contributions from noncontrolling interest during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. We also received net proceeds of $491.3 million from the issuance of our 5% Senior Notes and paid $522.5 million to retire our 6% Senior Notes. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we received $269.5 million and repaid $257.0 million in advances under the Credit Agreement. We paid $204.7 million in regular quarterly cash distributions to our limited partners, and distributed $7.8 million to our noncontrolling interest.interests. We also received net proceeds of $491.3 million for issuance of our 5% Senior Notes and paid $522.5 million to retire our 6% Senior Notes. In addition, we received $15.4 million in contributions from noncontrolling interests during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Capital Requirements
Our pipeline and terminalling operations are capital intensive, requiring investments to maintain, expand, upgrade or enhance existing operations and to meet environmental and operational regulations. Our capital requirements have consisted of, and are expected to continue to consist of, maintenance capital expenditures and expansion capital expenditures. “Maintenance capital expenditures” represent capital expenditures to replace partially or fully depreciated assets to maintain the operating capacity of existing assets. Maintenance capital expenditures include expenditures required to maintain equipment reliability, tankage and pipeline integrity, safety and to address environmental regulations. “Expansion capital expenditures” represent capital expenditures to expand the operating capacity of existing or new assets, whether through construction or acquisition. Expansion capital expenditures include expenditures to acquire assets, to grow our business and to expand existing facilities, such as projects that increase throughput capacity on our pipelines and in our terminals. Repair and maintenance expenses associated with existing assets that are minor in nature and do not extend the useful life of existing assets are charged to operating expenses as incurred.

Each year the board of directors of HLS, our ultimate general partner, approves our annual capital budget, which specifies capital projects that our management is authorized to undertake. Additionally, at times when conditions warrant or as new opportunities arise, additional projects may be approved. The funds allocated for a particular capital project may be expended over a period in excess of a year, depending on the time required to complete the project. Therefore, our planned capital expenditures for a given year consist of expenditures approved for capital projects included in the current year’s capital budget as well as, in certain cases, expenditures approved for capital projects in capital budgets for prior years. Our current 20202021 capital forecast is comprised of approximately $8$15 million to $12$20 million for maintenance capital expenditures, up$2 million to $1$4 million for refinery unit turnarounds and $35$40 million to $45 million for expansion capital expenditures and our share of Cushing Connect Joint Venture investments. We expect the majority of the 20202021 expansion capital to be invested in our share of Cushing Connect Joint Venture investments. In addition to our capital budget, we may spend funds periodically to perform capital upgrades or additions to our assets where a customer reimburses us for such costs. The upgrades or additions would generally benefit the customer over the remaining life of the related service agreements.
We expect that our currently planned sustaining and maintenance capital expenditures, as well as planned expenditures for acquisitions and capital development projects, will be funded with cash generated by operations.

Under the terms of the transaction to acquire HFC’s 75% interest in UNEV, we issued to HFC a Class B unit comprising a noncontrolling equity interest in a wholly-ownedwholly owned subsidiary subject to redemption to the extent that HFC is entitled to a 50%
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interest in our share of annual UNEV earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation, and amortization above $30 million beginning July 1, 2015, and ending in June 2032, subject to certain limitations. However, to the extent earnings thresholds are not achieved, no redemption payments are required. No redemption payments have been required to date.

Credit Agreement
OurIn April 2021, we amended our Credit Agreement decreasing the commitments under the facility from $1.4 billion Credit Agreement expires into $1.2 billion and extending the maturity date to July 2022.27, 2025. The Credit Agreement is available to fund capital expenditures, investments, acquisitions, distribution payments and working capital and for general partnership purposes. The Credit Agreement is also available to fund letters of credit up to a $50 million sub-limit, and it containscontinues to provide for an accordion feature givingthat allows us the ability to increase the size ofcommitments under the facility byCredit Agreement up to $300 million with additional lender commitments.a maximum amount of $1.7 billion.

Our obligations under the Credit Agreement are collateralized by substantially all of our assets, and indebtedness under the Credit Agreement is guaranteed by our material, wholly-ownedwholly owned subsidiaries. The Credit Agreement requires us to maintain compliance with certain financial covenants consisting of total leverage, senior secured leverage, and interest coverage. It also limits or restricts our ability to engage in certain activities. If, at any time prior to the expiration of the Credit Agreement, HEP obtains two investment grade credit ratings, the Credit Agreement will become unsecured and many of the covenants, limitations and restrictions will be eliminated.

