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EnLink Midstream Partners, LP – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 11/8/19, at 3:18pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/19   ·   Accession #:  1179060-19-27   ·   File #:  1-36340

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

11/08/19  EnLink Midstream Partners, LP     10-Q        9/30/19   79:16M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
17: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     70K 
57: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    131K 
68: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     51K 
39: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     98K 
15: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     41K 
56: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Partners'     HTML    130K 
                Equity                                                           
67: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    138K 
42: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML     23K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
11: R9          General                                             HTML     42K 
63: R10         Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     44K 
74: R11         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML     45K 
45: R12         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     32K 
19: R13         Leases                                              HTML    174K 
62: R14         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     97K 
73: R15         Partners' Capital                                   HTML     94K 
44: R16         Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliates             HTML     76K 
18: R17         Employee Incentive Plans                            HTML    208K 
64: R18         Derivatives                                         HTML     84K 
71: R19         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     50K 
34: R20         Segment Information                                 HTML    582K 
25: R21         Other Information                                   HTML     54K 
50: R22         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML     42K 
76: R23         (Tables)                                            HTML     32K 
32: R24         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML     45K 
24: R25         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    129K 
49: R26         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     89K 
75: R27         Partners' Capital (Tables)                          HTML     91K 
31: R28         Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliates (Tables)    HTML     75K 
26: R29         Employee Incentive Plans (Tables)                   HTML    205K 
21: R30         Derivatives (Tables)                                HTML     86K 
46: R31         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     49K 
69: R32         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    584K 
60: R33         Other Information (Tables)                          HTML     54K 
22: R34         General (Details)                                   HTML     32K 
47: R35         Significant Accounting Policies - Narrative         HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R36         Significant Accounting Policies - Summary of        HTML     45K 
                Expected Future Performance Obligations (Details)                
61: R37         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Narrative          HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
20: R38         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Changes in         HTML     38K 
                Carrying Value (Details)                                         
48: R39         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Amortization       HTML     37K 
                Expense (Details)                                                
28: R40         Related Party Transactions - Narrative (Details)    HTML     69K 
35: R41         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     40K 
78: R42         Leases - Lease Balances Recorded on the             HTML     34K 
                Consolidated Balance Sheet (Details)                             
54: R43         Leases - Components of Total Lease Expense          HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
29: R44         Leases - Other Information (Details)                HTML     29K 
36: R45         Leases - Maturity of Lease Liability (Details)      HTML     78K 
79: R46         Long-Term Debt - Summary (Details)                  HTML     87K 
55: R47         Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details)                HTML    100K 
27: R48         Partners' Capital - Narrative and Distribution      HTML     80K 
                Activity (Details)                                               
37: R49         Partners' Capital - Net Income Allocated to the     HTML     33K 
                General Partner (Details)                                        
43: R50         Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliates (Details)   HTML     46K 
13: R51         Employee Incentive Plans - Amounts Recognized in    HTML     30K 
                Consolidated Financial Statements (Details)                      
59: R52         Employee Incentive Plans - Restricted and           HTML    145K 
                Performance Awards (Details)                                     
66: R53         Employee Incentive Plans - Summary of Tranche       HTML     44K 
                Vesting Levels (Details)                                         
41: R54         Derivatives - Interest Rate Swaps (Details)         HTML     52K 
10: R55         Derivatives - Components of Gain (Loss) (Details)   HTML     32K 
58: R56         Derivatives - Assets and Liabilities (Details)      HTML     38K 
65: R57         Derivatives - Commodities (Details)                 HTML     44K 
40: R58         Fair Value Measurements - Measured on a Recurring   HTML     32K 
                Basis (Details)                                                  
16: R59         Fair Value Measurements - Financial Instruments     HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R60         Segment Information - Narrative (Details)           HTML     23K 
77: R61         Segment Information - Financial Information and     HTML    270K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
38: R62         Segment Information - Reconciliation (Details)      HTML     39K 
30: R63         Segment Information - Assets (Details)              HTML     36K 
52: R64         Other Information (Details)                         HTML     63K 
23: R9999       Uncategorized Items - enlc-20190930.htm             HTML     47K 
51: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    139K 
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