Already inside the gate: the company is specified into someone else's next wave, and the wave has not yet shipped
The model's full reasoning — Q4 2015 call → NOWe need answer only YES or NO. Need analyze transcript. Question asks if management describes company already chosen/specified/qualified/locked into another organization's future product/program/build-out, wave not yet arrived, position large relative to company, preparing. Transcript: EnLink midstream. They discuss contracts with Devon, growth projects. Key: "We have stable cash flows from our contract with Devon" etc. They mention bringing on 100 MMcf at Cana plant to support Devon's production. They discuss Tall Oak acquisition, SCOOP, Permian, Louisiana. They mention Lobo II plant in Delaware Basin with anchor customer large investment grade counterparty, scheduled online Q4, initial capacity 60 MMcf/d. They mention Ascension Pipeline connecting to new industrial customer expected to require 150 million MMBtu per day contracted demand volume. They mention Oklahoma Express project maybe. But question asks specifically: management describes that company has ALREADY BEEN CHOSEN, SPECIFIED, QUALIFIED, DESIGNED IN, OR OTHERWISE LOCKED INTO POSITION INSIDE ANOTHER ORGANIZATION'S FUTURE PRODUCT, PROGRAM, PLATFORM, BUILD-OUT, OR STANDARD OPERATING PLAN — such that when that outside party's own next wave of activity arrives, this company's volume arrives with it automatically — AND does management convey that this position is secured today while the wave itself has not yet shipped, launched, ramped, or begun at scale? Need see if any such situation. They have contracts with Devon, but Devon's production is ongoing. They mention "We have stable cash flows from fee-based contracts with minimum volume commitments from Devon Energy and other producer customers." That's ordinary. They mention "we brought on an additional 100-million cubic feet of gas in a two-week period at our Cana plant to support Devon's production." That's current. They mention "In Oklahoma, we see many opportunities to expand and grow. We expect to spend approximately $180 million to $210 million of growth capital in Oklahoma in 2016 by extending our system south into the SCOOP play and consolidating the Cana and Tall Oak systems..." That's their own growth.
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