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HOUSTON, Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership" or "SMLP") announced today that its wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary, Summit Permian Transmission, LLC, has received $175 million of commitments from three leading commercial banks to finance the development of its Double E Pipeline Project ("Double E"). The lenders have committed to provide senior secured credit facilities consisting of a $160 million delayed draw term loan facility and a $15 million working capital facility (collectively, the "Credit Facilities"). The Credit Facilities are non-recourse to SMLP and mature seven years after the date of initial borrowing. SMLP expects to close and fund on the Credit Facilities shortly and will post a $15 million letter of credit under its corporate revolving credit facility to support back-end equity contributions, if any needed, upon first funding.
Heath Deneke, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, commented, "I am pleased that we have secured financing commitments for substantially all of Summit's expected remaining capital obligations for the construction of Double E. I would like to thank our bank group for their support of Double E and believe this is a testament to the quality of this world class project. This further advances the Double E project toward our expected in-service date during the fourth quarter of 2021. With our previously announced notice to proceed with construction from the FERC, we commenced construction activities to deliver this project in service in a safe manner, on time and under budget."
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is representing Summit Permian Transmission, LLC and Latham & Watkins LLP is representing the lenders on the financing.
SMLP also announced today that it will report operating and financial results for the fourth quarter of 2020 on Friday, February 26, 2021, before the start of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, February 26, 2021, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 50087230. The conference call, live webcast and archive of the call can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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HOUSTON, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today that Double E Pipeline, LLC ("Double E"), a joint venture in which SMLP owns a 70% equity interest and serves as the pipeline's operator and construction manager, received its Notice to Proceed ("NTP") with construction, as well as approval of its Implementation Plan, from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC"). Double E has also been granted the necessary rights-of-way on federal lands from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") and has entered into Memorandums of Agreement regarding treatment and mitigation measures at certain cultural resource sites with the FERC and the State Historic Preservation Officers of New Mexico and Texas.
Heath Deneke, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, commented, "We are pleased to report the actions of the FERC and the BLM and also re-affirm our expected Q4 2021 in-service date. Summit has also made good progress on its financing plans related to its 70% share of Double E and intends to announce additional details prior to construction activities beginning later this quarter."
"We are proud of the efficiency with which this project has achieved its key milestones on the way to creating a safe and reliable pipeline with the ability to transport natural gas from the northern Delaware to market. Our world-class development team has maintained its focus on delivering the Double E project on time and under budget and has been instrumental in advancing the project and taking another step towards start-up."
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 9, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on May 8, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on August 10, 2020 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on November 6, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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HOUSTON, Dec. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today the final results of its offer to purchase (the "Tender Offer") for cash up to $25,000,000.00 aggregate purchase price of its 9.50% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (the "Series A Preferred Units"), which expired at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on December 23, 2020. Based on information provided by D.F. King & Co., Inc., the tender and information agent for the Tender Offer (the "Tender and Information Agent"), 92,681 Series A Preferred Units were validly tendered and not properly withdrawn under the Tender Offer.
The Partnership accepted 75,075 Series A Preferred Units for a purchase price of $333.00 per Series A Preferred Unit, subject to applicable withholding taxes, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $25,000,000.00. The Tender Offer was oversubscribed, and, pursuant to the terms of the Tender Offer, Series A Preferred Units validly tendered and not properly withdrawn were accepted on a pro rata basis, except for tenders of odd lots, which were accepted in full. The Partnership has been informed by the Tender and Information Agent that the proration factor for the Tender Offer, after giving effect to the priority for odd-lot holders, is approximately 80.92%. The Partnership will promptly issue payment for the Series A Preferred Units properly tendered and accepted for purchase and will return all other Series A Preferred Units tendered and not accepted for purchase.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, without limitation, information concerning completion of the Tender Offer and the terms and timing of the settlement of the Tender Offer. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 9, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on May 8, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on August 10, 2020 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on November 6, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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HOUSTON, Dec. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today the preliminary results of its offer to purchase (the "Tender Offer") for cash up to $25,000,000.00 aggregate purchase price of its 9.50% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (the "Series A Preferred Units"), which expired at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on December 23, 2020. Based on preliminary information provided by D.F. King & Co., Inc., the tender and information agent for the Tender Offer (the "Tender and Information Agent"), 92,681 Series A Preferred Units were validly tendered and not properly withdrawn under the Tender Offer. The number of Series A Preferred Units validly tendered and not properly withdrawn is preliminary and subject to verification by the Tender and Information Agent.
Since the number of Series A Preferred Units validly tendered and not properly withdrawn exceeds the maximum aggregate purchase price of $25,000,000.00, the Partnership plans on accepting approximately 75,075 Series A Preferred Units. Holders who owned fewer than 100 Series A Preferred Units, or an "odd-lot," who have validly tendered and not properly withdrawn all of their Series A Preferred Units, will not be subject to proration, in accordance with the terms of the Tender Offer. Based on the preliminary tender count, the Partnership has been informed by the Tender and Information Agent that the preliminary proration factor for the Tender Offer, after giving effect to the priority for odd-lot holders, is approximately 80.91%. This proration factor is preliminary and subject to change. The Partnership expects to issue payment for the Series A Preferred Units tendered and accepted for purchase under the Tender Offer on December 29, 2020.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, without limitation, information concerning completion of the Tender Offer and the terms and timing of the settlement of the Tender Offer. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 9, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on May 8, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on August 10, 2020 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on November 6, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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HOUSTON, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC, has executed an amendment of its revolving credit facility (the "Revolver"). The Revolver, which is supported by a syndicate of 20 banking institutions, was amended, with overwhelming support, to provide the Partnership with additional liquidity and financial flexibility to continue to execute on its liability management initiatives, including opening a pathway for the Partnership to address its debt that matures in 2022. The following is a summary of the key terms of the amendment:
Heath Deneke, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, commented, "We sincerely appreciate the continued support of our lenders and the confidence they have in SMLP. This amendment provides the Partnership with additional tools and financial flexibility to continue to enhance the balance sheet and address the senior unsecured notes maturing in August 2022. While we currently do not expect to have any issues with our existing covenants, we made the proactive decision to increase our total leverage ratio covenant to provide for additional liquidity as we continue to manage through an uncertain time in our industry. This amendment represents a critical milestone in our liability management strategy, though we recognize that we still have work to do and we are committed to doing all we can to drive unitholder value. We look forward to providing additional updates on our liability management initiatives during our year-end earnings call in February."
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 9, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on May 8, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on August 10, 2020 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on November 6, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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HOUSTON, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today that it has further amended its previously announced offer to purchase (the "Tender Offer") for cash up to $25,000,000.00 aggregate purchase price of its 9.50% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (the "Series A Preferred Units"). For each Series A Preferred Unit that is accepted in the Tender Offer, the holder will receive $333.00 (the "Purchase Price"), which represents a 33.2% increase over the previous offer of $250.00 and a 66.5% increase over the initial offer of $200.00. Assuming that the Tender Offer is fully subscribed, the number of Series A Preferred Units that will be purchased at the Purchase Price under the Tender Offer is approximately 75,075. Due to the change in Purchase Price, the Partnership has extended the expiration date of the Tender Offer to 11:59 p.m., New York City time on December 23, 2020 (the "Expiration Date"), unless further extended. The Partnership will pay the Purchase Price for each Series A Preferred Unit it purchases promptly after the Expiration Date and the acceptance of the Series A Preferred Units for purchase. As of 5:00 p.m., New York City time on December 9, 2020, based on preliminary information provided by D.F. King & Co., Inc., the tender and information agent for the Tender Offer, 24,257 Series A Preferred Units were properly tendered and not validly withdrawn under the Tender Offer.
The complete terms and conditions of the Tender Offer are set forth in the Offer to Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal that are filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under cover of Schedule TO-I and TO-I/A. Copies of the Offer to Purchase and Letter of Transmittal may be found on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, the Partnership's website at www.summitmidstream.com or may be obtained from the Tender and Information Agent, D.F. King & Co., Inc., at 800-669-5550 (toll free) for unitholders, 212-269-5550 for banks and brokers or smlp@dfking.com.
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NEITHER AN OFFER TO PURCHASE NOR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SELL ANY SERIES A PREFERRED UNITS. THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TENDER OFFER. THE PARTNERSHIP IS MAKING THE TENDER OFFER ONLY BY, AND PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE OFFER TO PURCHASE, THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED. THE TENDER OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE MAKING OR ACCEPTANCE THEREOF WOULD NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES, BLUE SKY OR OTHER LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. NONE OF THE PARTNERSHIP, OUR GENERAL PARTNER, ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES OR THE TENDER AND INFORMATION AGENT FOR THE TENDER OFFER MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE TENDER OFFER. THIS PRESS RELEASE SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IS UNLAWFUL.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, without limitation, information concerning completion of the Tender Offer, the terms and timing of the Tender Offer, and the impact of completion of the Tender Offer. The Partnership may modify the terms or timing of the Tender Offer with requisite notice. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 9, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on May 8, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on August 10, 2020 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on November 6, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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HOUSTON, Dec. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that it has received written notification from the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") that it has regained compliance with the NYSE's continued listing standard. As a result of the recent reverse unit split, SMLP's common unit price has traded above the NYSE's minimum requirement of $1.00 average unit price for the 30-trading days ended November 30, 2020. Given that SMLP has regained compliance with the NYSE's minimum price continued listing standard, the suffix indicating "below criteria" will be removed from its ticker symbol and SMLP will trade on the NYSE under the ticker "SMLP."
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements, and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on May 8, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on August 7, 2020 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on November 6, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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HOUSTON, Nov. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today that it has amended its previously announced offer to purchase (the "Tender Offer") for cash up to $25,000,000.00 aggregate purchase price of its 9.50% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (the "Series A Preferred Units"). For each Series A Preferred Unit that is accepted in the Tender Offer, the holder will receive $250.00 (the "Purchase Price"), a 25% increase over the initial offer of $200.00. Assuming that the Tender Offer is fully subscribed, the number of Series A Preferred Units that will be purchased at the Purchase Price under the Tender Offer is 100,000. Additionally, the Partnership has amended the Tender Offer to remove the condition that holders of at least 75,000 Series A Preferred Units validly tender (and not properly withdraw) their Series A Preferred Units prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below) (the "Minimum Tender Condition"). Pursuant to the Partnership's removal of the Minimum Tender Condition, the Tender Offer is no longer conditioned upon the tender of a minimum amount of Series A Preferred Units.
There are no other material changes to the Tender Offer, which is still scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on December 9, 2020, unless extended (the "Expiration Date"). The Partnership will pay the Purchase Price for each Series A Preferred Unit it purchases promptly after the Expiration Date and the acceptance of the Series A Preferred Units for purchase.
The complete terms and conditions of the Tender Offer will be set forth in the Offer to Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal that are filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under cover of Schedule TO-I and TO-I/A. Copies of the Offer to Purchase and Letter of Transmittal may be found on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, the Partnership's website at www.summitmidstream.com or may be obtained from the Tender and Information Agent, D.F. King & Co., Inc., at 800-669-5550 (toll free) for unitholders, 212-269-5550 for banks and brokers or smlp@dfking.com.
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NEITHER AN OFFER TO PURCHASE NOR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SELL ANY SERIES A PREFERRED UNITS. THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TENDER OFFER. THE PARTNERSHIP IS MAKING THE TENDER OFFER ONLY BY, AND PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE OFFER TO PURCHASE, THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED. THE TENDER OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE MAKING OR ACCEPTANCE THEREOF WOULD NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES, BLUE SKY OR OTHER LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. NONE OF THE PARTNERSHIP, OUR GENERAL PARTNER, ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES OR THE TENDER AND INFORMATION AGENT FOR THE TENDER OFFER MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE TENDER OFFER. THIS PRESS RELEASE SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IS UNLAWFUL.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, without limitation, information concerning completion of the Tender Offer, the terms and timing of the Tender Offer, and the impact of completion of the Tender Offer. The Partnership may modify the terms or timing of the Tender Offer with requisite notice. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 9, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on May 8, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on August 10, 2020 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on November 6, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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HOUSTON, Nov. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that substantially all closing conditions to the previously announced consensual Term Loan restructuring transaction (the "TL Restructuring") involving its wholly owned, indirect subsidiary, Summit Midstream Partners Holdings, LLC ("SMP Holdings") have been satisfied. Lenders collectively holding 100% of the aggregate principal amount of claims, including the approximately $155.2 million in principal amount outstanding, under SMP Holdings' Term Loan (the "Term Loan") have consented to the TL Restructuring and, at closing, will receive their pro rata shares of consideration consisting of $26.5 million of cash and approximately 2.3 million SMLP common units currently pledged as collateral under the Term Loan (which have been adjusted to properly reflect the recent 1-for-15 reverse SMLP common unit split) in full satisfaction of SMP Holdings' outstanding obligations under the Term Loan.
The TL Restructuring is expected to close on November 17, 2020. Upon closing of the TL Restructuring, SMLP will distribute the consideration to the Term Loan lenders and pay applicable expenses, after which the Term Loan will be fully discharged and the Term Loan lenders will waive their rights to any and all claims against SMP Holdings and its affiliates under the Term Loan and release the non-economic general partner interest in SMLP from SMP Holdings' collateral package under the Term Loan.
In addition, the $180.75 million deferred purchase price obligation (the "DPPO") that SMLP owes to SMP Holdings will be fully settled concurrently with the closing of the TL Restructuring once SMLP makes an approximate $27.0 million cash payment to SMP Holdings. Following this payment, the DPPO will be fully repaid and cease to exist. SMP Holdings will utilize the approximate $27.0 million of cash received from SMLP to fund the cash consideration and certain expenses to be paid to the Term Loan lenders in conjunction with the closing of the TL Restructuring. SMLP will issue a press release with updated timing expectations if it deems these transactions no longer achievable on November 17, 2020.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements, such as the completion of the proposed TL Restructuring and the full settlement and termination of the Term Loan, and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on May 8, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on August 7, 2020 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on November 6, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SMLP is actively engaging in various liability management transactions, including the TL Restructuring discussed above and the recently consummated cash tender offers for its outstanding senior notes. SMLP intends to continue to evaluate other liability management initiatives, as well as potential asset sales or other divestitures of assets. There is no assurance that any of these asset sales or other divestitures will be completed. Other liability management initiatives may involve amendments to SMLP's revolving credit facility and/or additional repurchases of senior notes through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, redemptions, additional tender offers, exchange offers or otherwise.
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HOUSTON, Nov. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today that it will commence an offer to purchase (the "Tender Offer") for cash up to $25,000,000.00 aggregate purchase price (the "Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price") of its 9.50% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (the "Series A Preferred Units"). For each Series A Preferred Unit that is accepted in the Tender Offer, the holder will receive $200.00 (the "Purchase Price"). The Tender Offer is conditioned on, among other things, that holders of at least 75,000 Series A Preferred Units validly tender (and not properly withdraw) their Series A Preferred Units prior to the expiration date of the Tender Offer.
The Tender Offer is scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m., New York city time, on December 9, 2020, unless extended (the "Expiration Date"). The Partnership will pay the Purchase Price for each Series A Preferred Unit it purchases promptly after the Expiration Date and the acceptance of the Series A Preferred Units for purchase.
Assuming that the Tender Offer is fully subscribed, the number of Series A Preferred Units that will be purchased at the Purchase Price under the Tender Offer is 125,000. If the aggregate number of Series A Preferred Units that are validly tendered and not properly withdrawn as of the Expiration Date (the "Total Tendered Amount") exceeds the Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price, the Partnership will accept for purchase that number of Series A Preferred Units that does not result in the Total Tendered Amount exceeding the Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price. In that event, the Series A Preferred Units that will be accepted for purchase will be subject to proration, as described in the Offer to Purchase.
Holders that tender Series A Preferred Units that are accepted will forfeit any claim to all accumulated and unpaid distributions on their Series A Preferred Units, regardless of when accumulated, including any distributions that may accumulate through the settlement date for the Tender Offer.
D.F. King & Co., Inc. is acting as the Tender and Information Agent for the Tender Offer.
The complete terms and conditions of the Tender Offer will be set forth in the Offer to Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal that will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under cover of Schedule TO today. Copies of the Offer to Purchase and Letter of Transmittal may be found on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, the Partnership's website at www.summitmidstream.com or may be obtained from the Tender and Information Agent, D.F. King & Co., Inc., at 800-669-5550 (toll free) for unitholders, 212-269-5550 for banks and brokers or smlp@dfking.com.
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NEITHER AN OFFER TO PURCHASE NOR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SELL ANY SERIES A PREFERRED UNITS. THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TENDER OFFER. THE PARTNERSHIP IS MAKING THE TENDER OFFER ONLY BY, AND PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE OFFER TO PURCHASE, THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC TODAY. THE TENDER OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE MAKING OR ACCEPTANCE THEREOF WOULD NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES, BLUE SKY OR OTHER LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. NONE OF THE PARTNERSHIP, OUR GENERAL PARTNER, ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES OR THE TENDER AND INFORMATION AGENT FOR THE TENDER OFFER MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE TENDER OFFER. THIS PRESS RELEASE SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IS UNLAWFUL.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, without limitation, information concerning completion of the Tender Offer, the terms and timing of the Tender Offer, and the impact of completion of the Tender Offer. The Partnership may modify the terms or timing of the Tender Offer with requisite notice. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 9, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on May 8, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on August 10, 2020 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on November 6, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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HOUSTON, Nov. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today its financial and operating results for the three months ended September 30, 2020, including net income of $25.6 million, adjusted EBITDA of $59.8 million and DCF of $37.6 million. Net income included a $24.7 million gain from early extinguishment of debt due to SMLP's open market repurchases and public tender offers for its senior unsecured notes, at discounts to par value. Operated natural gas volume throughput averaged 1,392 million cubic feet per day ("MMcf/d") and liquids volume throughput averaged 69.0 thousand barrels per day ("Mbbl/d") for the third quarter of 2020. Operated natural gas volumes were relatively flat with the second quarter of 2020, which was impacted by an aggregate volume increase of 64 MMcf/d from the Marcellus Shale and DJ Basin segments relative to second quarter volumes, partially offset by a 15.4% decrease in Utica Shale segment volume, primarily due to a five-well pad site, representing more than 150 MMcf/d, that was temporarily shut-in due to low commodity prices from mid-June through mid-August. Quarterly liquids volume throughput decreased by 9.2% from the second quarter of 2020, primarily due to natural production declines, the shut-in of approximately 5 Mbbl/d of liquids throughput across our systems due to low commodity prices and the continued deferral of drilling and completion activities by certain customers in the Williston Basin segment.
Heath Deneke, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, commented, "Summit generated $59.8 million of adjusted EBITDA during the third quarter, which was slightly above our expectations in August. Our results improved throughout the third quarter as customers continued to return previously shut-in production to service in large part due to strengthening of natural gas prices. Given that most of the temporary production shut-ins that impacted our financial results in the second and third quarters have been restored or are in the process of being restored, we continue to expect full-year 2020 adjusted EBITDA to be within our $250 million to $260 million guidance range."
"We continue to make excellent progress advancing the Double E project while locking in substantial savings relative to the original development budget. Although the project did not receive FERC approval in the third quarter of 2020 as originally anticipated, we were pleased that FERC issued the 7(c) certificate authorizing the project in October. This approval represents a significant milestone for the project and enables us to advance plans to secure third-party financing to fund the vast majority, if not all, of our remaining Double E capital expenditures. We expect to have third-party financing in place concurrent with receipt of FERC's notice to proceed with construction, which is expected to be obtained in the first quarter of 2021. Given the success we've had in locking in capital savings relative to budget, the total estimated cost to complete Double E is now expected to come in under $430 million, gross, which represents an approximate 15% reduction relative to the original capital budget. As a result, SMLP's 70% share of development capital is now estimated to be approximately $300 million, of which, approximately $175 million remains to be spent as of September 30, 2020."
"Due to the delay in receiving FERC approval on the Double E project and the associated impact to the timing of our third-party financing plans, SMLP now expects to directly fund an incremental $10 million to $20 million of Double E capital in 2020 beyond what was previously assumed in our capital guidance for the year. As a result, we are revising SMLP's 2020 capital expenditure guidance to $55 million to $65 million."
"We also continued to make significant progress on our liability management strategy in the third quarter of 2020, completing and announcing several transactions, consistent with our primary objectives to reduce leverage, simplify the balance sheet and create long-term value for stakeholders across our capital structure. Since closing of the GP Buy-In Transaction in May, including the October 2020 privately negotiated transaction to repurchase $95.6 million of our 2025 senior notes at a substantial discount to par value, we have repurchased a total of $306.5 million face value of our aggregate senior notes and reduced net indebtedness by more than $150 million relative to the end of 2019. Additionally, we exchanged 62,816 Series A Preferred Units for approximately 12.3 million SMLP common units during 3Q 2020, reducing the face value of SMLP's aggregate Series A Preferred Units by approximately $62.8 million at an implied discount of 84% based on SMLP's common unit trading price at closing. Furthermore, during the third quarter, we executed a transaction support agreement to retire the $155.2 million SMP Holdings Term Loan through a settlement with the Term Loan lenders. Upon closing of the TL Restructuring, we plan to make a $26.5 million cash payment to SMP Holdings, representing a full settlement of the $180.75 million DPPO, and will release the 34.6 million SMLP common units that were previously pledged as collateral to Term Loan lenders. In exchange, the lenders will forgive the full amount of the $155.2 million Term Loan and the GP interest will be released from the collateral package. The TL Restructuring has garnered the support and consent from 100% of the lenders and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020. Together with the Series A Preferred Equity Exchange, the senior note repurchases and the full settlement of the DPPO, SMLP has eliminated approximately $550.1 million of its fixed capital obligations since closing the GP Buy-In Transaction. These liability management transactions have been highly accretive to SMLP's equity valuation given the substantial discounts captured and I believe that SMLP is far better situated for long-term success as a result of these initiatives."
Summary of Selected Balance Sheet Items Impacted by SMLP's Liability Management Initiatives in 2020
The table below summarizes the par value of key selected SMLP balance sheet line items that have been, or are expected to be impacted by SMLP's liability management initiatives in 2020. Current par value is shown pro forma as of November 5, 2020 and includes expected impacts from the SMP Holdings Term Loan Restructuring transaction, which was announced in September 2020 and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020.
($ in millions) | Par Value | Total Retirement Consideration | |||||
Financial Instrument | At GP Buy-In | Retired | Current | Amount | % Discount | ||
Recourse Obligations to SMLP: | |||||||
2022 Senior Notes | $300.0 | ($66.0) | $234.0 | $45.2 | 32% | ||
2025 Senior Notes (2) | 500.0 | (240.5) | 259.5 | 148.3 | 38% | ||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation (3) | 180.8 | (180.8) | - | 26.5 | 85% | ||
Series A Preferred Units (4) | 300.0 | (62.8) | 237.2 | 10.1 | 84% | ||
Total SMLP Recourse Debt, Obligations and Pref. | $1,280.8 | ($550.1) | $730.7 | $230.0 | 58% | ||
Non Recourse Debt to SMLP: | |||||||
SMP Holdings Term Loan (3) | $158.2 | ($158.2) | - | $50.4 | 68% | ||
Note: Current par value is as of November 5, 2020 and is pro forma for the Term Loan Restructuring transaction announced on 9/29/2020. | |||||||
(1) GP Buy-In Transaction closed on 5/28/2020. | |||||||
(2) Represents outstanding par value as of 9/30/2020, pro forma for privately negotiated repurchase of $95.6 million par value in October 2020. | |||||||
(3) Pro forma for Term Loan Restructuring transaction announced on 9/29/2020, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020. | |||||||
(4) Par value reflects the remaining portion of the original principal balance outstanding; As of 9/30/2020, the Series A Preferred Units had an outstanding balance of $249.4 million, inclusive of accrued and unpaid distributions; Total retirement consideration calculated using an SMLP common unit closing price of $0.80 per unit on 7/31/2020, the date the Series A Preferred Exchange Offer closed and 12.6 million SMLP common units that were provided as consideration in the exchange, prior to applicable witholding taxes. |
Third Quarter 2020 Business Highlights
In the third quarter of 2020, SMLP's average daily natural gas throughput for its operated systems increased 0.1% relative to the second quarter of 2020, to 1,392 MMcf/d, and liquids volumes decreased 9.2% relative to the second quarter of 2020, to 69 Mbbl/d. SMLP's customers had approximately 21 DUCs in inventory and 18 wells that had been completed but not turned-in-line upstream of its systems as of September 30, 2020.
Core Focus Areas:
Legacy Areas:
The following table presents average daily throughput by reportable segment for the periods indicated:
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||||||||
Average daily throughput (MMcf/d): | ||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale | 352 | 290 | 330 | 279 | ||||||||||||
Williston Basin (1) | 14 | 9 | 14 | 12 | ||||||||||||
DJ Basin | 27 | 33 | 26 | 25 | ||||||||||||
Permian Basin | 34 | 20 | 33 | 17 | ||||||||||||
Piceance Basin (2) | 361 | 446 | 370 | 464 | ||||||||||||
Barnett Shale | 208 | 247 | 215 | 255 | ||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 396 | 349 | 366 | 358 | ||||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput | 1,392 | 1,394 | 1,354 | 1,410 | ||||||||||||
Average daily throughput (Mbbl/d): | ||||||||||||||||
Williston Basin | 69 | 105 | 81 | 101 | ||||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput | 69 | 105 | 81 | 101 | ||||||||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (3) | 512 | 777 | 554 | 734 |
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(1) | The Williston Basin segment includes the Tioga Midstream system, which was sold in March 2019. |
(2) | The Piceance Basin segment includes the RRG West system, which was sold in December 2019. |
(3) | Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, subject to a one-month lag. |
The following table presents adjusted EBITDA by reportable segment for the periods indicated:
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||||||||
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Reportable segment adjusted EBITDA (1): | ||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale | $ | 7,453 | $ | 7,864 | $ | 24,074 | $ | 20,697 | ||||||||
Ohio Gathering (2) | 7,129 | 10,435 | 22,582 | 29,584 | ||||||||||||
Williston Basin (3) | 11,713 | 13,840 | 40,632 | 49,224 | ||||||||||||
DJ Basin | 4,766 | 6,554 | 15,016 | 12,043 | ||||||||||||
Permian Basin | 893 | 210 | 4,302 | (996) | ||||||||||||
Piceance Basin (4) | 21,503 | 24,044 | 66,794 | 74,627 | ||||||||||||
Barnett Shale | 7,205 | 10,901 | 24,475 | 33,483 | ||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 6,022 | 4,958 | 16,230 | 14,735 | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 66,684 | $ | 78,806 | $ | 214,105 | $ | 233,397 | ||||||||
Less: Corporate and Other (5) | 6,854 | 6,859 | 23,781 | 27,032 | ||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 59,830 | $ | 71,947 | $ | 190,324 | $ | 206,365 |
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(1) | We define segment adjusted EBITDA as total revenues less total costs and expenses, plus (i) other income excluding interest income, (ii) our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, (iii) depreciation and amortization, (iv) adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, (v) adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity, (vi) unit-based and noncash compensation, (vii) impairments and (viii) other noncash expenses or losses, less other noncash income or gains. |
(2) | Represents our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA for Ohio Gathering, subject to a one-month lag. We define proportional adjusted EBITDA for our equity method investees as the product of (i) total revenues less total expenses, excluding impairments and other noncash income or expense items and (ii) amortization for deferred contract costs; multiplied by our ownership interest in Ohio Gathering during the respective period. |
(3) | The Williston Basin segment includes the Tioga Midstream system, which was sold in March 2019. |
(4) | The Piceance Basin segment includes the RRG West system, which was sold in December 2019. |
(5) | Corporate and Other represents those results that are not specifically attributable to a reportable segment (such as Double E) or that have not been allocated to our reportable segments, including certain general and administrative expense items and natural gas and crude oil marketing services. |
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures totaled $7.9 million in the third quarter of 2020, a decrease of 10.8% compared to the second quarter of 2020, which included maintenance capital expenditures of $3.5 million. Capital expenditures in the third quarter of 2020 were primarily related to growth projects in our DJ Basin segment.
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Cash paid for capital expenditures (1): | ||||||||
Utica Shale | $ | 2,461 | $ | 2,473 | ||||
Williston Basin | 8,435 | 20,288 | ||||||
DJ Basin | 11,349 | 66,775 | ||||||
Permian Basin | 6,342 | 43,422 | ||||||
Piceance Basin | 971 | 1,919 | ||||||
Barnett Shale (2) | 1,627 | 317 | ||||||
Marcellus Shale | 430 | 347 | ||||||
Total reportable segment capital expenditures | 31,615 | 135,541 | ||||||
Corporate and Other (3) | 3,697 | 16,122 | ||||||
Total cash paid for capital expenditures | $ | 35,312 | $ | 151,663 |
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(1) | Excludes cash paid for capital expenditures by Ohio Gathering and Double E (after June 2019) due to equity method accounting. |
(2) | For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the amount includes sales tax reimbursements of $1.1 million. |
(3) | For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, and through the formation date of the Double E joint venture in June 2019, reflects 100% of the capital expenditures associated with Double E and excludes capital contributions made by our JV partner. |
Capital & Liquidity
As of September 30, 2020, SMLP had $437.4 million of undrawn commitments under its $1.25 billion revolving credit facility, after accounting for a $4.1 million issued but undrawn letter of credit. Subject to covenant limits, our available borrowing capacity at September 30, 2020 totaled approximately $172 million.
Based upon the terms of SMLP's revolving credit facility and total outstanding debt, net of cash, of $1.35 billion (inclusive of $589.1 million of senior unsecured notes), SMLP's total leverage ratio and senior secured leverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) as of September 30, 2020, were 4.87 to 1.0 and 2.74 to 1.0, respectively, relative to maximum threshold limits of 5.50 to 1.0 and 3.75 to 1.0.
Double E Update
During the third quarter of 2020, SMLP made cash investments totaling $11.2 million with respect to its 70% equity investment in Double E. The estimated cost to complete the Double E Pipeline Project has decreased by approximately 15% relative to original development budget, and as such, SMLP's 70% share of capital costs is now approximately $300 million, of which approximately $125 million has been funded as of September 30, 2020. As previously reported, on October 15, 2020, Double E received Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") approval of its application to construct and operate the Double E Pipeline Project pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act. SMLP is in the process of finalizing third-party financing for its remaining Double E capital obligations and expects to secure this financing concurrently with FERC's notice to proceed with construction, which is anticipated in the first quarter of 2021. SMLP plans to directly fund its Double E capital obligations until third-party financing can be obtained. The estimated in-service date for Double E has been extended to the fourth quarter of 2021.
MVC Shortfall Payments
SMLP billed its customers $12.9 million in the third quarter of 2020 related to MVC shortfalls. For those customers that do not have MVC shortfall credit banking mechanisms in their gathering agreements, the MVC shortfall payments are accounted for as gathering revenue in the period in which they are earned. In the third quarter of 2020, SMLP recognized $12.9 million of gathering revenue associated with MVC shortfall payments. SMLP also recognized $2.3 million of adjustments to MVC shortfall payments in the third quarter of 2020 related to shortfall payment adjustments from customers in the Williston Basin segment and the Piceance Basin segment. SMLP's MVC shortfall payment mechanisms contributed $15.2 million of total adjusted EBITDA in the third quarter of 2020.
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MVC Billings | Gathering revenue | Adjustments | Net impact to adjusted EBITDA | |||||||||||||
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Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: | ||||||||||||||||
Piceance Basin | $ | 3,454 | $ | 3,454 | $ | — | $ | 3,454 | ||||||||
Total net change | $ | 3,454 | $ | 3,454 | $ | — | $ | 3,454 | ||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: | ||||||||||||||||
Williston Basin | $ | 954 | $ | 954 | $ | 2,125 | $ | 3,079 | ||||||||
Piceance Basin | 7,155 | 7,155 | 167 | 7,322 | ||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 1,354 | 1,354 | — | 1,354 | ||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments | $ | 9,463 | $ | 9,463 | $ | 2,292 | $ | 11,754 | ||||||||
Total (1) | $ | 12,917 | $ | 12,917 | $ | 2,292 | $ | 15,209 |
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(1) | Exclusive of Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
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MVC Billings | Gathering revenue | Adjustments | Net impact to adjusted EBITDA | |||||||||||||
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Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: | ||||||||||||||||
Piceance Basin | $ | 10,531 | $ | 10,531 | $ | — | $ | 10,531 | ||||||||
Total net change | $ | 10,531 | $ | 10,531 | $ | — | $ | 10,531 | ||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: | ||||||||||||||||
Williston Basin | $ | 3,047 | $ | 10,837 | $ | (1,416) | $ | 9,421 | ||||||||
Piceance Basin | 21,046 | 20,941 | 557 | 21,498 | ||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 3,898 | 3,898 | — | 3,898 | ||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments | $ | 27,991 | $ | 35,676 | $ | (859) | $ | 34,816 | ||||||||
Total (1) | $ | 38,522 | $ | 46,207 | $ | (859) | $ | 45,348 |
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(1) | Exclusive of Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
Quarterly Distribution Update
The board of directors of SMLP's general partner continues to suspend cash distributions payable on its common units and on its 9.50% Series A fixed-to-floating rate cumulative redeemable perpetual preferred units for the period ended September 30, 2020. Unpaid distributions on the preferred units will continue to accrue.
Previously Announced Reverse Unit Split
On October 30, 2020, SMLP announced a 1-for-15 reverse unit split on its common units. Pursuant to the reverse unit split, common unitholders will receive one common unit for every 15 common units owned at the close of business on November 9, 2020. The split will take effect after markets close on Monday, November 9, 2020, and the common units will trade on a split-adjusted basis beginning on Tuesday, November 10, 2020.
Third Quarter 2020 Earnings Call Information
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, November 6, 2020, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 49988072. The conference call, live webcast and archive of the call can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
Upcoming Investor Conferences
Members of SMLP's senior management team will attend the RBC Capital Markets Midstream and Energy Infrastructure Conference which will take place on November 18-19, 2020 and the 2020 Wells Fargo Midstream and Utility Symposium which will take place on December 8-9. Presentation materials associated with these events will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of each respective conference.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We report financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). We also present adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow, each a non-GAAP financial measure. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss, plus interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity, unit-based and noncash compensation, impairments, items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations and other noncash expenses or losses, less interest income, income tax benefit, income (loss) from equity method investees and other noncash income or gains. We define distributable cash flow as adjusted EBITDA plus cash interest received and cash taxes received, less cash interest paid, senior notes interest adjustment, adjusted Series A Preferred Units cash distribution, cash taxes paid and maintenance capital expenditures. Because adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow may be defined differently by other entities in our industry, our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other entities, thereby diminishing their utility.
Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating our financial performance. Furthermore, management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures may provide external users of our financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others, with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods as they are expected to be reflective of our core ongoing business.
Adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow are used as supplemental financial measures by external users of our financial statements such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others.
Adjusted EBITDA is used to assess:
Distributable cash flow is used to assess:
Both of these measures have limitations as analytical tools and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. For example:
We compensate for the limitations of adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow as analytical tools by reviewing the comparable GAAP financial measures, understanding the differences between the financial measures and incorporating these data points into our decision-making process. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures are attached to this press release.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees and (ii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering, processing and transportation services pursuant to primarily long-term, fee-based agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, including forward-looking statements regarding 2020 financial guidance or financial or operating expectations for 2020, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
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ASSETS | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 50,272 | $ | 9,530 | ||||
Restricted cash | 24 | 27,392 | ||||||
Accounts receivable | 76,497 | 97,418 | ||||||
Other current assets | 4,559 | 5,521 | ||||||
Total current assets | 131,352 | 139,861 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 1,840,284 | 1,882,489 | ||||||
Intangible assets, net | 207,766 | 232,278 | ||||||
Investment in equity method investees | 389,088 | 309,728 | ||||||
Other noncurrent assets | 4,989 | 9,742 | ||||||
TOTAL ASSETS | $ | 2,573,479 | $ | 2,574,098 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL | ||||||||
Trade accounts payable | $ | 16,205 | $ | 24,415 | ||||
Accrued expenses | 11,353 | 11,339 | ||||||
Deferred revenue | 17,827 | 13,493 | ||||||
Ad valorem taxes payable | 6,931 | 8,477 | ||||||
Accrued interest | 12,092 | 12,346 | ||||||
Accrued environmental remediation | 1,553 | 1,725 | ||||||
Other current liabilities | 10,747 | 12,206 | ||||||
Term loan (See TL Restructuring discussion in Note 8) | 155,200 | 5,546 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 231,908 | 89,547 | ||||||
Long-term debt | 1,390,842 | 1,622,279 | ||||||
Noncurrent deferred revenue | 41,755 | 38,709 | ||||||
Noncurrent accrued environmental remediation | 2,003 | 2,926 | ||||||
Other noncurrent liabilities | 4,536 | 7,951 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 1,671,044 | 1,761,412 | ||||||
Mezzanine Capital | ||||||||
Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units | 85,800 | 27,450 | ||||||
Partners' Capital | ||||||||
Series A Preferred Units | 249,351 | 293,616 | ||||||
Common limited partner capital | 567,284 | 305,550 | ||||||
Noncontrolling interest | — | 186,070 | ||||||
Total partners' capital | 816,635 | 785,236 | ||||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL | $ | 2,573,479 | $ | 2,574,098 |
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Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||||||||
(In thousands, except per-unit amounts) | ||||||||||||||||
Revenues: | ||||||||||||||||
Gathering services and related fees | $ | 71,964 | $ | 80,968 | $ | 229,667 | $ | 243,039 | ||||||||
Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales | 10,783 | 12,219 | 35,246 | 68,438 | ||||||||||||
Other revenues | 7,406 | 7,000 | 22,150 | 19,804 | ||||||||||||
Total revenues | 90,153 | 100,187 | 287,063 | 331,281 | ||||||||||||
Costs and expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
Cost of natural gas and NGLs | 8,632 | 7,472 | 22,945 | 50,802 | ||||||||||||
Operation and maintenance | 22,168 | 26,231 | 65,131 | 74,771 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative (1) | 10,561 | 10,029 | 39,908 | 38,979 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 29,505 | 27,443 | 88,801 | 82,044 | ||||||||||||
Transaction costs | 726 | 129 | 1,944 | 2,562 | ||||||||||||
Gain on asset sales, net | (104) | (347) | (270) | (1,595) | ||||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment (2) | — | - | 4,475 | 45,021 | ||||||||||||
Goodwill Impairment (3) | — | 16,211 | — | 16,211 | ||||||||||||
Total costs and expenses | 71,488 | 87,168 | 222,934 | 308,795 | ||||||||||||
Other income | 795 | 12 | 644 | 304 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense | (19,018) | (23,462) | (64,836) | (68,547) | ||||||||||||
Gain on early extinguishment of debt (4) | 24,690 | — | 78,925 | — | ||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes and equity method investment income (loss) | 25,132 | (10,431) | 78,862 | (45,757) | ||||||||||||
Income tax benefit (expense) | (298) | (21) | 104 | (1,427) | ||||||||||||
Income (loss) from equity method investees | 795 | (677) | 7,146 | (1,197) | ||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 25,629 | $ | (11,129) | $ | 86,112 | $ | (48,381) | ||||||||
Net income (loss) per limited partner unit: | ||||||||||||||||
Common unit – basic | $ | 1.29 | $ | (0.17) | $ | 2.41 | $ | (0.72) | ||||||||
Common unit – diluted | $ | 1.25 | $ | (0.17) | $ | 2.34 | $ | (0.72) | ||||||||
Weighted-average limited partner units outstanding: | ||||||||||||||||
Common units – basic | 51,974 | 45,319 | 47,331 | 45,319 | ||||||||||||
Common units – diluted | 53,650 | 45,319 | 48,782 | 45,319 |
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(1) | For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the amount includes $0.1 million and $3.4 million, respectively, of restructuring expenses. |
(2) | For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the amount is associated with (i) our decision in March 2019 to idle our existing 20 MMcf/d DJ Basin processing plant in conjunction with the commissioning of our new 60 MMcf/d DJ Basin processing plant resulting in an impairment charge of $34.7 million; and (ii) our decommissioning in March 2019 of an underutilized Barnett Shale compressor station resulting in an impairment charge of $10.2 million. |
(3) | For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the amount represents an impairment charge associated with our annual goodwill testing of the Marcellus Shale reporting unit. |
(4) | Subsequent to the GP Buy-In Transaction, the Partnership commenced a debt buyback program to repurchase our Senior Notes, which is ongoing. We repurchased $66.0 million of the outstanding $300 million aggregate principal amount of our 5.50% Senior Notes through September 30, 2020. The gain on early extinguishment of debt for the 5.50% Senior Notes during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 totaled $11.3 million and $20.5 million, respectively, and is inclusive of a $0.3 million write off of debt issuance costs. We also repurchased $144.9 million of the outstanding $500 million aggregate principal amount of our 5.75% Senior Notes through September 30, 2020. The gain on early extinguishment of debt for the 5.75% Senior Notes during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 totaled $15.1 million and $60.2 million, respectively, and is inclusive of a $1.3 million write off of debt issuance costs. |
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Other financial data: | |||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 25,629 | $ | (11,129) | $ | 86,112 | $ | (48,381) | |||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 41,436 | $ | 43,043 | $ | 146,807 | $ | 127,617 | |||||||
Capital expenditures | $ | 7,886 | $ | 40,571 | $ | 35,312 | $ | 151,663 | |||||||
Contributions to equity method investees | $ | 12,344 | $ | 5,409 | $ | 92,072 | $ | 11,330 | |||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 59,830 | $ | 71,947 | $ | 190,324 | $ | 206,365 | |||||||
Cash flow available for distributions (1) | $ | 37,551 | $ | 42,591 | $ | 118,270 | $ | 126,140 | |||||||
Distributions (2) | $ | — | $ | 30,915 | $ | — | $ | 92,718 | |||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (3) | n/a | 1.38x | n/a | 1.36x | |||||||||||
Operating data: | |||||||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – natural gas (MMcf/d) | 1,392 | 1,394 | 1,354 | 1,410 | |||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – liquids (Mbbl/d) | 69 | 105 | 81 | 101 | |||||||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (4) | 512 | 777 | 554 | 734 |
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(1) | Cash flow available for distributions is also referred to as Distributable Cash Flow, or DCF. |
(2) | Represents distributions declared and ultimately paid or expected to be paid to preferred and common unitholders in respect of a given period. On May 3, 2020, the board of directors of SMLP's general partner announced an immediate suspension of the cash distributions payable on its preferred and common units. |
(3) | Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared and ultimately paid to preferred and common unitholders. Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended September 30, 2019 is based on distributions declared and ultimately paid to preferred and common unitholders in respect of the third quarter of 2019. |
(4) | Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, subject to a one-month lag. |
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Reconciliations of net income or loss to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: | ||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 25,629 | $ | (11,129) | $ | 86,112 | $ | (48,381) | ||||||||
Add: | ||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | 19,018 | 23,462 | 64,836 | 68,547 | ||||||||||||
Income tax (benefit) expense | 298 | 21 | (104) | 1,427 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization (1) | 29,739 | 27,677 | 89,505 | 83,030 | ||||||||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (2) | 7,129 | 10,435 | 22,582 | 29,584 | ||||||||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (3) | 2,292 | 3,534 | (859) | 2,868 | ||||||||||||
Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity (4) | (328) | (145) | (776) | (1,906) | ||||||||||||
Unit-based and noncash compensation | 1,622 | 1,291 | 6,191 | 5,370 | ||||||||||||
Gain on early extinguishment of debt (5) | (24,690) | — | (78,925) | — | ||||||||||||
Gain on asset sales, net | (104) | (347) | (270) | (1,595) | ||||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment | — | — | 4,475 | 45,021 | ||||||||||||
Goodwill Impairment | — | 16,211 | — | 16,211 | ||||||||||||
Other, net (6) | 20 | 260 | 4,703 | 4,992 | ||||||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from equity method investees | 795 | (677) | 7,146 | (1,197) | ||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 59,830 | $ | 71,947 | $ | 190,324 | $ | 206,365 | ||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||
Cash interest paid | 18,368 | 22,752 | 62,441 | 66,435 | ||||||||||||
Cash paid for taxes | — | — | — | 150 | ||||||||||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (7) | 410 | 3,063 | (1,396) | 3,063 | ||||||||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | 3,501 | 3,541 | 11,009 | 10,577 | ||||||||||||
Cash flow available for distributions (8) | $ | 37,551 | $ | 42,591 | $ | 118,270 | $ | 126,140 | ||||||||
Distributions (9) | $ | — | $ | 30,915 | $ | — | $ | 92,718 | ||||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (10) | n/a | 1.38x | n/a | 1.36x |
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(1) | Includes the amortization expense associated with our favorable gas gathering contracts as reported in other revenues. |
(2) | Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, subject to a one-month lag. |
(3) | Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments are recognized ratably over the term of the associated MVC. |
(4) | Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity represent contributions in aid of construction revenue recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"). |
(5) | Subsequent to the GP Buy-In Transaction, the Partnership commenced a debt buyback program to repurchase our Senior Notes, which is ongoing. We repurchased $66.0 million of the outstanding $300 million aggregate principal amount of our 5.50% Senior Notes through September 30, 2020. The gain on early extinguishment of debt for the 5.50% Senior Notes during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 totaled $11.3 million and $20.5 million, respectively, and is inclusive of a $0.3 million write off of debt issuance costs. We also repurchased $144.9 million of the outstanding $500 million aggregate principal amount of our 5.75% Senior Notes through September 30, 2020. The gain on early extinguishment of debt for the 5.75% Senior Notes during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 totaled $15.1 million and $60.2 million, respectively, and is inclusive of a $1.3 million write off of debt issuance costs. |
(6) | Represents items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations. For the three months ended September 30, 2020, the amount includes $0.1 million of restructuring expenses and $0.7 million of transaction costs associated with the GP Buy-In Transaction. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the amount includes $3.4 million of restructuring expenses and $2.1 million of transaction costs associated with the GP Buy-In Transaction. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the amount includes $3.4 million of severance expense associated with our former Chief Executive Officer and $0.9 million of transaction costs associated with the Equity Restructuring. |
(7) | Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 until maturity in April 2025. |
(8) | Represents cash flow available for distribution to preferred and common unitholders. Common distributions cannot be paid unless all accrued preferred distributions are paid. Cash flow available for distributions is also referred to as Distributable Cash Flow, or DCF. |
(9) | Represents distributions declared and ultimately paid or expected to be paid to preferred and common unitholders in respect of a given period. On May 3, 2020, the board of directors of SMLP's general partner announced an immediate suspension of the cash distributions payable on its preferred and common units. |
(10) | Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared and ultimately paid to preferred and common unitholders. Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended September 30, 2019 is based on distributions declared and ultimately paid to preferred and common unitholders in respect of the third quarter of 2019. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: | ||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 146,807 | $ | 127,617 | ||||
Add: | ||||||||
Interest expense, excluding amortization of debt issuance costs | 59,966 | 63,828 | ||||||
Income tax (benefit) expense | (104) | 1,427 | ||||||
gain on fair value of warrants | 838 | — | ||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities | (21,049) | 8,262 | ||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (1) | 22,582 | 29,584 | ||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (2) | (859) | 2,868 | ||||||
Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity (3) | (776) | (1,906) | ||||||
Other, net (4) | 4,703 | 4,992 | ||||||
Less: | ||||||||
Distributions from equity method investees | 19,859 | 28,008 | ||||||
Noncash lease expense | 1,925 | 2,299 | ||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 190,324 | $ | 206,365 | ||||
Less: | ||||||||
Cash interest paid | 62,441 | 66,435 | ||||||
Cash paid for taxes | — | 150 | ||||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (5) | (1,396) | 3,063 | ||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | 11,009 | 10,577 | ||||||
Cash flow available for distributions (6) | $ | 118,270 | $ | 126,140 |
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(1) | Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, subject to a one-month lag. |
(2) | Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments are recognized ratably over the term of the associated MVC. |
(3) | Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity represent contributions in aid of construction revenue recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"). |
(4) | Represents items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations. For the three months ended September 30, 2020, the amount includes $0.1 million of restructuring expenses and $0.7 million of transaction costs associated with the GP Buy-In Transaction. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the amount includes $3.4 million of restructuring expenses and $2.1 million of transaction costs associated with the GP Buy-In Transaction. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the amount includes $3.4 million of severance expense associated with our former Chief Executive Officer and $0.9 million of transaction costs associated with the Equity Restructuring. |
(5) | Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 until maturity in April 2025. |
(6) | Represents cash flow available for distribution to preferred and common unitholders. Common distributions cannot be paid unless all accrued preferred distributions are paid. Cash flow available for distributions is also referred to as Distributable Cash Flow, or DCF. |
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HOUSTON, Oct. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership" or "SMLP") announced today that the Board of Directors of its general partner has approved a 1-for-15 reverse unit split on its common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the "common units"), effective after the market closes on November 9, 2020. The common units will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on November 10, 2020.
Pursuant to the reverse unit split, common unitholders will receive one common unit for every 15 common units owned at the close of business on November 9, 2020. All fractional units created by the reverse unit split will be rounded to the nearest whole unit, as provided by the Partnership's partnership agreement. The Partnership's common unit count will be reduced from approximately 56,624,887 outstanding common units to approximately 3,774,992 outstanding common units post-split. The Partnership's common units will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") under the symbol "SMLP" but will trade under a new CUSIP.
The Partnership's transfer agent, American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, will act as the exchange agent. Please contact American Stock Transfer and Trust Company for further information at (800) 937-5449.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, without limitation, information concerning completion of the reverse unit split, the terms and timing of the reverse unit split, the impact of completion of the reverse unit split and the Partnership's ability to maintain compliance with the NYSE continued listing requirements. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on May 8, 2020, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on August 10, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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HOUSTON, Oct. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership" or "SMLP") announced today that it will report operating and financial results for the third quarter of 2020 on Friday, November 6, 2020, before the start of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, November 6, 2020, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 49988072. The conference call, live webcast and archive of the call can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, including forward-looking statements regarding 2020 financial guidance or financial or operating expectations for 2020, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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HOUSTON, Oct. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced that on October 15, 2020, Double E Pipeline, LLC ("Double E"), a joint venture in which SMLP owns a 70% equity interest and serves as operator, received Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") approval of its application to construct and operate the Double E Pipeline Project, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act. Double E is a new interstate natural gas pipeline that is currently under development and, upon completion, will provide up to 1.35 million dekatherms of firm transportation service from the Delaware Basin in southeast New Mexico and west Texas to delivery points near Waha in Reeves and Pecos Counties, Texas. Upon fulfilling certain remaining requirements, including finalizing a right-of-way grant from the Bureau of Land Management and filing an implementation plan with the FERC, Double E expects to receive FERC's notice to proceed with construction. This notice to proceed is expected within the next 90 days.
Heath Deneke, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, commented, "I'm pleased that Double E has received FERC approval, which is an important milestone in the development of the Double E Pipeline Project. SMLP continues to focus on developing this world-class project on schedule and under budget in a safe and efficient manner. Due to the efforts of the hard-working men and women developing this project to lock-in costs and capture value, the total cost to complete Double E is now tracking approximately 15% below original budget established at FID in June 2019. We are in the process of finalizing third-party financing for substantially all of SMLP's remaining Double E capital obligations and we expect to secure financing concurrently with receipt of FERC's notice to proceed with construction. I look forward to providing more commentary on Double E, and the related financing, during our upcoming third quarter earnings call."
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering, processing and transportation services pursuant to primarily long-term, fee-based agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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HOUSTON, Oct. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that its wholly owned, indirect subsidiary, Summit Midstream Partners Holdings, LLC ("SMP Holdings"), has secured formal consents from lenders collectively holding more than 73% of the $155.2 million outstanding Term Loan under its Term Loan Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2017 (the "Term Loan"), in support of the previously announced consensual Term Loan restructuring transaction (the "TL Restructuring"). The consenting lenders now exceed the minimum threshold to proceed with the remaining conditions to close the TL Restructuring. SMLP will continue to engage with additional Term Loan lenders who have not yet formally consented to the TL Restructuring over the next week and has initiated the necessary actions to ensure that the SMLP common units provided as partial consideration for the TL Restructuring are freely tradable upon closing.
As previously announced, the total consideration provided to consenting Term Loan lenders, in return for a full retirement of the $155.2 million Term Loan, will consist of $26.5 million of cash and 34.6 million SMLP common units that are currently owned by SMP Holdings. The consideration will be allocated among Term Loan lenders as provided in the Transaction Support Agreement and as previously disclosed. In connection with the closing of the TL Restructuring, which is still anticipated in the fourth quarter of 2020, Term Loan lenders will waive their rights to any and all claims against SMP Holdings and its affiliates, including a release of the non-economic GP Interest in SMLP from its collateral package.
In addition, SMLP announced that subsequent to September 30, 2020, it has entered into a privately negotiated repurchase agreement with a single holder of its 5.75% senior notes due 2025 to repurchase $95.6 million of face value of senior notes at a discount of 32% to par, resulting in the retirement of an additional $30.8 million of outstanding indebtedness. Since late May 2020, including this privately negotiated repurchase of 5.75% senior notes due 2025, which is scheduled to close on Friday, October 9, 2020, SMLP will have reduced the face value of its senior unsecured debt obligations by approximately $306.5 million, or approximately 38% of the original $800.0 million aggregate par value. As a result of these initiatives, SMLP has accelerated deleveraging and reduced net debt by approximately $113.0 million, or a 0.39x reduction to SMLP's total leverage ratio based on the terms of SMLP's revolving credit facility and second quarter 2020 LTM EBITDA.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements, such as the completion of the proposed TL Restructuring and the full settlement and termination of the Term Loan, and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on May 8, 2020, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on August 10, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SMLP is actively engaging in various liability management transactions, including the TL Restructuring discussed above and the recently consummated cash tender offers for its outstanding senior notes. SMLP intends to continue to evaluate other liability management initiatives, as well as potential asset sales or other divestitures of assets. There is no assurance that any of these asset sales or other divestitures will be completed. Other liability management initiatives may involve amendments to SMLP's revolving credit facility and/or additional repurchases of senior notes through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, redemptions, additional tender offers, exchange offers or otherwise.
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HOUSTON, Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that its wholly owned, indirect subsidiary, Summit Midstream Partners Holdings, LLC ("SMP Holdings"), has entered into a Transaction Support Agreement ("TSA") with an ad hoc group of SMP Holdings' lenders (the "Ad Hoc Group"), who collectively hold approximately 66% of the $155.2 million outstanding balance under the Term Loan Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2017, among SMP Holdings, as borrower, the lenders party thereto and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (the "Term Loan"). The Ad Hoc Group has agreed to a consensual Term Loan restructuring transaction (the "TL Restructuring"), as further described below, which is anticipated to close in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Pursuant to the TSA, the Ad Hoc Group has agreed to support and vote in favor of the TL Restructuring, which will be implemented through an out-of-court strict foreclosure process. SMLP will be engaging with additional Term Loan lenders over the coming weeks and expects to secure the full support from the Term Loan lenders to close the TL Restructuring. Upon closing the TL Restructuring, the lenders will waive their rights to any and all claims against SMP Holdings and its affiliates, including a release of the non-economic GP Interest in SMLP from its collateral package.
The TL Restructuring will occur concurrently with the execution of definitive documentation to fully settle the $180.75 million deferred purchase price obligation (the "DPPO") that SMLP owes to SMP Holdings. In connection with the DPPO settlement, SMLP will make a $26.5 million cash payment to fully satisfy the DPPO. Following this payment, the DPPO will be fully repaid and will cease to exist. SMP Holdings will utilize the $26.5 million of cash consideration together with the 34.6 million SMLP common units that are currently owned by SMP Holdings and pledged to the Term Loan lenders to fully satisfy the Term Loan obligations. Following this payment, the Term Loan will be fully repaid and will cease to exist.
As a result of the TL Restructuring, SMP Holdings' $155.2 million Term Loan balance will be retired at a discount of approximately 68% to face value based on the terms of the TSA and assuming SMLP's common unit closing price of $0.69 on September 28, 2020. Additionally, upon settlement of the DPPO, and in conjunction with SMLP's other liability management initiatives, approximately $454 million face value of obligations recourse to SMLP will have been retired or exchanged at a weighted average discount of approximately 64%. SMLP's year-to-date liability management activities, including open market bond repurchases, the previously-announced exchange offer for Series A Preferred Units of SMLP, the previously-announced public tender offers for the senior notes of Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC and Summit Midstream Finance Corp. and now the TL Restructuring, have been successful in reducing outstanding debt and other future obligations while facilitating common equity value accretion.
Heath Deneke, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman commented, "I'm pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with the Ad Hoc Group of Term Loan lenders to exchange the proceeds from the DPPO payment for the full retirement of the Term Loan. This transaction represents another transformational development for our organization, which will further simplify SMLP's capital structure and significantly enhance our financial flexibility. Similar to our other recently announced liability management initiatives, we expect the full retirement of these liabilities to be accretive to our common unitholders. Collectively over the past four months, SMLP has reduced the face value of its fixed-income capital and obligations by $454 million, or approximately 35% of the $1.3 billion aggregate balance comprised of unsecured notes, Series A Preferred Equity and the DPPO as of closing of the GP Buy-In Transaction, while capturing approximately $291 million of value for our stakeholders through liability management initiatives."
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements, such as the completion of the proposed TL Restructuring, the full settlement of the DPPO and the full settlement and termination of the Term Loan, and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on May 8, 2020, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on August 10, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SMLP is actively engaging in various liability management transactions, including the TL Restructuring discussed above and the recently consummated cash tender offers for its outstanding senior notes. SMLP intends to continue to evaluate other liability management initiatives, as well as potential asset sales or other divestitures of assets. There is no assurance that any of these asset sales or other divestitures will be completed. Other liability management initiatives may involve amendments to SMLP's revolving credit facility and/or additional repurchases of senior notes through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, redemptions, additional tender offers, exchange offers or otherwise.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
HOUSTON, Sept. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership" or "SMLP") announced today the expiration and final results of its previously announced cash tender offers (the "Tender Offers") by its subsidiaries, Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC and Summit Midstream Finance Corp. (collectively, the "Issuers"), to purchase a portion of the Issuers' outstanding 5.75% Senior Notes due 2025 ("2025 Notes") and outstanding 5.50% Senior Notes due 2022 ("2022 Notes" and, together with the 2025 Notes, the "Notes") in separate modified "Dutch Auctions" pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated August 25, 2020 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the "Offer to Purchase").
According to information provided by D.F. King & Co., Inc., the Tender and Information Agent for the Tender Offers, approximately $38,694,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes were validly tendered and not withdrawn at or below the price of $575.00 per $1,000 principal amount of the 2025 Notes and approximately $33,539,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2022 Notes were validly tendered and not withdrawn at or below the price of $700.00 per $1,000 principal amount of the 2022 Notes (collectively, the "Tendered Notes") as of 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 (the "Expiration Time"). The Issuers expect to accept for purchase all such 2025 Notes for $575.00 per $1,000 principal amount of the 2025 Notes and all such 2022 Notes for $700.00 per $1,000 principal amount of the 2022 Notes (the "Tender Offer Consideration") and expect to make payment for the Tendered Notes on September 24, 2020. All holders of Notes tendered and not withdrawn at or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, September 16, 2020 will also receive an early tender premium of $25.00 per $1,000 principal amount of such Notes in addition to the Tender Offer Consideration. The total principal amount of 2025 Notes that the Issuers have accepted for purchase represent approximately 9.8% of the total principal amount of outstanding 2025 Notes as of September 22, 2020, and the total principal amount of 2022 Notes that the Issuers have accepted for purchase represent approximately 12.5% of the total principal amount of outstanding 2022 Notes as of September 22, 2020.
Upon settlement of the Tender Offers on September 24, 2020, SMLP expects to retire $72,233,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes at a weighted average discount of approximately 34%, including the early tender premium and excluding accrued interest, resulting in the remaining aggregate principal amounts of $355,071,000 and $234,047,000 for the 2025 Notes and 2022 Notes, respectively. After settlement of the Tender Offers, and including the results from SMLP's previously disclosed debt buyback program that commenced in May 2020, SMLP will have retired $210,882,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes at a weighted average discount of approximately 39%.
The complete terms and conditions of the Tender Offers are set forth in the Offer to Purchase that was sent to the Holders. Copies of the Offer to Purchase may be obtained from the Tender and Information Agent, D.F. King & Co., Inc., at 800-967-5084 (toll free) for noteholders, 212-269-5550 for banks and brokers or smlp@dfking.com.
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NEITHER AN OFFER TO PURCHASE NOR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SELL ANY OF THE NOTES. THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TENDER OFFERS. THE PARTNERSHIP IS MAKING THE TENDER OFFERS ONLY BY, AND PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE OFFER TO PURCHASE AND OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS. THE TENDER OFFERS ARE NOT BEING MADE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE MAKING OR ACCEPTANCE THEREOF WOULD NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES, BLUE SKY OR OTHER LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. NONE OF THE ISSUERS, THE PARTNERSHIP, OUR GENERAL PARTNER, ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES, THE TENDER AND INFORMATION AGENT OR THE DEALER MANAGER FOR THE TENDER OFFERS MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE TENDER OFFERS. THIS PRESS RELEASE SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IS UNLAWFUL.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, without limitation, information concerning completion of the Tender Offers, the terms and timing of the Tender Offers, and the impact of completion of the Tender Offers. The Issuers may modify the terms or timing of the Tender Offers with requisite notice. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements including statements about the Tender Offers and statements about the Notes that remain outstanding after the Tender Offers, and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on May 8, 2020, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on August 10, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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HOUSTON, Sept. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership" or "SMLP") announced today that its subsidiaries, Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC and Summit Midstream Finance Corp. (collectively, the "Issuers"), have amended their previously announced cash tender offers (the "Tender Offers") to purchase a portion of the Issuers' outstanding 5.50% Senior Notes due 2022 ("2022 Notes") and outstanding 5.75% Senior Notes due 2025 ("2025 Notes" and, together with the 2022 Notes, the "Notes") in separate modified "Dutch Auctions" pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated August 25, 2020 (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Offer to Purchase"). The maximum amount of 2025 Notes that may be purchased in the Tender Offers will be a principal amount of 2025 Notes that could be purchased with a purchase price, excluding Accrued Interest (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), of up to $60,000,000, and the maximum amount of 2022 Notes that may be purchased in the Tender Offers will be a principal amount of 2022 Notes that could be purchased with a purchase price, excluding Accrued Interest, of up to $60,000,000 less the aggregate purchase price, excluding Accrued Interest, of 2025 Notes purchased in the Tender Offers.
The Issuers are extending the Early Tender Deadline (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, September 16, 2020.
As of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, according to information provided by D.F. King & Co., Inc., the Tender and Information Agent for the Tender Offers, approximately $32,919,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2022 Notes had been validly tendered and not withdrawn and approximately $33,012,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes had been validly tendered and not withdrawn. The Withdrawal Deadline (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 8, 2020. As such, Notes tendered in the Tender Offers after that time may not be withdrawn, except as required by law.
The Tender Offers remain scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on September 22, 2020, unless extended. The Issuers plan to settle the Tender Offers on September 24, 2020.
The complete terms and conditions of the Tender Offers are set forth in the Offer to Purchase that was sent to the Holders. Copies of the Offer to Purchase may be obtained from the Tender and Information Agent, D.F. King & Co., Inc., at 800-967-5084 (toll free) for noteholders, 212-269-5550 for banks and brokers or smlp@dfking.com.
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NEITHER AN OFFER TO PURCHASE NOR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SELL ANY OF THE NOTES. THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TENDER OFFERS. THE PARTNERSHIP IS MAKING THE TENDER OFFERS ONLY BY, AND PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE OFFER TO PURCHASE AND OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS. THE TENDER OFFERS ARE NOT BEING MADE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE MAKING OR ACCEPTANCE THEREOF WOULD NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES, BLUE SKY OR OTHER LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. NONE OF THE ISSUERS, THE PARTNERSHIP, OUR GENERAL PARTNER, ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES, THE TENDER AND INFORMATION AGENT OR THE DEALER MANAGER FOR THE TENDER OFFERS MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE TENDER OFFERS. THIS PRESS RELEASE SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IS UNLAWFUL.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, without limitation, information concerning completion of the Tender Offers, the terms and timing of the Tender Offers, and the impact of completion of the Tender Offers. The Issuers may modify the terms or timing of the Tender Offers with requisite notice. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements including statements about the Tender Offers and statements about the Notes that remain outstanding after the Tender Offers, and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on May 8, 2020, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on August 10, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SOURCE: Summit Midstream Partners, LP
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HOUSTON, Aug. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership" or "SMLP") announced today that its subsidiaries, Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC and Summit Midstream Finance Corp. (collectively, the "Issuers"), have commenced cash tender offers (the "Tender Offers") to purchase a principal amount of the Issuers' outstanding 5.75% Senior Notes due 2025 ("2025 Notes") and outstanding 5.50% Senior Notes due 2022 ("2022 Notes" and, together with the 2025 Notes, the "Notes") in separate modified "Dutch Auctions" (as described below) pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated the date hereof (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Offer to Purchase"). The maximum amount of 2025 Notes that may be purchased in the Tender Offers will be a principal amount of 2025 Notes that could be purchased with a purchase price, excluding Accrued Interest (as defined herein), of up to $60,000,000 (the "2025 Notes Tender Offer Cap"), and the maximum amount of 2022 Notes that may be purchased in the Tender Offers will be a principal amount of 2022 Notes that could be purchased with a purchase price, excluding Accrued Interest, of up to $60,000,000 less the aggregate purchase price, excluding Accrued Interest, of 2025 Notes purchased in the Tender Offers (together with the 2025 Tender Offer Cap, the "Tender Offer Caps").
The Tender Offers are being conducted as separate modified "Dutch Auctions" with respect to each series of Notes. This means that if a holder of the Notes (individually a "Holder" and collectively, the "Holders") elects to participate, the Holder must specify the minimum total consideration (the "Bid Price") the Holder would be willing to receive in exchange for each $1,000 principal amount of 2025 Notes and/or 2022 Notes the Holder chooses to tender in the Tender Offers. The Bid Price specified by the Holder with respect to any series of Notes must be within the applicable Bid Price Range as shown in the table below. Whether and to what extent the tendered Notes are accepted for purchase in the Tender Offers will depend upon how the Bid Price specified by the Holder for any series of Notes compares to Bid Prices specified by other tendering Holders of Notes for such series of Notes. All 2025 Notes validly tendered at or prior to Expiration Time (as defined herein) will be accepted before any 2022 Notes validly tendered at or prior to the Expiration Time are accepted.
The following table sets forth some of the terms of the Tender Offers:
Title of Notes | CUSIP Number(1) | Principal Amount | Total Consideration (Bid | |||
5.75% Senior Notes due 2025 | 86614WAD8 | $393,765,000 | $525.00 - $600.00 | |||
5.50% Senior Notes due 2022 | 86614WAC0 | $267,586,000 | $675.00 - $725.00 |
(1) | No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP numbers listed in this release or printed on the Notes. They are provided solely for the convenience of the Holders. | |||||||||
(2) | As of August 25, 2020. | |||||||||
(3) | Per $1,000 principal amount of the applicable series of Notes tendered at or prior to the Early Tender Deadline and accepted for purchase, which includes the Early Tender Premium of $25.00 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes. Holders of Notes accepted for purchase will also receive Accrued Interest. |
Holders of Notes who validly tender (and do not validly withdraw) their Notes at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, unless extended (the "Early Tender Deadline"), will receive the applicable "Total Consideration," including an "Early Tender Payment" of $25.00 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes tendered. Holders who validly tender their Notes after the Early Tender Deadline, and do not validly withdraw before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, will not be eligible to receive the Early Tender Payment. In addition, Holders of Notes accepted for purchase will receive accrued and unpaid interest, less any applicable withholding taxes, from the last payment date to, but not including, the settlement date ("Accrued Interest").
D.F. King & Co., Inc. is acting as the Tender and Information Agent and Guggenheim Securities, LLC is acting as the Dealer Manager for the Tender Offers.
The Tender Offers are scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on September 22, 2020 (the "Expiration Time"), unless extended. We plan to settle the Tender Offers on September 24, 2020.
The complete terms and conditions of the Tender Offers are set forth in the Offer to Purchase that is being sent to the Holders. Copies of the Offers to Purchase may be obtained from the Tender and Information Agent, D.F. King & Co., Inc., at 800-967-5084 (toll free) for noteholders, 212-269-5550 for banks and brokers or smlp@dfking.com.
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NEITHER AN OFFER TO PURCHASE NOR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SELL ANY OF THE NOTES. THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TENDER OFFERS. THE PARTNERSHIP IS MAKING THE TENDER OFFERS ONLY BY, AND PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE OFFER TO PURCHASE AND OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS. THE TENDER OFFERS ARE NOT BEING MADE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE MAKING OR ACCEPTANCE THEREOF WOULD NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES, BLUE SKY OR OTHER LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. NONE OF THE ISSUERS, THE PARTNERSHIP, OUR GENERAL PARTNER, ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES, THE TENDER AND INFORMATION AGENT OR THE DEALER MANAGER FOR THE TENDER OFFERS MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE TENDER OFFERS. THIS PRESS RELEASE SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IS UNLAWFUL.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, without limitation, information concerning completion of the Tender Offers, the terms and timing of the Tender Offers, and the impact of completion of the Tender Offers. The Issuers may modify the terms or timing of the Tender Offers with requisite notice. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements including statements about the Tender Offers and statements about the Notes that remain outstanding after the Tender Offers, and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on May 8, 2020, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on August 10, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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HOUSTON, Aug. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed James Johnston to serve as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Summit Midstream Partners, LP, effective September 4, 2020. Mr. Johnston joins Summit Midstream Partners from Crestwood Equity Partners, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel.
Heath Deneke, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, commented, "James has a wealth of experience from his more than 23 years of experience as an attorney in the midstream sector and I am pleased that he is joining the Summit Midstream executive team. I am confident that his broad set of legal, regulatory, operational, commercial and transactional experiences will have an immediate positive impact on the business and our ongoing strategic initiatives."
Prior to his role as Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Crestwood Equity Partners, Mr. Johnston served as Vice President, Deputy General Counsel at Crestwood. Prior to joining Crestwood in 2013, Mr. Johnston served as Assistant General Counsel for Kinder Morgan and in various legal and commercial roles of increasing responsibility at Kinder Morgan, El Paso Corporation and Sonat, Inc. from 1997 to 2013.
Mr. Johnston holds a bachelor's degree from Western University in Ontario, Canada and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering, processing and transportation services pursuant to primarily long-term, fee-based agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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HOUSTON, Aug. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today its financial and operating results for the three months ended June 30, 2020, including net income of $56.7 million, adjusted EBITDA of $64.6 million and DCF of $42.7 million. Net income included a $54.2 million gain from early extinguishment of debt as a result of SMLP's open market repurchases of senior unsecured notes at discounts to par value. Operated natural gas volume throughput averaged 1,391 MMcf/d and liquids volume throughput averaged 76 Mbbl/d for the quarter. Increased quarterly operated natural gas volume throughput was primarily driven by seven wells that came online in March 2020 in the Utica Shale segment, which included a five-well pad site which generated aggregate production rates in excess of 160 MMcf/d for the majority of the quarter as well as six wells turned-in-line upstream of the TPL-7 Connector pipeline. Liquids volume throughput was adversely impacted by approximately 14 Mbbl/d of temporary production shut-ins. Although producers are starting to return previously shut-in wells to service, incremental volumes from previously curtailed production are expected to be moderate in the near-term.
Heath Deneke, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, commented, "Our industry continued to face a number of headwinds in the second quarter of 2020, with oil prices briefly turning negative for the first time in history, the commencement of temporary production shut-ins, deferred drilling and completion activities, upstream bankruptcy filings and impacts from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. With this backdrop, we experienced quarter-over-quarter volume throughput declines across all our segments except for our Utica Shale segment, which increased by approximately 87.4% relative to the first quarter of 2020, mainly due to the outperformance of new wells connected in March. We began to experience production curtailments from certain customers, predominantly in our liquids-focused basins during the first two months of the quarter; however, with the improvement and relative stabilization of crude oil prices in the $40 per barrel area, some shut-in wells started to come back online late in the quarter. We also recently amended two gathering contracts with key Williston Basin customers that we expect to become effective in the third quarter of 2020. Although the specific terms of each customer contract differ, both amendments extended the term of the gathering agreement acreage dedication in exchange for a modest gathering fee concession. In June, we experienced production shut-ins on certain pads in our Utica Shale segment that we expect will continue through late into the fourth quarter of 2020, when natural gas prices are expected to increase and our customers can capture better margins. These shut-ins were unexpected and included the five-well pad that had outperformed expectations early in the second quarter. In light of these actions, on July 23, 2020, we revised our full year 2020 adjusted EBITDA guidance range to $250 million to $260 million, which is down marginally from our previous guidance of the low end of our $260 million to $285 million guidance range that was disclosed in May."
"We remain committed to strengthening the balance sheet, enhancing financial flexibility and focusing on initiatives that are within our control, such as maintaining a lean cost structure, employing capital discipline and operating safely and responsibly. The GP Buy-In transaction represented a major step forward in our comprehensive liability management strategy, and was an important step in our ongoing initiative to strengthen the balance sheet because it facilitated the reallocation of $76 million per year of cash from equity distributions to de-leveraging initiatives, while providing the flexibility to continue optimizing our capital structure in a manner that is fully aligned with the interests of our public common unitholders. Immediately after closing the GP Buy-In transaction on May 28, 2020, we began repurchasing our senior notes in the open market. Our debt repurchase initiative has been successful in a relatively short timeframe, and we have repurchased $137.9 million of face value of aggregate senior notes at a weighted average discount of 42% as of August 6, 2020. In addition, on June 18, 2020, we launched an offer to exchange our Series A Preferred Units ("Preferred Units") for common units (the "Exchange Offer") because there was an opportunity to structure a transaction that could provide value across SMLP's capital structure. Upon closing the Exchange Offer, we retired $62.8 million face value of Preferred Units, representing 21% of the initial 300,000 preferred units outstanding, at an 84% discount to face value based on the $0.80 SMLP common unit closing price on July 31, 2020. We provided value to our common unitholders by retiring Preferred Units below face value and afforded participating Preferred Unit holders enhanced liquidity via our common units, all while preserving cash for other strategic initiatives, since only common units were offered as consideration. We expect to continue to employ our comprehensive liability management strategy over the coming quarters and will consider the entire gamut of options available to us. We plan on working with our revolving credit facility lenders to develop the tools and flexibility needed to reposition the balance sheet and we will continue to focus on potential asset divestitures and joint ventures of certain of our Legacy and Core Focus Areas. I'm proud of the progress our team has made on enhancing our balance sheet to date; however, there are still many remaining opportunities to pursue."
"There have been several positive developments regarding the Double E Pipeline project, which represents a critical infrastructure need for the northern Delaware Basin. We have been pursuing opportunities to reduce costs without sacrificing quality, safety or timeline of the project, and I'm pleased to announce that we have locked-in approximately 80% of expected development capital expenditures, which includes pipe costs, pipeline construction and substantially all of the privately-owned rights-of-way. We now expect SMLP's 70% aggregate share of the Double E Pipeline project development capital to be $315 million, which is an approximate 10% reduction relative to the original $350 million expectation that was developed at FID in June 2019. We continue to progress third party financing options for the majority of SMLP's remaining share of capital expenditures and expect to finalize an agreement in the third quarter of 2020 in connection with the receipt of our FERC 7(c) certificate. Utilizing third-party capital to finance Double E will allow SMLP to retain cash for other strategic initiatives, including continued debt reduction and repositioning of SMLP's balance sheet."
Reaffirming 2020 Financial Guidance
SMLP is reaffirming its updated 2020 financial guidance provided on July 23, 2020. Projections associated with this guidance are subject to risks and uncertainties as described in the "Forward-Looking Statements" section at the end of this release.
2020 Financial Guidance
2020 adjusted EBITDA guidance of $250 million to $260 million incorporates impacts primarily from production shut-ins and two amended gathering contracts with Williston customers that are expected to become effective in the third quarter of 2020 and have moderately lower gathering rates and extended terms. Customers in our Williston Basin and DJ Basin reportable segments have been slower to bring curtailed production back online than initially anticipated and we are expecting prolonged production shut-ins and a deferral of well completions in these areas for the second half of 2020. Financial guidance also includes the impacts of well shut-ins in the Utica Shale segment through late into the fourth quarter 2020 and sustained shut-ins of condensate and wet gas volumes on Ohio Gathering, which had approximately 70 MMcf/d of gross volumes curtailed as of the end of the second quarter.
SMLP's total 2020 capital expenditures guidance range of $30 million to $50 million remains unchanged relative to the guidance released on May 3, 2020; however, the range of estimates related to SMLP's equity investment in Double E was increased by $10 million to accommodate additional capital commitments from SMLP to Double E due to a potential delay to receiving the FERC 7(c) certificate and closing of third-party financing to the fourth quarter of 2020.
GP Buy-In Financial Statement Recast
In the second quarter of 2020, SMLP completed its previously announced GP Buy-In transaction with Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments"). For GAAP purposes, the GP Buy-In was a transaction between entities under common control with a change in reporting entity and as a result, SMLP's historical financial results contained in this press release have been recast for the period the entities were under common control by Summit Investments. Although SMLP is the surviving entity for legal purposes, Summit Investments is the surviving entity for accounting purposes; therefore, the historical financial results of SMLP prior to the GP Buy-In presented in this press release are those of Summit Investments.
Second Quarter 2020 Business Highlights
In the second quarter of 2020, SMLP's average daily natural gas throughput for its operated systems increased 8.6% relative to the first quarter of 2020, to 1,391 MMcf/d, and liquids volumes decreased 22.4% relative to the first quarter of 2020, to 76 Mbbl/d. SMLP's customers currently have approximately 66 DUCs in inventory and 14 wells that have been completed but not turned-in-line upstream of its systems.