We may prepay all loans at any time without penalty, except for tranche breakage costs. If an event of default exists under the Credit Agreement, the lenders will be able to accelerate the maturity of all loans outstanding and exercise other rights and remedies. We were in compliance with allthe covenants under the Credit Agreement as of September 30, 2020.2021.

Senior Notes
As of December 31, 2019,September 30, 2021, we had $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 6%5% Senior Notes due in 2024.2028.

On February 4, 2020, we closed a private placement of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 5% Senior Notes due in 2028. On February 5, 2020, we redeemed the existing $500 million 6% Senior Notes at a redemption cost of $522.5 million, at which time we recognized a $25.9 million early extinguishment loss consisting of a $22.5 million debt redemption premium and unamortized financing costs of $3.4 million. We funded the $522.5 million redemption with proceeds from the issuance of our 5% Senior Notes and borrowings under our Credit Agreement.

The 5% Senior Notes are unsecured and impose certain restrictive covenants, including limitations on our ability to incur additional indebtedness, make investments, sell assets, incur certain liens, pay distributions, enter into transactions with affiliates, and enter into mergers. We were in compliance with the restrictive covenants for the 5% Senior Notes as of September 30, 2020.2021. At any time when the 5% Senior Notes are rated investment grade by either Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s and no default or event of default exists, we will not be subject to many of the foregoing covenants. Additionally, we have certain redemption rights at varying premiums over face value under the 5% Senior Notes.

Indebtedness under the 5% Senior Notes is guaranteed by all of our existing wholly-ownedwholly owned subsidiaries (other than Holly Energy Finance Corp. and certain immaterial subsidiaries).


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Long-term Debt
The carrying amounts of our long-term debt are as follows:
September 30,
2020
December 31,
2019
September 30,
2021
December 31,
2020
(In thousands) (In thousands)
Credit AgreementCredit Agreement948,000 $965,500 Credit Agreement$840,500 913,500 
6% Senior Notes
Principal— 500,000 
Unamortized debt issuance costs— (3,469)
— 496,531 
5% Senior Notes5% Senior Notes5% Senior Notes
PrincipalPrincipal500,000 Principal500,000 500,000 
Unamortized debt issuance costsUnamortized debt issuance costs(8,126)Unamortized debt issuance costs(7,191)(7,897)
491,874 492,809 492,103 
Total long-term debtTotal long-term debt$1,439,874 $1,462,031 Total long-term debt$1,333,309 $1,405,603 

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Contractual Obligations
There were no significant changes to our long-term contractual obligations during the quarter ended September 30, 2020.2021.

Impact of Inflation
Inflation in the United States has been relatively moderate in recent years and did not have a material impact on our results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019. 2020. PPI has increased an average of 0.6%0.9% annually over the past five calendar years, including increasesa decrease of 1.4% in 2020 and an increase of 0.8% and 3.1% in 2019 and 2018, respectively.2019. PPI for the first nine months of 2021 increased by 7.6% over the first nine months of 2020.

The substantial majority of our revenues are generated under long-term contracts that provide for increases or decreases in our rates and minimum revenue guarantees annually for increases or decreases in the PPI. Certain of these contracts have provisions that limit the level of annual PPI percentage rate increases or decreases.decreases, and the majority of our rates do not decrease when PPI is negative. A significant and prolonged period of high inflation or a significant and prolonged period of negative inflation could adversely affect our cash flows and results of operations if costs increase at a rate greater than the fees we charge our shippers.

Environmental Matters
Our operation of pipelines, terminals, and associated facilities in connection with the transportation and storage of refined products and crude oil is subject to stringent and complex federal, state, and local laws and regulations governing the discharge of materials into the environment, or otherwise relating to the protection of the environment. As with the industry generally, compliance with existing and anticipated laws and regulations increases our overall cost of business, including our capital costs to construct, maintain, and upgrade equipment and facilities. While these laws and regulations affect our maintenance capital expenditures and net income, we believe that they do not affect our competitive position given that the operations of our competitors are similarly affected. However, these laws and regulations, and the interpretation or enforcement thereof, are subject to frequent change by regulatory authorities, and we are unable to predict the ongoing cost to us of complying with these laws and regulations or the future impact of these laws and regulations on our operations. Violation of environmental laws, regulations, and permits can result in the imposition of significant administrative, civil and criminal penalties, injunctions, and construction bans or delays. A major discharge of hydrocarbons or hazardous substances into the environment could, to the extent the event is not insured, subject us to substantial expense, including both the cost to comply with applicable laws and regulations and claims made by employees, neighboring landowners and other third parties for personal injury and property damage.

