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Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
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See Note 17 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part IV of our 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K for a complete discussion of related parties, including the determination of our related parties and nature of involvement with such related parties.

Promissory Notes with our General Partner

We and certain Plains entities have issued promissory notes to facilitate financing. Our outstanding related party notes receivable and related party notes payable balances were as follows (in millions):

March 31,
2026
December 31,
2025
Related party notes receivable (1)
$1,317 $1,339 
Related party notes payable (1)
$1,317 $1,339 
(1)We have elected to present our related party notes with the same counterparty on a net basis on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets because there is a legal right to offset and we intend to offset with the counterparty.

Accrued and unpaid interest receivable/payable was $7 million and $30 million as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. Interest income/expense on the related party notes totaled $23 million and $20 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

Transactions with Other Related Parties

During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, we recognized sales and transportation revenues, purchased petroleum products and utilized transportation and storage services from related parties. These transactions were conducted at posted tariff rates or prices that we believe approximate market.

The impact to our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations from these transactions is included below (in millions):
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 20262025
Revenues from related parties$13 $11 
Purchases and related costs from related parties$74 $97 

Our receivable and payable amounts with these related parties as reflected on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets were as follows (in millions):

March 31,
2026
December 31,
2025
Trade accounts receivable and other receivables, net from related parties (1)
$33 $49 
Trade accounts payable to related parties (1) (2)
$51 $64 
(1)Primarily includes amounts related to transportation and storage services.
(2)We have agreements to store crude oil at facilities and transport crude oil or utilize capacity on pipelines that are owned by equity method investees. A portion of our commitment to transport is supported by crude oil buy/sell or other agreements with third parties with commensurate quantities.