Core Focus Areas:
Legacy Areas:
The following table presents average daily throughput by reportable segment for the periods indicated:
Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||||||
Average daily throughput (MMcf/d): | |||||||||||||||
Utica Shale | 416 | 260 | 319 | 273 | |||||||||||
Williston Basin (1) | 14 | 11 | 14 | 13 | |||||||||||
DJ Basin | 20 | 20 | 26 | 21 | |||||||||||
Permian Basin | 32 | 17 | 33 | 16 | |||||||||||
Piceance Basin (2) | 367 | 462 | 375 | 473 | |||||||||||
Barnett Shale | 203 | 251 | 218 | 260 | |||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 339 | 347 | 351 | 363 | |||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput | 1,391 | 1,368 | 1,336 | 1,419 | |||||||||||
Average daily throughput (Mbbl/d): | |||||||||||||||
Williston Basin | 76 | 94 | 87 | 99 | |||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput | 76 | 94 | 87 | 99 | |||||||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (3) | 540 | 713 | 575 | 712 |
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(1) | The Williston Basin segment includes the Tioga Midstream system, which was sold in March 2019. |
(2) | The Piceance Basin segment includes the RRG West system, which was sold in December 2019. |
(3) | Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, subject to a one-month lag. |
The following table presents adjusted EBITDA by reportable segment for the periods indicated:
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2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Reportable segment adjusted EBITDA (1): | |||||||||||||||
Utica Shale | $ | 10,693 | $ | 6,640 | $ | 16,621 | $ | 12,833 | |||||||
Ohio Gathering (2) | 7,514 | 9,939 | 15,453 | 19,149 | |||||||||||
Williston Basin (3) | 12,727 | 16,650 | 28,919 | 35,384 | |||||||||||
DJ Basin | 4,339 | 2,816 | 10,250 | 5,489 | |||||||||||
Permian Basin | 1,828 | (656) | 3,409 | (1,206) | |||||||||||
Piceance Basin (4) | 21,734 | 24,584 | 45,291 | 50,583 | |||||||||||
Barnett Shale | 8,510 | 11,208 | 17,270 | 22,582 | |||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 4,888 | 4,635 | 10,208 | 9,777 | |||||||||||
Total | $ | 72,233 | $ | 75,816 | $ | 147,421 | $ | 154,591 | |||||||
Less: Corporate and Other (5) | 7,643 | 8,256 | 16,927 | 20,173 | |||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 64,590 | $ | 67,560 | $ | 130,494 | $ | 134,418 |
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(1) | We define segment adjusted EBITDA as total revenues less total costs and expenses, plus (i) other income excluding interest income, (ii) our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, (iii) depreciation and amortization, (iv) adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, (v) adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity, (vi) unit-based and noncash compensation, (vii) impairments and (viii) other noncash expenses or losses, less other noncash income or gains. |
(2) | Represents our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA for Ohio Gathering, subject to a one-month lag. We define proportional adjusted EBITDA for our equity method investees as the product of (i) total revenues less total expenses, excluding impairments and other noncash income or expense items and (ii) amortization for deferred contract costs; multiplied by our ownership interest in Ohio Gathering during the respective period. |
(3) | The Williston Basin segment includes the Tioga Midstream system, which was sold in March 2019. |
(4) | The Piceance Basin segment includes the RRG West system, which was sold in December 2019. |
(5) | Corporate and Other represents those results that are not specifically attributable to a reportable segment (such as Double E) or that have not been allocated to our reportable segments, including certain general and administrative expense items and natural gas and crude oil marketing services. |
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures totaled $8.8 million in the second quarter of 2020, including maintenance capital expenditures of $2.4 million, a decrease of 52.4% compared to the first quarter of 2020. Capital expenditures in the second quarter of 2020 were primarily related to growth projects in our Williston Basin, DJ Basin and Permian Basin segments.
Six months ended June 30, | ||||||||
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Cash paid for capital expenditures (1): | ||||||||
Utica Shale | $ | 1,482 | $ | 1,065 | ||||
Williston Basin | 7,423 | 14,230 | ||||||
DJ Basin | 8,428 | 50,373 | ||||||
Permian Basin | 4,921 | 28,163 | ||||||
Piceance Basin | 404 | 1,497 | ||||||
Barnett Shale (2) | 869 | (37) | ||||||
Marcellus Shale | 430 | 108 | ||||||
Total reportable segment capital expenditures | 23,957 | 95,399 | ||||||
Corporate and Other (3) | 3,469 | 15,693 | ||||||
Total cash paid for capital expenditures | $ | 27,426 | $ | 111,092 |
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(1) | Excludes cash paid for capital expenditures by Ohio Gathering and Double E (after June 2019) due to equity method accounting. |
(2) | For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the amount includes sales tax reimbursements of $1.1 million. |
(3) | For the six months ended June 30, 2019, and through the formation date of the Double E joint venture in June 2019, reflects 100% of the capital expenditures associated with Double E and excludes capital contributions made by our JV partner. |
Capital & Liquidity
As of June 30, 2020, SMLP had $512.9 million of undrawn commitments under its $1.25 billion revolving credit facility. Subject to covenant limits, and after accounting for a $4.1 million issued but undrawn letter of credit, our available borrowing capacity at June 30, 2020 was approximately $191 million.
Based upon the terms of SMLP's revolving credit facility and total outstanding debt, net of cash, of $1.4 billion (inclusive of $668.0 million of senior unsecured notes), SMLP's total leverage ratio and senior secured leverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) as of June 30, 2020, were 4.9 to 1.0 and 2.5 to 1.0, respectively, relative to maximum threshold limits of 5.50 to 1.0 and 3.75 to 1.0.
Double E Update
During the second quarter of 2020, SMLP made cash investments totaling $21.7 million with respect to its 70% equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC. As of June 30, 2020, the full $80 million commitment of the Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units had been issued. The estimated cost to complete the Double E Pipeline Project has decreased by approximately $50 million to $450 million as a result of locking in privately-owned rights-of-way, pipe costs and construction costs that are lower than the original budgeted amounts set at FID in June 2019. Accordingly, SMLP's 70% share is now approximately $315 million, of which approximately $114 million, including the Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units, has been funded as of June 30, 2020. SMLP continues to actively pursue third party financing alternatives to fund the substantial majority of SMLP's remaining Double E capital obligations and expects to have third-party financing secured by the end of the third quarter 2020, concurrently with our receipt of the FERC 7 (c) certificate. A successful financing would defer to 2021 or potentially eliminate any additional SMLP investment beyond the approximately $10 million to $20 million expected in 2020. We continue to expect to receive a FERC 7(c) certificate for Double E in the third quarter of 2020.
MVC Shortfall Payments
SMLP billed its customers $12.7 million in the second quarter of 2020 related to MVC shortfalls. For those customers that do not have MVC shortfall credit banking mechanisms in their gathering agreements, the MVC shortfall payments are accounted for as gathering revenue in the period in which they are earned. In the second quarter of 2020, SMLP recognized $12.7 million of gathering revenue associated with MVC shortfall payments. SMLP also recognized $2.3 million of adjustments to MVC shortfall payments in the second quarter of 2020 related to shortfall payment adjustments from customers in the Williston Basin segment and the Piceance Basin segment. SMLP's MVC shortfall payment mechanisms contributed $15.0 million of total adjusted EBITDA in the second quarter of 2020.
Three months ended June 30, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
MVC Billings | Gathering revenue | Adjustments to MVC shortfall payments | Net impact to adjusted EBITDA | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: | ||||||||||||||||
Piceance Basin | $ | 3,419 | $ | 3,419 | $ | — | $ | 3,419 | ||||||||
Total net change | $ | 3,419 | $ | 3,419 | $ | — | $ | 3,419 | ||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: | ||||||||||||||||
Williston Basin | $ | 1,091 | $ | 1,091 | $ | 2,124 | $ | 3,215 | ||||||||
Piceance Basin | 6,935 | 6,935 | 167 | 7,102 | ||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 1,258 | 1,258 | — | 1,258 | ||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments | $ | 9,284 | $ | 9,284 | $ | 2,291 | $ | 11,575 | ||||||||
Total (1) | $ | 12,703 | $ | 12,703 | $ | 2,291 | $ | 14,994 |
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(1) Exclusive of Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
Six months ended June 30, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
MVC Billings | Gathering revenue | Adjustments to MVC shortfall payments | Net impact to adjusted EBITDA | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: | ||||||||||||||||
Piceance Basin | $ | 7,077 | $ | 7,077 | $ | — | $ | 7,077 | ||||||||
Total net change | $ | 7,077 | $ | 7,077 | $ | — | $ | 7,077 | ||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: | ||||||||||||||||
Williston Basin | $ | 2,093 | $ | 9,883 | $ | (3,541) | $ | 6,342 | ||||||||
Piceance Basin | 13,891 | 13,786 | 390 | 14,176 | ||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 2,544 | 2,544 | — | 2,544 | ||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments | $ | 18,528 | $ | 26,213 | $ | (3,151) | $ | 23,062 | ||||||||
Total (1) | $ | 25,605 | $ | 33,290 | $ | (3,151) | $ | 30,139 |
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(1) Exclusive of Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
Quarterly Distribution Update
The board of directors of SMLP's general partner suspended cash distributions payable on its common units and on its 9.50% Series A fixed-to-floating rate cumulative redeemable perpetual preferred units for the period ended June 30, 2020. Unpaid distributions on the preferred units will continue to accrue.
Second Quarter 2020 Earnings Call Information
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, August 7, 2020, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 49844223. The conference call, webcast live and archive of the call can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
Upcoming Investor Conferences
Members of SMLP's senior management team will attend the for 2020 Citi One-on-One Midstream / Energy Infrastructure Virtual Conference which will take place on August 12-13, 2020. The presentation materials associated with this event will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of the conference.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We report financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). We also present adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow, each a non-GAAP financial measure. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss, plus interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity, unit-based and noncash compensation, impairments, items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations and other noncash expenses or losses, less interest income, income tax benefit, income (loss) from equity method investees and other noncash income or gains. We define distributable cash flow as adjusted EBITDA plus cash interest received and cash taxes received, less cash interest paid, senior notes interest adjustment, adjusted Series A Preferred Units cash distribution, cash taxes paid and maintenance capital expenditures. Because adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow may be defined differently by other entities in our industry, our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other entities, thereby diminishing their utility.
Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating our financial performance. Furthermore, management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures may provide external users of our financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others, with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods as they are expected to be reflective of our core ongoing business.
Adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow are used as supplemental financial measures by external users of our financial statements such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others.
Adjusted EBITDA is used to assess:
Distributable cash flow is used to assess:
Both of these measures have limitations as analytical tools and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. For example:
We compensate for the limitations of adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow as analytical tools by reviewing the comparable GAAP financial measures, understanding the differences between the financial measures and incorporating these data points into our decision-making process. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures are attached to this press release.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees and (ii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering, processing and transportation services pursuant to primarily long-term, fee-based agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, including forward-looking statements regarding 2020 financial guidance or financial or operating expectations for 2020, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | ||||||||
June 30, | December 31, | |||||||
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Assets | ||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 36,571 | $ | 9,530 | ||||
Restricted cash | 5,048 | 27,392 | ||||||
Accounts receivable | 77,199 | 97,418 | ||||||
Other current assets | 4,252 | 5,521 | ||||||
Total current assets | 123,070 | 139,861 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 1,855,889 | 1,882,489 | ||||||
Intangible assets, net | 215,901 | 232,278 | ||||||
Investment in equity method investees | 383,058 | 309,728 | ||||||
Other noncurrent assets | 8,584 | 9,742 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 2,586,502 | $ | 2,574,098 | ||||
Liabilities and Capital | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Trade accounts payable | $ | 18,422 | $ | 24,415 | ||||
Accrued expenses | 11,331 | 11,339 | ||||||
Deferred revenue | 15,354 | 13,493 | ||||||
Ad valorem taxes payable | 6,307 | 8,477 | ||||||
Accrued interest | 11,737 | 12,346 | ||||||
Accrued environmental remediation | 1,795 | 1,725 | ||||||
Other current liabilities | 9,859 | 12,206 | ||||||
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt | 38,000 | 5,546 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 112,805 | 89,547 | ||||||
Long-term debt | 1,545,133 | 1,622,279 | ||||||
Noncurrent deferred revenue | 42,348 | 38,709 | ||||||
Noncurrent accrued environmental remediation | 2,311 | 2,926 | ||||||
Other noncurrent liabilities | 8,618 | 7,951 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 1,711,215 | 1,761,412 | ||||||
Mezzanine Capital | ||||||||
Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units | 78,563 | 27,450 | ||||||
Partners' Capital | ||||||||
Series A Preferred Units | 307,866 | 293,616 | ||||||
Common limited partner capital | 488,858 | 305,550 | ||||||
Noncontrolling interest | — | 186,070 | ||||||
Total partners' capital | 796,724 | 785,236 | ||||||
Total liabilities, mezzanine capital and partners' capital | $ | 2,586,502 | $ | 2,574,098 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||||||
(In thousands, except per-unit amounts) | |||||||||||||||
Revenues: | |||||||||||||||
Gathering services and related fees | $ | 73,911 | $ | 75,107 | $ | 157,703 | $ | 162,071 | |||||||
Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales | 10,683 | 18,291 | 24,463 | 56,219 | |||||||||||
Other revenues | 7,413 | 6,288 | 14,744 | 12,804 | |||||||||||
Total revenues | 92,007 | 99,686 | 196,910 | 231,094 | |||||||||||
Costs and expenses: | |||||||||||||||
Cost of natural gas and NGLs | 6,088 | 11,571 | 14,313 | 43,330 | |||||||||||
Operation and maintenance | 21,152 | 24,318 | 42,963 | 48,540 | |||||||||||
General and administrative (1) | 12,786 | 10,565 | 29,347 | 28,950 | |||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 29,630 | 26,837 | 59,296 | 54,601 | |||||||||||
Transaction costs | 1,207 | 96 | 1,218 | 2,433 | |||||||||||
Gain on asset sales, net | (281) | (287) | (166) | (1,248) | |||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment (2) | 654 | 70 | 4,475 | 45,021 | |||||||||||
Total costs and expenses | 71,236 | 73,170 | 151,446 | 221,627 | |||||||||||
Other income (expense) | 276 | 83 | (151) | 292 | |||||||||||
Interest expense | (21,990) | (22,343) | (45,818) | (45,085) | |||||||||||
Gain on early extinguishment of debt (3) | 54,235 | — | 54,235 | — | |||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes and income (loss) from equity method investees | 53,292 | 4,256 | 53,730 | (35,326) | |||||||||||
Income tax benefit (expense) | 389 | (1,149) | 402 | (1,406) | |||||||||||
Income (loss) from equity method investees | 3,040 | (79) | 6,351 | (520) | |||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 56,721 | $ | 3,028 | $ | 60,483 | $ | (37,252) | |||||||
Income (loss) per limited partner unit: | |||||||||||||||
Common unit – basic | $ | 1.11 | $ | (0.06) | $ | 1.05 | $ | (0.54) | |||||||
Common unit – diluted | $ | 1.06 | $ | (0.06) | $ | 1.02 | $ | (0.54) | |||||||
Weighted-average limited partner units outstanding: | |||||||||||||||
Common units – basic | 44,650 | 45,319 | 44,985 | 45,319 | |||||||||||
Common units – diluted | 46,737 | 45,319 | 46,323 | 45,319 |
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(1) For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the amount includes $0.6 million and $3.3 million, respectively, of restructuring expenses. |
(2) For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the amount is associated with (i) our decision in March 2019 to idle our existing 20 MMcf/d DJ Basin processing plant in conjunction with the commissioning of our new 60 MMcf/d DJ Basin processing plant resulting in an impairment charge of $34.7 million; and (ii) our decommissioning in March 2019 of an underutilized Barnett Shale compressor station resulting in an impairment charge of $10.2 million. |
(3) Subsequent to the GP Buy-In Transaction, the Partnership commenced a debt buyback program to repurchase our Senior Notes, which is ongoing. We repurchased $25.8 million of the outstanding $300 million aggregate principal amount of our 5.50% Senior Notes through June 30, 2020. The gain on early extinguishment of debt for the 5.50% Senior Notes during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 totaled $9.2 million and is inclusive of a $0.1 million write off of debt issuance costs. We also repurchased $106.2 million of the outstanding $500 million aggregate principal amount of our 5.75% Senior Notes through June 30, 2020. The gain on early extinguishment of debt for the 5.75% Senior Notes during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 totaled $45.1 million and is inclusive of a $1.0 million write off of debt issuance costs. |
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UNAUDITED OTHER FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||||||
(Dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Other financial data: | |||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 56,721 | $ | 3,028 | $ | 60,483 | $ | (37,252) | |||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 35,170 | $ | 39,381 | $ | 105,371 | $ | 84,574 | |||||||
Capital expenditures | $ | 8,843 | $ | 50,244 | $ | 27,426 | $ | 111,092 | |||||||
Contributions to equity method investees | $ | 21,695 | $ | 5,921 | $ | 79,728 | $ | 5,921 | |||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 64,590 | $ | 67,560 | $ | 130,494 | $ | 134,418 | |||||||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 42,669 | $ | 35,886 | $ | 73,594 | $ | 69,299 | |||||||
Distributions declared (1) | $ | — | $ | 23,778 | $ | — | $ | 47,553 | |||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (2) | n/a | 1.51x | n/a | 1.46x | |||||||||||
Operating data: | |||||||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – natural gas (MMcf/d) | 1,391 | 1,368 | 1,336 | 1,419 | |||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – liquids (Mbbl/d) | 76 | 94 | 87 | 99 | |||||||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (3) | 540 | 713 | 575 | 712 |
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(1) Represents distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of a given period. On May 3, 2020, the board of directors of SMLP's general partner announced an immediate suspension of the distribution payable on its common units and on its 9.50% Series A fixed-to-floating rate cumulative redeemable perpetual preferred units. For the three months ended June 30, 2019, represents the distributions declared in July 2019 and paid in August 2019. |
(2) Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended June 30, 2019 is based on distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of the second quarter of 2019. |
(3) Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, subject to a one-month lag. |
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UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Reconciliations of net income or loss to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: | |||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 56,721 | $ | 3,028 | $ | 60,483 | $ | (37,252) | |||||||
Add: | |||||||||||||||
Interest expense | 21,990 | 22,343 | 45,818 | 45,085 | |||||||||||
Income tax (benefit) expense | (389) | 1,149 | (402) | 1,406 | |||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization (1) | 29,866 | 27,200 | 59,766 | 55,353 | |||||||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (2) | 7,514 | 9,939 | 15,453 | 19,149 | |||||||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (3) | 2,291 | 3,533 | (3,151) | (666) | |||||||||||
Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity (4) | (237) | (1,046) | (448) | (1,761) | |||||||||||
Unit-based and noncash compensation | 1,846 | 1,553 | 4,569 | 4,079 | |||||||||||
Gain on early extinguishment of debt (5) | (54,235) | — | (54,235) | — | |||||||||||
Gain on asset sales, net | (281) | (287) | (166) | (1,248) | |||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment | 654 | 70 | 4,475 | 45,021 | |||||||||||
Other, net (6) | 1,890 | (1) | 4,683 | 4,732 | |||||||||||
Less: | |||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from equity method investees | 3,040 | (79) | 6,351 | (520) | |||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 64,590 | $ | 67,560 | $ | 130,494 | $ | 134,418 | |||||||
Less: | |||||||||||||||
Cash interest paid | 24,413 | 23,751 | 44,073 | 43,683 | |||||||||||
Cash paid for taxes | — | 150 | — | 150 | |||||||||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (7) | (4,869) | (3,063) | (1,806) | — | |||||||||||
Adjusted Series A Preferred Units cash distribution (8) | — | 7,125 | 7,125 | 14,250 | |||||||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | 2,377 | 3,711 | 7,508 | 7,036 | |||||||||||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 42,669 | $ | 35,886 | $ | 73,594 | $ | 69,299 | |||||||
Distributions declared (9) | $ | — | $ | 23,778 | $ | — | $ | 47,553 | |||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (10) | n/a | 1.51x | n/a | 1.46x |
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(1) Includes the amortization expense associated with our favorable gas gathering contracts as reported in other revenues. |
(2) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, subject to a one-month lag. |
(3) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments are recognized ratably over the term of the associated MVC. |
(4) Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity represent contributions in aid of construction revenue recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"). |
(5) Subsequent to the GP Buy-In Transaction, the Partnership commenced a debt buyback program to repurchase our Senior Notes, which is ongoing. We repurchased $25.8 million of the outstanding $300 million aggregate principal amount of our 5.50% Senior Notes through June 30, 2020. The gain on early extinguishment of debt for the 5.50% Senior Notes during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 totaled $9.2 million and is inclusive of a $0.1 million write off of debt issuance costs. We also repurchased $106.2 million of the outstanding $500 million aggregate principal amount of our 5.75% Senior Notes through June 30, 2020. The gain on early extinguishment of debt for the 5.75% Senior Notes during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 totaled $45.1 million and is inclusive of a $1.0 million write off of debt issuance costs. |
(6) Represents items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations. For the three months ended June 30, 2020, the amount includes $1.4 million of transaction costs associated with the GP Buy-In Transaction and $0.6 million of restructuring expenses. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the amount includes $3.3 million of restructuring expenses and $1.4 million of transaction costs associated with the GP Buy-In Transaction. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the amount includes $3.4 million of severance expense associated with our former Chief Executive Officer and $0.9 million of transaction costs associated with the Equity Restructuring. |
(7) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 until maturity in April 2025. |
(8) Adjusted Series A Preferred Units cash distribution represents the amount of cash distributions paid, or accrued, on the Series A Preferred Units. Distributions on the Series A Preferred Units are due to be paid or accrued semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
(9) Represents distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of a given period. On May 3, 2020, the board of directors of SMLP's general partner announced an immediate suspension of the distribution payable on its common units. For the three months ended June 30, 2019, represents the distributions declared in July 2019 and paid in August 2019. |
(10) Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended June 30, 2019 is based on distributions declared in respect of the second quarter of 2019. |
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UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | |||||||
Six months ended June 30, | |||||||
2020 | 2019 | ||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||
Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: | |||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 105,371 | $ | 84,574 | |||
Add: | |||||||
Interest expense, excluding amortization of debt issuance costs | 42,682 | 41,964 | |||||
Income tax (benefit) expense | (402) | 1,406 | |||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities | (19,388) | 4,767 | |||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (1) | 15,453 | 19,149 | |||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (2) | (3,151) | (666) | |||||
Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity (3) | (448) | (1,761) | |||||
Other, net (4) | 4,683 | 4,732 | |||||
Less: | |||||||
Distributions from equity method investees | 12,749 | 18,217 | |||||
Noncash lease expense | 1,557 | 1,530 | |||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 130,494 | $ | 134,418 | |||
Less: | |||||||
Cash interest paid | 44,073 | 43,683 | |||||
Cash paid for taxes | — | 150 | |||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (5) | (1,806) | — | |||||
Adjusted Series A Preferred Units cash distribution (6) | 7,125 | 14,250 | |||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | 7,508 | 7,036 | |||||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 73,594 | $ | 69,299 |
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(1) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, subject to a one-month lag. |
(2) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments are recognized ratably over the term of the associated MVC. |
(3) Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity represent contributions in aid of construction revenue recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"). |
(4) Represents items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations. For the three months ended June 30, 2020, the amount includes $1.4 million of transaction costs associated with the GP Buy-In Transaction and $0.5 million of restructuring expenses. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the amount includes $3.3 million of restructuring expenses and $1.4 million of transaction costs associated with the GP Buy-In Transaction. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the amount includes $3.4 million of severance expense associated with our former Chief Executive Officer and $0.9 million of transaction costs associated with the Equity Restructuring. |
(5) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 until maturity in April 2025. |
(6) Adjusted Series A Preferred Units cash distribution represents the amount of cash distributions paid, or accrued, on the Series A Preferred Units. Distributions on the Series A Preferred Units are due to be paid or accrued semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
HOUSTON, July 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today the final results of its offer to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") any and all of its 9.50% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (the "Series A Preferred Units") for newly issued common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the "Common Units"), which expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on July 28, 2020. Based on information provided by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the depositary of the Exchange Offer, 62,816 Series A Preferred Units were properly tendered and not validly withdrawn. The Partnership accepted for exchange all such Series A Preferred Units and will issue an aggregate of approximately 12,563,200 Common Units, subject to applicable withholding taxes. The Partnership will promptly deliver the Common Units to be issued in exchange for the Series A Preferred Units properly tendered and accepted for exchange.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws including, without limitation, information regarding the settlement of the Exchange Offer. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on May 8, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
HOUSTON, July 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today preliminary results regarding its offer to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") any and all of its 9.50% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (the "Series A Preferred Units") for newly issued common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the "Common Units"), which expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on July 28, 2020 (the "Expiration Date"). Based on preliminary information provided by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the depositary of the Exchange Offer (the "Depositary"), as of the Expiration Date, 62,816 Series A Preferred Units had been tendered and not validly withdrawn. The number of Series A Preferred Units properly tendered and not validly withdrawn is preliminary and is subject to verification by the Depositary. The Partnership expects to deliver the Common Units to be issued in exchange for the Series A Preferred Units on July 31, 2020.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws including, without limitation, information regarding the settlement of the Exchange Offer. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on May 8, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
HOUSTON, July 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today updates regarding its offer to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") any and all of its 9.50% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (the "Series A Preferred Units") for newly issued common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the "Common Units"). As of July 24, 2020, based on information provided by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the depositary of the Exchange Offer, 53,827 Series A Preferred Units had been tendered. As previously announced, the Exchange Offer is scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 28, 2020, unless further extended.
The complete terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer are set forth in the Offer to Exchange and related Letter of Transmittal, as amended and supplemented, that are filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under cover of Schedule TO. Copies of the Offer to Exchange and Letter of Transmittal may be found on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, the Partnership's website at www.summitmidstream.com or may be obtained from the Information Agent, D.F. King & Co., Inc., at 800-967-5071 (toll free) for unitholders, 212-269-5550 for banks and brokers or summitmidstream@dfking.com. The Depositary, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC can be contacted at 877-248-6417 (toll free) or 718-921-8317.
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NEITHER AN OFFER TO PURCHASE NOR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SELL ANY SERIES A PREFERRED UNITS, NOR IS IT AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION TO BUY ANY COMMON UNITS. THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER. THE PARTNERSHIP IS MAKING THE EXCHANGE OFFER ONLY BY, AND PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE OFFER TO EXCHANGE, THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED. THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE MAKING OR ACCEPTANCE THEREOF WOULD NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES, BLUE SKY OR OTHER LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. NONE OF THE PARTNERSHIP, OUR GENERAL PARTNER, ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES, THE INFORMATION AGENT OR THE DEPOSITARY FOR THE EXCHANGE OFFER MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE. THIS PRESS RELEASE SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IS UNLAWFUL.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, without limitation, information concerning completion of the Offer to Exchange, the terms and timing of the Offer to Exchange, and the impact of completion of the Offer to Exchange. The Partnership may modify the terms or timing of the Offer to Exchange with requisite notice. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on May 8, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
HOUSTON, July 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today that it has further amended the expiration date on its offer to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") any and all of its 9.50% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (the "Series A Preferred Units") for newly issued common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership, from 5:00 p.m. New York city time on Friday, July 24, 2020, to 5:00 p.m. New York city time on Tuesday, July 28, 2020, unless further extended. As of July 23, 2020, based on information provided by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the depositary of the Exchange Offer, 22,619 Series A Preferred Units had been tendered and not validly withdrawn. In addition, SMLP is providing updated 2020 financial guidance, preliminary second quarter 2020 financial and operating results and the timing for the release of its second quarter earnings and information for its second quarter 2020 earnings call.
Heath Deneke, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of SMLP commented, "We expect second quarter 2020 financial and operational results to be in-line with our expectations and consistent with the environment we described on our last earnings call, which highlighted a slow-down in production activity, deferral of well completions from customers, particularly in the Williston and DJ basins, and instances of temporary economic shut-ins of existing production. The outperformance of a five-well pad site in our Utica Shale segment was a growth driver for quarterly natural gas volume throughput and we expect average daily volume throughput for the Utica Shale segment to be up more than 80% compared to the first quarter of 2020. Accordingly, we expect second quarter 2020 net income in the range of $46 million to $68 million, adjusted EBITDA in the range of $63 million to $65 million, natural gas volume throughput on our operated systems of 1.3 Bcf/d to 1.4 Bcf/d and liquids volume throughput of 74 Mbbl/d to 78 Mbbl/d."
"We continue to monitor market dynamics and work closely with our customers to refine our full year 2020 expectations. The overall macro backdrop remains very challenging with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, depressed commodity prices, reduced drilling and completion activity and various oil and gas company bankruptcy filings. Although crude oil prices have improved and the risk of additional production curtailments in liquids-focused areas has abated, certain producers behind our systems have been slower than expected to bring production back online. Furthermore, in the Utica Shale, a customer has recently curtailed in excess of 150 MMcf/d of production which we now expect will remain offline awaiting more favorable natural gas prices in late 2020 and into 2021. Further, SMLP has recently amended a gathering contract with a key Williston Basin customer to extend the term of the gathering agreement acreage dedication, in exchange for a modest gathering fee concession, which has a modest impact to our 2020 financial guidance. Given these developments, we are revising our 2020 EBITDA guidance range to a new range of $250 million to $260 million. We remain focused on operating safely, controlling costs and managing capital expenditures in a disciplined manner and are maintaining our 2020 total capital expenditures guidance range of $30 million to $50 million, including approximately $10 million to $20 million related to equity investment in Double E. I look forward to speaking in greater detail about the quarter and our revised guidance during our upcoming second quarter 2020 earnings call in August."
Note Regarding Preliminary Results
The preliminary financial information included in this release is subject to completion of the Partnership's quarter-end close procedures and further financial review. Actual results may differ from these estimates as a result of the completion of the Partnership's quarter-end closing procedures, review adjustments and other developments that may arise between now and the time such financial information for the period is finalized. As a result, these estimates are preliminary, may change and constitute forward-looking information and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. These preliminary estimates should not be viewed as a substitute for full interim financial statements prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and they should not be viewed as indicative of our results for any future period. Neither our independent registered public accounting firm nor any other independent registered public accounting firm has audited, reviewed or compiled, examined or performed any procedures with respect to the preliminary results, nor have they expressed any opinion or any other form of assurance on the preliminary results.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measure
The following provides a preliminary range of adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and a reconciliation of net income.
Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 | |||
Low | High | ||
(In thousands) | |||
Reconciliation of net income or loss to adjusted EBITDA: | |||
Net income (loss) | $ 45,750 | $ 67,750 | |
Add: | |||
Interest expense | 22,500 | 19,500 | |
Depreciation and amortization (1) | 31,000 | 28,000 | |
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (2) | 8,250 | 6,750 | |
Loss (gain) on early extinguishment of debt | (52,000) | (57,000) | |
Other, net (3) | 7,500 | - | |
Adjusted EBITDA | $ 63,000 | $ 65,000 |
(1) | Includes the amortization expense associated with our favorable gas gathering contracts as reported in other revenues. | |||
(2) | Reflects SMLP's proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, subject to a one-month lag. | |||
(3) | Includes various items such as, but not limited to income tax benefits and expenses, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments that recognize the earnings from MVC shortfall payments ratably over the term of the associated MVC, adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity which represent contributions in aid of construction revenue recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"), unit-based and noncash compensation, net loss or gain on asset sales, long-lived asset impairment, income or loss from equity method investees and items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations, including restructuring expenses. |
We define adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss, plus interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity, unit-based and noncash compensation, the change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation present value, impairments, items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations and other noncash expenses or losses, less interest income, income tax benefit, income (loss) from equity method investees and other noncash income or gains. Because adjusted EBITDA may be defined differently by other entities in our industry, our definition of this non-GAAP financial measure may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other entities, thereby diminishing its utility.
Management uses adjusted EBITDA in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating our financial performance. Furthermore, management believes that adjusted EBITDA may provide external users of our financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others, with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods as they are expected to be reflective of our core ongoing business.
Adjusted EBITDA is used as a supplemental financial measure by external users of our financial statements such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others.
Adjusted EBITDA is used to assess:
Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool and investors should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. For example:
We compensate for the limitations of adjusted EBITDA as an analytical tool by reviewing the comparable GAAP financial measure, understanding the differences between the financial measures and incorporating these data points into our decision-making process.
Second Quarter 2020 Earnings Call Information
SMLP will report operating and financial results for the second quarter of 2020 on Friday, August 7, 2020, before the start of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, August 7, 2020, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 49844223. The conference call, webcast live and archive of the call can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on May 8, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, including forward-looking statements regarding 2020 financial guidance or financial or operating expectations for 2020, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees and (ii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
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HOUSTON, July 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today updates regarding its offer to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") any and all of its 9.50% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (the "Series A Preferred Units") for newly issued common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the "Common Units"). As of July 17, 2020, based on information provided by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the depositary of the Exchange Offer, 2,515 Series A Preferred Units had been tendered. As previously announced, the Exchange Offer is scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 24, 2020, unless further extended.
The complete terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer are set forth in the Offer to Exchange and related Letter of Transmittal, as amended and supplemented, that are filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under cover of Schedule TO. Copies of the Offer to Exchange and Letter of Transmittal may be found on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, the Partnership's website at www.summitmidstream.com or may be obtained from the Information Agent, D.F. King & Co., Inc., at 800-967-5071 (toll free) for unitholders, 212-269-5550 for banks and brokers or summitmidstream@dfking.com. The Depositary, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC can be contacted at 877-248-6417 (toll free) or 718-921-8317.
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NEITHER AN OFFER TO PURCHASE NOR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SELL ANY SERIES A PREFERRED UNITS, NOR IS IT AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION TO BUY ANY COMMON UNITS. THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER. THE PARTNERSHIP IS MAKING THE EXCHANGE OFFER ONLY BY, AND PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE OFFER TO EXCHANGE, THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED. THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE MAKING OR ACCEPTANCE THEREOF WOULD NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES, BLUE SKY OR OTHER LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. NONE OF THE PARTNERSHIP, OUR GENERAL PARTNER, ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES, THE INFORMATION AGENT OR THE DEPOSITARY FOR THE EXCHANGE OFFER MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE. THIS PRESS RELEASE SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IS UNLAWFUL.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, without limitation, information concerning completion of the Offer to Exchange, the terms and timing of the Offer to Exchange, and the impact of completion of the Offer to Exchange. The Partnership may modify the terms or timing of the Offer to Exchange with requisite notice. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on May 8, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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HOUSTON, July 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today that it has continued to pursue liability management transactions, including repurchasing certain of its unsecured debt in the open market to manage its debt maturity profile. As of July 13, 2020, SMLP had repurchased approximately $28 million face value of Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC's ("Summit Holdings") and Summit Midstream Finance Corp.'s ("Finance Corp.") 5.5% senior unsecured notes due August 2022 at a weighted average 36% discount for approximately $18 million in cash, representing approximately 9% of the total amount outstanding, and approximately $106 million face value of Summit Holdings' and Finance Corp.'s 5.75% senior unsecured notes due April 2025 (collectively, the "Senior Notes") at a weighted average 43% discount for approximately $60 million in cash, representing approximately 21% of the total amount outstanding. In the aggregate, SMLP has now repurchased approximately $134 million of face value of the Senior Notes at a weighted average discount of 42% for approximately $78 million in cash. The Partnership continues to focus on strategic initiatives to enhance its financial flexibility and strengthen its balance sheet, including further reductions in operating costs and capital expenditures, additional liability management transactions and potential asset divestitures and joint ventures of certain of its Legacy and Core Focus Areas.
The Partnership also announced today that it has further amended its offer to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") any and all of its 9.50% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (the "Series A Preferred Units") for newly issued common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the "Common Units"). The Partnership previously disclosed that, in order to avoid withholding taxes on the Exchange Offer, investors in the Series A Preferred Units may have to provide an IRS Form W-9 and/or certain other tax forms. The Partnership has decided to withhold 15 percent of the Exchange Consideration, or 30 Common Units out of every 200 Common Units otherwise issuable for each Series A Preferred Unit properly tendered and accepted, unless an IRS Form W-9 or other sufficient documentation is timely submitted by beneficial owners to the Partnership to avoid withholding requirements. In light of this amendment, the Partnership is also extending the expiration date of the Exchange Offer by five business days, which means that the Exchange Offer is now scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 24, 2020, unless further extended.
The complete terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer are set forth in the Offer to Exchange and related Letter of Transmittal, as amended and supplemented, that are filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under cover of Schedule TO. Copies of the Offer to Exchange and Letter of Transmittal may be found on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, the Partnership's website at www.summitmidstream.com or may be obtained from the Information Agent, D.F. King & Co., Inc., at 800-967-5071 (toll free) for unitholders, 212-269-5550 for banks and brokers or summitmidstream@dfking.com. The Depositary, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC can be contacted at 877-248-6417 (toll free) or 718-921-8317.
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NEITHER AN OFFER TO PURCHASE NOR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SELL ANY SERIES A PREFERRED UNITS, NOR IS IT AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION TO BUY ANY COMMON UNITS. THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER. THE PARTNERSHIP IS MAKING THE EXCHANGE OFFER ONLY BY, AND PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE OFFER TO EXCHANGE, THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED. THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE MAKING OR ACCEPTANCE THEREOF WOULD NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES, BLUE SKY OR OTHER LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. NONE OF THE PARTNERSHIP, OUR GENERAL PARTNER, ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES, THE INFORMATION AGENT OR THE DEPOSITARY FOR THE EXCHANGE OFFER MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE. THIS PRESS RELEASE SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IS UNLAWFUL.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, without limitation, information concerning completion of the Offer to Exchange, the terms and timing of the Offer to Exchange, and the impact of completion of the Offer to Exchange. The Partnership may modify the terms or timing of the Offer to Exchange with requisite notice. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on May 8, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
HOUSTON, July 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today that it has amended its offer to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") any and all of its 9.50% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (the "Series A Preferred Units") for newly issued common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the "Common Units"). For each Series A Preferred Unit that is accepted in the Exchange Offer, the holder will receive 200 Common Units, which is an increase of 50 Common Units, or 33% more than the previous offer of 150 Common Units. The Exchange Offer is still conditioned on, among other things, that holders of at least 30,000 Series A Preferred Units properly tender (and not validly withdrawn) their Series A Preferred Units prior to the expiration date of the Exchange Offer. There are no other material changes to the Exchange Offer, which is still scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 17, 2020, unless extended.
The complete terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer are set forth in the Offer to Exchange and related Letter of Transmittal, as amended and supplemented, that are filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under cover of Schedule TO. Copies of the Offer to Exchange and Letter of Transmittal may be found on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, the Partnership's website at www.summitmidstream.com or may be obtained from the Information Agent, D.F. King & Co., Inc., at 800-967-5071 (toll free) for unitholders, 212-269-5550 for banks and brokers or summitmidstream@dfking.com. The Depositary, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC can be contacted at 877-248-6417 (toll free) or 718-921-8317.
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NEITHER AN OFFER TO PURCHASE NOR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SELL ANY SERIES A PREFERRED UNITS, NOR IS IT AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION TO BUY ANY COMMON UNITS. THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER. THE PARTNERSHIP IS MAKING THE EXCHANGE OFFER ONLY BY, AND PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE OFFER TO EXCHANGE, THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED. THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE MAKING OR ACCEPTANCE THEREOF WOULD NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES, BLUE SKY OR OTHER LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. NONE OF THE PARTNERSHIP, OUR GENERAL PARTNER, ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES, THE INFORMATION AGENT OR THE DEPOSITARY FOR THE EXCHANGE OFFER MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE. THIS PRESS RELEASE SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IS UNLAWFUL.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, without limitation, information concerning completion of the Offer to Exchange, the terms and timing of the Offer to Exchange, and the impact of completion of the Offer to Exchange. The Partnership may modify the terms or timing of the Offer to Exchange with requisite notice. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on May 8, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
HOUSTON, June 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today that it has commenced an offer to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") any and all of its 9.50% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (the "Series A Preferred Units") for newly issued common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the "Common Units"). For each Series A Preferred Unit that is accepted in the Exchange Offer, the holder will receive 150 Common Units. The Exchange Offer is conditioned on, among other things, that holders of at least 30,000 Series A Preferred Units properly tender (and not validly withdrawn) their Series A Preferred Units prior to the expiration date of the Exchange Offer.
D.F. King & Co., Inc. is acting as the Information Agent and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC is acting as the Depositary for the Exchange Offer.
The Exchange Offer is scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York city time, on July 17, 2020, unless extended.
The complete terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer are set forth in the Offer to Exchange and related Letter of Transmittal that are filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under cover of Schedule TO and are being sent to holders of the existing Series A Preferred Units. Copies of the Offer to Exchange and Letter of Transmittal may be found on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, the Partnership's website at www.summitmidstream.com or may be obtained from the Information Agent, D.F. King & Co., Inc., at 800-967-5071 (toll free) for unitholders, 212-269-5550 for banks and brokers or summitmidstream@dfking.com. The Depositary, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC can be contacted at 877-248-6417 (toll free) or 718-921-8317.
SMLP will host a conference call at 8:00am ET on Friday, June 19, 2020 to discuss the Exchange Offer. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-619-6397 or toll free 800-708-4540 and entering the passcode 49789249. The live or archived webcast of the conference call can be accessed through the "Investors" section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NEITHER AN OFFER TO PURCHASE NOR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SELLANY SERIES A PREFERRED UNITS, NOR IS IT AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION TO BUY ANY COMMON UNITS. THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER. THE PARTNERSHIP IS MAKING THE EXCHANGE OFFER ONLY BY, AND PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE OFFER TO EXCHANGE, THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC. THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE MAKING OR ACCEPTANCE THEREOF WOULD NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES, BLUE SKY OR OTHER LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. NONE OF THE PARTNERSHIP, OUR GENERAL PARTNER, ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES, THE INFORMATION AGENT OR THE DEPOSITARY FOR THE EXCHANGE OFFER MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE. THIS PRESS RELEASE SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IS UNLAWFUL.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, without limitation, information concerning completion of the Offer to Exchange, the terms and timing of the Offer to Exchange, and the impact of completion of the Offer to Exchange. The Partnership may modify the terms or timing of the Offer to Exchange with requisite notice. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on May 8, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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HOUSTON, June 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today the appointment of James J. Cleary to the Board of Directors of its general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC (the "Board"). Mr. Cleary was appointed on June 4, 2020, will be a Class III director and will serve as a member on the Compensation and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees of the Board.
Mr. Cleary has served as a Managing Director of Global Infrastructure Partners, a leading private equity infrastructure fund with over $60 Billion under management and a focus on the energy, transport and water/waste industries since 2012. Prior to that, from 1999 until its acquisition by Kinder Morgan in 2012, Mr. Cleary served in various leadership roles for El Paso Corporation, a Fortune 500 energy company, including service as the President of Western Pipelines and President of the ANR Pipeline Company. From 1979 until 1999, Mr. Cleary served in various capacities of increasing responsibility with Sonat Inc., a Fortune 500 energy company, including service as the Executive Vice President & General Counsel of Southern Natural Gas Company, which was Sonat's pipeline business. In addition to his experience as an executive, Mr. Cleary has had significant experience in the boardroom, having served on the board of the general partner of Access Midstream Partners, L.P., a large midstream master limited partnership, and he currently serves on the board of directors of Gibson Energy, Inc., a Canadian public company that transports, stores, processes and markets crude oil and refined products in Canada and the United States. He has a B.A. in Sociology from the College of William & Mary and a J.D. from Boston College Law School.
Heath Deneke, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "Jim brings extensive industry experience from his leadership and board member roles at multiple midstream companies as well as his current role at Global Infrastructure Partners. I am pleased that Jim has been appointed to the board of our general partner and confident that his experience and knowledge will be a valuable addition."
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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HOUSTON, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) ("SMLP" or the "Partnership") announced today (the "Closing Date") that it has closed the previously announced acquisition from Energy Capital Partners II LLC ("ECP"), of (i) Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments"), the privately held company that indirectly owns SMLP's general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC (the "GP"), and (ii) 5.9 million SMLP common units owned directly by an affiliate of ECP, for $35 million in cash plus warrants covering up to 10 million SMLP common units (the "GP Buy-in Transaction"). Concurrent with the closing of the GP Buy-in Transaction, ECP loaned the full $35 million of cash proceeds to SMLP under a first-lien senior secured credit agreement, which will bear interest at 8.0% per annum and mature on March 31, 2021 (the "ECP Loan"). SMLP intends to utilize the proceeds of the ECP Loan to enhance its liquidity position and for general corporate purposes. The acquisition results in a more simplified corporate structure whereby Summit Investments, and all of its subsidiaries, became wholly owned subsidiaries of SMLP, and SMLP will be governed by a board consisting of a majority of independent directors.
Summit Investments owns 100% of Summit Midstream Partners Holdings, LLC ("SMP Holdings"), which owns:
SMP Holdings will continue as the borrower under an existing $158.2 million term loan which matures in May 2022 and is secured by approximately 34.6 million SMLP common units owned by SMP Holdings and the GP interest. The acquired entities, including Summit Investments and SMP Holdings, are unrestricted subsidiaries under SMLP's senior notes indentures, and are not guarantors or restricted subsidiaries under SMLP's revolving credit facility.
Following closing of the GP Buy-in Transaction, SMLP plans to retire 16.6 million SMLP common units that represent approximately 17.5% of the total SMLP common units outstanding immediately preceding the closing of the GP Buy-in Transaction. In addition, the remaining 34.6 million SMLP common units that are pledged as collateral under the SMP Holdings term loan will not be considered "outstanding" units under the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of SMLP (the "Amended Partnership Agreement"), so long as they are held by SMLP or one of its subsidiaries. As such, following the closing of the GP Buy-in Transaction, the approximately 43.3 million SMLP common units owned by SMLP's public unitholders will constitute 100% of the outstanding SMLP common units for purposes of voting and distributions.
Heath Deneke, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "The closing of the GP Buy-in Transaction represents a key milestone in SMLP's transformation. Together with an independent and fully aligned Board, SMLP's management team is focused on generating long-term unitholder value while providing safe, reliable and efficient service for our customers. SMLP is taking control of its future with this transaction, which will enable it to continue to prioritize the balance sheet by reducing debt, controlling costs, increasing financial flexibility and improving credit metrics in today's volatile market. This transaction has already facilitated the suspension of our common and preferred distributions which will result in the retention of approximately $76 million of cash that otherwise would have been distributed out of the business. Through its ownership in SMP Holdings, SMLP now indirectly owns and controls the $180.75 million DPPO receivable which we intend to address in a manner that maximizes value for SMLP's stakeholders. In addition, immediately following closing of the transaction, the number of SMLP's common units outstanding will be reduced by 54.2%, which materially increases the equity value on a per-unit basis for our public unitholders."
SMLP Partnership Agreement Amendment
Concurrent with the closing of the GP Buy-in Transaction, all directors affiliated with ECP have resigned from the Board of Directors of the GP (the "Board"). Going forward, the Board will consist of a majority of independent directors, thereby further aligning the interests of the Board with the interests of SMLP's public unitholders. SMLP also amended its partnership agreement to, among other things, (i) provide the holders of SMLP common units with voting rights in the election of the members of the Board on a staggered basis beginning in 2022 and (ii) to provide for the terms of the ECP Warrants (as defined below). Pursuant to the Amended Partnership Agreement, effective as of immediately following the closing of the GP Buy-in Transaction, the Board has been divided into three classes of directors. Two Class I directors will serve for an initial term that expires at the 2022 annual meeting, two Class II directors will serve for an initial term that expires at the 2023 annual meeting, and Class III directors will serve for an initial term that expires at the 2024 annual meeting. Mr. Deneke will serve as the Chairman of the Board and will not be subject to public election.
Appointment of Directors to the Board
On the Closing Date, immediately following the closing of the GP Buy-in Transaction, Robert J. McNally and Marguerite Woung-Chapman (the "New Directors") were unanimously appointed by the Board to serve as members of the Board. Along with Mr. Deneke, Lee Jacobe, Jerry L. Peters and Robert M. Wohleber will continue to serve as members of the Board. Each of the New Directors and each of Mr. Jacobe, Mr. Peters and Mr. Wohleber is an independent director under the applicable NYSE standards. Mr. Wohleber has been appointed as the lead independent director and will preside over all executive sessions of the Board.
Robert J. McNally
Mr. McNally will be a Class II director and will serve on the Audit Committee of the Board. From 2018 through 2019, Mr. McNally served as President and Chief Executive Officer of EQT Corporation, an NYSE-listed independent natural gas producer with operations in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio. Prior to that, from 2016 to 2018, Mr. McNally served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EQT Corporation. From 2010 until 2016, Mr. McNally served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Precision Drilling Corporation, a TSE and NYSE-listed drilling contractor with operations primarily in the United States, Canada and the Middle East. From 2009 to 2010, and for a period in 2007, Mr. McNally served as an Investment Principal for Kenda Capital LLC. In 2008, Mr. McNally served as the Chief Executive Officer of Dalbo Holdings, Inc. In 2006, Mr. McNally served as Executive Vice President of Operations and Finance for Warrior Energy Services Corp. From 2000 to 2005, Mr. McNally worked in corporate finance with Simmons & Company International. Mr. McNally began his career as an engineer with Schlumberger Limited and served in various capacities of increasing responsibility during his tenure from 1994 until 2000. In addition to his experience as an executive, Mr. McNally has had extensive experience in the boardroom, where he has served, at various times, on the boards of Warrior Energy Services, Dalbo Holdings, EQT Midstream Partners, EQT GP Holdings, Rice Midstream Partners and EQT Corporation. He has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Illinois, a B.A. in Mathematics from Knox College, and an M.B.A. from Tulane University Freeman School of Business. Mr. McNally brings a wealth of executive management, operational, and financial experience in the oil and gas industry to the Board.
Marguerite Woung-Chapman
Ms. Woung-Chapman will be a Class II director and will serve as the Chairperson of the newly formed Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board. In 2018, Ms. Woung-Chapman served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed independent exploration and production company that was engaged in the development, exploitation and acquisition of oil and natural gas properties in the U.S. Gulf Coast region. Prior to that, from 2012 to 2017, Ms. Woung-Chapman served in various capacities at EP Energy Corporation, a private company that subsequently became an NYSE-listed independent oil and gas exploration and production company, including, among others, Senior Vice President, Land Administration, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Ms. Woung-Chapman began her career as a corporate attorney with El Paso Corporation (including its predecessors) and served in various capacities of increasing responsibility during her tenure from 1991 until 2012, including, among others, Vice President, Legal Shared Services, Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer. She has a B.S. in Linguistics from Georgetown University and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center. Commencing on June 1, 2020, Ms. Woung-Chapman will also serve as the Chair of the Board of Directors and President of the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council, which is the second largest Girl Scout council in the country. Ms. Woung-Chapman has valuable and extensive experience in all aspects of management and strategic direction of publicly-traded energy companies and brings a unique combination of corporate governance, regulatory, compliance, legal and business administration experience to the Board.
Warrants
Concurrent with the closing of the GP Buy-in Transaction, SMLP entered into (i) a warrant to purchase up to 8,059,609 Common Units with SMP Topco, LLC, an affiliate of ECP ("ECP NewCo) (the "ECP NewCo Warrant") and (ii) a warrant to purchase up to 1,940,391 common units with SMLP Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of ECP ("ECP Holdings") (the "ECP Holdings Warrant" and together with the ECP NewCo Warrant, the "ECP Warrants"). The exercise price under the ECP Warrants is $1.02 per SMLP common unit. SMLP may issue a maximum of 10,000,000 common units under the ECP Warrants. Upon exercise of the ECP Warrants, the proceeds to the holders of the ECP Warrants, whether in the form of cash or common units, will be capped at $2.00 per Common Unit above the exercise price.
The GP Buy-in Transaction was unanimously approved by the Conflicts Committee of the Board, which consists entirely of independent directors. The conflicts committee engaged Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. as its independent financial advisor and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as its legal advisor. SMLP engaged Guggenheim Securities, LLC as its financial advisor and Baker Botts L.L.P. as its legal advisor. ECP engaged Latham & Watkins LLP as its legal advisor.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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HOUSTON, May 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today its financial and operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2020, including net income of $5.3 million, adjusted EBITDA of $66.1 million and DCF of $34.2 million. Operated natural gas volume throughput averaged 1,281 MMcf/d and liquids volume throughput averaged 98 Mbbl/d in the quarter. Natural gas volume throughput benefitted from the on-time commissioning of a five-well pad site behind our Utica Shale gathering system in mid-March 2020. This pad site is generating aggregate production rates in excess of 160 MMcf/d, which exceeded the expectations set forth in our original financial guidance by more than 15%. We expect this system will be a growth driver for us over the next several quarters as natural gas forward pricing has strengthened in the second half of 2020 and will incentivize upstream activity in this and other natural gas-focused basins in which we operate.
Heath Deneke, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We are operating in unprecedented times given the prevailing commodity price backdrop and COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of the current environment, many of our customers have updated their forecasts to reflect the steps they are taking to reduce capital budgets, delay and defer drilling and completion activities, and on a limited scale, temporarily curtail existing production. On May 3, 2020, we released updated 2020 adjusted EBITDA and capital expenditures guidance that was based on revised customer information. As previously reported, we expect our 2020 adjusted EBITDA to trend towards the low-end of our original $260 million to $285 million guidance range and for our 2020 capital expenditures range to be down by 33% at the midpoint. We will continue to monitor our customers' month to month decisions regarding to what extent, if any, curtailments of production will continue beyond May 2020 and we will continue to work aggressively to find ways to further reduce operating expenses and capital expenditures. I'm proud of how quickly our employees have adapted to the current environment, while maintaining their commitment to operate safely, effectively and focus on initiatives that are within our control."
"Many of our customers, particularly in our liquids-focused areas such as the Williston and DJ basins, have responded to the current market conditions by reducing rig activity and deferring well completions. Our customers currently have nearly 60 DUCs behind our liquids-oriented assets, which represent an identifiable catalyst once crude oil prices improve. Natural gas prices have strengthened in recent weeks and while that is encouraging over the longer term, at this time, we do not expect near term volumes in our natural gas-focused areas to change materially relative to our original financial guidance for 2020. Challenging markets like the one we are currently in highlight the strength of Summit's diversified business model. For the first quarter of 2020, approximately 69% of our segment adjusted EBITDA originated from our natural gas-focused segments, which provide relative stability for SMLP while preserving significant upside relative to future improvements to crude oil and liquids prices."
"In an effort to continue to reposition the business and transform our governance structure to be fully aligned with SMLP unitholders, on May 3, 2020, we entered into a definitive agreement with Energy Capital Partners II, LLC ("ECP") to acquire Summit Midstream Partners, LLC, the private entity that owns SMP Holdings, as well as 5.9 million common units owned directly by ECP, for $35 million in cash plus warrants covering 10 million SMLP common units. As a result of this acquisition, SMP Holdings will become an indirect, unrestricted subsidiary of SMLP, which will give us ownership of SMLP's general partner, the $180.75 million DPPO receivable, and 45.3 million SMLP units. SMP Holdings will remain liable for a $158.2 million term loan which is due in May 2022 and is secured by 34.6 million SMLP common units and the GP interest. As an unrestricted subsidiary, SMP Holdings' term loan will continue to be non-recourse indebtedness to SMLP and its operating subsidiaries."
"This simplification transaction is transformational for SMLP and upon closing, the Board will consist of a majority of independent directors. Concurrent with the closing of the transaction, we will also amend our partnership agreement to provide for the public election of directors beginning in 2022, which further aligns the interests of the Board and our public unitholders. We are very excited about this transaction and believe it is in the best long-term interest of all of SMLP's stakeholders."
"Liquidity and balance sheet strength is paramount for SMLP, particularly during this volatile time in the crude oil and natural gas market, and we believe the GP Buy-in Transaction prioritizes this focus. Concurrent with the GP Buy-in Transaction, we announced the suspension of approximately $76 million of annualized common and preferred distributions which otherwise would have been distributed out of the business. In connection with the GP Buy-in Transaction, the $35 million of acquisition proceeds will be loaned back from ECP to Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC, thereby enhancing our liquidity and financial flexibility. As a result of the decision to suspend our common and preferred distributions, SMLP expects to generate sufficient cash in 2020, after capital expenditures, to reduce outstanding indebtedness by more than $100 million."
"We also continue to actively evaluate potential asset divestitures and joint ventures of certain of our Legacy and Core Focus Areas and will continue to do so in a patient and disciplined manner. Our expectation is that any divestiture will serve to further accelerate de-leveraging of SMLP's balance sheet."
2020 Financial Guidance
SMLP is reaffirming the updated 2020 financial guidance that it provided on May 3, 2020. Projections associated with this guidance are subject to risks and uncertainties as described in the "Forward-Looking Statements" section at the end of this release.
The financial guidance incorporates a slow-down in activity and a deferral of well completions from customers predominantly in the Williston Basin and DJ Basin reportable segments. The guidance also incorporates instances of temporary economic shut-ins of existing production as a result of the low commodity price environment and prevailing storage constraints in certain crude oil and condensate production basins, including the Williston Basin, DJ Basin and the condensate window of the Utica Shale. Although many producers in the Permian Basin have announced plans to reduce activity, we currently expect volume throughput and the activity from our customers to be in-line with the forecast used to produce our initial guidance range. SMLP's 2020 financial guidance remains largely unchanged relative to its initial guidance for its natural gas-focused reportable segments.
Our 2020 growth capital expenditures plan is relatively flexible and can adapt to changing market conditions given that most projects are aligned with the schedules of our customers and in many cases can be canceled or deferred. As such, we reduced our planned investments for 2020, which are comprised of primarily growth capital reductions, by 33% relative to our original financial guidance at the midpoint. Below is a summary of the updates that were released on May 3, 2020 to our 2020 financial guidance:
Updates to Financial Guidance (Released on May 3, 2020)
First Quarter 2020 Business Highlights
In the first quarter of 2020, SMLP's average daily natural gas throughput for its operated systems decreased 5.5% relative to the fourth quarter of 2019, to 1,281 MMcf/d, and liquids volumes decreased 17.3% relative to the fourth quarter of 2019, to 98 Mbbl/d. SMLP's customers currently have approximately 89 DUCs in inventory upstream of our systems.
Core Focus Areas:
Legacy Areas:
The following table presents average daily throughput by reportable segment on a quarter-over-quarter basis:
Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
Average daily throughput (MMcf/d): | ||||||||
Utica Shale | 222 | 286 | ||||||
Williston Basin (1) | 14 | 16 | ||||||
DJ Basin | 32 | 21 | ||||||
Permian Basin | 33 | 15 | ||||||
Piceance Basin (2) | 383 | 485 | ||||||
Barnett Shale | 233 | 260 | ||||||
Marcellus Shale | 364 | 379 | ||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput | 1,281 | 1,462 | ||||||
Average daily throughput (Mbbl/d): | ||||||||
Williston Basin | 98 | 103 | ||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput | 98 | 103 | ||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (3) | 610 | 711 |
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(1) | The Williston Basin segment includes the Tioga Midstream system, which was sold in March 2019. |
(2) | The Piceance Basin segment includes the RRG West system, which was sold in December 2019. |
(3) | Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, subject to a one-month lag. |
The following table presents adjusted EBITDA by reportable segment on a quarter-over-quarter basis:
Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Reportable segment adjusted EBITDA (1): | ||||||||
Utica Shale | $ | 5,928 | $ | 6,193 | ||||
Ohio Gathering (2) | 7,939 | 9,210 | ||||||
Williston Basin (3) | 16,192 | 18,734 | ||||||
DJ Basin | 5,911 | 2,673 | ||||||
Permian Basin | 1,581 | (550) | ||||||
Piceance Basin (4) | 23,557 | 25,999 | ||||||
Barnett Shale | 8,760 | 11,374 | ||||||
Marcellus Shale | 5,320 | 5,142 | ||||||
Total | $ | 75,188 | $ | 78,775 | ||||
Less: Corporate and Other (5) | 9,102 | 9,805 | ||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 66,086 | $ | 68,970 |
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(1) | We define segment adjusted EBITDA as total revenues less total costs and expenses, plus (i) other income excluding interest income, (ii) our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, (iii) depreciation and amortization, (iv) adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, (v) adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity, (vi) unit-based and noncash compensation, (vii) change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation, (viii) impairments and (ix) other noncash expenses or losses, less other noncash income or gains. |
(2) | Represents our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA for Ohio Gathering, subject to a one-month lag. We define proportional adjusted EBITDA for our equity method investees as the product of (i) total revenues less total expenses, excluding impairments and other noncash income or expense items and (ii) amortization for deferred contract costs; multiplied by our ownership interest in Ohio Gathering during the respective period. |
(3) | The Williston Basin segment includes the Tioga Midstream system, which was sold in March 2019. |
(4) | The Piceance Basin segment includes the RRG West system, which was sold in December 2019. |
(5) | Corporate and Other represents those results that are not specifically attributable to a reportable segment (such as Double E) or that have not been allocated to our reportable segments, including certain general and administrative expense items, natural gas and crude oil marketing services, interest expense and a change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. |
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures totaled $18.6 million in the first quarter of 2020, including maintenance capital expenditures of $5.1 million, a decrease of 39.3% compared to the fourth quarter of 2019. Capital expenditures in the first quarter of 2020 were primarily related to growth projects in our Williston Basin, DJ Basin and Permian Basin segments, as well as expenditures associated with the relocation of our corporate headquarters.
Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Cash paid for capital expenditures (1): | ||||||||
Utica Shale | $ | 909 | $ | 101 | ||||
Williston Basin | 4,943 | 8,023 | ||||||
DJ Basin | 6,298 | 28,356 | ||||||
Permian Basin | 3,281 | 7,057 | ||||||
Piceance Basin | 346 | 1,226 | ||||||
Barnett Shale (2) | 657 | (118) | ||||||
Marcellus Shale | 422 | 102 | ||||||
Total reportable segment capital expenditures | 16,856 | 44,747 | ||||||
Corporate and Other (3) | 1,727 | 16,101 | ||||||
Total cash paid for capital expenditures | $ | 18,583 | $ | 60,848 |
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(1) | Excludes cash paid for capital expenditures by Ohio Gathering and Double E (after June 2019) due to equity method accounting. |
(2) | For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the amount includes sales tax reimbursements of $1.1 million. |
(3) | For the three months ended March 31, 2019, and through the formation date of the Double E joint venture in June 2019, reflects 100% of the capital expenditures associated with Double E and excludes capital contributions made by our JV partner. |
Capital & Liquidity
As of March 31, 2020, SMLP had $542.9 million of undrawn commitments under its $1.25 billion revolving credit facility. Subject to covenant limits, and after accounting for a $9.1 million issued but undrawn letter of credit, our available borrowing capacity at March 31, 2020 was approximately $120 million.
Based upon the terms of SMLP's revolving credit facility and total outstanding debt, net of cash, of $1.43 billion (inclusive of $800.0 million of senior unsecured notes), SMLP's total leverage ratio and senior secured leverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) as of March 31, 2020, were 5.05 to 1.0 and 2.26 to 1.0, respectively, relative to maximum threshold limits of 5.50 to 1.0 and 3.75 to 1.0.
Double E Update
During the first quarter of 2020, SMLP made cash investments totaling $58.0 million with respect to its 70% equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC and as of March 31, 2020, $65 million of the $80 million Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units had been issued. SMLP is actively pursuing a non-recourse commercial bank financing to fund the substantial majority of SMLP's remaining Double E capital obligations, which would defer to 2021 any additional SMLP investment beyond the approximately $10 million expected in 2020. The Double E project is proceeding in-line with our expected timeline. In March, we received an environmental assessment report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") and we continue to expect to receive a FERC 7(c) certificate for Double E in the third quarter of 2020.
MVC Shortfall Payments
SMLP billed its customers $12.9 million in the first quarter of 2020 related to MVC shortfalls. For those customers that do not have MVC shortfall credit banking mechanisms in their gathering agreements, the MVC shortfall payments are accounted for as gathering revenue in the period in which they are earned. In the first quarter of 2020, SMLP recognized $20.6 million of gathering revenue associated with MVC shortfall payments. SMLP also recognized $5.4 million of negative adjustments to MVC shortfall payments in the first quarter of 2020 related to shortfall payment adjustments from customers in the Williston Basin segment and the Piceance Basin segment. SMLP's MVC shortfall payment mechanisms contributed $15.1 million of total adjusted EBITDA in the first quarter of 2020.
Three months ended March 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
MVC Billings | Gathering | Adjustments | Net impact to | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: | ||||||||||||||||
Piceance Basin | $ | 3,658 | $ | 3,658 | $ | — | $ | 3,658 | ||||||||
Total net change | $ | 3,658 | $ | 3,658 | $ | — | $ | 3,658 | ||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: | ||||||||||||||||
Williston Basin | $ | 1,002 | $ | 8,792 | $ | (5,665) | $ | 3,127 | ||||||||
Piceance Basin | 6,956 | 6,851 | 223 | 7,074 | ||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 1,286 | 1,286 | — | 1,286 | ||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments | $ | 9,244 | $ | 16,929 | $ | (5,442) | $ | 11,487 | ||||||||
Total (1) | $ | 12,902 | $ | 20,587 | $ | (5,442) | $ | 15,145 |
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(1) Exclusive of Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
Quarterly Distribution Update
On May 3, 2020, the board of directors of SMLP's general partner suspended the distribution payable on its common units and on its 9.50% Series A fixed-to-floating rate cumulative redeemable perpetual preferred units. The suspension of the common and preferred distributions will enable SMLP to retain an incremental approximately $76 million of cash in the business annually, which it intends to use to de-lever the balance sheet, enhance liquidity and increase financial flexibility. The unpaid distributions on the preferred units will continue to accrue.
First Quarter 2020 Earnings Call Information
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, May 8, 2020, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 49631232. The conference call, webcast live and archive of the call can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We report financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). We also present adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow, each a non-GAAP financial measure. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss, plus interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity, unit-based and noncash compensation, the change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation present value, impairments, items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations and other noncash expenses or losses, less interest income, income tax benefit, income (loss) from equity method investees and other noncash income or gains. We define distributable cash flow as adjusted EBITDA plus cash interest received and cash taxes received, less cash interest paid, senior notes interest adjustment, distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders, Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment, cash taxes paid and maintenance capital expenditures. Because adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow may be defined differently by other entities in our industry, our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other entities, thereby diminishing their utility.
Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating our financial performance. Furthermore, management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures may provide external users of our financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others, with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods as they are expected to be reflective of our core ongoing business.
Adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow are used as supplemental financial measures by external users of our financial statements such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others.
Adjusted EBITDA is used to assess:
Distributable cash flow is used to assess:
Both of these measures have limitations as analytical tools and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. For example:
We compensate for the limitations of adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow as analytical tools by reviewing the comparable GAAP financial measures, understanding the differences between the financial measures and incorporating these data points into our decision-making process. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures are attached to this press release.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees and (ii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering, processing and transportation services pursuant to primarily long-term, fee-based agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 48.0% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns a 6.3% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, including forward-looking statements regarding 2020 financial guidance or financial or operating expectations for 2020, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | ||||||||
March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Assets | ||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 67,694 | $ | 4,948 | ||||
Restricted cash | 4,057 | 27,392 | ||||||
Accounts receivable | 83,648 | 102,118 | ||||||
Other current assets | 4,265 | 5,018 | ||||||
Total current assets | 159,664 | 139,476 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 1,869,882 | 1,882,251 | ||||||
Intangible assets, net | 224,076 | 232,278 | ||||||
Investment in equity method investees | 363,578 | 309,728 | ||||||
Other noncurrent assets | 7,735 | 9,718 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 2,624,935 | $ | 2,573,451 | ||||
Liabilities and Capital | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Trade accounts payable | $ | 22,294 | $ | 24,415 | ||||
Accrued expenses | 11,413 | 11,482 | ||||||
Due to affiliate | 776 | 311 | ||||||
Deferred revenue | 14,318 | 13,493 | ||||||
Ad valorem taxes payable | 3,696 | 8,477 | ||||||
Accrued interest | 15,370 | 12,311 | ||||||
Accrued environmental remediation | 2,016 | 1,725 | ||||||
Other current liabilities | 8,621 | 11,933 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 78,504 | 84,147 | ||||||
Long-term debt | 1,491,716 | 1,470,299 | ||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation | 180,750 | 178,453 | ||||||
Noncurrent deferred revenue | 43,045 | 38,709 | ||||||
Noncurrent accrued environmental remediation | 2,618 | 2,926 | ||||||
Other noncurrent liabilities | 8,044 | 7,951 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 1,804,677 | 1,782,485 | ||||||
Mezzanine Capital | ||||||||
Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units | 62,341 | 27,450 | ||||||
Partners' Capital | ||||||||
Series A Preferred Units | 300,741 | 293,616 | ||||||
Common limited partner capital | 457,176 | 469,900 | ||||||
Total partners' capital | 757,917 | 763,516 | ||||||
Total liabilities, mezzanine capital and partners' capital | $ | 2,624,935 | $ | 2,573,451 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | ||||||||
Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
(In thousands, except per-unit amounts) | ||||||||
Revenues: | ||||||||
Gathering services and related fees | $ | 83,792 | $ | 86,964 | ||||
Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales | 13,780 | 37,928 | ||||||
Other revenues | 7,331 | 6,516 | ||||||
Total revenues | 104,903 | 131,408 | ||||||
Costs and expenses: | ||||||||
Cost of natural gas and NGLs | 8,225 | 31,759 | ||||||
Operation and maintenance | 21,811 | 24,222 | ||||||
General and administrative (1) | 16,378 | 17,281 | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 29,629 | 27,727 | ||||||
Transaction costs | 11 | 950 | ||||||
Loss (gain) on asset sales, net | 115 | (961) | ||||||
Long-lived asset impairment (2) | 3,821 | 44,951 | ||||||
Total costs and expenses | 79,990 | 145,929 | ||||||
Other (expense) income | (428) | 209 | ||||||
Interest expense | (20,218) | (17,527) | ||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation | (2,297) | (4,427) | ||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes and income (loss) from equity method investees | 1,970 | (36,266) | ||||||
Income tax benefit (expense) | 28 | (207) | ||||||
Income (loss) from equity method investees | 3,311 | (441) | ||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 5,309 | $ | (36,914) | ||||
(Loss) income per limited partner unit: | ||||||||
Common unit – basic | $ | (0.03) | $ | (0.58) | ||||
Common unit – diluted | $ | (0.03) | $ | (0.58) | ||||
Weighted-average limited partner units outstanding: | ||||||||
Common units – basic | 93,675 | 75,793 | ||||||
Common units – diluted | 93,675 | 75,793 |
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(1) For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the amount includes $2.8 million of restructuring expenses. |
(2) For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the amount is associated with (i) our decision in March 2019 to idle our existing 20 MMcf/d DJ Basin processing plant in conjunction with the commissioning of our new 60 MMcf/d DJ Basin processing plant resulting in an impairment charge of $34.7 million; and (ii) our decommissioning in March 2019 of an underutilized Barnett Shale compressor station resulting in an impairment charge of $10.2 million. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||
UNAUDITED OTHER FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA | |||||||
Three months ended March 31, | |||||||
2020 | 2019 | ||||||
(Dollars in thousands) | |||||||
Other financial data: | |||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 5,309 | $ | (36,914) | |||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 73,968 | $ | 52,711 | |||
Capital expenditures | $ | 18,583 | $ | 60,848 | |||
Contributions to equity method investees | $ | 58,033 | $ | — | |||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 66,086 | $ | 68,970 | |||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 34,244 | $ | 40,228 | |||
Distributions declared (1) | $ | — | $ | 23,775 | |||
Distribution coverage ratio (2) | n/a | 1.69x | |||||
Operating data: | |||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – natural gas (MMcf/d) | 1,281 | 1,462 | |||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – liquids (Mbbl/d) | 98.0 | 103.0 | |||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (3) | 610 | 711 |
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(1) Represents distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of a given period. On May 3, 2020, the board of directors of SMLP's general partner announced an immediate suspension of the distribution payable on its common units and on its 9.50% Series A fixed-to-floating rate cumulative redeemable perpetual preferred units. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, represents the distributions declared in April 2019 and paid in May 2019. |
(2) Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended March 31, 2019 is based on distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of the first quarter of 2019. |
(3) Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, subject to a one-month lag. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | ||||||||
Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Reconciliations of net income or loss to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: | ||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 5,309 | $ | (36,914) | ||||
Add: | ||||||||
Interest expense | 20,218 | 17,527 | ||||||
Income tax (benefit) expense | (28) | 207 | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization (1) | 29,863 | 28,116 | ||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (2) | 7,939 | 9,210 | ||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (3) | (5,442) | (4,199) | ||||||
Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity (4) | (211) | (715) | ||||||
Unit-based and noncash compensation | 2,723 | 2,526 | ||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation (5) | 2,297 | 4,427 | ||||||
Loss (gain) on asset sales, net | 115 | (961) | ||||||
Long-lived asset impairment | 3,821 | 44,951 | ||||||
Other, net (6) | 2,793 | 4,354 | ||||||
Less: | ||||||||
Income (loss) from equity method investees | 3,311 | (441) | ||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 66,086 | $ | 68,970 | ||||
Less: | ||||||||
Cash interest paid | 16,523 | 15,229 | ||||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (7) | 3,063 | 3,063 | ||||||
Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment (8) | 7,125 | 7,125 | ||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | 5,131 | 3,325 | ||||||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 34,244 | $ | 40,228 | ||||
Distributions declared (9) | $ | — | $ | 23,775 | ||||
Distribution coverage ratio (10) | n/a | 1.69x |
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(1) Includes the amortization expense associated with our favorable gas gathering contracts as reported in other revenues. |
(2) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, subject to a one-month lag. |
(3) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments recognize the earnings from MVC shortfall payments ratably over the term of the associated MVC. |
(4) Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity represent contributions in aid of construction revenue recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"). |
(5) Deferred Purchase Price Obligation represents the change in the present value of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. |
(6) Represents items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations. For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the amount represents restructuring expenses. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the amount includes $3.4 million of severance expense associated with our former Chief Executive Officer and $0.9 million of transaction costs associated with the Equity Restructuring. |
(7) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 until maturity in April 2025. |
(8) Series A Preferred unit distribution adjustment represents the net of distributions paid and accrued on the Series A Preferred units. Distributions on the Series A preferred units are paid or accrued semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
(9) Represents distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of a given period. On May 3, 2020, the board of directors of SMLP's general partner announced an immediate suspension of the distribution payable on its common units and on its 9.50% Series A fixed-to-floating rate cumulative redeemable perpetual preferred units. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, represents the distributions declared in April 2019 and paid in May 2019. |
(10) Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended March 31, 2019 is based on distributions declared in respect of the first quarter of 2019. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | ||||||||
March 31, | ||||||||
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: | ||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 73,968 | $ | 52,711 | ||||
Add: | ||||||||
Interest expense, excluding amortization of debt issuance costs | 19,109 | 16,447 | ||||||
Income tax (benefit) expense | (28) | 207 | ||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities | (24,075) | 303 | ||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (1) | 7,939 | 9,210 | ||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (2) | (5,442) | (4,199) | ||||||
Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity (3) | (211) | (715) | ||||||
Other, net (4) | 2,793 | 4,354 | ||||||
Less: | ||||||||
Distributions from equity method investees | 7,494 | 8,583 | ||||||
Noncash lease expense | 473 | 765 | ||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 66,086 | $ | 68,970 | ||||
Less: | ||||||||
Cash interest paid | 16,523 | 15,229 | ||||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (5) | 3,063 | 3,063 | ||||||
Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment (6) | 7,125 | 7,125 | ||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | 5,131 | 3,325 | ||||||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 34,244 | $ | 40,228 |
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(1) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, subject to a one-month lag. |
(2) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments are recognized in gathering services and related fees. |
(3) Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity represent contributions in aid of construction revenue recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"). |
(4) Represents items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations. For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the amount represents restructuring expenses. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the amount includes $3.4 million of severance expense associated with our former Chief Executive Officer and $0.9 million of transaction costs associated with the Equity Restructuring. |
(5) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 until maturity in April 2025. |
(6) Series A Preferred unit distribution adjustment represents the net of distributions paid and accrued on the Series A Preferred units. Distributions on the Series A Preferred units are paid or accrued semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
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HOUSTON, May 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Energy Capital Partners II, LLC ("ECP") to acquire Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments"), the privately held company that indirectly owns SMLP's general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC (the "GP"), as well as 5.9 million SMLP common units owned separately by ECP, for $35 million in cash plus warrants covering 10 million SMLP common units (the "GP Buy-in Transaction"). Pursuant to terms of the GP Buy-in Transaction, at closing, ECP will loan the full $35 million of cash proceeds to SMLP under a first-lien senior secured credit agreement which will bear interest at 8.0% per annum and the principal on which will be paid at maturity on March 31, 2021 (the "ECP Loan"). SMLP intends to utilize the proceeds of the ECP Loan to enhance its liquidity position and for general corporate purposes. The acquisition will result in a more simplified corporate structure whereby Summit Investments, and all of its subsidiaries, will become wholly owned subsidiaries of SMLP, and SMLP will be governed by a board consisting of a majority of independent directors.
Summit Investments owns 100% of Summit Midstream Partners Holdings, LLC ("SMP Holdings") which owns 100% of Summit Midstream GP, LLC, the general partner of SMLP, 45.3 million SMLP common units, cash on hand, and the $180.75 million deferred purchase price obligation ("DPPO") receivable, all of which will remain outstanding as of the closing. SMP Holdings will continue as the borrower under a $158.2 million term loan which matures in May 2022 and is secured by approximately 34.6 million of the SMLP common units owned by SMP Holdings and the GP interest. The acquired entities will be unrestricted subsidiaries under SMLP's senior notes indentures, and will not be guarantors or restricted subsidiaries under SMLP's revolving credit facility. As such, SMLP's financial performance covenant calculations will not include borrowings under the term loan.
SMLP also announced its intention to immediately suspend its distributions payable on its common units and on its 9.50% Series A fixed-to-floating rate cumulative redeemable perpetual preferred units. The suspension of the common and preferred distributions will enable SMLP to retain an incremental approximately $76 million of cash in the business annually, which it intends to use to de-lever the balance sheet, enhance liquidity and increase financial flexibility. The unpaid distributions on the preferred units will continue to accrue.
Upon closing of the GP Buy-in Transaction, all directors affiliated with ECP will resign from the Board of Directors of SMLP's General Partner (the "Board"). Going forward, the Board will consist of a majority of independent directors, thereby fully aligning the interests of the Board with SMLP's public unitholders. SMLP will amend its partnership agreement in connection with the GP Buy-in Transaction to provide for the public election of directors on a staggered basis beginning in 2022.
Heath Deneke, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "SMLP's announcement to acquire our general partner interests, place SMLP's control in the hands of a majority independent board and concurrently suspend our common distributions as well as payment on our preferred distributions sets up SMLP for long-term success. The suspension of approximately $76 million of common distributions and cash payment of our preferred distributions combined with the $35 million loan from ECP enhances SMLP's near term liquidity position and creates significant financial flexibility to help the business navigate through a turbulent and volatile time for the entire oil and gas industry."
"The GP Buy-in Transaction enables SMLP to continue to prioritize de-levering the business and improving the balance sheet. We expect to focus our efforts on maximizing internally generated operating cash flow in an effort to reduce outstanding debt and create equity value for our unitholders."
In connection with the GP Buy-in Transaction, SMLP will issue warrants covering 10,000,000 SMLP common units to ECP that will be exercisable for three years following the closing date. The exercise price will be established at 110% of the 3-day volume-weighted average price prior to the closing date of the GP Buy-In Transaction. The holder of the Series A warrants has the right to require SMLP to settle the warrants in additional SMLP units or cash, subject to SMLP meeting certain leverage metrics. Upon exercise of the warrant, the proceeds to the warrant holder, whether in the form of cash or SMLP units, will be capped at $2.00 per common unit above the exercise price.
SMLP expects the GP Buy-in Transaction to close in the second quarter of 2020, subject to certain closing conditions including finalization of the terms of the ECP Loan agreement.