Under the Omnibus Agreement and certain transportation agreements and purchase agreements with HFC, HFC has agreed to indemnify us, subject to certain monetary and time limitations, for environmental noncompliance and remediation liabilities associated with certain assets transferred to us from HFC and occurring or existing prior to the date of such transfers.
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We have an environmental agreement with Delek with respect to pre-closing environmental costs and liabilities relating to the pipelines and terminals acquired from Delek in 2005, under which Delek will indemnify us subject to certain monetary and time limitations.

There are environmental remediation projects in progress that relate to certain assets acquired from HFC. Certain of these projects were underway prior to our purchase and represent liabilities retained by HFC. At September 30, 2020,2021, we had an accrual of $5.7$4.6 million that related to environmental clean-up projects for which we have assumed liability or for which the indemnity provided for by HFC has expired or will expire. The remaining projects, including assessment and monitoring activities, are covered under the HFC environmental indemnification discussed above and represent liabilities of HFC.


CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. Our significant accounting policies are described in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Operations—Critical Accounting Policies” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.2020. Certain critical
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accounting policies that materially affect the amounts recorded in our consolidated financial statements include revenue recognition, assessing the possible impairment of certain long-lived assets and goodwill, and assessing contingent liabilities for probable losses. There have been no changes to these policies in 2020.2021. We consider these policies to be the most critical to understanding the judgments that are involved and the uncertainties that could impact our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

Accounting Pronouncements Adopted During the Periods Presented

Goodwill Impairment Testing
In January 2017, Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) 2017-04, “Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment,” was issued amending the testing for goodwill impairment by eliminating Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test. Step 2 measures a goodwill impairment loss by comparing the implied fair value of a reporting unit’s goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. Under this standard, goodwill impairment is measured as the excess of the carrying amount of the reporting unit over the related fair value. We adopted this standard effective in the second quarter of 2019, and the adoption of this standard had no effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Leases
In February 2016, ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases” (“ASC 842”) was issued requiring leases to be measured and recognized as a lease liability, with a corresponding right-of-use asset on the balance sheet. We adopted this standard effective January 1, 2019, and we elected to adopt using the modified retrospective transition method, whereby comparative prior period financial information will not be restated and will continue to be reported under the lease accounting standard in effect during those periods. We also elected practical expedients provided by the new standard, including the package of practical expedients and the short-term lease recognition practical expedient, which allows an entity to not recognize on the balance sheet leases with a term of 12 months or less. Upon adoption of this standard, we recognized $78.4 million of lease liabilities and corresponding right-of-use assets on our consolidated balance sheet. Adoption of the standard did not have a material impact on our results of operations or cash flows. See Notes 3 and 4 of Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on our lease policies.

Credit Losses Measurement
In June 2016, ASU 2016-13, “Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments,” was issued requiring measurement of all expected credit losses for certain types of financial instruments, including trade receivables, held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. This standard was effective January 1, 2020. Adoption of the standard did not have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.


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RISK MANAGEMENT

The market risk inherent in our debt positions is the potential change arising from increases or decreases in interest rates as discussed below.

At September 30, 2020,2021, we had an outstanding principal balance of $500 million on our 5% Senior Notes. A change in interest rates generally would affect the fair value of the 5% Senior Notes, but not our earnings or cash flows. At September 30, 2020,2021, the fair value of our 5% Senior Notes was $490.2$506.8 million. We estimate a hypothetical 10% change in the yield-to-maturity applicable to the 5% Senior Notes at September 30, 20202021 would result in a change of approximately $16$13.1 million in the fair value of the underlying 5% Senior Notes.

For the variable rate Credit Agreement, changes in interest rates would affect cash flows, but not the fair value. At September 30, 2020,2021, borrowings outstanding under the Credit Agreement were $948.0$840.5 million. A hypothetical 10% change in interest rates applicable to the Credit Agreement would not materially affect our cash flows.

