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EnLink Midstream Partners, LP – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 11/5/20, at 1:23pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/20   ·   Accession #:  1179060-20-19   ·   File #:  1-36340

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11/05/20  EnLink Midstream Partners, LP     10-Q        9/30/20   72:11M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.33M 
 2: EX-10.3     Material Contract                                   HTML     79K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
12: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     66K 
13: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    114K 
14: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     44K 
15: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    103K 
16: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     42K 
                (Loss)                                                           
17: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Partners'     HTML    157K 
                Equity                                                           
18: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    126K 
19: R8          General                                             HTML     32K 
20: R9          Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     39K 
21: R10         Intangible Assets                                   HTML     36K 
22: R11         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     25K 
23: R12         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     67K 
24: R13         Partners' Capital                                   HTML     52K 
25: R14         Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliates             HTML     48K 
26: R15         Employee Incentive Plans                            HTML     83K 
27: R16         Derivatives                                         HTML     72K 
28: R17         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     36K 
29: R18         Segment Information                                 HTML    352K 
30: R19         Other Information                                   HTML     39K 
31: R20         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     27K 
32: R21         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML     40K 
33: R22         Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)            HTML     27K 
34: R23         Intangible Assets (Tables)                          HTML     38K 
35: R24         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     62K 
36: R25         Partners' Capital (Tables)                          HTML     52K 
37: R26         Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliates (Tables)    HTML     48K 
38: R27         Employee Incentive Plans (Tables)                   HTML     88K 
39: R28         Derivatives (Tables)                                HTML     77K 
40: R29         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     36K 
41: R30         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    350K 
42: R31         Other Information (Tables)                          HTML     39K 
43: R32         Significant Accounting Policies - Narrative         HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
44: R33         Significant Accounting Policies - Summary of        HTML     42K 
                Expected Future Performance Obligations (Details)                
45: R34         Intangible Assets - Changes in Carrying Value       HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
46: R35         Intangible Assets - Narrative (Details)             HTML     30K 
47: R36         Intangible Assets - Amortization Expense (Details)  HTML     34K 
48: R37         Related Party Transactions - Narrative (Details)    HTML     43K 
49: R38         Long-Term Debt - Summary (Details)                  HTML     58K 
50: R39         Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details)                HTML     84K 
51: R40         Long-Term Debt - Senior Unsecured Notes             HTML     27K 
                Repurchases (Details)                                            
52: R41         Partners' Capital - Narrative and Distribution      HTML     35K 
                Activity (Details)                                               
53: R42         Partners' Capital - Net Income Allocated to the     HTML     28K 
                General Partner (Details)                                        
54: R43         Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliates (Details)   HTML     38K 
55: R44         Employee Incentive Plans - Amounts Recognized in    HTML     27K 
                Consolidated Financial Statements (Details)                      
56: R45         Employee Incentive Plans - Restricted and           HTML     99K 
                Performance Awards (Details)                                     
57: R46         Derivatives - Interest Rate Swaps (Details)         HTML     43K 
58: R47         Derivatives - Components of Gain (Loss) (Details)   HTML     28K 
59: R48         Derivatives - Assets and Liabilities (Details)      HTML     31K 
60: R49         Derivatives - Commodities (Details)                 HTML     42K 
61: R50         Fair Value Measurements - Measured on a Recurring   HTML     29K 
                Basis (Details)                                                  
62: R51         Fair Value Measurements - Financial Instruments     HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R52         Segment Information - Financial Information and     HTML    225K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
64: R53         Segment Information - Reconciliation (Details)      HTML     38K 
65: R54         Segment Information - Assets (Details)              HTML     34K 
66: R55         Other Information (Details)                         HTML     48K 
67: R56         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     47K 
68: R9999       Uncategorized Items - enlc-20200930.htm             HTML     28K 
70: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    124K 
11: XML         XBRL Instance -- enlc-20200930_htm                   XML   3.88M 
69: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     96K 
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10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- enlc-20200930_pre              XML    898K 
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71: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              350±   502K 
72: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001179060-20-000019-xbrl      Zip    363K

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