The GP Buy-in Transaction was unanimously approved by the Conflicts Committee of the Board, which consists entirely of independent directors. The conflicts committee engaged Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. as its independent financial advisor and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as its legal advisor. SMLP engaged Guggenheim Securities, LLC as its financial advisor and Baker Botts L.L.P. as its legal advisor. ECP engaged Latham & Watkins LLP as its legal advisor.
2020 Financial Guidance Update & Preliminary First Quarter 2020 Financial Results
SMLP announced several updates to its 2020 financial guidance, including a new total capital expenditures range of $30 million to $50 million which, at the midpoint, is down 33% from the original range of $50 million to $70 million. Based on recently updated production forecasts and revised 2020 development plans from our customers, SMLP currently expects 2020 adjusted EBITDA to trend to the low-end of its original $260 million to $285 million guidance range.
Heath Deneke commented, "Over the past several weeks we have collaborated extensively with our customer base regarding reductions and delays to drilling and completion activities in light of the current commodity price backdrop and COVID-19 pandemic. While our original 2020 financial guidance incorporated extensive risking to our customers' development plans, given further deterioration of market conditions in March and April, we now expect adjusted EBITDA to trend towards the low-end of our original guidance range. This revision incorporates decreased drilling activity and the deferral of well completions from customers and, on a limited scale, temporary production curtailments predominantly in the Williston and DJ segments. Accordingly, we have reduced our original 2020 total capital expenditures guidance by 33% at the midpoint to a new range of $30 million to $50 million. Our new capex guidance continues to include approximately $10 million related to our equity investment in Double E."
"We are pleased to report that the well completions expected in the first quarter of 2020 for the Utica Shale segment, and incorporated in our original financial guidance, did occur in mid-March 2020 as expected, and initial production rates from these wells exceeded our forecast by more than 15%. Together with additional dry gas well completions behind our TPL-7 Connector in March and April, throughput levels on our Summit Utica gathering system in April averaged more than 400 MMcf/d, which is 57% higher than the 254 MMcf/d that we reported for the fourth quarter of 2019."
"We expect to report adjusted EBITDA of $65 million to $67 million for the first quarter of 2020, which includes over $1 million of transaction-related expenses during the quarter, including costs related to the GP Buy-in Transaction and other M&A processes we continue to evaluate. SMLP's net debt (outstanding indebtedness less cash on hand) as of March 31, 2020 was $1.43 billion, which is down 3.0% from $1.47 billion at December 31, 2019. We expect to report a total leverage ratio of approximately 5.05x as of March 31, 2020."
First Quarter 2020 Earnings Release and Earnings Call Schedule
SMLP also announced today that it will report operating and financial results for the first quarter of 2020 on Friday, May 8, 2020, before the start of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, May 8, 2020, to discuss its quarterly results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 49631232. The live or archived webcast of the conference call can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 48.0% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns a 6.3% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." In addition, any statement concerning future financial performance (including future revenues, earnings or growth rates), ongoing business strategies or prospects, and possible actions taken by us, our subsidiaries, Summit Investments or our Sponsor, including consummation of the GP Buy-in Transaction, are also forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, including forward-looking statements regarding 2020 financial guidance or financial or operating expectations for 2020, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees and (ii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
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HOUSTON, Texas, April 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced that on April 10, 2020, it received a formal notice from the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") indicating noncompliance with the continued listing standard set forth in Rule 802.01C of the NYSE Listed Company Manual because the average closing price of SMLP's common units had fallen below $1.00 per unit over a period of 30 consecutive trading days, which is the minimum average unit price for continued listing on the NYSE. SMLP has six months following the receipt of the formal noncompliance notice to cure the deficiency and regain compliance. During this period, SMLP's common units will continue trading on the NYSE under its existing ticker symbol, with the addition of a suffix indicating the "below criteria" status of its common units, as "SMLP.BC."
SMLP intends to regain compliance with the NYSE listing standards by pursuing measures that are in the best interests of SMLP and its unitholders, including: (i) enhanced capital discipline and operating margins, including a planned 30% reduction in 2020 capital expenditures and ongoing implementation of expense savings initiatives; (ii) debt reduction through capital market transactions and asset sales; and potentially (iii) consummation of a reverse unit split, subject to approval from SMLP's board of directors.
As required by the NYSE, SMLP intends to respond to the NYSE within ten business days with respect to its intent to cure the deficiency. SMLP can regain compliance at any time during the six-month cure period if on the last trading day of any calendar month during the cure period, its common units have a closing unit price of at least $1.00 and an average closing unit price of at least $1.00 over the 30 consecutive trading-day period ending on the last trading day of that month. If SMLP is unable to regain compliance, the NYSE will initiate procedures to suspend and delist SMLP's common units.
The notification from the NYSE does not affect SMLP's ongoing business operations or its Securities and Exchange Commission reporting requirements and does not conflict with or cause an event of default under any of SMLP's material debt agreements.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 48.5% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the non-economic general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns a 6.3% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2020, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, including forward-looking statements regarding the impact of the NYSE delisting notice and our ability to regain compliance with listing standards, planned capital expenditures, strategic transactions that might affect our debt levels and liquidity, the ability to consummate a reverse unit split, 2020 financial guidance or financial or operating expectations for 2020, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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HOUSTON, Texas, March 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that it has filed its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This report contains SMLP's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. A copy of the report is available for viewing and downloading on SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
SMLP unitholders may request a hard copy of the report, free of charge, by submitting a written request via email to ir@summitmidstream.com or via mail to:
Summit Midstream Partners, LP
Attn: Investor Relations
910 Louisiana Street, Suite 4200
Houston, TX 77002
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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HOUSTON, March 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that its 2019 tax packages, including the Schedule K-1, are now available online and may be accessed at https://partnerdatalink.com/Summit. SMLP will begin mailing the 2019 tax packages to unitholders on Tuesday, March 3, 2020.
For additional information or assistance, unitholders may also contact Partner DataLink via email at SummitK1Help@deloitte.com or via phone at (855) 375-4158 Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. CST or visit SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com under "Investors >> K-1 Tax Information."
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today its financial and operating results for the three months ended December 31, 2019, including a net loss of $327.1 million, adjusted EBITDA of $77.5 million, DCF of $47.1 million, and a quarterly distribution coverage ratio of 4.0x. Net loss for the quarter was primarily related to a $336.7 million non-cash impairment associated with our equity investments in Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate due to an expected decrease in customer activity as a result of lower forward commodity prices. Net loss also included a $14.2 million non-cash impairment related to the $12.0 million sale of a natural gas gathering and processing sub-system in the Piceance Basin ("RRG West") in December 2019, and $5.7 million of restructuring, severance and transaction expenses associated with the November 2019 DPPO amendment and our ongoing initiative to reduce our cost structure.
Heath Deneke, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "SMLP has taken a number of actions since the fourth quarter of 2019 to prepare for a challenging macro environment in 2020. In general, we expect a reduction in our customers' 2020 drilling and completion activities compared to 2019 as a result of a weakening commodity price backdrop, together with more limited access to capital in the upstream sector. Our 2020 adjusted EBITDA guidance of $260 million to $285 million is based on current plans from our customers, with the lower end of guidance incorporating a substantial amount of risking to each customer's development timelines and production forecasts, which we believe reflects the current market backdrop. If our customers perform consistently with the recent forecasts that they have provided, we will be positioned to achieve the high end of our guidance range. We expect 2020 total capital expenditures of $50 million to $70 million, including maintenance capex and approximately $10 million related to our equity method investment in Double E."
"We made significant progress on a number of major initiatives since the fourth quarter that were designed to mitigate the negative impact of further industry weakness in 2020, strengthen the balance sheet, increase our financial flexibility, and right-size our cost structure. These initiatives included:
"We believe that the above actions will enable SMLP to generate sufficient cash in 2020 to pay down approximately $50 million of outstanding debt, excluding the impact of any future potential asset sales. We continue to actively evaluate potential divestitures and joint ventures of certain of our assets, and will continue to do so in a patient and disciplined manner. Our expectation is that any divestiture will serve to accelerate de-leveraging of SMLP's balance sheet."
"We reported adjusted EBITDA in the fourth quarter of 2019 totaling $77.5 million, which was a quarterly record for SMLP, but slightly below our expectations, primarily due to deferred well connections in the quarter and faster than expected declines from new wells, primarily behind our Utica Shale and Ohio Gathering systems. Fourth quarter results reflected higher sequential adjusted EBITDA across five of our eight reportable segments as a result of higher volumes and expense reductions that we began to realize in the quarter. The Williston Basin segment generated exceptionally strong results for the quarter, including a 12.6% sequential quarterly increase in volume throughput to a record 118.5 Mbbl/d, and a $6.4 million sequential quarterly increase in segment adjusted EBITDA."
2020 Financial Guidance
SMLP is releasing financial guidance for 2020, which is summarized in the table below. These projections are subject to risks and uncertainties as described in the "Forward-Looking Statements" section at the end of the release.
2020 Financial Guidance Range | |||
($ in millions) | Low | High | |
Natural Gas Throughput (MMcf/d) | |||
Core Focus Areas | 625 | - | 715 |
Legacy Areas | 900 | - | 945 |
Total | 1,525 | - | 1,660 |
Liquids Throughput (Mbbl/d) | 100 | - | 105 |
Adjusted EBITDA | |||
Core Focus Areas | $155 | - | $175 |
Legacy Areas | $135 | - | $140 |
Unallocated G&A, Other | ($30) | - | ($30) |
Total | $260 | - | $285 |
Capital Expenditures | |||
Growth Capital Expenditures | $37 | - | $53 |
Maintenance Capital Expenditures | $13 | - | $17 |
Total | $50 | - | $70 |
Current Distribution Coverage Ratio | 2.75x | - | 3.25x |
We believe our 2020 financial guidance reflects an appropriate level of risking to the most recent drill schedules and volume forecasts provided by our customers. The mid-point of our guidance incorporates an approximately 45% reduction in new well connects on our systems in 2020 as compared to 2019; however, approximately 70% of the new wells that are included in our forecast in 2020 are either drilled or are currently being drilled. The remaining new wells that are expected to be drilled and completed in our 2020 forecasts have active permits and have recently been affirmed by our customers to be included in their 2020 capital programs. Our customers are currently operating 6 drilling rigs behind our systems. We expect the vast majority of our customers' well completion activities to occur between the second and fourth quarters of the year. SMLP's 2020 financial guidance also includes the impact of contractual MVC step-downs, including a $4.8 million decrease relative to 2019 in the Barnett Shale, a $3.3 million decrease in the Piceance Basin, and a $1.0 million decrease in the Williston Basin. Our guidance also includes the $10 million benefit from a cost savings initiative that we began in 2019, but does not fully incorporate the up to $20 million run rate benefit that we are targeting by the end of 2020.
Capital Expenditures
Fourth Quarter 2019 Business Highlights
In the fourth quarter of 2019, SMLP's average daily natural gas throughput for its operated systems decreased 2.7% over the third quarter of 2019 to 1,356 MMcf/d, and liquids volumes increased 12.6% over the third quarter of 2019 to 118.5 Mbbl/d. SMLP's customers currently maintain more than 110 DUCs in inventory upstream of our systems.
Core Focus Areas:
Legacy Areas:
The following table presents average daily throughput by reportable segment on a quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year basis:
Three months ended | Year ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||||||||
Average daily throughput (MMcf/d): | ||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale | 254 | 309 | 273 | 359 | ||||||||||||
Williston Basin (1) | 13 | 18 | 12 | 18 | ||||||||||||
DJ Basin | 35 | 21 | 27 | 17 | ||||||||||||
Permian Basin | 25 | 3 | 19 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Piceance Basin (2) | 415 | 526 | 452 | 551 | ||||||||||||
Barnett Shale | 237 | 255 | 251 | 253 | ||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 377 | 401 | 363 | 474 | ||||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput | 1,356 | 1,533 | 1,397 | 1,673 | ||||||||||||
Average daily throughput (Mbbl/d): | ||||||||||||||||
Williston Basin | 118.5 | 108.9 | 105.3 | 94.9 | ||||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput | 118.5 | 108.9 | 105.3 | 94.9 | ||||||||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (3) | 726 | 780 | 732 | 769 |
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(1) | The Williston Basin segment includes the Tioga Midstream system, which was sold in March 2019. |
(2) | The Piceance Basin segment includes the RRG West system, which was sold in December 2019. |
(3) | Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, subject to a one-month lag. |
The following table presents adjusted EBITDA by reportable segment on a quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year basis:
Three months ended December 31, | Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||||||||
Reportable segment adjusted EBITDA (1): | |||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale | $ | 8,595 | $ | 5,826 | $ | 29,292 | $ | 30,285 | |||||||||
Ohio Gathering (2) | 9,542 | 10,386 | 39,126 | 39,969 | |||||||||||||
Williston Basin (3) | 20,213 | 21,852 | 69,437 | 76,701 | |||||||||||||
DJ Basin | 6,625 | 3,030 | 18,668 | 7,558 | |||||||||||||
Permian Basin | 117 | (309) | (879) | (1,200) | |||||||||||||
Piceance Basin (4) | 24,138 | 28,832 | 98,765 | 111,042 | |||||||||||||
Barnett Shale | 9,560 | 11,498 | 43,043 | 43,268 | |||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 5,316 | 5,498 | 20,051 | 24,267 | |||||||||||||
Total | $ | 84,106 | $ | 86,613 | $ | 317,503 | $ | 331,890 | |||||||||
Less: Corporate and Other (5) | 6,569 | 9,748 | 30,362 | 37,805 | |||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 77,537 | $ | 76,865 | $ | 287,141 | $ | 294,085 |
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(1) | We define segment adjusted EBITDA as total revenues less total costs and expenses, plus (i) other income excluding interest income, (ii) our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, (iii) depreciation and amortization, (iv) adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, (v) adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity, (vi) unit-based and noncash compensation, (vii) change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation, (viii) impairments and (ix) other noncash expenses or losses, less other noncash income or gains. |
(2) | Represents our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA for Ohio Gathering, subject to a one-month lag. We define proportional adjusted EBITDA for our equity method investees as the product of (i) total revenues less total expenses, excluding impairments and other noncash income or expense items and (ii) amortization for deferred contract costs; multiplied by our ownership interest in Ohio Gathering during the respective period. |
(3) | The Williston Basin segment includes the Tioga Midstream system, which was sold in March 2019. |
(4) | The Piceance Basin segment includes the RRG West system, which was sold in December 2019. |
(5) | Corporate and Other represents those results that are not specifically attributable to a reportable segment (such as Double E) or that have not been allocated to our reportable segments, including certain general and administrative expense items, natural gas and crude oil marketing services, interest expense and a change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. |
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures totaled $30.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, including maintenance capital expenditures of $3.6 million, a decrease of 24.5% compared to the third quarter of 2019. Capital expenditures in the fourth quarter of 2019 were primarily related to the commissioning of the 60 MMcf/d processing plant in the DJ Basin along with associated compressor station investments as well as pad connection capital expenditures in the Utica Shale and Williston Basin. SMLP also made capital contributions totaling $7.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, with respect to its 70% equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC.
Year ended December 31, | ||||||||
2019 | 2018 | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Cash paid for capital expenditures (1): | ||||||||
Utica Shale | $ | 3,902 | $ | 5,719 | ||||
Williston Basin | 30,861 | 25,202 | ||||||
DJ Basin | 80,487 | 64,920 | ||||||
Permian Basin | 47,263 | 83,823 | ||||||
Piceance Basin | 1,946 | 7,887 | ||||||
Barnett Shale (2) | 184 | 1,370 | ||||||
Marcellus Shale | 693 | 1,030 | ||||||
Total reportable segment capital expenditures | 165,336 | 189,951 | ||||||
Corporate and Other (3) | 16,955 | 10,635 | ||||||
Total cash paid for capital expenditures | $ | 182,291 | $ | 200,586 |
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(1) | Excludes cash paid for capital expenditures by Ohio Gathering and Double E (after June 2019) due to equity method accounting. |
(2) | For the year ended December 31, 2019, the amount includes sales tax reimbursements of $1.1 million. |
(3) | For 2019, and through the formation date of the Double E joint venture in June 2019, reflects 100% of the capital expenditures associated with Double E and excludes capital contributions made by our JV partner. |
Capital & Liquidity
As of December 31, 2019, SMLP had $563.9 million of undrawn commitments under its $1.25 billion revolving credit facility. Subject to covenant limits, and after accounting for an issued but undrawn letter of credit, our available borrowing capacity at December 31, 2019 was approximately $100 million. Based upon the terms of SMLP's revolving credit facility and total outstanding debt of $1.48 billion (inclusive of $800.0 million of senior unsecured notes), SMLP's total leverage ratio and senior secured leverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) as of December 31, 2019, were 5.1 to 1.0 and 2.3 to 1.0, respectively, relative to maximum threshold limits of 5.5 to 1.0 and 3.75 to 1.0.
SMLP's total and senior secured leverage ratios at December 31, 2019 were negatively impacted by a Barnett Shale customer's decision to not make a multi-year MVC shortfall payment totaling $7.3 million when due in the fourth quarter of 2019. SMLP is disputing this customer's decision and is pursuing all available means to collect any and all amounts owed by this customer. Upon collection, the revolving credit facility will permit SMLP to recognize this MVC shortfall payment as EBITDA in the leverage ratio calculations. If this payment had been made when due, total leverage ratio at December 31, 2019 would have been 5.0 to 1.0.
Double E Financing Plan
In December 2019, SMLP announced that it had entered into agreements with an affiliate of TPG, a global alternative asset firm ("TPG"), for the purchase of up to $80 million of redeemable, preferred interests in Summit Permian Transmission Holdco, LLC ("Permian Holdco"), a newly created, unrestricted subsidiary of SMLP that indirectly owns SMLP's 70% interest in Double E Pipeline, LLC ("Double E"). In connection with the transaction, TPG will fund the next $80 million of Permian Holdco's capital calls associated with Double E. Permian Holdco will pay an annualized distribution rate of 7% on the outstanding preferred units and has the option to pay this in-kind during the construction period. In addition, the parties have agreed to certain features that allow Permian Holdco to issue up to an additional $60 million of preferred units under the same terms and conditions.
Concurrently with the receipt of Double E's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") 7(c) certificate, which is expected in the third quarter of 2020, SMLP expects to utilize a non-recourse commercial bank financing to fund the substantial majority of SMLP's remaining capital obligations, and further shift its Double E capital commitments in 2020 to a third party. In total, SMLP expects that the preferred equity financing and the bank financing will cover more than 70% of SMLP's $350 million funding obligation associated with Double E.
MVC Shortfall Payments
SMLP billed its customers $29.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2019 related to MVC shortfalls. For those customers that do not have MVC shortfall credit banking mechanisms in their gathering agreements, the MVC shortfall payments are accounted for as gathering revenue in the period in which they are earned. In the fourth quarter of 2019, SMLP recognized $14.5 million of gathering revenue associated with MVC shortfall payments. SMLP also recognized $0.6 million of adjustments to MVC shortfall payments in the fourth quarter of 2019 related to shortfall payments from customers in the Williston Basin segment and the Barnett Shale segment. SMLP's Barnett Shale MVC expired in the fourth quarter of 2019. SMLP's MVC shortfall payment mechanisms contributed $15.1 million of total adjusted EBITDA in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Three months ended December 31, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
MVC Billings | Gathering | Adjustments | Net impact | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: | ||||||||||||||||
Piceance Basin | $ | 3,370 | $ | 3,370 | $ | — | $ | 3,370 | ||||||||
Total net change | $ | 3,370 | $ | 3,370 | $ | — | $ | 3,370 | ||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: | ||||||||||||||||
Williston Basin | $ | 9,105 | $ | 1,476 | $ | 1,387 | $ | 2,863 | ||||||||
Piceance Basin | 8,543 | 7,129 | — | 7,129 | ||||||||||||
Barnett Shale | 7,264 | 1,264 | (779) | 485 | ||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 1,295 | 1,295 | — | 1,295 | ||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments | $ | 26,207 | $ | 11,164 | $ | 608 | $ | 11,772 | ||||||||
Total (1) | $ | 29,577 | $ | 14,534 | $ | 608 | $ | 15,142 |
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(1) Exclusive of Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
Year ended December 31, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
MVC Billings | Gathering | Adjustments | Net impact | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: | ||||||||||||||||
Piceance Basin | $ | 13,476 | $ | 13,476 | $ | — | $ | 13,476 | ||||||||
Total net change | $ | 13,476 | $ | 13,476 | $ | — | $ | 13,476 | ||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: | ||||||||||||||||
Williston Basin | $ | 11,461 | $ | 11,461 | $ | — | $ | 11,461 | ||||||||
Piceance Basin | 28,900 | 28,900 | (103) | 28,797 | ||||||||||||
Barnett Shale | 7,264 | 1,264 | 3,579 | 4,843 | ||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 5,073 | 5,073 | — | 5,073 | ||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments | $ | 52,698 | $ | 46,698 | $ | 3,476 | $ | 50,174 | ||||||||
Total (1) | $ | 66,174 | $ | 60,174 | $ | 3,476 | $ | 63,650 |
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(1) Exclusive of Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
Quarterly Distribution
On January 29, 2020, the board of directors of SMLP's general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.125 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $0.50 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended December 31, 2019. This distribution was paid on February 14, 2020, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on February 7, 2020.
Fourth Quarter 2019 Earnings Call Information
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, February 28, 2020, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 49342130. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until March 13, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 49342130#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
Upcoming Investor Conferences
Members of SMLP's senior management team will participate in the Barclays Midstream & Infrastructure Corporate Access Days in New York, New York on March 3, 2020. The presentation materials associated with this event will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of the conference.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We report financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). We also present adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow, each a non-GAAP financial measure. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss, plus interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity, unit-based and noncash compensation, the change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation present value, impairments, items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations and other noncash expenses or losses, less interest income, income tax benefit, income (loss) from equity method investees and other noncash income or gains. We define distributable cash flow as adjusted EBITDA plus cash interest received and cash taxes received, less cash interest paid, senior notes interest adjustment, distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders, Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment, cash taxes paid and maintenance capital expenditures. Because adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow may be defined differently by other entities in our industry, our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other entities, thereby diminishing their utility.
Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating our financial performance. Furthermore, management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures may provide external users of our financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others, with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods as they are expected to be reflective of our core ongoing business.
Adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow are used as supplemental financial measures by external users of our financial statements such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others.
Adjusted EBITDA is used to assess:
Distributable cash flow is used to assess:
Both of these measures have limitations as analytical tools and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. For example:
We compensate for the limitations of adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow as analytical tools by reviewing the comparable GAAP financial measures, understanding the differences between the financial measures and incorporating these data points into our decision-making process. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures are attached to this press release.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees and (ii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 48.5% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the non-economic general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns a 6.3% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
Investors are cautioned that certain statements contained in this release are "forward-looking" statements. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." In addition, any statement concerning future financial performance (including future revenues, earnings or growth rates), ongoing business strategies or prospects, and possible actions taken by us, our subsidiaries, Summit Investments or our Sponsor, are also forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and projections about future events and are inherently subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of our management team. All forward-looking statements in this release and subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us, or to persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements in this paragraph. These risks and uncertainties include, among others:
Developments in any of these areas could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated or projected or cause a significant reduction in the market price of our common units, preferred units and senior notes.
The foregoing list of risks and uncertainties may not contain all of the risks and uncertainties that could affect us. In addition, in light of these risks and uncertainties, the matters referred to in the forward-looking statements contained in this document may not in fact occur. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed on these statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law.
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | ||||||||
December 31, | December 31, | |||||||
2019 | 2018 | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Assets | ||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 32,340 | $ | 4,345 | ||||
Accounts receivable | 102,118 | 97,936 | ||||||
Other current assets | 5,018 | 3,971 | ||||||
Total current assets | 139,476 | 106,252 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 1,882,251 | 1,963,713 | ||||||
Intangible assets, net | 232,278 | 273,416 | ||||||
Goodwill | — | 16,211 | ||||||
Investment in equity method investees | 309,728 | 649,250 | ||||||
Other noncurrent assets | 9,718 | 11,720 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 2,573,451 | $ | 3,020,562 | ||||
Liabilities and Capital | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Trade accounts payable | $ | 24,415 | $ | 38,414 | ||||
Accrued expenses | 11,482 | 21,963 | ||||||
Due to affiliate | 311 | 240 | ||||||
Deferred revenue | 13,493 | 11,467 | ||||||
Ad valorem taxes payable | 8,477 | 10,550 | ||||||
Accrued interest | 12,311 | 12,286 | ||||||
Accrued environmental remediation | 1,725 | 2,487 | ||||||
Other current liabilities | 11,933 | 12,645 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 84,147 | 110,052 | ||||||
Long-term debt | 1,470,299 | 1,257,731 | ||||||
Noncurrent Deferred Purchase Price Obligation | 178,453 | 383,934 | ||||||
Noncurrent deferred revenue | 38,709 | 39,504 | ||||||
Noncurrent accrued environmental remediation | 2,926 | 3,149 | ||||||
Other noncurrent liabilities | 7,951 | 4,968 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 1,782,485 | 1,799,338 | ||||||
Mezzanine Capital | ||||||||
Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units | 27,450 | — | ||||||
Partners' Capital | ||||||||
Series A Preferred Units | 293,616 | 293,616 | ||||||
Common limited partner capital | 469,900 | 902,358 | ||||||
General Partner interests | — | 25,250 | ||||||
Total partners' capital | 763,516 | 1,221,224 | ||||||
Total liabilities, mezzanine capital and partners' capital | $ | 2,573,451 | $ | 3,020,562 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Three months ended December 31, | Year ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||||||||
(In thousands, except per-unit amounts) | ||||||||||||||||
Revenues: | ||||||||||||||||
Gathering services and related fees | $ | 83,708 | $ | 84,243 | $ | 326,747 | $ | 344,616 | ||||||||
Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales | 18,556 | 42,809 | 86,994 | 134,834 | ||||||||||||
Other revenues | 9,983 | 6,619 | 29,787 | 27,203 | ||||||||||||
Total revenues | 112,247 | 133,671 | 443,528 | 506,653 | ||||||||||||
Costs and expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
Cost of natural gas and NGLs | 12,636 | 36,112 | 63,438 | 107,661 | ||||||||||||
Operation and maintenance | 23,416 | 23,426 | 97,587 | 96,878 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative (1) | 16,695 | 13,211 | 54,139 | 52,877 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 28,273 | 26,896 | 110,206 | 107,100 | ||||||||||||
Transaction costs | 709 | — | 1,788 | — | ||||||||||||
Loss (gain) on asset sales, net | 59 | 6 | (1,536) | — | ||||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment (2) | 15,486 | 5,059 | 60,507 | 7,186 | ||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment (3) | — | — | 16,211 | — | ||||||||||||
Total costs and expenses | 97,274 | 104,710 | 402,340 | 371,702 | ||||||||||||
Other income (expense) | 147 | (247) | 451 | (169) | ||||||||||||
Interest expense | (19,626) | (15,714) | (74,429) | (60,535) | ||||||||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation | 13,881 | 32,784 | 1,982 | (20,975) | ||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes and loss from equity method investees | 9,375 | 45,784 | (30,808) | 53,272 | ||||||||||||
Income tax benefit (expense) | 196 | 55 | (1,174) | (33) | ||||||||||||
Loss from equity method investees (4) | (336,654) | (7,185) | (337,851) | (10,888) | ||||||||||||
Net (loss) income | $ | (327,083) | $ | 38,654 | $ | (369,833) | $ | 42,351 | ||||||||
(Loss) income per limited partner unit: | ||||||||||||||||
Common unit – basic | $ | (3.79) | $ | 0.39 | $ | (4.84) | $ | 0.06 | ||||||||
Common unit – diluted | $ | (3.79) | $ | 0.39 | $ | (4.84) | $ | 0.06 | ||||||||
Weighted-average limited partner units outstanding: | ||||||||||||||||
Common units – basic | 88,110 | 73,369 | 82,365 | 73,304 | ||||||||||||
Common units – diluted | 88,110 | 73,767 | 82,365 | 73,615 |
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(1) For the three months and the year ended December 31, 2019, the amount includes $5.0 million of restructuring expenses. For the year ended December 31, 2019, includes $3.4 million of severance expenses. For three months and the year ended December 31, 2018, the amount includes $1.1 million of severance expenses. |
(2) For the year ended December 31, 2019, the amount is associated with (i) our decision in March 2019 to idle our existing 20 MMcf/d DJ Basin processing plant in conjunction with the commissioning of our new 60 MMcf/d DJ Basin processing plant resulting in an impairment charge of $34.7 million; (ii) a $14.2 million impairment charge associated with the sale of certain Red Rock Gathering system assets in the fourth quarter of 2019; and (iii) our decommissioning in March 2019 of an underutilized Barnett Shale compressor station resulting in an impairment charge of $10.2 million. |
(3) For the year ended December 31, 2019, the amount represents an impairment charge associated with our annual goodwill testing of the Marcellus Shale reporting unit. |
(4) For the year ended December 31, 2019, the amount includes a $336.7 million impairment charge associated with our equity method investment in Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED OTHER FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended December 31, | Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
(Dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Other financial data: | |||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income | $ | (327,083) | $ | 38,654 | $ | (369,833) | $ | 42,351 | |||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 38,918 | $ | 61,437 | $ | 182,337 | $ | 227,929 | |||||||
Capital expenditures | $ | 30,628 | $ | 63,553 | $ | 182,291 | $ | 200,586 | |||||||
Contributions to equity method investees | $ | 6,986 | $ | 4,924 | $ | 18,316 | $ | 4,924 | |||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 77,537 | $ | 76,865 | $ | 287,141 | $ | 294,085 | |||||||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 47,094 | $ | 44,361 | $ | 167,433 | $ | 179,302 | |||||||
Distributions declared (1) | $ | 11,687 | $ | 45,280 | $ | 83,030 | $ | 180,932 | |||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (2) | 4.03x | 0.98x | 2.02x | 0.99x | |||||||||||
Operating data: | |||||||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – natural gas (MMcf/d) | 1,356 | 1,533 | 1,397 | 1,673 | |||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – liquids (Mbbl/d) | 118.5 | 108.9 | 105.3 | 94.9 | |||||||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (3) | 726 | 780 | 732 | 769 |
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(1) Represents distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of a given period. For example, for the three months ended December 31, 2019, represents the distributions declared in January 2020 and paid in February 2020. |
(2) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 is based on distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of the fourth quarter of 2019 and 2018. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. |
(3) Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, subject to a one-month lag. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | ||||||||||||||||
Three months ended | Year ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Reconciliations of net income or loss to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: | ||||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income | $ | (327,083) | $ | 38,654 | $ | (369,833) | $ | 42,351 | ||||||||
Add: | ||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | 19,626 | 15,714 | 74,429 | 60,535 | ||||||||||||
Income tax expense | (196) | (55) | 1,174 | 33 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization (1) | 28,507 | 27,015 | 111,426 | 106,767 | ||||||||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (2) | 9,542 | 10,386 | 39,126 | 39,969 | ||||||||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (3) | 608 | 2,909 | 3,476 | (3,632) | ||||||||||||
Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity (4) | (250) | (476) | (2,156) | (427) | ||||||||||||
Unit-based and noncash compensation | 2,801 | 2,140 | 8,171 | 8,328 | ||||||||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation (5) | (13,881) | (32,784) | (1,982) | 20,975 | ||||||||||||
(Gain) loss on asset sales, net | 59 | 6 | (1,536) | — | ||||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment | 15,486 | 5,059 | 60,507 | 7,186 | ||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment | — | — | 16,211 | — | ||||||||||||
Other, net (6) | 5,664 | 1,112 | 10,277 | 1,112 | ||||||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||
Loss from equity method investees | (336,654) | (7,185) | (337,851) | (10,888) | ||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 77,537 | $ | 76,865 | $ | 287,141 | $ | 294,085 | ||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||
Cash interest paid | 22,783 | 20,552 | 76,883 | 64,678 | ||||||||||||
Cash paid for taxes | — | — | 150 | 175 | ||||||||||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (7) | (3,063) | (3,063) | — | — | ||||||||||||
Distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders (8) | 14,250 | 14,250 | 28,500 | 28,500 | ||||||||||||
Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment (9) | (7,125) | (7,125) | — | — | ||||||||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | 3,598 | 7,890 | 14,175 | 21,430 | ||||||||||||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 47,094 | $ | 44,361 | $ | 167,433 | $ | 179,302 | ||||||||
Distributions declared (10) | $ | 11,687 | $ | 45,280 | $ | 83,030 | $ | 180,932 | ||||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (11) | 4.03x | 0.98x | 2.02x | 0.99x |
__________ |
(1) Includes the amortization expense associated with our favorable and unfavorable gas gathering contracts as reported in other revenues. |
(2) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, subject to a one-month lag. |
(3) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments recognize the earnings from MVC shortfall payments ratably over the term of the associated MVC. |
(4) Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity represent contributions in aid of construction revenue recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"). |
(5) Deferred Purchase Price Obligation represents the change in the present value of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. |
(6) Represents items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations, including, in the three months and the year ended December 31, 2019, $5.0 million related to restructuring expenses and $0.7 million of transaction costs associated with the November 2019 DPPO amendment. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the amount includes $3.4 million of severance expense associated with our former Chief Executive Officer, $0.9 million of transaction costs associated with the Equity Restructuring, and $0.9 million of transaction costs primarily associated with the November 2019 DPPO amendment. For the three months and the year ended December 31, 2018, the amount consisted of severance expense to our former Chief Financial Officer. |
(7) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 until maturity in April 2025. |
(8) Distributions on the Series A preferred units are paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
(9) Series A Preferred unit distribution adjustment represents the net of distributions paid and accrued on the Series A Preferred units. Distributions on the Series A preferred units are paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
(10) Represents distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of a given period. For example, for the three months ended December 31, 2019, represents the distributions declared in January 2020 and paid in February 2020. |
(11) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 is based on distributions declared in respect of the fourth quarter of 2019 and 2018. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | ||||||||
Year ended December 31, | ||||||||
2019 | 2018 | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: | ||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 182,337 | $ | 227,929 | ||||
Add: | ||||||||
Interest expense, excluding amortization of debt issuance costs | 70,018 | 56,250 | ||||||
Income tax expense | 1,174 | 33 | ||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities | 23,275 | 8,122 | ||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (1) | 39,126 | 39,969 | ||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (2) | 3,476 | (3,632) | ||||||
Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity (3) | (2,156) | (427) | ||||||
Other, net (4) | 10,277 | 1,112 | ||||||
Less: | ||||||||
Distributions from equity method investees | 37,300 | 35,271 | ||||||
Noncash lease expense | 3,086 | — | ||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 287,141 | $ | 294,085 | ||||
Less: | ||||||||
Cash interest paid | 76,883 | 64,678 | ||||||
Cash paid for taxes | 150 | 175 | ||||||
Distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders (5) | 28,500 | 28,500 | ||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | 14,175 | 21,430 | ||||||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 167,433 | $ | 179,302 |
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(1) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, subject to a one-month lag. |
(2) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments are recognized in gathering services and related fees. |
(3) Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity represent contributions in aid of construction revenue recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"). |
(4) Represents items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations, including, in the year ended December 31, 2019, $5.0 million related to restructuring expenses, $3.4 million of severance expense associated with our former Chief Executive Officer, $0.9 million of transaction costs associated with the Equity Restructuring, and $0.9 million of transaction costs primarily associated with the November 2019 DPPO amendment. For the year ended December 31, 2018, the amount consisted of severance expense to our former Chief Financial Officer. |
(5) Distributions on the Series A Preferred units are paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Jan. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that, effective March 1, 2020, it will relocate its corporate headquarters from The Woodlands, Texas to downtown Houston, Texas. In addition to relocating corporate teams from The Woodlands, this move will also include a relocation of Summit's Finance and Accounting functions currently located in Atlanta, Georgia, where the company was founded. This decision represents an opportunity to enhance Summit's corporate culture and effectiveness by bringing its employees together in a single location while significantly reducing the cost associated with operating multiple corporate office locations.
Heath Deneke, President and Chief Executive Officer of SMLP, commented, "We are very pleased to have the opportunity to consolidate our corporate headquarters to a premier downtown Houston office location that brings our employees closer to many of our customers, vendors, lenders and investors. Our new office location provides ample space to accommodate our current and future office needs while broadening our access to a deep pool of experienced energy professionals. In addition to the cultural and organizational effectiveness gains, the move will also provide an immediate and significant source of cost savings for SMLP going forward."
The new headquarters will be located on the 41st and 42nd floors in One Shell Plaza, located at 910 Louisiana Street.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in and operates Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2019, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, including forward-looking statements regarding 2019 financial guidance or financial or operating expectations for 2019, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Dec. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that it has entered into agreements with TPG, a global alternative asset firm ("TPG"), for the purchase of up to $80 million of redeemable, preferred interests in Summit Permian Transmission Holdco, LLC ("Permian Holdco"), a newly created, unrestricted subsidiary of SMLP that indirectly owns SMLP's 70% interest in Double E Pipeline, LLC ("Double E"). In connection with the transaction, TPG will fund the next $80 million of Permian Holdco's capital calls associated with Double E. The investment by TPG will be made by TPG Energy Solutions ("TES"), the firm's energy-specific structured equity vehicle.
Upon receipt of Double E's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") 7(c) certificate, which is expected in the third quarter of 2020, SMLP plans to raise a non-recourse commercial bank financing to fund the substantial majority of the SMLP's remaining capital obligations. In total, SMLP expects that the preferred equity financing and the bank financing will cover more than 70% of SMLP's $350 million funding obligation associated with Double E.
Permian Holdco will pay a quarterly distribution rate of 7% on the outstanding preferred units and has the option to pay this distribution in-kind during the construction period. In addition, Permian Holdco and TPG have agreed to certain features that allow Permian Holdco to issue, and TPG to purchase, up to an additional $60 million of preferred units, under the same terms and conditions.
Permian Holdco has the right to optionally redeem TPG's preferred interests at any time in whole or in part for cash over the next seven years, subject to a predetermined redemption price. SMLP will continue to lead the development, permitting, and construction of Double E, and will operate the pipeline upon commissioning.
Heath Deneke, President and Chief Executive Officer of SMLP commented, "We are excited to announce this new partnership with TPG, together with an attractive financing plan for Double E. TPG's commitment to fund the next $80 million of Summit's Double E capital commitment creates significant financial flexibility and is a credit enhancing transaction for SMLP. This transaction enables SMLP to shift a significant amount of upcoming Double E capital to third parties, thus freeing up cash in the near term to focus on strengthening SMLP's balance sheet, while moving the project forward. Further, we have preserved our upside to Double E economics, given our option to redeem the preferred interests at any time."
"Leveraging our expertise in the energy sector, TES seeks to provide structured capital solutions for high-quality midstream companies looking to finance the development of top tier, high growth projects," said Christopher Ortega, Partner at TPG. "Double E is an excellent fit for this mandate. We are excited by the strategic positioning of the pipeline, its expanding blue-chip customer base, and the strong team and stakeholder group in place. We look forward to being part of the next phase of development."
Double E is developing a 1.35 Bcf/d natural gas transmission pipeline that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. Double E has secured 10-year take-or-pay volume commitments for a substantial majority of its initial throughput capacity. Double E filed its section FERC 7(c) certificate in July 2019, and estimates a third quarter of 2021 in-service date, assuming timely receipt of the requisite regulatory approvals.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in and operates Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
About TPG
TPG is a leading global alternative asset firm founded in 1992 with more than $119 billion of assets under management and offices in Austin, Beijing, Boston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Luxembourg, Melbourne, Moscow, Mumbai, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, and Singapore. TPG's investment platforms are across a wide range of asset classes, including private equity, growth equity, real estate, credit, and public equity. TPG aims to build dynamic products and options for its investors while also instituting discipline and operational excellence across the investment strategy and performance of its portfolio. For more information, visit www.tpg.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2019, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, including forward-looking statements regarding 2019 financial guidance or financial or operating expectations for 2019, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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DALLAS, Dec. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Alerian announced the results of the December quarterly review for the Alerian Index Series. All changes will be implemented as of the close of business on Friday, December 20, 2019.
There are no constituent changes to the Alerian MLP Index (AMZ), Alerian MLP Equal Weight Index (AMZE), Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index (AMZI), and Alerian Natural Gas MLP Index (ANGI).
In addition, each index will be rebalanced in accordance with its existing methodology. Constituent additions to and deletions from an index do not reflect an opinion by Alerian on the investment merits of the respective securities.
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Alerian is an independent information services company serving asset managers and investment professionals around the globe through its indexing, research and data capabilities. Built on a foundation of data rigor and specialty research, Alerian pioneered how the master limited partnership (MLP) asset class is measured and created the first real-time MLP index – the Alerian MLP Index – the most widely used benchmark for midstream MLP energy. Today, Alerian continues to innovate, delivering indexes, tools and thought leadership and actionable insights that equip stakeholders to make informed decisions.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Nov. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today its financial and operating results for the three months ended September 30, 2019, including adjusted EBITDA of $72.0 million, DCF of $41.7 million, and a quarterly distribution coverage ratio of 1.75x. SMLP reported a net loss of $10.6 million in the quarter, which included a $16.2 million non-cash expense related to the impairment of goodwill on the Mountaineer Midstream system, due to a more tempered near-term outlook for the Marcellus Shale reportable segment. Net loss, adjusted EBITDA and DCF were negatively impacted by approximately $3.9 million of extraordinary remediation expenses and operational downtime in the Williston Basin segment during the quarter.
Heath Deneke, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "Excluding the remediation expenses and operational issues in the Williston Basin segment, third quarter of 2019 results were in line with expectations and reflected volumetric growth and drilling activity consistent with our expectations from last quarter. Volumes increased sequentially across six of our eight reportable segments, and we expect this trend to continue across many of our gathering and processing systems through the end of the year, with another 40 new well connections scheduled in the fourth quarter. Taking into account the Williston Basin issues experienced in the third quarter, we now expect full year 2019 adjusted EBITDA to be around $290 million."
"With the completion of our 60 MMcf/d DJ Basin processing plant and compression expansions in the Permian Basin, capital expenditures began to wind down in the third quarter and are expected to decline further in the fourth quarter of 2019. We will remain disciplined with respect to future capital expenditures, which will be primarily concentrated on the Double E Pipeline project and accretive expansions of our existing systems in our Core Focus Areas. We continue to advance our financing plans for our equity interest in Double E, which we intend to be credit neutral to Summit. We are currently targeting a financing structure that requires no further cash outlays or payments by us during the construction period, and which shifts a substantial majority of our Double E capital commitments to third parties beginning in the first quarter of 2020. Excluding Double E, we estimate that our 2020 capital program will be less than $75 million."
"Additionally, in the third quarter, we kicked off an important internal initiative to transform our cost structure, enhance margins and improve our competitive position in response to the ongoing challenge of weak market conditions. Based on preliminary assessments, we are targeting a reduction of at least $10 million of annual operating and administrative expenses in 2020 and up to $20 million of annual run rate expenses thereafter, while maintaining our commitment to providing safe and reliable operations for our customers. Our committed focus on cost efficiency and capital discipline is an important part of our overall plan to reduce leverage and improve our financial flexibility."
"Lastly, today's announcement of an amendment to the DPPO represents an important step forward for the company and all of our stakeholders. The amendment reduces the remaining obligation by 40% to $180.75 million, and the extension of the final payment date to January 2022 provides SMLP with additional time and flexibility to further strengthen the balance sheet and develop an optimal solution to retire the DPPO in its entirety. To that end, we will continue to pursue options that include, but are not limited to, raising proceeds from asset divestitures or the formation of joint ventures in our Legacy Areas and Core Focus Areas. While there can be no assurances that these options will lead to a transaction or other course of action, the SMLP management team, its Board of Directors, and our sponsor, Energy Capital Partners, are fully committed to pursuing every opportunity to strengthen the company and maximize unitholder value."
DPPO Reduction & Extension
In November 2019, SMLP further amended the Contribution Agreement associated with the 2016 Drop Down (the "Amendment") to account for a prepayment by the Partnership, on or before November 15, 2019, of (i) $51.75 million of cash and (ii) 10,714,285 SMLP common units. Following the prepayment, the DPPO will be reduced by $122.75 million, to $180.75 million. Also, the Amendment eliminates the near-term obligation for SMLP to fund a $151.75 million DPPO payment by June 30, 2020 and another $151.75 million payment by December 31, 2020 and extends the date by which SMLP is required to make the final DPPO payment, in full, to January 15, 2022. SMLP will have the option to make interim payments in advance of January 15, 2022; however, there is no obligation to do so. At the discretion of the board of directors of SMLP's general partner, future payments of the DPPO can be made in either cash or SMLP common units, or a combination thereof, and interest will accrue (and be payable quarterly in cash) at a rate of 8% per annum on any portion of the DPPO that remains unpaid after March 31, 2020.
The Amendment was unanimously approved by the Board of Directors of SMLP's General Partner, including the conflicts committee, which consists entirely of independent directors. The conflicts committee engaged Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. as its independent financial advisor and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP as its legal advisor.
Quarterly Business Highlights
In the third quarter of 2019, SMLP's average daily natural gas throughput for its operated systems increased 1.9% over the second quarter of 2019 to 1,394 MMcf/d, and liquids volumes increased 11.6% over the second quarter of 2019 to 105.2 Mbbl/d. Third quarter gross average daily natural gas throughput for Ohio Gathering increased 9.0% over the second quarter of 2019 to 777 MMcf/d. Our customers commissioned 38 natural gas wells and 39 liquids wells upstream of our operated systems during the third quarter, and our Ohio Gathering customers connected 13 wells during the period. SMLP's customers currently maintain more than 70 DUCs in inventory upstream of our systems.
Core Focus Areas:
Our Core Focus Areas, which include our Utica Shale, Ohio Gathering, Williston Basin, DJ Basin, and Permian Basin reportable segments, are located in production basins in which we expect to experience relatively higher long-term growth, driven by our customers' ability to generate more favorable returns and support sustained drilling and completion activity in varying commodity price environments.
Legacy Areas:
Our Legacy Areas, which include our Piceance Basin, Barnett Shale and Marcellus Shale reportable segments, are located in production basins in which we expect our gathering systems to experience relatively lower long-term growth and to attract a lower level of capital expenditures.
The following table presents average daily throughput by reportable segment:
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2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
Average daily throughput (MMcf/d): | |||||||||||||||
Utica Shale | 290 | 357 | 279 | 376 | |||||||||||
Williston Basin (1) | 9 | 19 | 12 | 18 | |||||||||||
DJ Basin | 33 | 18 | 25 | 16 | |||||||||||
Permian Basin | 20 | — | 17 | — | |||||||||||
Piceance Basin | 446 | 553 | 464 | 558 | |||||||||||
Barnett Shale | 247 | 232 | 255 | 253 | |||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 349 | 450 | 358 | 499 | |||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput | 1,394 | 1,629 | 1,410 | 1,720 | |||||||||||
Average daily throughput (Mbbl/d): | |||||||||||||||
Williston Basin | 105.2 | 96.9 | 100.8 | 90.9 | |||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput | 105.2 | 96.9 | 100.8 | 90.9 | |||||||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (2) | 777 | 797 | 734 | 765 |
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(1) The Williston Basin segment includes the Tioga Midstream system, which was sold in March 2019. |
(2) Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, subject to a one-month lag. |
The following table presents adjusted EBITDA by reportable segment:
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2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Reportable segment adjusted EBITDA (1): | |||||||||||||||
Utica Shale | $ | 7,864 | $ | 6,521 | $ | 20,697 | $ | 24,459 | |||||||
Ohio Gathering (2) | 10,435 | 10,171 | 29,584 | 29,583 | |||||||||||
Williston Basin (3) | 13,840 | 19,849 | 49,224 | 54,849 | |||||||||||
DJ Basin | 6,554 | 2,248 | 12,043 | 4,528 | |||||||||||
Permian Basin | 210 | — | (996) | — | |||||||||||
Piceance Basin | 24,044 | 27,583 | 74,627 | 82,211 | |||||||||||
Barnett Shale | 10,901 | 10,818 | 33,483 | 31,770 | |||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 4,958 | 5,550 | 14,735 | 18,769 | |||||||||||
Total | $ | 78,806 | $ | 82,740 | $ | 233,397 | $ | 246,169 | |||||||
Less: Corporate and Other (4) | 6,779 | 9,324 | 23,793 | 28,949 | |||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 72,027 | $ | 73,416 | $ | 209,604 | $ | 217,220 |
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(1) We define segment adjusted EBITDA as total revenues less total costs and expenses; plus (i) other income excluding interest income, (ii) our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, (iii) depreciation and amortization, (iv) adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, (v) unit-based and noncash compensation, (vi) change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation, (vii) impairments and (viii) other noncash expenses or losses, less other noncash income or gains. |
(2) Represents our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA for Ohio Gathering, subject to a one-month lag. We define proportional adjusted EBITDA for our equity method investees as the product of (i) total revenues less total expenses, excluding impairments and other noncash income or expense items and (ii) amortization for deferred contract costs; multiplied by our ownership interest in Ohio Gathering during the respective period. |
(3) The Williston Basin segment includes the Tioga Midstream system, which was sold in March 2019. |
(4) Corporate and Other represents those results that are not specifically attributable to a reportable segment (such as Double E) or that have not been allocated to our reportable segments, including certain general and administrative expense items, natural gas and crude oil marketing services, interest expense and a change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. |
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures totaled $40.6 million in the third quarter of 2019, including maintenance capital expenditures of $3.5 million, a decrease of 19.3% compared to the second quarter of 2019. SMLP also made capital contributions totaling $5.4 million in the third quarter of 2019 with respect to its 70% equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC. Capital expenditures are expected to decline further in the fourth quarter of 2019, primarily due to the recent commissioning of our 60 MMcf/d DJ Basin processing plant and the commissioning of new compression assets in our Permian Basin operations.
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2019 | 2018 | ||||||
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Cash paid for capital expenditures (1): | |||||||
Utica Shale | $ | 2,473 | $ | 3,922 | |||
Williston Basin | 20,288 | 18,463 | |||||
DJ Basin | 66,775 | 38,864 | |||||
Permian Basin | 43,422 | 67,640 | |||||
Piceance Basin | 1,919 | 5,302 | |||||
Barnett Shale (2) | 317 | 914 | |||||
Marcellus Shale | 347 | 557 | |||||
Total reportable segment capital expenditures | 135,541 | 135,662 | |||||
Corporate and Other (3) | 16,122 | 1,371 | |||||
Total cash paid for capital expenditures | $ | 151,663 | $ | 137,033 |
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(1) | Excludes cash paid for capital expenditures by Ohio Gathering and Double E (after June 2019) due to equity method accounting. |
(2) | For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the amount includes sales tax reimbursements of $1.1 million. |
(3) | For 2019 and through the formation date of the Double E joint venture in June 2019, reflects 100% of the capital expenditures associated with Double E and excludes capital contributions made by our JV partner. |
Capital & Liquidity
As of September 30, 2019, SMLP had $640.9 million of available borrowing capacity under its $1.25 billion revolving credit facility, subject to covenant limits. Based upon the terms of SMLP's revolving credit facility and total outstanding debt of $1.4 billion (inclusive of $800.0 million of senior unsecured notes), SMLP's total leverage ratio and senior secured leverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) as of September 30, 2019, were 4.91 to 1.0 and 2.09 to 1.0, respectively.
MVC Shortfall Payments
SMLP billed its customers $12.0 million in the third quarter of 2019 related to MVC shortfalls. For those customers that do not have MVC shortfall credit banking mechanisms in their gathering agreements, the MVC shortfall payments are accounted for as gathering revenue in the period in which they are earned. In the third quarter of 2019, SMLP recognized $12.4 million of gathering revenue associated with MVC shortfall payments. SMLP also recognized $3.5 million of adjustments to MVC shortfall payments in the third quarter of 2019 related to future expected shortfall payments from customers in the Williston Basin segment and the Barnett Shale segment. SMLP's MVC shortfall payment mechanisms contributed $16.0 million of total adjusted EBITDA in the third quarter of 2019.
Three months ended September 30, 2019 | |||||||||||||||
MVC Billings | Gathering | Adjustments | Net impact to | ||||||||||||
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Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: | |||||||||||||||
Piceance Basin | $ | 3,391 | $ | 3,391 | $ | — | $ | 3,391 | |||||||
Total net change | $ | 3,391 | $ | 3,391 | $ | — | $ | 3,391 | |||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: | |||||||||||||||
Williston Basin | $ | 621 | $ | 621 | $ | 2,081 | $ | 2,702 | |||||||
Piceance Basin | 6,714 | 7,147 | — | 7,147 | |||||||||||
Barnett Shale | — | — | 1,453 | 1,453 | |||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 1,273 | 1,273 | — | 1,273 | |||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments | $ | 8,608 | $ | 9,041 | $ | 3,534 | $ | 12,575 | |||||||
Total (1) | $ | 11,999 | $ | 12,432 | $ | 3,534 | $ | 15,966 |
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(1) Exclusive of Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
Nine months ended September 30, 2019 | |||||||||||||||
MVC Billings | Gathering | Adjustments | Net impact to | ||||||||||||
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Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: | |||||||||||||||
Piceance Basin | $ | 10,106 | $ | 10,106 | $ | — | $ | 10,106 | |||||||
Total net change | $ | 10,106 | $ | 10,106 | $ | — | $ | 10,106 | |||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: | |||||||||||||||
Williston Basin | $ | 2,356 | $ | 9,985 | $ | (1,387) | $ | 8,598 | |||||||
Piceance Basin | 20,357 | 21,771 | (103) | 21,668 | |||||||||||
Barnett Shale | — | — | 4,358 | 4,358 | |||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 3,778 | 3,778 | — | 3,778 | |||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments | $ | 26,491 | $ | 35,534 | $ | 2,868 | $ | 38,402 | |||||||
Total (1) | $ | 36,597 | $ | 45,640 | $ | 2,868 | $ | 48,508 |
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(1) Exclusive of Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
Quarterly Distribution
On October 24, 2019, the board of directors of SMLP's general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.2875 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $1.15 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended September 30, 2019. This distribution will be paid on November 14, 2019, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on November 7, 2019.
Third Quarter 2019 Earnings Call Information
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, November 8, 2019, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 49087220. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until November 22, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 49087220#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
Upcoming Investor Conferences
Members of SMLP's senior management team will participate in RBC Capital Markets' 2019 Midstream Conference in Dallas, Texas on November 20, 2019 and November 21, 2019, and in the Wells Fargo Pipeline, MLP and Utility Symposium in New York, New York on December 11, 2019 and December 12, 2019. The presentation materials associated with these events will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of each conference.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We report financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). We also present adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow, each a non-GAAP financial measure. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss, plus interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity, unit-based and noncash compensation, the change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation fair value, impairments, items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations and other noncash expenses or losses, less interest income, income tax benefit, income (loss) from equity method investees and other noncash income or gains. We define distributable cash flow as adjusted EBITDA plus cash interest received and cash taxes received, less cash interest paid, senior notes interest adjustment, distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders, Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment, cash taxes paid and maintenance capital expenditures. Because adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow may be defined differently by other entities in our industry, our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other entities, thereby diminishing their utility.
Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating our financial performance. Furthermore, management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures may provide external users of our financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others, with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods as they are expected to be reflective of our core ongoing business.
Adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow are used as supplemental financial measures by external users of our financial statements such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others.
Adjusted EBITDA is used to assess:
Distributable cash flow is used to assess:
Both of these measures have limitations as analytical tools and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. For example:
We compensate for the limitations of adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow as analytical tools by reviewing the comparable GAAP financial measures, understanding the differences between the financial measures and incorporating these data points into our decision-making process. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures are attached to this press release.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees and (ii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah. SMLP has an equity investment in and operates Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 48.5% limited partner interest in SMLP, pro forma for the Amendment and indirectly owns and controls the non-economic general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns a 6.3% limited partner interest in SMLP, pro forma for the Amendment.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2019, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, including forward-looking statements regarding 2019 financial guidance or financial or operating expectations for 2019, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | |||||||
September 30, | December 31, | ||||||
2019 | 2018 | ||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||
Assets | |||||||
Current assets: | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 5,050 | $ | 4,345 | |||
Accounts receivable | 88,889 | 97,936 | |||||
Other current assets | 5,525 | 3,971 | |||||
Total current assets | 99,464 | 106,252 | |||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 1,899,281 | 1,963,713 | |||||
Intangible assets, net | 243,773 | 273,416 | |||||
Goodwill | — | 16,211 | |||||
Investment in equity method investees | 648,748 | 649,250 | |||||
Other noncurrent assets | 10,190 | 11,720 | |||||
Total assets | $ | 2,901,456 | $ | 3,020,562 | |||
Liabilities and Partners' Capital | |||||||
Current liabilities: | |||||||
Trade accounts payable | $ | 27,651 | $ | 38,414 | |||
Accrued expenses | 9,616 | 21,963 | |||||
Due to affiliate | 142 | 240 | |||||
Deferred revenue | 12,595 | 11,467 | |||||
Ad valorem taxes payable | 7,941 | 10,550 | |||||
Accrued interest | 15,367 | 12,286 | |||||
Accrued environmental remediation | 1,674 | 2,487 | |||||
Other current liabilities | 12,422 | 12,645 | |||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation | 295,834 | — | |||||
Total current liabilities | 383,242 | 110,052 | |||||
Long-term debt | 1,392,986 | 1,257,731 | |||||
Noncurrent Deferred Purchase Price Obligation | — | 383,934 | |||||
Noncurrent deferred revenue | 39,834 | 39,504 | |||||
Noncurrent accrued environmental remediation | 2,704 | 3,149 | |||||
Other noncurrent liabilities | 8,491 | 4,968 | |||||
Total liabilities | 1,827,257 | 1,799,338 | |||||
Series A Preferred Units | 300,741 | 293,616 | |||||
Common limited partner capital | 773,458 | 902,358 | |||||
General Partner interests | — | 25,250 | |||||
Total partners' capital | 1,074,199 | 1,221,224 | |||||
Total liabilities and partners' capital | $ | 2,901,456 | $ | 3,020,562 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | |||||||||||||||
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2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
(In thousands, except per-unit amounts) | |||||||||||||||
Revenues: | |||||||||||||||
Gathering services and related fees | $ | 80,968 | $ | 86,427 | $ | 243,039 | $ | 260,373 | |||||||
Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales | 12,219 | 34,017 | 68,438 | 92,025 | |||||||||||
Other revenues | 7,000 | 7,035 | 19,804 | 20,584 | |||||||||||
Total revenues | 100,187 | 127,479 | 331,281 | 372,982 | |||||||||||
Costs and expenses: | |||||||||||||||
Cost of natural gas and NGLs | 7,472 | 26,879 | 50,802 | 71,549 | |||||||||||
Operation and maintenance | 26,231 | 24,382 | 74,171 | 73,452 | |||||||||||
General and administrative | 9,949 | 11,740 | 37,444 | 39,666 | |||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 27,406 | 26,743 | 81,933 | 80,204 | |||||||||||
Transaction costs | 129 | — | 1,079 | — | |||||||||||
(Gain) loss on asset sales, net | (347) | 6 | (1,595) | (6) | |||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment (1) | — | 1,540 | 45,021 | 2,127 | |||||||||||
Goodwill impairment (2) | 16,211 | — | 16,211 | — | |||||||||||
Total costs and expenses | 87,051 | 91,290 | 305,066 | 266,992 | |||||||||||
Other income | 12 | 58 | 304 | 78 | |||||||||||
Interest expense | (19,335) | (14,862) | (54,803) | (44,821) | |||||||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation | (3,760) | 37,204 | (11,899) | (53,759) | |||||||||||
(Loss) income before income taxes and loss from equity method investees | (9,947) | 58,589 | (40,183) | 7,488 | |||||||||||
Income tax (expense) benefit | (21) | 35 | (1,370) | (88) | |||||||||||
Loss from equity method investees | (677) | (1,169) | (1,197) | (3,703) | |||||||||||
Net (loss) income | $ | (10,645) | $ | 57,455 | $ | (42,750) | $ | 3,697 | |||||||
(Loss) income per limited partner unit: | |||||||||||||||
Common unit – basic | $ | (0.21) | $ | 0.64 | $ | (0.80) | $ | (0.33) | |||||||
Common unit – diluted | $ | (0.21) | $ | 0.64 | $ | (0.80) | $ | (0.33) | |||||||
Weighted-average limited partner units outstanding: | |||||||||||||||
Common units – basic | 82,718 | 73,356 | 80,429 | 73,283 | |||||||||||
Common units – diluted | 82,718 | 73,756 | 80,429 | 73,283 |
__________ |
(1) For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the amount is associated with our decision to idle our existing 20 MMcf/d DJ Basin processing plant in conjunction with the commissioning of our new 60 MMcf/d DJ Basin processing plant, and to decommission an underutilized Barnett Shale compressor station. |
(2) For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the amount represents an impairment charge associated with our annual goodwill testing of the Marcellus Shale reporting unit. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED OTHER FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA | ||||||||||||||
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2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||||||
(Dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
Other financial data: | ||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income | $ | (10,645) | $ | 57,455 | $ | (42,750) | $ | 3,697 | ||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 47,173 | $ | 56,443 | $ | 143,419 | $ | 166,492 | ||||||
Capital expenditures | $ | 40,571 | $ | 46,639 | $ | 151,663 | $ | 137,033 | ||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 72,027 | $ | 73,416 | $ | 209,604 | $ | 217,220 | ||||||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 41,704 | $ | 43,629 | $ | 120,339 | $ | 134,941 | ||||||
Distributions declared (1) | $ | 23,790 | $ | 45,216 | $ | 71,343 | $ | 135,648 | ||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (2) | 1.75x | 0.96x | 1.69x | 0.99x | ||||||||||
Operating data: | ||||||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – natural gas (MMcf/d) | 1,394 | 1,629 | 1,410 | 1,720 | ||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – liquids (Mbbl/d) | 105.2 | 96.9 | 100.8 | 90.9 | ||||||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (3) | 777 | 797 | 734 | 765 |
__________ |
(1) Represents distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of a given period. For example, for the three months ended September 30, 2019, represents the distributions declared in October 2019 to be paid in November 2019. |
(2) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 is based on distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of the second quarter of 2019 and 2018. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. |
(3) Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, subject to a one-month lag. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | |||||||||||||||
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2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Reconciliations of net income or loss to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: | |||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income | $ | (10,645) | $ | 57,455 | $ | (42,750) | $ | 3,697 | |||||||
Add: | |||||||||||||||
Interest expense | 19,335 | 14,862 | 54,803 | 44,821 | |||||||||||
Income tax expense | 21 | (35) | 1,370 | 88 | |||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization (1) | 27,640 | 26,592 | 82,919 | 79,752 | |||||||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (2) | 10,435 | 10,171 | 29,584 | 29,583 | |||||||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (3) | 3,534 | (2,999) | 2,868 | (6,541) | |||||||||||
Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity (4) | (145) | (106) | (1,906) | 49 | |||||||||||
Unit-based and noncash compensation | 1,291 | 1,965 | 5,370 | 6,188 | |||||||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation (5) | 3,760 | (37,204) | 11,899 | 53,759 | |||||||||||
(Gain) loss on asset sales, net | (347) | 6 | (1,595) | (6) | |||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment | — | 1,540 | 45,021 | 2,127 | |||||||||||
Goodwill impairment | 16,211 | — | 16,211 | — | |||||||||||
Other, net (6) | 260 | — | 4,613 | — | |||||||||||
Less: | |||||||||||||||
Loss from equity method investees | (677) | (1,169) | (1,197) | (3,703) | |||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 72,027 | $ | 73,416 | $ | 209,604 | $ | 217,220 | |||||||
Less: | |||||||||||||||
Cash interest paid | 16,594 | 13,164 | 54,100 | 44,126 | |||||||||||
Cash paid for taxes | — | — | 150 | 175 | |||||||||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (7) | 3,063 | 3,063 | 3,063 | 3,063 | |||||||||||
Distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders (8) | — | — | 14,250 | 14,250 | |||||||||||
Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment (9) | 7,125 | 7,125 | 7,125 | 7,125 | |||||||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | 3,541 | 6,435 | 10,577 | 13,540 | |||||||||||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 41,704 | $ | 43,629 | $ | 120,339 | $ | 134,941 | |||||||
Distributions declared (10) | $ | 23,790 | $ | 45,216 | $ | 71,343 | $ | 135,648 | |||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (11) | 1.75x | 0.96x | 1.69x | 0.99x |
__________ |
(1) Includes the amortization expense associated with our favorable and unfavorable gas gathering contracts as reported in other revenues. |
(2) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, subject to a one-month lag. |
(3) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments recognize the earnings from MVC shortfall payments ratably over the term of the associated MVC. |
(4) Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity represent contributions in aid of construction revenue recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"). |
(5) Deferred Purchase Price Obligation represents the change in the present value of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. |
(6) Represents items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations, including, in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, $3.4 million of severance expense associated with our former Chief Executive Officer and $0.9 million of transaction costs associated with the Equity Restructuring we completed during the period. |
(7) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 until maturity in April 2025. |
(8) Distributions on the Series A preferred units are paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
(9) Series A Preferred unit distribution adjustment represents the net of distributions paid and accrued on the Series A Preferred units. Distributions on the Series A preferred units are paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
(10) Represents distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of a given period. For example, for the three months ended September 30, 2019, represents the distributions declared in October 2019 to be paid in November 2019. |
(11) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 is based on distributions declared in respect of the third quarter of 2019 and 2018. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | |||||||
Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||
2019 | 2018 | ||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||
Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: | |||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 143,419 | $ | 166,492 | |||
Add: | |||||||
Interest expense, excluding amortization of debt issuance costs | 51,507 | 41,637 | |||||
Income tax expense | 1,370 | 88 | |||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities | 8,456 | 12,440 | |||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (1) | 29,584 | 29,583 | |||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (2) | 2,868 | (6,541) | |||||
Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity (3) | (1,906) | 49 | |||||
Other, net (4) | 4,613 | — | |||||
Less: | |||||||
Distributions from equity method investees | 28,008 | 26,528 | |||||
Noncash lease expense | 2,299 | — | |||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 209,604 | $ | 217,220 | |||
Less: | |||||||
Cash interest paid | 54,100 | 44,126 | |||||
Cash paid for taxes | 150 | 175 | |||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (5) | 3,063 | 3,063 | |||||
Distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders (6) | 14,250 | 14,250 | |||||
Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment (7) | 7,125 | 7,125 | |||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | 10,577 | 13,540 | |||||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 120,339 | $ | 134,941 |
__________ |
(1) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, subject to a one-month lag. |
(2) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments are recognized in gathering services and related fees. |
(3) Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity represent contributions in aid of construction revenue recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"). |
(4) Represents items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations, including, in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, $3.4 million of severance expense associated with our former Chief Executive Officer and $0.9 million of transaction costs associated with the Equity Restructuring transaction we completed during the period. |
(5) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 until maturity in April 2025. |
(6) Distributions on the Series A Preferred units are paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
(7) Series A Preferred unit distribution adjustment represents the net of distributions paid and accrued on the Series A Preferred units. Distributions on the Series A Preferred units are paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Oct. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, has declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.2875 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $1.15 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended September 30, 2019. This distribution will be paid on November 14, 2019, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on November 7, 2019.
Third Quarter 2019 Earnings Release and Earnings Call Schedule
SMLP also announced today that it will report operating and financial results for the third quarter of 2019 on Friday, November 8, 2019, before the start of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, November 8, 2019, to discuss its quarterly results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 49087220. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until November 22, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 49087220#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
This release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat one hundred percent (100.0%) of SMLP's distributions to foreign investors as being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. Accordingly, SMLP's distributions to foreign investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.
For purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.871-15(m), SMLP is not considered a covered partnership.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah. SMLP has an equity investment in and operates Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2019, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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DALLAS, Aug. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Alerian reported, as of June 28, 2019, total products directly tied to and tracking the Alerian indices was $13.7 billion.
Exchange traded funds, exchange traded notes, return of capital notes, and variable insurance portfolios represent $12.7 billion of the total $13.7 billion. Below is a list of energy master limited partnership (MLP) positions, as of June 28, 2019, in the $12.7 billion of such assets tracking Alerian's indices.
Ticker | Exposure in Alerian Linked-Products ($) | Exposure in Alerian Linked-Products (Units) | Ticker | Exposure in Alerian Linked-Products ($) | Exposure in Alerian Linked-Products (Units) | |
AM | 2,402,831 | 209,671 | HESM | 7,694,422 | 394,586 | |
AMID | 4,919,211 | 951,492 | MMLP | 5,598,671 | 784,128 | |
ANDX | 403,075,523 | 11,094,840 | MMP | 1,276,581,260 | 19,946,582 | |
BPL | 782,332,474 | 19,058,038 | MPLX | 1,273,711,451 | 39,568,545 | |
BPMP | 18,205,543 | 1,176,069 | NBLX | 89,522,800 | 2,691,606 | |
CEQP | 220,495,699 | 6,164,263 | NGL | 214,053,630 | 14,492,460 | |
CNXM | 14,513,491 | 1,032,989 | NS | 331,580,260 | 12,217,401 | |
CQP | 214,074,794 | 5,075,268 | OMP | 5,663,726 | 263,429 | |
DCP | 329,731,673 | 11,253,641 | PAA | 1,305,749,277 | 53,624,200 | |
DKL | 6,791,101 | 212,222 | PAGP | 7,638,294 | 305,899 | |
ENBL | 153,164,680 | 11,171,749 | PBFX | 16,284,545 | 770,319 | |
ENLC | 327,210,823 | 32,429,219 | PSXP | 342,743,828 | 6,945,164 | |
EPD | 1,277,755,891 | 44,258,950 | SHLX | 319,209,192 | 15,405,849 | |
EQM | 462,044,829 | 10,341,200 | SMLP | 7,589,588 | 1,020,106 | |
ET | 1,262,122,882 | 89,639,409 | TCP | 253,540,259 | 6,739,507 | |
GEL | 298,090,775 | 13,611,451 | TGE | 419,509,147 | 19,872,532 | |
GPP | 3,882,098 | 277,293 | USDP | 3,861,679 | 342,044 | |
HEP | 156,422,759 | 5,688,100 | WES | 773,416,245 | 25,135,400 |
About Alerian
Alerian equips investors to make informed decisions about energy infrastructure and Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs). Its benchmarks are widely used by industry executives, investment professionals, research analysts, and national media to analyze relative performance. As of June 28, 2019, nearly $14 billion of products, including exchange traded funds and notes, are directly tied to and tracking the Alerian Index Series. Visit alerian.com to learn more.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Aug. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today its financial and operating results for the three months ended June 30, 2019, including net income of $4.8 million, adjusted EBITDA of $68.6 million, distributable cash flow of $38.4 million, and a distribution coverage ratio of 1.62x.
Leonard Mallett, interim President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "SMLP's second quarter of 2019 results were driven by adjusted EBITDA growth in our Utica Shale, Ohio Gathering, and DJ Basin segments. In addition, our quarterly results benefitted from an enhanced focus on expense control, which we expect will have a greater impact on our financial results in the second half of the year. We are encouraged by the outlook for the second half of 2019, and have already seen many of our customers increase completion activity across our systems. With respect to our financial guidance, we expect for full year 2019 adjusted EBITDA to be at the low end of our $295.0 million to $315.0 million range, primarily due to a more moderated ramp of volume growth in our Permian Basin and Utica Shale segments."
"I am proud of our team for executing on two critical milestones during the second quarter of 2019. First, the successful commissioning of our new 60 MMcf/d processing plant substantially increased our processing capacity in the DJ Basin, and current throughput levels are approximately 50% higher than those reported for the second quarter of 2019. Second, our new joint venture with Exxon Mobil for the Double E Pipeline will significantly increase our scale in the Permian Basin and will diversify our overall business. In addition, the 10-year precedent agreements secured by Double E will provide SMLP with a stable source of cash flows for many years to come. Project execution for Double E has kicked off in earnest, and the section 7(c) application for Double E was filed with the FERC in late July."
"Our team's focus for the balance of the year will be aimed at executing on our strategic plan, including our ongoing evaluation of asset sales and other opportunities to further strengthen and accelerate deleveraging. We are optimistic that we will be able to demonstrate notable progress on these efforts before the end of 2019."
Double E Pipeline
In June 2019, SMLP decided to proceed with the Double E Pipeline ("Double E"), after having secured sufficient transportation commitments, and having executed definitive joint venture agreements with a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation ("Exxon"). Double E will provide natural gas transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. Double E has secured binding 10-year take-or-pay volume commitments for a substantial majority of its initial throughput capacity of 1.35 billion cubic feet per day ("Bcf/d") from several of the largest and most respected production companies operating in the Delaware Basin. Commercial discussions with additional potential shippers are ongoing and SMLP will look for opportunities to subscribe the limited remaining capacity prior to commissioning.
SMLP owns 70% of Double E, will lead the development, permitting and construction of the project, and will operate the pipeline system upon commissioning. SMLP estimates that the capital expenditures required to fully develop the project will total approximately $500 million, that its share of the capital expenditures will be approximately $350 million, and that more than 90% of those capital expenditures will be incurred in 2020 and 2021.
Double E filed its section 7(c) application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in July 2019. Assuming timely receipt of the requisite regulatory approvals, SMLP expects that the project will be placed into service in the third quarter of 2021.
Second Quarter 2019 Segment Results
The following table presents average daily throughput by reportable segment:
Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||||||||
Average daily throughput (MMcf/d): | ||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale | 260 | 415 | 273 | 386 | ||||||||||||
Williston Basin | 11 | 18 | 13 | 18 | ||||||||||||
DJ Basin | 20 | 16 | 21 | 15 | ||||||||||||
Permian Basin | 17 | — | 16 | — | ||||||||||||
Piceance Basin | 462 | 560 | 473 | 562 | ||||||||||||
Barnett Shale | 251 | 264 | 260 | 263 | ||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 347 | 524 | 363 | 523 | ||||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput | 1,368 | 1,797 | 1,419 | 1,767 | ||||||||||||
Average daily throughput (Mbbl/d): | ||||||||||||||||
Williston Basin | 94.3 | 88.9 | 98.6 | 86.9 | ||||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput | 94.3 | 88.9 | 98.6 | 86.9 | ||||||||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (1) | 713 | 727 | 712 | 749 |
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(1) Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, subject to a one-month lag. |
Utica Shale
The Utica Shale reportable segment includes Summit Midstream Utica ("SMU"), a natural gas gathering system located in Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio. SMU gathers and delivers dry natural gas to interconnections with a third-party intrastate pipeline that provides access to the Clarington Hub.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2019 totaled $6.6 million, up 7.2% from $6.2 million in the first quarter of 2019. Volume throughput averaged 260 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2019, and included 220 MMcf/d of volumes gathered from pad sites directly connected to the SMU gathering system and 40 MMcf/d from the TPL-7 Connector, which generates a substantially lower gathering margin. Higher margin volumes from pad sites directly connected to the SMU gathering system increased by 7.3% compared to the first quarter of 2019, the second consecutive quarter that this metric increased. Volumes in the second quarter of 2019 benefitted from four new wells that were turned in line late in the quarter. Second quarter of 2019 results were impacted by approximately 23 MMcf/d of temporary volume curtailments associated with infill drilling and completion activities on existing pad sites.
Our customers are currently operating one drilling rig upstream of the SMU gathering system, and as a result, we continue to expect that Utica Shale segment adjusted EBITDA for the second half of 2019 will be higher than the $12.8 million generated in the first half of the year.
Ohio Gathering
The Ohio Gathering reportable segment includes our ownership interest in the Ohio Gathering system, a natural gas gathering system spanning the condensate, liquids-rich and dry gas windows of the Utica Shale in Harrison, Guernsey, Noble, Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio, as well as our ownership interest in Ohio Condensate, a condensate stabilization facility located in Harrison County, Ohio. Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Ohio Gathering segment includes our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA from Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate, subject to a one-month lag.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2019 totaled $9.9 million, up 7.9% from $9.2 million in the first quarter of 2019. Volume throughput on the Ohio Gathering system averaged 713 MMcf/d, gross, in the second quarter of 2019, compared to 711 MMcf/d, gross, in the first quarter of 2019. Volumes benefitted from a consistent level of drilling and completion activity, with 13 new well connections in the second quarter of 2019, including five new wells that were connected in the last month of the quarter and are expected to have a more meaningful impact in the third quarter of 2019. Our customers currently have 32 drilled but uncompleted wells ("DUCs") in inventory, and, beginning in the third quarter of 2019, we expect to see completion activities shift from the condensate window to the more prolific wet gas window of the play, which supports our expectation for higher volumes throughout the balance of 2019.
Williston Basin
The Polar and Divide and Bison Midstream systems provide our midstream services for the Williston Basin reportable segment. The Polar and Divide system gathers crude oil in Williams and Divide counties in North Dakota and delivers to third-party intra- and interstate pipelines as well as third-party rail terminals. The Polar and Divide system also gathers and delivers produced water to various third-party disposal wells in the region. Bison Midstream gathers associated natural gas production in Mountrail and Burke counties in North Dakota and delivers to third-party pipelines serving a third-party processing plant in Channahon, Illinois.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Williston Basin segment totaled $16.7 million in the second quarter of 2019, compared to $18.7 million in the first quarter of 2019. Lower segment adjusted EBITDA was primarily related to the sale of Tioga Midstream, which closed on March 22, 2019 and contributed approximately $0.9 million to segment adjusted EBITDA in the first quarter of 2019.
Liquids volumes in the second quarter of 2019 averaged 94.3 Mbbl/d compared to 103.0 Mbbl/d in the first quarter of 2019, primarily as a result of (i) the sale of the Tioga Midstream system and (ii) natural production declines associated with 44 new wells that were commissioned behind the Polar and Divide system in the second half of 2018. Natural gas volumes in the second quarter of 2019 averaged 11 MMcf/d compared to 16 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2019, primarily as a result of (i) the sale of the Tioga Midstream system and (ii) maintenance on third party-owned infrastructure located downstream of the Bison Midstream system, which created an operational disruption on the Bison Midstream system for approximately 15 days during the quarter. Our customers are currently operating one drilling rig upstream of our Bison Midstream system and we expect to connect eight new associated natural gas wells in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Our Polar and Divide system customers in the Williston Basin connected 23 new wells in the second quarter of 2019, including 12 wells at the end of the quarter, which resulted in average liquids volumes of more than 100 Mbbl/d for the last ten days of the second quarter of 2019. We maintain a robust outlook for liquids volumes and Williston Basin segment adjusted EBITDA for the second half of the year, based on our expectation for approximately 50 new well connections in the second half of 2019, which is supported by two active drilling rigs and 36 DUCs that our customers have in inventory.
DJ Basin
The DJ Basin reportable segment includes the Niobrara Gathering & Processing system ("Niobrara G&P"), an associated natural gas gathering and processing system located in the DJ Basin in northeastern Colorado. Niobrara G&P delivers residue gas to the Colorado Interstate Gas and Trailblazer Pipeline and processed NGLs to the Overland Pass Pipeline.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2019 totaled $2.8 million, up 5.3% from $2.7 million in the first quarter of 2019. Volume throughput averaged 20 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2019, compared to 21 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2019, primarily due to approximately two weeks of planned downtime associated with the commissioning of our new 60 MMcf/d processing plant, which was placed into service in June 2019. Segment adjusted EBITDA was higher for the second quarter of 2019 compared to the prior quarter, despite lower quarterly volume throughput, due to a shift in volume mix in favor of a customer that generates a higher gathering and processing rate.