Our operations are subject to normal hazards of operations, including but not limited to fire, explosion, cyberattacks and weather-related perils. We maintain various insurance coverages, including property damage, and business interruption and cyber insurance, subject to certain deductibles and insurance policy terms and conditions. We are not fully insured against certain risks because such risks are not fully insurable, coverage is unavailable, or premium costs, in our judgment, do not justify such expenditures.

We have a risk management oversight committee that is made up of members from our senior management. This committee monitors our risk environment and provides direction for activities to mitigate, to an acceptable level, identified risks that may adversely affect the achievement of our goals.


Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Market risk is the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices. See “Risk Management” under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for a discussion of market risk exposures that we have with respect to our long-term debt, which disclosure should be read in conjunction with the quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.2020.

Since we do not own products shipped on our pipelines or terminalled at our terminal facilities, we do not have direct market risks associated with commodity prices.


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Item 4.Controls and Procedures

(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures
Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated, as required by Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information we are required to disclose in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Based upon the evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2020,2021, at a reasonable level of assurance.

(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting
During the three months ended September 30, 2020,2021, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during our last fiscal quarter that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.


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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.Legal Proceedings

In the ordinary course of business, we may become party to legal, regulatory or administrative proceedings or governmental investigations, including environmental and other matters. Damages or penalties may be sought from us in some matters and certain matters may require years to resolve. While the outcome and impact of these proceedings and investigations on us cannot be predicted with certainty, based on advice of counsel and information currently available to us, management believes that the resolution of these proceedings and investigations, through settlement or adverse judgment, will not, either individually or in the aggregate, have a materially adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Item 1A.Risk Factors

ThereExcept for the risk factors below, there have been no material changes in our risk factors as previously disclosed in Part 1,I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20192020 and in Part II, “Item 1A1A. Risk Factors” of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020.June 30, 2021. In addition to the other information set forth in this quarterly report, you should consider carefully the information discussed in our 20192020 Form 10-K, and our first quarter 2020 Form 10-Q, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described in our 20192020 Form 10-K and our first quarter 2020 Form 10-Q are not the only risks we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial may also materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or future results.

The pending HEP Transactions may not be consummated on a timely basis or at all. Failure to complete the acquisition within the expected timeframe or at all could adversely affect our common unit price and our future business and financial results.

On August 2, 2021, we entered into the Contribution Agreement with Sinclair and certain other parties thereto to acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of STC. We expect the acquisition to close in mid-2022. The HEP Transactions are subject to closing conditions. If these conditions are not satisfied or waived, the acquisition will not be consummated. If the closing of the HEP Transactions is substantially delayed or does not occur at all, or if the terms of the acquisition are required to be modified substantially, we may not realize the anticipated benefits of the acquisition fully or at all, or they may take longer to realize than expected. The closing conditions include, among others, the absence of a law or order prohibiting the transactions contemplated by the business combination agreement and the termination or expiration of any waiting periods under the Hart-Scott Rodino Act, as amended (the “HSR Act”), with respect to the acquisition. On August 23, 2021, each of HollyFrontier and Sinclair filed its respective premerger notification and report regarding the Sinclair Transactions with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) under the HSR Act. On September 22, 2021, HFC and Sinclair each received a request for additional information and documentary material (“Second Request”) from the FTC in connection with the FTC’s review of the Sinclair Transactions. Issuance of the Second Request extends the waiting period under the HSR Act until 30 days after both HollyFrontier and Sinclair have substantially complied with the Second Request, unless the waiting period is terminated earlier by the FTC or the parties otherwise commit not to close the Sinclair Transactions for some additional period of time. HollyFrontier and Sinclair are cooperating with the FTC staff in its review. We have incurred and will continue to incur substantial transaction costs whether or not the acquisition is completed. Any failure to complete the HEP Transactions could have a material adverse effect on our common unit price, our competitiveness and reputation in the marketplace, and our future business and financial results, including our ability to execute on our strategy to return capital to our unitholders.

The HEP Transactions will require management to devote significant attention and resources to integrating the Sinclair business with our business. Potential difficulties that may be encountered in the integration process include, among others:

the inability to successfully integrate the Sinclair business into the HEP business in a manner that permits us to achieve the revenue and cost savings that we announced as anticipated from the acquisition;
complexities associated with managing the larger, integrated business;
potential unknown liabilities and unforeseen expenses, delays or regulatory conditions associated with the acquisition;
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integrating personnel from the two companies while maintaining focus on providing consistent, high-quality products and services;
loss of key employees;
integrating relationships with customers, vendors and business partners;
performance shortfalls at one or both of the companies as a result of the diversion of management’s attention caused by completing the acquisition and integrating Sinclair’s operations into HEP; and
the disruption of, or the loss of momentum in, each company’s ongoing business or inconsistencies in standards, controls, procedures and policies.

