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EnLink Midstream Partners, LP – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 8/7/19, at 4:05pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/19   ·   Accession #:  1179060-19-19   ·   File #:  1-36340

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

 8/07/19  EnLink Midstream Partners, LP     10-Q        6/30/19   80:14M

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     29K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
11: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     69K 
12: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    131K 
13: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     51K 
14: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    100K 
15: R5          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     23K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R6          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     41K 
                (Loss)                                                           
17: R7          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Partners'     HTML    112K 
                Equity                                                           
18: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    130K 
19: R9          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML     23K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
20: R10         General                                             HTML     47K 
21: R11         Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     46K 
22: R12         Intangible Assets                                   HTML     44K 
23: R13         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     36K 
24: R14         Leases                                              HTML    196K 
25: R15         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML    106K 
26: R16         Partners' Capital                                   HTML     91K 
27: R17         Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliates             HTML     72K 
28: R18         Employee Incentive Plans                            HTML    181K 
29: R19         Derivatives                                         HTML     88K 
30: R20         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     55K 
31: R21         Segment Information                                 HTML    528K 
32: R22         Other Information                                   HTML     52K 
33: R23         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML     50K 
34: R24         (Tables)                                            HTML     31K 
35: R25         Intangible Assets (Tables)                          HTML     43K 
36: R26         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    146K 
37: R27         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     88K 
38: R28         Partners' Capital (Tables)                          HTML     82K 
39: R29         Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliates (Tables)    HTML     70K 
40: R30         Employee Incentive Plans (Tables)                   HTML    169K 
41: R31         Derivatives (Tables)                                HTML     80K 
42: R32         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     48K 
43: R33         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    528K 
44: R34         Other Information (Tables)                          HTML     51K 
45: R35         General (Details)                                   HTML     32K 
46: R36         Significant Accounting Policies - Summary of        HTML     45K 
                Expected Future Performance Obligations (Details)                
47: R37         Significant Accounting Policies - Narrative         HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
48: R38         Intangible Assets - Narrative (Details)             HTML     33K 
49: R39         Intangible Assets - Changes in Carrying Value       HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
50: R40         Intangible Assets - Amortization Expense (Details)  HTML     37K 
51: R41         Related Party Transactions - Narrative (Details)    HTML     79K 
52: R42         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     40K 
53: R43         Leases - Lease Balances Recorded on the             HTML     48K 
                Consolidated Balance Sheet (Details)                             
54: R44         Leases - Components of Total Lease Expense          HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R45         Leases - Other Information (Details)                HTML     29K 
56: R46         Leases - Maturity of Lease Liability (Details)      HTML    108K 
57: R47         Long-Term Debt - Summary (Details)                  HTML     87K 
58: R48         Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details)                HTML    103K 
59: R49         Partners' Capital - Narrative and Distribution      HTML     76K 
                Activity (Details)                                               
60: R50         Partners' Capital - Net Income Allocated to the     HTML     33K 
                General Partner (Details)                                        
61: R51         Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliates (Details)   HTML     46K 
62: R52         Employee Incentive Plans - Amounts Recognized in    HTML     30K 
                Consolidated Financial Statements (Details)                      
63: R53         Employee Incentive Plans - Restricted and           HTML    142K 
                Performance Awards (Details)                                     
64: R54         Employee Incentive Plans - Summary of Tranche       HTML     44K 
                Vesting Levels (Details)                                         
65: R55         Derivatives - Interest Rate Swaps (Details)         HTML     51K 
66: R56         Derivatives - Components of Gain (Loss) (Details)   HTML     31K 
67: R57         Derivatives - Assets and Liabilities (Details)      HTML     38K 
68: R58         Derivatives - Commodities (Details)                 HTML     44K 
69: R59         Fair Value Measurements - Measured on a Recurring   HTML     32K 
                Basis (Details)                                                  
70: R60         Fair Value Measurements - Financial Instruments     HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R61         Segment Information - Narrative (Details)           HTML     23K 
72: R62         Segment Information - Financial Information and     HTML    300K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
73: R63         Segment Information - Reconciliation (Details)      HTML     36K 
74: R64         Segment Information - Assets (Details)              HTML     36K 
75: R65         Other Information (Details)                         HTML     63K 
76: R9999       Uncategorized Items - enlkq2201910-q.htm            HTML     47K 
79: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    140K 
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77: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    104K 
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