Volumes at our new processing plant are currently averaging more than 30 MMcf/d and are expected to ramp throughout the balance of 2019, based on existing production behind our system and new production associated with our customers' drilling and completion schedules, which includes two rigs that are currently operating upstream of the Niobrara G&P system and 23 DUCs that our customers have in inventory.
The commissioning of the new processing plant also triggered a $0.6 million per month contractual demand payment that will complement higher revenues associated with the expanded processing capacity. SMLP will begin recognizing these new demand payments in the third quarter of 2019.
Permian Basin
The Permian Basin reportable segment includes Summit Midstream Permian ("Summit Permian"), an associated natural gas gathering and processing system located in the northern Delaware Basin in southeastern New Mexico. Summit Permian operates the 60 MMcf/d Lane Gathering & Processing system ("Lane G&P"), which delivers residue gas to the Transwestern Pipeline and processed NGLs to the Lone Star Express pipeline.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2019 totaled ($0.7) million compared to ($0.6) million in the first quarter of 2019. Segment adjusted EBITDA was negatively impacted by $0.8 million of higher operating expenses compared to the first quarter of 2019, primarily related to the continued build-out and establishment of our operations in this new region.
Volume throughput averaged 17 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2019, up 13.3% from the prior quarter, and benefited from the commissioning of the Blue Quail Compressor Station at the end of the quarter, which facilitated a new source of volume on the Lane G&P system. Our customers currently have 13 DUCs in inventory, and we expect to connect these wells in the second half of 2019.
Legacy Areas
Our Legacy Areas, which include our Piceance Basin, Barnett Shale, and Marcellus Shale reportable segments, are located in production basins in which we expect our gathering systems to experience relatively lower long-term growth and to attract a minority of our capital expenditures. Our Legacy Areas are served by the Grand River system for the Piceance Basin reportable segment, the DFW Midstream system for the Barnett Shale reportable segment, and the Mountaineer Midstream system for the Marcellus Shale reportable segment.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Piceance Basin, Barnett Shale, and Marcellus Shale reportable segments totaled $40.4 million in the second quarter of 2019, compared to $42.5 million in the first quarter of 2019. There were no new wells connected in our Legacy Areas during the second quarter of 2019, and as a result, total volume throughput declined by 6.5% compared to the first quarter of 2019. We expect drilling and completion activity in our Legacy Areas to resume in the third quarter of 2019 as a result of (i) the completion of three DUCs located upstream of the DFW Midstream system, which are located on the same pad site that has the largest well ever drilled in the region and (ii) the completion of five Mountaineer Midstream DUCs early in the fourth quarter of 2019.
We incurred $0.3 million of total capital expenditures in our Legacy Areas in the second quarter of 2019, or less than 1.0% of the total capital expenditures incurred by SMLP for the period. Total segment adjusted EBITDA exceeded total segment capital expenditures for our Legacy Areas in the second quarter of 2019 by $40.1 million.
MVC Shortfall Payments
SMLP billed its customers $12.1 million in the second quarter of 2019 related to MVC shortfalls. For those customers that do not have MVC shortfall credit banking mechanisms in their gathering agreements, the MVC shortfall payments are accounted for as gathering revenue in the period in which they are earned. In the second quarter of 2019, SMLP recognized $12.5 million of gathering revenue associated with MVC shortfall payments. SMLP also recognized $3.5 million of adjustments to MVC shortfall payments in the second quarter of 2019, primarily related to future expected shortfall payments from customers in the Williston Basin segment and the Barnett Shale segment. SMLP's MVC shortfall payment mechanisms contributed $16.0 million of total adjusted EBITDA in the second quarter of 2019.
Three months ended June 30, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
MVC Billings | Gathering revenue | Adjustments to MVC shortfall payments | Net impact to adjusted EBITDA | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: | ||||||||||||||||
Piceance Basin | $ | 3,390 | $ | 3,390 | $ | — | $ | 3,390 | ||||||||
Total net change | $ | 3,390 | $ | 3,390 | $ | — | $ | 3,390 | ||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: | ||||||||||||||||
Williston Basin | $ | 914 | $ | 914 | $ | 2,081 | $ | 2,995 | ||||||||
Piceance Basin | 6,464 | 6,901 | — | 6,901 | ||||||||||||
Barnett Shale | — | — | 1,452 | 1,452 | ||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 1,283 | 1,283 | — | 1,283 | ||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments | $ | 8,661 | $ | 9,098 | $ | 3,533 | $ | 12,631 | ||||||||
Total (1) | $ | 12,051 | $ | 12,488 | $ | 3,533 | $ | 16,021 |
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(1) Exclusive of Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
Six months ended June 30, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
MVC Billings | Gathering revenue | Adjustments to MVC shortfall payments | Net impact to adjusted EBITDA | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: | ||||||||||||||||
Piceance Basin | $ | 6,715 | $ | 6,715 | $ | — | $ | 6,715 | ||||||||
Total net change | $ | 6,715 | $ | 6,715 | $ | — | $ | 6,715 | ||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: | ||||||||||||||||
Williston Basin | $ | 1,735 | $ | 9,364 | $ | (3,468) | $ | 5,896 | ||||||||
Piceance Basin | 13,643 | 14,624 | (103) | 14,521 | ||||||||||||
Barnett Shale | — | — | 2,905 | 2,905 | ||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 2,505 | 2,505 | — | 2,505 | ||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments | $ | 17,883 | $ | 26,493 | $ | (666) | $ | 25,827 | ||||||||
Total (1) | $ | 24,598 | $ | 33,208 | $ | (666) | $ | 32,542 |
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(1) Exclusive of Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures totaled $50.2 million in the second quarter of 2019, including maintenance capital expenditures of $3.7 million. Development activities during the second quarter of 2019 were primarily related to our 60 MMcf/d DJ Basin processing plant, the Double E project, and the Blue Quail Compressor Station that serves Lane G&P.
Six months ended June 30, | ||||||||
2019 | 2018 | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Cash paid for capital expenditures (1): | ||||||||
Utica Shale | $ | 1,065 | $ | 1,846 | ||||
Williston Basin | 14,230 | 10,966 | ||||||
DJ Basin | 50,373 | 21,415 | ||||||
Permian Basin | 28,163 | 50,773 | ||||||
Piceance Basin | 1,497 | 3,412 | ||||||
Barnett Shale (2) | (37) | 349 | ||||||
Marcellus Shale | 108 | 545 | ||||||
Total reportable segment capital expenditures | 95,399 | 89,306 | ||||||
Corporate and Other (3) | 15,693 | 1,088 | ||||||
Total cash paid for capital expenditures | $ | 111,092 | $ | 90,394 |
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(1) Excludes cash paid for capital expenditures by Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
(2) For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the amount includes sales tax reimbursements of $1.1 million. |
(3) For 2019 and through the formation date of the Double E joint venture, reflects 100% of the capital expenditures associated with Double E and excludes capital contributions made by our JV partner. |
Capital & Liquidity
As of June 30, 2019, SMLP had $668 million of available borrowing capacity under its $1.25 billion revolving credit facility, subject to covenant limits. Based upon the terms of SMLP's revolving credit facility and total outstanding debt of $1.37 billion (inclusive of $800.0 million of senior unsecured notes), SMLP's total leverage ratio and senior secured leverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) as of June 30, 2019, were 4.84 to 1.0 and 2.02 to 1.0, respectively.
In the second quarter of 2019, and in connection with its decision to proceed with Double E, SMLP and its lenders amended the credit agreement for its revolving credit facility to provide additional flexibility with respect to its financial performance metrics during the construction of the project.
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation
The consideration for the 2016 Drop Down consisted of an initial cash payment on March 3, 2016, and the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation ("DPPO"), which will be satisfied no later than December 31, 2020. At the discretion of the board of directors of SMLP's general partner, the DPPO can be made in either cash or SMLP common units, or a combination thereof.
In the first quarter of 2019, the Contribution Agreement associated with the 2016 Drop Down was amended to incorporate (i) a $100.0 million prepayment of the DPPO, which was paid in the second quarter of 2019 and (ii) an agreement to fix the remaining obligation due in 2020 at $303.5 million.
Quarterly Distribution
On July 25, 2019, the board of directors of SMLP's general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.2875 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $1.15 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended June 30, 2019. This distribution will be paid on August 14, 2019, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on August 7, 2019.
Second Quarter 2019 Earnings Call Information
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, August 9, 2019, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 48729287. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until August 23, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 48729287#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
Upcoming Investor Conferences
Members of SMLP's senior management team will attend the 2019 Citi One-on-One Midstream / Energy Infrastructure Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 14-15, 2019. The presentation materials associated with this event will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of the conference.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We report financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). We also present adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow, each a non-GAAP financial measure. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss, plus interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity, unit-based and noncash compensation, the change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation fair value, impairments, items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations and other noncash expenses or losses, less interest income, income tax benefit, income (loss) from equity method investees and other noncash income or gains. We define distributable cash flow as adjusted EBITDA plus cash interest received and cash taxes received, less cash interest paid, senior notes interest adjustment, distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders, Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment, cash taxes paid and maintenance capital expenditures. Because adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow may be defined differently by other entities in our industry, our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other entities, thereby diminishing their utility.
Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating our financial performance. Furthermore, management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures may provide external users of our financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others, with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods as they are expected to be reflective of our core ongoing business.
Adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow are used as supplemental financial measures by external users of our financial statements such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others.
Adjusted EBITDA is used to assess:
Distributable cash flow is used to assess:
Both of these measures have limitations as analytical tools and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. For example:
We compensate for the limitations of adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow as analytical tools by reviewing the comparable GAAP financial measures, understanding the differences between the financial measures and incorporating these data points into our decision-making process. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures are attached to this press release.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees and (ii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah. SMLP has an equity investment in and operates Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 41.8% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the non-economic general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns a 7.2% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2019, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, including forward-looking statements regarding 2019 financial guidance or financial or operating expectations for 2019, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||
June 30, | December 31, | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Assets | ||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 535 | $ | 4,345 | ||||
Accounts receivable | 84,125 | 97,936 | ||||||
Other current assets | 2,011 | 3,971 | ||||||
Total current assets | 86,671 | 106,252 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 1,878,851 | 1,963,713 | ||||||
Intangible assets, net | 251,250 | 273,416 | ||||||
Goodwill | 16,211 | 16,211 | ||||||
Investment in equity method investees | 653,807 | 649,250 | ||||||
Other noncurrent assets | 10,912 | 11,720 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 2,897,702 | $ | 3,020,562 | ||||
Liabilities and Partners' Capital | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Trade accounts payable | $ | 25,252 | $ | 38,414 | ||||
Accrued expenses | 8,759 | 21,963 | ||||||
Due to affiliate | 387 | 240 | ||||||
Deferred revenue | 12,325 | 11,467 | ||||||
Ad valorem taxes payable | 6,737 | 10,550 | ||||||
Accrued interest | 12,381 | 12,286 | ||||||
Accrued environmental remediation | 2,561 | 2,487 | ||||||
Other current liabilities | 11,949 | 12,645 | ||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation | 292,073 | — | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 372,424 | 110,052 | ||||||
Long-term debt | 1,365,564 | 1,257,731 | ||||||
Noncurrent Deferred Purchase Price Obligation | — | 383,934 | ||||||
Noncurrent deferred revenue | 40,201 | 39,504 | ||||||
Noncurrent accrued environmental remediation | 2,841 | 3,149 | ||||||
Other noncurrent liabilities | 9,557 | 4,968 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 1,790,587 | 1,799,338 | ||||||
Series A Preferred Units | 293,616 | 293,616 | ||||||
Common limited partner capital | 813,499 | 902,358 | ||||||
General Partner interests | — | 25,250 | ||||||
Total partners' capital | 1,107,115 | 1,221,224 | ||||||
Total liabilities and partners' capital | $ | 2,897,702 | $ | 3,020,562 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||||||||
(In thousands, except per-unit amounts) | ||||||||||||||||
Revenues: | ||||||||||||||||
Gathering services and related fees | $ | 75,107 | $ | 89,585 | $ | 162,071 | $ | 173,946 | ||||||||
Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales | 18,291 | 31,891 | 56,219 | 58,008 | ||||||||||||
Other revenues | 6,288 | 6,707 | 12,804 | 13,549 | ||||||||||||
Total revenues | 99,686 | 128,183 | 231,094 | 245,503 | ||||||||||||
Costs and expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
Cost of natural gas and NGLs | 11,571 | 24,384 | 43,330 | 44,670 | ||||||||||||
Operation and maintenance | 23,718 | 24,466 | 47,940 | 49,070 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative | 10,214 | 13,484 | 27,495 | 27,926 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 26,800 | 26,784 | 54,527 | 53,461 | ||||||||||||
Transaction costs | — | — | 950 | - | ||||||||||||
(Gain) loss on asset sales, net | (287) | 62 | (1,248) | (12) | ||||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment (1) | 70 | 587 | 45,021 | 587 | ||||||||||||
Total costs and expenses | 72,086 | 89,767 | 218,015 | 175,702 | ||||||||||||
Other income | 83 | 27 | 292 | 20 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense | (17,941) | (14,837) | (35,468) | (29,959) | ||||||||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation | (3,712) | (69,305) | (8,139) | (90,963) | ||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes and loss from equity method investees | 6,030 | (45,699) | (30,236) | (51,101) | ||||||||||||
Income tax expense | (1,142) | (294) | (1,349) | (123) | ||||||||||||
Loss from equity method investees | (79) | (3,920) | (520) | (2,534) | ||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 4,809 | $ | (49,913) | $ | (32,105) | $ | (53,758) | ||||||||
Loss per limited partner unit: | ||||||||||||||||
Common unit – basic | $ | (0.03) | $ | (0.79) | $ | (0.58) | $ | (0.97) | ||||||||
Common unit – diluted | $ | (0.03) | $ | (0.79) | $ | (0.58) | $ | (0.97) | ||||||||
Weighted-average limited partner units outstanding: | ||||||||||||||||
Common units – basic | 82,700 | 73,356 | 79,266 | 73,245 | ||||||||||||
Common units – diluted | 82,700 | 73,356 | 79,266 | 73,245 |
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(1) For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the amount is associated with our decision to idle our existing 20 MMcf/d DJ Basin processing plant in conjunction with the commissioning of our new 60 MMcf/d DJ Basin processing plant, and to decommission an underutilized Barnett Shale compressor station. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED OTHER FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA | |||||||||||||||
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Other financial data: | |||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 4,809 | $ | (49,913) | $ | (32,105) | $ | (53,758) | |||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 43,535 | $ | 58,839 | $ | 96,246 | $ | 110,049 | |||||||
Capital expenditures | $ | 50,244 | $ | 49,616 | $ | 111,092 | $ | 90,394 | |||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 68,608 | $ | 73,495 | $ | 137,577 | $ | 143,804 | |||||||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 38,408 | $ | 47,161 | $ | 78,635 | $ | 91,312 | |||||||
Distributions declared (1) | $ | 23,778 | $ | 45,216 | $ | 47,553 | $ | 90,432 | |||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (2) | 1.62x | 1.04x | 1.65x | 1.01x | |||||||||||
Operating data: | |||||||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – natural gas (MMcf/d) | 1,368 | 1,797 | 1,419 | 1,767 | |||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – liquids (Mbbl/d) | 94.3 | 88.9 | 98.6 | 86.9 | |||||||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (3) | 713 | 727 | 712 | 749 |
__________ |
(1) Represents distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of a given period. For example, for the three months ended June 30, 2019, represents the distributions declared in July 2019 to be paid in August 2019. |
(2) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 is based on distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of the second quarter of 2019 and 2018. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. |
(3) Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, subject to a one-month lag. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||||||||
Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||
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Reportable segment adjusted EBITDA (1): | |||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale | $ | 6,640 | $ | 9,223 | $ | 12,833 | $ | 17,938 | |||||||||
Ohio Gathering (2) | 9,939 | 8,935 | 19,149 | 19,412 | |||||||||||||
Williston Basin | 16,650 | 19,030 | 35,384 | 35,000 | |||||||||||||
DJ Basin | 2,816 | 959 | 5,489 | 2,280 | |||||||||||||
Permian Basin | (656) | — | (1,206) | - | |||||||||||||
Piceance Basin | 24,584 | 26,714 | 50,583 | 54,628 | |||||||||||||
Barnett Shale | 11,208 | 11,093 | 22,582 | 20,952 | |||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 4,635 | 6,543 | 9,777 | 13,219 | |||||||||||||
Total | $ | 75,816 | $ | 82,497 | $ | 154,591 | $ | 163,429 | |||||||||
Less Corporate and Other (3) | 7,208 | 9,002 | 17,014 | 19,625 | |||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 68,608 | $ | 73,495 | $ | 137,577 | $ | 143,804 |
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(1) We define segment adjusted EBITDA as total revenues less total costs and expenses; plus (i) other income excluding interest income, (ii) our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, (iii) depreciation and amortization, (iv) adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, (v) unit-based and noncash compensation, (vi) change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation, (vii) impairments and (viii) other noncash expenses or losses, less other noncash income or gains. |
(2) Represents our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA for Ohio Gathering, subject to a one-month lag. We define proportional adjusted EBITDA for our equity method investees as the product of (i) total revenues less total expenses, excluding impairments and other noncash income or expense items and (ii) amortization for deferred contract costs; multiplied by our ownership interest in Ohio Gathering during the respective period. |
(3) Corporate and Other represents those results that are not specifically attributable to a reportable segment (such as Double E) or that have not been allocated to our reportable segments, including certain general and administrative expense items, natural gas and crude oil marketing services, interest expense and a change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||||||||||
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2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||||||||
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Reconciliations of net income or loss to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: | ||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 4,809 | $ | (49,913) | $ | (32,105) | $ | (53,758) | ||||||||
Add: | ||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | 17,941 | 14,837 | 35,468 | 29,959 | ||||||||||||
Income tax expense | 1,142 | 294 | 1,349 | 123 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization (1) | 27,163 | 26,634 | 55,279 | 53,160 | ||||||||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (2) | 9,939 | 8,935 | 19,149 | 19,412 | ||||||||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (3) | 3,533 | (3,542) | (666) | (3,542) | ||||||||||||
Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity (4) | (1,046) | 115 | (1,761) | 155 | ||||||||||||
Unit-based and noncash compensation | 1,553 | 2,261 | 4,079 | 4,223 | ||||||||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation (5) | 3,712 | 69,305 | 8,139 | 90,963 | ||||||||||||
(Gain) loss on asset sales, net | (287) | 62 | (1,248) | (12) | ||||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment | 70 | 587 | 45,021 | 587 | ||||||||||||
Other, net (6) | — | — | 4,353 | — | ||||||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||
Loss from equity method investees | (79) | (3,920) | (520) | (2,534) | ||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 68,608 | $ | 73,495 | $ | 137,577 | $ | 143,804 | ||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||
Cash interest paid | 22,277 | 18,755 | 37,506 | 30,962 | ||||||||||||
Cash paid for taxes | 150 | 175 | 150 | 175 | ||||||||||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (7) | (3,063) | (3,063) | — | — | ||||||||||||
Distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders (8) | 14,250 | 14,250 | 14,250 | 14,250 | ||||||||||||
Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment (9) | (7,125) | (7,125) | — | — | ||||||||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | 3,711 | 3,342 | 7,036 | 7,105 | ||||||||||||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 38,408 | $ | 47,161 | $ | 78,635 | $ | 91,312 | ||||||||
Distributions declared (10) | $ | 23,778 | $ | 45,216 | $ | 47,553 | $ | 90,432 | ||||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (11) | 1.62x | 1.04x | 1.65x | 1.01x |
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(1) Includes the amortization expense associated with our favorable and unfavorable gas gathering contracts as reported in other revenues. |
(2) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, subject to a one-month lag. |
(3) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments recognize the earnings from MVC shortfall payments ratably over the term of the associated MVC. |
(4) Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity represent contributions in aid of construction revenue recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"). |
(5) Deferred Purchase Price Obligation represents the change in the present value of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. |
(6) Represents items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations, including, in the six months ended June 30, 2019, $3.4 million of severance expense associated with our former Chief Executive Officer and $0.9 million of transaction costs associated with the Equity Restructuring we completed during the quarter. |
(7) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 until maturity in April 2025. |
(8) Distributions on the Series A preferred units are paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
(9) Series A Preferred unit distribution adjustment represents the net of distributions paid and accrued on the Series A Preferred units. Distributions on the Series A preferred units are paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
(10) Represents distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of a given period. For example, for the three months ended June 30, 2019, represents the distributions declared in July 2019 to be paid in August 2019. |
(11) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 is based on distributions declared in respect of the second quarter of 2019 and 2018. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. |
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Six months ended June 30, | ||||||||
2019 | 2018 | |||||||
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Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: | ||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 96,246 | $ | 110,049 | ||||
Add: | ||||||||
Interest expense, excluding amortization of debt issuance costs | 33,293 | 27,873 | ||||||
Income tax expense | 1,349 | 123 | ||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities | 5,361 | 6,858 | ||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (1) | 19,149 | 19,412 | ||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (2) | (666) | (3,542) | ||||||
Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity (3) | (1,761) | 155 | ||||||
Other, net (4) | 4,353 | — | ||||||
Less: | ||||||||
Distributions from equity method investees | 18,217 | 17,124 | ||||||
Noncash lease expense | 1,530 | — | ||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 137,577 | $ | 143,804 | ||||
Less: | ||||||||
Cash interest paid | 37,506 | 30,962 | ||||||
Cash paid for taxes | 150 | 175 | ||||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (5) | — | — | ||||||
Distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders (6) | 14,250 | 14,250 | ||||||
Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment (7) | — | — | ||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | 7,036 | 7,105 | ||||||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 78,635 | $ | 91,312 |
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(1) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, subject to a one-month lag. |
(2) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments are recognized in gathering services and related fees. |
(3) Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity represent contributions in aid of construction revenue recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"). |
(4) Represents items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations, including, in the six months ended June 30, 2019, $3.4 million of severance expense associated with our former Chief Executive Officer and $0.9 million of transaction costs associated with the Equity Restructuring transaction we completed during the quarter. |
(5) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 until maturity in April 2025. |
(6) Distributions on the Series A Preferred units are paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
(7) Series A Preferred unit distribution adjustment represents the net of distributions paid and accrued on the Series A Preferred units. Distributions on the Series A Preferred units are paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Aug. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed J. Heath Deneke to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of Summit Midstream Partners, LLC, effective September 16, 2019. Mr. Deneke will also join the Board of Directors of Summit Midstream GP, LLC. Leonard Mallett, who has been serving as President and CEO of Summit Midstream Partners on an interim basis since February 2019, will continue to serve as the Company's Chief Operations Officer and will report to Mr. Deneke.
Mr. Deneke joins Summit Midstream Partners from Crestwood Equity Partners, where he most recently served as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Office of the Chairman since August 2017, where he was responsible for commercial development and operations of its midstream businesses, including assets in the Bakken, Barnett, Fayetteville, Marcellus, Powder River, and Permian basins.
Mr. Deneke commented, "I am excited to lead the Summit Midstream team and work with the Board to deliver our strategic plan, including strengthening the balance sheet, executing our growth projects and improving our competitive position in our Core Focus Areas. I look forward to getting to know our people, meeting with our stakeholders and working to enhance unitholder value."
Peter Labbat, director of SMLP and Managing Partner at Energy Capital Partners, SMLP's largest unitholder, said, "We are very pleased to welcome Heath as Summit's new chief executive. After an extensive search, the Board is confident that he has the right mix of industry knowledge, experience and leadership skills to lead Summit into the future for the benefit of our customers, partners, employees and unitholders."
Labbat continued, "We also want to thank Leonard for taking on the additional responsibility of serving as Summit's President and CEO on an interim basis. His leadership was invaluable during this period of transition, and we look forward to his continued contributions as our Chief Operations Officer."
Prior to his role as EVP and Chief Operating Officer of Crestwood Equity Partners, Mr. Deneke served as the Chief Operating Officer and President of Crestwood's Pipeline Services Group from June 2015 to August 2017, as President, Natural Gas Business Unit of Crestwood's general partner from October 2013 to June 2015 following the close of the Inergy/Crestwood merger and as Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Legacy Crestwood from August 2012 until October 2013. Prior to that, Mr. Deneke served in various management roles at El Paso Corporation and its affiliates starting in 1996, including Vice President of Project Development and Engineering for the Pipeline Group, where he was responsible for the planning and execution of over $8 billion in expansion projects. At El Paso, he also served as Director of Marketing and Asset Optimization for Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC and Manager of Business Development and Strategy for Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC.
Mr. Deneke holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Auburn University. He serves on the board of directors for Bay West Environmental and Bradford Airport Logistics and is a member of the Houston Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah. SMLP has an equity investment in and operates Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 41.8% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the non-economic general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns a 7.2% limited partner interest in SMLP.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, has declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.2875 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $1.15 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended June 30, 2019. This distribution will be paid on August 14, 2019, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on August 7, 2019.
Second Quarter 2019 Earnings Release and Earnings Call Schedule
SMLP also announced today that it will report operating and financial results for the second quarter of 2019 on Friday, August 9, 2019, before the start of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, August 9, 2019, to discuss its quarterly results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 48729287. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until August 23, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 48729287#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
This release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat one hundred percent (100.0%) of SMLP's distributions to foreign investors as being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. Accordingly, SMLP's distributions to foreign investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.
For purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.871-15(m), SMLP is not considered a covered partnership.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah. SMLP owns a majority ownership interest in and operates Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also owns a minority ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2019, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today the successful commissioning of its new 60 MMcf/d cryogenic processing plant in the DJ Basin. The new facility, which substantially increases SMLP's prior processing capacity in the DJ Basin, delivers residue gas to Colorado Interstate Gas and Trailblazer Pipeline and processed NGLs to the Overland Pass Pipeline. In addition, SMLP expects the new plant to operate more efficiently and to generate substantially higher NGL recoveries compared to SMLP's legacy 20 MMcf/d processing facility.
Volumes at this new plant are expected to ramp considerably throughout the balance of 2019 based on existing production behind our system and new production associated with our customers' drilling and completion schedules. SMLP's capital investment in the new processing plant was underpinned with monthly demand payments from certain of our customers, and the commissioning of the plant enables SMLP to earn those monthly demand fees, beginning in the third quarter of 2019. SMLP estimates that the new facility will enable annualized DJ Basin segment adjusted EBITDA for the second half of 2019 to more than triple the $7.6 million of DJ Basin segment adjusted EBITDA reported in all of 2018.
Leonard Mallett, interim President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "Today's announcement represents a key milestone for SMLP and creates significant scale for us in one of our core growth basins. This new infrastructure provides our customers with a much-needed outlet for the rapidly growing associated natural gas production in this rural part of northern Weld County, which we expect will create additional expansion opportunities for SMLP in the future. Additionally, the high margin free cash flow generated by the new facility will further strengthen our balance sheet."
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah. SMLP also owns an ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which owns and operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2019, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, including forward-looking statements regarding 2019 financial guidance or financial or operating expectations for 2019, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, June 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today a final investment decision ("FID") to proceed with the Double E Pipeline Project ("Double E" or the "Project"), having secured sufficient commitments pursuant to binding precedent agreements for long-term, firm transportation service and having executed definitive joint venture agreements with an affiliate of Double E's Foundation Shipper (the "JV Partner"). Concurrent with the FID, Double E's Foundation Shipper amended its previously executed precedent agreement. Together with firm commitments from other shippers, Double E has secured 10-year take-or-pay volume commitments for a substantial majority of its initial throughput capacity of 1.35 billion cubic feet per day ("Bcf/d"). Throughput capacity on Double E could be expanded at a later date to 1.85 Bcf/d with the installation of compression facilities. Commercial discussions with additional potential shippers are ongoing and SMLP will look for opportunities to subscribe the limited remaining capacity prior to commissioning.
Double E will provide natural gas transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP will own a majority of the Project, will lead the development, permitting and construction of the Project, and will operate Double E upon commissioning. SMLP estimates that its share of the capital expenditures required to develop Double E will total approximately $350 million, and that more than 90% of those capital expenditures will be incurred in 2020 and 2021.
SMLP intends to fund its share of the capital expenditures for Double E with a combination of internally generated cash flow and proceeds from potential non-core asset divestitures. In addition, given the take-or-pay volume commitments underpinning the Project, SMLP and its lenders have amended SMLP's revolving credit facility to provide additional flexibility with respect to its financial performance metrics during the construction of the Project. SMLP will continue to evaluate opportunities to further optimize its financing plan for Double E as it continues to develop the Project.
"We are excited to announce our FID on the Double E Pipeline Project, which will provide critical energy infrastructure for rapidly growing residue natural gas volumes in the Northern Delaware Basin," said Leonard Mallett, interim President and Chief Executive Officer of SMLP. "The Double E Project will serve an infrastructure-constrained area, alleviate natural gas flaring, and provide access to growing markets along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Double E is a marquee project for SMLP, and when combined with our existing gathering and processing operations in the Permian Basin, promotes our strategy of achieving scale, diversifying our operations downstream of wellhead gathering, and becoming more integrated in our Core Focus Areas."
Double E expects to file its section 7(c) application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in the third quarter of 2019, and estimates a third quarter of 2021 in-service date, assuming timely receipt of the requisite regulatory approvals.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah. SMLP also owns an ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which owns and operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2019, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, including forward-looking statements regarding 2019 financial guidance or financial or operating expectations for 2019, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, June 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, has declared a distribution of $47.50 per Series A Preferred Unit, which will be payable on June 17, 2019, to holders of record at the close of business on June 3, 2019.
This release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat one hundred percent (100.0%) of SMLP's distributions to foreign investors as being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. Accordingly, SMLP's distributions to foreign investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah. SMLP also owns an ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which owns and operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, May 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today its financial and operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2019. SMLP reported a net loss of $36.9 million for the first quarter of 2019, compared to a net loss of $3.8 million for the prior-year period. Net loss in the first quarter of 2019 included $45.0 million of non-cash, long-lived asset impairments. Net cash provided by operating activities totaled $52.7 million for the first quarter of 2019, compared to $51.2 million for the prior-year period. Adjusted EBITDA totaled $69.0 million and distributable cash flow ("DCF") totaled $40.2 million for the first quarter of 2019, compared to $70.3 million and $44.2 million, respectively, for the prior-year period.
Leonard Mallett, interim President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "Our financial results for the first quarter of 2019 were generally in line with our expectations. Our outlook for the balance of 2019 remains strong and is supported by 16 active rigs currently running upstream of our gathering systems and more than 100 DUCs that our customers maintain in inventory. This customer activity is the best indicator of future growth, and gives us visibility for the pace of volume throughput and adjusted EBITDA throughout the balance of the year, with significant growth expected from our Core Focus Areas, which include the Utica, Williston, DJ and Permian segments. As such, we are affirming our 2019 adjusted EBITDA guidance of $295 million to $315 million. Our first quarter financial results enabled us to generate a strong distribution coverage ratio of 1.7x and we expect this metric will continue to strengthen, in line with adjusted EBITDA growth, throughout the year."
"Our team continues to focus its efforts to successfully execute on key projects, including the completion and commissioning of our new 60 MMcf/d processing plant in the DJ Basin, which is expected this quarter, increasing the utilization and efficiency of our newly-commissioned Permian Basin gathering and processing assets, and the development of the Double E Pipeline Project. The DJ plant commissioning and expected volume ramp on the Permian system, together with new pad connections in the Williston Basin and infill drilling and completion activities behind our SMU system, represent near-term catalysts that we expect will drive volume and adjusted EBITDA growth higher throughout the balance of 2019. In addition, we are actively evaluating opportunities to further strengthen the balance sheet and accelerate deleveraging, including non-core asset sales."
Closing of Strategic Actions
On March 22, 2019, SMLP closed on the sale of Tioga Midstream to affiliates of Hess Infrastructure Partners LP for cash consideration of approximately $90 million, with the net proceeds used to reduce debt outstanding under the revolving credit facility. In connection with this sale, SMLP executed an Equity Restructuring transaction, which included the elimination of SMLP's IDRs, the prepayment of $100.0 million of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation ("DPPO"), and an agreement to fix the remaining obligation due in 2020 at $303.5 million. The $100.0 million DPPO prepayment was funded in April 2019. These transactions, coupled with a reduction in SMLP's common unit distribution, have placed SMLP in a stronger financial position with increased levels of retained cash flow and enhanced financial flexibility.
Double E Pipeline Project Update
SMLP continues to advance the Double E Pipeline Project ("Double E"), which will provide natural gas transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around Waha, Texas. SMLP has executed multiple binding precedent agreements for long-term, firm transportation service, and continues to work closely with its anchor shipper and potential equity partner, Exxon Mobil Corporation, regarding most aspects of project development. In addition, SMLP has refined the scope for Double E to enable approximately 1.35 Bcf/d of initial natural gas transportation capacity to Waha. Additional throughput capacity could be achieved at a later date with the installation of compression facilities. SMLP is engaged in active dialogue with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and has submitted certain resource reports for Double E, which represents a key component of the section 7(c) application process.
First Quarter 2019 Segment Results
The following table presents average daily throughput by reportable segment:
Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
2019 | 2018 | |||||||
Average daily throughput (MMcf/d): | ||||||||
Utica Shale | 286 | 356 | ||||||
Williston Basin | 16 | 18 | ||||||
DJ Basin | 21 | 14 | ||||||
Permian Basin | 15 | — | ||||||
Piceance Basin | 485 | 564 | ||||||
Barnett Shale | 260 | 263 | ||||||
Marcellus Shale | 379 | 522 | ||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput | 1,462 | 1,737 | ||||||
Average daily throughput (Mbbl/d): | ||||||||
Williston Basin | 103.0 | 85.0 | ||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput | 103.0 | 85.0 | ||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (1) | 711 | 771 |
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(1) Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag. |
Utica Shale
The Utica Shale reportable segment includes Summit Midstream Utica ("SMU"), a natural gas gathering system located in Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio. SMU gathers and delivers dry natural gas to interconnections with a third-party intrastate pipeline that provides access to the Clarington Hub.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2019 totaled $6.2 million, up from $5.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2018. Volume throughput averaged 286 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2019, and included 205 MMcf/d of volumes gathered from pad sites directly connected to the SMU system, and 81 MMcf/d from the TPL-7 Connector project, which generates a substantially lower gathering margin. Volumes from pad sites directly connected to the SMU system increased by 22.8% compared to the fourth quarter of 2018, due to the completion of four wells late in the fourth quarter of 2018 and the completion of four additional wells in the first quarter of 2019. In April 2019, our anchor customer mobilized a drilling rig upstream of our SMU system. Based on our expectation for additional well connections in 2019, we anticipate the mix of volumes throughout 2019 to continue to shift toward higher margin pad site volumes. As a result, we expect disproportionally higher segment adjusted EBITDA growth relative to total volume growth.
First quarter of 2019 volumes were negatively impacted by approximately 44 MMcf/d of temporary volume curtailments resulting from (i) 18 MMcf/d associated with producer equipment issues upstream of our gathering system and (ii) 26 MMcf/d associated with infill drilling and completion activities on existing pad sites. The operational issues have been remediated and pipeline flows have been restored; however, we estimate that this interruption, along with associated operating expenses related to remediation activities on the SMU system, negatively impacted our segment adjusted EBITDA by approximately $0.7 million in the first quarter of 2019. The 26 MMcf/d of temporary curtailments associated with infill drilling and completion activities are estimated to have negatively impacted our segment adjusted EBITDA in the first quarter of 2019 by approximately $0.8 million, but these curtailments were anticipated.
Ohio Gathering
The Ohio Gathering reportable segment includes our ownership interest in the Ohio Gathering system, a natural gas gathering system spanning the condensate, liquids-rich and dry gas windows of the Utica Shale in Harrison, Guernsey, Noble, Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio, as well as our ownership interest in Ohio Condensate, a condensate stabilization facility located in Harrison County, Ohio. Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Ohio Gathering segment includes our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA from Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate, based on a one-month lag.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2019 totaled $9.2 million, down from $10.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2018. Volume throughput on the Ohio Gathering system averaged 711 MMcf/d, gross, in the first quarter of 2019, compared to 780 MMcf/d, gross, in the fourth quarter of 2018. Lower volumes were partially offset by 22 new well connections in the first quarter of 2019, including 12 new wells that were connected at the end of the quarter and are expected to have a more meaningful impact on volumes in the second quarter of 2019. Producer activity in our service area continues to be steady with three drilling rigs currently operating upstream of the Ohio Gathering system, supplemented by 26 drilled but uncompleted wells ("DUCs") that our customers have in inventory. This activity, which remains primarily focused on the condensate window of the play, supports our expectation for volume growth throughout the balance of 2019.
Williston Basin
The Polar and Divide and Bison Midstream systems provide our midstream services for the Williston Basin reportable segment. The Polar and Divide system gathers crude oil in Williams and Divide counties in North Dakota and delivers to third-party intra- and interstate pipelines as well as third-party rail terminals. The Polar and Divide system also gathers and delivers produced water to various third-party disposal wells in the region. Bison Midstream gathers associated natural gas production in Mountrail and Burke counties in North Dakota and delivers to third-party pipelines serving a third-party processing plant in Channahon, Illinois. The Tioga Midstream system provided midstream services for our Williston Basin reportable segment until March 22, 2019, when it was sold. Tioga Midstream was a crude oil, produced water and associated natural gas gathering system in Williams County, North Dakota.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Williston Basin segment totaled $18.7 million in the first quarter of 2019, down from $21.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2018. Lower segment adjusted EBITDA was primarily related to lower liquids volume, which averaged 103.0 Mbbl/d in the first quarter of 2019, down 5.4% from the fourth quarter of 2018. Liquids volumes were lower in the first quarter of 2019 due to natural production declines associated with 44 new wells that were commissioned in the second half of 2018. These lower liquids volumes were partially offset by higher volumes from four new wells that were commissioned in the first quarter of 2019. In the first quarter of 2019, we enhanced our crude oil gathering system in our Williams County service area, which increased system capacity by approximately 25 Mbbl/d. This segment of our gathering system has experienced increased producer activity levels and attractive well results of late, and we expect that this system expansion will facilitate additional volume growth in this area going forward.
Relative to the fourth quarter of 2018, segment adjusted EBITDA in the first quarter of 2019 was also impacted by lower natural gas volumes primarily due to natural production declines, unfavorable weather, and lower volumes and lower gathering rates on the Tioga Midstream system, which was sold in March 2019.
Our Williston Basin customers are currently operating four drilling rigs upstream of our gathering systems, which, combined with the 49 DUCs that our customers have in inventory, support our expectations for higher liquids volumes in the second half of 2019.
DJ Basin
The DJ Basin reportable segment includes the Niobrara Gathering & Processing system ("Niobrara G&P"), an associated natural gas gathering and processing system located in the DJ Basin in northeastern Colorado. Niobrara G&P delivers residue gas to the Colorado Interstate Gas pipeline and processed NGLs to the Overland Pass Pipeline.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2019 totaled $2.7 million, down from $3.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2018. Lower segment adjusted EBITDA was primarily attributable to unfavorable customer volume mix and higher operating expenses. Volume throughput averaged 21 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2019, our second consecutive quarter operating at full processing capacity. We are currently completing and commissioning a 60 MMcf/d processing plant expansion, which we expect to place into service in the second quarter of 2019. This new plant will enable higher volume throughput and will immediately facilitate segment adjusted EBITDA growth, with a full quarter's impact beginning in the third quarter of 2019.
Certain of our DJ Basin gathering and processing contracts include reimbursement mechanisms that are tied to pad connection capital expenditures. These mechanisms provide SMLP with downside protection; however, the volume throughput associated with this capital has no impact on reportable segment adjusted EBITDA until the capital is fully reimbursed. If these mechanisms were not in place, we estimate that our first quarter of 2019 reportable segment adjusted EBITDA would have been approximately $0.6 million higher.
Our customers are currently operating one drilling rig in our DJ Basin service area, and they commissioned 34 new wells upstream of the Niobrara G&P system in the first quarter of 2019. During the fourth quarter of 2018 and the first quarter of 2019, our customers operated as many as six rigs on acreage dedicated to SMLP. We expect to see significant increases in volume throughput associated with this drilling activity, together with the 25 DUCs that we expect to be completed across the remainder of 2019.
Permian Basin
The Permian Basin reportable segment includes Summit Midstream Permian ("Summit Permian"), an associated natural gas gathering and processing system located in the northern Delaware Basin in southeastern New Mexico. Summit Permian operates the 60 MMcf/d Lane Gathering & Processing system ("Lane G&P"), which delivers residue gas to the Transwestern Pipeline and processed NGLs to the Lone Star Express pipeline.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2019 totaled ($0.6) million, compared to ($0.3) million in the fourth quarter of 2018. We initiated operations on the Lane G&P system late in the fourth quarter of 2018, and fully commissioned the 60 MMcf/d processing plant in the first quarter of 2019. First quarter of 2019 volume throughput averaged 15 MMcf/d. Segment adjusted EBITDA in the first quarter of 2019 was negatively impacted by (i) volume throughput that included a relatively high mix of lower-margin, off-system gas that was used to facilitate the commissioning process, (ii) higher operating expenses related to the commissioning process, and (iii) lower plant recoveries and higher fuel consumption related to the continued commissioning of the plant throughout the quarter. All of these issues are expected to normalize given the full commissioning of the Lane G&P system in the first quarter of 2019 and as utilization rates increase throughout the balance of 2019.
We connected four new wells upstream of our Lane G&P system in the first quarter of 2019 and we expect to commission a new compressor station in the second quarter of 2019 that will enable higher volume throughput compared to first quarter of 2019 levels. Our Permian Basin customers are currently operating five drilling rigs in our service area.
Legacy Areas
Our Legacy Areas, which include our Piceance Basin, Barnett Shale, and Marcellus Shale reportable segments, are located in production basins in which we expect our gathering systems to experience relatively lower long-term growth and to represent a minority of our capital expenditures. Our Legacy Areas are served by the Grand River system for the Piceance Basin reportable segment, the DFW Midstream system for the Barnett Shale reportable segment, and the Mountaineer Midstream system for the Marcellus Shale reportable segment.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Piceance Basin, Barnett Shale, and Marcellus Shale reportable segments totaled $42.5 million in the first quarter of 2019, down from $45.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2018. Lower total reportable segment adjusted EBITDA for our Legacy Areas was driven primarily by lower volume throughput, which on an aggregate basis for these three reportable segments declined 4.9% compared to the fourth quarter of 2018. First quarter of 2019 segment adjusted EBITDA was also negatively impacted by contractual step-downs in certain of our Piceance Basin MVCs. Total segment adjusted EBITDA exceeded total segment capital expenditures for our Legacy Areas in the first quarter of 2019 by $41.3 million.
Our Legacy Area results in the first quarter of 2019 benefited from high activity levels in our Barnett Shale reportable segment. Volume throughput on our DFW Midstream system averaged 260 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2019 and was driven by continued strong performance from five new wells that were commissioned in September 2018, along with attractive initial production levels from four new wells that were commissioned in January 2019. Our Barnett Shale customers are currently operating one drilling rig upstream of our gathering system.
Volume declines in the first quarter of 2019 for our Marcellus Shale reportable segment moderated compared to declines experienced in the prior two quarters, as production rates began to level off for 35 new wells that were commissioned from the first quarter of 2017 through the first quarter of 2018. In April 2019, our anchor customer mobilized a drilling rig upstream of our Mountaineer Midstream system. We expect higher volumes associated with this drilling activity beginning in the fourth quarter of 2019.
MVC Shortfall Payments
SMLP billed its customers $12.5 million in the first quarter of 2019 related to MVC shortfalls. For those customers that do not have MVC shortfall credit banking mechanisms in their gathering agreements, the MVC shortfall payments are accounted for as gathering revenue in the period in which they are earned. In the first quarter of 2019, SMLP recognized $20.7 million of gathering revenue associated with MVC shortfall payments. SMLP also recognized ($4.2) million of adjustments to MVC shortfall payments in the first quarter of 2019, primarily related to future expected shortfall payments from customers in the Williston Basin segment and the Barnett Shale segment. SMLP's MVC shortfall payment mechanisms contributed $16.5 million of total adjusted EBITDA in the first quarter of 2019.
Three months ended March 31, 2019 | |||||||||||||||
MVC Billings | Gathering | Adjustments | Net impact | ||||||||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: | |||||||||||||||
Piceance Basin | $ | 3,325 | $ | 3,325 | $ | — | $ | 3,325 | |||||||
Total net change | $ | 3,325 | $ | 3,325 | $ | — | $ | 3,325 | |||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: | |||||||||||||||
Williston Basin | $ | 821 | $ | 8,450 | $ | (5,549) | $ | 2,901 | |||||||
Piceance Basin | 7,179 | 7,723 | (103) | 7,620 | |||||||||||
Barnett Shale | — | — | 1,453 | 1,453 | |||||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 1,222 | 1,222 | — | 1,222 | |||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments | $ | 9,222 | $ | 17,395 | $ | (4,199) | $ | 13,196 | |||||||
Total (1) | $ | 12,547 | $ | 20,720 | $ | (4,199) | $ | 16,521 |
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(1) Exclusive of Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures totaled $60.8 million in the first quarter of 2019, including maintenance capital expenditures of $3.3 million. Development activities during the first quarter of 2019 were primarily related to our 60 MMcf/d DJ Basin processing plant, along with approximately $15.8 million of capital expenditures related to our Double E Pipeline Project, which are reported within our Corporate and Other reportable segment. We expect spend to moderate throughout the balance of the year, with total capital expenditures in 2019 closer to the low end of our 2019 guidance range of $150 million to $175 million.
Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
2019 | 2018 | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Cash paid for capital expenditures (1): | ||||||||
Utica Shale | $ | 101 | $ | 1,020 | ||||
Williston Basin | 8,023 | 5,888 | ||||||
DJ Basin | 28,356 | 14,260 | ||||||
Permian Basin | 7,057 | 16,145 | ||||||
Piceance Basin | 1,226 | 2,644 | ||||||
Barnett Shale (2) | (118) | 37 | ||||||
Marcellus Shale | 102 | 487 | ||||||
Total reportable segment capital expenditures | 44,747 | 40,481 | ||||||
Corporate and Other | 16,101 | 297 | ||||||
Total cash paid for capital expenditures | $ | 60,848 | $ | 40,778 |
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(1) Excludes cash paid for capital expenditures by Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
(2) For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the amount includes vendor reimbursements of $1.1 million. |
Capital & Liquidity
As of March 31, 2019, SMLP had $816.0 million of available borrowing capacity under its $1.25 billion revolving credit facility, subject to covenant limits. Based upon the terms of SMLP's revolving credit facility and total outstanding debt of $1.23 billion (inclusive of $800.0 million of senior unsecured notes), SMLP's total leverage ratio and senior secured leverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) as of March 31, 2019, were 4.28 to 1.0 and 1.50 to 1.0, respectively.
SMLP Financial Guidance
SMLP is affirming its 2019 financial guidance, which is outlined in the table below:
2019 Financial Guidance | |||
($ in millions) | Low | High | |
Adjusted EBITDA | $295.0 | - | $315.0 |
Capital Expenditures (1) | $150.0 | - | $175.0 |
Maintenance Capital Expenditures | $15.0 | - | $25.0 |
Distribution Coverage Ratio | 1.75x | - | 1.95x |
(1) Includes maintenance capital expenditures. |
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation
The consideration for the 2016 Drop Down consisted of an initial cash payment on March 3, 2016, and the DPPO, which will be paid no later than December 31, 2020. At the discretion of the board of directors of SMLP's general partner, the DPPO can be made in either cash or SMLP common units, or a combination thereof.
In the first quarter of 2019, the Contribution Agreement associated with the 2016 Drop Down was amended to incorporate (i) a $100.0 million prepayment of the DPPO, which was paid in April 2019 and (ii) an agreement to fix the remaining obligation due in 2020 at $303.5 million.
Quarterly Distribution
On April 25, 2019, the board of directors of SMLP's general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.2875 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $1.15 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended March 31, 2019. This distribution will be paid on May 15, 2019, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on May 8, 2019.
First Quarter 2019 Earnings Call Information
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, May 10, 2019, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 48480413. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until May 24, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 48480413#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
Upcoming Investor Conferences
Members of SMLP's senior management team will attend the 2019 MLP & Energy Infrastructure Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 14-16, 2019 and the SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Midstream Summit in New York, New York on June 12, 2019. The presentation materials associated with these events will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of the conferences.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We report financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). We also present adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow, each a non-GAAP financial measure. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss, plus interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity, unit-based and noncash compensation, the change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation fair value, impairments, items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations and other noncash expenses or losses, less interest income, income tax benefit, income (loss) from equity method investees and other noncash income or gains. We define distributable cash flow as adjusted EBITDA plus cash interest received and cash taxes received, less cash interest paid, senior notes interest adjustment, distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders, Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment, cash taxes paid and maintenance capital expenditures. Because adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow may be defined differently by other entities in our industry, our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other entities, thereby diminishing their utility.
Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating our financial performance. Furthermore, management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures may provide external users of our financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others, with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods as they are expected to be reflective of our core ongoing business.
Adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow are used as supplemental financial measures by external users of our financial statements such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others.
Adjusted EBITDA is used to assess:
Distributable cash flow is used to assess:
Both of these measures have limitations as analytical tools and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. For example:
We compensate for the limitations of adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow as analytical tools by reviewing the comparable GAAP financial measures, understanding the differences between the financial measures and incorporating these data points into our decision-making process. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures are attached to this press release.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees and (ii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah. SMLP also owns an ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 41.8% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the non-economic general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 7.2% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2019, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, including forward-looking statements regarding 2019 financial guidance or financial or operating expectations for 2019, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees and (ii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | ||||||||
March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
2019 | 2018 | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Assets | ||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 5,300 | $ | 4,345 | ||||
Accounts receivable | 91,978 | 97,936 | ||||||
Other current assets | 2,812 | 3,971 | ||||||
Total current assets | 100,090 | 106,252 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 1,873,929 | 1,963,713 | ||||||
Intangible assets, net | 258,711 | 273,416 | ||||||
Goodwill | 16,211 | 16,211 | ||||||
Investment in equity method investees | 640,226 | 649,250 | ||||||
Other noncurrent assets | 11,423 | 11,720 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 2,900,590 | $ | 3,020,562 | ||||
Liabilities and Partners' Capital | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Trade accounts payable | $ | 28,324 | $ | 38,414 | ||||
Accrued expenses | 20,610 | 21,963 | ||||||
Due to affiliate | 320 | 240 | ||||||
Deferred revenue | 11,639 | 11,467 | ||||||
Ad valorem taxes payable | 3,818 | 10,550 | ||||||
Accrued interest | 15,397 | 12,286 | ||||||
Accrued environmental remediation | 2,129 | 2,487 | ||||||
Other current liabilities | 12,858 | 12,645 | ||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation | 100,000 | — | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 195,095 | 110,052 | ||||||
Long-term debt | 1,226,146 | 1,257,731 | ||||||
Noncurrent Deferred Purchase Price Obligation | 288,361 | 383,934 | ||||||
Noncurrent deferred revenue | 41,203 | 39,504 | ||||||
Noncurrent accrued environmental remediation | 3,126 | 3,149 | ||||||
Other noncurrent liabilities | 7,626 | 4,968 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 1,761,557 | 1,799,338 | ||||||
Series A Preferred Units | 300,741 | 293,616 | ||||||
Common limited partner capital | 838,292 | 902,358 | ||||||
General Partner interests | — | 25,250 | ||||||
Total partners' capital | 1,139,033 | 1,221,224 | ||||||
Total liabilities and partners' capital | $ | 2,900,590 | $ | 3,020,562 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | ||||||
Three months ended March 31, | ||||||
2019 | 2018 | |||||
(In thousands, except per-unit amounts) | ||||||
Revenues: | ||||||
Gathering services and related fees | $ | 86,964 | $ | 84,361 | ||
Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales | 37,928 | 26,117 | ||||
Other revenues | 6,516 | 6,842 | ||||
Total revenues | 131,408 | 117,320 | ||||
Costs and expenses: | ||||||
Cost of natural gas and NGLs | 31,759 | 20,286 | ||||
Operation and maintenance | 24,222 | 24,604 | ||||
General and administrative | 17,281 | 14,385 | ||||
Depreciation and amortization | 27,727 | 26,677 | ||||
Transaction costs | 950 | 57 | ||||
Gain on asset sales, net | (961) | (74) | ||||
Long-lived asset impairment (1) | 44,951 | — | ||||
Total costs and expenses | 145,929 | 85,935 | ||||
Other income (expense), net | 209 | (7) | ||||
Interest expense | (17,527) | (15,122) | ||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation | (4,427) | (21,658) | ||||
Loss before income taxes and (loss) income from equity method investees | (36,266) | (5,402) | ||||
Income tax (expense) benefit | (207) | 171 | ||||
(Loss) income from equity method investees | (441) | 1,386 | ||||
Net loss | $ | (36,914) | $ | (3,845) | ||
Loss per limited partner unit: | ||||||
Common unit – basic | $ | (0.58) | $ | (0.18) | ||
Common unit – diluted | $ | (0.58) | $ | (0.18) | ||
Weighted-average limited partner units outstanding: | ||||||
Common units – basic | 75,793 | 73,134 | ||||
Common units – diluted | 75,793 | 73,134 |
__________ |
(1) Associated with our decision to idle our existing 20 MMcf/d DJ Basin processing plant in conjunction with the commissioning of our new 60 MMcf/d DJ Basin processing plant, and to decommission an underutilized Barnett Shale compressor station. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||
UNAUDITED OTHER FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA | |||||||
Three months ended March 31, | |||||||
2019 | 2018 | ||||||
(Dollars in thousands) | |||||||
Other financial data: | |||||||
Net loss | $ | (36,914) | $ | (3,845) | |||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 52,711 | $ | 51,210 | |||
Capital expenditures | $ | 60,848 | $ | 40,778 | |||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 68,970 | $ | 70,309 | |||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 40,228 | $ | 44,151 | |||
Distributions declared (1) | $ | 23,775 | $ | 45,216 | |||
Distribution coverage ratio (2) | 1.69x | 0.98x | |||||
Operating data: | |||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – natural gas (MMcf/d) | 1,462 | 1,737 | |||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – liquids (Mbbl/d) | 103.0 | 85.0 | |||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (3) | 711 | 771 |
__________ |
(1) Represents distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of a given period. For example, for the three months ended March 31, 2019, represents the distributions declared in April 2019 to be paid in May 2019. |
(2) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 is based on distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of the first quarter of 2019 and 2018. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. |
(3) Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF REPORTABLE SEGMENT ADJUSTED EBITDA | ||||||||
TO ADJUSTED EBITDA | ||||||||
Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
2019 | 2018 | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Reportable segment adjusted EBITDA (1): | ||||||||
Utica Shale | $ | 6,193 | $ | 8,715 | ||||
Ohio Gathering (2) | 9,210 | 10,477 | ||||||
Williston Basin | 18,734 | 15,970 | ||||||
DJ Basin | 2,673 | 1,321 | ||||||
Permian Basin | (550) | — | ||||||
Piceance Basin | 25,999 | 27,914 | ||||||
Barnett Shale | 11,374 | 9,859 | ||||||
Marcellus Shale | 5,142 | 6,676 | ||||||
Total | $ | 78,775 | $ | 80,932 | ||||
Less Corporate and Other (3) | 9,805 | 10,623 | ||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 68,970 | $ | 70,309 |
__________ |
(1) We define segment adjusted EBITDA as total revenues less total costs and expenses; plus (i) other income excluding interest income, (ii) our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, (iii) depreciation and amortization, (iv) adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, (v) unit-based and noncash compensation, (vi) change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation, (vii) impairments and (viii) other noncash expenses or losses, less other noncash income or gains. |
(2) Represents our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag. We define proportional adjusted EBITDA for our equity method investees as the product of (i) total revenues less total expenses, excluding impairments and other noncash income or expense items and (ii) amortization for deferred contract costs; multiplied by our ownership interest in Ohio Gathering during the respective period. |
(3) Corporate and Other represents those results that are not specifically attributable to a reportable segment or that have not been allocated to our reportable segments, including certain general and administrative expense items, natural gas and crude oil marketing services, interest expense and a change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | ||||||
Three months ended March 31, | ||||||
2019 | 2018 | |||||
(In thousands) | ||||||
Reconciliations of net income or loss to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: | ||||||
Net loss | $ | (36,914) | $ | (3,845) | ||
Add: | ||||||
Interest expense | 17,527 | 15,122 | ||||
Income tax expense (benefit) | 207 | (171) | ||||
Depreciation and amortization (1) | 28,116 | 26,526 | ||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (2) | 9,210 | 10,477 | ||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (3) | (4,199) | — | ||||
Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity (4) | (715) | 40 | ||||
Unit-based and noncash compensation | 2,526 | 1,962 | ||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation (5) | 4,427 | 21,658 | ||||
Gain on asset sales, net | (961) | (74) | ||||
Long-lived asset impairment | 44,951 | — | ||||
Other, net (6) | 4,354 | — | ||||
Less: | ||||||
(Loss) income from equity method investees | (441) | 1,386 | ||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 68,970 | $ | 70,309 | ||
Less: | ||||||
Cash interest paid | 15,229 | 12,207 | ||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (7) | 3,063 | 3,063 | ||||
Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment (8) | 7,125 | 7,125 | ||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | 3,325 | 3,763 | ||||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 40,228 | $ | 44,151 | ||
Distributions declared (9) | $ | 23,775 | $ | 45,216 | ||
Distribution coverage ratio (10) | 1.69x | 0.98x |
__________ |
(1) Includes the amortization expense associated with our favorable and unfavorable gas gathering contracts as reported in other revenues. |
(2) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, based on a one-month lag. |
(3) For the three months ended March 31, 2019, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments are recognized in gathering services and related fees. |
(4) Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity represent contributions in aid of construction revenue recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"). |
(5) Deferred Purchase Price Obligation represents the change in the present value of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. |
(6) Represents items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations, including, in the three months ended March 31, 2019, $3.4 million of severance expense associated with our former Chief Executive Officer and $0.9 million of transaction costs associated with the Equity Restructuring we completed during the quarter. |
(7) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 until maturity in April 2025. |
(8) Series A Preferred unit distribution adjustment represents the net of distributions paid and accrued on the Series A Preferred units. Distributions on the Series A preferred units are paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
(9) Represents distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of a given period. For example, for the three months ended March 31, 2019, represents the distributions declared in April 2019 to be paid in May 2019. |
(10) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 is based on distributions declared in respect of the first quarter of 2019 and 2018. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | ||||||
Three months Ended March 31, | ||||||
2019 | 2018 | |||||
(In thousands) | ||||||
Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: | ||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 52,711 | $ | 51,210 | ||
Add: | ||||||
Interest expense, excluding amortization of debt issuance costs | 16,447 | 14,082 | ||||
Income tax expense (benefit) | 207 | (171) | ||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities | 303 | 4,315 | ||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (1) | 9,210 | 10,477 | ||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (2) | (4,199) | — | ||||
Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity (3) | (715) | 40 | ||||
Other, net (4) | 4,354 | — | ||||
Less: | ||||||
Distributions from equity method investees | 8,583 | 9,644 | ||||
Noncash lease expense | 765 | — | ||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 68,970 | $ | 70,309 | ||
Less: | ||||||
Cash interest paid | 15,229 | 12,207 | ||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (5) | 3,063 | 3,063 | ||||
Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment (6) | 7,125 | 7,125 | ||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | 3,325 | 3,763 | ||||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 40,228 | $ | 44,151 |
__________ |
(1) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, based on a one-month lag. |
(2) For the three months ended March 31, 2019, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments are recognized in gathering services and related fees. |
(3) Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity represent contributions in aid of construction revenue recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"). |
(4) Represents items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations, including, in the three months ended March 31, 2019, $3.4 million of severance expense associated with our former Chief Executive Officer and $0.9 million of transaction costs associated with the Equity Restructuring transaction we completed during the quarter. |
(5) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 until maturity in April 2025. |
(6) Series A Preferred unit distribution adjustment represents the net of distributions paid and accrued on the Series A Preferred units. Distributions on the Series A Preferred units are paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, April 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, has declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.2875 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $1.15 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended March 31, 2019. This distribution was initially announced in conjunction with SMLP's fourth quarter earnings on February 26, 2019 and will be paid on May 15, 2019, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on May 8, 2019.
First Quarter 2019 Earnings Release and Earnings Call Schedule
SMLP also announced today that it will report operating and financial results for the first quarter of 2019 on Thursday, May 9, 2019, after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, May 10, 2019, to discuss its quarterly results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 48480413. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until May 24, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 48480413#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
This release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat one hundred percent (100.0%) of SMLP's distributions to foreign investors as being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. Accordingly, SMLP's distributions to foreign investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.
For purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.871-15(m), SMLP is not considered a covered partnership.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah. SMLP also owns an ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which owns and operates natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado; Atlanta, Georgia; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Dallas, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2019, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, April 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today the appointment of Lee Jacobe to the board of directors of its general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC. Mr. Jacobe was appointed on April 16, 2019, and will serve on the conflicts and audit committees of the Board.
Mr. Jacobe currently serves as an advisor with respect to energy investments for Kelso & Company, a New York based private equity firm. From 2008 through 2018, Mr. Jacobe was involved in various capacities at Barclays Investment Banking – Energy Group, including head of the firm's midstream coverage effort, co-head of its US Oil & Gas group, and Vice Chairman of the firm. From 1993 through 2008, Mr. Jacobe was an investment banker in the energy group at Lehman Brothers, including serving as a managing director from 2001–2008. Mr. Jacobe began his investment banking career at Wasserstein Perella & Co. in 1990. He received a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin.
Leonard Mallett, SMLP's interim President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "Lee brings extensive industry experience to the Board, including a vast array of experience in corporate finance, capital structure, and the evaluation of financial risks associated with publicly traded partnerships that invest in midstream infrastructure. Lee's experience and knowledge will be a valuable addition to the SMLP team."
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah. SMLP also owns an ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which owns and operates natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado; Atlanta, Georgia; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Dallas, Texas.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that it has filed its 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This report contains SMLP's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. A copy of the report is available for viewing and downloading from the Investors section on SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
SMLP unitholders may request a hard copy of the report, free of charge, by submitting a written request to:
Summit Midstream Partners, LP
Attn: Investor Relations
1790 Hughes Landing Blvd, Suite 500
The Woodlands, TX 77380
SMLP also announced today that its 2018 tax packages, including the Schedule K-1, are now available online and may be accessed at https://partnerdatalink.com/Summit. SMLP will begin mailing the 2018 tax packages to unitholders on March 1, 2019.
For additional information or assistance, unitholders may also contact Partner DataLink via email at SummitK1Help@deloitte.com or via phone at (855) 375-4158 Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. CST or visit SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com under "Investors >> K-1 Tax Information."
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah. SMLP also owns a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado; Atlanta, Georgia; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Dallas, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2019, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- In addition to the strategic actions and leadership changes announced earlier today in a separate press release, Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) is announcing its financial and operating results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2018. SMLP reported net income of $38.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2018, compared to a net loss of $18.3 million for the prior-year period. Net income in the fourth quarter of 2018 included $32.8 million of non-cash income related to a decrease in the present value of the estimated Deferred Purchase Price Obligation ("DPPO"). Net cash provided by operations totaled $61.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2018, compared to $41.3 million for the prior-year period. Adjusted EBITDA totaled $76.9 million and distributable cash flow ("DCF") totaled $44.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2018, compared to $72.9 million and $49.2 million, respectively, for the prior-year period. Compared to the prior-year period, fourth quarter of 2018 DCF included $3.9 million of higher maintenance capital expenditures related to increased compressor overhauls, right-of-way improvements, and measurement software upgrades, and $3.6 million of higher net distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders.
Leonard Mallett, interim President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "SMLP finished 2018 with a strong quarter of operating and financial results, and full year adjusted EBITDA exceeded the midpoint of our 2018 guidance. The outlook for our business in 2019 is strong, and contemplates year-over-year adjusted EBITDA growth of approximately 7% at the midpoint, as adjusted for the sale of Tioga Midstream. We expect that adjusted EBITDA growth in 2019 will be driven primarily by increased utilization of our two major processing facility investments in the Permian and DJ basins together with growing volumes across our Utica Shale and Williston Basin segments, partially offset by a decline in customer activity on our Piceance Basin and Marcellus Shale segments.
"The sale of Tioga Midstream represents the first step in SMLP's strategy to evaluate and execute sales of non-core assets, and is occurring at an attractive value to SMLP. The net proceeds from the sale will be used to repay outstanding indebtedness under our revolver. We intend to continue focusing on streamlining our asset portfolio in 2019 and expanding our presence in our core focus areas, including the Utica, Williston, DJ and Permian."
SMLP reported net income of $42.4 million for the full year 2018, compared to net income of $86.1 million for the prior-year period. Net cash provided by operations totaled $227.9 million for the full year 2018, compared to $237.8 million in the prior-year period. SMLP reported adjusted EBITDA of $294.1 million and DCF of $179.3 million for the full year 2018, compared to $290.4 million and $205.0 million, respectively, for the prior-year period.
Sale of Tioga Midstream
SMLP has executed definitive agreements with affiliates of Hess Infrastructure Partners LP ("HIP") related to the sale of Tioga Midstream, LLC ("Tioga") for cash consideration of $90.0 million, subject to customary closing adjustments. Tioga owns and operates natural gas, crude oil, and produced water gathering infrastructure in Williams County, North Dakota and provides related gathering services, primarily for affiliates of Hess Corporation, in the Williston Basin. SMLP is also eligible to earn up to $10.0 million of contingency payments from HIP in future periods, subject to certain future performance metrics. The transaction is subject to certain customary closing conditions and is expected to close before the end of the first quarter of 2019.
Double E Pipeline Project Update
The Double E Pipeline Project is expected to provide natural gas transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub. SMLP continues to make progress with a number of counterparties to finalize volume commitments such that its final investment decision can be completed once these negotiations have concluded. SMLP is on schedule to file its 7(c) application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by the end of the first quarter of 2019, an important next step toward achieving the previously announced expected in-service date of the second quarter of 2021.
SMLP Financial Guidance
SMLP is updating its 2019 financial guidance, which is summarized in the table below:
2019 Financial Guidance Range | |||
($ in millions) | Low | High | |
Adjusted EBITDA | $295.0 | - | $315.0 |
Capital Expenditures (1) | $150.0 | - | $175.0 |
Maintenance Capital Expenditures | $15.0 | - | $25.0 |
Distribution Coverage Ratio | 1.75x | - | 1.95x |
(1) Includes maintenance capital expenditures and capital contributions to equity method investees. |
SMLP's 2019 financial guidance has been modified to account for the sale of Tioga Midstream, which is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of 2019. SMLP's 2019 financial guidance also includes the establishment of a new distribution policy through the reduction of SMLP's distribution per common unit to $0.2875 per quarter, beginning with the distribution to be paid in respect to the first quarter of 2019.
Our 2019 adjusted EBITDA guidance incorporates current production expectations from our customers, which in some cases have been reduced relative to our prior expectations, primarily due to the decrease in crude oil prices that occurred late in the fourth quarter of 2018. Despite a lower commodity price backdrop, we have a strong growth outlook for our gathering systems that are located in crude oil-focused production basins, with approximately 215 new wells expected to be commissioned in 2019 for our systems serving the Williston, DJ and Permian basin segments. Relative to our preliminary 2019 financial guidance issued in November 2018, our outlook for 2019 reflects a four-month delay in the commissioning of our 60 MMcf/d DJ Basin processing plant, together with well commissioning delays expected in the Utica Shale, Ohio Gathering, and Williston Basin segments.
Capital expenditures in 2019 will be primarily focused in the Williston, DJ and Permian basins and include the development of a second 60 MMcf/d processing plant in the DJ Basin, which will increase SMLP's DJ Basin processing capacity to 120 MMcf/d and is expected to be operational by the third quarter of 2020.
Fourth Quarter 2018 Segment Results
The following table presents average daily throughput by reportable segment:
Three months ended | Year ended | ||||||||||
2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||||
Average daily throughput (MMcf/d): | |||||||||||
Utica Shale | 309 | 369 | 359 | 365 | |||||||
Williston Basin | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | |||||||
DJ Basin | 21 | 14 | 17 | 13 | |||||||
Permian Basin | 3 | — | 1 | — | |||||||
Piceance Basin | 526 | 561 | 551 | 582 | |||||||
Barnett Shale | 255 | 258 | 253 | 267 | |||||||
Marcellus Shale | 401 | 540 | 474 | 502 | |||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput | 1,533 | 1,761 | 1,673 | 1,748 | |||||||
Average daily throughput (Mbbl/d): | |||||||||||
Williston Basin | 108.9 | 74.1 | 94.9 | 75.2 | |||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput | 108.9 | 74.1 | 94.9 | 75.2 | |||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (1) | 780 | 825 | 769 | 766 |
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(1) Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag. |
Utica Shale
The Utica Shale reportable segment includes Summit Midstream Utica ("SMU"), a natural gas gathering system located in Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio. SMU gathers and delivers dry natural gas to interconnections with a third-party intrastate pipeline that provides access to the Clarington Hub.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2018 totaled $5.8 million, a decrease of 28.6% from $8.2 million in the prior-year period and a decrease of 10.7% from $6.5 million in the third quarter of 2018, primarily due to lower volume throughput, partially offset by lower operating expense. Total volume throughput averaged 309 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2018, a decrease of 16.3% from 369 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and a decrease of 13.4% from 357 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2018. Volumes were lower in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to both the prior-year and prior-quarter periods, primarily due to natural production declines, partially offset by four new wells that were commissioned at the end of the fourth quarter of 2018. Volume throughput on the TPL-7 Connector project, which generates a lower gathering margin compared to volumes gathered directly from a pad site, totaled 142 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2018, compared to 48 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and 148 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2018.
We estimate that approximately 36 MMcf/d of temporary volume curtailments occurred in the fourth quarter of 2018 as a result of infill drilling and completion activities from customers on existing pad sites. Drilling and completion activity is expected to increase in the near-term with approximately 15 new wells projected for 2019 from pad sites directly connected to the SMU system, compared to four new wells in 2018. These completions are expected to generate annualized segment adjusted EBITDA in the second half of 2019 that is approximately 50% higher than the annualized segment adjusted EBITDA generated in the fourth quarter of 2018.
Ohio Gathering
The Ohio Gathering reportable segment includes our 40% ownership interest in the Ohio Gathering system, a natural gas gathering system spanning the condensate, liquids-rich and dry gas windows of the Utica Shale in Harrison, Guernsey, Noble, Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio, as well as our ownership interest in Ohio Condensate, a condensate stabilization facility located in Harrison County, Ohio. Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Ohio Gathering segment includes our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA from Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate, based on a one-month lag.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2018 totaled $10.4 million, a decrease of 13.8% from $12.0 million in the prior-year period and an increase of 2.1% from $10.2 million in the third quarter of 2018. Volume throughput on the Ohio Gathering system averaged 780 MMcf/d, gross, in the fourth quarter of 2018, compared to 825 MMcf/d, gross, in the prior-year period and 797 MMcf/d, gross, in the third quarter of 2018. Volumes were lower in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to both the prior-year and prior-quarter periods, primarily due to natural production declines from existing wells connected to the system, partially offset by three new wells that were commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2018.
Our customers are currently operating one drilling rig upstream of the Ohio Gathering system. We expect drilling and completion activity to remain consistent in 2019 relative to 2018, and to remain focused on the condensate and liquids-rich windows of the play, with approximately 50 new wells projected for 2019, compared to 43 new wells in 2018.
Williston Basin
The Polar and Divide, Tioga Midstream and Bison Midstream systems provide our midstream services for the Williston Basin reportable segment. The Polar and Divide system gathers crude oil in Williams and Divide counties in North Dakota and delivers to third-party intra- and interstate pipelines as well as third-party rail terminals. The Polar and Divide system also gathers and delivers produced water to various third-party disposal wells in the region. Tioga Midstream is a crude oil, produced water and associated natural gas gathering system in Williams County, North Dakota. All crude oil and natural gas gathered on the Tioga Midstream system is delivered to third-party pipelines, and all produced water is delivered to third-party disposal wells. Bison Midstream gathers associated natural gas production in Mountrail and Burke counties in North Dakota and delivers to third-party pipelines serving a third-party processing plant in Channahon, Illinois.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Williston Basin segment totaled $21.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2018, an increase of 43.4% compared to $15.2 million in the prior-year period, and an increase of 10.1% from $19.8 million in the third quarter of 2018.
Liquids volumes averaged 108.9 Mbbl/d in the fourth quarter of 2018, an increase of 47.0% from 74.1 Mbbl/d in the prior-year period and an increase of 12.4% compared to 96.9 Mbbl/d in the third quarter of 2018. Liquids volumes increased as a result of 18 new wells commissioned on our system in the fourth quarter of 2018. We estimate that approximately 13 Mbbl/d of volume throughput did not flow in the fourth quarter of 2018 as a result of (i) certain customers initiating temporary production curtailments on existing wells for nearby drilling and completion activities or (ii) produced water capacity constraints at third party disposal wells.
Associated natural gas volumes averaged 18 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2018, a decrease of 5.3% from 19 MMcf/d in both the prior-year period and the third quarter of 2018. Five new associated natural gas wells were connected to our Williston gathering systems in the fourth quarter of 2018.
Our Williston Basin customers are currently operating two drilling rigs upstream of our gathering systems. We expect drilling activity to remain consistent in 2019 with completion activities expected to be more heavily weighted towards the second half of the year. We expect that our customers will commission approximately 70 new wells in 2019, compared to 79 new wells in 2018.
DJ Basin
The DJ Basin reportable segment includes the Niobrara Gathering & Processing system ("Niobrara G&P"), an associated natural gas gathering and processing system located in the DJ Basin in northeastern Colorado. Niobrara G&P delivers residue gas to the Colorado Interstate Gas pipeline and processed NGLs to the Overland Pass Pipeline.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2018 totaled $3.0 million, an increase of 56.9% from $1.9 million in the prior-year period and an increase of 34.8% from $2.2 million in the third quarter of 2018. Volume throughput averaged 21 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2018, an increase of 50.0% from 14 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and an increase of 16.7% from 18 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2018. Volumes were higher compared to both the prior-year and prior-quarter periods, primarily due to 28 new wells that were commissioned upstream of the Niobrara G&P system in the fourth quarter of 2018.
Our DJ Basin segment customers are currently operating five drilling rigs upstream of our Niobrara G&P system, and we expect a consistent level of drilling and completion activity in the near-term, with approximately 130 new well connections projected for 2019, compared to 61 new well connections in 2018.
We expect to commission our 60 MMcf/d processing plant expansion in the second quarter of 2019, which will facilitate increased volume throughput, beginning in the second quarter of 2019. In 2019, we expect to begin construction on a second 60 MMcf/d processing plant, which will increase total processing capacity for our Niobrara G&P system from 60 MMcf/d to 120 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2020.
Permian Basin
The Permian Basin reportable segment includes Summit Midstream Permian ("Summit Permian"), an associated natural gas gathering and processing system located in the northern Delaware Basin in southeastern New Mexico. Summit Permian operates the 60 MMcf/d Lane Gathering & Processing system ("Lane G&P"), which delivers residue gas to the Transwestern Pipeline and processed NGLs to the Lone Star Express pipeline.
Summit Permian commissioned the Lane G&P system late in the fourth quarter of 2018. Segment adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2018 totaled ($0.3) million, an increase of 44.4% from ($0.7) million in the third quarter of 2018. Summit Permian did not have material operations in the prior-year period. Volume throughput averaged 3 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2018 and was based on approximately 20 days of operations.
Our Permian Basin customers are currently operating two drilling rigs upstream of the Lane G&P system. Volume throughput is expected to increase throughout 2019 based on our customers commissioning approximately 15 new wells over the course of the year.
Piceance Basin
The Grand River system provides our midstream services for the Piceance Basin reportable segment. This system provides natural gas gathering and processing services for producers operating in the Piceance Basin located in western Colorado and eastern Utah.
Segment adjusted EBITDA totaled $28.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2018, a decrease of 2.4% from $29.6 million in the prior-year period and an increase of 4.5% from $27.6 million in the third quarter of 2018, primarily due to lower volume throughput, partially offset by lower operating expense. Fourth quarter 2018 volume throughput averaged 526 MMcf/d, a decrease of 6.2% from 561 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and a decrease of 5.1% from 554 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2018. No new wells were connected in the fourth quarter of 2018. Volume throughput was lower in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to the prior-quarter period due to natural production declines, primarily related to 93 new wells that were commissioned in the first three quarters of 2018.
There are no drilling rigs currently operating upstream of the Grand River system, and we do not anticipate a significant level of drilling or completion activity from our Piceance Basin customers in 2019.
Barnett Shale
The DFW Midstream system provides our midstream services for the Barnett Shale reportable segment. This system gathers and delivers low-pressure natural gas received from pad sites, primarily located in southeastern Tarrant County, Texas, to downstream intrastate pipelines serving various natural gas hubs in the region.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Barnett Shale segment totaled $11.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2018, a 11.5% increase from $10.3 million in the prior-year period and a 6.3% increase from $10.8 million in the third quarter of 2018. Compared to the prior-year period, segment adjusted EBITDA in the fourth quarter of 2018 was negatively impacted by a two-month shutdown to repair our CO2 treating facility, which was returned to normal operations in early January 2019. This was partially offset by approximately $1.5 million of adjustments to MVC shortfall payments, related to a customer's estimated MVC deficiency payment due in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Volume throughput in the fourth quarter of 2018 averaged 255 MMcf/d, which was down 1.2% compared to 258 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and up 9.9% from 232 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2018. Volume throughput in the fourth quarter of 2018 was positively impacted by five new wells that were commissioned at the end of the third quarter of 2018.
There are no rigs currently operating upstream of the DFW Midstream system; four new wells were commissioned on the system in January 2019 and another three wells are expected in the third quarter of 2019.
Marcellus Shale
The Mountaineer Midstream system provides our midstream services for the Marcellus Shale reportable segment. This system gathers high-pressure natural gas received from upstream pipeline interconnections with Antero Midstream Partners, LP and Crestwood Equity Partners LP. Natural gas on the Mountaineer Midstream system is delivered to the Sherwood Processing Complex located in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Marcellus Shale segment totaled $5.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2018, a decrease of 10.1% from $6.1 million in the prior-year period and a decrease of 0.9% from $5.6 million in the third quarter of 2018, primarily due to lower volume throughput, partially offset by lower operating expense. Volume throughput in the fourth quarter of 2018 averaged 401 MMcf/d, which was down 25.7% compared to the prior-year period of 540 MMcf/d and down 10.9% from 450 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2018. Volume throughput was lower in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to both the prior-year and prior-quarter periods due to natural production declines, primarily related to 36 new wells that were commissioned in 2017 and the first quarter 2018.