Delays or difficulties in the integration process could adversely affect our business, financial results, financial condition and common unit price. Even if we are able to integrate our business operations successfully, there can be no assurance that this integration will result in the realization of the full benefits of synergies, cost savings, innovation and operational efficiencies that we currently expect or have communicated from this integration or that these benefits will be achieved within the anticipated time frame.

Litigation relating to the Sinclair acquisition could result in substantial costs to HEP or an injunction preventing the completion of the Sinclair acquisition.

Securities class action lawsuits, derivative and related lawsuits are often brought against public companies that have entered into acquisition, merger or other business combination agreements. Even if such a lawsuit is without merit, defending against these claims can result in substantial costs and divert the time and resources of management. An adverse judgment could result in monetary damages, which could have a negative impact on HEP’s liquidity and financial condition.

Lawsuits that may be brought against us, have been or may be brought against HollyFrontier, and/or our or HollyFrontier’s directors could also seek, among other things, injunctive relief or other equitable relief, including a request to rescind parts of the acquisition agreement already implemented, issue additional disclosures and to otherwise enjoin the parties from consummating the Sinclair acquisition. HollyFrontier and the members of HollyFrontier’s board of directors were named as defendants in a lawsuit filed in Harris County, Texas, brought by an alleged HollyFrontier shareholder challenging the Sinclair acquisition and seeking, among other things, injunctive relief to enjoin and/or rescind the acquisition agreement and make additional or corrective disclosures. An additional lawsuit filed by an alleged HollyFrontier shareholder in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York asserts claims under Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and SEC Rule 14a-9 and claims under Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act against HollyFrontier and the members of HollyFrontier’s board of directors, and seeks, among other things, to enjoin and/or rescind the acquisition agreement and require defendants to amend the related proxy statement, and, if they do not, to recover damages. Additional lawsuits in connection with the Sinclair acquisition may be filed in the future in federal or state courts.

The outcome of these lawsuits or any other lawsuit that may be filed challenging the Sinclair acquisition is uncertain. One of the conditions to the closing of the Sinclair acquisition is that no injunction by any court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction has been entered and continues to be in effect and no law has been adopted or is effective, in either case, that prohibits or makes illegal the closing of the Sinclair acquisition. Consequently, if a plaintiff is successful in obtaining an injunction prohibiting completion of the Sinclair acquisition or delaying the shareholder vote, that injunction may delay or prevent the Sinclair acquisition from being completed within the expected timeframe or at all, which could result in substantial costs to us and may adversely affect our business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows. Relatedly, the defense or settlement of any lawsuit or claim that remains unresolved at the time the Sinclair acquisition is completed may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows and result in substantial costs to us.


Item 6.Exhibits

The Exhibit Index beginning on page 54 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q lists the exhibits that are filed or furnished, as applicable, as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Exhibit Index
Exhibit
Number
Description
2.1†
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
10.1
10.2*10.2†
10.3
10.4*+
10.5*+
10.3*10.6*+
10.4*10.7*+
10.5*10.8*+
10.6*10.9*+
10.10+
31.1*
31.2*
32.1**
32.2**
101++The following financial information from Holly Energy Partners, L.P.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 20202021 formatted in iXBRL (Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Income, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, (v)(iv) Consolidated Statement of Partners’ Equity, and (vi)(v) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The instance document does not appear in the interactive data file because its XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document.
104Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

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*Filed herewith.
 **Furnished herewith.
+Constitutes management contracts or compensatory plans or arrangements.
++Filed electronically herewith.
Schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of the omitted schedules and exhibits to the SEC upon request.

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HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrantregistrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
(Registrant)
By: HEP LOGISTICS HOLDINGS, L.P.
its General Partner
By: HOLLY LOGISTIC SERVICES, L.L.C.
its General Partner
Date: November 5, 20203, 2021/s/    John Harrison
John Harrison
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
Date: November 5, 20203, 2021/s/    Kenneth P. Norwood
Kenneth P. Norwood
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
 

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