What is Regency Energy Partners LP Property, Plant and Equipment?
Regency Energy Partners LP's quarterly net PPE
increased
from Jun. 2014 (€5,458 Mil) to Sep. 2014 (€6,979 Mil) and
increased
from Sep. 2014 (€6,979 Mil) to Dec. 2014 (€7,475 Mil).
Regency Energy Partners LP's annual net PPE
increased
from Dec. 2012 (€2,809 Mil) to Dec. 2013 (€3,225 Mil) and
increased
from Dec. 2013 (€3,225 Mil) to Dec. 2014 (€7,475 Mil).
Regency Energy Partners LP Property, Plant and Equipment Historical Data
The historical data trend for Regency Energy Partners LP's Property, Plant and Equipment can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Regency Energy Partners LP Property, Plant and Equipment Chart
Regency Energy Partners LP Property, Plant and Equipment Calculation
Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE) are the fixed assets of the companyFixed assets are also known as non-current assets.
Property, plant, and equipment includes assets that will - in the normal course of business - neither be used up in the next year nor will become a part of any product sold to customers.
Some of the most common parts of property, plant, and equipment are:
Companies with lots of property, plant, and equipment often have special categories. For example, railroad property includes:
Track
Ties
Ballast
Bridges
Tunnels
Signals
Locomotives
Freight Cars
There is often a note in the financial statements - found in a company's 10-K - that will explain the different categories of property a company owns.
The market value of property, plant, and equipment can differ tremendously from the book value of property, plant, and equipment.
For example, when Berkshire Hathaway liquidated its textile mills, it had to pay the buyers of the company's manufacturing equipment to haul the equipment away. That property, plant, and equipment was literally worth less than zero. On the other hand, some companies own thousands of acres of land.
All property, plant, and equipment other than land is depreciated. Land is never depreciated. However, land is not marked up to market value either. Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), land is shown on the balance sheet at cost.
The property, plant, and equipment line shown on the balance sheet is usually net property, plant, and equipment. This means it is the cost of the property, plant, and equipment less accumulated depreciation.
Regency Energy Partners LP (FRA:R3P) Property, Plant and Equipment Explanation
A company with durable competitive advantage doesn't need to constantly upgrade its equipment to stay competitive. The company replaces when it wears out. On the other hand, a company without any advantages must replace to keep pace.
Difference between a company with a moat and one without is that the company with the competitive advantage finances new equipment through internal cash flows, whereas the no advantage company requires debt to finance.
Producing a consistent product that doesn't change equates to consistent profits. There is no need to upgrade plants which frees up cash for other ventures. Think Coca Cola, Johnson & Johnson etc.
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Regency Energy Partners LP (FRA:R3P) Business Description
Regency Energy Partners LP was incorporated in Delaware on September 8, 2005. The Company is engaged in the gathering and processing, compression, treating and transportation of natural gas and the transportation, fractionation and storage of NGLs. Its assets are mainly located in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, California, Mississippi, Alabama, New Mexico and the mid-continent region of the United States, which includes Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma. The Company is divided into five business segments; Gathering and Processing, Natural Gas Transportation, NGL Services, Contract Services and Corporate. The Gathering and Processing - provide "wellhead-to-market" services to producers of natural gas, which include transporting raw natural gas from the wellhead through gathering systems, processing raw natural gas to separate NGLs from the raw natural gas and selling or delivering the pipeline-quality natural gas and NGLs to various markets and pipeline systems. Natural Gas Transportation, NGL Services, Contract Services - owns and operates a fleet of compressors used to provide turn-key natural gas compression services for customer specific systems and Corporate comprises of corporate offices. It operates gathering and processing assets in four geographic regions of the United States: North Louisiana, the mid-continent region of the United States, south Texas and west Texas. The pipeline-quality natural gas remaining after separation of NGLs through processing is either returned to the producer or sold, for its own account or for the account of the producer, at the tailgates of its processing plants for delivery to interstate or intrastate gas transportation pipelines. The Company faces competition in each region in acquiring new gas supplies. The Company is subject to rules and regulations set forth by the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.
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