No new wells were connected in the fourth quarter of 2018. We expect drilling activity to resume in mid-2019, and we expect volume throughput growth beginning in the fourth quarter of 2019.
MVC Shortfall Payments
SMLP billed its customers $23.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2018 related to MVC shortfalls. For those customers that do not have MVC shortfall credit banking mechanisms in their gathering agreements, the MVC shortfall payments are accounted for as gathering revenue in the period in which they are earned. In the fourth quarter of 2018, SMLP recognized $14.5 million of gathering revenue associated with MVC shortfall payments. SMLP also recognized $2.9 million of adjustments to MVC shortfall payments in the fourth quarter of 2018, primarily related to future expected shortfall payments from customers in the Williston Basin segment and the Barnett Shale segment. SMLP's MVC shortfall payment mechanisms contributed $17.5 million of total adjusted EBITDA in the fourth quarter of 2018.
Three months ended December 31, 2018 | ||||||||||||
MVC Billings | Gathering | Adjustments | Net impact | |||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: | ||||||||||||
Utica Shale | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
Williston Basin | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Piceance Basin | 3,364 | 3,364 | — | 3,364 | ||||||||
Barnett Shale | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Marcellus Shale | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Total net change | $ | 3,364 | $ | 3,364 | $ | — | $ | 3,364 | ||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: | ||||||||||||
Utica Shale | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
Williston Basin | 8,907 | 1,459 | 1,354 | 2,813 | ||||||||
Piceance Basin | 9,464 | 8,503 | 103 | 8,606 | ||||||||
Barnett Shale | 393 | 1 | 1,452 | 1,453 | ||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 1,220 | 1,220 | — | 1,220 | ||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments | $ | 19,984 | $ | 11,183 | $ | 2,909 | $ | 14,092 | ||||
Total (1) | $ | 23,348 | $ | 14,547 | $ | 2,909 | $ | 17,456 |
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(1) Exclusive of Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
Year ended December 31, 2018 | ||||||||||||
MVC Billings | Gathering | Adjustments | Net impact | |||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: | ||||||||||||
Utica Shale | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
Williston Basin | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Piceance Basin | 13,726 | 13,726 | — | 13,726 | ||||||||
Barnett Shale | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Marcellus Shale | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Total net change | $ | 13,726 | $ | 13,726 | $ | — | $ | 13,726 | ||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: | ||||||||||||
Utica Shale | $ | 49 | $ | 49 | $ | — | $ | 49 | ||||
Williston Basin | 11,157 | 11,157 | — | 11,157 | ||||||||
Piceance Basin | 30,230 | 30,230 | 10 | 30,240 | ||||||||
Barnett Shale | 393 | 6,393 | (3,642) | 2,751 | ||||||||
Marcellus Shale | 4,332 | 4,332 | — | 4,332 | ||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments | $ | 46,161 | $ | 52,161 | $ | (3,632) | $ | 48,529 | ||||
Total (1) | $ | 59,887 | $ | 65,887 | $ | (3,632) | $ | 62,255 |
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(1) Exclusive of Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures totaled $63.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2018, including maintenance capital expenditures of $7.9 million. Contributions to equity method investees in the fourth quarter of 2018 totaled $4.9 million. Development activities during the fourth quarter of 2018 were primarily related to the ongoing construction and development of associated natural gas gathering and processing infrastructure in the Permian and DJ basins. Maintenance capital expenditures in the fourth quarter of 2018 included higher costs associated with compressor overhauls, right-of-way improvements, and measurement software upgrades.
Capital & Liquidity
As of December 31, 2018, SMLP had $784.0 million of available borrowing capacity under its $1.25 billion revolving credit facility, subject to covenant limits. Based upon the terms of SMLP's revolving credit facility and total outstanding debt of $1.27 billion (inclusive of $800.0 million of senior unsecured notes), SMLP's total leverage ratio and senior secured leverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) as of December 31, 2018, were 4.23 to 1.0 and 1.55 to 1.0, respectively.
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation
SMLP lowered the estimated undiscounted amount of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation related to the 2016 Drop Down transaction from $470.9 million at September 30, 2018, to $423.9 million at December 31, 2018. The decrease is primarily related to a decrease in the expected number of well connections together with a delay in the timing of certain well connections upstream of the SMU and Ohio Gathering systems in 2019. In addition, the decrease accounts for a delay in the start-up of the new 60 MMcf/d Hereford processing plant from late in the fourth quarter of 2018 to the second quarter of 2019.
The consideration for the 2016 Drop Down consisted of (i) an initial $360.0 million cash payment on March 3, 2016, which was subsequently adjusted by a $0.6 million working capital adjustment received from a subsidiary of Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") in June 2016 and (ii) the DPPO, which will be paid no later than December 31, 2020. At the discretion of the board of directors of SMLP's general partner, the DPPO can be made in either cash or SMLP common units, or a combination thereof.
In February 2019, the Contribution Agreement associated with the 2016 Drop Down was amended to account for (i) a $100.0 million prepayment of the DPPO, which is expected to occur by the end of the first quarter of 2019 and (ii) an agreement to fix the remaining obligation due in 2020 at $303.5 million.
Quarterly Distribution
On January 24, 2019, the board of directors of SMLP's general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.575 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $2.30 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended December 31, 2018. This quarterly distribution remains unchanged from the previous quarter and from the quarter ended December 31, 2017. This distribution was paid on February 14, 2019, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on February 7, 2019.
In a separate press release issued on February 26, 2019, SMLP announced that it is undertaking a series of strategic actions to reposition the Company to better serve its customers and create value for its unitholders by enhancing its ability to fund attractive growth opportunities and maintain a prudent capital structure. These actions include (i) the elimination of SMLP's economic General Partner interest and incentive distribution rights ("IDRs") in exchange for 8.75 million SMLP common units and (ii) the establishment of a new distribution policy through the reduction of SMLP's distribution per common unit to $0.2875 per quarter, beginning with the distribution to be paid in respect of the first quarter of 2019.
Fourth Quarter 2018 Earnings Call Information
SMLP will host a conference call at 9:00 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results, as well as the strategic actions announced on February 26, 2019. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 48142406. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until March 12, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 48142406#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We report financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). We also present adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow, each a non-GAAP financial measure. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss, plus interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity, unit-based and noncash compensation, the change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation fair value, early extinguishment of debt expense, impairments, items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations and other noncash expenses or losses, less interest income, income tax benefit, income (loss) from equity method investees and other noncash income or gains. We define distributable cash flow as adjusted EBITDA plus cash interest received and cash taxes received, less cash interest paid, senior notes interest adjustment, distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders, Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment, cash taxes paid and maintenance capital expenditures. Because adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow may be defined differently by other entities in our industry, our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other entities, thereby diminishing their utility.
Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating our financial performance. Furthermore, management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures may provide external users of our financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others, with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods as they are expected to be reflective of our core ongoing business.
Adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow are used as supplemental financial measures by external users of our financial statements such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others.
Adjusted EBITDA is used to assess:
Distributable cash flow is used to assess:
Both of these measures have limitations as analytical tools and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. For example:
We compensate for the limitations of adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow as analytical tools by reviewing the comparable GAAP financial measures, understanding the differences between the financial measures and incorporating these data points into our decision-making process. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures are attached to this press release.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees, (ii) deferred purchase price obligation and (iii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah. SMLP also owns a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado; Atlanta, Georgia; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Dallas, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 42.1% limited partner interest in SMLP, pro forma for the strategic actions announced on February 26, 2019, and indirectly owns and controls the non-economic general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 7.2% limited partner interest in SMLP, pro forma for the strategic actions announced on February 26, 2019.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2018, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release, including forward-looking statements regarding 2019 financial guidance or financial or operating expectations for 2019, are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees, (ii) deferred purchase price obligation and (iii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | |||||||
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2018 | 2017 | ||||||
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Assets | |||||||
Current assets: | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 4,345 | $ | 1,430 | |||
Accounts receivable | 97,936 | 72,301 | |||||
Other current assets | 3,971 | 4,327 | |||||
Total current assets | 106,252 | 78,058 | |||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 1,963,713 | 1,795,129 | |||||
Intangible assets, net | 273,416 | 301,345 | |||||
Goodwill | 16,211 | 16,211 | |||||
Investment in equity method investees | 649,250 | 690,485 | |||||
Other noncurrent assets | 11,720 | 13,565 | |||||
Total assets | $ | 3,020,562 | $ | 2,894,793 | |||
Liabilities and Partners' Capital | |||||||
Current liabilities: | |||||||
Trade accounts payable | $ | 38,414 | $ | 16,375 | |||
Accrued expenses | 21,963 | 12,499 | |||||
Due to affiliate | 240 | 1,088 | |||||
Deferred revenue | 11,467 | 4,000 | |||||
Ad valorem taxes payable | 10,550 | 8,329 | |||||
Accrued interest | 12,286 | 12,310 | |||||
Accrued environmental remediation | 2,487 | 3,130 | |||||
Other current liabilities | 12,645 | 11,258 | |||||
Total current liabilities | 110,052 | 68,989 | |||||
Long-term debt | 1,257,731 | 1,051,192 | |||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation | 383,934 | 362,959 | |||||
Noncurrent deferred revenue | 39,504 | 12,707 | |||||
Noncurrent accrued environmental remediation | 3,149 | 2,214 | |||||
Other noncurrent liabilities | 4,968 | 7,063 | |||||
Total liabilities | 1,799,338 | 1,505,124 | |||||
Series A Preferred Units | 293,616 | 294,426 | |||||
Common limited partner capital | 902,358 | 1,056,510 | |||||
General Partner interests | 25,250 | 27,920 | |||||
Noncontrolling interest | - | 10,813 | |||||
Total partners' capital | 1,221,224 | 1,389,669 | |||||
Total liabilities and partners' capital | $ | 3,020,562 | $ | 2,894,793 |
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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | |||||||||||
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Revenues: | |||||||||||
Gathering services and related fees | $ | 84,243 | $ | 95,543 | $ | 344,616 | $ | 394,427 | |||
Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales | 42,809 | 23,804 | 134,834 | 68,459 | |||||||
Other revenues | 6,619 | 6,852 | 27,203 | 25,855 | |||||||
Total revenues | 133,671 | 126,199 | 506,653 | 488,741 | |||||||
Costs and expenses: | |||||||||||
Cost of natural gas and NGLs | 36,112 | 20,909 | 107,661 | 57,237 | |||||||
Operation and maintenance | 23,426 | 23,871 | 96,878 | 93,882 | |||||||
General and administrative | 13,211 | 14,311 | 52,877 | 54,681 | |||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 26,896 | 29,291 | 107,100 | 115,475 | |||||||
Transaction costs | — | (46) | — | 73 | |||||||
Loss (gain) on asset sales, net | 6 | (3) | — | 527 | |||||||
Long-lived asset impairment | 5,059 | 187,125 | 7,186 | 188,702 | |||||||
Total costs and expenses | 104,710 | 275,458 | 371,702 | 510,577 | |||||||
Other (expense) income | (247) | 84 | (169) | 298 | |||||||
Interest expense | (15,714) | (16,248) | (60,535) | (68,131) | |||||||
Early extinguishment of debt | — | (19) | — | (22,039) | |||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation | 32,784 | 145,648 | (20,975) | 200,322 | |||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes and (loss) income from equity method investees | 45,784 | (19,794) | 53,272 | 88,614 | |||||||
Income tax income (expense) | 55 | 76 | (33) | (341) | |||||||
(Loss) income from equity method investees | (7,185) | 1,468 | (10,888) | (2,223) | |||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 38,654 | $ | (18,250) | $ | 42,351 | $ | 86,050 | |||
Earnings (loss) per limited partner unit: | |||||||||||
Common unit – basic | $ | 0.39 | $ | (0.32) | $ | 0.06 | $ | 0.99 | |||
Common unit – diluted | $ | 0.39 | $ | (0.32) | $ | 0.06 | $ | 0.98 | |||
Weighted-average limited partner units outstanding: | |||||||||||
Common units – basic | 73,369 | 73,068 | 73,304 | 72,705 | |||||||
Common units – diluted | 73,767 | 73,068 | 73,615 | 73,047 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||
UNAUDITED OTHER FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA | |||||||||||
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(Dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||
Other financial data: | |||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 38,654 | $ | (18,250) | $ | 42,351 | $ | 86,050 | |||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 61,437 | $ | 41,335 | $ | 227,929 | $ | 237,832 | |||
Capital expenditures | $ | 63,553 | $ | 38,009 | $ | 200,586 | $ | 124,215 | |||
Contributions to equity method investees | $ | 4,924 | $ | 3,932 | $ | 4,924 | $ | 25,513 | |||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 76,865 | $ | 72,923 | $ | 294,085 | $ | 290,387 | |||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 44,361 | $ | 49,173 | $ | 179,302 | $ | 205,010 | |||
Distributions declared (1) | $ | 45,280 | $ | 45,054 | $ | 180,932 | $ | 179,705 | |||
Distribution coverage ratio (2) | 0.98x | 1.09x | 0.99x | 1.14x | |||||||
Operating data: | |||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – natural gas (MMcf/d) | 1,533 | 1,761 | 1,673 | 1,748 | |||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – liquids (Mbbl/d) | 108.9 | 74.1 | 94.9 | 75.2 | |||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (3) | 780 | 825 | 769 | 766 |
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(1) Represents distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of a given period. For example, for the three months ended December 31, 2018, represents the distributions paid in February 2019. |
(2) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 is based on distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of the fourth quarter of 2018 and 2017. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. |
(3) Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF REPORTABLE SEGMENT ADJUSTED EBITDA | |||||||||||
TO ADJUSTED EBITDA | |||||||||||
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Reportable segment adjusted EBITDA (1): | |||||||||||
Utica Shale | $ | 5,826 | $ | 8,154 | $ | 30,285 | $ | 34,011 | |||
Ohio Gathering (2) | 10,386 | 12,045 | 39,969 | 41,246 | |||||||
Williston Basin | 21,852 | 15,237 | 76,701 | 66,413 | |||||||
DJ Basin | 3,030 | 1,931 | 7,558 | 6,624 | |||||||
Permian Basin | (309) | - | (1,200) | - | |||||||
Piceance Basin | 28,832 | 29,550 | 111,042 | 111,113 | |||||||
Barnett Shale | 11,498 | 10,308 | 43,268 | 46,232 | |||||||
Marcellus Shale | 5,498 | 6,113 | 24,267 | 23,888 | |||||||
Total | $ | 86,613 | $ | 83,338 | $ | 331,890 | $ | 329,527 | |||
Less Corporate and Other (3) | 9,748 | 10,415 | 37,805 | 39,140 | |||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 76,865 | $ | 72,923 | $ | 294,085 | $ | 290,387 |
__________ |
(1) We define segment adjusted EBITDA as total revenues less total costs and expenses; plus (i) other income excluding interest income, (ii) our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, (iii) depreciation and amortization, (iv) adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, (v) unit-based and noncash compensation, (vi) change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation, (vii) early extinguishment of debt expense, (viii) impairments and (ix) other noncash expenses or losses, less other noncash income or gains. |
(2) Represents our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag. We define proportional adjusted EBITDA for our equity method investees as the product of (i) total revenues less total expenses, excluding impairments and other noncash income or expense items and (ii) amortization for deferred contract costs; multiplied by our ownership interest in Ohio Gathering during the respective period. |
(3) Corporate and Other represents those results that are not specifically attributable to a reportable segment or that have not been allocated to our reportable segments, including certain general and administrative expense items, natural gas and crude oil marketing services, transaction costs, interest expense, early extinguishment of debt and a change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | |||||||||||
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Reconciliations of net income or loss to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: | |||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 38,654 | $ | (18,250) | $ | 42,351 | $ | 86,050 | |||
Add: | |||||||||||
Interest expense | 15,714 | 16,248 | 60,535 | 68,131 | |||||||
Income tax (benefit) expense | (55) | (76) | 33 | 341 | |||||||
Depreciation and amortization (1) | 27,015 | 29,140 | 106,767 | 114,872 | |||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (2) | 10,386 | 12,045 | 39,969 | 41,246 | |||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (3) | 2,909 | (8,187) | (3,632) | (41,373) | |||||||
Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity (4) | (476) | — | (427) | — | |||||||
Unit-based and noncash compensation | 2,140 | 1,978 | 8,328 | 7,951 | |||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation (5) | (32,784) | (145,648) | 20,975 | (200,322) | |||||||
Early extinguishment of debt (6) | — | 19 | — | 22,039 | |||||||
Loss (gain) on asset sales, net | 6 | (3) | — | 527 | |||||||
Long-lived asset impairment | 5,059 | 187,125 | 7,186 | 188,702 | |||||||
Other, net (7) | 1,112 | — | 1,112 | — | |||||||
Less: | |||||||||||
Income (loss) from equity method investees | (7,185) | 1,468 | (10,888) | (2,223) | |||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 76,865 | $ | 72,923 | $ | 294,085 | $ | 290,387 | |||
Less: | |||||||||||
Cash interest paid | 20,552 | 24,078 | 64,678 | 71,488 | |||||||
Cash paid for taxes | — | — | 175 | — | |||||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (8) | (3,063) | (7,855) | — | (5,261) | |||||||
Distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders (9) | 14,250 | 2,375 | 28,500 | 2,375 | |||||||
Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment (10) | (7,125) | 1,188 | — | 1,188 | |||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | 7,890 | 3,964 | 21,430 | 15,587 | |||||||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 44,361 | $ | 49,173 | $ | 179,302 | $ | 205,010 | |||
Distributions declared (11) | $ | 45,280 | $ | 45,054 | $ | 180,932 | $ | 179,705 | |||
Distribution coverage ratio (12) | 0.98x | 1.09x | 0.99x | 1.14x |
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(1) Includes the amortization expense associated with our favorable and unfavorable gas gathering contracts as reported in other revenues. |
(2) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, based on a one-month lag. |
(3) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments for the three months and year ended December 31, 2017 account for (i) the net increases or decreases in deferred revenue for MVC shortfall payments and (ii) our inclusion of expected annual MVC shortfall payments. For the three months and year ended December 31, 2018, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments are recognized in gathering services and related fees. |
(4) Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity represent contributions in aid of construction revenue recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"). |
(5) Deferred Purchase Price Obligation represents the change in the present value of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. |
(6) Early extinguishment of debt includes $17.9 million paid for redemption and call premiums, as well as $4.1 million of unamortized debt issuance costs which were written off in connection with the repurchase of the outstanding $300.0 million 7.5% Senior Notes in the first quarter of 2017. |
(7) Represents items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations, including, in the three months and year ended December 31, 2018, $1.1 million of severance compensation expense associated with the resignation of our Chief Financial Officer in December 2018. |
(8) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 until maturity in April 2025. |
(9) Distributions on the Series A preferred units are paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
(10) Series A Preferred unit distribution adjustment represents the net of distributions paid and accrued on the Series A Preferred units. |
(11) Represents distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of a given period. For example, for the three months ended December 31, 2018, represents the distributions paid in February 2019. |
(12) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 is based on distributions declared in respect of the fourth quarter of 2018 and 2017. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | |||||
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Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: | |||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 227,929 | $ | 237,832 | |
Add: | |||||
Interest expense, excluding amortization of debt issuance costs | 56,250 | 63,973 | |||
Income tax expense | 33 | 341 | |||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities | 8,122 | 28,890 | |||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (1) | 39,969 | 41,246 | |||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (2) | (3,632) | (41,373) | |||
Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity (3) | (427) | — | |||
Other, net (4) | 1,112 | — | |||
Less: | |||||
Distributions from equity method investees | 35,271 | 40,220 | |||
Write-off of debt issuance costs | — | 302 | |||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 294,085 | $ | 290,387 | |
Less: | |||||
Cash interest paid | 64,678 | 71,488 | |||
Cash paid for taxes | 175 | — | |||
Senior notes interest adjustment (5) | — | (5,261) | |||
Distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders (6) | 28,500 | 2,375 | |||
Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment (7) | — | 1,188 | |||
Maintenance capital expenditures | 21,430 | 15,587 | |||
Distributable cash flow | $ | 179,302 | $ | 205,010 |
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(1) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, based on a one-month lag. |
(2) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments for the year ended December 31, 2017 account for (i) the net increases or decreases in deferred revenue for MVC shortfall payments and (ii) our inclusion of expected annual MVC shortfall payments. For the year ended December 31, 2018, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments are recognized in gathering services and related fees. |
(3) Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity represent contributions in aid of construction revenue recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"). |
(4) Represents items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations, including, in the three months and year ended December 31, 2018, $1.1 million of severance compensation expense associated with the resignation of our Chief Financial Officer in December 2018. |
(5) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 until maturity in April 2025. |
(6) Distributions on the Series A Preferred units are paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
(7) Series A Preferred unit distribution adjustment represents the net of distributions paid and accrued on the Series A Preferred units. |
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that it is undertaking a series of strategic actions to reposition the Company to better serve its customers and create value for its unitholders by enhancing its ability to fund attractive growth opportunities and maintain a prudent capital structure.
To provide leadership for these new strategic actions, the Board of Directors of Summit Midstream GP, LLC (the "Board") has named Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, Leonard Mallett, as President and Chief Executive Officer on an interim basis, effective immediately. By mutual agreement with the Board, Steve Newby has stepped down as a director, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") and Summit Midstream GP, LLC (collectively with Summit Investments, "Summit"). Mr. Mallett will maintain his COO responsibilities during this interim period. The Board has engaged an executive recruiting firm to assist it in conducting the search for a permanent CEO.
Peter Labbat, director of SMLP and Managing Partner at Energy Capital Partners, SMLP's largest unitholder, said "On behalf of the entire Board, I would like to thank Steve for his leadership and numerous contributions to Summit over the past 10 years, and wish him success in his future endeavors. As we move forward with this next phase of Summit's strategic plan and evaluate opportunities for enhancing its operational and financial performance, Steve and the Board agreed that now was the right time to make this leadership change."
Labbat continued, "Summit is fortunate to have on its senior management team a talented and experienced business leader in Leonard Mallett. Energy Capital Partners is confident that Leonard's extensive midstream operating experience will help ensure that Summit continues to increase value for its customers and unitholders."
Mr. Mallett has more than 35 years of industry experience. He joined Summit as Chief Operations Officer in December 2015 from Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (EPD), where he served in various key roles from 2006 through 2015, including most recently as its Group Senior Vice President in charge of Engineering. Prior to that, Mr. Mallett served in a variety of leadership roles in operations, engineering, commercial, health and safety, sourcing and technical support for the various pipelines and related facilities owned by TEPPCO, which was ultimately purchased by EPD. During the transition period, Mr. Mallett served as interim CEO while EPD was integrating the TEPPCO business. At Summit, he has provided leadership and strategic oversight for the safe, profitable, and environmentally compliant operations of the Company's diverse midstream assets.
Simplification Transaction & Financial Realignment
SMLP is undertaking a series of strategic actions (together referred to as the "Transaction") to place SMLP in a stronger financial position with increased flexibility to fund accretive growth projects and settle the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation ("DPPO") by 2020. Among other things, the Transaction is expected to result in SMLP retaining approximately $85 million of incremental cash flow annually, which will improve its overall credit profile, reduce its cost of capital, and create a more competitive MLP, while significantly reducing its reliance on the public equity capital markets.
The Transaction consists of the following actions:
Mr. Mallett, interim President and Chief Executive Officer commented, "The Transaction announced today will drive improved operational and financial results with greater emphasis on our core focus areas, including the Utica, Williston, DJ and Permian. We are streamlining our business with a non-core asset sale, a strategy that we intend to dedicate even more focus and attention to evaluating in the near-term. We are also positioning our balance sheet to fund attractive growth projects in 2019 as well as the DPPO by 2020, and further aligning the General Partner and the Limited Partners with the elimination of the IDRs. We believe these actions bring notable benefits to SMLP's credit profile, distribution coverage and cost of capital, which we believe will enhance long-term unitholder value."
Further details relating to the divestiture of Tioga Midstream and the $100.0 million prepayment of the DPPO and the agreement to fix the remaining obligation due in 2020 can be found in SMLP's fourth quarter and full year 2018 earnings release issued today, February 26, 2019.
The Transaction was approved by the Board of Directors of SMLP's General Partner. The exchange of SMLP's economic General Partner interest and IDRs for SMLP common units and the prepayment of the DPPO and the agreement to fix the remaining obligation due in 2020 were approved by the conflicts committee of SMLP's Board of Directors, which consists entirely of independent directors. The committee engaged Evercore as its independent financial advisor, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP as its legal advisor. Summit Investments engaged Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC to serve as its financial advisor in connection with the Transaction. The Transaction is expected to close before the end of the first quarter of 2019 and the sale of Tioga Midstream is subject to customary closing conditions.
Fourth Quarter 2018 Earnings Call Information
SMLP will host a conference call at 9:00 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results, as well as the strategic initiatives announced on February 26, 2019. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 48142406. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until March 12, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 48142406#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah. SMLP also owns a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado; Atlanta, Georgia; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Dallas, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 42.1% limited partner interest in SMLP, pro forma for the Transaction, and indirectly owns and controls the non-economic general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 7.2% limited partner interest in SMLP, pro forma for the Transaction.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the proposed sale of Tioga Midstream, the prepayment and amendment of the DPPO, the proposed elimination of the economic General Partner interest and incentive distribution rights in SMLP in exchange for common units of SMLP, the future operational and financial performance of SMLP, the unitholder value to result from the transactions and the expected timing for closing of the transactions. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2018, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that it has changed the date of its previously announced earnings release and earnings call and will now report operating and financial results for the fourth quarter of 2018 on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, before the start of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
SMLP will host a conference call at 9:00 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, to discuss its quarterly results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 48142406. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until March 12, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 48142406#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (ii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iii) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (iv) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah. SMLP also owns a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado; Atlanta, Georgia; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Dallas, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2018, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Dec. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP ("SMLP") announced today that Matthew Harrison, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") and Summit Midstream GP, LLC (collectively with Summit Investments, the "Company"), will be departing the Company to pursue other interests. Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which is owned by Summit Investments, manages and operates SMLP. Mr. Harrison's employment with the Company will terminate effective January 4, 2019.
Summit Investments announced that it is promoting Marc Stratton to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Stratton joined Summit Investments as a founding member in 2009, and has held various senior management roles at the Company including, since 2015, Senior Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and Head of Investor Relations.
Summit Investments is also promoting Blake Motley, currently Director of Strategy, to Vice President of Strategy and Head of Investor Relations, and William (Bill) Mault, currently Director of Finance, to Vice President of Finance and Treasurer. Mr. Motley's and Mr. Mault's promotion is effective immediately. Mr. Motley has been with the Company since 2011 and Mr. Mault has been with the Company since 2016.
Steve Newby, President and Chief Executive Officer of SMLP commented, "On behalf of the Board and all of Summit's employees, I would like to thank Matt for his service and significant contributions to the Summit family of companies since 2011, and I wish him continued success in his future endeavors.
"I am encouraged by our deep bench of management talent and their ability to immediately add value and contribute to Summit's future growth plans and objectives. Marc has been an instrumental member of Summit's senior management team since its inception in 2009. He is a dynamic leader and a thoughtful executive and he has been directly involved in the development, financing and strategic growth of Summit since our founding. I look forward to working more closely with Marc, Blake and Bill in their new capacities as we continue our efforts to add value for our unitholders."
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado, Atlanta, Georgia, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Dallas, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.2% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.1% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2018, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Nov. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, has declared a distribution of $47.50 per Series A Preferred Unit, which will be payable on December 17, 2018, to holders of record at the close of business on December 3, 2018.
This release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat one hundred percent (100.0%) of SMLP's distributions to foreign investors as being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. Accordingly, SMLP's distributions to foreign investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado, Atlanta, Georgia, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Dallas, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.2% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.1% limited partner interest in SMLP.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Oct. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, has declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.575 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $2.30 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended September 30, 2018. This quarterly distribution remains unchanged from the previous quarter and from the quarter ended September 30, 2017. This distribution will be paid on November 14, 2018, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on November 7, 2018.
Third Quarter 2018 Earnings Release and Earnings Call Schedule
SMLP also announced today that it will report financial results for the third quarter of 2018 on Thursday, November 8, 2018, after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, November 9, 2018, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 47745266. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until November 23, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 47745266#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
This release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat one hundred percent (100.0%) of SMLP's distributions to foreign investors as being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. Accordingly, SMLP's distributions to foreign investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.
For purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.871-15(m), SMLP is not considered a covered partnership.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado, Atlanta, Georgia, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Dallas, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.2% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.1% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2018, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Sept. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that its subsidiary, Summit Permian Transmission, LLC (collectively with SMLP, "Summit"), is extending its binding open season ("Open Season") for firm transportation capacity on the Double E Pipeline (referred to herein as "Double E" or the "Project"). The Open Season, which was originally scheduled to end at 4:00 p.m. CDT on Friday, September 14, 2018, has been extended to 4:00 p.m. CDT on September 28, 2018.
Prospective shippers have shown a high level of interest in Double E, and Summit is extending the Open Season to accommodate the needs of certain prospective shippers.
As previously announced, Double E will provide natural gas transportation service from the northern Delaware Basin to the Waha Hub in northern Pecos County, Texas, servicing various receipt points in Eddy and Lea counties in New Mexico and Loving, Ward, Reeves and Pecos counties in Texas. The Project will have multiple direct downstream connections, based on shipper demand and preferences. Additional receipt laterals and extensions are being contemplated.
Parties interested in obtaining firm transportation service on Double E are invited to submit binding bids for such capacity during this extension of the Open Season.
Additional information regarding the Project is available at www.doubleepipeline.com.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado, Atlanta, Georgia, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Dallas, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.2% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.1% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2018, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Aug. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) hereby announces that its subsidiary, Summit Permian Transmission, LLC (collectively, with SMLP, "Summit"), is holding a binding open season ("Open Season") for firm transportation capacity on its Double E Pipeline (referred to herein as "Double E" or the "Project"). The Project will provide natural gas transportation service from various receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub, thereby connecting a growing supply of associated natural gas to a liquid trading point with multiple current and planned takeaway pipelines to demand centers along the United States Gulf Coast and Mexico. The target in-service date for the Project is the second quarter of 2021; however, the ultimate in-service date of the Project will be subject to, among other things, approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") and other governmental authorities, and actual construction of the facilities.
This Open Season will commence at 9:00 a.m. CDT on Monday, August 6, 2018, and end at 4:00 p.m. CDT on Friday, September 14, 2018.
Summit invites parties interested in obtaining firm transportation service on Double E to submit binding bids for such capacity during this Open Season.
Project Description
Double E will provide natural gas transportation service from the northern Delaware Basin to the Waha Hub in northern Pecos County, Texas, servicing various receipt points in Eddy and Lea counties in New Mexico and Loving, Ward, Reeves and Pecos counties in Texas. The Project will have multiple direct downstream connections, based on shipper demand and preferences. Additional receipt laterals and extensions are being contemplated as well.
The approximate route for the Project is depicted on the enclosed Project Map. Actual pipeline sizing, capacity and route will depend on, among other things, the level of contractual subscriptions entered into as a result of this Open Season.
Rates
A cost of service-based, daily reservation recourse rate will be available for transportation service under the Project, and this rate may change from time to time. The estimated initial recourse rate will be calculated using Summit's estimated cost of the Project facilities, estimates for operation and maintenance expenses based on costs for similar facilities, the billing determinants under the Project, and other cost factors.
Summit also offers shippers that execute a binding Precedent Agreement in this Open Season the opportunity to receive transportation service at negotiated rates, for a minimum term of 10-years, in lieu of the generally available recourse rates.
In addition to the applicable daily reservation rates, shippers may also be responsible for compressor fuel and line loss make-up retention, electric power charges, commodity charges and all applicable surcharges as approved or required by the FERC for transportation service under the Project, all as amended from time to time.
Summit has entered into a long-term binding commitment with a foundation shipper for up to 500,000 dth/d of firm transportation capacity on Double E. The commitment with the foundation shipper has been determined to be a prearranged conforming bid, and will not be subject to prorationing of capacity as a result of the outcome of this Open Season.
Term
The primary term for firm transportation service under the Project will be 10 years or longer. Summit may consider, but reserves the right to not accept, any requests for firm transportation service under the Project with a requested primary term of less than 10 years.
Receipt Points
Eligible firm receipt points may include new plant interconnects and new pipeline receipt laterals, both of which must be located in the northern Delaware Basin. Summit will consider receipt point requests outside of such parameters, but reserves the right to reject any such non-conforming receipt point request at its sole discretion, which it will exercise in a not unduly discriminatory manner.
Delivery Points
Eligible firm delivery points may include third party intrastate or interstate pipeline interconnects and additional other delivery points, all of which must be located in the Waha area. Summit will consider delivery point requests outside of such parameters, but reserves the right to reject any such non-conforming delivery point request at its sole discretion, which it will exercise in a not unduly discriminatory manner.
Open Season Procedure
Any shipper desiring firm transportation service under the Project must complete the Open Season-Double E Pipeline Precedent Agreement (the "Precedent Agreement") found here: http://www.doubleepipeline.com/OpenSeason/PrecedentAgreement, which must be signed by a duly authorized representative of the requesting shipper, and deliver the completed Precedent Agreement by email to doubleepipeline@summitmidstream.com by the date and time indicated above, along with a completed and signed Confidentiality Agreement found here: http://doubleepipeline.com/CAOpenSeason.pdf.
Summit reserves the right to reject and remove from consideration non-conforming bids, bids that have a delayed in-service requirement or other contingencies. Summit also reserves the right to reject any bid it deems, in its sole discretion, to be uneconomic. Bids that include a Precedent Agreement with any changes to, or that leave provisions blank in the applicable form, will be deemed "non-conforming" bids. Summit may reject non-conforming bids, or, if the non-conforming provisions are otherwise acceptable, Summit may, in its sole discretion, deem a non-conforming bid "acceptable" and include the bid as part of the firm capacity allocation process. Summit will exercise its discretion in this regard in a not unduly discriminatory manner.
Summit will award firm capacity based on the highest net present value of the stream of incremental revenue produced by an acceptable bid, or combination of acceptable bids, received in this Open Season, up to the total quantity that results from the facilities that Summit determines, in its sole discretion, to construct.
Any requirement that a shipper provide credit support will be governed by, and determined in accordance with, the terms of the shipper's Precedent Agreement.
This Open Season will close 4:00 p.m. CDT on Friday, September 14, 2018.
Additional information regarding the Project is available at www.doubleepipeline.com.
If you have any questions regarding this Open Season, please contact:
Forbes Herring Director - Business Development Summit Midstream Partners, LP Office: 214.242.1962 |
Ryan Simmons SVP - Business Development Summit Midstream Partners, LP Office: 770.504.5002 |
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado, Atlanta, Georgia, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Dallas, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.2% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.1% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2018, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
DALLAS, Aug. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Alerian reported index linked product positions of $15.0 billion as of June 30, 2018. Linked products include exchange-traded funds, exchange-traded notes, return of capital notes, variable insurance portfolios, and mutual funds.
Below is a full list of energy master limited partnership (MLP) positions, as of June 30, 2018, in products linked to the Alerian Index Series.
Ticker |
Exposure in |
Exposure in |
Ticker |
Exposure in |
Exposure in | |
AM |
305,257,484 |
10,340,701 |
HEP |
151,911,915 |
5,375,510 | |
AMGP |
1,164,270 |
61,732 |
MMP |
1,501,453,809 |
21,735,000 | |
ANDX |
446,822,576 |
10,506,056 |
MPLX |
1,162,174,520 |
34,041,433 | |
APU |
58,778,057 |
1,392,185 |
NBLX |
22,166,701 |
434,130 | |
ARLP |
25,591,033 |
1,394,607 |
NGL |
165,162,738 |
13,213,019 | |
BPL |
604,497,037 |
17,197,640 |
NS |
210,933,016 |
9,312,716 | |
BPMP |
20,189,424 |
961,859 |
NSH |
239,822 |
19,340 | |
BWP |
170,678,160 |
14,688,310 |
PAA |
1,177,071,579 |
49,791,522 | |
CEQP |
183,499,246 |
5,779,504 |
PAGP |
3,213,393 |
134,395 | |
CQP |
173,601,824 |
4,828,980 |
PSXP |
318,554,875 |
6,238,834 | |
CVRR |
20,028,626 |
896,135 |
RMP |
147,346,450 |
8,657,253 | |
DCP |
421,401,442 |
10,654,904 |
SEP |
341,382,494 |
9,638,128 | |
DM |
13,475,016 |
990,810 |
SHLX |
322,823,077 |
14,554,692 | |
EEP |
277,227,481 |
25,363,905 |
SMLP |
12,744,536 |
827,567 | |
ENBL |
176,973,526 |
10,343,280 |
SPH |
28,830,596 |
1,227,356 | |
ENLC |
853,859 |
51,906 |
SUN |
27,065,571 |
1,084,358 | |
ENLK |
303,905,691 |
19,568,943 |
TCP |
165,868,659 |
6,391,856 | |
EPD |
1,503,782,388 |
54,347,032 |
TEGP |
386,005,955 |
17,419,041 | |
EQGP |
355,540 |
15,123 |
TGP |
18,444,324 |
1,094,619 | |
EQM |
356,373,011 |
6,907,792 |
USAC |
16,751,289 |
995,323 | |
ETE |
6,023,303 |
349,177 |
VLP |
17,131,051 |
449,988 | |
ETP |
1,481,856,983 |
77,828,623 |
VNOM |
25,953,041 |
813,320 | |
GEL |
281,851,288 |
12,864,048 |
WES |
571,788,034 |
11,816,244 | |
GLOP |
14,609,467 |
612,556 |
WGP |
826,761 |
23,126 | |
GMLP |
15,169,006 |
981,178 |
WPZ |
1,218,967,796 |
30,031,234 | |
HCLP |
18,789,000 |
1,592,288 |
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Alerian equips investors to make informed decisions about energy infrastructure and Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs). Its benchmarks are widely used by industry executives, investment professionals, research analysts, and national media to analyze relative performance. As of June 30, 2018, over $15 billion is directly tied to the Alerian Index Series through exchange-traded funds and notes, separately managed accounts, and structured products. For more information, including index values and constituents, research content, and announcements regarding rebalancings, please visit alerian.com.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that it has executed a precedent agreement with XTO Energy Inc. ("XTO"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation ("ExxonMobil"), and one of the largest leaseholders and most active producers in the northern Delaware Basin, to become a Foundation Shipper on SMLP's Double E Pipeline project ("Double E"). XTO has committed to firm transportation capacity on Double E under a 10-year take-or-pay agreement which increases to 500,000 dekatherms per day ("dth/d").
SMLP and ExxonMobil have also executed an equity option agreement, which provides ExxonMobil or an affiliate the right to become an equity partner in Double E.
Double E is designed to provide firm interstate natural gas transportation service from various receipt points in the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico and Texas, to various delivery points around the Waha Hub. SMLP will lead the development, permitting and construction of the project and will operate Double E upon commissioning, which is expected to occur in 2021.
Steve Newby, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "Today's announcement deepens and further strengthens our relationship with XTO and broadens SMLP's service offering for XTO in the Delaware Basin. Double E Pipeline will support the full production potential of acreage in the northern Delaware Basin. In addition to its long-term volume commitment on Double E, we are encouraged by ExxonMobil's interest in an option for equity participation in Double E."
SMLP expects to launch a binding open season in August 2018 for 500,000 dth/d of additional firm capacity on Double E. At the conclusion of the binding open season, SMLP will outline its final scope, cost estimate and timeline for bringing the Double E Pipeline project in service. SMLP continues to expect that, based on shipper interest received to date, the initial throughput capacity of the Double E Pipeline will total in excess of 1.0 billion cubic feet per day.
SMLP has received significant interest from other potential shippers regarding volume commitments and equity participation in the project. Also, several financial parties have expressed interest in equity participation and alternative financing structures to fund SMLP's portion of the project. SMLP is currently evaluating these alternatives.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado, Atlanta, Georgia, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Dallas, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.2% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.1% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2018, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, June 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Steve Newby, President and Chief Executive Officer of Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP), will be featured in an upcoming podcast interview with Investing with the Buyside, hosted by Nate Abercrombie. The podcast interview, which is expected to be available to the public beginning on June 8, 2018, can be found by accessing the Investors Section on SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com, or by accessing the following hyperlink: https://investingwiththebuyside.com/podcasts/.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado, Atlanta, Georgia, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Dallas, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.2% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.1% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2018, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, May 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, has declared a distribution of $47.50 per Series A Preferred Unit, which will be payable on June 15, 2018, to holders of record at the close of business on June 1, 2018.
This release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat one hundred percent (100.0%) of SMLP's distributions to foreign investors as being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. Accordingly, SMLP's distributions to foreign investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado, Atlanta, Georgia, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Dallas, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.2% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.1% limited partner interest in SMLP.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, May 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today its financial and operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2018. SMLP reported a net loss of $3.8 million for the first quarter of 2018 compared to a net loss of $0.6 million for the prior-year period. Net income in the first quarter of 2018 included $21.7 million of non-cash expense related to the increase in the present value of the estimated Deferred Purchase Price Obligation ("DPPO"). Net income for the prior-year period included $20.9 million of non-cash DPPO expense and $22.0 million of expense related to an early extinguishment of debt. Net cash provided by operations totaled $51.2 million in the first quarter of 2018 compared to $62.4 million in the prior-year period. This reduction is primarily related to a third quarter 2017 contract amendment with a certain Piceance/DJ Basins customer which required this customer, beginning July 2017, to make MVC shortfall payments monthly, rather than what historically had been an annual payment in the first quarter of the year. Adjusted EBITDA totaled $70.3 million and distributable cash flow ("DCF") totaled $44.2 million for the first quarter of 2018 compared to $71.4 million and $53.0 million, respectively, for the prior-year period. Adjusted EBITDA and DCF for the prior-year period includes $2.6 million of income related to a business interruption insurance claim.
Natural gas volume throughput averaged 1,737 million cubic feet per day ("MMcf/d") in the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 6.8% compared to 1,627 MMcf/d in the prior-year period, and a decrease of 1.4% compared to 1,761 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2017. SMLP's natural gas volume throughput metrics exclude its proportionate share of volume from its 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering. Crude oil and produced water volume throughput in the first quarter of 2018 averaged 85.0 thousand barrels per day ("Mbbl/d"), an increase of 11.3% compared to 76.4 Mbbl/d in the prior-year period, and an increase of 14.7% compared to 74.1 Mbbl/d in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Steve Newby, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "SMLP reported in-line financial and operating results for the first quarter of 2018, and is on target to deliver on its 2018 financial guidance. As we look across the balance of 2018 and into 2019, we are encouraged about our business, our balance sheet and our long-term growth potential. We have a number of growth catalysts that will positively impact our operating and financial results beginning in the fourth quarter of 2018. These catalysts include the start-up of our 60 MMcf/d Delaware Basin gathering and processing assets in the third quarter of 2018, the start-up of our 60 MMcf/d DJ Basin processing plant in the fourth quarter of 2018 and the anticipated growth in our Williston and Utica operations, given current producer activity levels. We expect these catalysts to provide significant EBITDA growth and an expansion of our distribution coverage ratio beginning in the fourth quarter of 2018. The $300.0 million 9.50% Series A preferred equity transaction that we completed in the fourth quarter of 2017 strengthened our credit profile by de-levering our balance sheet, and more than satisfied our equity needs for 2018."
Double E Project Update
In January 2018, SMLP announced a non-binding open season for its proposed Double E Pipeline project ("Double E"), a greenfield development project designed to provide firm natural gas transportation service from various receipt points in the Delaware Basin in New Mexico and Texas to various delivery points around the Waha Hub.
SMLP has received a high level of interest in the project and is currently working with several potential anchor shippers on binding precedent agreements to ship natural gas on Double E. Based on shipper interest in the project, SMLP expects to expand the initial capacity of the Double E Pipeline beyond the 1.0 billion cubic feet per day ("Bcf/d") originally contemplated. SMLP estimates that the project cost will range from $400.0 million to $450.0 million, pending a final decision on route and pipeline size. Project-related capital expenditures in 2018 and 2019, in the aggregate, are expected to account for less than 15% of the total investment, with more meaningful expenditures occurring in 2020 and 2021.
SMLP has also received significant interest from potential shippers and other parties concerning equity participation in the project. SMLP is evaluating those alternatives, and expects to make its final investment decision on the project by the end of the third quarter of 2018. SMLP is currently targeting an in-service date for the project in the second quarter of 2021.
First Quarter 2018 Segment Results
The following table presents average daily throughput by reportable segment:
Three months ended March 31, |
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2018 |
2017 |
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Average daily throughput (MMcf/d): |
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Utica Shale |
356 |
275 |
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Williston Basin |
18 |
17 |
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Piceance/DJ Basins |
578 |
615 |
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Barnett Shale |
263 |
286 |
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Marcellus Shale |
522 |
434 |
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Aggregate average daily throughput |
1,737 |
1,627 |
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Average daily throughput (Mbbl/d): |
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Williston Basin |
85.0 |
76.4 |
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Aggregate average daily throughput |
85.0 |
76.4 |
||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (1) |
771 |
769 |
________ | |
(1) |
Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag. |
Utica Shale
The Utica Shale reportable segment includes Summit Midstream Utica ("SMU"), a natural gas gathering system located in Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio. SMU gathers and delivers dry natural gas to interconnections with a third-party intrastate pipeline that provides access to the Clarington Hub.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2018 totaled $8.7 million, up 10.1% from $7.9 million for the prior-year period, primarily due to higher volume throughput, partially offset by higher operating expenses. Volume throughput averaged 356 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2018, compared to 275 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and 369 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2017. Volume throughput for the first quarter of 2018 increased relative to the prior-year period due to the completion of 15 new wells in 2017, including two new wells completed in December 2017. In addition, first quarter 2018 volumes included an incremental 40 MMcf/d from the TPL-7 Connector Project which was commissioned in the second quarter of 2017. No volume flowed through the TPL-7 Connector Project in the prior-year period and 48 MMcf/d flowed in the fourth quarter of 2017. Volume throughput in the first quarter of 2018 was impacted by temporary production curtailments upstream of the SMU system which we estimate impacted volumes by approximately 15 MMcf/d.
We expect volume growth resuming behind the SMU system in the second quarter of 2018, and we are currently in the process of completing several pad connections to facilitate an acceleration of SMU volume growth in the second half of 2018.
Ohio Gathering
The Ohio Gathering reportable segment includes our 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, a natural gas gathering system spanning the condensate, liquids-rich and dry gas windows of the Utica Shale in Harrison, Guernsey, Noble, Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio. This segment also includes our 40% ownership interest in Ohio Condensate, a condensate stabilization facility located in Harrison County, Ohio. Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Ohio Gathering segment includes our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA from Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate, based on a one-month lag.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2018 totaled $10.5 million, an increase of 15.5% from $9.1 million for the prior-year period, primarily due to lower operating expenses together with slightly higher volumes and incremental compression revenue. Volume throughput on the Ohio Gathering system averaged 771 MMcf/d, gross, in the first quarter of 2018 compared to 769 MMcf/d, gross, in the prior-year period and 825 MMcf/d, gross, in the fourth quarter of 2017. Volume throughput in the first quarter of 2018 was down 6.5% compared to the fourth quarter of 2017 due to natural declines from wells commissioned in the second half of 2017. No new wells were connected in the first quarter of 2018.
We expect volume growth beginning in the third quarter of 2018, with new well connections beginning late in the second quarter of 2018 and continuing through the end of 2018.
Williston Basin
The Polar and Divide, Tioga Midstream and Bison Midstream systems provide our midstream services for the Williston Basin reportable segment. The Polar and Divide system gathers crude oil in Williams and Divide counties in North Dakota and delivers to third-party intra- and interstate pipelines as well as third-party rail terminals. The Polar and Divide system also gathers and delivers produced water to various third-party disposal wells in the region. Tioga Midstream is a crude oil, produced water and associated natural gas gathering system in Williams County, North Dakota. All crude oil and natural gas gathered on the Tioga Midstream system is delivered to third-party pipelines, and all produced water is delivered to third-party disposal wells. Bison Midstream gathers associated natural gas production in Mountrail and Burke counties in North Dakota and delivers to third-party pipelines serving a third-party processing plant in Channahon, Illinois.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Williston Basin segment totaled $16.0 million for the first quarter of 2018 compared to $17.8 million for the prior-year period. The $1.8 million reduction is primarily due to the prior-year period's inclusion of $2.6 million of income related to a business interruption insurance claim, partially offset by higher volume throughput. Liquids volumes averaged 85.0 Mbbl/d in the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 11.3% from 76.4 Mbbl/d in the prior-year period and an increase of 14.7% compared to the fourth quarter of 2017. Liquids volumes in the prior-year period were negatively impacted by severe weather.
Compared to the prior-year period, first quarter 2018 liquids volumes were positively impacted by the completion of 46 new wells in 2017, including 20 new wells completed late in the fourth quarter of 2017, and another 10 new wells in the first quarter of 2018. First quarter 2018 volumes also benefitted from the addition of a new customer in the fourth quarter of 2017, that commissioned several new wells during the quarter and accounted for approximately 20% of our sequential quarterly volume growth. Liquids volumes in the first quarter of 2018 were negatively impacted by an estimated 13.0 Mbbl/d related to certain customers trucking dedicated liquids volumes due to third-party produced water disposal capacity issues, and certain customers implementing crude oil production curtailments related to simultaneous completion activities on pad sites with existing production.
Associated natural gas volumes averaged 18 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 5.9% from 17 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and a decrease of 5.3% from 19 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2017. Volumes in the prior-year period were negatively impacted by severe weather in the first quarter of 2017. No new natural gas wells were completed in the first quarter of 2018.
We expect that our customers will continue to drill and complete new wells throughout the balance of 2018, resulting in increased liquids volume throughput.
Piceance/DJ Basins
The Grand River and the Niobrara G&P systems provide our midstream services for the Piceance/DJ Basins reportable segment. These systems provide natural gas gathering and processing services for producers operating in the Piceance Basin located in western Colorado and eastern Utah and in the Denver-Julesburg ("DJ") Basin located in northeastern Colorado.
Segment adjusted EBITDA totaled $29.2 million for the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 0.9% from $29.0 million for the prior-year period, primarily due to increased volume throughput from the higher-margin Niobrara G&P system, partially offset by lower volumes on the Grand River system and higher expenses. First quarter 2018 volume throughput averaged 578 MMcf/d, a decrease of 6.0% from 615 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and an increase of 0.5% from 575 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2017. Volume declines relative to the prior-year period were primarily due to natural declines from producing wells on the system, partially offset by the completion of 50 new wells in the first quarter of 2018. This activity was partially offset by the impact of our anchor customer's continued suspension of drilling activities behind our gathering system, and the resulting natural declines from existing production, which was partially offset by contractual MVC shortfall payments.
We expect that the DJ Basin will continue to experience volume growth throughout the balance of 2018 and that the new 60 MMcf/d processing plant will be commissioned at the end of the fourth quarter of 2018. We expect significant drilling and completion activity in and around this asset for the foreseeable future.
Barnett Shale
The DFW Midstream system provides our midstream services for the Barnett Shale reportable segment. This system gathers and delivers low-pressure natural gas received from pad sites, primarily located in southeastern Tarrant County, Texas, to downstream intrastate pipelines serving various natural gas hubs in the region.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Barnett Shale segment totaled $9.9 million for the first quarter of 2018, a decrease of 18.4% from $12.1 million for the prior-year period, primarily due to lower volume throughput, together with $1.3 million of lower adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments related to the expiration of an MVC obligation beginning in the third quarter of 2017. Volume throughput in the first quarter of 2018 averaged 263 MMcf/d, which was down 8.0% compared to the prior-year period average of 286 MMcf/d and up 1.9% from 258 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2017. Volume throughput for the first quarter of 2018 was impacted by natural production declines, partially offset by the commissioning of six new wells during the quarter. One customer is currently operating a drilling rig in our Barnett Shale segment, and we expect this will lead to new wells being commissioned in the second half of 2018.
Marcellus Shale
The Mountaineer Midstream system provides our midstream services for the Marcellus Shale reportable segment. This system gathers high-pressure natural gas received from upstream pipeline interconnections with Antero Midstream Partners, LP and Crestwood Equity Partners LP. Natural gas on the Mountaineer Midstream system is delivered to the Sherwood Processing Complex located in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Marcellus Shale segment totaled $6.7 million for the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 18.2% from $5.6 million for the prior-year period, primarily due to an increase in volume throughput. Volume throughput for this segment averaged 522 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 20.3% from 434 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and a decrease of 3.3% from 540 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2017. Volume throughput growth relative to the prior-year period resulted from our customer completing 27 new wells behind our system in 2017, and another 9 new wells late in the first quarter of 2018.
MVC Shortfall Payments
SMLP billed its customers $14.3 million in the first quarter of 2018 related to MVC shortfalls. For those customers that do not have credit banking mechanisms in their gathering agreements, or do not have the ability to use MVC shortfall payments as credits, the MVC shortfall payments are accounted for as gathering revenue in the period that they are earned. For the first quarter of 2018, SMLP recognized $14.3 million of gathering revenue associated with MVC shortfall payments from certain customers in the Williston Basin, Barnett Shale, Piceance/DJ Basins and Marcellus Shale reportable segments. There were no MVC shortfall payment adjustments in the first quarter of 2018. SMLP's MVC shortfall payment mechanisms contributed $14.3 million of adjusted EBITDA in the first quarter of 2018.
Three months ended March 31, 2018 |
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MVC Billings |
Gathering |
Adjustments |
Net impact |
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(In thousands) |
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Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: |
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Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
||||||||
Williston Basin |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
3,514 |
3,514 |
— |
3,514 |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
Total net change |
$ |
3,514 |
$ |
3,514 |
$ |
— |
$ |
3,514 |
||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: |
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Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
||||||||
Williston Basin |
2,797 |
2,797 |
— |
2,797 |
||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
6,815 |
6,815 |
— |
6,815 |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
104 |
104 |
— |
104 |
||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
1,040 |
1,040 |
— |
1,040 |
||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments |
$ |
10,756 |
$ |
10,756 |
$ |
— |
$ |
10,756 |
||||||||
Total (1) |
$ |
14,270 |
$ |
14,270 |
$ |
— |
$ |
14,270 |
________ | |
(1) |
Exclusive of Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures totaled $40.8 million in the first quarter of 2018, including maintenance capital expenditures of approximately $3.8 million. Development activities during the first quarter of 2018 were primarily related to the procurement and development of associated natural gas gathering and processing infrastructure in the northern Delaware and DJ basins, as well as ongoing expansion of SMLP's gathering systems in the Piceance/DJ Basins and Williston Basin segments. The northern Delaware processing plant is expected to be mechanically complete in the second quarter of 2018, and we expect to begin processing associated natural gas in the third quarter of 2018.
Capital & Liquidity
As of March 31, 2018, SMLP had $301.0 million of outstanding debt under its $1.25 billion revolving credit facility and $949.0 million of available borrowing capacity, subject to covenant limits. Based upon the terms of SMLP's revolving credit facility and total outstanding debt of $1.10 billion (inclusive of $800.0 million of senior unsecured notes), SMLP's total leverage and senior secured leverage ratios (as defined in the credit agreement) as of March 31, 2018 were 3.63 to 1.0 and 0.99 to 1.0, respectively.
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation
SMLP increased the estimated undiscounted amount of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation related to the 2016 Drop Down transaction from $454.4 million at December 31, 2017, to $467.5 million at March 31, 2018. The increase is primarily related to revised Utica Shale and Niobrara G&P well connections and volume throughput estimates in 2019.
Subsequent to March 31, 2018, SMLP received additional information from a key customer on our SMU system regarding increased drilling and completion activity on our Utica segment, and the deferral of an SMU compression project. The increased drilling and completion activity is expected to increase volume throughput in the Utica Shale segment and the deferral of the compression project delays capital expenditures previously expected in 2019. The net impact of this new information increases the undiscounted value of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation by approximately $49.6 million, from $467.5 million to $517.1 million.
The consideration for the 2016 Drop Down consisted of (i) an initial $360.0 million cash payment (the "Initial Payment") which was funded on March 3, 2016, with borrowings under SMLP's revolving credit facility and (ii) a deferred payment which will be paid no later than December 31, 2020 (the "Deferred Purchase Price Obligation," "DPPO" or "Deferred Payment," as defined below). At the discretion of the board of directors of SMLP's general partner, the Deferred Payment can be made in either cash or SMLP common units, or a combination thereof.
The Deferred Payment will be equal to: (a) six-and-one-half (6.5) multiplied by the average Business Adjusted EBITDA of the 2016 Drop Down Assets for 2018 and 2019, less the G&A Adjuster, as defined in the Contribution Agreement; less (b) the Initial Payment; less (c) all capital expenditures incurred for the 2016 Drop Down Assets between March 3, 2016 and December 31, 2019; plus (d) all Business Adjusted EBITDA from the 2016 Drop Down Assets between March 3, 2016 and December 31, 2019, less the Cumulative G&A Adjuster, as defined in the Contribution Agreement.
The Deferred Payment calculation was designed to ensure that, during the deferral period, all of the EBITDA growth and capex development risk associated with the 2016 Drop Down Assets is held by the GP, Summit Investments. The Deferred Payment was structured such that SMLP will ultimately pay a 6.5x multiple of the actual EBITDA generated from the 2016 Drop Down Assets in 2018 and 2019.
Quarterly Distribution
On April 26, 2018, the board of directors of SMLP's general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.575 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $2.30 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended March 31, 2018. This quarterly distribution remains unchanged from the previous quarter and from the quarter ended March 31, 2017. This distribution will be paid on May 15, 2018, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on May 8, 2018.
First Quarter 2018 Earnings Call Information
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, May 4, 2018, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 46800643. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until May 18, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 46800643#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
Upcoming Investor Conferences
Members of SMLP's senior management team will participate at Deutsche Bank's MLP & Pipeline One-on-One Day in New York, New York, on May 9, 2018; at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey's Midstream Summit in New York, New York, on May 10, 2018; and at the 2018 MLP & Energy Infrastructure Conference in Orlando, Florida, on May 23-24, 2018. The presentation materials associated with these events will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of each conference.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We report financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). We also present adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow, each a non-GAAP financial measure. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss, plus interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity, unit-based and noncash compensation, the change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation fair value, early extinguishment of debt expense, impairments and other noncash expenses or losses, less interest income, income tax benefit, income (loss) from equity method investees and other noncash income or gains. We define distributable cash flow as adjusted EBITDA plus cash interest received and cash taxes received, less cash interest paid, senior notes interest adjustment, distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders, Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment, cash taxes paid and maintenance capital expenditures. Because adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow may be defined differently by other entities in our industry, our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other entities, thereby diminishing their utility.
Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating our financial performance. Furthermore, management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures may provide external users of our financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others, with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods as they are expected to be reflective of our core ongoing business.
Adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow are used as supplemental financial measures by external users of our financial statements such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others.
Adjusted EBITDA is used to assess:
Distributable cash flow is used to assess:
Both of these measures have limitations as analytical tools and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. For example:
We compensate for the limitations of adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow as analytical tools by reviewing the comparable GAAP financial measures, understanding the differences between the financial measures and incorporating these data points into our decision-making process. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures are attached to this press release.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees, (ii) deferred purchase price obligation and (iii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado, Atlanta, Georgia, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Dallas, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.2% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.1% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2018, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees, (ii) deferred purchase price obligation and (iii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | ||||||||
March 31, |
December 31, |
|||||||
2018 |
2017 |
|||||||
(In thousands) |
||||||||
Assets |
||||||||
Current assets: |
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
3,366 |
$ |
1,430 |
||||
Accounts receivable |
68,811 |
72,301 |
||||||
Other current assets |
3,535 |
4,327 |
||||||
Total current assets |
75,712 |
78,058 |
||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net |
1,858,312 |
1,795,129 |
||||||
Intangible assets, net |
293,771 |
301,345 |
||||||
Goodwill |
16,211 |
16,211 |
||||||
Investment in equity method investees |
682,227 |
690,485 |
||||||
Other noncurrent assets |
13,153 |
13,565 |
||||||
Total assets |
$ |
2,939,386 |
$ |
2,894,793 |
||||
Liabilities and Partners' Capital |
||||||||
Current liabilities: |
||||||||
Trade accounts payable |
$ |
21,232 |
$ |
16,375 |
||||
Accrued expenses |
13,971 |
12,499 |
||||||
Due to affiliate |
443 |
1,088 |
||||||
Deferred revenue |
10,159 |
4,000 |
||||||
Ad valorem taxes payable |
3,834 |
8,329 |
||||||
Accrued interest |
15,383 |
12,310 |
||||||
Accrued environmental remediation |
3,068 |
3,130 |
||||||
Other current liabilities |
5,984 |
11,258 |
||||||
Total current liabilities |
74,074 |
68,989 |
||||||
Long-term debt |
1,091,602 |
1,051,192 |
||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation |
384,617 |
362,959 |
||||||
Noncurrent deferred revenue |
36,587 |
12,707 |
||||||
Noncurrent accrued environmental remediation |
1,916 |
2,214 |
||||||
Other noncurrent liabilities |
6,509 |
7,063 |
||||||
Total liabilities |
1,595,305 |
1,505,124 |
||||||
Series A Preferred Units |
300,741 |
294,426 |
||||||
Common limited partner capital |
1,005,409 |
1,056,510 |
||||||
General Partner interests |
27,033 |
27,920 |
||||||
Noncontrolling interest |
10,898 |
10,813 |
||||||
Total partners' capital |
1,344,081 |
1,389,669 |
||||||
Total liabilities and partners' capital |
$ |
2,939,386 |
$ |
2,894,793 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | ||||||||
Three months ended March 31, |
||||||||
2018 |
2017 |
|||||||
(In thousands, except per-unit amounts) |
||||||||
Revenues: |
||||||||
Gathering services and related fees |
$ |
84,361 |
$ |
118,013 |
||||
Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales |
26,117 |
11,120 |
||||||
Other revenues |
6,842 |
6,672 |
||||||
Total revenues |
117,320 |
135,805 |
||||||
Costs and expenses: |
||||||||
Cost of natural gas and NGLs |
20,286 |
9,052 |
||||||
Operation and maintenance |
24,604 |
23,692 |
||||||
General and administrative |
14,385 |
14,132 |
||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
26,677 |
28,569 |
||||||
Transaction costs |
57 |
— |
||||||
(Gain) loss on asset sales, net |
(74) |
3 |
||||||
Long-lived asset impairment |
— |
284 |
||||||
Total costs and expenses |
85,935 |
75,732 |
||||||
Other (expense) income |
(7) |
71 |
||||||
Interest expense |
(15,122) |
(16,716) |
||||||
Early extinguishment of debt |
— |
(22,020) |
||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation |
(21,658) |
(20,883) |
||||||
(Loss) income before income taxes and income (loss) from equity method investees |
(5,402) |
525 |
||||||
Income tax benefit (expense) |
171 |
(452) |
||||||
Income (loss) from equity method investees |
1,386 |
(656) |
||||||
Net loss |
$ |
(3,845) |
$ |
(583) |
||||
Loss per limited partner unit: |
||||||||
Common unit – basic |
$ |
(0.18) |
$ |
(0.04) |
||||
Common unit – diluted |
$ |
(0.18) |
$ |
(0.04) |
||||
Weighted-average limited partner units outstanding: |
||||||||
Common units – basic |
73,134 |
72,149 |
||||||
Common units – diluted |
73,134 |
72,149 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||
UNAUDITED OTHER FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA | |||||||
Three months ended March 31, |
|||||||
2018 |
2017 |
||||||
(Dollars in thousands) |
|||||||
Other financial data: |
|||||||
Net loss |
$ |
(3,845) |
$ |
(583) |
|||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
$ |
51,210 |
$ |
62,449 |
|||
Capital expenditures |
$ |
40,778 |
$ |
14,428 |
|||
Contributions to equity method investees |
$ |
— |
$ |
4,936 |
|||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
70,309 |
$ |
71,410 |
|||
Distributable cash flow |
$ |
44,151 |
$ |
52,951 |
|||
Distributions declared (1) |
$ |
45,216 |
$ |
44,577 |
|||
Distribution coverage ratio (2) |
0.98x |
1.19x |
|||||
Operating data: |
|||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – natural gas (MMcf/d) |
1,737 |
1,627 |
|||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – liquids (Mbbl/d) |
85.0 |
76.4 |
|||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (3) |
771 |
769 |
_________ | |
(1) |
Represents distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of a given period. For example, for the three months ended March 31, 2018, represents the distributions to be paid in May 2018. |
(2) |
Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 is based on distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of the first quarter of 2018 and 2017. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. |
(3) |
Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF REPORTABLE SEGMENT ADJUSTED EBITDA | ||||||||
TO ADJUSTED EBITDA | ||||||||
Three months ended March 31, |
||||||||
2018 |
2017 |
|||||||
(In thousands) |
||||||||
Reportable segment adjusted EBITDA (1): |
||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
8,715 |
$ |
7,912 |
||||
Ohio Gathering (2) |
10,477 |
9,073 |
||||||
Williston Basin |
15,970 |
17,809 |
||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
29,235 |
28,974 |
||||||
Barnett Shale |
9,859 |
12,088 |
||||||
Marcellus Shale |
6,676 |
5,647 |
||||||
Total |
$ |
80,932 |
$ |
81,503 |
||||
Less Corporate and Other (3) |
10,623 |
10,093 |
||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
70,309 |
$ |
71,410 |
_________ | |
(1) |
We define segment adjusted EBITDA as total revenues less total costs and expenses; plus (i) other income excluding interest income, (ii) our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, (iii) depreciation and amortization, (iv) adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, (v) unit-based and noncash compensation, (vi) change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation, (vii) early extinguishment of debt expense, (viii) impairments and (ix) other noncash expenses or losses, less other noncash income or gains. |
(2) |
Represents our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag. We define proportional adjusted EBITDA for our equity method investees as the product of (i) total revenues less total expenses, excluding impairments and other noncash income or expense items and (ii) amortization for deferred contract costs; multiplied by our ownership interest in Ohio Gathering during the respective period. |
(3) |
Corporate and Other represents those results that are not specifically attributable to a reportable segment or that have not been allocated to our reportable segments, including certain general and administrative expense items, natural gas and crude oil marketing services, transaction costs, interest expense, early extinguishment of debt and a change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | ||||||||
Three months ended March 31, |
||||||||
2018 |
2017 |
|||||||
(In thousands) |
||||||||
Reconciliations of net income or loss to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: |
||||||||
Net loss |
$ |
(3,845) |
$ |
(583) |
||||
Add: |
||||||||
Interest expense |
15,122 |
16,716 |
||||||
Income tax (benefit) expense |
(171) |
452 |
||||||
Depreciation and amortization (1) |
26,526 |
28,418 |
||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (2) |
10,477 |
9,073 |
||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (3) |
— |
(28,640) |
||||||
Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity (4) |
40 |
— |
||||||
Unit-based and noncash compensation |
1,962 |
2,128 |
||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation (5) |
21,658 |
20,883 |
||||||
Early extinguishment of debt (6) |
— |
22,020 |
||||||
(Gain) loss on asset sales, net |
(74) |
3 |
||||||
Long-lived asset impairment |
— |
284 |
||||||
Less: |
||||||||
Income (loss) from equity method investees |
1,386 |
(656) |
||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
70,309 |
$ |
71,410 |
||||
Less: |
||||||||
Cash interest paid |
12,207 |
28,040 |
||||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (7) |
3,063 |
(11,781) |
||||||
Distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders (8) |
— |
— |
||||||
Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment (9) |
7,125 |
— |
||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures |
3,763 |
2,200 |
||||||
Distributable cash flow |
$ |
44,151 |
$ |
52,951 |
||||
Distributions declared (10) |
$ |
45,216 |
$ |
44,577 |
||||
Distribution coverage ratio (11) |
0.98x |
1.19x |
________ | |
(1) |
Includes the amortization expense associated with our favorable and unfavorable gas gathering contracts as reported in other revenues. |
(2) |
Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, based on a one-month lag. |
(3) |
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments for the three months ended March 31, 2017 account for (i) the net increases or decreases in deferred revenue for MVC shortfall payments and (ii) our inclusion of expected annual MVC shortfall payments. For the three months ended March 31, 2018, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments are recognized in gathering services and related fees. |
(4) |
Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity represent contributions in aid of construction revenue recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"). |
(5) |
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation represents the change in the present value of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. |
(6) |
Early extinguishment of debt includes $17.9 million paid for redemption and call premiums, as well as $4.1 million of unamortized debt issuance costs which were written off in connection with the repurchase of the outstanding $300.0 million 7.5% Senior Notes in the first quarter of 2017. |
(7) |
Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 until maturity in April 2025. |
(8) |
Distributions on the Series A preferred units are paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
(9) |
Series A Preferred unit distribution adjustment represents the distributions accrued on the Series A preferred units. |
(10) |
Represents distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of a given period. For example, for the three months ended March 31, 2018, represents the distributions to be paid in May 2018. |
(11) |
Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 is based on distributions declared in respect of the first quarter of 2018 and 2017. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | ||||||||
Three months ended March 31, |
||||||||
2018 |
2017 |
|||||||
(In thousands) |
||||||||
Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: |
||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
$ |
51,210 |
$ |
62,449 |
||||
Add: |
||||||||
Interest expense, excluding amortization of debt issuance costs |
14,082 |
15,684 |
||||||
Income tax (benefit) expense |
(171) |
452 |
||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities |
4,315 |
21,336 |
||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (1) |
10,477 |
9,073 |
||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (2) |
— |
(28,640) |
||||||
Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity (3) |
40 |
— |
||||||
Less: |
||||||||
Distributions from equity method investees |
9,644 |
8,944 |
||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
70,309 |
$ |
71,410 |
||||
Less: |
||||||||
Cash interest paid |
12,207 |
28,040 |
||||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (4) |
3,063 |
(11,781) |
||||||
Distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders (5) |
— |
— |
||||||
Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment (6) |
7,125 |
— |
||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures |
3,763 |
2,200 |
||||||
Distributable cash flow |
$ |
44,151 |
$ |
52,951 |
________ | |
(1) |
Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, based on a one-month lag. |
(2) |
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments for the three months ended March 31, 2017 account for (i) the net increases or decreases in deferred revenue for MVC shortfall payments and (ii) our inclusion of expected annual MVC shortfall payments. For the three months ended March 31, 2018, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments are recognized in gathering services and related fees. |
(3) |
Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity represent contributions in aid of construction revenue recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"). |
(4) |
Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 until maturity in April 2025. |
(5) |
Distributions on the Series A preferred units are paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
(6) |
Series A Preferred unit distribution adjustment represents the distributions accrued on the Series A preferred units. |
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, April 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, has declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.575 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $2.30 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended March 31, 2018. This quarterly distribution remains unchanged from the previous quarter and from the quarter ended March 31, 2017. This distribution will be paid on May 15, 2018, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on May 8, 2018.
First Quarter 2018 Earnings Release and Earnings Call Schedule
SMLP also announced today that it will report financial results for the first quarter of 2018 on Thursday, May 3, 2018, after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, May 4, 2018, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 46800643. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until May 18, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 46800643#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
This release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat one hundred percent (100.0%) of SMLP's distributions to foreign investors as being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. Accordingly, SMLP's distributions to foreign investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.
For purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.871-15(m), SMLP is not considered a covered partnership.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado, Atlanta, Georgia, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Dallas, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.2% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.1% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2018, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, March 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Yesterday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") announced that it will revise its 2005 Policy Statement for Recovery of Income Tax Costs so that it will no longer allow MLPs to recover an income tax allowance in cost of service-based rates. In response to this announcement, Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) confirms that it does not currently provide services pursuant to FERC jurisdictional cost of service-based rates, and as such, SMLP does not expect to be adversely impacted by yesterday's announcement from the FERC.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado, Atlanta, Georgia, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Dallas, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.4% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.1% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2018, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, March 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that it has filed its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This report contains SMLP's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017. A copy of the report is available for viewing and downloading from the Investors section on SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
SMLP unitholders may request a hard copy of the report, free of charge, by submitting a written request to:
Summit Midstream Partners, LP
Attn: Investor Relations
1790 Hughes Landing Blvd, Suite 500
The Woodlands, TX 77380
SMLP also announced today that its 2017 tax packages, including the Schedule K-1, are now available online and may be accessed at https://partnerdatalink.com/Summit. SMLP will begin mailing the 2017 tax packages to unitholders on March 1, 2018, and expects to complete the process on March 2, 2018.
For additional information or assistance, unitholders may also contact Partner DataLink via email at SummitK1Help@deloitte.com or via phone at (855) 375-4158 Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. CST or visit SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com under "Investors >> K-1 Tax Information."
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado, Atlanta, Georgia, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Dallas, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.4% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.1% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2018, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today its financial and operating results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2017. SMLP reported a net loss of $18.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2017 compared to net income of $14.0 million for the prior-year period. Net income in the fourth quarter of 2017 included (i) a long-lived asset impairment of $187.1 million related to our Bison Midstream system in the Williston Basin segment and (ii) $145.6 million of non-cash income related to the decrease in the present value of the estimated Deferred Purchase Price Obligation ("DPPO") at December 31, 2017, compared to September 30, 3017. Net income for the fourth quarter of 2016 included $24.7 million of non-cash DPPO expense. Net cash provided by operations totaled $41.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2017 compared to $61.8 million in the prior-year period. Adjusted EBITDA totaled $72.9 million and distributable cash flow ("DCF") totaled $49.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2017 compared to $72.7 million and $52.8 million, respectively, for the prior-year period.
Natural gas volume throughput averaged 1,761 million cubic feet per day ("MMcf/d") in the fourth quarter of 2017, an increase of 17.1% compared to 1,504 MMcf/d in the prior-year period, and a decrease of 3.6% compared to 1,826 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2017. SMLP's natural gas volume throughput metrics exclude its proportionate share of volume from its 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering. Crude oil and produced water volume throughput in the fourth quarter of 2017 averaged 74.1 thousand barrels per day ("Mbbl/d"), a decrease of 10.0% compared to 82.3 Mbbl/d in the prior-year period, and flat compared to 74.0 Mbbl/d in the third quarter of 2017.
Steve Newby, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "SMLP's financial and operating results for the fourth quarter of 2017 were in line with expectations. During the quarter, we announced a new 60 MMcf/d processing plant expansion in the DJ Basin and acquired strategically important rights-of-way in and around our northern Delaware Basin operating footprint. In addition, we strengthened our balance sheet with a $300.0 million issuance of perpetual preferred equity, which allowed us to reduce leverage by nearly 1.0x. The perpetual preferred equity offering allows the company to buildout its northern Delaware and DJ basin gathering systems and processing plants without any requirements to access the debt or equity capital markets in 2018."
SMLP reported net income of $86.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to a net loss of $38.2 million for the prior-year period. Net income for 2017 included (i) $200.3 million of non-cash income related to the decrease in the present value of the estimated DPPO since December 31, 2016, (ii) long-lived asset impairments of $188.7 million, primarily related to our Bison Midstream system in the Williston Basin segment, (iii) $37.7 million related to a Williston Basin contract amendment that accelerated the recognition of deferred revenue on the balance sheet as gathering revenue on the income statement and (iv) $22.0 million of expense related to the early extinguishment of debt. Net income for 2016 included (i) $55.9 million of non-cash expense related to the increase in the present value of the estimated DPPO from March 3, 2016 to December 31, 2016 and (ii) a $37.8 million impairment loss, net to SMLP, recognized by Ohio Condensate Company, L.L.C. Net cash provided by operations totaled $237.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to $230.5 million in the prior-year period. SMLP reported adjusted EBITDA of $290.4 million and DCF of $205.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to $291.6 million and $210.9 million, respectively for the prior-year period. Natural gas volume throughput averaged 1,748 MMcf/d for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to 1,528 MMcf/d in the prior-year period. Crude oil and produced water volume throughput averaged 75.2 Mbbl/d for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to 88.9 Mbbl/d in the prior-year period.
2018 Financial Guidance
SMLP is announcing its 2018 financial guidance, which is summarized in the table below:
2018 Financial Guidance Range | ||||||
($ in millions) |
Low |
High | ||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$285 |
- |
$300 | |||
Capital Expenditures(1) |
$175 |
- |
$225 | |||
Maintenance Capital Expenditures |
$ 15 |
- |
$ 20 | |||
Distribution Coverage Ratio |
0.95x |
- |
1.05x |
(1) Includes maintenance capital expenditures and capital contributions to equity method investees. |
SMLP's 2018 adjusted EBITDA guidance includes approximately $8.0 million of incremental operating expense relative to 2017, related to a higher than normal level of compressor overhaul work and right-of-way repair expense in our Piceance/DJ and Ohio Gathering segments. We expect these costs will revert to more normal levels in 2019. In addition, we are estimating minimal adjusted EBITDA contribution from our northern Delaware and DJ basin natural gas gathering and processing projects in 2018, given the anticipated timing of project commissioning.
Capital expenditures in 2018 will primarily relate to the continued development of SMLP's northern Delaware Basin gathering and processing system, which is expected to be commissioned in June 2018, and the 60 MMcf/d expansion of SMLP's DJ Basin processing plant, which is expected to be commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2018. SMLP expects to fund its 2018 capital expenditures under its $1.25 billion revolving credit facility, which was partially repaid in the fourth quarter of 2017 with the net proceeds from the $300.0 million perpetual preferred equity offering.
Mr. Newby commented, "Due to the 2016 Drop Down payment mechanics, the estimated undiscounted amount of the DPPO was reduced by approximately $376.0 million in 2017 to $454.4 million at year end. This Deferred Payment structure is working as designed and is mitigating the negative financial impact to SMLP associated with our customers' measured pace of near-term development behind our Ohio Gathering and Utica Shale segments. We continue to expect significant growth in our Utica segments in 2019 and beyond. In addition, we expect our northern Delaware Basin and DJ expansion projects to begin to contribute meaningfully to SMLP's growth in 2019."
Fourth Quarter 2017 Segment Results
The following table presents average daily throughput by reportable segment:
Three months ended |
Year ended | ||||||||||
2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 | ||||||||
Average daily throughput (MMcf/d): |
|||||||||||
Utica Shale |
369 |
211 |
365 |
186 |
|||||||
Williston Basin |
19 |
17 |
19 |
22 |
|||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
575 |
615 |
595 |
586 |
|||||||
Barnett Shale |
258 |
287 |
267 |
319 |
|||||||
Marcellus Shale |
540 |
374 |
502 |
415 |
|||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput |
1,761 |
1,504 |
1,748 |
1,528 |
|||||||
Average daily throughput (Mbbl/d): |
|||||||||||
Williston Basin |
74.1 |
82.3 |
75.2 |
88.9 |
|||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput |
74.1 |
82.3 |
75.2 |
88.9 |
|||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (1) |
825 |
848 |
766 |
865 |
(1) Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag. |
Utica Shale
The Utica Shale reportable segment includes Summit Midstream Utica ("SMU"), SMLP's natural gas gathering system, which is currently in service and under development in Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio. SMU gathers and delivers dry natural gas to interconnections with a third-party intrastate pipeline that provides access to the Clarington Hub.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2017 totaled $8.2 million, up 32.9% from $6.1 million for the prior-year period, primarily due to higher volume throughput, which averaged 369 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2017 compared to 211 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and 403 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2017. Volume throughput for the fourth quarter of 2017 increased relative to the prior-year period due to the completion of 15 new wells in 2017, including two new wells completed late in the fourth quarter of 2017. Relative to the prior-year period, SMU gathered incremental volume throughput in the fourth quarter of 2017 from the TPL-7 Connector Project, which was commissioned in the second quarter of 2017 and accounted for 48 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2017, compared to no volumes in the prior-year period, and 74 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2017. Volume throughput in the fourth quarter of 2017 was down 8.4% relative to the third quarter of 2017, primarily due to our customers temporarily shutting in producing wells throughout the quarter for simultaneous completion activities and maintenance-related work; we estimate that these temporary volume curtailments impacted SMU's fourth quarter 2017 volumes by approximately 25 MMcf/d. We expect that our customers will continue to implement temporary production curtailments throughout 2018, averaging approximately 10 MMcf/d, as they conduct simultaneous drilling activity on connected pad sites with producing wells.
Our customers currently have one drilling rig running on acreage behind the SMU system, and we have visibility for over 20 new wells behind the TPL-7 Connector Project in 2018, beginning late in the first quarter of 2018. We expect that our customers will operate an additional two drilling rigs behind the SMU system, beginning in the second quarter of 2018. We do not expect new wells from these two drilling rigs to begin flowing until the first quarter of 2019.
Ohio Gathering
The Ohio Gathering reportable segment includes our 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, a natural gas gathering system spanning the condensate, liquids-rich and dry gas windows of the Utica Shale in Harrison, Guernsey, Noble, Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio. This segment also includes our 40% ownership interest in Ohio Condensate, a condensate stabilization facility located in Harrison County, Ohio. Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Ohio Gathering segment includes our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA from Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate, based on a one-month lag.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2017 totaled $12.0 million, an increase of 15.5% from $10.4 million for the prior-year period, primarily due to lower operating expenses and incremental compression revenue, partially offset by lower volume throughput. Volume throughput on the Ohio Gathering system, which is based on a one-month lag, averaged 825 MMcf/d, gross, in the fourth quarter of 2017 compared to 848 MMcf/d, gross, in the prior-year period and 763 MMcf/d, gross, in the third quarter of 2017. Volume throughput in the fourth quarter of 2017 increased relative to the third quarter of 2017 due to the completion of 28 wells behind the system in the third and fourth quarters of 2017, including 7 new wells in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Our customers are currently running four drilling rigs in Ohio Gathering's operating footprint. We expect volume throughput on Ohio Gathering to be positively impacted by the completion of over 40 new wells throughout 2018, which we expect will begin in the second quarter of 2018. Relative to 2017, we expect higher operating expense in 2018 related to an increase in compressor overhaul work and right-of-way repair expense. We expect these expenses will revert to more normal levels in 2019.
Williston Basin
The Polar and Divide, Tioga Midstream and Bison Midstream systems provide our midstream services for the Williston Basin reportable segment. The Polar and Divide system gathers crude oil production in Williams and Divide counties in North Dakota and delivers to third-party intra- and interstate pipelines as well as third-party rail terminals. The Polar and Divide system also gathers and delivers produced water to various third-party disposal wells in the region. Tioga Midstream is a crude oil, produced water and associated natural gas gathering system in Williams County, North Dakota. All crude oil and natural gas gathered on the Tioga Midstream system is delivered to third-party pipelines, and all produced water is delivered to third-party disposal wells. Bison Midstream gathers associated natural gas production in Mountrail and Burke counties in North Dakota and delivers to third-party pipelines serving a third-party processing plant in Channahon, Illinois.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Williston Basin segment totaled $15.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2017 compared to $18.7 million for the prior-year period due to lower volume throughput and lower MVC shortfall payments. Liquids volumes averaged 74.1 Mbbl/d in the fourth quarter of 2017, a decrease of 10.0% from 82.3 Mbbl/d in the prior-year period and roughly flat compared to the third quarter of 2017.
Compared to the prior-year period, fourth quarter 2017 liquids volumes were impacted by natural volume declines, partially offset by 46 new wells in 2017, including 20 new wells late in the fourth quarter of 2017. Liquids volumes were also impacted by operational issues at third-party produced water disposal sites, as well as temporary crude oil production curtailments from certain customers implementing simultaneous completion activities on pad sites with flowing wells. For the fourth quarter of 2017, we estimate that these issues impacted our liquids volumes by nearly 8,000 Bbl/d. The majority of these upstream and downstream issues were resolved in January 2018.
Certain of our customers remain active across the Polar and Divide system, with two drilling rigs currently working. These rigs are adding to an existing backlog of approximately 39 drilled uncompleted wells ("DUCs") in inventory behind our Polar and Divide gathering system as of December 31, 2017. We expect volume growth to resume behind the Polar and Divide system beginning in the first quarter of 2018 and we expect sequential quarterly volume growth throughout 2018.
Associated natural gas volumes averaged 19 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2017, an increase of 11.8% from 17 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and a decrease of 9.5% from 21 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2017. Relative to the prior-year period, volume increases were primarily related a two-week suspension of gathering activities on the Bison Midstream system in the fourth quarter of 2016 due to scheduled maintenance on third-party, downstream midstream infrastructure. No new wells were connected during the quarter and we expect 12 new associated natural gas wells in 2018.
Piceance/DJ Basins
The Grand River and the Niobrara G&P systems provide our midstream services for the Piceance/DJ Basins reportable segment. These systems provide natural gas gathering and processing services for producers operating in the Piceance Basin located in western Colorado and eastern Utah and in the Denver-Julesburg ("DJ") Basin located in northeastern Colorado.
Segment adjusted EBITDA totaled $31.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2017, an increase of 4.5% from $30.1 million for the prior-year period, primarily due to increased volume throughput from the Niobrara G&P system and higher MVC shortfall payments, partially offset by lower volumes on the Grand River system and higher operating expense. Fourth quarter 2017 volume throughput averaged 575 MMcf/d, a decrease of 6.5% from 615 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and a decrease of 3.2% from 594 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2017. Volume declines relative to the prior-year period were primarily due to natural declines from producing wells on the system, partially offset by the completion of 76 new wells in 2017, including 17 new wells in the fourth quarter of 2017. This activity was partially offset by the impact of our anchor customer's continued suspension of drilling activities behind our gathering system, and the resulting natural declines from existing production.
Certain of our customers remain active across our Piceance and DJ gathering systems with four drilling rigs currently working. We expect volume growth to resume in this segment beginning in the first quarter of 2018.
Barnett Shale
The DFW Midstream system provides our midstream services for the Barnett Shale reportable segment. This system gathers and delivers low-pressure natural gas received from pad sites, primarily located in southeastern Tarrant County, Texas, to downstream intrastate pipelines serving various natural gas hubs in the region.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Barnett Shale segment totaled $10.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2017, a decrease of 23.7% from $13.5 million for the prior-year period, primarily due to lower volume throughput, together with lower MVC shortfall payments. Volume throughput in the fourth quarter of 2017 averaged 258 MMcf/d, which was down 10.1% compared to the prior-year period average of 287 MMcf/d and up 1.6% from 254 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2017. Volume throughput declined relative to the prior-year period, primarily due to natural production declines, partially offset by the commissioning of seven new wells late in the fourth quarter of 2017.
We have visibility towards our customers commissioning six new wells in the first quarter of 2018. We expect that certain of our customers will operate workover rigs and drilling rigs intermittently in the second and third quarters of 2018 with additional new well completions in the fourth quarter of 2018, resulting in relatively flat volume throughput compared to 2017.
Marcellus Shale
The Mountaineer Midstream system provides our midstream services for the Marcellus Shale reportable segment. This system gathers high-pressure natural gas received from upstream pipeline interconnections with Antero Midstream Partners, LP and Crestwood Equity Partners LP. Natural gas on the Mountaineer Midstream system is delivered to the Sherwood Processing Complex located in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Marcellus Shale segment totaled $6.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2017, an increase of 31.5% from $4.6 million for the prior-year period, primarily due to an increase in volume throughput, partially offset by $0.3 million of higher operating expense related to repair work on certain rights-of-way. Volume throughput for this segment averaged 540 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2017, an increase of 44.4% from 374 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and a decrease of 2.5% from 554 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2017. Volume throughput growth relative to the prior-year period resulted from our customer completing 27 new wells behind our system in 2017, including 12 new wells in the fourth quarter of 2017.
There are no drilling rigs currently working behind our system. We expect our customer will complete nine new wells, currently in our customer's DUC inventory, beginning in the second quarter of 2018.
MVC Shortfall Payments
SMLP billed its customers $22.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2017 related to MVCs. For those customers that do not have credit banking mechanisms in their gathering agreements, or do not have the ability to use MVC shortfall payments as credits, the MVC shortfall payments are accounted for as gathering revenue in the period that they are earned. For the fourth quarter of 2017, SMLP recognized $23.3 million of gathering revenue associated with MVC shortfall payments from certain customers in the Williston Basin, Barnett Shale, Piceance/DJ Basins and Marcellus Shale reportable segments. Of this amount, $1.1 million is related to the deferred revenue recognition associated with a certain Piceance/DJ Basins segment customer that SMLP determined that it would be remote that this customer could ship volumes in excess of its future MVC as an offset to future gathering fees. As such, the customer's MVC credit bank, as represented as deferred revenue on the balance sheet, was reduced by $1.1 million and recognized as revenue on the income statement.
MVC shortfall payment adjustments in the fourth quarter of 2017 totaled ($7.1) million which was related to MVC shortfall payment adjustments from certain customers in the Piceance/DJ Basins, Williston Basin and Barnett Shale reportable segments.
SMLP's MVC shortfall payment mechanisms contributed $15.1 million of adjusted EBITDA in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Three months ended December 31, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
MVC |
Gathering |
Adjustments |
Net impact | ||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: |
|||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
|||||||||
Williston Basin |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
3,082 |
4,169 |
(1,087) |
3,082 |
|||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|||||||||||||
Total net change |
$ |
3,082 |
$ |
4,169 |
$ |
(1,087) |
$ |
3,082 |
|||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: |
|||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
|||||||||
Williston Basin |
9,166 |
9,166 |
(5,946) |
3,220 |
|||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
8,608 |
8,608 |
(870) |
7,738 |
|||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
382 |
382 |
(284) |
98 |
|||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
1,007 |
1,007 |
— |
1,007 |
|||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments |
$ |
19,163 |
$ |
19,163 |
$ |
(7,100) |
$ |
12,063 |
|||||||||
Total (1) |
$ |
22,245 |
$ |
23,332 |
$ |
(8,187) |
$ |
15,145 |
(1) Exclusive of Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
Year ended December 31, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
MVC |
Gathering |
Adjustments |
Net impact |
||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: |
|||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
|||||||||
Williston Basin |
— |
37,693 |
(37,693) |
— |
|||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
13,106 |
16,171 |
(3,065) |
13,106 |
|||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|||||||||||||
Total net change |
$ |
13,106 |
$ |
53,864 |
$ |
(40,758) |
$ |
13,106 |
|||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: |
|||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
|||||||||
Williston Basin |
12,958 |
12,958 |
— |
12,958 |
|||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
28,608 |
28,608 |
(3) |
28,605 |
|||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
4,032 |
4,032 |
(612) |
3,420 |
|||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
4,398 |
4,398 |
— |
4,398 |
|||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments |
$ |
49,996 |
$ |
49,996 |
$ |
(615) |
$ |
49,381 |
|||||||||
Total (1) |
$ |
63,102 |
$ |
103,860 |
$ |
(41,373) |
$ |
62,487 |
(1) Exclusive of Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures totaled $41.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2017, including $3.9 million of contributions to equity method investees, maintenance capital expenditures of approximately $4.0 million and approximately $5.0 million related to SMLP's acquisition of strategic rights-of-way located in the northern Delaware Basin. Development activities during the fourth quarter of 2017 were primarily related to the procurement and development of associated natural gas gathering and processing infrastructure in the northern Delaware Basin, as well as ongoing expansion of SMLP's gathering systems in the Utica Shale, Piceance/DJ Basins and Williston Basin segments.
Capital & Liquidity
As of December 31, 2017, SMLP had $261.0 million of outstanding debt under its $1.25 billion revolving credit facility and $989.0 million of available borrowing capacity, subject to covenant limits. Based upon the terms of SMLP's revolving credit facility and total outstanding debt of $1.06 billion (inclusive of $800.0 million of senior unsecured notes), SMLP's total leverage and senior secured leverage ratios (as defined in the credit agreement) as of December 31, 2017 were 3.62 to 1.0 and 0.89 to 1.0, respectively.
In November 2017, SMLP issued $300.0 million of 9.50% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (the "Preferred Equity"), representing limited partner interests in SMLP. The net proceeds from this Preferred Equity were used to repay approximately $293.0 million of outstanding borrowings under SMLP's revolving credit facility.
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation
The consideration for the 2016 Drop Down consisted of (i) an initial $360.0 million cash payment (the "Initial Payment") which was funded on March 3, 2016 with borrowings under SMLP's revolving credit facility and (ii) a deferred payment which will be paid no later than December 31, 2020 (the "Deferred Purchase Price Obligation," "DPPO" or "Deferred Payment," as defined below). At the discretion of the board of directors of SMLP's general partner, the Deferred Payment can be made in either cash or SMLP common units, or a combination thereof.
The Deferred Payment will be equal to: (a) six-and-one-half (6.5) multiplied by the average Business Adjusted EBITDA of the 2016 Drop Down Assets for 2018 and 2019, less the G&A Adjuster, as defined in the Contribution Agreement; less (b) the Initial Payment; less (c) all capital expenditures incurred for the 2016 Drop Down Assets between March 3, 2016 and December 31, 2019; plus (d) all Business Adjusted EBITDA from the 2016 Drop Down Assets between March 3, 2016 and December 31, 2019, less the Cumulative G&A Adjuster, as defined in the Contribution Agreement.
The Deferred Payment calculation was designed to ensure that, during the deferral period, all of the EBITDA growth and capex development risk associated with the 2016 Drop Down Assets is held by the GP, Summit Investments. The Deferred Payment was structured such that SMLP will ultimately pay a 6.5x multiple of the actual EBITDA generated from the 2016 Drop Down Assets in 2018 and 2019.
SMLP reduced the estimated undiscounted amount of the Deferred Payment related to the 2016 Drop Down transaction from $656.5 million at September 30, 2017 to $454.4 million at December 31, 2017. The reduction is primarily related to updated Utica Shale well connection estimates in 2018 and 2019. The structure of the Deferred Payment insulates SMLP from this volume risk, and as a result, we have reduced the future obligation of SMLP.
A slower pace of growth capital expenditures, particularly in the Utica Shale, is also expected.
Quarterly Distribution
On January 25, 2018, the board of directors of SMLP's general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.575 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $2.30 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended December 31, 2017. This quarterly distribution remains unchanged from the previous quarter and from the quarter ended December 31, 2016. This distribution was paid on February 14, 2018, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on February 7, 2018.
Fourth Quarter 2017 Earnings Call Information
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, February 23, 2018, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 46320995. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until March 9, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 46320995#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
Upcoming Investor Conferences
Members of SMLP's senior management team will participate in the Barclays Select Series: MLP Corporate Access Day in New York, New York, on February 27, 2018, and in the Morgan Stanley Utilities, Clean Tech and Midstream Energy Conference in New York, New York on February 28, 2018. The presentation materials associated with these events will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of each conference.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We report financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). We also present adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow, each a non-GAAP financial measure. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss, plus interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, unit-based and noncash compensation, Deferred Purchase Price Obligation, early extinguishment of debt expense, impairments and other noncash expenses or losses, less interest income, income tax benefit, income (loss) from equity method investees and other noncash income or gains. We define distributable cash flow as adjusted EBITDA plus cash interest received and cash taxes received, less cash interest paid, senior notes interest adjustment, cash taxes paid and maintenance capital expenditures. Because adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow may be defined differently by other entities in our industry, our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other entities, thereby diminishing their utility.
Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating our financial performance. Furthermore, management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures may provide external users of our financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others, with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods as they are expected to be reflective of our core ongoing business.
Adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow are used as supplemental financial measures by external users of our financial statements such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others.
Adjusted EBITDA is used to assess:
Distributable cash flow is used to assess:
Both of these measures have limitations as analytical tools and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. For example:
We compensate for the limitations of adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow as analytical tools by reviewing the comparable GAAP financial measures, understanding the differences between the financial measures and incorporating these data points into our decision-making process. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures are attached to this press release.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees, (ii) deferred purchase price obligation and (iii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado, Atlanta, Georgia, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Dallas, Texas.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.4% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.1% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2017, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees, (ii) deferred purchase price obligation and (iii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | ||||||||
December 31, |
||||||||
2017 |
2016 |
|||||||
(In thousands) |
||||||||
Assets |
||||||||
Current assets: |
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
1,430 |
$ |
7,428 |
||||
Accounts receivable |
72,301 |
97,364 |
||||||
Other current assets |
4,327 |
4,309 |
||||||
Total current assets |
78,058 |
109,101 |
||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net |
1,795,129 |
1,853,671 |
||||||
Intangible assets, net |
301,345 |
421,452 |
||||||
Goodwill |
16,211 |
16,211 |
||||||
Investment in equity method investees |
690,485 |
707,415 |
||||||
Other noncurrent assets |
13,565 |
7,329 |
||||||
Total assets |
$ |
2,894,793 |
$ |
3,115,179 |
||||
Liabilities and Partners' Capital |
||||||||
Current liabilities: |
||||||||
Trade accounts payable |
$ |
16,375 |
$ |
16,251 |
||||
Accrued expenses |
12,499 |
11,389 |
||||||
Due to affiliate |
1,088 |
258 |
||||||
Deferred revenue |
4,000 |
— |
||||||
Ad valorem taxes payable |
8,329 |
10,588 |
||||||
Accrued interest |
12,310 |
17,483 |
||||||
Accrued environmental remediation |
3,130 |
4,301 |
||||||
Other current liabilities |
11,258 |
11,471 |
||||||
Total current liabilities |
68,989 |
71,741 |
||||||
Long-term debt |
1,051,192 |
1,240,301 |
||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation |
362,959 |
563,281 |
||||||
Deferred revenue |
12,707 |
57,465 |
||||||
Noncurrent accrued environmental remediation |
2,214 |
5,152 |
||||||
Other noncurrent liabilities |
7,063 |
7,566 |
||||||
Total liabilities |
1,505,124 |
1,945,506 |
||||||
Series A Preferred Units |
294,426 |
— |
||||||
Common limited partner capital |
1,056,510 |
1,129,132 |
||||||
General Partner interests |
27,920 |
29,294 |
||||||
Noncontrolling interest |
10,813 |
11,247 |
||||||
Total partners' capital |
1,389,669 |
1,169,673 |
||||||
Total liabilities and partners' capital |
$ |
2,894,793 |
$ |
3,115,179 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Three months ended |
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|||||||||||||||
2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 |
|||||||||||||
(In thousands, except per-unit amounts) |
||||||||||||||||
Revenues: |
||||||||||||||||
Gathering services and related fees |
$ |
95,543 |
$ |
111,378 |
$ |
394,427 |
$ |
345,961 |
||||||||
Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales |
23,804 |
10,086 |
68,459 |
35,833 |
||||||||||||
Other revenues |
6,852 |
5,619 |
25,855 |
20,568 |
||||||||||||
Total revenues |
126,199 |
127,083 |
488,741 |
402,362 |
||||||||||||
Costs and expenses: |
||||||||||||||||
Cost of natural gas and NGLs |
20,909 |
7,281 |
57,237 |
27,421 |
||||||||||||
Operation and maintenance |
23,871 |
23,023 |
93,882 |
95,334 |
||||||||||||
General and administrative |
14,311 |
14,287 |
54,681 |
52,410 |
||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
29,291 |
28,569 |
115,475 |
112,239 |
||||||||||||
Transaction costs |
(46) |
25 |
73 |
1,321 |
||||||||||||
(Gain) Loss on asset sales, net |
(3) |
69 |
527 |
93 |
||||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment |
187,125 |
23 |
188,702 |
1,764 |
||||||||||||
Total costs and expenses |
275,458 |
73,277 |
510,577 |
290,582 |
||||||||||||
Other income |
84 |
24 |
298 |
116 |
||||||||||||
Interest expense |
(16,248) |
(16,160) |
(68,131) |
(63,810) |
||||||||||||
Early extinguishment of debt |
(19) |
— |
(22,039) |
— |
||||||||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation |
145,648 |
(24,738) |
200,322 |
(55,854) |
||||||||||||
(Loss) income before income taxes and income (loss) from equity method investees |
(19,794) |
12,932 |
88,614 |
(7,768) |
||||||||||||
Income tax benefit (expense) |
76 |
66 |
(341) |
(75) |
||||||||||||
Income (loss) from equity method investees |
1,468 |
997 |
(2,223) |
(30,344) |
||||||||||||
Net (loss) income |
$ |
(18,250) |
$ |
13,995 |
$ |
86,050 |
$ |
(38,187) |
||||||||
Earnings (loss) per limited partner unit: |
||||||||||||||||
Common unit – basic |
$ |
(0.32) |
$ |
0.16 |
$ |
0.99 |
$ |
(0.71) |
||||||||
Common unit – diluted |
$ |
(0.32) |
$ |
0.16 |
$ |
0.98 |
$ |
(0.71) |
||||||||
Weighted-average limited partner units outstanding: |
||||||||||||||||
Common units – basic |
73,068 |
72,096 |
72,705 |
68,264 |
||||||||||||
Common units – diluted |
73,068 |
72,096 |
73,047 |
68,264 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED OTHER FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended |
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||||||||||||||
2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 |
||||||||||||
(Dollars in thousands) |
|||||||||||||||
Other financial data: |
|||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income |
$ |
(18,250) |
$ |
13,995 |
$ |
86,050 |
$ |
(38,187) |
|||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
$ |
41,335 |
$ |
61,790 |
$ |
237,832 |
$ |
230,495 |
|||||||
Capital expenditures |
$ |
38,009 |
$ |
19,984 |
$ |
124,215 |
$ |
142,719 |
|||||||
Contributions to equity method investees |
$ |
3,932 |
$ |
11,425 |
$ |
25,513 |
$ |
31,582 |
|||||||
Acquisitions of gathering systems (1) |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
866,858 |
|||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
72,923 |
$ |
72,721 |
$ |
290,387 |
$ |
291,601 |
|||||||
Distributable cash flow |
$ |
49,173 |
$ |
52,802 |
$ |
205,010 |
$ |
210,906 |
|||||||
Distributions declared (2) |
$ |
45,054 |
$ |
44,452 |
$ |
179,705 |
$ |
170,981 |
|||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (3) |
1.09x |
1.19x |
1.14x |
1.23x |
|||||||||||
Operating data: |
|||||||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – natural gas (MMcf/d) |
1,761 |
1,504 |
1,748 |
1,528 |
|||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – liquids (Mbbl/d) |
74.1 |
82.3 |
75.2 |
88.9 |
|||||||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (4) |
825 |
848 |
766 |
865 |
(1) Reflects cash and noncash consideration, including working capital and capital expenditure adjustments paid (received), for acquisitions and/or drop downs. | ||||||
(2) Represents distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of a given period. For example, for the three months ended December 31, 2017, represents the distributions paid in February 2018. | ||||||
(3) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 is based on distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of the fourth quarter of 2017 and 2016. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. | ||||||
(4) Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF REPORTABLE SEGMENT ADJUSTED EBITDA | ||||||||||||||||
TO ADJUSTED EBITDA | ||||||||||||||||
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2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 |
|||||||||||||
(In thousands) |
||||||||||||||||
Reportable segment adjusted EBITDA (1): |
||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
8,154 |
$ |
6,137 |
$ |
34,011 |
$ |
21,035 |
||||||||
Ohio Gathering (2) |
12,045 |
10,429 |
41,246 |
45,602 |
||||||||||||
Williston Basin |
15,237 |
18,730 |
66,413 |
79,475 |
||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
31,481 |
30,121 |
117,737 |
109,241 |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
10,308 |
13,516 |
46,232 |
54,634 |
||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
6,113 |
4,649 |
23,888 |
19,203 |
||||||||||||
Total |
$ |
83,338 |
$ |
83,582 |
$ |
329,527 |
$ |
329,190 |
||||||||
Less Corporate and other (3) |
10,415 |
10,861 |
39,140 |
37,589 |
||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
72,923 |
$ |
72,721 |
$ |
290,387 |
$ |
291,601 |
(1) We define segment adjusted EBITDA as total revenues less total costs and expenses; plus (i) other income excluding interest income, (ii) our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, (iii) depreciation and amortization, (iv) adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, (v) unit-based and noncash compensation, (vi) change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation, (vii) early extinguishment of debt expense, (viii) impairments and (ix) other noncash expenses or losses, less other noncash income or gains. | ||||||
(2) Represents our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag. We define proportional adjusted EBITDA for our equity method investees as the product of (i) total revenues less total expenses, excluding impairments and other noncash income or expense items and (ii) amortization for deferred contract costs; multiplied by our ownership interest in Ohio Gathering during the respective period. | ||||||
(3) Corporate and other represents those results that are not specifically attributable to a reportable segment or that have not been allocated to our reportable segments, including certain general and administrative expense items, natural gas and crude oil marketing services, transaction costs, interest expense, early extinguishment of debt and a change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | ||||||||||||||||
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2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 |
|||||||||||||
(In thousands) |
||||||||||||||||
Reconciliations of net income or loss to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: |
||||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income |
$ |
(18,250) |
$ |
13,995 |
$ |
86,050 |
$ |
(38,187) |
||||||||
Add: |
||||||||||||||||
Interest expense |
16,248 |
16,160 |
68,131 |
63,810 |
||||||||||||
Income tax (benefit) expense |
(76) |
(66) |
341 |
75 |
||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization (1) |
29,140 |
28,603 |
114,872 |
112,661 |
||||||||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (2) |
12,045 |
10,429 |
41,246 |
45,602 |
||||||||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (3) |
(8,187) |
(22,218) |
(41,373) |
11,600 |
||||||||||||
Unit-based and noncash compensation |
1,978 |
1,985 |
7,951 |
7,985 |
||||||||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation (4) |
(145,648) |
24,738 |
(200,322) |
55,854 |
||||||||||||
Early extinguishment of debt (5) |
19 |
— |
22,039 |
— |
||||||||||||
(Gain) loss on asset sales, net |
(3) |
69 |
527 |
93 |
||||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment |
187,125 |
23 |
188,702 |
1,764 |
||||||||||||
Less: |
||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from equity method investees |
1,468 |
997 |
(2,223) |
(30,344) |
||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
72,923 |
$ |
72,721 |
$ |
290,387 |
$ |
291,601 |
||||||||
Add: |
||||||||||||||||
Cash taxes received |
— |
— |
— |
50 |
||||||||||||
Less: |
||||||||||||||||
Cash interest paid |
24,078 |
5,783 |
71,488 |
63,000 |
||||||||||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (6) |
(7,855) |
9,750 |
(5,261) |
— |
||||||||||||
Distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders (7) |
2,375 |
— |
2,375 |
— |
||||||||||||
Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment (8) |
1,188 |
— |
1,188 |
— |
||||||||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures |
3,964 |
4,386 |
15,587 |
17,745 |
||||||||||||
Distributable cash flow |
$ |
49,173 |
$ |
52,802 |
$ |
205,010 |
$ |
210,906 |
||||||||
Distributions declared (9) |
$ |
45,054 |
$ |
44,452 |
$ |
179,705 |
$ |
170,981 |
||||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (10) |
1.09x |
1.19x |
1.14x |
1.23x |
(1) Includes the amortization expense associated with our favorable and unfavorable gas gathering contracts as reported in other revenues. | |||||||
(2) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, based on a one-month lag. | |||||||
(3) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments account for (i) the net increases or decreases in deferred revenue for MVC shortfall payments and (ii) our inclusion of expected annual MVC shortfall payments. | |||||||
(4) Deferred Purchase Price Obligation represents the change in the present value of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. | |||||||
(5) Early extinguishment of debt includes $17.9 million paid for redemption and call premiums, as well as $4.1 million of unamortized debt issuance costs which were written off in connection with the repurchase of the outstanding $300.0 million 7.5% Senior Notes in the first quarter of 2017. | |||||||
(6) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15, beginning October 15, 2017 until maturity in April 2025. | |||||||
(7) Distributions on the Series A preferred units are paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, beginning on December 15, 2017 through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. | |||||||
(8) Series A Preferred unit distribution adjustment represents the distributions accrued on the Series A preferred units. | |||||||
(9) Represents distributions declared to common unitholders in respect of a given period. For example, for the three months ended December 31, 2017, represents the distributions paid in February 2018. | |||||||
(10) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 is based on distributions declared in respect of the fourth quarter of 2017 and 2016. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | ||||||||
Year ended December 31, |
||||||||
2017 |
2016 |
|||||||
Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: |
||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
$ |
237,832 |
$ |
230,495 |
||||
Add: |
||||||||
Interest expense, excluding amortization of debt issuance costs |
63,973 |
59,834 |
||||||
Income tax expense |
341 |
75 |
||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities |
28,890 |
(11,014) |
||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (1) |
41,246 |
45,602 |
||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (2) |
(41,373) |
11,600 |
||||||
Less: |
||||||||
Distributions from equity method investees |
40,220 |
44,991 |
||||||
Write-off of debt issuance costs |
302 |
— |
||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
290,387 |
$ |
291,601 |
||||
Add: |
||||||||
Cash taxes received |
— |
50 |
||||||
Less: |
||||||||
Cash interest paid |
71,488 |
63,000 |
||||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (3) |
(5,261) |
— |
||||||
Distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders (4) |
2,375 |
— |
||||||
Series A Preferred units distribution adjustment (5) |
1,188 |
— |
||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures |
15,587 |
17,745 |
||||||
Distributable cash flow |
$ |
205,010 |
$ |
210,906 |
(1) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, based on a one-month lag. | ||||||
(2) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments account for (i) the net increases or decreases in deferred revenue for MVC shortfall payments and (ii) our inclusion of expected annual MVC shortfall payments. | ||||||
(3) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15, beginning October 15, 2017 until maturity in April 2025. | ||||||
(4) Distributions on the Series A preferred units are paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, beginning on December 15, 2017 through and including December 15, 2022, and, thereafter, quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year. | ||||||
(5) Series A Preferred unit distribution adjustment represents the distributions accrued on the Series A preferred units. |
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
DALLAS, Feb. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Alerian reported index linked product positions of $16.3 billion as of December 31, 2017. Linked products include exchange-traded funds, exchange-traded notes, return of capital notes, variable insurance portfolios, and mutual funds.
Below is a full list of energy master limited partnership (MLP) positions, as of December 31, 2017, in products linked to the Alerian Index Series.
Ticker |
Exposure in |
Exposure in |
Ticker |
Exposure in |
Exposure in | |
AM |
318,072,149 |
10,952,898 |
MMP |
1,644,568,414 |
23,182,526 | |
AMGP |
754,587 |
38,265 |
MPLX |
1,279,929,181 |
36,084,837 | |
ANDX |
516,099,522 |
11,173,404 |
NBLX |
21,404,873 |
428,097 | |
APU |
76,556,528 |
1,655,992 |
NGL |
195,952,022 |
13,946,763 | |
ARLP |
20,166,275 |
1,023,669 |
NS |
296,565,295 |
9,902,013 | |
BPL |
908,164,717 |
18,328,249 |
NSH |
236,356 |
15,055 | |
BWP |
201,509,203 |
15,608,769 |
PAA |
1,085,692,515 |
52,601,382 | |
CEQP |
30,317,020 |
1,175,078 |
PAGP |
3,567,709 |
162,538 | |
CQP |
30,774,953 |
1,038,291 |
PSXP |
303,822,210 |
5,803,672 | |
DCP |
411,714,791 |
11,332,639 |
RMP |
197,598,050 |
9,203,449 | |
DM |
186,044,367 |
6,109,831 |
SEP |
397,826,315 |
10,061,364 | |
EEP |
372,358,764 |
26,962,981 |
SHLX |
369,468,507 |
12,389,957 | |
ENBL |
30,305,242 |
2,131,170 |
SMLP |
20,113,987 |
981,170 | |
ENLC |
1,134,945 |
64,485 |
SPH |
35,347,307 |
1,459,426 | |
ENLK |
317,615,016 |
20,664,607 |
SUN |
36,559,156 |
1,287,294 | |
EPD |
1,672,410,145 |
63,086,011 |
TCP |
350,896,258 |
6,608,216 | |
EQGP |
315,059 |
11,712 |
TEGP |
1,533,669 |
59,583 | |
EQM |
536,502,790 |
7,339,299 |
TEP |
269,478,027 |
5,877,383 | |
ETE |
6,574,648 |
380,918 |
TGP |
26,220,374 |
1,301,259 | |
ETP |
1,669,396,449 |
93,158,284 |
VLP |
23,823,578 |
535,361 | |
GEL |
300,264,393 |
13,434,648 |
VNOM |
20,179,418 |
864,956 | |
GLOP |
17,814,465 |
719,776 |
WES |
604,184,334 |
12,563,617 | |
GMLP |
26,442,305 |
1,159,750 |
WGP |
664,201 |
17,874 | |
HEP |
168,157,229 |
5,175,661 |
WPZ |
1,231,920,496 |
31,766,903 |
About Alerian
Alerian equips investors to make informed decisions about Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) and energy infrastructure. Its benchmarks, including the flagship Alerian MLP Index (AMZ), are widely used by industry executives, investment professionals, research analysts, and national media to analyze relative performance. As of December 31, 2017, over $16 billion was directly tied to the Alerian Index Series through exchange-traded funds and notes, separately managed accounts, and structured products. For more information, including index values and constituents, research content, and announcements regarding rebalancings, please visit alerian.com.
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SOURCE Alerian
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Jan. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP ("Summit") (NYSE: SMLP) hereby announces that it is holding a non-binding open season ("Open Season") for its Double E Pipeline (referred to herein as "Double E" or "Project"). The Project will provide firm natural gas transportation service from various receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub, connecting a growing associated natural gas supply basin to a liquid trading point with multiple current and planned takeaway pipelines to demand centers along the United States Gulf Coast and Mexico. The target in-service date for the Project is the first quarter of 2021.
This Open Season will commence at 9:00 a.m. CST on Monday, January 29, 2018 and end at 4:00 p.m. CST on Friday, March 2, 2018.
Project Description
The Project will consist of approximately 120 miles of 24" to 36" diameter pipe with a capacity of approximately 1.0 Bcf/d (without compression), expandable to approximately 1.4 Bcf/d (with compression). Double E will provide natural gas transportation service from the northern Delaware Basin to the Waha Hub in northern Pecos County, Texas, servicing various receipt points in Eddy and Lea counties in New Mexico and Loving, Ward, Reeves and Pecos counties in Texas. The Project will have multiple direct downstream connections based on shipper demand and preferences. Additional receipt laterals and extensions are being contemplated as well. The approximate route for the Project is depicted on the enclosed Project Map.
Rates
A cost of service-based, daily reservation recourse rate will be available for transportation service under the Project, as such rate may change from time to time. The estimated initial recourse rate will be calculated using Summit's estimated cost of the Project facilities, estimates for operation and maintenance expenses based on costs for similar facilities, the billing determinants under the Project, and other cost factors.
Summit also may, but will not be obligated to, offer shippers a negotiated daily reservation rate for transportation service under the Project.
All reservation rates will be dependent on the final Project scope and facility requirements, which will be determined following the completion of this Open Season.
In addition to the applicable daily reservation rates, shippers may also be responsible for compressor fuel and line loss make-up retention, electric power charges, commodity charges and all applicable surcharges as approved or required by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for transportation service under the Project, all as amended from time to time.
Term
The primary term for firm transportation service under the Project will be 10 years or longer. Summit may consider but reserves the right to not accept any requests for firm transportation service under the Project with a requested primary term of less than 10 years.
Open Season Procedure
Any shipper desiring firm transportation service under the Project must complete the Non-Binding Open Season-Double E Pipeline Service Request (the "Request Form") found here: http://doubleepipeline.com/OpenSeasonRequestForm.pdf, which must be signed by a duly authorized representative of the requesting shipper, and deliver the completed Request Form by email to doubleepipeline@summitmidstream.com by the date and time indicated above, along with a completed and signed Confidentiality Agreement found here: http://doubleepipeline.com/CAOpenSeason.pdf. Both the Request Form and Confidentiality Agreement are also available at www.doubleepipeline.com.
Depending on the results of this Open Season, Summit may determine that multiple projects may be pursued instead of a single project, and Summit therefore reserves the right to modify the Project contemplated herein and pursue multiple projects, or elect to do nothing.
Upon receipt of all timely submitted Request Forms, Summit will evaluate the total capacity requested and determine the final scope of the Project or multiple projects. Summit, in its sole discretion, may (i) revise the anticipated scope and/or capacity of the Project including, without limitation, by changing the receipt and delivery points, (ii) decide not to pursue the Project or any other project, or (iii) develop alternatives to the Project that suit the needs reflected in the results of this Open Season.
If Summit allocates the available firm transportation capacity under the Project, then the capacity will be allocated first to shipper(s) with the longest requested primary contract term (and if there is a tie among shippers with the longest requested primary contract term, then capacity will be allocated first to such shippers on a pro rata basis).
Summit reserves the right to accept or reject any requests for service under the Project on a not unduly discriminatory basis. More information regarding the Project is available at www.doubleepipeline.com.
If you have any questions regarding this Open Season, please contact:
Forbes Herring
Director - Business Development
Summit Midstream Partners, LP
Office: 214.242.1962
fherring@summitmidstream.com
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.4% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.1% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2017, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
Contact: Marc Stratton, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, 832-608-6166, ir@summitmidstream.com
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Nov. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, has declared an initial partial-period distribution of $7.9167 per Series A Preferred Unit, which will be payable on December 15, 2017 to holders of record at the close of business on December 1, 2017.
This release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat one hundred percent (100.0%) of SMLP's distributions to foreign investors as being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. Accordingly, SMLP's distributions to foreign investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.4% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.1% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2017, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Nov. 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that Matthew Harrison, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will attend the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2017 Leveraged Finance Conference in Boca Raton, Florida, on Wednesday, November 29, 2017. The related presentation materials associated with this event will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of the conference on November 29, 2017.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.4% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.1% limited partner interest in SMLP.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Nov. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 300,000 of its 9.50% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the "Preferred Units") at a price of $1,000 per unit. Distributions on the Preferred Units will be payable from and including the date of original issue to, but not including, December 15, 2022, at a rate equal to 9.50% per annum of the $1,000 liquidation preference. On and after December 15, 2022, distributions on the Preferred Units will accumulate for each distribution period at a percentage of the liquidation preference equal to the three-month LIBOR plus a spread of 7.43%. The offering is expected to close on November 14, 2017, subject to customary closing conditions.
The Partnership expects to receive net proceeds from the offering of approximately $293 million (after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses), and intends to use all of the net proceeds to repay outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are acting as the joint book-running managers of this offering, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated is acting as representative of each of the underwriters. When available, copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained free of charge on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov or from the underwriters of the offering as follows:
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated |
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | |
Attn: Prospectus Department |
Attn: Credit Suisse Prospectus Department | |
NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd floor |
One Madison Avenue | |
Charlotte NC 28255-0001 |
New York, NY 10010 | |
Telephone: (800) 221-1037 | ||
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | |
Attention: Prospectus Department |
Attn: WFS Customer Service | |
180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor |
608 2nd Ave S, Suite 1000 | |
New York, New York 10014 |
Minneapolis, MN 55402 | |
Telephone: (800) 645-3751 | ||
The Preferred Units are being offered and will be sold pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2017, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Nov. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the "Partnership") announced today that it has commenced, subject to market conditions, an underwritten public offering of Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the "Preferred Units"). The Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility and for general partnership purposes.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are acting as the joint book-running managers of this offering. When available, copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained free of charge on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov or from the underwriters of the offering as follows:
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated |
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
Attn: Prospectus Department |
Attn: Credit Suisse Prospectus Department |
NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd Floor |
One Madison Avenue |
Charlotte NC 28255-0001 |
New York, NY 10010 |
Telephone: (800) 221-1037 | |
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
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About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2017, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today its financial and operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017. SMLP reported net income of $93.6 million for the third quarter of 2017 compared to net income of $2.0 million for the prior-year period. The $91.6 million increase in net income is primarily related to a $70.5 million decrease in the present value of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation as of September 30, 2017, compared to June 30, 2017, and $19.1 million of net income in the third quarter of 2017 associated with a Piceance Basin contract amendment that accelerated the frequency of MVC shortfall payments. Net cash provided by operations totaled $75.2 million in the third quarter of 2017 compared to $37.2 million in the prior-year period. Adjusted EBITDA totaled $73.5 million and distributable cash flow totaled $52.9 million for the third quarter of 2017 compared to $76.5 million and $55.6 million, respectively, for the prior-year period.
Natural gas volume throughput averaged 1,826 million cubic feet per day ("MMcf/d") in the third quarter of 2017, an increase of 16.2% compared to 1,572 MMcf/d in the prior-year period, and an increase of 2.6% compared to 1,780 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2017. SMLP's natural gas volume throughput metrics exclude its proportionate share of volume throughput from its 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering. Crude oil and produced water volume throughput in the third quarter of 2017 averaged 74.0 thousand barrels per day ("Mbbl/d"), a decrease of 19.7% compared to 92.2 Mbbl/d in the prior-year period, and an increase of 7.4% compared to 68.9 Mbbl/d in the second quarter of 2017.
Steve Newby, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "SMLP reported strong financial results for the third quarter of 2017 with adjusted EBITDA of $73.5 million, DCF of $52.9 million and a quarterly distribution coverage ratio of 1.17x. We have already begun to see completion activity accelerate in the fourth quarter of 2017 from a number of customers across several of our gathering systems, including in the Utica, Williston, and Barnett. We continue to expect that these activities will lead to volume and cash flow growth across these assets throughout the rest of 2017 and into 2018.
Today, we are announcing an expansion of our existing 20 MMcf/d gathering and processing complex in northern Weld County, Colorado with the addition of a new 60 MMcf/d processing plant. This $60 million expansion project is designed to support increasing volumes from existing customers. We are encouraged by the increased level of upstream development activity in and around our DJ Basin assets and we expect to place this project in service by the end of 2018. We plan to finance the project with excess distribution coverage and borrowings under our Revolver.
This quarter, we revised the estimated undiscounted amount of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation associated with our 2016 Drop Down transaction from $793.3 million to $656.5 million. This reduction reflects revised timing related to Business Adjusted EBITDA growth expectations for certain of our 2016 Drop Down Assets, particularly our Utica gathering systems, in 2018 and 2019. Our expectations for future growth in the Utica segment have not changed, but our current expectation regarding the pace of this future growth has been extended into 2020 and beyond."
SMLP reported net income of $104.3 million for the first nine months of 2017 compared to a net loss of $52.2 million for the prior-year period. The $156.5 million increase in net income is primarily related to a $54.7 million decrease in the present value of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation as of September 30, 2017, compared to December 31, 2016, $19.1 million of net income in the third quarter of 2017 associated with a Piceance Basin contract amendment that accelerated the frequency of measurement and settlement of MVC shortfall payments, $37.7 million related to a Williston Basin contract amendment that accelerated the recognition of previously deferred revenue as gathering revenue in the first quarter of 2017, and a $37.8 million impairment loss, net to SMLP, recognized by Ohio Condensate Company, L.L.C. in June 2016. Net cash provided by operations totaled $196.5 million for the first nine months of 2017 compared to $168.7 million in the prior-year period. SMLP reported adjusted EBITDA of $217.5 million and distributable cash flow of $155.8 million for the first nine months of 2017 compared to $218.9 million and $158.1 million, respectively for the prior-year period. Natural gas volume throughput averaged 1,744 MMcf/d for the first nine months of 2017 compared to 1,536 MMcf/d in the prior-year period. Crude oil and produced water volume throughput averaged 74.7 Mbbl/d in the first nine months of 2017 compared to 91.0 Mbbl/d in the prior-year period.
Third Quarter 2017 Segment Results
The following table presents average daily throughput by reportable segment:
Three months ended September 30, |
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||||
2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 | ||||||||
Average daily throughput (MMcf/d): |
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Utica Shale |
403 |
234 |
364 |
178 |
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Williston Basin |
21 |
24 |
19 |
24 |
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Piceance/DJ Basins |
594 |
591 |
601 |
576 |
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Barnett Shale |
254 |
305 |
270 |
329 |
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Marcellus Shale |
554 |
418 |
490 |
429 |
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Aggregate average daily throughput |
1,826 |
1,572 |
1,744 |
1,536 |
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Average daily throughput (Mbbl/d): |
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Williston Basin |
74.0 |
92.2 |
74.7 |
91.0 |
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Aggregate average daily throughput |
74.0 |
92.2 |
74.7 |
91.0 |
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Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (1) |
763 |
800 |
746 |
869 |
(1) Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag. |
Utica Shale
The Utica Shale reportable segment includes Summit Midstream Utica ("SMU"), SMLP's natural gas gathering system which is currently in service and under development in Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio. SMU gathers and delivers dry natural gas to interconnections with a third-party intrastate pipeline that provides access to the Clarington Hub.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2017 totaled $8.4 million, up 20.5% from $7.0 million for the prior-year period, primarily due to higher volume throughput, and partially offset by increased right-of-way maintenance expense in the quarter. Volume throughput at SMU averaged 403 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2017 compared to 234 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and 413 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2017. Volume throughput for the third quarter of 2017 increased relative to the prior-year period due to the completion of eleven new wells behind the system in the first half of 2017 and another two new wells in the third quarter of 2017. Volume throughput was down 2.4% relative to the second quarter of 2017 due to natural volume declines, together with our customers temporarily shutting in producing wells throughout the quarter for nearby completion activities and maintenance-related work.
We have one drilling rig currently running behind our SMU system and we expect that our customers will complete another four wells behind the SMU system in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Ohio Gathering
The Ohio Gathering reportable segment includes our 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, a natural gas gathering system spanning the condensate, liquids-rich and dry gas windows of the Utica Shale in Harrison, Guernsey, Noble, Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio. This segment also includes our 40% ownership interest in Ohio Condensate, a condensate stabilization facility located in Harrison County, Ohio. Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Ohio Gathering segment includes our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA from Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate, based on a one-month lag.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2017 totaled $10.5 million, an increase of 4.6% from $10.1 million for the prior-year period, primarily due to higher volume throughput on Ohio Gathering. Segment adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2017 was negatively impacted by higher operating expenses related to compressor overhaul work during the quarter. Volume throughput on the Ohio Gathering system, which is based on a one-month lag, averaged 763 MMcf/d, gross, in the third quarter of 2017 compared to 800 MMcf/d, gross, in the prior-year period and 706 MMcf/d, gross, in the second quarter of 2017. Volume throughput on Ohio Gathering in the third quarter of 2017 was positively impacted by the completion of 21 wells behind the system during the quarter.
Our customers are currently running two drilling rigs in Ohio Gathering's operating footprint. We expect to see the production volume on Ohio Gathering continue to increase in the fourth quarter of 2017, as new wells are brought online.
Williston Basin
The Bison Midstream, Polar and Divide and Tioga Midstream systems provide our midstream services for the Williston Basin reportable segment. Bison Midstream gathers associated natural gas production in Mountrail and Burke counties in North Dakota and delivers to third-party pipelines serving a third-party processing plant in Channahon, Illinois. The Polar and Divide system gathers crude oil production in Williams and Divide counties in North Dakota and delivers to the COLT and Basin Transload rail terminals, as well as other third-party, intra- and interstate pipelines. The Polar and Divide system also gathers and delivers produced water to various third-party disposal wells in the region. Tioga Midstream is a crude oil, produced water and associated natural gas gathering system in Williams County, North Dakota. All crude oil and natural gas gathered on the Tioga Midstream system is delivered to third-party pipelines, and all produced water is delivered to third-party disposal wells.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Williston Basin segment totaled $16.2 million for the third quarter of 2017 compared to $21.8 million for the prior-year period. Compared to the prior-year period, third quarter 2017 liquids volumes were negatively impacted due to customers completing only 17 new wells behind our gathering systems compared to 28 new wells in the prior-year period. In addition, segment adjusted EBITDA for the Williston Basin segment in the prior-year period reflects nearly $2.0 million of benefit related to the recognition of previously disputed gathering revenue and property tax adjustments.
Liquids volumes averaged 74.0 Mbbl/d in the third quarter of 2017, a decrease of 19.7% from 92.2 Mbbl/d in the prior-year period and an increase of 7.4% compared to 68.9 Mbbl/d in the second quarter of 2017. Higher liquids volumes were primarily related to the completion of 17 new wells that were completed late in the third quarter of 2017. Certain of our customers remain active across the Polar and Divide system, with four drilling rigs currently working. These rigs are adding to an existing backlog of approximately 52 drilled uncompleted wells ("DUCs") currently in inventory behind our Polar and Divide gathering system. We expect many of these DUCs will be completed in the fourth quarter of 2017 and drive volume growth.
Associated natural gas volumes averaged 21 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2017, a decrease of 12.5% from 24 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and an increase of 5.0% from 20 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2017. Relative to the prior-year period, volume declines were primarily related to natural production declines from existing wells on the Bison Midstream and Tioga Midstream systems as no new wells were connected during the quarter.
Piceance/DJ Basins
The Grand River and the Niobrara G&P systems provide our midstream services for the Piceance/DJ Basins reportable segment. These systems provide natural gas gathering and processing services for producers operating in the Piceance Basin located in western Colorado and eastern Utah and in the Denver-Julesburg ("DJ") Basin located in northeastern Colorado.
Segment adjusted EBITDA totaled $30.0 million for the third quarter of 2017, an increase of 6.9% from $28.1 million for the prior-year period. Third quarter 2017 volume throughput averaged 594 MMcf/d, an increase of 0.5% from 591 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and generally flat with the 596 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2017. Volume growth relative to the prior-year period was primarily due to ongoing drilling and completion activity from our single-basin focused, private equity-backed customers. These customers commissioned 38 new wells across our Piceance and DJ Basin gathering systems in the first half of 2017. In the third quarter of 2017, these customers commissioned another 23 new wells. This activity was partially offset by the impact of our anchor customer's continued suspension of drilling activities in the basin and the resulting natural declines from existing production.
Certain of our customers remain active across our Piceance and DJ gathering systems with three drilling rigs currently working.
SMLP's anchor customer in the Piceance/DJ Basins segment sold its acreage to an existing customer in the third quarter of 2017. The associated gathering agreements were assigned to the new customer in substantially equivalent form except for a modification with respect to the payment frequency of measurement and settlement of minimum volume commitments ("MVCs"), which changed from an annual payment to monthly payments beginning in July 2017. As a result, MVC shortfall payments for this customer are recognized as gathering revenue each month for the remaining term of the gathering agreement. In addition, this customer made a one-time, $12.5 million MVC shortfall payment to SMLP in the third quarter of 2017 related to shortfall payments owed for the first half of 2017. As such, SMLP reversed $12.5 million of adjustments to MVC shortfall payments in the third quarter of 2017, and recognized the cash payment as gathering revenue; there was no net impact to adjusted EBITDA.
Barnett Shale
The DFW Midstream system provides our midstream services for the Barnett Shale reportable segment. This system gathers and delivers low-pressure natural gas received from pad sites, primarily located in southeastern Tarrant County, Texas, to downstream intrastate pipelines serving various natural gas hubs in the region.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Barnett Shale segment totaled $10.8 million for the third quarter of 2017, a decrease of 17.4% from $13.1 million for the prior-year period. Volume throughput of 254 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2017 was down 16.7% compared to the prior-year period average of 305 MMcf/d and down 6.3% from 271 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2017. No new wells were completed behind the DFW gathering system in the third quarter of 2017. In addition, the DFW gathering system was shut down for two days in the third quarter to conduct its annual regulatory tests. This shut down impacted volumes by an estimated 6 MMcf/d.
Certain of our customers operated drilling rigs on an intermittent basis in the third quarter of 2017. Additionally, two of our customers, both of which are private equity-backed and single basin-focused, are planning to commission 7 new wells in the fourth quarter of 2017, which we expect will facilitate increased volumes on the DFW gathering system.
Marcellus Shale
The Mountaineer Midstream system provides our midstream services for the Marcellus Shale reportable segment. This system gathers high-pressure natural gas received from upstream pipeline interconnections with Antero Midstream Partners, LP and Crestwood Equity Partners LP. Natural gas on the Mountaineer Midstream system is delivered to the Sherwood Processing Complex located in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Marcellus Shale segment totaled $6.7 million for the third quarter of 2017, an increase of 29.8% from $5.1 million for the prior-year period, primarily due to an increase in volume throughput, partially offset by right-of-way repair expenses incurred during the quarter. Volume throughput for this segment averaged 554 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2017, an increase of 32.5% from 418 MMcf/d in the prior-year period, and an increase of 15.4% from 480 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2017. Volume throughput increased in the third quarter of 2017, relative to the second quarter of 2017, as a result of our customer completing 11 new wells behind our system late in the second quarter of 2017; no new wells were completed in the third quarter of 2017. Although there are no rigs currently working behind our system, we expect our customer to continue to complete its inventory of seven DUCs behind the Mountaineer Midstream system in the fourth quarter of 2017. We also expect our customer will bring a rig back onto acreage that flows onto the Mountaineer Midstream system in the fourth quarter of 2017.
MVC Shortfall Payments
SMLP billed its customers $24.9 million in the third quarter of 2017 related to MVCs. For those customers that do not have credit banking mechanisms in their gathering agreements, or do not have the ability to use MVC shortfall payments as credits, the MVC shortfall payments are accounted for as gathering revenue in the period that they are earned. For the third quarter of 2017, SMLP recognized $24.9 million of gathering revenue associated with MVC shortfall payments from certain customers in the Williston Basin, Piceance/DJ Basins and Marcellus Shale reportable segments.
In conjunction with the third quarter of 2017 closing of an upstream M&A transaction involving one of SMLP's Piceance/DJ Basin customers, SMLP amended the MVC provision of that customer's gathering agreement. The amendment modified the payment frequency of MVC shortfall payments from an annual payment to a monthly payment. As such, beginning in the third quarter of 2017, MVC shortfall payments from this customer will be recognized as gathering revenue on a monthly basis. In addition, this customer made a one-time, $12.5 million MVC shortfall payment in the third quarter of 2017 related to MVC shortfall payments owed to SMLP for the first six months of 2017. This payment was reversed out of Adjustments to MVC shortfall payments and recognized as gathering revenue. There was no impact to adjusted EBITDA in the quarter.
MVC shortfall payment adjustments in the third quarter of 2017 totaled ($10.1) million which was related to MVC shortfall payment adjustments from certain customers in the Piceance/DJ Basins, Williston Basin and Barnett Shale reportable segments.
SMLP's MVC shortfall payment mechanisms contributed $14.8 million of adjusted EBITDA in the third quarter of 2017.
Three months ended September 30, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
MVC Billings |
Gathering revenue |
Adjustments to MVC shortfall |
Net impact to adjusted | ||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: |
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Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
|||||||||
Williston Basin |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
3,354 |
3,354 |
— |
3,354 |
|||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|||||||||||||
Total net change |
$ |
3,354 |
$ |
3,354 |
$ |
— |
$ |
3,354 |
|||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: |
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Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
|||||||||
Williston Basin |
1,105 |
1,105 |
1,982 |
3,087 |
|||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
19,482 |
19,482 |
(12,200) |
7,282 |
|||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
— |
— |
94 |
94 |
|||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
989 |
989 |
— |
989 |
|||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments |
$ |
21,576 |
$ |
21,576 |
$ |
(10,124) |
$ |
11,452 |
|||||||||
Total (1) |
$ |
24,930 |
$ |
24,930 |
$ |
(10,124) |
$ |
14,806 |
(1) Exclusive of Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
Nine months ended September 30, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
MVC Billings |
Gathering revenue |
Adjustments to MVC shortfall |
Net impact to adjusted |
||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: |
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Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
|||||||||
Williston Basin |
— |
37,693 |
(37,693) |
— |
|||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
10,024 |
12,002 |
(1,978) |
10,024 |
|||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|||||||||||||
Total net change |
$ |
10,024 |
$ |
49,695 |
$ |
(39,671) |
$ |
10,024 |
|||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: |
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Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
|||||||||
Williston Basin |
3,792 |
3,792 |
5,946 |
9,738 |
|||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
20,000 |
20,000 |
867 |
20,867 |
|||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
3,650 |
3,650 |
(328) |
3,322 |
|||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
3,391 |
3,391 |
— |
3,391 |
|||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments |
$ |
30,833 |
$ |
30,833 |
$ |
6,485 |
$ |
37,318 |
|||||||||
Total (1) |
$ |
40,857 |
$ |
80,528 |
$ |
(33,186) |
$ |
47,342 |
(1) Exclusive of Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures totaled $46.2 million in the third quarter of 2017, including $5.9 million of contributions to equity method investees and maintenance capital expenditures of approximately $3.5 million. Development activities during the third quarter of 2017 were primarily related to the development of associated natural gas gathering and processing infrastructure in the N. Delaware Basin, as well as ongoing expansion of our Summit Midstream Utica natural gas gathering system.
Capital & Liquidity
As of September 30, 2017, SMLP had $506.0 million of outstanding debt under its $1.25 billion revolving credit facility and $744.0 million of available borrowing capacity, subject to covenant limits. Based upon the terms of SMLP's revolving credit facility and total outstanding debt of $1.306 billion (inclusive of $800.0 million of senior unsecured notes), SMLP's total leverage ratio and senior secured leverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) as of September 30, 2017 were 4.16 to 1.0 and 1.61 to 1.0, respectively.
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation
The consideration for the 2016 Drop Down consisted of (i) an initial $360.0 million cash payment (the "Initial Payment") which was funded on March 3, 2016 with borrowings under SMLP's revolving credit facility and (ii) a deferred payment which will be paid no later than December 31, 2020 (the "Deferred Purchase Price Obligation" or the "Deferred Payment," as defined below). At the discretion of the board of directors of SMLP's general partner, the Deferred Payment can be made in either cash or SMLP common units, or a combination thereof.
The Deferred Payment will be equal to: (a) six-and-one-half (6.5) multiplied by the average Business Adjusted EBITDA of the 2016 Drop Down Assets for 2018 and 2019; less (b) the Initial Payment; less (c) all capital expenditures incurred for the 2016 Drop Down Assets between March 3, 2016 and December 31, 2019; plus (d) all Business Adjusted EBITDA from the 2016 Drop Down Assets between March 3, 2016 and December 31, 2019.
The Deferred Payment calculation was designed to ensure that, during the deferral period, all of the EBITDA growth and capex development risk associated with the 2016 Drop Down Assets is held by the GP, Summit Investments. The Deferred Payment was structured such that SMLP will ultimately pay a 6.5x multiple of the actual EBITDA generated from the 2016 Drop Down Assets in 2018 and 2019.
SMLP currently estimates that the undiscounted future value of the Deferred Payment will be approximately $656.5 million. The estimated Deferred Payment decrease from approximately $793.3 million as of June 30, 2017 reflects a slower expected pace of drilling and completion activities from our customers, particularly in the Utica Shale, in 2018. A slower pace of growth capital expenditures, particularly in the Utica Shale, is also expected.
Quarterly Distribution
On October 26, 2017, the board of directors of SMLP's general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.575 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $2.30 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended September 30, 2017. This quarterly distribution remains unchanged from the previous quarter and from the quarter ended September 30, 2016. This distribution will be paid on November 14, 2017, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on November 7, 2017.
Third Quarter 2017 Earnings Call Information
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, November 3, 2017, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 45799116. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until November 17, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 45799116#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
Upcoming Investor Conferences
Members of SMLP's senior management team will participate in RBC Capital Markets' MLP Conference in Dallas, Texas, on November 15, 2017 and November 16, 2017, and in the Wells Fargo Pipeline, MLP and Utility Symposium in New York, New York on December 6, 2017 and December 7, 2017. The presentation materials associated with these events will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of each conference.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We report financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). We also present adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow, each a non-GAAP financial measure. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss, plus interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, unit-based and noncash compensation, Deferred Purchase Price Obligation, early extinguishment of debt expense, impairments and other noncash expenses or losses, less interest income, income tax benefit, income (loss) from equity method investees and other noncash income or gains. We define distributable cash flow as adjusted EBITDA plus cash interest received and cash taxes received, less cash interest paid, senior notes interest adjustment, cash taxes paid and maintenance capital expenditures. Because adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow may be defined differently by other entities in our industry, our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other entities, thereby diminishing their utility.
Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating our financial performance. Furthermore, management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures may provide external users of our financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others, with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods as they are expected to be reflective of our core ongoing business.
Adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow are used as supplemental financial measures by external users of our financial statements such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others.
Adjusted EBITDA is used to assess:
Distributable cash flow is used to assess:
Both of these measures have limitations as analytical tools and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. For example:
We compensate for the limitations of adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow as analytical tools by reviewing the comparable GAAP financial measures, understanding the differences between the financial measures and incorporating these data points into our decision-making process. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures are attached to this press release.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees, (ii) deferred purchase price obligation and (iii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.4% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.1% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2017, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees, (ii) deferred purchase price obligation and (iii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | ||||||||
September 30, 2017 |
December 31, 2016 |
|||||||
(In thousands) |
||||||||
Assets |
||||||||
Current assets: |
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
2,911 |
$ |
7,428 |
||||
Accounts receivable |
61,267 |
97,364 |
||||||
Other current assets |
4,785 |
4,309 |
||||||
Total current assets |
68,963 |
109,101 |
||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net |
1,884,569 |
1,853,671 |
||||||
Intangible assets, net |
392,035 |
421,452 |
||||||
Goodwill |
16,211 |
16,211 |
||||||
Investment in equity method investees |
696,590 |
707,415 |
||||||
Other noncurrent assets |
13,753 |
7,329 |
||||||
Total assets |
$ |
3,072,121 |
$ |
3,115,179 |
||||
Liabilities and Partners' Capital |
||||||||
Current liabilities: |
||||||||
Trade accounts payable |
$ |
22,676 |
$ |
16,251 |
||||
Accrued expenses |
14,115 |
11,389 |
||||||
Due to affiliate |
514 |
258 |
||||||
Deferred revenue |
2,373 |
— |
||||||
Ad valorem taxes payable |
8,118 |
10,588 |
||||||
Accrued interest |
20,183 |
17,483 |
||||||
Accrued environmental remediation |
5,089 |
4,301 |
||||||
Other current liabilities |
8,963 |
11,471 |
||||||
Total current liabilities |
82,031 |
71,741 |
||||||
Long-term debt |
1,295,787 |
1,240,301 |
||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation |
508,607 |
563,281 |
||||||
Deferred revenue |
15,421 |
57,465 |
||||||
Noncurrent accrued environmental remediation |
1,429 |
5,152 |
||||||
Other noncurrent liabilities |
7,538 |
7,566 |
||||||
Total liabilities |
1,910,813 |
1,945,506 |
||||||
Common limited partner capital |
1,120,592 |
1,129,132 |
||||||
General Partner interests |
29,187 |
29,294 |
||||||
Noncontrolling interest |
11,529 |
11,247 |
||||||
Total partners' capital |
1,161,308 |
1,169,673 |
||||||
Total liabilities and partners' capital |
$ |
3,072,121 |
$ |
3,115,179 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Three months ended |
Nine months ended |
|||||||||||||||
2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 |
|||||||||||||
(In thousands, except per-unit amounts) |
||||||||||||||||
Revenues: |
||||||||||||||||
Gathering services and related fees |
$ |
96,070 |
$ |
80,296 |
$ |
298,884 |
$ |
234,583 |
||||||||
Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales |
22,940 |
9,578 |
44,655 |
25,747 |
||||||||||||
Other revenues |
5,935 |
5,199 |
19,003 |
14,949 |
||||||||||||
Total revenues |
124,945 |
95,073 |
362,542 |
275,279 |
||||||||||||
Costs and expenses: |
||||||||||||||||
Cost of natural gas and NGLs |
18,177 |
6,986 |
36,328 |
20,140 |
||||||||||||
Operation and maintenance |
22,303 |
23,059 |
70,011 |
72,311 |
||||||||||||
General and administrative |
13,289 |
12,368 |
40,370 |
38,123 |
||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
28,927 |
27,979 |
86,184 |
83,670 |
||||||||||||
Transaction costs |
— |
— |
119 |
1,296 |
||||||||||||
Loss on asset sales, net |
460 |
13 |
530 |
24 |
||||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment |
1,290 |
1,172 |
1,577 |
1,741 |
||||||||||||
Total costs and expenses |
84,446 |
71,577 |
235,119 |
217,305 |
||||||||||||
Other income |
79 |
51 |
214 |
92 |
||||||||||||
Interest expense |
(17,614) |
(15,733) |
(51,883) |
(47,650) |
||||||||||||
Early extinguishment of debt |
— |
— |
(22,020) |
— |
||||||||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation |
70,499 |
(6,188) |
54,674 |
(31,116) |
||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes and income (loss) from equity method investees |
93,463 |
1,626 |
108,408 |
(20,700) |
||||||||||||
Income tax (expense) benefit |
(176) |
142 |
(417) |
(141) |
||||||||||||
Income (loss) from equity method investees |
350 |
270 |
(3,691) |
(31,341) |
||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ |
93,637 |
$ |
2,038 |
$ |
104,300 |
$ |
(52,182) |
||||||||
Less: |
||||||||||||||||
Net income attributable to Summit Investments |
— |
— |
— |
2,745 |
||||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest |
91 |
116 |
282 |
(108) |
||||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to SMLP |
93,546 |
1,922 |
104,018 |
(54,819) |
||||||||||||
Less net income attributable to General Partner, including IDRs |
3,999 |
2,137 |
8,442 |
4,883 |
||||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to limited partners |
$ |
89,547 |
$ |
(215) |
$ |
95,576 |
$ |
(59,702) |
||||||||
Earnings (loss) per limited partner unit: |
||||||||||||||||
Common unit – basic |
$ |
1.23 |
$ |
(0.00) |
$ |
1.32 |
$ |
(0.89) |
||||||||
Common unit – diluted |
$ |
1.22 |
$ |
(0.00) |
$ |
1.31 |
$ |
(0.89) |
||||||||
Weighted-average limited partner units outstanding: |
||||||||||||||||
Common units – basic |
73,059 |
67,844 |
72,583 |
66,978 |
||||||||||||
Common units – diluted |
73,433 |
67,844 |
72,901 |
66,978 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED OTHER FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended |
Nine months ended |
||||||||||||||
2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 |
||||||||||||
(Dollars in thousands) |
|||||||||||||||
Other financial data: |
|||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ |
93,637 |
$ |
2,038 |
$ |
104,300 |
$ |
(52,182) |
|||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
$ |
75,156 |
$ |
37,205 |
$ |
196,497 |
$ |
168,705 |
|||||||
Capital expenditures |
$ |
40,294 |
$ |
31,363 |
$ |
86,206 |
$ |
122,735 |
|||||||
Contributions to equity method investees |
$ |
5,932 |
$ |
4,512 |
$ |
21,581 |
$ |
20,157 |
|||||||
Acquisitions of gathering systems (1) |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
866,858 |
|||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
73,477 |
$ |
76,483 |
$ |
217,464 |
$ |
218,880 |
|||||||
Distributable cash flow |
$ |
52,877 |
$ |
55,568 |
$ |
155,837 |
$ |
158,104 |
|||||||
Distributions declared (2) |
$ |
45,037 |
$ |
44,439 |
$ |
134,651 |
$ |
126,529 |
|||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (3) |
1.17x |
1.25x |
1.16x |
1.25x |
|||||||||||
Operating data: |
|||||||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – natural gas (MMcf/d) |
1,826 |
1,572 |
1,744 |
1,536 |
|||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – liquids (Mbbl/d) |
74.0 |
92.2 |
74.7 |
91.0 |
|||||||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (4) |
763 |
800 |
746 |
869 |
(1) Reflects cash and noncash consideration, including working capital and capital expenditure adjustments paid (received), for acquisitions and/or drop downs. | ||||||||||
(2) Represents distributions declared in respect of a given period. For example, for the three months ended September 30, 2017, represents the distributions to be paid in November 2017. | ||||||||||
(3) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 is based on distributions declared in respect of the third quarter of 2017 and 2016. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. | ||||||||||
(4) Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF REPORTABLE SEGMENT ADJUSTED EBITDA | ||||||||||||||||
TO ADJUSTED EBITDA | ||||||||||||||||
Three months ended |
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|||||||||||||||
2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 |
|||||||||||||
(In thousands) |
||||||||||||||||
Reportable segment adjusted EBITDA (1): |
||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
8,412 |
$ |
6,983 |
$ |
25,857 |
$ |
14,898 |
||||||||
Ohio Gathering (2) |
10,522 |
10,059 |
29,201 |
35,173 |
||||||||||||
Williston Basin |
16,212 |
21,815 |
51,176 |
60,745 |
||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
30,008 |
28,074 |
86,256 |
79,120 |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
10,838 |
13,128 |
35,924 |
41,118 |
||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
6,682 |
5,146 |
17,775 |
14,554 |
||||||||||||
Total |
$ |
82,674 |
$ |
85,205 |
$ |
246,189 |
$ |
245,608 |
||||||||
Less Corporate and other (3) |
9,197 |
8,722 |
28,725 |
26,728 |
||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
73,477 |
$ |
76,483 |
$ |
217,464 |
$ |
218,880 |
(1) We define segment adjusted EBITDA as total revenues less total costs and expenses; plus (i) other income excluding interest income, (ii) our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, (iii) depreciation and amortization, (iv) adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, (v) unit-based and noncash compensation, (vi) change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation, (vii) early extinguishment of debt expense, (viii) impairments and (ix) other noncash expenses or losses, less other noncash income or gains. | ||||||||||
(2) Represents our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag. We define proportional adjusted EBITDA for our equity method investees as the product of (i) total revenues less total expenses, excluding impairments and other noncash income or expense items and (ii) amortization for deferred contract costs; multiplied by our ownership interest in Ohio Gathering during the respective period. | ||||||||||
(3) Corporate and other represents those results that are not specifically attributable to a reportable segment or that have not been allocated to our reportable segments, including certain general and administrative expense items, natural gas and crude oil marketing services, transaction costs, interest expense, early extinguishment of debt and a change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | ||||||||||||||||
Three months ended |
Nine months ended |
|||||||||||||||
2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 |
|||||||||||||
(In thousands) |
||||||||||||||||
Reconciliations of net income or loss to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: |
||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ |
93,637 |
$ |
2,038 |
$ |
104,300 |
$ |
(52,182) |
||||||||
Add: |
||||||||||||||||
Interest expense |
17,614 |
15,733 |
51,883 |
47,650 |
||||||||||||
Income tax expense |
176 |
— |
417 |
141 |
||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization (1) |
28,777 |
28,101 |
85,732 |
84,058 |
||||||||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (2) |
10,522 |
10,059 |
29,201 |
35,173 |
||||||||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (3) |
(10,124) |
11,541 |
(33,186) |
33,818 |
||||||||||||
Unit-based and noncash compensation |
1,974 |
2,050 |
5,973 |
6,000 |
||||||||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation (4) |
(70,499) |
6,188 |
(54,674) |
31,116 |
||||||||||||
Early extinguishment of debt (5) |
— |
— |
22,020 |
— |
||||||||||||
Loss on asset sales, net |
460 |
13 |
530 |
24 |
||||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment |
1,290 |
1,172 |
1,577 |
1,741 |
||||||||||||
Less: |
||||||||||||||||
Income tax benefit |
— |
142 |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
Loss from equity method investees |
350 |
270 |
(3,691) |
(31,341) |
||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
73,477 |
$ |
76,483 |
$ |
217,464 |
$ |
218,880 |
||||||||
Add: |
||||||||||||||||
Cash taxes received |
— |
— |
— |
50 |
||||||||||||
Less: |
||||||||||||||||
Cash interest paid |
14,028 |
25,753 |
47,410 |
57,217 |
||||||||||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (6) |
3,063 |
(9,750) |
2,594 |
(9,750) |
||||||||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures |
3,509 |
4,912 |
11,623 |
13,359 |
||||||||||||
Distributable cash flow |
$ |
52,877 |
$ |
55,568 |
$ |
155,837 |
$ |
158,104 |
||||||||
Distributions declared (7) |
$ |
45,037 |
$ |
44,439 |
$ |
134,651 |
$ |
126,529 |
||||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (8) |
1.17x |
1.25x |
1.16x |
1.25x |
(1) Includes the amortization expense associated with our favorable and unfavorable gas gathering contracts as reported in other revenues. | ||||||||||
(2) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, based on a one-month lag. | ||||||||||
(3) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments account for (i) the net increases or decreases in deferred revenue for MVC shortfall payments and (ii) our inclusion of expected annual MVC shortfall payments. | ||||||||||
(4) Deferred Purchase Price Obligation represents the change in the present value of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. | ||||||||||
(5) Early extinguishment of debt includes $17.9 million paid for redemption and call premiums, as well as $4.1 million of unamortized debt issuance costs which were written off in connection with the repurchase of the outstanding $300.0 million 7.5% Senior Notes in the first quarter of 2017. | ||||||||||
(6) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15, beginning October 15, 2017 until maturity in April 2025. | ||||||||||
(7) Represents distributions declared in respect of a given period. For example, for the three months ended September 30, 2017, represents the distributions to be paid in November 2017. | ||||||||||
(8) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 is based on distributions declared in respect of the third quarter of 2017 and 2016. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | ||||||||
Nine months ended September 30, |
||||||||
2017 |
2016 |
|||||||
Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: |
||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
$ |
196,497 |
$ |
168,705 |
||||
Add: |
||||||||
Interest expense, excluding amortization of debt issuance costs |
48,766 |
44,623 |
||||||
Income tax expense |
417 |
141 |
||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities |
4,786 |
(29,441) |
||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (1) |
29,201 |
35,173 |
||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (2) |
(33,186) |
33,818 |
||||||
Less: |
||||||||
Distributions from equity method investees |
28,715 |
34,139 |
||||||
Write-off of debt issuance costs |
302 |
— |
||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
217,464 |
$ |
218,880 |
||||
Add: |
||||||||
Cash taxes received |
— |
50 |
||||||
Less: |
||||||||
Cash interest paid |
47,410 |
57,217 |
||||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (6) |
2,594 |
(9,750) |
||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures |
11,623 |
13,359 |
||||||
Distributable cash flow |
$ |
155,837 |
$ |
158,104 |
(1) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, based on a one-month lag. | ||||||||||
(2) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments account for (i) the net increases or decreases in deferred revenue for MVC shortfall payments and (ii) our inclusion of expected annual MVC shortfall payments. | ||||||||||
(3) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15, beginning October 15, 2017 until maturity in April 2025. |
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Oct. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, has declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.575 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $2.30 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended September 30, 2017. This quarterly distribution remains unchanged from the previous quarter and from the quarter ended September 30, 2016. This distribution will be paid on November 14, 2017, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on November 7, 2017.
Third Quarter 2017 Earnings Release and Earnings Call Schedule
SMLP also announced today that it will report financial results for the third quarter of 2017 on Thursday, November 2, 2017, after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, November 3, 2017, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 45799116. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until November 17, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 45799116#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
This release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat one hundred percent (100.0%) of SMLP's distributions to foreign investors as being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. Accordingly, SMLP's distributions to foreign investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.
For purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.871-15(m), SMLP is not considered a covered partnership.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.4% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.1% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2017, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Oct. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that Matthew Harrison, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will attend Deutsche Bank's 25th Annual Leveraged Finance Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Tuesday, October 3, 2017. The related presentation materials associated with this event will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of the conference on October 3, 2017.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 34.7% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 7.9% limited partner interest in SMLP.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Aug. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today its financial and operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017. SMLP reported net income of $11.2 million for the second quarter of 2017 compared to a net loss of $50.6 million for the prior-year period. Net cash provided by operations totaled $58.9 million in the second quarter of 2017 compared to $64.7 million in the prior-year period. Adjusted EBITDA totaled $72.6 million and distributable cash flow totaled $50.0 million for the second quarter of 2017 compared to $72.4 million and $51.0 million, respectively, for the prior-year period.
Natural gas volume throughput averaged 1,780 million cubic feet per day ("MMcf/d") in the second quarter of 2017, an increase of 17.7% compared to 1,512 MMcf/d in the prior-year period, and an increase of 9.4% compared to 1,627 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2017. Crude oil and produced water volume throughput in the second quarter of 2017 averaged 68.9 thousand barrels per day ("Mbbl/d"), a decrease of 19.9% compared to 86.0 Mbbl/d in the prior-year period, and a decrease of 9.8% compared to 76.4 Mbbl/d in the first quarter of 2017. SMLP's natural gas volume throughput metrics exclude its proportionate share of volume throughput from its 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering.
Steve Newby, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "SMLP's financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2017 were in line with our expectations, and we continue to expect volume and cash flow growth in the second half of 2017. Based on recent feedback from certain customers, we expect well completion activity, particularly in the Williston, Piceance and Utica segments, to be slower than originally expected. In many cases, well completion activity will be pushed to later dates in the second half of 2017 and in some cases, from the second half of 2017 into the first half of 2018. As a result, we have lowered the midpoint of our 2017 adjusted EBITDA financial guidance by 4.1% from $305.0 million to $292.5 million.
SMLP had a number of positive developments in the second quarter of 2017 that we expect will benefit our business over the long term. We announced a new gathering and processing project for XTO Energy in the Delaware Basin which is expected to commence operations in the second quarter of 2018. Our largest customer, Encana, sold its Piceance acreage to a private equity-backed E&P company that we expect will be significantly more active behind our Piceance gathering system going forward. We commissioned the TPL-7 connector project behind our Summit Midstream Utica system which helped drive sequential quarterly volume growth on that system from 275 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2017 to 413 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2017. We amended our $1.25 billion revolving credit facility and extended the term of the facility from November 2018 to May 2022. Our customers continued their pace of drilling behind our systems with 11 to 12 rigs working throughout the second quarter.
We expect volume and cash flow growth from our existing asset base for the balance of 2017. We are encouraged by our team's commercial efforts, including our recently announced Delaware Basin organic development project, which is expected to be operational in the first half of 2018 at a total investment cost of $110.0 million. We are also currently evaluating a number of new commercial opportunities in and around our existing service area and we expect that these opportunities will lead to incremental growth beginning in 2018."
SMLP reported net income of $10.7 million for the first six months of 2017 compared to a net loss of $54.2 million for the prior-year period. Net cash provided by operations totaled $121.3 million for the first six months of 2017 compared to $131.5 million in the prior-year period. SMLP reported adjusted EBITDA of $144.0 million and distributable cash flow of $103.0 million compared to $142.4 million and $102.5 million, respectively for the prior-year period. Natural gas volume throughput averaged 1,704 MMcf/d for the first six months of 2017 compared to 1,518 MMcf/d in the prior-year period. Crude oil and produced water volume throughput averaged 72.6 Mbbl/d in the first six months of 2017 compared to 90.5 Mbbl/d in the prior-year period.
2017 Financial Guidance
On July 27, 2017, SMLP revised its 2017 financial guidance due to our expectation for a slower pace of well completions in the second half of 2017. The original 2017 adjusted EBITDA guidance range of $295.0 million to $315.0 million was revised to a new range of $285.0 million to $300.0 million. At the midpoint, 2017 adjusted EBITDA was reduced by 4.1% from $305.0 million to $292.5 million.
As a result of our recently announced organic development project in the Delaware Basin, partially offset by slower capital spending across our other basins, SMLP also updated its 2017 capital expenditure guidance to a new range of $125.0 million to $150.0 million, including maintenance capex of $15.0 million to $20.0 million. SMLP's 2017 capex guidance reflects the inclusion of our contributions to equity method investees. SMLP expects its full year distribution coverage will range from 1.10x to 1.20x.
Second Quarter 2017 Segment Results
The following table presents average daily throughput by reportable segment:
Three months ended June 30, |
Six months ended June 30, | ||||||||||
2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 | ||||||||
Average daily throughput (MMcf/d): |
|||||||||||
Utica Shale |
413 |
167 |
344 |
150 |
|||||||
Williston Basin |
20 |
24 |
19 |
24 |
|||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
596 |
564 |
605 |
568 |
|||||||
Barnett Shale |
271 |
341 |
279 |
341 |
|||||||
Marcellus Shale |
480 |
416 |
457 |
435 |
|||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput |
1,780 |
1,512 |
1,704 |
1,518 |
|||||||
Average daily throughput (Mbbl/d): |
|||||||||||
Williston Basin |
68.9 |
86.0 |
72.6 |
90.5 |
|||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput |
68.9 |
86.0 |
72.6 |
90.5 |
|||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (1) |
706 |
937 |
737 |
903 |
__________
(1) |
Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag. |
Utica Shale
The Utica Shale reportable segment includes Summit Midstream Utica ("SMU"), the natural gas gathering system operated by SMLP which is currently in service and under development in Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio. Summit Utica gathers and delivers dry natural gas to interconnections with a third-party intrastate pipeline that provides access to the Clarington Hub.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2017 totaled $9.5 million, up 102% from $4.7 million for the prior-year period, primarily due to higher volume throughput across the SMU system. Volume throughput at SMU averaged 413 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2017 compared to 167 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and 275 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2017. Volume throughput for the second quarter of 2017 increased relative to the prior-year period due to our customers' completion of six new wells behind the system in the first quarter of 2017 and another five new wells in the second quarter of 2017. In addition, in April 2017, we commissioned the TPL-7 connector project, a new pipeline designed to offload capacity constrained natural gas from a third-party gathering system adjacent to the SMU system. This project significantly increased volumes across SMU in the second quarter of 2017.
We have one drilling rig currently running behind our SMU system and we expect that our customers will complete another four wells behind the SMU system in the second half of 2017.
Ohio Gathering
The Ohio Gathering reportable segment includes our 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, a natural gas gathering system spanning the condensate, liquids-rich and dry gas windows of the Utica Shale in Harrison, Guernsey, Noble, Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio. This segment also includes our 40% ownership interest in Ohio Condensate, a condensate stabilization facility located in Harrison County, Ohio. Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Ohio Gathering segment includes our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA from Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate, based on a one-month lag.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2017 totaled $9.6 million, down 24.5% from $12.7 million for the prior-year period, primarily due to lower volume throughput on Ohio Gathering and lower stabilization revenue at Ohio Condensate. Segment adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2017 was also negatively impacted by higher operating expenses related to compressor overhauls in the quarter. Volume throughput on the Ohio Gathering system, which is based on a one-month lag, averaged 706 MMcf/d, gross, in the second quarter of 2017 compared to 937 MMcf/d, gross, in the prior-year period and 769 MMcf/d, gross, in the first quarter of 2017. Volume throughput on Ohio Gathering in the second quarter of 2017 was impacted by natural production declines from existing wells on the system and was partially offset by volumes from 10 new condensate wells that were commissioned during the quarter. Dry natural gas volumes on the Ohio Gathering system were favorably impacted by the commissioning of the Larew Compressor Station in March 2017 which lowered pressures across the dry gas system and facilitated increased volumes.
Our customers are currently running two drilling rigs in Ohio Gathering's operating footprint. We expect to see the production volume increase beginning in the third quarter of 2017 based on our customers running five drilling rigs across the Ohio Gathering system in the first five months of 2017.
Williston Basin
The Bison Midstream, Polar and Divide and Tioga Midstream systems provide our midstream services for the Williston Basin reportable segment. Bison Midstream gathers associated natural gas production in Mountrail and Burke counties in North Dakota and delivers to third-party pipelines serving a third-party processing plant in Channahon, Illinois. The Polar and Divide system gathers crude oil production in Williams and Divide counties in North Dakota and delivers to the COLT and Basin Transload rail terminals, as well as other third-party, intra- and interstate pipelines. The Polar and Divide system also gathers and delivers produced water to various third-party disposal wells in the region. Tioga Midstream is a crude oil, produced water and associated natural gas gathering system in Williams County, North Dakota. All crude oil and natural gas gathered on the Tioga Midstream system is delivered to third-party pipelines, and all produced water is delivered to third-party disposal wells.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Williston Basin segment totaled $17.2 million for the second quarter of 2017 compared to $19.2 million for the prior-year period. Compared to the prior-year period, second quarter 2017 volumes were negatively impacted due to a lack of new well completions behind our gathering systems during the quarter. In addition to lower volumes, a certain Williston customer has gathering rates that reset lower in July 2016 which negatively impacted our year-over-year comparisons. The Williston Basin segment benefitted in the second quarter of 2017 from the recognition of $2.8 million of gathering revenue related to (i) gathering services fees from previously billed but unearned revenue, and (ii) crude oil and produced water volumes that a customer trucked around our gathering system in the second half of 2016.
Liquids volumes averaged 68.9 Mbbl/d in the second quarter of 2017, a decrease of 19.9% over the prior-year period and a decrease of 9.8% compared to the first quarter of 2017. Lower liquids volumes were primarily related to natural production declines from existing wells on the Polar and Divide system as six new wells were completed late in the second quarter of 2017. Certain of our customers remain active across the Polar and Divide system, with four drilling rigs currently working and adding to an existing backlog of approximately 40 drilled uncompleted wells ("DUCs") currently behind our Polar and Divide gathering system. We expect many of these DUCs to begin to be completed over the next several months. Overall, we expect the pace of well completions by our customers on the Polar and Divide system to be slower than originally anticipated.
Associated natural gas volumes averaged 20 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2017, a decrease of 16.7% over the prior-year period and up 17.6% from the first quarter of 2017. Relative to the prior-year period, volume declines were primarily related to natural production declines from existing wells on the Bison Midstream and Tioga Midstream systems as no new wells were connected during the quarter. Volumes increased relative to the first quarter of 2017 due to the severe winter weather that impacted natural gas volumes in this segment in the first quarter of 2017.
Piceance/DJ Basins
The Grand River and the Niobrara G&P systems provide our midstream services for the Piceance/DJ Basins reportable segment. These systems provide natural gas gathering and processing services for producers operating in the Piceance Basin located in western Colorado and eastern Utah and in the Denver-Julesburg ("DJ") Basin located in northeastern Colorado.
Segment adjusted EBITDA totaled $27.3 million for the second quarter of 2017, an increase of 4.0% from $26.2 million for the prior-year period. Second quarter 2017 volume throughput averaged 596 MMcf/d, an increase of 5.7% from 564 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and a decrease of 3.1% from 615 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2017. Volume growth relative to the prior-year period was primarily due to ongoing drilling and completion activity from our single-basin focused, private equity-backed customers. These customers commissioned dozens of new wells across our Piceance and DJ Basin gathering systems in 2016, and in the first quarter of 2017, these customers commissioned another 31 new wells; seven new wells were commissioned behind our systems late in the second quarter of 2017. This activity was partially offset by the impact of our anchor customer's continued suspension of drilling activities in the basin and the resulting natural declines from existing production. This impact of our anchor customer's volume declines was partially offset by higher minimum volume commitment ("MVC") shortfall payment adjustments associated with our gas gathering agreements. Certain of our customers remain active across our Piceance and DJ gathering systems with four drilling rigs currently working. We expect drilling levels to increase and volume growth to follow as a result of Caerus' recent acquisition of Encana's acreage in the Piceance Basin.
Barnett Shale
The DFW Midstream system provides our midstream services for the Barnett Shale reportable segment. This system gathers and delivers low-pressure natural gas received from pad sites, primarily located in southeastern Tarrant County, Texas, to downstream intrastate pipelines serving various natural gas hubs in the region.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Barnett Shale segment totaled $13.0 million for the second quarter of 2017, a decrease of 6.6% from the prior-year period. Volume throughput of 271 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2017 was down 20.5% compared to the prior-year period average of 341 MMcf/d and down 5.2% from 286 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2017. No new wells were completed behind the DFW gathering system in the second quarter of 2017, but two of our customers resumed drilling activity behind the DFW system beginning in April 2017. The two new rigs were added by single basin-focused, private equity-backed customers who acquired the underlying acreage in the last 18 months. Two workover rigs also continue to operate behind our system and return several dormant wells to service. We expect this workover activity will continue across the second half of 2017 and, together with the expected completions of the new wells currently being drilled, will increase volume throughput beginning in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Marcellus Shale
The Mountaineer Midstream system provides our midstream services for the Marcellus Shale reportable segment. This system gathers high-pressure natural gas received from upstream pipeline interconnections with Antero Midstream Partners, LP and Crestwood Equity Partners LP. Natural gas on the Mountaineer Midstream system is delivered to the Sherwood Processing Complex located in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Marcellus Shale segment totaled $5.4 million for the second quarter of 2017, an increase of 13.3% from $4.8 million for the prior-year period, primarily due to an increase in volume throughput, partially offset by $0.5 million of right-of-way repair expenses incurred during the quarter. Volume throughput for this segment averaged 480 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2017, an increase of 15.4% from 416 MMcf/d in the prior-year period, and an increase of 10.6% from 434 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2017. Volume throughput increased relative to the first quarter of 2017 as a result of our customer completing 11 new wells behind our system. Although there are no rigs currently working behind our system, we expect our customer to continue to complete its inventory of DUCs behind the Mountaineer Midstream system throughout the balance of the year, which we expect to drive volumes higher in the third and fourth quarter of 2017.
MVC Shortfall Payments
SMLP billed its customers $9.0 million in the second quarter of 2017 related to MVCs. For those customers that do not have credit banking mechanisms in their gathering agreements, or do not have the ability to use MVC shortfall payments as credits, the MVC shortfall payments are accounted for as gathering revenue in the period that they are earned. For the second quarter of 2017, SMLP recognized $10.2 million of gathering revenue associated with MVC shortfall payments from certain customers in the Williston Basin, Piceance/DJ Basins, Barnett Shale and Marcellus Shale reportable segments.
MVC shortfall payment adjustments in the second quarter of 2017 totaled $5.6 million and included ($1.2) million of deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments and $6.8 million related to MVC shortfall payment adjustments from certain customers in the Piceance/DJ Basins, Williston Basin and Barnett Shale reportable segments.
SMLP's MVC shortfall payment mechanisms contributed $15.7 million of adjusted EBITDA in the second quarter of 2017.
Three months ended June 30, 2017 |
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MVC billings |
Gathering revenue |
Adjustments to MVC shortfall payments |
Net impact to adjusted EBITDA |
||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: |
|||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
|||||||||
Williston Basin |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
3,096 |
4,282 |
(1,186) |
3,096 |
|||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|||||||||||||
Total net change |
$ |
3,096 |
$ |
4,282 |
$ |
(1,186) |
$ |
3,096 |
|||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: |
|||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
|||||||||
Williston Basin |
1,081 |
1,081 |
1,982 |
3,063 |
|||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
266 |
266 |
6,522 |
6,788 |
|||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
3,366 |
3,366 |
(1,740) |
1,626 |
|||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
1,162 |
1,162 |
— |
1,162 |
|||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments |
$ |
5,875 |
$ |
5,875 |
$ |
6,764 |
$ |
12,639 |
|||||||||
Total (1) |
$ |
8,971 |
$ |
10,157 |
$ |
5,578 |
$ |
15,735 |
__________
(1) |
Exclusive of Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
Six months ended June 30, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
MVC billings |
Gathering revenue |
Adjustments to MVC shortfall payments |
Net impact to adjusted EBITDA |
||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: |
|||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
|||||||||
Williston Basin |
— |
37,693 |
(37,693) |
— |
|||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
6,670 |
8,648 |
(1,978) |
6,670 |
|||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|||||||||||||
Total net change |
$ |
6,670 |
$ |
46,341 |
$ |
(39,671) |
$ |
6,670 |
|||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: |
|||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
|||||||||
Williston Basin |
2,687 |
2,687 |
3,964 |
6,651 |
|||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
518 |
518 |
13,067 |
13,585 |
|||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
3,650 |
3,650 |
(422) |
3,228 |
|||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
2,402 |
2,402 |
— |
2,402 |
|||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments |
$ |
9,257 |
$ |
9,257 |
$ |
16,609 |
$ |
25,866 |
|||||||||
Total (1) |
$ |
15,927 |
$ |
55,598 |
$ |
(23,062) |
$ |
32,536 |
__________
(1) |
Exclusive of Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting. |
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures totaled $42.2 million in the second quarter of 2017, including $10.7 million of contributions to equity method investees and maintenance capital expenditures of approximately $5.9 million. Development activities during the second quarter of 2017 were primarily related to the ongoing expansion of our Summit Midstream Utica natural gas gathering system as well as the continued development of certain pipeline and compression expansion projects in the Williston and Piceance/DJ Basins segment.
Capital & Liquidity
As of June 30, 2017, SMLP had $759.0 million of available borrowing capacity under its $1.25 billion revolving credit facility, subject to covenant limits. Based upon the terms of SMLP's revolving credit facility and total outstanding debt of $1.291 billion (inclusive of $800.0 million of senior unsecured notes), SMLP's total leverage ratio and senior secured leverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) as of June 30, 2017 were 4.35 to 1.0 and 1.65 to 1.0, respectively.
In May 2017, SMLP executed an amendment and extension of its $1.25 billion revolving credit facility. The maturity date of the revolving credit facility was extended by approximately 3.5 years, from November 2018 to May 2022. The facility includes a $250.0 million accordion and has the same pricing and a similar covenant package to the previous facility. The total leverage ratio financial covenant, as defined in the credit agreement, was increased from 5.00 to 1.00 to 5.50 to 1.00 in exchange for including a new senior secured leverage ratio financial covenant of 3.75 to 1.00.
During the second quarter of 2017, SMLP issued 745,848 common units under its $150.0 million At-The-Market program raising gross proceeds of $17.3 million.
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation
The consideration for the 2016 Drop Down consisted of (i) an initial $360.0 million cash payment (the "Initial Payment") which was funded on March 3, 2016 with borrowings under SMLP's revolving credit facility and (ii) a deferred payment which will be paid no later than December 31, 2020 (the "Deferred Purchase Price Obligation" or the "Deferred Payment," as defined below). At the discretion of the board of directors of SMLP's general partner, the Deferred Payment can be made in either cash or SMLP common units, or a combination thereof.
The Deferred Payment will be equal to: (a) six-and-one-half (6.5) multiplied by the average Business Adjusted EBITDA of the 2016 Drop Down Assets for 2018 and 2019; less (b) the Initial Payment; less (c) all capital expenditures incurred for the 2016 Drop Down Assets between March 3, 2016 and December 31, 2019; plus (d) all Business Adjusted EBITDA from the 2016 Drop Down Assets between March 3, 2016 and December 31, 2019. SMLP currently estimates that the undiscounted future value of the Deferred Payment will be approximately $800.0 million.
Quarterly Distribution
On July 27, 2017, the board of directors of SMLP's general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.575 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $2.30 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended June 30, 2017. This quarterly distribution remains unchanged from the previous quarter and from the quarter ended June 30, 2016. This distribution will be paid on August 14, 2017, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on August 7, 2017.
Second Quarter 2017 Earnings Call Information
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, August 4, 2017, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 45198036. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until August 18, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 45198036#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
Upcoming Investor Conferences
Members of SMLP's senior management team will participate in the 2017 Citi One-on-One MLP/Midstream Infrastructure Conference being held in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 16, 2017 and August 17, 2017. The presentation materials associated with this event will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of the conference.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We report financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). We also present adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow, each a non-GAAP financial measure. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss, plus interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, unit-based and noncash compensation, Deferred Purchase Price Obligation, early extinguishment of debt expense, impairments and other noncash expenses or losses, less interest income, income tax benefit, income (loss) from equity method investees and other noncash income or gains. We define distributable cash flow as adjusted EBITDA plus cash interest received and cash taxes received, less cash interest paid, senior notes interest adjustment, cash taxes paid and maintenance capital expenditures. Because adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow may be defined differently by other entities in our industry, our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other entities, thereby diminishing their utility.
Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating our financial performance. Furthermore, management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures may provide external users of our financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others, with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods as they are expected to be reflective of our core ongoing business.
Adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow are used as supplemental financial measures by external users of our financial statements such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others.
Adjusted EBITDA is used to assess:
Distributable cash flow is used to assess:
Both of these measures have limitations as analytical tools and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. For example:
We compensate for the limitations of adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow as analytical tools by reviewing the comparable GAAP financial measures, understanding the differences between the financial measures and incorporating these data points into our decision-making process. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures are attached to this press release.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees, (ii) deferred purchase price obligation and (iii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 34.7% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 7.9% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2017, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees, (ii) deferred purchase price obligation and (iii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | |||||||
June 30, 2017 |
December 31, 2016 | ||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||
Assets |
|||||||
Current assets: |
|||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
2,588 |
$ |
7,428 |
|||
Accounts receivable |
55,837 |
97,364 |
|||||
Other current assets |
2,264 |
4,309 |
|||||
Total current assets |
60,689 |
109,101 |
|||||
Property, plant and equipment, net |
1,859,953 |
1,853,671 |
|||||
Intangible assets, net |
402,020 |
421,452 |
|||||
Goodwill |
16,211 |
16,211 |
|||||
Investment in equity method investees |
701,020 |
707,415 |
|||||
Other noncurrent assets |
14,457 |
7,329 |
|||||
Total assets |
$ |
3,054,350 |
$ |
3,115,179 |
|||
Liabilities and Partners' Capital |
|||||||
Current liabilities: |
|||||||
Trade accounts payable |
$ |
10,327 |
$ |
16,251 |
|||
Accrued expenses |
8,278 |
11,389 |
|||||
Due to affiliate |
470 |
258 |
|||||
Deferred revenue |
4,745 |
— |
|||||
Ad valorem taxes payable |
7,295 |
10,588 |
|||||
Accrued interest |
17,015 |
17,483 |
|||||
Accrued environmental remediation |
6,183 |
4,301 |
|||||
Other current liabilities |
6,305 |
11,471 |
|||||
Total current liabilities |
60,618 |
71,741 |
|||||
Long-term debt |
1,280,645 |
1,240,301 |
|||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation |
579,106 |
563,281 |
|||||
Deferred revenue |
13,049 |
57,465 |
|||||
Noncurrent accrued environmental remediation |
2,346 |
5,152 |
|||||
Other noncurrent liabilities |
7,687 |
7,566 |
|||||
Total liabilities |
1,943,451 |
1,945,506 |
|||||
Common limited partner capital |
1,071,244 |
1,129,132 |
|||||
General Partner interests |
28,217 |
29,294 |
|||||
Noncontrolling interest |
11,438 |
11,247 |
|||||
Total partners' capital |
1,110,899 |
1,169,673 |
|||||
Total liabilities and partners' capital |
$ |
3,054,350 |
$ |
3,115,179 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended June 30, |
Six months ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 | ||||||||||||
(In thousands, except per-unit amounts) | |||||||||||||||
Revenues: |
|||||||||||||||
Gathering services and related fees |
$ |
84,801 |
$ |
76,187 |
$ |
202,814 |
$ |
154,287 |
|||||||
Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales |
10,595 |
8,581 |
21,715 |
16,169 |
|||||||||||
Other revenues |
6,396 |
4,867 |
13,068 |
9,750 |
|||||||||||
Total revenues |
101,792 |
89,635 |
237,597 |
180,206 |
|||||||||||
Costs and expenses: |
|||||||||||||||
Cost of natural gas and NGLs |
9,099 |
6,864 |
18,151 |
13,154 |
|||||||||||
Operation and maintenance |
24,016 |
23,410 |
47,708 |
49,252 |
|||||||||||
General and administrative |
12,949 |
12,876 |
27,081 |
25,755 |
|||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
28,688 |
27,963 |
57,257 |
55,691 |
|||||||||||
Transaction costs |
119 |
122 |
119 |
1,296 |
|||||||||||
Loss on asset sales, net |
67 |
74 |
70 |
11 |
|||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment |
3 |
569 |
287 |
569 |
|||||||||||
Total costs and expenses |
74,941 |
71,878 |
150,673 |
145,728 |
|||||||||||
Other income |
64 |
19 |
135 |
41 |
|||||||||||
Interest expense |
(17,553) |
(16,035) |
(34,269) |
(31,917) |
|||||||||||
Early extinguishment of debt |
— |
— |
(22,020) |
— |
|||||||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation |
5,058 |
(17,465) |
(15,825) |
(24,928) |
|||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes and loss from equity method investees |
14,420 |
(15,724) |
14,945 |
(22,326) |
|||||||||||
Income tax benefit (expense) |
211 |
(360) |
(241) |
(283) |
|||||||||||
Loss from equity method investees |
(3,385) |
(34,471) |
(4,041) |
(31,611) |
|||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ |
11,246 |
$ |
(50,555) |
$ |
10,663 |
$ |
(54,220) |
|||||||
Earnings (loss) per limited partner unit: |
|||||||||||||||
Common unit – basic |
$ |
0.12 |
$ |
(0.77) |
$ |
0.08 |
$ |
(0.89) |
|||||||
Common unit – diluted |
$ |
0.12 |
$ |
(0.77) |
$ |
0.08 |
$ |
(0.89) |
|||||||
Weighted-average limited partner units outstanding: |
|||||||||||||||
Common units – basic |
72,532 |
66,587 |
72,341 |
66,540 |
|||||||||||
Common units – diluted |
72,842 |
66,587 |
72,708 |
66,540 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED OTHER FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA | ||||||||||||||||
Three months ended June 30, |
Six months ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||
2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 | |||||||||||||
(Dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Other financial data: |
||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ |
11,246 |
$ |
(50,555) |
$ |
10,663 |
$ |
(54,220) |
||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
$ |
58,892 |
$ |
64,651 |
$ |
121,341 |
$ |
131,500 |
||||||||
Capital expenditures |
$ |
31,484 |
$ |
30,046 |
$ |
45,912 |
$ |
91,372 |
||||||||
Contributions to equity method investees |
$ |
10,713 |
$ |
— |
$ |
15,649 |
$ |
15,645 |
||||||||
Acquisitions of gathering systems (1) |
$ |
— |
$ |
(569) |
$ |
— |
$ |
866,858 |
||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
72,577 |
$ |
72,365 |
$ |
143,987 |
$ |
142,396 |
||||||||
Distributable cash flow |
$ |
50,009 |
$ |
51,024 |
$ |
102,960 |
$ |
102,535 |
||||||||
Distributions declared (2) |
$ |
45,037 |
$ |
41,045 |
$ |
89,614 |
$ |
82,090 |
||||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (3) |
1.11x |
1.24x |
1.15x |
1.25x |
||||||||||||
Operating data: |
||||||||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – natural gas (MMcf/d) |
1,780 |
1,512 |
1,704 |
1,518 |
||||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – liquids (Mbbl/d) |
68.9 |
86.0 |
72.6 |
90.5 |
||||||||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (4) |
706 |
937 |
737 |
903 |
__________
(1) Reflects cash and noncash consideration, including working capital and capital expenditure adjustments paid (received), for acquisitions and/or drop downs. |
(2) Represents distributions declared in respect of a given period. For example, for the three months ended June 30, 2017, represents the distributions to be paid in August 2017. |
(3) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 is based on distributions declared in respect of the second quarter of 2017 and 2016. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. |
(4) Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF REPORTABLE SEGMENT ADJUSTED EBITDA | |||||||||||||||
TO ADJUSTED EBITDA | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended June 30, |
Six months ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 | ||||||||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Reportable segment adjusted EBITDA (1): |
|||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
9,533 |
$ |
4,727 |
$ |
17,445 |
$ |
7,916 |
|||||||
Ohio Gathering (2) |
9,606 |
12,725 |
18,679 |
25,113 |
|||||||||||
Williston Basin |
17,155 |
19,209 |
34,964 |
38,929 |
|||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
27,274 |
26,231 |
56,248 |
51,046 |
|||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
12,998 |
13,913 |
25,086 |
27,990 |
|||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
5,446 |
4,807 |
11,093 |
9,408 |
|||||||||||
Total |
82,012 |
81,612 |
163,515 |
160,402 |
|||||||||||
Less Corporate and other (3) |
9,435 |
9,247 |
19,528 |
18,006 |
|||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
72,577 |
$ |
72,365 |
$ |
143,987 |
$ |
142,396 |
__________
(1) We define segment adjusted EBITDA as total revenues less total costs and expenses; plus (i) other income excluding interest income, (ii) our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, (iii) depreciation and amortization, (iv) adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, (v) unit-based and noncash compensation, (vi) change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation, (vii) early extinguishment of debt expense, (viii) impairments and (ix) other noncash expenses or losses, less other noncash income or gains. |
(2) Represents our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag. We define proportional adjusted EBITDA for our equity method investees as the product of (i) total revenues less total expenses, excluding impairments and other noncash income or expense items and (ii) amortization for deferred contract costs; multiplied by our ownership interest in Ohio Gathering during the respective period. |
(3) Corporate and other represents those results that are not specifically attributable to a reportable segment or that have not been allocated to our reportable segments, including certain general and administrative expense items, natural gas and crude oil marketing services, transaction costs, interest expense, early extinguishment of debt and a change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | ||||||||||||||||
Three months ended June 30, |
Six months ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||
2017 |
2016 |
2017 |
2016 | |||||||||||||
(Dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Reconciliations of net income or loss to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: |
||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ |
11,246 |
$ |
(50,555) |
$ |
10,663 |
$ |
(54,220) |
||||||||
Add: |
||||||||||||||||
Interest expense |
17,553 |
16,035 |
34,269 |
31,917 |
||||||||||||
Income tax expense |
— |
360 |
241 |
283 |
||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization (1) |
28,537 |
28,092 |
56,955 |
55,957 |
||||||||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (2) |
9,606 |
12,725 |
18,679 |
25,113 |
||||||||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (3) |
5,578 |
11,135 |
(23,062) |
22,277 |
||||||||||||
Unit-based and noncash compensation |
1,871 |
1,994 |
3,999 |
3,950 |
||||||||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation (4) |
(5,058) |
17,465 |
15,825 |
24,928 |
||||||||||||
Early extinguishment of debt (5) |
— |
— |
22,020 |
— |
||||||||||||
Loss on asset sales, net |
67 |
74 |
70 |
11 |
||||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment |
3 |
569 |
287 |
569 |
||||||||||||
Less: |
||||||||||||||||
Income tax benefit |
211 |
— |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
Loss from equity method investees |
(3,385) |
(34,471) |
(4,041) |
(31,611) |
||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
72,577 |
$ |
72,365 |
$ |
143,987 |
$ |
142,396 |
||||||||
Add: |
||||||||||||||||
Cash taxes received |
— |
— |
— |
50 |
||||||||||||
Less: |
||||||||||||||||
Cash interest paid |
5,342 |
6,300 |
33,382 |
31,464 |
||||||||||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (6) |
11,312 |
9,750 |
(469) |
— |
||||||||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures |
5,914 |
5,291 |
8,114 |
8,447 |
||||||||||||
Distributable cash flow |
$ |
50,009 |
$ |
51,024 |
$ |
102,960 |
$ |
102,535 |
||||||||
Distributions declared (7) |
$ |
45,037 |
$ |
41,045 |
$ |
89,614 |
$ |
82,090 |
||||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (8) |
1.11x |
1.24x |
1.15x |
1.25x |
__________
(1) Includes the amortization expense associated with our favorable and unfavorable gas gathering contracts as reported in other revenues. |
(2) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, based on a one-month lag. |
(3) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments account for (i) the net increases or decreases in deferred revenue for MVC shortfall payments and (ii) our inclusion of expected annual MVC shortfall payments. |
(4) Deferred Purchase Price Obligation represents the change in the present value of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. |
(5) Early extinguishment of debt includes $17.9 million paid for redemption and call premiums, as well as $4.1 million of unamortized debt issuance costs which were written off in connection with the repurchase of the outstanding $300.0 million 7.5% Senior Notes in the first quarter of 2017. |
(6) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15, beginning October 15, 2017 until maturity in April 2025. |
(7) Represents distributions declared in respect of a given period. For example, for the three months ended June 30, 2017, represents the distributions to be paid in August 2017. |
(8) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 is based on distributions declared in respect of the second quarter of 2017 and 2016. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | |||||||
Six months ended June 30, | |||||||
2017 |
2016 | ||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||
Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: |
|||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
$ |
121,341 |
$ |
131,500 |
|||
Add: |
|||||||
Interest expense, excluding amortization of debt issuance costs |
32,197 |
29,970 |
|||||
Income tax expense |
241 |
283 |
|||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities |
12,896 |
(42,566) |
|||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (1) |
18,679 |
25,113 |
|||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (2) |
(23,062) |
22,277 |
|||||
Less: |
|||||||
Distributions from equity method investees |
18,003 |
24,181 |
|||||
Write-off of debt issuance costs |
302 |
— |
|||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
143,987 |
$ |
142,396 |
|||
Add: |
|||||||
Cash taxes received |
— |
50 |
|||||
Less: |
|||||||
Cash interest paid |
33,382 |
31,464 |
|||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (3) |
(469) |
— |
|||||
Maintenance capital expenditures |
8,114 |
8,447 |
|||||
Distributable cash flow |
$ |
102,960 |
$ |
102,535 |
__________
(1) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, based on a one-month lag. |
(2) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments account for (i) the net increases or decreases in deferred revenue for MVC shortfall payments and (ii) our inclusion of expected annual MVC shortfall payments. |
(3) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $500.0 million 5.75% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15, beginning October 15, 2017 until maturity in April 2025. |
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, has declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.575 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $2.30 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended June 30, 2017. This quarterly distribution remains unchanged from the previous quarter and from the quarter ended June 30, 2016. This distribution will be paid on August 14, 2017, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on August 7, 2017.
Revised 2017 Financial Guidance
As a result of our expectation for a slower pace of well completions in the second half of 2017, SMLP is lowering its 2017 financial guidance. The original 2017 adjusted EBITDA guidance range of $295.0 million to $315.0 million is being revised to a new range of $285.0 million to $300.0 million. At the midpoint, 2017 adjusted EBITDA has been reduced by 4.1% from $305.0 million to $292.5 million.
As a result of our recently announced organic development project in the Delaware Basin, partially offset by slower capital spending across our other basins, SMLP expects 2017 capex to range from $125.0 million to $150.0 million, including maintenance capex of $15.0 million to $20.0 million. SMLP's 2017 capex guidance reflects the inclusion of our contributions to equity method investees. SMLP expects its full year distribution coverage will range from 1.10x to 1.20x.
Second Quarter 2017 Earnings Release and Earnings Call Schedule
SMLP also announced today that it will report financial results for the second quarter of 2017 on Thursday, August 3, 2017, after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, August 4, 2017, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 45198036. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until August 18, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 45198036#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
This release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat one hundred percent (100.0%) of SMLP's distributions to foreign investors as being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. Accordingly, SMLP's distributions to foreign investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.
For purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.871-15(m), SMLP is not considered a covered partnership.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 34.7% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 7.9% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2017, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that it has executed an agreement with XTO Energy Inc. ("XTO") to develop, own and operate a new associated natural gas gathering and processing system servicing acreage located in the northern Delaware Basin in Eddy and Lea counties in New Mexico.
Summit will initially construct a gathering and processing system with high and low pressure gathering and discharge pipelines, two compressor stations and a cryogenic processing plant with 60 million cubic feet per day ("MMcf/d") of processing capacity. Summit's processing complex will have the ability to be expanded to over 600 MMcf/d of processing capacity, as warranted, to meet customer needs. Summit expects to process production from XTO and other nearby producers. The initial phase of the project is expected to be operational on or before June 1, 2018 at a total investment cost of approximately $110.0 million.
Steve Newby, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "Today's announcement represents a significant step for Summit. This greenfield development project establishes Summit as a key midstream service provider in the Delaware Basin, one of the most active, economic and exciting plays in North America. This initial system is expected to provide SMLP with a platform for significant organic expansion across crude oil, natural gas and produced water gathering and/or processing services for years to come. We look forward to executing additional commercial agreements with other producers in the area."
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP is in the process of developing new gathering and processing infrastructure in a sixth basin, the Delaware Basin, in New Mexico. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 34.7% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 7.9% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2017, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, May 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC, has executed an amendment and extension of its $1.25 billion revolving credit facility. The facility is supported by a syndicate of 20 institutions and provides SMLP with the liquidity and financial flexibility to execute its growth plans and achieve its financing objectives for the foreseeable future.
The maturity date of the revolving credit facility was extended by approximately 3.5 years, from November 2018 to May 2022. The facility includes a $250.0 million accordion, and has the same pricing and a similar covenant package to the previous facility. The total leverage ratio financial covenant, as defined in the credit agreement, was increased from 5.00 to 1.00 to 5.50 to 1.00 in exchange for including a new senior secured leverage ratio financial covenant of 3.75 to 1.00.
Steve Newby, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We sincerely appreciate the continued support of our lenders and the confidence they have in our company. This credit facility provides SMLP with significant liquidity and flexibility for the continued development of our assets. The revolving credit facility amendment also extends our long-term debt maturity profile such that SMLP has no significant debt maturities until 2022."
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.0% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.0% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2017, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, April 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, has declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.575 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $2.30 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended March 31, 2017. This quarterly distribution remains unchanged from the previous quarter and from the quarter ended March 31, 2016. This distribution will be paid on May 15, 2017, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on May 8, 2017.
First Quarter 2017 Earnings Release and Earnings Call Schedule
SMLP also announced today that it will report financial results for the first quarter of 2017 on Thursday, May 4, 2017, after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, May 5, 2017, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 44766086. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until May 19, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 44766086#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
This release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat one hundred percent (100.0%) of SMLP's distributions to foreign investors as being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. Accordingly, SMLP's distributions to foreign investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.0% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.0% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2017, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that it has filed its 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This report contains SMLP's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016. A copy of the report is available for viewing and downloading from the Investors section on SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
SMLP unitholders may request a hard copy of the report, free of charge, by submitting a written request to:
Summit Midstream Partners, LP
Attn: Investor Relations
1790 Hughes Landing Blvd, Suite 500
The Woodlands, TX 77380
SMLP also announced today that its 2016 tax packages, including the Schedule K-1, are now available online and may be accessed at https://partnerdatalink.com/Summit. SMLP will begin mailing the 2016 tax packages to unitholders on March 1, 2017 and expects to complete the process on March 3, 2017.
For additional information or assistance, unitholders may also contact Partner DataLink via email at SummitK1Help@deloitte.com or via phone at (855) 375-4158 Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. CST or visit SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com under "Investors >> K-1 Tax Information".
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.1% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.0% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2017, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today its financial and operating results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2016. SMLP reported net income of $14.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2016 compared to a net loss of $220.9 million for the prior-year period. Net cash provided by operations totaled $61.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2016 compared to $53.3 million in the prior-year period. Adjusted EBITDA totaled $72.7 million and distributable cash flow totaled $52.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2016 compared to $68.5 million and $50.7 million, respectively, for the prior-year period.
Natural gas volume throughput averaged 1,504 million cubic feet per day ("MMcf/d") in the fourth quarter of 2016, an increase of 7.7% compared to 1,396 MMcf/d in the prior-year period, and a decrease of 4.3% compared to 1,572 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2016. Crude oil and produced water volume throughput in the fourth quarter of 2016 averaged 82.3 thousand barrels per day ("Mbbl/d"), a decrease of 4.5% compared to 86.2 Mbbl/d in the prior-year period, and a decrease of 10.7% compared to 92.2 Mbbl/d in the third quarter of 2016. SMLP's volume throughput metrics exclude its proportionate share of volume throughput from its 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering.
SMLP reported a net loss of $38.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared to a net loss of $222.2 million for the prior-year period. Net cash provided by operations totaled $230.5 million in the year ended December 31, 2016, compared to $191.4 million in the prior-year period. SMLP reported adjusted EBITDA of $291.6 million and distributable cash flow of $210.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2016, compared to $235.5 million and $164.9 million, respectively, for the prior-year period. Natural gas volume throughput averaged 1,528 MMcf/d for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared to 1,499 MMcf/d in the prior-year period. Crude oil and produced water volume throughput averaged 88.9 Mbbl/d for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared to 67.7 Mbbl/d in the prior-year period.
Steve Newby, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "SMLP reported fourth quarter financial and operating results that were in line with management's expectations, exceeding the $290.0 million top end of our 2016 adjusted EBITDA guidance range, and delivered a fourth quarter 2016 distribution coverage ratio of 1.19x.
The Utica Shale segment benefitted from 6.0% sequential quarterly volume growth on the Ohio Gathering system due to the commissioning of 16 new wells late in the third quarter of 2016. This volume growth was offset by a 9.8% sequential quarterly volume decrease on our Summit Utica system, which was impacted by approximately 40 MMcf/d during the quarter, due to a customer's decision to curtail production in October as a result of low natural gas prices in the local market and temporary shut-ins of existing production for nearby completion work on new wells. All of the curtailed production was brought back online in November. We continue to be encouraged by the future growth profile of the Utica Shale segment based on our customers' current rig activity and plans for 2017. We expect to see significant volume growth across our Utica systems in the second half of 2017. In addition, recent regulatory approvals should allow for certain third-party take-away pipelines to be built which, over the longer term, should benefit drilling economics for our customers and encourage additional activity.
Williston segment natural gas volumes were negatively impacted by approximately 4 MMcf/d during the quarter, or approximately 17% of the prior quarter's volume throughput, due to severe winter weather in North Dakota during the fourth quarter of 2016 and a two-week, maintenance-related shutdown of third-party infrastructure that receives associated natural gas from our Bison Midstream system.
We continue to experience sequential quarterly volume and segment adjusted EBITDA growth on our Piceance/DJ segment, resulting from higher levels of drilling and completion activities from our customers. Recent upstream M&A activity within our Piceance and DJ basin areas of operation has led to increased drilling and completion activity that has more than offset volume declines from our anchor customer. We expect volume growth to continue in this area throughout 2017.
Our Barnett system experienced similar upstream M&A activity in 2016. Over the last 12 months, four of our five largest customers on the Barnett system, representing approximately 87% of Barnett segment volume throughput in the fourth quarter of 2016, have sold their acreage to new owners. Just as we've experienced in the Piceance/DJ segment, where three of our top six customers sold to new owners over the last several years, we expect that these new Barnett customers will implement a more active drilling, completion and workover plan throughout 2017 with a focus on growing production.
Volume throughput for the Marcellus segment decreased 10.5% relative to the third quarter of 2016 due to natural volume declines. We expect our Marcellus customer to commission over 20 DUCs in the second half of 2017, resulting in increased volume throughput in the third and fourth quarters of 2017. We are also optimistic about the long-term growth profile of our Marcellus segment, given recent announcements related to the pending expansion of the Sherwood Processing Complex, the sole destination for natural gas on the Mountaineer Midstream system."
2017 Financial Guidance Reaffirmed
SMLP is reaffirming its 2017 financial guidance, which was initially provided on January 26, 2017, with adjusted EBITDA expected to range from $295.0 million to $315.0 million. SMLP's 2017 adjusted EBITDA guidance is based on information received to date from its customers and the increase over 2016 is supported by a recent increase in drilling activity across its gathering systems. SMLP expects quarterly adjusted EBITDA to increase throughout 2017, with an annualized fourth quarter adjusted EBITDA run rate between $325.0 million and $345.0 million.
SMLP expects to incur $100.0 million to $150.0 million of capex in 2017, including maintenance capex of $15.0 million to $20.0 million. SMLP's 2017 capex guidance reflects the inclusion of our contributions to equity method investees. SMLP expects full year distribution coverage will range from 1.15x to 1.25x.
Mr. Newby commented, "We expect the first half of 2017 to be impacted by the slower pace of drilling activity that occurred across many of our systems in late 2016. As we look towards the second half of 2017, we expect to benefit from DUC completions and increased drilling activity that is currently taking place behind our gathering systems in the Utica, Williston, Piceance, DJ and Marcellus. We also expect to continue to benefit from our ongoing company-wide efforts to control costs and optimize operations. We will continue to evaluate resuming distribution growth in 2017 as the outlook becomes more certain."
Fourth Quarter 2016 Segment Results
Utica Shale
The Utica Shale reportable segment includes our 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, a natural gas gathering system in service and under development spanning the condensate, liquids-rich and dry gas windows of the Utica Shale in Harrison, Guernsey, Noble, Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio. Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Utica Shale includes our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA from Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag.
The Utica Shale reportable segment also includes Summit Utica, the natural gas gathering system we operate which is currently in service and under development in Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio. Summit Utica gathers and delivers dry natural gas to interconnections with a third-party intrastate pipeline which provides access to the Clarington Hub.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2016 totaled $16.6 million, up 25.3% from $13.2 million for the prior-year period, primarily due to higher volume throughput across the Ohio Gathering and Summit Utica systems, partially offset by declining stabilization revenue at Ohio Condensate. Volume throughput on the Ohio Gathering system, which is based on a one-month lag, averaged 848 MMcf/d, gross, in the fourth quarter of 2016 compared to 839 MMcf/d, gross, in the prior-year period and 800 MMcf/d, gross, in the third quarter of 2016. Volume growth in the fourth quarter of 2016 was driven by 16 well completions from certain customers in August 2016. We expect volumes on the dry gas gathering segment of the Ohio Gathering system will benefit from the first quarter commissioning of the Larew Compressor Station, which has been under construction since the third quarter of 2016.
Volume throughput on the Summit Utica system averaged 211 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2016 compared to 75 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and 234 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2016. Volume throughput for the fourth quarter of 2016 increased relative to the prior-year period due to our continued buildout of the Summit Utica gathering system and our connection of 8 wells in the third quarter of 2016 and another five wells late in the fourth quarter of 2016. Volume throughput was adversely impacted during the fourth quarter of 2016 as one of our customers curtailed a portion of its volume throughput in October due to low local natural gas prices and temporarily shut-in existing production for nearby completion work on new wells. We estimate that these temporary curtailment activities impacted quarterly volume throughput by approximately 40 MMcf/d during the quarter.
Williston Basin
The Bison Midstream, Polar and Divide and Tioga Midstream systems provide our midstream services for the Williston Basin reportable segment. Bison Midstream gathers associated natural gas production in Mountrail and Burke counties in North Dakota and delivers to third-party pipelines serving a third-party processing plant in Channahon, Illinois. The Polar and Divide system gathers crude oil production in Williams and Divide counties in North Dakota and delivers to the COLT and Basin Transload rail terminals, as well as other third-party pipelines. The Polar and Divide system also gathers and delivers produced water to various third-party disposal wells in the region. Tioga Midstream is a crude oil, produced water and associated natural gas gathering system in Williams County, North Dakota. All crude oil and natural gas gathered on the Tioga Midstream system is delivered to third-party pipelines, and all produced water is delivered to third-party disposal wells.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Williston Basin segment totaled $18.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2016 compared to $16.2 million for the prior-year period, primarily due to the commencement of the Stampede Lateral which was placed into service in the first quarter of 2016.
Liquids volumes averaged 82.3 Mbbl/d in the fourth quarter of 2016, a decrease of 4.5% over the prior-year period and a decrease of 10.7% compared to the third quarter of 2016. Lower liquids volumes were partially offset by producers commissioning 28 drilled but uncompleted ("DUC") wells in the third quarter of 2016. Four new wells were commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2016 and our customers remain active, with two drilling rigs currently working on acreage dedicated to our Polar and Divide gathering system.
Associated natural gas volumes decreased 32% from 25 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2015 to 17 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2016. Volume declines were primarily impacted by a two-week suspension of gathering activities on the Bison Midstream system due to scheduled maintenance on third-party infrastructure located downstream of the Bison Midstream system. In addition, abnormally harsh winter weather late in the fourth quarter of 2016 negatively impacted operations during the quarter.
Piceance/DJ Basins
The Grand River and the Niobrara G&P systems provide our midstream services for the Piceance/DJ Basins reportable segment. These systems provide natural gas gathering and processing services for producers operating in the Piceance Basin located in western Colorado and eastern Utah and in the Denver-Julesburg ("DJ") Basin located in northeastern Colorado.
Segment adjusted EBITDA totaled $30.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2016, an increase of 10.9% from $27.2 million for the prior-year period. Fourth quarter 2016 volume throughput averaged 615 MMcf/d, an increase of 1.7% from 605 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and an increase of 4.1% from 591 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2016. Volume growth in the fourth quarter of 2016 was primarily due to ongoing drilling and completion activity from our single-basin focused, private equity-backed customers. During the fourth quarter, these customers commissioned 36 new wells across our Piceance and DJ basin gathering systems, and they continue to actively drill and complete new wells across our footprint. This growth was partially offset by the impact of our anchor customer's continued suspension of drilling activities in the basin and the resulting natural declines from existing production. This impact of our anchor customer's volume declines was partially offset by higher minimum volume commitment ("MVC") shortfall payment adjustments associated with our gas gathering agreements.
Barnett Shale
The DFW Midstream system provides our midstream services for the Barnett Shale reportable segment. This system gathers and delivers low-pressure natural gas received from pad sites, primarily located in southeastern Tarrant County, Texas, to downstream intrastate pipelines serving various natural gas hubs in the region.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Barnett Shale segment totaled $13.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2016, a decrease of 4.0% from the prior-year period. Volume throughput of 287 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2016 was down 11.7% compared to the prior-year period average of 325 MMcf/d and down 5.9% from 305 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2016. Volumes in the fourth quarter of 2016 benefitted from the initial production from a customer's commissioning of a six-well pad site in December 2016 and were offset by natural declines from existing wells on the system. We also amended the gathering agreements with two of our largest customers during the quarter, which included provisions to (i) incentivize drilling and volume growth across the DFW Midstream system and (ii) pass through our electricity costs associated with operating the electric-drive compression assets on the system. We expect that these amendments will facilitate volume throughput and segment adjusted EBITDA growth in the Barnett Shale segment in the future.
During the fourth quarter of 2016, two of our three largest customers sold their acreage dedicated to DFW Midstream to new owners that we expect will implement more active drilling and completion activity going forward. Over the last 12 months, four of our five largest customers in the Barnett segment, representing approximately 87% of Barnett segment volume throughput in the fourth quarter of 2016, have sold their acreage to new owners. We expect to benefit from this customer turnover over the intermediate and long-term, similar to the increased volume growth we are now seeing from customer turnover across our Piceance/DJ Basins segment over the last several years.
Marcellus Shale
The Mountaineer Midstream system provides our midstream services for the Marcellus Shale reportable segment. This system gathers high-pressure natural gas received from upstream pipeline interconnections with Antero Midstream Partners, LP and Crestwood Equity Partners LP. Natural gas on the Mountaineer Midstream system is delivered to the Sherwood Processing Complex located in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Marcellus Shale segment totaled $4.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2016, down 1.5% from $4.7 million for the prior-year period. Volume throughput for this segment averaged 374 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2016, an increase of 2.2% from 366 MMcf/d in the prior-year period, and a decrease of 10.5% from the 418 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2016. Lower volumes in the fourth quarter of 2016, compared to the third quarter of 2016, were the result of our customer's decision to continue to defer the completion of an estimated 22 DUCs identified behind the Mountaineer Midstream system. We expect that the completion of these wells will continue to be deferred until the second half of 2017. In addition, volumes were impacted by the unscheduled shutdown of third-party pipelines located downstream of our gathering system. We estimate that this shutdown impacted volumes on the Mountaineer Midstream system by approximately 6 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2016.
The following table presents average daily throughput by reportable segment:
Three months ended December 31, |
Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||
2016 |
2015 |
2016 |
2015 | ||||||||
Average daily throughput (MMcf/d): |
|||||||||||
Utica Shale (1) |
211 |
75 |
186 |
37 |
|||||||
Williston Basin (2) |
17 |
25 |
22 |
23 |
|||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins (2) |
615 |
605 |
586 |
609 |
|||||||
Barnett Shale |
287 |
325 |
319 |
352 |
|||||||
Marcellus Shale |
374 |
366 |
415 |
478 |
|||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput |
1,504 |
1,396 |
1,528 |
1,499 |
|||||||
Average daily throughput (Mbbl/d): |
|||||||||||
Williston Basin (2) |
82.3 |
86.2 |
88.9 |
67.7 |
|||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput |
82.3 |
86.2 |
88.9 |
67.7 |
|||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (3) |
848 |
839 |
865 |
645 |
__________
(1) |
Exclusive of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering. |
(2) |
Prior periods have been recast to include the incremental historical volumes from the 2016 Drop Down. |
(3) |
Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag. |
MVC Shortfall Payments
SMLP billed its customers $47.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2016 related to MVCs. For those customers that do not have credit banking mechanisms in their gathering agreements, or have no ability to use MVC shortfall payments as credits, the MVC shortfall payments are accounted for as gathering revenue in the period that they are earned. For the fourth quarter of 2016, SMLP recognized $39.5 million of gathering revenue associated with MVC shortfall payments from certain customers in the Marcellus Shale, Piceance/DJ Basins, Williston and Barnett Shale reportable segments.
MVC shortfall payment adjustments in the fourth quarter of 2016 totaled ($22.2) million and included $8.4 million of deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments and ($30.6) million related to MVC shortfall payment adjustments from certain customers in the Piceance/DJ Basins, Williston Basin and Barnett Shale reportable segments.
SMLP's MVC shortfall payment mechanisms contributed $17.3 million of adjusted EBITDA in the fourth quarter of 2016.
Three months ended December 31, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
MVC billings |
Gathering revenue |
Adjustments to MVC shortfall |
Net impact to adjusted | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: |
||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
||||||||
Williston Basin |
8,456 |
— |
8,456 |
8,456 |
||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
3,897 |
3,931 |
(34) |
3,897 |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
Total net change |
$ |
12,353 |
$ |
3,931 |
$ |
8,422 |
$ |
12,353 |
||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: |
||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
||||||||
Williston Basin |
7,536 |
7,536 |
(11,757) |
(4,221) |
||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
26,329 |
26,329 |
(19,227) |
7,102 |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
620 |
620 |
344 |
964 |
||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
1,095 |
1,095 |
— |
1,095 |
||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments |
$ |
35,580 |
$ |
35,580 |
$ |
(30,640) |
$ |
4,940 |
||||||||
Total |
$ |
47,933 |
$ |
39,511 |
$ |
(22,218) |
$ |
17,293 |
Year ended December 31, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
MVC billings |
Gathering revenue |
Adjustments to MVC shortfall |
Net impact to adjusted | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: |
||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
||||||||
Williston Basin |
8,691 |
— |
8,691 |
8,691 |
||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
15,926 |
12,638 |
3,288 |
15,926 |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
— |
677 |
(677) |
— |
||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
Total net change |
$ |
24,617 |
$ |
13,315 |
$ |
11,302 |
$ |
24,617 |
||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: |
||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
||||||||
Williston Basin |
7,536 |
7,536 |
— |
7,536 |
||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
27,183 |
27,183 |
(317) |
26,866 |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
1,373 |
1,373 |
615 |
1,988 |
||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
3,895 |
3,895 |
— |
3,895 |
||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments |
$ |
39,987 |
$ |
39,987 |
$ |
298 |
$ |
40,285 |
||||||||
Total |
$ |
64,604 |
$ |
53,302 |
$ |
11,600 |
$ |
64,902 |
Capital Expenditures
SMLP recorded total capital expenditures of $31.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2016, including $11.4 million of contributions to equity method investees. Maintenance capital expenditures for the quarter totaled approximately $4.4 million. Development activities during the fourth quarter of 2016 were primarily related to the ongoing expansion of our Summit Utica natural gas gathering system as well as the continued development of certain pipeline and compression expansion projects in the Williston and Piceance/DJ segments.
Capital & Liquidity
As of December 31, 2016, SMLP had $602.0 million of available borrowing capacity under its $1.25 billion revolving credit facility, subject to covenant limits. Based upon the terms of SMLP's revolving credit facility and total outstanding debt of $1.25 billion (inclusive of $600 million of senior unsecured notes), SMLP's leverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) as of December 31, 2016 was 4.21 to 1.0.
Through December 31, 2016, the upper limit of SMLP's leverage ratio financial covenant was 5.50 to 1.0. The leverage ratio upper limit can be permanently increased from 5.00 to 1.0 to 5.50 to 1.0 any time, at SMLP's option, subject to the inclusion of a senior secured leverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) upper limit of 3.75 to 1.00.
On February 8, 2017, SMLP's wholly owned subsidiary, Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC and its wholly owned subsidiary, Summit Midstream Finance Corp., co-issued $500.0 million of senior unsecured notes due in 2025. The notes priced at par to yield 5.75%. The net proceeds from the offering were used to (i) purchase $295.5 million of our 7.50% senior notes due 2021 pursuant to a concurrent tender offer (including accrued interest) and (ii) repay $172 million outstanding under our revolving credit facility. The remaining proceeds will be used to redeem any of the 7.50% senior notes not acquired in the tender offer. Pro forma for the 5.75% senior notes offering, SMLP would have had approximately $774.0 million of available borrowing capacity under its $1.25 billion revolving credit facility at December 31, 2016, subject to covenant limits.
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation
The consideration for the 2016 Drop Down consisted of (i) an initial $360.0 million cash payment (the "Initial Payment") which was funded on March 3, 2016 with borrowings under SMLP's revolving credit facility and (ii) a deferred payment which will be paid no later than December 31, 2020 (the "Deferred Purchase Price Obligation" or the "Deferred Payment," as defined below). At the discretion of the board of directors of SMLP's general partner, the Deferred Payment can be made in either cash or SMLP common units, or a combination thereof.
The Deferred Payment will be equal to: (a) six-and-one-half (6.5) multiplied by the average Business Adjusted EBITDA of the 2016 Drop Down Assets for 2018 and 2019; less (b) the Initial Payment; less (c) all capital expenditures incurred for the 2016 Drop Down Assets between March 3, 2016 and December 31, 2019; plus (d) all Business Adjusted EBITDA from the 2016 Drop Down Assets between March 3, 2016 and December 31, 2019. SMLP currently estimates that the Deferred Payment will be approximately $800.0 million to $900.0 million.
Quarterly Distribution
On January 26, 2017, the board of directors of SMLP's general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.575 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $2.30 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended December 31, 2016. This quarterly distribution, which was unchanged from the previous quarter and from the quarter ended December 31, 2015, was paid on February 14, 2017, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on February 7, 2017.
Fourth Quarter 2016 Earnings Call Information
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, February 24, 2017, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-619-6397 or toll-free 800-708-4540 and entering the passcode 44169352. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until March 10, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 44169352#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
Upcoming Investor Conferences
Members of SMLP's senior management team will participate in the Barclays Select Series: MLP Corporate Access Day which is being held in New York, New York on March 1, 2017 and the 4th Annual Capital Link Forum which is being held in New York, New York on March 2, 2017. The presentation materials associated with these events will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of each conference.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We report financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). We also present adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow, each a non-GAAP financial measure. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss, plus interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, unit-based and noncash compensation, Deferred Purchase Price Obligation expense, impairments and other noncash expenses or losses, less interest income, income tax benefit, income (loss) from equity method investees and other noncash income or gains. We define distributable cash flow as adjusted EBITDA plus cash interest received and cash taxes received, less cash interest paid, senior notes interest adjustment, cash taxes paid and maintenance capital expenditures. Because adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow may be defined differently by other entities in our industry, our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other entities, thereby diminishing their utility.
Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating our financial performance. Furthermore, management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures may provide external users of our financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others, with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods as they are expected to be reflective of our core ongoing business.
Adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow are used as supplemental financial measures by external users of our financial statements such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others.
Adjusted EBITDA is used to assess:
Distributable cash flow is used to assess:
Both of these measures have limitations as analytical tools and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. For example:
We compensate for the limitations of adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow as analytical tools by reviewing the comparable GAAP financial measures, understanding the differences between the financial measures and incorporating these data points into our decision-making process. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures are attached to this press release.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees, (ii) deferred purchase price obligation income or expense and (iii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
Comparability Related to Drop Down Transactions
With respect to drop down transactions, SMLP's historical results of operations may not be comparable to its future results of operations. In March 2016, SMLP acquired substantially all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Summit Utica, Meadowlark Midstream and Tioga Midstream from Summit Investments, as well as substantially all of Summit Investments' 40% ownership interest in each of Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate. In May 2015, SMLP acquired the assets comprising the Polar and Divide system from two subsidiaries of Summit Investments. SMLP accounted for the 2016 Drop Down and the Polar and Divide Drop Down on an "as-if pooled" basis because these transactions were executed by entities under common control.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 35.1% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.0% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2016, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | |||||||
December 31, | |||||||
2016 |
2015 | ||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||
Assets |
|||||||
Current assets: |
|||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
7,428 |
$ |
21,793 |
|||
Accounts receivable |
97,364 |
89,581 |
|||||
Other current assets |
4,309 |
3,573 |
|||||
Total current assets |
109,101 |
114,947 |
|||||
Property, plant and equipment, net |
1,853,671 |
1,812,783 |
|||||
Intangible assets, net |
421,452 |
461,310 |
|||||
Goodwill |
16,211 |
16,211 |
|||||
Investment in equity method investees |
707,415 |
751,168 |
|||||
Other noncurrent assets |
7,329 |
8,253 |
|||||
Total assets |
$ |
3,115,179 |
$ |
3,164,672 |
|||
Liabilities and Partners' Capital |
|||||||
Current liabilities: |
|||||||
Trade accounts payable |
$ |
16,251 |
$ |
40,808 |
|||
Accrued expenses |
11,389 |
6,776 |
|||||
Due to affiliate |
258 |
1,149 |
|||||
Deferred revenue |
— |
677 |
|||||
Ad valorem taxes payable |
10,588 |
10,271 |
|||||
Accrued interest |
17,483 |
17,483 |
|||||
Accrued environmental remediation |
4,301 |
7,900 |
|||||
Other current liabilities |
11,471 |
6,521 |
|||||
Total current liabilities |
71,741 |
91,585 |
|||||
Long-term debt |
1,240,301 |
1,267,270 |
|||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation |
563,281 |
— |
|||||
Deferred revenue |
57,465 |
45,486 |
|||||
Noncurrent accrued environmental remediation |
5,152 |
5,764 |
|||||
Other noncurrent liabilities |
7,566 |
7,268 |
|||||
Total liabilities |
1,945,506 |
1,417,373 |
|||||
Common limited partner capital |
1,129,132 |
744,977 |
|||||
Subordinated limited partner capital (1) |
— |
213,631 |
|||||
General partner interests |
29,294 |
25,634 |
|||||
Noncontrolling interest |
11,247 |
— |
|||||
Summit Investments' equity in contributed subsidiaries |
— |
763,057 |
|||||
Total partners' capital |
1,169,673 |
1,747,299 |
|||||
Total liabilities and partners' capital |
$ |
3,115,179 |
$ |
3,164,672 |
__________
(1) The subordination period ended on February 16, 2016 and all 24,409,850 subordinated units converted to common units on a one-for-one basis. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended December 31, |
Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
2016 |
2015 |
2016 |
2015 | ||||||||||||
(In thousands, except per-unit amounts) | |||||||||||||||
Revenues: |
|||||||||||||||
Gathering services and related fees |
$ |
111,378 |
$ |
98,051 |
$ |
345,961 |
$ |
337,819 |
|||||||
Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales |
10,086 |
8,789 |
35,833 |
42,079 |
|||||||||||
Other revenues |
5,619 |
5,575 |
20,568 |
20,659 |
|||||||||||
Total revenues |
127,083 |
112,415 |
402,362 |
400,557 |
|||||||||||
Costs and expenses: |
|||||||||||||||
Cost of natural gas and NGLs |
7,281 |
6,424 |
27,421 |
31,398 |
|||||||||||
Operation and maintenance |
23,023 |
23,942 |
95,334 |
94,986 |
|||||||||||
General and administrative |
14,287 |
11,048 |
52,410 |
45,108 |
|||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
28,569 |
27,172 |
112,239 |
105,117 |
|||||||||||
Transaction costs |
25 |
88 |
1,321 |
1,342 |
|||||||||||
Environmental remediation |
— |
1,800 |
— |
21,800 |
|||||||||||
Loss (gain) on asset sales, net |
69 |
42 |
93 |
(172) |
|||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment |
23 |
1,609 |
1,764 |
9,305 |
|||||||||||
Goodwill impairment |
— |
248,851 |
— |
248,851 |
|||||||||||
Total costs and expenses |
73,277 |
320,976 |
290,582 |
557,735 |
|||||||||||
Other income |
24 |
— |
116 |
2 |
|||||||||||
Interest expense |
(16,160) |
(14,229) |
(63,810) |
(59,092) |
|||||||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation expense |
(24,738) |
— |
(55,854) |
— |
|||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes and income (loss) from equity method investees |
12,932 |
(222,790) |
(7,768) |
(216,268) |
|||||||||||
Income tax benefit (expense) |
66 |
969 |
(75) |
603 |
|||||||||||
Income (loss) from equity method investees |
997 |
931 |
(30,344) |
(6,563) |
|||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ |
13,995 |
$ |
(220,890) |
$ |
(38,187) |
$ |
(222,228) |
|||||||
Earnings (loss) per limited partner unit: |
|||||||||||||||
Common unit – basic and diluted |
$ |
0.16 |
$ |
(3.28) |
$ |
(0.71) |
$ |
(3.20) |
|||||||
Subordinated unit – basic and diluted (1) |
$ |
(3.28) |
$ |
(2.88) |
|||||||||||
Weighted-average limited partner units outstanding: |
|||||||||||||||
Common units – basic and diluted |
72,096 |
42,063 |
68,264 |
39,217 |
|||||||||||
Subordinated units – basic and diluted (1) |
24,410 |
24,410 |
__________
(1) The subordination period ended on February 16, 2016 and all 24,409,850 subordinated units converted to common units on a one-for-one basis. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||||||
OTHER FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended December 31, |
Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
2016 |
2015 |
2016 |
2015 | ||||||||||||
(Dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Other financial data: |
|||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ |
13,995 |
$ |
(220,890) |
$ |
(38,187) |
$ |
(222,228) |
|||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
$ |
61,790 |
$ |
53,278 |
$ |
230,495 |
$ |
191,375 |
|||||||
Capital expenditures |
$ |
19,984 |
$ |
66,796 |
$ |
142,719 |
$ |
272,225 |
|||||||
Contributions to equity method investees |
$ |
11,425 |
$ |
11,825 |
$ |
31,582 |
$ |
86,200 |
|||||||
Acquisitions of gathering systems (1) |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
866,858 |
$ |
288,618 |
|||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
72,721 |
$ |
68,532 |
$ |
291,601 |
$ |
235,491 |
|||||||
Distributable cash flow |
$ |
52,802 |
$ |
50,748 |
$ |
210,906 |
$ |
164,931 |
|||||||
Distributions declared (2) |
$ |
44,452 |
$ |
40,977 |
$ |
170,981 |
$ |
157,960 |
|||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (3) |
1.19x |
* |
* |
* |
|||||||||||
Operating data: |
|||||||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – natural gas (MMcf/d) |
1,504 |
1,396 |
1,528 |
1,499 |
|||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput – liquids (Mbbl/d) |
82.3 |
86.2 |
88.9 |
67.7 |
|||||||||||
Ohio Gathering average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (4) |
848 |
839 |
865 |
645 |
__________
* Not considered meaningful |
(1) Reflects cash and noncash consideration, including working capital and capital expenditure adjustments paid (received), for acquisitions and/or drop downs |
(2) Represents distributions declared in respect of a given period. For example, for the year ended December 31, 2016, represents the distributions paid in May 2016 for the first quarter of 2016, August 2016 for the second quarter of 2016, November 2016 for the third quarter of 2016, and February 2017 for the fourth quarter of 2016. |
(3) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended December 31, 2016 is based on distributions declared in respect of the fourth quarter of 2016. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. Due to the common control nature of drop down transactions and to the extent that common control existed during a given reporting period, our results are reported on an as-if pooled basis with no adjustment to past distributions declared. As such, we do not present year-to-date or prior-year distribution coverage ratios when a drop down, and its funding, impacts distributable cash flow. |
(4) Gross basis, represents 100% of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF REPORTABLE SEGMENT ADJUSTED EBITDA | |||||||||||||||
TO ADJUSTED EBITDA | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended December 31, |
Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
2016 |
2015 |
2016 |
2015 | ||||||||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Reportable segment adjusted EBITDA (1): |
|||||||||||||||
Utica Shale (2) |
$ |
16,566 |
$ |
13,222 |
$ |
66,637 |
$ |
35,873 |
|||||||
Williston Basin |
18,730 |
16,191 |
79,475 |
34,008 |
|||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
30,121 |
27,152 |
109,241 |
110,222 |
|||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
13,516 |
14,082 |
54,634 |
59,526 |
|||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
4,649 |
4,722 |
19,203 |
23,214 |
|||||||||||
Total |
83,582 |
75,369 |
329,190 |
262,843 |
|||||||||||
Less corporate and other (3) |
10,861 |
6,837 |
37,589 |
27,352 |
|||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
72,721 |
$ |
68,532 |
$ |
291,601 |
$ |
235,491 |
__________
(1) We define segment adjusted EBITDA as total revenues less total costs and expenses; plus (i) other income excluding interest income, (ii) our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, (iii) depreciation and amortization, (iv) adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, (v) unit-based and noncash compensation, (vi) Deferred Purchase Price Obligation expense, (vii) impairments and (viii) other noncash expenses or losses, less other noncash income or gains. |
(2) Includes our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag. We define proportional adjusted EBITDA for our equity method investees as the product of (i) total revenues less total expenses, excluding impairments and other noncash income or expense items and (ii) amortization for deferred contract costs; multiplied by our ownership interest in Ohio Gathering during the respective period. |
(3) Corporate and other represents those results that are not specifically attributable to a reportable segment or that have not been allocated to our reportable segments, including certain general and administrative expense items, transaction costs, interest expense and Deferred Purchase Price Obligation income or expense. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended December 31, |
Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
2016 |
2015 |
2016 |
2015 | ||||||||||||
(Dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Reconciliations of net income or loss to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: |
|||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ |
13,995 |
$ |
(220,890) |
$ |
(38,187) |
$ |
(222,228) |
|||||||
Add: |
|||||||||||||||
Interest expense |
16,160 |
14,229 |
63,810 |
59,092 |
|||||||||||
Income tax expense |
— |
— |
75 |
— |
|||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization (1) |
28,603 |
27,310 |
112,661 |
105,903 |
|||||||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (2) |
10,429 |
11,675 |
45,602 |
33,667 |
|||||||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (3) |
(22,218) |
(13,816) |
11,600 |
(11,902) |
|||||||||||
Unit-based and noncash compensation |
1,985 |
1,422 |
7,985 |
7,017 |
|||||||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation expense (4) |
24,738 |
— |
55,854 |
— |
|||||||||||
Loss (gain) on asset sales, net |
69 |
42 |
93 |
(172) |
|||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment |
23 |
1,609 |
1,764 |
9,305 |
|||||||||||
Goodwill impairment |
— |
248,851 |
— |
248,851 |
|||||||||||
Less: |
|||||||||||||||
Interest income |
— |
— |
— |
2 |
|||||||||||
Income tax benefit |
66 |
969 |
— |
603 |
|||||||||||
Income (loss) from equity method investees |
997 |
931 |
(30,344) |
(6,563) |
|||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
72,721 |
$ |
68,532 |
$ |
291,601 |
$ |
235,491 |
|||||||
Add: |
|||||||||||||||
Cash interest received |
— |
— |
— |
2 |
|||||||||||
Cash taxes received |
— |
— |
50 |
— |
|||||||||||
Less: |
|||||||||||||||
Cash interest paid |
5,783 |
4,999 |
63,000 |
59,302 |
|||||||||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (5) |
9,750 |
9,750 |
— |
(1,421) |
|||||||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures |
4,386 |
3,035 |
17,745 |
12,681 |
|||||||||||
Distributable cash flow |
$ |
52,802 |
$ |
50,748 |
$ |
210,906 |
$ |
164,931 |
|||||||
Distributions declared (6) |
$ |
44,452 |
$ |
40,977 |
$ |
170,981 |
$ |
157,960 |
|||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (7) |
1.19x |
* |
* |
* |
__________
* Not considered meaningful |
(1) Includes the amortization expense associated with our favorable and unfavorable gas gathering contracts as reported in other revenues. |
(2) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, based on a one-month lag. |
(3) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments account for (i) the net increases or decreases in deferred revenue for MVC shortfall payments and (ii) our inclusion of expected annual MVC shortfall payments. |
(4) Deferred Purchase Price Obligation expense represents the change in the present value of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. |
(5) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $300.0 million 7.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on January 1 and July 1 until maturity in July 2021. |
(6) Represents distributions declared in respect of a given period. For example, for the year ended December 31, 2016, represents the distributions paid in May 2016 for the first quarter of 2016, August 2016 for the second quarter of 2016, November 2016 for the third quarter of 2016, and February 2017 for the fourth quarter of 2016. |
(7) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended December 31, 2016 is based on distributions declared in respect of the fourth quarter of 2016. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. Due to the common control nature of drop down transactions and to the extent that common control existed during a given reporting period, our results are reported on an as-if pooled basis with no adjustment to past distributions declared. As such, we do not present year-to-date or prior-year distribution coverage ratios when a drop down, and its funding, impacts distributable cash flow. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | |||||||
Year ended December 31, | |||||||
2016 |
2015 | ||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||
Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: |
|||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
$ |
230,495 |
$ |
191,375 |
|||
Add: |
|||||||
Interest expense, excluding debt issuance costs |
59,834 |
54,783 |
|||||
Income tax expense |
75 |
— |
|||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities |
(11,014) |
3,541 |
|||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (1) |
45,602 |
33,667 |
|||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (2) |
11,600 |
(11,902) |
|||||
Less: |
|||||||
Distributions from equity method investees |
44,991 |
34,641 |
|||||
Interest income |
— |
2 |
|||||
Income tax benefit |
— |
603 |
|||||
Write-off of debt issuance costs |
— |
727 |
|||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
291,601 |
$ |
235,491 |
|||
Add: |
|||||||
Cash interest received |
— |
2 |
|||||
Cash taxes received |
50 |
— |
|||||
Less: |
|||||||
Cash interest paid |
63,000 |
59,302 |
|||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (3) |
— |
(1,421) |
|||||
Maintenance capital expenditures |
17,745 |
12,681 |
|||||
Distributable cash flow |
$ |
210,906 |
$ |
164,931 |
__________
(1) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, based on a one-month lag. |
(2) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments account for (i) the net increases or decreases in deferred revenue for MVC shortfall payments and (ii) our inclusion of expected annual MVC shortfall payments. |
(3) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $300.0 million 7.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on January 1 and July 1 until maturity in July 2021. |
SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC (the "Company") and Summit Midstream Finance Corp. (the "Co-Issuer," and, together with the Company, the "Co-Issuers"), subsidiaries of Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP), announced today the results of their previously announced cash tender offer (the "Tender Offer") to purchase any and all of the Issuers' outstanding 7.50% Senior Notes due 2021 (the "Notes"). As of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on February 14, 2017 (the "Expiration Time"), $276,774,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes were validly tendered, or 92.26% of the principal amount of the outstanding Notes. The Issuers expect to accept for payment all such Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in the Tender Offer and expect to make payment for the Notes on February 15, 2017, subject to the Issuers' successful completion of their previously announced debt financing transaction (the "Financing Condition"). Concurrently with the settlement of the Tender Offer, the Issuers expect to exercise their right to optionally redeem any Notes not validly tendered and purchased in the Tender Offer, pursuant to the terms of the indenture governing the Notes.
The terms and conditions of the Tender Offer are described in the Offer to Purchase dated February 8, 2017, and the related Letter of Transmittal and Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (collectively, the "Offer Documents"). BofA Merrill Lynch is serving as the dealer manager for the tender offer. Questions regarding the Tender Offer may be directed to BofA Merrill Lynch at (888) 292-0070 (U.S. toll-free) and (980) 387-5602 (collect). Copies of the Offer Documents may be obtained from the Information Agent for the tender offer, D.F. King & Co., Inc. at (800) 755-7250 (U.S. toll-free) and (212) 269-5550 (collect), via email at smlp@dfking.com, or via the following web address: www.dfking.com/smlp.
This press release does not constitute a notice of redemption of the Notes, nor an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell any Notes in the Tender Offer. The Tender Offer is not being made to holders of Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction in which the Tender Offer is required to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Tender Offer will be deemed to be made on behalf of the Issuers by the dealer manager or one or more registered brokers or dealers that are licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah, (iv) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; and (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2016, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today the pricing of the previously announced offering by its wholly owned subsidiary, Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC ("Summit Holdings") and Summit Holdings' wholly owned subsidiary, Summit Midstream Finance Corp. ("Finance Corp." and, together with Summit Holdings, the "Issuers") of $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2025 (the "notes"). The notes will be issued at par and bear interest at 5.75% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears, beginning on October 15, 2017. The offering is expected to close on February 15, 2017, subject to customary closing conditions.
Summit Holdings will use the net proceeds from this offering to: (i) purchase all of SMLP's outstanding 7.50% Senior Notes due 2021 pursuant to its concurrent tender offer, and, if necessary, redeem any such notes not acquired in the tender offer, and (ii) utilize the remaining proceeds to repay a portion of the indebtedness outstanding under SMLP's revolving credit facility.
BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank Securities, RBC Capital Markets, TD Securities and Wells Fargo Securities are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. BBVA, BMO Capital Markets, Capital One Securities, Citigroup, Citizens Capital Markets, Credit Suisse, ING, Morgan Stanley and Regions Securities LLC are acting as senior co-managers for the offering. BB&T Capital Markets and Comerica Securities are acting as co-managers for the offering.
When available, copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained free of charge on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov or from the underwriters of the offering as follows:
BofA Merrill Lynch Attn: Prospectus Department NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd floor Charlotte NC 28255-0001 dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com |
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Attn: Prospectus Group 60 Wall Street New York, NY 10005-2836 (800) 503-4611 prospectus.cpdg@db.com
|
RBC Capital Markets, LLC Three World Financial Center 200 Vesey Street, 10th Floor New York, New York 10281-8098 (877) 822-4089
|
TD Securities (USA) LLC 31 West 52nd Street New York, New York 10019-6101 (212) 827-7410 |
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC Attn: WFS Customer Service 608 2nd Ave S, Suite 1000 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Telephone: (800) 645-3751 Opt 5 Email: wfscustomerservice@wellsfargo.com
|
The notes are being offered and will be sold pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described above, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah, (iv) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; and (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2016, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today the commencement of an offer to purchase by its wholly owned subsidiaries Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Company"), and Summit Midstream Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Co-Issuer", and, together with the Company, the "Issuers" or "Summit") for cash any and all of the issuer's outstanding 7.50% Senior Notes due 2021 (the "Notes"). As of February 7, 2017, there was $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding. The tender offer is being made pursuant to an Offer to Purchase dated February 8, 2017 (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Offer to Purchase") and the related Letter of Transmittal and Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and together with the Offer to Purchase, the "Offer Documents"). The tender offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on February 14, 2017, unless extended (the "Expiration Time"). Tendered Notes may be withdrawn at any time before the Expiration Time.
Holders of Notes that are validly tendered and accepted at or prior to the Expiration Time, or who deliver to the depositary and information agent a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and subsequently deliver such Notes, each in accordance with the instructions described in the Offer Documents, will receive total cash consideration of $1,060.00 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the settlement date, which is expected to be February 15, 2017, subject to satisfaction of the Financing Condition described herein.
The tender offer is contingent upon, among other things, Summit's successful completion of a proposed debt financing transaction, the gross proceeds of which will be at least $350.0 million (the "Financing Condition"). The tender offer is not conditioned on any minimum amount of Notes being tendered. Summit may amend, extend or terminate the tender offer, in its sole discretion. On or after the settlement date, Summit may exercise its right to optionally redeem any Notes not validly tendered and purchased in the tender offer, pursuant to the terms of the indenture governing the Notes, but it is not obligated to do so.
The terms and conditions of the tender offer are described in the Offer Documents. BofA Merrill Lynch is serving as the dealer manager for the tender offer. Questions regarding the tender offer may be directed to BofA Merrill Lynch, at (888) 292-0070 (U.S. toll-free) and (980) 387-5602 (collect). Copies of the Offer Documents may be obtained from the Information Agent for the tender offer, D.F. King & Co., Inc. at (800) 755-7250 (U.S. toll-free) and (212) 269-5550 (collect), via email at smlp@dfking.com, or via the following web address: www.dfking.com/smlp.
None of Summit, its board of directors, its officers, the dealer manager, the depositary, the information agent or the trustee with respect to the Notes, or any of Summit's or their respective affiliates, makes any recommendation that holders tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion of the principal amount of their Notes, and no one has been authorized by any of them to make such a recommendation. Holders must make their own decision as to whether to tender their Notes and, if so, the principal amount of Notes to tender. The tender offer is being made only by the Offer Documents.
This press release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any Notes in the tender offer. The tender offer is not being made to holders of Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction in which the tender offer is required to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the tender offer will be deemed to be made on behalf of Summit by the dealer manager or one or more registered brokers or dealers that are licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah, (iv) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; and (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2016, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC ("Summit Holdings"), and Summit Holdings' wholly owned subsidiary Summit Midstream Finance Corp. ("Finance Corp." and together with Summit Holdings, the "Issuers"), intend to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $500.0 million in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2025 (the "notes"), pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Summit Holdings will use the net proceeds from this offering to: (i) purchase all of SMLP's outstanding 7.50% Senior Notes due 2021 pursuant to its concurrent tender offer, and, if necessary, redeem any such notes not acquired in the tender offer, and (ii) utilize the remaining proceeds to repay a portion of the indebtedness outstanding under SMLP's revolving credit facility.
BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank Securities, RBC Capital Markets, TD Securities and Wells Fargo Securities are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. BBVA, BMO Capital Markets, Capital One Securities, Citigroup, Citizens Capital Markets, Credit Suisse, ING, Morgan Stanley and Regions Securities LLC are acting as senior co-managers for the offering. BB&T Capital Markets and Comerica Securities are acting as co-managers for the offering.
When available, copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained free of charge on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov or from the underwriters of the offering as follows:
BofA Merrill Lynch |
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
Attn: Prospectus Department |
Attn: Prospectus Group |
NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd floor |
60 Wall Street |
Charlotte NC 28255-0001 |
New York, NY 10005-2836 |
dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com |
(800) 503-4611 |
prospectus.cpdg@db.com | |
RBC Capital Markets, LLC |
TD Securities (USA) LLC |
Three World Financial Center |
31 West 52nd Street |
200 Vesey Street, 10th Floor |
New York, New York 10019-6101 |
New York, New York 10281-8098 |
(212) 827-7410 |
(877) 822-4089 |
|
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
|
Attn: WFS Customer Service |
|
608 2nd Ave S, Suite 1000 |
|
Minneapolis, MN 55402 |
|
Telephone: (800) 645-3751 Opt 5 |
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The notes are being offered and will be sold pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement that was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described above, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah, (iv) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; and (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2016, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Jan. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) today announced the pricing of an underwritten offering of 4,000,000 common units representing limited partner interests in SMLP owned by Summit Midstream Partners Holdings, LLC ("SMP Holdings"), a wholly owned direct subsidiary of SMLP's sponsor, Summit Midstream Partners, LLC, at a public offering price of $24.00 per common unit. SMP Holdings has granted the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase up to 600,000 additional common units at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount. The offering is scheduled to close on February 3, 2017, subject to customary closing conditions.
SMLP will not receive any of the net proceeds from this offering and the number of SMLP's outstanding common units will remain unchanged.
Barclays Capital Inc. is acting as the sole bookrunning manager for the offering.
When available, copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained free of charge on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov or from the underwriter of the offering as follows:
Barclays Capital Inc.
c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions
1155 Long Island Avenue
Edgewood, NY 11717
(888) 603-5847
barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com
The common units are being offered and will be sold pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement that was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described above, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah, (iv) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; and (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2016, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Jan. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) today announced the commencement of an underwritten public offering of 4,000,000 common units representing limited partner interests in SMLP owned by Summit Midstream Partners Holdings, LLC ("SMP Holdings"), a wholly owned direct subsidiary of SMLP's sponsor, Summit Midstream Partners, LLC. SMP Holdings has granted the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 600,000 common units.
SMLP will not receive any of the net proceeds from this offering and the number of SMLP's outstanding common units will remain unchanged.
Barclays Capital Inc. is acting as sole book-running manager in the offering. When available, copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained free of charge on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov or from the underwriter of the offering as follows:
Barclays Capital Inc.
c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions
1155 Long Island Avenue
Edgewood, NY 11717
(888) 603-5847
barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com
The common units are being offered and will be sold pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement that was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described above, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah, (iv) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; and (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2016, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Jan. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, has declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.575 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $2.30 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended December 31, 2016. This quarterly distribution remains unchanged from the previous quarter and from the quarter ended December 31, 2015. This distribution will be paid on February 14, 2017, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on February 7, 2017.
2017 SMLP Financial Guidance
SMLP also announced 2017 financial guidance with adjusted EBITDA expected to range from $295.0 million to $315.0 million. SMLP expects to report 2016 adjusted EBITDA that is at or above the top end of the $270.0 million to $290.0 million range.
SMLP's 2017 adjusted EBITDA guidance is based on information received to date from its customers and the year over year increase is supported by a recent increase in drilling activity across its gathering systems. SMLP expects quarterly adjusted EBITDA to increase throughout 2017, with an annualized fourth quarter adjusted EBITDA run rate between $325.0 million and $345.0 million.
Steve Newby, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We expect the first half of 2017 to be impacted by the slower pace of drilling activity that occurred across many of our systems in late 2016. As we look towards the second half of 2017, we expect to benefit from DUC completions and increased drilling activity that is currently taking place behind our gathering systems in the Utica, Williston, Piceance, DJ, and Marcellus. We also expect to continue to benefit from our ongoing company-wide efforts to control costs and optimize operations. We will continue to evaluate resuming distribution growth in 2017 as the outlook becomes more certain."
SMLP expects to incur $100.0 million to $150.0 million of capex in 2017, including maintenance capex of approximately $15.0 million to $20.0 million. SMLP's 2017 capex guidance reflects the inclusion of our contributions to equity method investees. SMLP expects full year distribution coverage will range from 1.15x to 1.25x.
Fourth Quarter 2016 Earnings Release and Earnings Call Schedule
SMLP also announced today that it will report financial results for the fourth quarter of 2016 on Thursday, February 23, 2017 after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, February 24, 2017, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-619-6397 or toll-free 800-708-4540 and entering the passcode 44169352. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until March 10, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 44169352#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
This release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat one hundred percent (100.0%) of SMLP's distributions to foreign investors as being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. Accordingly, SMLP's distributions to foreign investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 40.6% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.0% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2016, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees, (ii) deferred purchase price obligation income or expense and (iii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Jan. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that Matthew Harrison, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will participate at the UBS MLP One-on-One Conference in Park City, Utah on January 10, 2017 and January 11, 2017. The related presentation materials associated with this event will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of the conference on January 10, 2017.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 40.6% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.0% limited partner interest in SMLP.
SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Dec. 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that members of its senior management team will participate at the 15th Annual Wells Fargo Pipeline, MLP and Utility Symposium in New York, New York on December 6, 2016 and December 7, 2016. The related presentation materials associated with this event will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of the conference on December 6, 2016.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP currently provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owns a 40.6% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns an 8.0% limited partner interest in SMLP.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Nov. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today its financial and operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016. SMLP reported net income of $2.0 million for the third quarter of 2016 compared to net income of $3.5 million for the prior-year period. Net cash provided by operations totaled $37.2 million in the third quarter of 2016 compared to $33.1 million in the prior-year period. Adjusted EBITDA totaled $76.5 million and distributable cash flow totaled $55.6 million for the third quarter of 2016 compared to $43.5 million and $26.6 million, respectively, for the prior-year period.
Natural gas volume throughput averaged 1,572 million cubic feet per day ("MMcf/d") in the third quarter of 2016, an increase of 8.7% compared to 1,446 MMcf/d in the prior-year period, and an increase of 4.0% compared to 1,512 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2016. Crude oil and produced water volume throughput in the third quarter of 2016 averaged 92.2 Mbbl/d, an increase of 35.2% compared to 68.2 Mbbl/d in the prior-year period, and an increase of 7.2% compared to 86.0 Mbbl/d in the second quarter of 2016. All volume throughput metrics exclude SMLP's proportionate share of volume throughput from our 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering.
Steve Newby, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "SMLP generated strong financial results in the third quarter of 2016 due to increasing volumes, and corresponding segment adjusted EBITDA, primarily driven by our Summit Utica and Williston operations. We also experienced strong sequential quarterly volume growth in our Piceance/DJ Basins segment as the recent increase in activity levels from our customer base is starting to show up in our results. The third quarter financial results also benefitted from a continued company-wide focus to control costs and optimize operations. The 2016 Drop Down assets continue to perform in-line with our original 2016 adjusted EBITDA expectations of approximately $80 million.
We are also encouraged by the recent trend of upstream M&A that is occurring across several of our operating assets. During the third quarter, TOTAL S.A. announced its intention to acquire Chesapeake Energy's Barnett acreage. We are excited to have a new, well-capitalized customer anchor this system. We expect that this trend will lead to an increased level of drilling and completion activity.
Our strong financial performance in the third quarter of 2016 resulted in a quarterly distribution coverage ratio of 1.25x, which includes the impact of our September 2016 primary offering of 5.5 million common SMLP units. This offering, which generated net proceeds of $126.1 million, allowed us to reduce debt and further strengthen our balance sheet. Given our strong third quarter and year-to-date performance, we expect our 2016 adjusted EBITDA to be at or above the top end of our 2016 adjusted EBITDA guidance range of $270.0 million to $290.0 million."
SMLP reported a net loss of $52.2 million for the first nine months of 2016 compared to a net loss of $1.3 million for the prior-year period. Net cash provided by operations totaled $168.7 million in the first nine months of 2016, compared to $138.1 million in the prior-year period. SMLP reported adjusted EBITDA of $218.9 million and distributable cash flow of $158.1 million for the first nine months of 2016, compared to $167.0 million and $114.2 million, respectively, for the prior-year period. Natural gas volume throughput averaged 1,536 MMcf/d for the first nine months of 2016 compared to 1,533 MMcf/d in the prior-year period. Crude oil and produced water volume throughput averaged 91.0 Mbbl/d in the first nine months of 2016 compared to 61.5 Mbbl/d in the prior-year period.
SMLP's financial results for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 and the three months ended September 30, 2015 include the historical financial results from (i) its May 2015 acquisition from Summit Investments of the Polar and Divide system (the "Polar and Divide Drop Down"), and (ii) its March 2016 acquisition from Summit Investments of substantially all of (a) Summit Utica, Meadowlark Midstream and Tioga Midstream, and (b) Summit Investments' 40.0% ownership interest in each of Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate (collectively, "Ohio Gathering") (the "2016 Drop Down"). Because of the common control aspects of the acquired assets, the Polar and Divide Drop Down and the 2016 Drop Down were each deemed a transaction between entities under common control and, as such, have been accounted for on an "as-if pooled" basis for all periods in which common control existed.
Third Quarter 2016 Segment Results
Utica Shale
The Utica Shale reportable segment includes our ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, a natural gas gathering system in service and under development spanning the condensate, liquids-rich and dry gas windows of the Utica Shale in Harrison, Guernsey, Noble, Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio. Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Utica Shale includes our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA from Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag.
The Utica Shale reportable segment also includes Summit Utica, our wholly owned natural gas gathering system currently in service and under development in Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio. Summit Utica gathers and delivers dry natural gas to interconnections with a third-party intrastate pipeline.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2016 totaled $17.0 million, up 54.5% from $11.0 million in the prior-year period, primarily due to higher volume throughput across the Ohio Gathering and Summit Utica systems, partially offset by declining stabilization revenue at Ohio Condensate. Volume throughput on the Ohio Gathering system, which is based on a one-month lag, averaged 800 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2016 compared to 718 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and 937 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2016. We anticipate recent well completions from certain of our Ohio Gathering customers in August 2016 to partially offset the sequential quarterly volume decline experienced in the third quarter of 2016. Volume throughput on the Summit Utica system averaged 234 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2016 compared to 42 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and 167 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2016. Volume throughput for the third quarter of 2016 increased due to our continued buildout of the Summit Utica gathering system and our connection of 10 wells during the first half of 2016 and 8 wells during the third quarter of 2016. SMLP completed the third dehydration station on the Summit Utica system in the third quarter of 2016, which increased total system capacity to 450 MMcf/d, and enabled an increase in volumes across the system. We expect to add compression capacity to these dehydration stations, as needed, over the next two years, offering our customers an incremental service, with associated incremental fees.
Williston Basin
The Bison Midstream, Polar and Divide, and Tioga Midstream systems provide our midstream services for the Williston Basin reportable segment. Bison Midstream gathers associated natural gas from pad sites located in Mountrail and Burke counties in North Dakota and delivers to third-party pipelines serving a third-party processing plant in Channahon, Illinois. The Polar and Divide system gathers crude oil from pad sites located in Williams and Divide counties in North Dakota and delivers to the COLT and Basin Transload rail terminals, as well as third-party pipeline infrastructure. SMLP executed an interconnect agreement in the third quarter of 2016 to connect into the Dakota Access Pipeline, which will provide our Polar and Divide customers access to new markets. The Polar and Divide system also gathers and delivers produced water to various third-party disposal wells in the region. Tioga Midstream is a crude oil, produced water, and associated natural gas gathering system in Williams County, North Dakota. All crude oil and natural gas gathered on the Tioga Midstream system is delivered to third-party pipelines, and all produced water is delivered to third-party disposal wells.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Williston Basin segment totaled $21.8 million for the third quarter of 2016 compared to ($5.8) million the prior-year period, primarily due to a $20.0 million environmental remediation expense that we recognized in the prior-year period associated with a produced water pipeline that became part of the Polar and Divide system in conjunction with the 2016 Drop Down transaction. Higher liquids and natural gas volumes, together with fees associated with the commencement of the Stampede Lateral, which was placed into service in the first quarter of 2016, also contributed to the Williston Basin's segment results in the third quarter of 2016.
Liquids volumes averaged 92.2 Mbbl/d in the third quarter of 2016, an increase of 35.2% over the prior-year period and an increase of 7.2% compared to the second quarter of 2016. Liquids volumes were positively impacted by producers completing 28 drilled but uncompleted ("DUC") wells across our gathering footprint during the third quarter of 2016. We expect that our customers will continue to turn their inventory of DUCs to sales over the next several quarters.
Compared to the third quarter of 2015, associated natural gas volumes increased 4.3% to 24 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2016, driven by increased volumes associated with the development of the Tioga Midstream system throughout 2015 and into 2016.
Piceance/DJ Basins
The Grand River and the Niobrara Gathering & Processing systems provide our midstream services for the Piceance/DJ Basins reportable segment. These systems provide natural gas gathering and processing services for producers operating in the Piceance Basin located in western Colorado and eastern Utah and in the Denver-Julesburg ("DJ") Basin located in northeastern Colorado.
Segment adjusted EBITDA totaled $28.1 million for the third quarter of 2016, an increase of 7.3% from $26.2 million in the prior-year period. Third quarter 2016 volume throughput averaged 591 MMcf/d, a decrease of 1.3% from 599 MMcf/d in the prior-year period and an increase of 4.8% from 564 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2016. Volume declines, primarily from our anchor customer's continued suspension of drilling activities in the basin and the resulting natural declines from existing production, were offset by the commissioning of 46 new wells during the quarter, primarily from three of our privately held single-basin focused customers. These customers are actively drilling and completing wells across our footprint, and the third quarter of 2016 represents the first quarter sequential quarterly increase in volume throughput on this segment since the fourth quarter of 2015.
The impact of our anchor customer's volume declines was partially offset by higher minimum volume commitment ("MVC") shortfall payment adjustments associated with certain of our customers' gas gathering agreements. Lower commodity prices in the third quarter of 2016, compared to the prior-year period, also negatively impacted the margins we earned from our Grand River percent-of-proceeds contracts and condensate revenue.
Barnett Shale
The DFW Midstream system provides our midstream services for the Barnett Shale reportable segment. This system gathers and delivers low-pressure natural gas received from pad sites, primarily located in southeastern Tarrant County, Texas, to downstream intrastate pipelines serving various natural gas hubs in the region.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Barnett Shale segment totaled $13.1 million for the third quarter of 2016, flat with the prior-year period primarily due to lower gathering revenue, offset by lower operating expenses and higher natural gas sales associated with our fuel retainage gas which offsets the power costs related to our electric drive compression. Volume throughput of 305 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2016 was down 6.2% compared to the prior-year average of 325 MMcf/d and down 10.6% from 341 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2016. Volumes in the second quarter of 2016 benefitted from the initial production related to a customer's commissioning of an 11-well pad site. Third quarter 2016 volumes were negatively impacted by the annual shutdown of the DFW Midstream system, which occurred in September 2016 vs. October in 2015, as well as the temporary shutting-in of wells on existing pad sites to allow our customers to drill and complete new wells. These activities impacted average daily volumes by an estimated 7 MMcf/d during the quarter. A customer on the DFW Midstream system has six DUCs on an existing pad site in our service area that are in the process of being completed; we expect to see production from these DUCs in the fourth quarter of 2016.
Marcellus Shale
The Mountaineer Midstream system provides our midstream services for the Marcellus Shale reportable segment. This system gathers high-pressure natural gas received from upstream pipeline interconnections with Antero Midstream Partners, LP and Crestwood Equity Partners LP. Natural gas on the Mountaineer Midstream system is delivered to the Sherwood Processing Complex located in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Marcellus Shale segment totaled $5.1 million for the third quarter of 2016, down 11.2% from $5.8 million in the prior-year period. Volume throughput for this segment averaged 418 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2016, an 8.5% decrease from 457 MMcf/d in the prior-year period, and an increase of 0.5% from the 416 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2016. Lower volumes in the third quarter of 2016 continue to result from our customer's decision to defer the completion of an estimated 29 DUCs identified behind the Mountaineer Midstream system. We expect that the completion of these wells will continue to be deferred until 2017.
The following table presents average daily throughput by reportable segment:
Three months ended September 30, |
Nine months ended September 30, |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 |
2015 |
2016 |
2015 |
||||||||||||||||||||||
Average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (1): |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale (2) |
234 |
42 |
178 |
24 |
|||||||||||||||||||||
Williston Basin |
24 |
23 |
24 |
22 |
|||||||||||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
591 |
599 |
576 |
611 |
|||||||||||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
305 |
325 |
329 |
361 |
|||||||||||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
418 |
457 |
429 |
515 |
|||||||||||||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput |
1,572 |
1,446 |
1,536 |
1,533 |
|||||||||||||||||||||
Average daily throughput (Mbbl/d) (1): |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Williston Basin |
92.2 |
68.2 |
91.0 |
61.5 |
|||||||||||||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput |
92.2 |
68.2 |
91.0 |
61.5 |
(1) |
Prior periods have been recast to include the incremental historical volumes from the 2016 Drop Down. | |||||||||
(2) |
Exclusive of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering. |
MVC Shortfall Payments
SMLP billed its customers $5.7 million in the third quarter of 2016 related to MVCs. For those customers that do not have credit banking mechanisms in their gathering agreements, or have no ability to use MVC shortfall payments as credits, the MVC shortfall payments are accounted for as gathering revenue in the period that they are earned. For the third quarter of 2016, SMLP recognized $4.8 million of gathering revenue associated with MVC shortfall payments from certain customers in the Marcellus Shale, Piceance/DJ Basins, and Barnett Shale reportable segments.
MVC shortfall payment adjustments in the third quarter of 2016 totaled $11.5 million and included $0.8 million of deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments and $10.7 million related to MVC shortfall payment adjustments from certain customers in the Piceance/DJ Basins, Williston Basin, and Barnett Shale reportable segments.
SMLP's MVC shortfall payment mechanisms contributed $16.4 million of adjusted EBITDA in the third quarter of 2016.
Three months ended September 30, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
MVC billings |
Gathering revenue |
Adjustments payments |
Net impact | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: |
||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
||||||||
Williston Basin |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
4,071 |
3,224 |
847 |
4,071 |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
Total net change |
$ |
4,071 |
$ |
3,224 |
$ |
847 |
$ |
4,071 |
||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: |
||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
||||||||
Williston Basin |
— |
— |
4,195 |
4,195 |
||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
290 |
290 |
6,412 |
6,702 |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
245 |
245 |
87 |
332 |
||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
1,081 |
1,081 |
— |
1,081 |
||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments |
$ |
1,616 |
$ |
1,616 |
$ |
10,694 |
$ |
12,310 |
||||||||
Total |
$ |
5,687 |
$ |
4,840 |
$ |
11,541 |
$ |
16,381 |
Nine months ended September 30, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
MVC billings |
Gathering revenue |
Adjustments |
Net impact to adjusted | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: |
||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
||||||||
Williston Basin |
235 |
— |
235 |
235 |
||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
12,028 |
8,707 |
3,321 |
12,028 |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
— |
677 |
(677) |
— |
||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
Total net change |
$ |
12,263 |
$ |
9,384 |
$ |
2,879 |
$ |
12,263 |
||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: |
||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
||||||||
Williston Basin |
— |
— |
11,757 |
11,757 |
||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
854 |
854 |
18,911 |
19,765 |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
753 |
753 |
271 |
1,024 |
||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
2,800 |
2,800 |
— |
2,800 |
||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments |
$ |
4,407 |
$ |
4,407 |
$ |
30,939 |
$ |
35,346 |
||||||||
Total |
$ |
16,670 |
$ |
13,791 |
$ |
33,818 |
$ |
47,609 |
Capital Expenditures
SMLP recorded total capital expenditures of $35.9 million in the third quarter of 2016, including $4.5 million of contributions to equity method investees. Maintenance capital expenditures for the quarter totaled approximately $4.9 million. Development activities during the third quarter of 2016 were primarily related to the ongoing expansion of our wholly owned Summit Utica natural gas gathering system as well as the continued development of certain pipeline and compression expansion projects in the Williston and Piceance/DJ segments.
Capital & Liquidity
As of September 30, 2016, SMLP had $617.0 million of available borrowing capacity under its $1.25 billion revolving credit facility, subject to covenant limits. Based upon the terms of SMLP's revolving credit facility and total outstanding debt of $1.23 billion, SMLP's leverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) as of September 30, 2016 was 4.11 to 1.0.
Through December 31, 2016, the upper limit of SMLP's leverage ratio is 5.50 to 1.0. The leverage ratio upper limit can be permanently increased from 5.00 to 1.0 to 5.50 to 1.0 any time, at SMLP's option, subject to the inclusion of a senior secured leverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) upper limit of 3.75 to 1.00.
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation
The consideration for the 2016 Drop Down consisted of (i) an initial $360.0 million cash payment (the "Initial Payment") which was funded on March 3, 2016 with borrowings under SMLP's revolving credit facility and (ii) a deferred payment which will be paid no later than December 31, 2020 (the "Deferred Purchase Price Obligation" or the "Deferred Payment," as defined below). At the discretion of the board of directors of SMLP's general partner, the Deferred Payment can be made in either cash or SMLP common units, or a combination thereof.
The Deferred Payment will be equal to: (a) six-and-one-half (6.5) multiplied by the average Business Adjusted EBITDA of the 2016 Drop Down Assets for 2018 and 2019; less (b) the Initial Payment; less (c) all capital expenditures incurred for the 2016 Drop Down Assets between March 3, 2016 and December 31, 2019; plus (d) all Business Adjusted EBITDA from the 2016 Drop Down Assets between March 3, 2016 and December 31, 2019. SMLP currently estimates that the Deferred Payment will be approximately $800.0 million to $900.0 million.
2016 SMLP Financial Guidance
SMLP expects its 2016 adjusted EBITDA to be at or above the top end of its $270.0 million to $290.0 million guidance range. SMLP is reaffirming its capex guidance of $150.0 million to $200.0 million, including maintenance capex of approximately $15.0 million to $20.0 million. SMLP's 2016 capex guidance reflects the inclusion of our contributions to equity method investees. SMLP expects to report an average full year 2016 distribution coverage ratio of 1.20x to 1.25x.
Quarterly Distribution
On October 27, 2016, the board of directors of SMLP's general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.575 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $2.30 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended September 30, 2016. This quarterly distribution remains unchanged from the previous quarter and from the quarter ended September 30, 2015. This distribution will be paid on November 14, 2016, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on November 7, 2016.
Third Quarter 2016 Earnings Call Information
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, November 4, 2016, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 43651663. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until November 18, 2016, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 43651663#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
Upcoming Investor Conferences
Members of SMLP's senior management team will participate in Baird's 2016 Global Industrial Conference in Chicago, Illinois, on November 9, 2016 and in RBC Capital Markets' MLP Conference in Dallas, Texas, on November 16, 2016 and November 17, 2016. The presentation materials associated with these events will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of each conference.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We report financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). We also present adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow, each a non-GAAP financial measure. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss, plus interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, Deferred Purchase Price Obligation expense, impairments and other noncash expenses or losses, less interest income, income tax benefit, income (loss) from equity method investees and other noncash income or gains. We define distributable cash flow as adjusted EBITDA plus cash interest received and cash taxes received, less cash interest paid, senior notes interest adjustment, cash taxes paid and maintenance capital expenditures. Because adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow may be defined differently by other entities in our industry, our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other entities, thereby diminishing their utility.
Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating our financial performance. Furthermore, management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures may provide external users of our financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others, with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods as they are expected to be reflective of our core ongoing business.
Adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow are used as supplemental financial measures by external users of our financial statements such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others.
Adjusted EBITDA is used to assess:
Distributable cash flow is used to assess:
Both of these measures have limitations as analytical tools and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. For example:
We compensate for the limitations of adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow as analytical tools by reviewing the comparable GAAP financial measures, understanding the differences between the financial measures and incorporating these data points into our decision-making process. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures are attached to this press release.
We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees, (ii) deferred purchase price obligation income or expense and (iii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.
Comparability Related to Drop Down Transactions
With respect to drop down transactions, SMLP's historical results of operations may not be comparable to its future results of operations. In March 2016, SMLP acquired substantially all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Summit Utica, Meadowlark Midstream and Tioga Midstream from Summit Investments, as well as substantially all of Summit Investments' 40% equity interest in each of Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate. In May 2015, SMLP acquired the assets comprising the Polar and Divide system from two subsidiaries of Summit Investments. SMLP accounted for the 2016 Drop Down and the Polar and Divide Drop Down on an "as-if pooled" basis because these transactions were executed by entities under common control. As such, SMLP's consolidated financial statements reflect Summit Investments' fair value purchase accounting, historical cost of construction, and the results of operations of (i) Summit Utica since December 2014, (ii) Meadowlark Midstream (which includes Niobrara G&P and certain crude oil and produced water pipelines reported as part of Polar & Divide) since February 2013, (iii) Tioga Midstream since April 2014, (iv) Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate since January 2014, and (v) Polar and Divide since February 2013, as if SMLP had owned and operated these assets during the common control period.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
As of September 30, 2016, Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owned a 40.6% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. As of September 30, 2016, an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owned an 8.2% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2016, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | |||||||
September 30, 2016 |
December 31, 2015 | ||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||
Assets |
|||||||
Current assets: |
|||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
7,597 |
$ |
21,793 |
|||
Accounts receivable |
52,448 |
89,581 |
|||||
Other current assets |
4,766 |
3,573 |
|||||
Total current assets |
64,811 |
114,947 |
|||||
Property, plant and equipment, net |
1,853,058 |
1,812,783 |
|||||
Intangible assets, net |
431,713 |
461,310 |
|||||
Investment in equity method investees |
705,845 |
751,168 |
|||||
Goodwill |
16,211 |
16,211 |
|||||
Other noncurrent assets |
8,439 |
8,253 |
|||||
Total assets |
$ |
3,080,077 |
$ |
3,164,672 |
|||
Liabilities and Partners' Capital |
|||||||
Current liabilities: |
|||||||
Trade accounts payable |
$ |
13,110 |
$ |
40,808 |
|||
Due to affiliate |
114 |
1,149 |
|||||
Deferred revenue |
— |
677 |
|||||
Ad valorem taxes payable |
9,413 |
10,271 |
|||||
Accrued interest |
7,733 |
17,483 |
|||||
Accrued environmental remediation |
7,954 |
7,900 |
|||||
Other current liabilities |
19,075 |
13,297 |
|||||
Total current liabilities |
57,399 |
91,585 |
|||||
Long-term debt |
1,224,919 |
1,267,270 |
|||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation |
538,543 |
— |
|||||
Deferred revenue |
49,042 |
45,486 |
|||||
Noncurrent accrued environmental remediation |
3,082 |
5,764 |
|||||
Other noncurrent liabilities |
7,692 |
7,268 |
|||||
Total liabilities |
1,880,677 |
1,417,373 |
|||||
Common limited partner capital |
1,158,343 |
744,977 |
|||||
Subordinated limited partner capital |
— |
213,631 |
|||||
General partner interests |
29,904 |
25,634 |
|||||
Noncontrolling interest |
11,153 |
— |
|||||
Summit Investments' equity in contributed subsidiaries |
— |
763,057 |
|||||
Total partners' capital |
1,199,400 |
1,747,299 |
|||||
Total liabilities and partners' capital |
$ |
3,080,077 |
$ |
3,164,672 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended September 30, |
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||
2016 |
2015 |
2016 |
2015 | ||||||||||||
(In thousands, except per-unit amounts) | |||||||||||||||
Revenues: |
|||||||||||||||
Gathering services and related fees |
$ |
80,296 |
$ |
101,574 |
$ |
234,583 |
$ |
239,768 |
|||||||
Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales |
9,578 |
8,710 |
25,747 |
33,290 |
|||||||||||
Other revenues |
5,199 |
4,917 |
14,949 |
15,084 |
|||||||||||
Total revenues |
95,073 |
115,201 |
275,279 |
288,142 |
|||||||||||
Costs and expenses: |
|||||||||||||||
Cost of natural gas and NGLs |
6,986 |
6,959 |
20,140 |
24,974 |
|||||||||||
Operation and maintenance |
23,059 |
24,660 |
72,311 |
71,044 |
|||||||||||
General and administrative |
12,368 |
10,829 |
38,123 |
34,060 |
|||||||||||
Transaction costs |
— |
322 |
1,296 |
1,254 |
|||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
27,979 |
26,396 |
83,670 |
77,945 |
|||||||||||
Environmental remediation |
— |
20,000 |
— |
20,000 |
|||||||||||
Loss (gain) on asset sales, net |
13 |
— |
24 |
(214) |
|||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment |
1,172 |
7,696 |
1,741 |
7,696 |
|||||||||||
Total costs and expenses |
71,577 |
96,862 |
217,305 |
236,759 |
|||||||||||
Other income |
51 |
1 |
92 |
2 |
|||||||||||
Interest expense |
(15,733) |
(14,360) |
(47,650) |
(44,863) |
|||||||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation expense |
(6,188) |
— |
(31,116) |
— |
|||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes and income (loss) from equity method investees |
1,626 |
3,980 |
(20,700) |
6,522 |
|||||||||||
Income tax benefit (expense) |
142 |
(199) |
(141) |
(366) |
|||||||||||
Income (loss) from equity method investees |
270 |
(240) |
(31,341) |
(7,494) |
|||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ |
2,038 |
$ |
3,541 |
$ |
(52,182) |
$ |
(1,338) |
|||||||
Less: |
|||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income attributable to Summit Investments |
— |
(20,063) |
2,745 |
(29,594) |
|||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest |
116 |
— |
(108) |
— |
|||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to SMLP |
1,922 |
23,604 |
(54,819) |
28,256 |
|||||||||||
Less net income (loss) attributable to general partner, including IDRs |
2,137 |
2,408 |
4,883 |
5,866 |
|||||||||||
Net (loss) income attributable to limited partners |
$ |
(215) |
$ |
21,196 |
$ |
(59,702) |
$ |
22,390 |
|||||||
(Loss) earnings per limited partner unit: |
|||||||||||||||
Common unit – basic |
$ |
0.00 |
$ |
0.32 |
$ |
(0.89) |
$ |
0.33 |
|||||||
Common unit – diluted |
$ |
0.00 |
$ |
0.32 |
$ |
(0.89) |
$ |
0.33 |
|||||||
Subordinated unit – basic and diluted |
$ |
0.32 |
$ |
0.40 |
|||||||||||
Weighted-average limited partner units outstanding: |
|||||||||||||||
Common units – basic |
67,844 |
41,974 |
66,978 |
38,258 |
|||||||||||
Common units – diluted |
67,844 |
42,147 |
66,978 |
38,387 |
|||||||||||
Subordinated units – basic and diluted |
24,410 |
24,410 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED OTHER FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended September 30, |
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||
2016 |
2015 |
2016 |
2015 | ||||||||||||
(Dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Other financial data: |
|||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ |
2,038 |
$ |
3,541 |
$ |
(52,182) |
$ |
(1,338) |
|||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
$ |
37,205 |
$ |
33,101 |
$ |
168,705 |
$ |
138,097 |
|||||||
Adjusted EBITDA (1) |
$ |
76,483 |
$ |
43,483 |
$ |
218,880 |
$ |
166,959 |
|||||||
Capital expenditures |
$ |
31,363 |
$ |
73,912 |
$ |
122,735 |
$ |
205,429 |
|||||||
Contributions to equity method investees |
$ |
4,512 |
$ |
9,979 |
$ |
20,157 |
$ |
74,375 |
|||||||
Acquisitions of gathering systems (2) |
$ |
— |
$ |
(4,323) |
$ |
866,858 |
$ |
288,618 |
|||||||
Distributable cash flow (1) |
$ |
55,568 |
$ |
26,566 |
$ |
158,104 |
$ |
114,183 |
|||||||
Distributions declared |
$ |
44,439 |
$ |
40,977 |
$ |
126,529 |
$ |
116,983 |
|||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (3) |
1.25x |
* |
* |
* |
|||||||||||
Operating data: |
|||||||||||||||
Aggregate average throughput – gas (MMcf/d) |
1,572 |
1,446 |
1,536 |
1,533 |
|||||||||||
Average throughput – liquids (Mbbl/d) |
92.2 |
68.2 |
91.0 |
61.5 |
* Not considered meaningful | ||||||
(1) Includes transaction costs. These unusual expenses are settled in cash. | ||||||
(2) Reflects cash and noncash consideration, including working capital and capital expenditure adjustments paid (received), to fund acquisitions and/or drop downs. | ||||||
(3) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended September 30, 2016 is based on distributions declared in respect of the third quarter of 2016. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. Due to the common control nature of drop down transactions and to the extent that common control existed during a given reporting period, our results are reported on an as-if pooled basis with no adjustment to past distributions declared. As such, we do not present year-to-date or prior-year distribution coverage ratios when a drop down, and its funding, impacts distributable cash flow. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF REPORTABLE SEGMENT ADJUSTED EBITDA | |||||||||||||||
TO ADJUSTED EBITDA | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended September 30, |
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||
2016 |
2015 |
2016 |
2015 | ||||||||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Reportable segment adjusted EBITDA (1): |
|||||||||||||||
Utica Shale (2) |
$ |
17,042 |
$ |
11,031 |
$ |
50,071 |
$ |
22,651 |
|||||||
Williston Basin |
21,815 |
(5,800) |
60,745 |
17,817 |
|||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
28,074 |
26,162 |
79,120 |
83,070 |
|||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
13,128 |
13,143 |
41,118 |
45,444 |
|||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
5,146 |
5,795 |
14,554 |
18,492 |
|||||||||||
Total |
85,205 |
50,331 |
245,608 |
187,474 |
|||||||||||
Less corporate expenses (3) |
8,722 |
6,848 |
26,728 |
20,515 |
|||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
76,483 |
$ |
43,483 |
$ |
218,880 |
$ |
166,959 |
(1) We define reportable segment adjusted EBITDA as total revenues less total costs and expenses; plus (i) other income excluding interest income, (ii) our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, (iii) depreciation and amortization, (iv) adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, (v) impairments and (vi) other noncash expenses or losses, less other noncash income or gains. | ||||||
(2) Includes our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA for Ohio Gathering. We define proportional adjusted EBITDA for our equity method investees as the product of (i) total revenues less total expenses, excluding impairments and other noncash income or expense items and (ii) amortization for deferred contract costs; multiplied by our ownership interest in Ohio Gathering during the respective period. | ||||||
(3) Corporate expenses represent those results that are not specifically attributable to a reportable segment or that have not been allocated to our reportable segments, including certain general and administrative expense items and transaction costs. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended September 30, |
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||
2016 |
2015 |
2016 |
2015 | ||||||||||||
(Dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Reconciliations of net income (loss) to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: |
|||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ |
2,038 |
$ |
3,541 |
$ |
(52,182) |
$ |
(1,338) |
|||||||
Add: |
|||||||||||||||
Interest expense |
15,733 |
14,360 |
47,650 |
44,863 |
|||||||||||
Income tax expense |
— |
199 |
141 |
366 |
|||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization (1) |
28,101 |
26,581 |
84,058 |
78,593 |
|||||||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (2) |
10,059 |
10,177 |
35,173 |
21,992 |
|||||||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (3) |
11,541 |
(21,354) |
33,818 |
1,914 |
|||||||||||
Unit-based and noncash compensation |
2,050 |
2,044 |
6,000 |
5,595 |
|||||||||||
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation expense (4) |
6,188 |
— |
31,116 |
— |
|||||||||||
Loss on asset sales |
34 |
— |
168 |
24 |
|||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment |
1,172 |
7,696 |
1,741 |
7,696 |
|||||||||||
Less: |
|||||||||||||||
Interest income |
— |
1 |
— |
2 |
|||||||||||
Income tax benefit |
142 |
— |
— |
— |
|||||||||||
Income (loss) from equity method investees |
270 |
(240) |
(31,341) |
(7,494) |
|||||||||||
Gain on asset sales |
21 |
— |
144 |
238 |
|||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA (5) |
$ |
76,483 |
$ |
43,483 |
$ |
218,880 |
$ |
166,959 |
|||||||
Add: |
|||||||||||||||
Cash interest received |
— |
1 |
— |
2 |
|||||||||||
Cash taxes received |
— |
— |
50 |
— |
|||||||||||
Less: |
|||||||||||||||
Cash interest paid |
25,753 |
23,972 |
57,217 |
54,303 |
|||||||||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (6) |
(9,750) |
(9,750) |
(9,750) |
(11,171) |
|||||||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures |
4,912 |
2,696 |
13,359 |
9,646 |
|||||||||||
Distributable cash flow (5) |
$ |
55,568 |
$ |
26,566 |
$ |
158,104 |
$ |
114,183 |
|||||||
Distributions declared |
$ |
44,439 |
$ |
40,977 |
$ |
126,529 |
$ |
116,983 |
|||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (7) |
1.25x |
* |
* |
* |
* Not considered meaningful | ||||||
(1) Includes amortization of favorable and unfavorable gas gathering contracts reported in other revenues. | ||||||
(2) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, based on a one-month lag. | ||||||
(3) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments account for (i) the net increases or decreases in deferred revenue for MVC shortfall payments and (ii) our inclusion of expected annual MVC shortfall payments. | ||||||
(4) Deferred Purchase Price Obligation expense represents the change in the present value of the deferred purchase price obligation. | ||||||
(5) Includes transaction costs. These unusual expenses are settled in cash. | ||||||
(6) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $300.0 million 7.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on January 1 and July 1 until maturity in July 2021. | ||||||
(7) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended September 30, 2016 is based on distributions declared in respect of the third quarter of 2016. Represents the ratio of distributable cash flow to distributions declared. Due to the common control nature of drop down transactions and to the extent that common control existed during a given reporting period, our results are reported on an as-if pooled basis with no adjustment to past distributions declared. As such, we do not present year-to-date or prior-year distribution coverage ratios when a drop down, and its funding, impacts distributable cash flow. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | |||||||
Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||
2016 |
2015 | ||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||
Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: |
|||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
$ |
168,705 |
$ |
138,097 |
|||
Add: |
|||||||
Interest expense, excluding deferred loan costs |
44,623 |
41,623 |
|||||
Income tax expense |
141 |
366 |
|||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities |
(29,441) |
(12,869) |
|||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (1) |
35,173 |
21,992 |
|||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (2) |
33,818 |
1,914 |
|||||
Less: |
|||||||
Distributions from equity method investees |
34,139 |
23,435 |
|||||
Interest income |
— |
2 |
|||||
Write-off of debt issuance costs |
— |
727 |
|||||
Adjusted EBITDA (3) |
$ |
218,880 |
$ |
166,959 |
|||
Add: |
|||||||
Cash interest received |
— |
2 |
|||||
Cash taxes received |
50 |
— |
|||||
Less: |
|||||||
Cash interest paid |
57,217 |
54,303 |
|||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (4) |
(9,750) |
(11,171) |
|||||
Maintenance capital expenditures |
13,359 |
9,646 |
|||||
Distributable cash flow (3) |
$ |
158,104 |
$ |
114,183 |
(1) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, based on a one-month lag. | |||||
(2) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments account for (i) the net increases or decreases in deferred revenue for MVC shortfall payments and (ii) our inclusion of expected annual MVC shortfall payments. | |||||
(3) Includes transaction costs. These unusual expenses are settled in cash. | |||||
(4) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $300.0 million 7.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on January 1 and July 1 until maturity in July 2021. |
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Oct. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, has declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.575 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $2.30 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended September 30, 2016. This quarterly distribution remains unchanged from the previous quarter and from the quarter ended September 30, 2015. This distribution will be paid on November 14, 2016, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on November 7, 2016.
This release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat one hundred percent (100.0%) of SMLP's distributions to foreign investors as being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. Accordingly, SMLP's distributions to foreign investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
As of September 30, 2016, Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owned a 40.6% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. As of September 30, 2016, an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owned an 8.2% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2016, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Oct. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that it will report financial results for the third quarter of 2016 on Thursday, November 3, 2016, after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, November 4, 2016, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 43651663. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until November 18, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 43651663#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
As of September 30, 2016, Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owned a 40.6% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. As of September 30, 2016, an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owned an 8.2% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2016, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Sept. 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that Matthew Harrison, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will attend the Deutsche Bank 24th Annual Leveraged Finance Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Tuesday, September 27, 2016. The related presentation materials associated with this event will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of the conference on September 27, 2016.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP currently provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
As of September 15, 2016, Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owned a 40.6% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. As of September 15, 2016, an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owned an 8.2% limited partner interest in SMLP.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Sept. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) today announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 5,500,000 common units representing limited partner interests in SMLP at a public offering price of $23.20 per common unit. The underwriter has been granted a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 825,000 common units, less the underwriting discount. The offering is scheduled to close on September 9, 2016, subject to customary closing conditions.
SMLP intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to repay borrowings under its revolving credit facility.
Goldman, Sachs & Co. is acting as underwriter for the offering.
When available, copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained free of charge on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov or from the underwriter of the offering as follows:
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Attention: Prospectus Department
200 West Street
New York, NY 10282
(866) 471-2526
prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com
The common units are being offered and will be sold pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement that was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described above, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2016, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Sept. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of 5,500,000 common units representing limited partner interests in SMLP pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The underwriter will be granted a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 825,000 common units.
SMLP intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to repay borrowings under its revolving credit facility.
Goldman, Sachs & Co. is acting as underwriter for the offering. When available, copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained free of charge on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov or from the underwriter of the offering as follows:
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Attention: Prospectus Department
200 West Street
New York, NY 10282
(866) 471-2526
prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com
The common units are being offered and will be sold pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement that was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described above, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2016, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Aug. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today its financial and operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016. SMLP reported a net loss of $50.6 million for the second quarter of 2016 compared to a net loss of $2.4 million for the prior year period, primarily due to (i) a loss from equity method investees of $34.5 million related to a $37.8 million impairment charge, net to SMLP, associated with Ohio Gathering's 23 thousand barrel per day ("Mbbl/d") condensate stabilization facility, and (ii) $17.5 million of non-cash accretion expense related to the deferred purchase price obligation associated with the 2016 Drop Down transaction. Net cash provided by operations totaled $64.7 million in the second quarter of 2016, compared to $57.3 million in the prior year period. Adjusted EBITDA totaled $72.4 million and adjusted distributable cash flow totaled $51.1 million for the second quarter of 2016 compared to $61.9 million and $45.7 million, respectively, for the prior year period.
Natural gas volume throughput averaged 1,512 million cubic feet per day ("MMcf/d") in the second quarter of 2016, a decrease of 2.5% compared to 1,550 MMcf/d in the prior year period, and a decrease of 0.7% compared to 1,523 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2016. Crude oil and produced water volume throughput in the second quarter of 2016 averaged 86.0 Mbbl/d, an increase of 36.7% compared to 62.9 Mbbl/d in the prior year period, and a decrease of 9.5% compared to 95.0 Mbbl/d in the first quarter of 2016. All volume throughput metrics exclude SMLP's proportionate share of volume throughput from Ohio Gathering.
Steve Newby, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "SMLP reported another quarter of strong financial and operating results which were largely driven by sequential quarterly volume throughput growth across our Utica Shale gathering systems, together with continued progress on reducing expenses across each of our operating platforms. Volume throughput on our wholly owned Summit Utica system increased by 26.5% over the first quarter of 2016 due to volume tailwinds from eight wells that were completed in the middle of the first quarter of 2016, and two new wells that were connected and began flowing late in the second quarter. As expected, we saw flattening sequential quarterly volume growth on the Ohio Gathering system which increased by 5.5% over the first quarter of 2016. Given our exposure to a vast acreage position spanning the condensate, liquids-rich, and dry gas windows of the Utica Shale, we continue to be optimistic about our prospects for continued volume and segment adjusted EBITDA growth from these assets. Overall, the assets included in the 2016 Drop Down transaction, which include our Utica, DJ, and additional Williston gathering systems, continue to perform in-line with the expectations we laid out at the time of the drop down.
Our Piceance, Barnett, Williston, and Marcellus assets are performing ahead of our prior expectations in the current commodity price environment and are benefiting from our fixed-fee business model and high level of long-term contractual underpinning in the form of minimum volume commitments. These minimum volume commitments are performing as designed, providing SMLP with a high degree of cash flow stability during a period when challenging commodity prices are resulting in lower drilling activity and causing volumes from certain of our customers to decline or growth to slow.
Given the year-to-date operating and financial performance of our assets, which are performing in-line with our expectations, we are increasing the midpoint of our 2016 adjusted EBITDA guidance by 2% to $280.0 million. Our strong financial performance has also resulted in a distribution coverage ratio of 1.25x for the second quarter of 2016; for the first six months of 2016, our distribution coverage ratio was 1.27x. As a result, we now expect our 2016 distribution coverage ratio will range from 1.15x to 1.25x in 2016 compared to prior guidance of 1.10x to 1.20x."
SMLP reported a net loss of $54.2 million for the first six months of 2016 compared to a net loss of $4.9 million for the prior year period. Net cash provided by operations totaled $131.5 million in the first six months of 2016, compared to $105.0 million in the prior year period. SMLP reported adjusted EBITDA of $142.4 million and adjusted distributable cash flow of $103.8 million compared to $123.5 million and $88.7 million, respectively, for the prior year period. Natural gas volume throughput averaged 1,518 MMcf/d for the first six months of 2016 compared to 1,577 MMcf/d in the prior year period. Crude oil and produced water volume throughput averaged 90.5 Mbbl/d in the first six months of 2016 compared to 58.1 Mbbl/d in the prior year period.
SMLP's financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 and the three months ended June 30, 2015 include the historical financial results from (i) its May 2015 acquisition from Summit Investments of the Polar and Divide system (the "Polar and Divide Drop Down"), and (ii) its March 2016 acquisition from Summit Investments of substantially all of (a) Summit Utica, Meadowlark Midstream and Tioga Midstream, and (b) Summit Investments' 40.0% ownership interest in each of Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate (collectively, "Ohio Gathering") (the "2016 Drop Down"). Because of the common control aspects of the acquired assets, the Polar and Divide Drop Down and the 2016 Drop Down were each deemed a transaction between entities under common control and, as such, have been accounted for on an "as-if pooled" basis for all periods in which common control existed.
Second Quarter 2016 Segment Results
Utica Shale
The Utica Shale reportable segment includes our ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, a natural gas gathering system in service and under development spanning the condensate, liquids-rich and dry gas windows of the Utica Shale in Harrison, Guernsey, Noble, Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio. Ohio Gathering also includes our ownership interest in Ohio Condensate, a 23 Mbbl/d condensate stabilization facility located in Harrison County, Ohio. Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Utica Shale includes our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA from Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag.
The Utica Shale reportable segment also includes Summit Utica, our wholly owned natural gas gathering system currently in service and under development in Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio. Summit Utica gathers and delivers dry natural gas to interconnections with a third-party intrastate pipeline.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2016 totaled $17.5 million, up 172% from $6.4 million in the prior year period, primarily due to higher volume throughput across the Ohio Gathering and Summit Utica systems. Volume throughput on the Ohio Gathering system averaged 937 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2016 compared to 526 MMcf/d in the prior year period and 888 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2016. Volume throughput on the Summit Utica system averaged 167 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2016 compared to 16 MMcf/d in the prior year period and 132 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2016. Volume throughput for the second quarter of 2016 increased due to our continued buildout of the Summit Utica gathering system and our connection of eight new wells midway through the first quarter of 2016 and two new wells late in the second quarter of 2016. SMLP expects to complete the third dehydration station on the Summit Utica system in the third quarter of 2016, and we expect to see an immediate increase in volumes related to this facility. We also expect to add compression capacity to these dehydration stations, as needed, over the next several years, offering our customers an incremental service, with associated fees.
Williston Basin
The Bison Midstream, Polar and Divide, and Tioga Midstream systems provide our midstream services for the Williston Basin reportable segment. Bison Midstream gathers associated natural gas from pad sites located in Mountrail and Burke counties in North Dakota and delivers to third-party pipelines serving a third-party processing plant in Channahon, Illinois. The Polar and Divide system gathers crude oil from pad sites located in Williams and Divide counties in North Dakota and delivers to the COLT and Basin Transload rail terminals, as well as third-party pipeline infrastructure. SMLP is evaluating additional projects to enhance the interconnectivity of our Polar and Divide crude oil gathering system by adding new delivery points with new long-haul pipelines serving the basin. The Polar and Divide system also gathers and delivers produced water to various third-party disposal wells in the region. Tioga Midstream is a crude oil, produced water, and associated natural gas gathering system in Williams County, North Dakota. All crude oil and natural gas gathered on the Tioga Midstream system is delivered to third-party pipelines, and all produced water is delivered to third-party disposal wells.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Williston Basin segment totaled $19.2 million for the second quarter of 2016, up 52.0% from the prior year period, primarily due to higher liquids and natural gas volumes, together with the commencement of the Stampede Lateral which was placed into service in the first half of 2016.
Liquids volumes averaged 86.0 Mbbl/d in the second quarter of 2016, an increase of 36.7% over the prior year period and a decrease of 9.5% compared to the first quarter of 2016. Liquids volumes were positively impacted by producers completing new drilled but uncompleted ("DUC") wells across our gathering footprint in late 2015 and into 2016, together with the connection of pad sites that were previously served by third-party trucks. Volume declines in the second quarter of 2016, relative to the first quarter of 2016, were impacted by customers shutting in existing production from nearby pad sites while completion activities occurred on more than 20 DUCs behind our gathering system. We expect our customers to turn these DUCs to sales in the second half of 2016 and to continue their ongoing completion of DUCs in our area throughout the balance of 2016.
Compared to the second quarter of 2015, associated natural gas volumes increased 4.3% to 24 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2016, which was driven by increased volumes associated with the development of the Tioga Midstream system throughout 2015 and into the first half of 2016. Segment adjusted EBITDA growth in the second quarter of 2016, relative to the prior year period, was partially offset by lower margins associated with a percent-of-proceeds contract on the Bison Midstream system.
Piceance/DJ Basins
The Grand River and the Niobrara G&P systems provide our midstream services for the Piceance/DJ Basins reportable segment. These systems provide natural gas gathering and processing services for producers operating in the Piceance Basin located in western Colorado and eastern Utah and in the Denver-Julesburg ("DJ") Basin located in northeastern Colorado.
Segment adjusted EBITDA totaled $26.2 million for the second quarter of 2016, down 7.0% from the prior year period. Second quarter 2016 volume throughput averaged 564 MMcf/d, a decrease of 8.0% from 613 MMcf/d in the prior year period and a decrease of 1.4% from the first quarter of 2016, primarily as a result of our anchor customer's continued suspension of drilling activities in the basin and the resulting natural declines from existing production. The impact of these volume declines was partially offset by higher minimum volume commitment ("MVC") shortfall payment adjustments associated with certain of our customers' gas gathering agreements. Lower commodity prices in the second quarter of 2016, compared to the prior year period, also negatively impacted the margins we earned from our Grand River percent-of-proceeds contracts and condensate revenue.
New customers have recently acquired acreage positions in the Piceance and DJ basins. We have already begun to see, and we expect to continue to see, these new customers, who are well capitalized and focused exclusively on these basins, increase drilling activity in the near term, relative to the last twelve months.
Barnett Shale
The DFW Midstream system provides our midstream services for the Barnett Shale reportable segment. This system gathers and delivers low-pressure natural gas received from pad sites, primarily located in southeastern Tarrant County, Texas, to downstream intrastate pipelines serving various natural gas hubs in the region.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Barnett Shale segment totaled $13.9 million for the second quarter of 2016, down 10.5% from the prior year period primarily due to 4.2% lower volume throughput. Volume throughput of 341 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2016 was flat with the first quarter of 2016 due to the commissioning of an 11-well pad site during the quarter which offset the natural declines from existing production across the system. A customer on the DFW Midstream system has another six recently drilled wells on an existing pad site in our service area, which we expect to begin producing in the fourth quarter of 2016.
Marcellus Shale
The Mountaineer Midstream system provides our midstream services for the Marcellus Shale reportable segment. This system gathers high-pressure natural gas received from upstream pipeline interconnections with Antero Midstream Partners, LP and Crestwood Equity Partners LP. Natural gas on the Mountaineer Midstream system is delivered to the Sherwood Processing Complex located in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Marcellus Shale segment totaled $4.8 million for the second quarter of 2016, down 22.0% from the prior year period. Volume throughput for this segment averaged 416 MMcf/d in the second quarter of 2016, a 23.2% decrease from 542 MMcf/d in the prior year period and an 8.2% decrease from 453 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2016. Lower volumes in the second quarter of 2016 resulted from our customer's decision to defer the completion of an estimated 50 Marcellus wells (32 identified behind the Mountaineer Midstream system) since 2015. We expect our customer will continue to defer the completion of approximately 22 of the 32 identified wells until 2017. Volume throughput during the second quarter of 2016 was also impacted by approximately 20 MMcf/d due to operational downtime at the Sherwood Processing Complex which limited the amount of natural gas we could deliver for a period of time during the quarter. The facility was fully operational in early July 2016 and volume throughput on the Mountaineer system resumed flowing at levels commensurate with levels we experienced prior to the downtime.
The following table presents average daily throughput by reportable segment:
Three months ended June 30, |
Six months ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 |
2015 |
2016 |
2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (1): |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale (2) |
167 |
16 |
150 |
14 |
||||||||||||||||||||
Williston Basin |
24 |
23 |
24 |
22 |
||||||||||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
564 |
613 |
568 |
617 |
||||||||||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
341 |
356 |
341 |
379 |
||||||||||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
416 |
542 |
435 |
545 |
||||||||||||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput |
1,512 |
1,550 |
1,518 |
1,577 |
||||||||||||||||||||
Average daily throughput (Mbbl/d) (1): |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Williston Basin |
86.0 |
62.9 |
90.5 |
58.1 |
||||||||||||||||||||
Aggregate average daily throughput |
86.0 |
62.9 |
90.5 |
58.1 |
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(1) |
Prior periods have been recast to include the incremental historical volumes from the 2016 Drop Down. |
(2) |
Exclusive of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering. |
MVC Shortfall Payments
SMLP billed its customers $5.4 million in the second quarter of 2016 because those customers did not meet their MVCs. For those customers that do not have credit banking mechanisms in their gathering agreements, or have no ability to use MVC shortfall payments as credits, the MVC shortfall payments from these customers are accounted for as gathering revenue in the period that they are earned.
For the second quarter of 2016, SMLP recognized $4.9 million of gathering revenue associated with MVC shortfall payments from certain customers in the Marcellus Shale, Piceance/DJ Basins, and Barnett Shale reportable segments. MVC shortfall payment adjustments in the second quarter of 2016 totaled $11.1 million and included $0.6 million of deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments and $10.6 million related to MVC shortfall payment adjustments from certain customers in the Piceance/DJ Basins, Williston Basin, and Barnett Shale reportable segments.
The net impact of SMLP's MVC shortfall payment mechanisms increased adjusted EBITDA by $16.0 million in the second quarter of 2016.
Three months ended June 30, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
MVC billings |
Gathering revenue |
Adjustments to MVC shortfall payments |
Net impact to adjusted EBITDA | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: |
||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
||||||||
Williston Basin |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
3,999 |
2,762 |
1,237 |
3,999 |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
— |
677 |
(677) |
— |
||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
Total net change |
$ |
3,999 |
$ |
3,439 |
$ |
560 |
$ |
3,999 |
||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: |
||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
||||||||
Williston Basin |
— |
— |
4,261 |
4,261 |
||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
281 |
281 |
6,219 |
6,500 |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
244 |
244 |
95 |
339 |
||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
923 |
923 |
— |
923 |
||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments |
$ |
1,448 |
$ |
1,448 |
$ |
10,575 |
$ |
12,023 |
||||||||
Total |
$ |
5,447 |
$ |
4,887 |
$ |
11,135 |
$ |
16,022 |
Six months ended June 30, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
MVC billings |
Gathering revenue |
Adjustments to MVC shortfall payments |
Net impact to adjusted EBITDA | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: |
||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
||||||||
Williston Basin |
235 |
— |
235 |
235 |
||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
7,959 |
5,484 |
2,475 |
7,959 |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
— |
677 |
(677) |
— |
||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
Total net change |
$ |
8,194 |
$ |
6,161 |
$ |
2,033 |
$ |
8,194 |
||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: |
||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
||||||||
Williston Basin |
— |
— |
7,562 |
7,562 |
||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
565 |
565 |
12,498 |
13,063 |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
508 |
508 |
184 |
692 |
||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
1,719 |
1,719 |
— |
1,719 |
||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments |
$ |
2,792 |
$ |
2,792 |
$ |
20,244 |
$ |
23,036 |
||||||||
Total |
$ |
10,986 |
$ |
8,953 |
$ |
22,277 |
$ |
31,230 |
Capital Expenditures
SMLP recorded total capital expenditures of $30.0 million in the second quarter of 2016, including approximately $5.3 million of maintenance capital expenditures. Development activities during the second quarter of 2016 were primarily related to the ongoing expansion of our wholly owned Summit Utica natural gas gathering system as well as the continued development of certain pipeline and compression expansion projects in the Williston and Piceance/DJ basins.
Capital & Liquidity
As of June 30, 2016, SMLP had $529.0 million of available borrowing capacity under its $1.25 billion revolving credit facility, subject to covenant limits. Based upon the terms of SMLP's revolving credit facility and total outstanding debt of $1.32 billion, total leverage (as defined in the credit agreement) as of June 30, 2016 was 4.50 to 1.0.
Through December 31, 2016, the upper limit of SMLP's total leverage ratio is 5.50 to 1.0. The total leverage ratio upper limit can be permanently increased from 5.00 to 1.0 to 5.50 to 1.0 any time, at SMLP's option, subject to the inclusion of a senior secured leverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) upper limit of 3.75x.
Deferred Purchase Price Obligation
The consideration for the 2016 Drop Down consisted of (i) an initial $360.0 million cash payment (the "Initial Payment") which was funded on March 3, 2016 with borrowings under SMLP's revolving credit facility and (ii) a deferred payment which will be paid no later than December 31, 2020 (the "Deferred Purchase Price Obligation" or the "Deferred Payment," as defined below). At the discretion of the board of directors of SMLP's general partner, the Deferred Payment can be made in either cash or SMLP common units, or a combination thereof.
The Deferred Payment will be equal to: (a) six-and-one-half (6.5) multiplied by the average adjusted EBITDA of the 2016 Drop Down Assets for 2018 and 2019; less (b) the Initial Payment; less (c) all capital expenditures incurred for the 2016 Drop Down Assets between March 1, 2016 and December 31, 2019; plus (d) all adjusted EBITDA from the 2016 Drop Down Assets between March 1, 2016 and December 31, 2019. SMLP currently estimates that the Deferred Payment will be approximately $800.0 million to $900.0 million.
2016 SMLP Financial Guidance
SMLP revised its 2016 adjusted EBITDA guidance from a previous range of $260.0 million to $290.0 million to a new range of $270.0 million to $290.0 million. SMLP is reaffirming its capex guidance of $150.0 million to $200.0 million, including maintenance capex of $15.0 million to $20.0 million. SMLP's 2016 capex guidance also reflects the inclusion of our contributions to equity method investees. SMLP expects to report an average full year 2016 distribution coverage ratio of 1.15x to 1.25x.
Quarterly Distribution
On July 21, 2016, the board of directors of SMLP's general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.575 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $2.30 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended June 30, 2016. This distribution will be paid on August 12, 2016, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on August 5, 2016. This distribution represents an increase of $0.005 per unit, or 0.9%, over the distribution paid in respect of the second quarter of 2015 and is flat to the $0.575 per unit distribution paid in respect of the first quarter of 2016.
Second Quarter 2016 Earnings Call Information
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, August 5, 2016, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 43028964. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until August 19, 2016, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 43028964#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
Upcoming Investor Conference
Members of SMLP's senior management team will participate in the 2016 Citi One-on-One MLP/Midstream Infrastructure Conference being held in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 17, 2016 and August 18, 2016. The presentation materials associated with this event will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of the conference.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We report financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). We also present EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, distributable cash flow and adjusted distributable cash flow. We define EBITDA as net income or loss, plus interest expense, income tax expense, and depreciation and amortization, less interest income and income tax benefit. We define adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA plus our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, deferred purchase price obligation expense, impairments and other noncash expenses or losses, less income (loss) from equity method investees and other noncash income or gains. We define distributable cash flow as adjusted EBITDA plus cash interest received and cash taxes received, less cash interest paid, senior notes interest adjustment, cash taxes paid and maintenance capital expenditures. Our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may differ from the definitions of similar measures used by other companies. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating our financial performance. Furthermore, management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures may provide users with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods as they are expected to be reflective of our core ongoing business. These measures have limitations, and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures are attached to this release.
Comparability Related to Drop Down Transactions
With respect to drop down transactions, SMLP's historical results of operations may not be comparable to its future results of operations. In March 2016, SMLP acquired substantially all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Summit Utica, Meadowlark Midstream and Tioga Midstream from Summit Investments, as well as substantially all of Summit Investments' 40% equity interest in each of Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate. In May 2015, SMLP acquired the assets comprising the Polar and Divide system from two subsidiaries of Summit Investments. SMLP accounted for the 2016 Drop Down and the Polar and Divide Drop Down on an "as-if pooled" basis because these transactions were executed by entities under common control. As such, SMLP's consolidated financial statements reflect Summit Investments' fair value purchase accounting, historical cost of construction, and the results of operations of (i) Summit Utica since December 2014, (ii) Meadowlark Midstream (which includes Niobrara G&P and certain crude oil and produced water pipelines reported as part of Polar & Divide) since February 2013, (iii) Tioga Midstream since April 2014, (iv) Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate since January 2014, and (v) Polar and Divide since February 2013, as if SMLP had owned and operated these assets during the common control period.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
As of June 30, 2016, Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owned a 44.8% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. As of June 30, 2016, an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owned an 8.9% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2016, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | |||||||
June 30, 2016 |
December 31, 2015 | ||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||
Assets |
|||||||
Current assets: |
|||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
6,743 |
$ |
21,793 |
|||
Accounts receivable |
48,305 |
89,581 |
|||||
Other current assets |
2,138 |
3,573 |
|||||
Total current assets |
57,186 |
114,947 |
|||||
Property, plant and equipment, net |
1,846,147 |
1,812,783 |
|||||
Intangible assets, net |
441,961 |
461,310 |
|||||
Investment in equity method investees |
711,021 |
751,168 |
|||||
Goodwill |
16,211 |
16,211 |
|||||
Other noncurrent assets |
8,748 |
8,253 |
|||||
Total assets |
$ |
3,081,274 |
$ |
3,164,672 |
|||
Liabilities and Partners' Capital |
|||||||
Current liabilities: |
|||||||
Trade accounts payable |
$ |
21,597 |
$ |
40,808 |
|||
Due to affiliate |
183 |
1,149 |
|||||
Deferred revenue |
— |
677 |
|||||
Ad valorem taxes payable |
7,658 |
10,271 |
|||||
Accrued interest |
17,483 |
17,483 |
|||||
Accrued environmental remediation |
8,026 |
7,900 |
|||||
Other current liabilities |
13,781 |
13,297 |
|||||
Total current liabilities |
68,728 |
91,585 |
|||||
Long-term debt |
1,312,539 |
1,267,270 |
|||||
Deferred purchase price obligation |
532,355 |
— |
|||||
Deferred revenue |
48,196 |
45,486 |
|||||
Noncurrent accrued environmental remediation |
3,886 |
5,764 |
|||||
Other noncurrent liabilities |
8,031 |
7,268 |
|||||
Total liabilities |
1,973,735 |
1,417,373 |
|||||
Common limited partner capital |
1,068,680 |
744,977 |
|||||
Subordinated limited partner capital |
— |
213,631 |
|||||
General partner interests |
27,822 |
25,634 |
|||||
Noncontrolling interest |
11,037 |
— |
|||||
Summit Investments' equity in contributed subsidiaries |
— |
763,057 |
|||||
Total partners' capital |
1,107,539 |
1,747,299 |
|||||
Total liabilities and partners' capital |
$ |
3,081,274 |
$ |
3,164,672 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended June 30, |
Six months ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
2016 |
2015 |
2016 |
2015 | ||||||||||||
(In thousands, except per-unit amounts) | |||||||||||||||
Revenues: |
|||||||||||||||
Gathering services and related fees |
$ |
76,187 |
$ |
69,754 |
$ |
154,287 |
$ |
138,194 |
|||||||
Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales |
8,581 |
11,967 |
16,169 |
24,580 |
|||||||||||
Other revenues |
4,867 |
5,133 |
9,750 |
10,167 |
|||||||||||
Total revenues |
89,635 |
86,854 |
180,206 |
172,941 |
|||||||||||
Costs and expenses: |
|||||||||||||||
Cost of natural gas and NGLs |
6,864 |
8,574 |
13,154 |
18,015 |
|||||||||||
Operation and maintenance |
23,410 |
23,595 |
49,252 |
46,385 |
|||||||||||
General and administrative |
12,876 |
11,632 |
25,755 |
23,231 |
|||||||||||
Transaction costs |
122 |
822 |
1,296 |
932 |
|||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
27,963 |
26,019 |
55,691 |
51,549 |
|||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment |
569 |
— |
569 |
— |
|||||||||||
Loss (gain) on asset sales, net |
74 |
(214) |
11 |
(214) |
|||||||||||
Total costs and expenses |
71,878 |
70,428 |
145,728 |
139,898 |
|||||||||||
Other income |
19 |
— |
41 |
1 |
|||||||||||
Interest expense |
(16,035) |
(15,599) |
(31,917) |
(30,503) |
|||||||||||
Deferred purchase price obligation expense |
(17,465) |
— |
(24,928) |
— |
|||||||||||
(Loss) income before income taxes |
(15,724) |
827 |
(22,326) |
2,541 |
|||||||||||
Income tax benefit (expense) |
(360) |
263 |
(283) |
(167) |
|||||||||||
Loss from equity method investees |
(34,471) |
(3,486) |
(31,611) |
(7,254) |
|||||||||||
Net loss |
$ |
(50,555) |
$ |
(2,396) |
$ |
(54,220) |
$ |
(4,880) |
|||||||
Less: |
|||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to Summit Investments |
— |
(5,381) |
2,745 |
(9,532) |
|||||||||||
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest |
(268) |
— |
(224) |
— |
|||||||||||
Net (loss) income attributable to SMLP |
(50,287) |
2,985 |
(56,741) |
4,652 |
|||||||||||
Less net (loss) income attributable to general partner, including IDRs |
935 |
1,891 |
2,746 |
3,459 |
|||||||||||
Net (loss) income attributable to limited partners |
$ |
(51,222) |
$ |
1,094 |
$ |
(59,487) |
$ |
1,193 |
|||||||
(Loss) earnings per limited partner unit: |
|||||||||||||||
Common unit – basic |
$ |
(0.77) |
$ |
0.05 |
$ |
(0.89) |
$ |
0.04 |
|||||||
Common unit – diluted |
$ |
(0.77) |
$ |
0.05 |
$ |
(0.89) |
$ |
0.04 |
|||||||
Subordinated unit – basic and diluted |
$ |
(0.03) |
$ |
(0.01) |
|||||||||||
Weighted-average limited partner units outstanding: |
|||||||||||||||
Common unit – basic |
66,587 |
38,278 |
66,540 |
36,369 |
|||||||||||
Common unit – diluted |
66,587 |
38,461 |
66,540 |
36,477 |
|||||||||||
Subordinated unit – basic and diluted |
24,410 |
24,410 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED OTHER FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended June 30, |
Six months ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
2016 |
2015 |
2016 |
2015 | ||||||||||||
(Dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Other financial data: |
|||||||||||||||
EBITDA (1) |
$ |
(6,068) |
$ |
39,171 |
$ |
33,937 |
$ |
77,801 |
|||||||
Adjusted EBITDA (1) |
$ |
72,365 |
$ |
61,918 |
$ |
142,396 |
$ |
123,476 |
|||||||
Capital expenditures |
$ |
30,046 |
$ |
82,047 |
$ |
91,372 |
$ |
131,517 |
|||||||
Contributions to equity method investees |
$ |
— |
$ |
36,566 |
$ |
15,645 |
$ |
64,396 |
|||||||
Acquisitions of gathering systems (2) |
$ |
(569) |
$ |
290,000 |
$ |
866,858 |
$ |
292,941 |
|||||||
Distributable cash flow (1) |
$ |
51,024 |
$ |
44,857 |
$ |
102,535 |
$ |
87,617 |
|||||||
Adjusted distributable cash flow |
$ |
51,146 |
$ |
45,679 |
$ |
103,831 |
$ |
88,652 |
|||||||
Distributions declared |
$ |
41,045 |
$ |
40,479 |
$ |
82,090 |
$ |
76,005 |
|||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (3) |
1.25x |
* |
* |
* |
|||||||||||
Operating data: |
|||||||||||||||
Aggregate average throughput – gas (MMcf/d) |
1,512 |
1,550 |
1,518 |
1,577 |
|||||||||||
Average throughput – liquids (Mbbl/d) |
86.0 |
62.9 |
90.5 |
58.1 |
__________
* Not considered meaningful | |
(1) Includes transaction costs. These unusual expenses are settled in cash. | |
(2) Reflects consideration paid and recognized, including working capital and capital expenditure adjustments paid (received), to fund acquisitions and/or drop downs. | |
(3) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended June 30, 2016 is based on distributions in respect of the second quarter of 2016. Represents the ratio of adjusted distributable cash flow to distributions declared. Due to the common control nature of drop down transactions and to the extent that common control existed during a given reporting period, our results are reported on an as-if pooled basis with no adjustment to distributions declared. As such, we only present the current quarter's distribution coverage ratio when a drop down, and its funding, impacts adjusted distributable cash flow and distributions declared. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF REPORTABLE SEGMENT ADJUSTED EBITDA | |||||||||||||||
TO ADJUSTED EBITDA | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended June 30, |
Six months ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
2016 |
2015 |
2016 |
2015 | ||||||||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Reportable segment adjusted EBITDA: |
|||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
17,452 |
$ |
6,414 |
$ |
33,029 |
$ |
11,621 |
|||||||
Williston Basin |
19,209 |
12,638 |
38,929 |
23,615 |
|||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
26,231 |
28,207 |
51,046 |
56,909 |
|||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
13,913 |
15,540 |
27,990 |
32,301 |
|||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
4,807 |
6,162 |
9,408 |
12,696 |
|||||||||||
Total |
81,612 |
68,961 |
160,402 |
137,142 |
|||||||||||
Less allocated corporate expenses |
9,247 |
7,043 |
18,006 |
13,666 |
|||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
72,365 |
$ |
61,918 |
$ |
142,396 |
$ |
123,476 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended June 30, |
Six months ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
2016 |
2015 |
2016 |
2015 | ||||||||||||
(Dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Reconciliations of Net Loss to EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Distributable Cash Flow and Adjusted Distributable Cash Flow: |
|||||||||||||||
Net loss |
$ |
(50,555) |
$ |
(2,396) |
$ |
(54,220) |
$ |
(4,880) |
|||||||
Add: |
|||||||||||||||
Interest expense |
16,035 |
15,599 |
31,917 |
30,503 |
|||||||||||
Income tax expense |
360 |
— |
283 |
167 |
|||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization (1) |
28,092 |
26,231 |
55,957 |
52,012 |
|||||||||||
Less: |
|||||||||||||||
Interest income |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
|||||||||||
Income tax benefit |
— |
263 |
— |
— |
|||||||||||
EBITDA |
$ |
(6,068) |
$ |
39,171 |
$ |
33,937 |
$ |
77,801 |
|||||||
Add: |
|||||||||||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (2) |
12,725 |
6,552 |
25,113 |
11,816 |
|||||||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (3) |
11,135 |
10,935 |
22,277 |
23,268 |
|||||||||||
Unit-based and noncash compensation |
1,994 |
1,988 |
3,950 |
3,551 |
|||||||||||
Deferred purchase price obligation expense |
17,465 |
— |
24,928 |
— |
|||||||||||
Loss on asset sales |
77 |
24 |
134 |
24 |
|||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment |
569 |
— |
569 |
— |
|||||||||||
Less: |
|||||||||||||||
Loss from equity method investees |
(34,471) |
(3,486) |
(31,611) |
(7,254) |
|||||||||||
Gain on asset sales |
3 |
238 |
123 |
238 |
|||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
72,365 |
$ |
61,918 |
$ |
142,396 |
$ |
123,476 |
|||||||
Add: |
|||||||||||||||
Cash interest received |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
|||||||||||
Cash taxes received |
— |
— |
50 |
— |
|||||||||||
Less: |
|||||||||||||||
Cash interest paid |
6,300 |
4,867 |
31,464 |
30,331 |
|||||||||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (4) |
9,750 |
9,750 |
— |
(1,421) |
|||||||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures |
5,291 |
2,444 |
8,447 |
6,950 |
|||||||||||
Distributable cash flow |
$ |
51,024 |
$ |
44,857 |
$ |
102,535 |
$ |
87,617 |
|||||||
Add: |
|||||||||||||||
Transaction costs |
122 |
822 |
1,296 |
932 |
|||||||||||
Regulatory compliance costs (5) |
— |
— |
— |
103 |
|||||||||||
Adjusted distributable cash flow |
$ |
51,146 |
$ |
45,679 |
$ |
103,831 |
$ |
88,652 |
|||||||
Distributions declared |
$ |
41,045 |
$ |
40,479 |
$ |
82,090 |
$ |
76,005 |
|||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (6) |
1.25x |
* |
* |
* |
__________
* Not considered meaningful |
(1) Includes amortization of favorable and unfavorable gas gathering contracts reported in other revenues. |
(2) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, based on a one-month lag. |
(3) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments account for (i) the net increases or decreases in deferred revenue for MVC shortfall payments and (ii) our inclusion of expected annual MVC shortfall payments. |
(4) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $300.0 million 7.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on January 1 and July 1 until maturity in July 2021. |
(5) We incurred expenses associated with our adoption of the 2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission ("COSO 2013"). These first-year COSO 2013 expenses are not expected to be incurred subsequent to completion of the 2014 integrated audit. |
(6) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended June 30, 2016 is based on distributions in respect of the second quarter of 2016. Represents the ratio of adjusted distributable cash flow to distributions declared. Due to the common control nature of drop down transactions and to the extent that common control existed during a given reporting period, our results are reported on an as-if pooled basis with no adjustment to distributions declared. As such, we only present the current quarter's distribution coverage ratio when a drop down, and its funding, impacts adjusted distributable cash flow and distributions declared. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | |||||||
Six months ended June 30, | |||||||
2016 |
2015 | ||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||
Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow: |
|||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
$ |
131,500 |
$ |
104,996 |
|||
Add: |
|||||||
Loss from equity method investees |
(31,611) |
(7,254) |
|||||
Interest expense, excluding deferred loan costs |
29,970 |
28,307 |
|||||
Income tax expense |
283 |
167 |
|||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities |
(42,566) |
(30,481) |
|||||
Gain on asset sales |
123 |
238 |
|||||
Less: |
|||||||
Unit-based and noncash compensation |
3,950 |
3,551 |
|||||
Distributions from equity method investees |
24,181 |
13,869 |
|||||
Deferred purchase price obligation expense |
24,928 |
— |
|||||
Interest income |
— |
1 |
|||||
Loss on asset sales |
134 |
24 |
|||||
Long-lived asset impairment |
569 |
— |
|||||
Write-off of debt issuance costs |
— |
727 |
|||||
EBITDA |
$ |
33,937 |
$ |
77,801 |
|||
Add: |
|||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (1) |
25,113 |
11,816 |
|||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (2) |
22,277 |
23,268 |
|||||
Unit-based and noncash compensation |
3,950 |
3,551 |
|||||
Deferred purchase price obligation expense |
24,928 |
— |
|||||
Loss on asset sales |
134 |
24 |
|||||
Long-lived asset impairment |
569 |
— |
|||||
Less: |
|||||||
Loss from equity method investees |
(31,611) |
(7,254) |
|||||
Gain on asset sales |
123 |
238 |
|||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
142,396 |
$ |
123,476 |
|||
Add: |
|||||||
Cash interest received |
— |
1 |
|||||
Cash taxes received |
50 |
— |
|||||
Less: |
|||||||
Cash interest paid |
31,464 |
30,331 |
|||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (3) |
— |
(1,421) |
|||||
Maintenance capital expenditures |
8,447 |
6,950 |
|||||
Distributable cash flow |
$ |
102,535 |
$ |
87,617 |
|||
Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow (cont'd): |
|||||||
Add: |
|||||||
Transaction costs |
1,296 |
932 |
|||||
Regulatory compliance costs (4) |
— |
103 |
|||||
Adjusted distributable cash flow |
$ |
103,831 |
$ |
88,652 |
|||
Distributions declared |
$ |
82,090 |
$ |
76,005 |
|||
Distribution coverage ratio (5) |
* |
* |
__________
* Not considered meaningful |
(1) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, based on a one-month lag. |
(2) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments account for (i) the net increases or decreases in deferred revenue for MVC shortfall payments and (ii) our inclusion of expected annual MVC shortfall payments. |
(3) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $300.0 million 7.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on January 1 and July 1 until maturity in July 2021. |
(4) We incurred expenses associated with our adoption of the 2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission ("COSO 2013"). These first-year COSO 2013 expenses are not expected to be incurred subsequent to completion of the 2014 integrated audit. |
(5) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended June 30, 2016 is based on distributions in respect of the second quarter of 2016. Represents the ratio of adjusted distributable cash flow to distributions declared. Due to the common control nature of drop down transactions and to the extent that common control existed during a given reporting period, our results are reported on an as-if pooled basis with no adjustment to distributions declared. As such, we only present the current quarter's distribution coverage ratio when a drop down, and its funding, impacts adjusted distributable cash flow and distributions declared. |
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, has declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.575 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $2.30 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended June 30, 2016. The distribution will be paid on August 12, 2016, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on August 5, 2016.
This quarterly distribution represents an increase of $0.005 per unit, or 0.9%, over the $0.57 per unit distribution paid for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 and is flat to the $0.575 per unit distribution paid for the quarter ended March 31, 2016.
This release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat one hundred percent (100.0%) of SMLP's distributions to foreign investors as being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. Accordingly, SMLP's distributions to foreign investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
As of June 30, 2016, Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owned a 44.8% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. As of June 30, 2016, an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owned an 8.9% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2016, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that it will report financial results for the second quarter of 2016 on Thursday, August 4, 2016, after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, August 5, 2016, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 43028964. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until August 19, 2016, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 43028964#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
As of June 30, 2016, Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owned a 44.8% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. As of June 30, 2016, an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owned an 8.9% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2016, and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, June 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that it will host its 2016 Analyst Day on Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern at the Fairmont Pittsburgh, located at 510 Market Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. The event will include a presentation from members of SMLP's senior management team and will be webcast live via the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com. A replay of the 2016 Analyst Day will also be available on SMLP's website.
Since space is limited, pre-registration is required to attend this event in person. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to melissa.clifford@summitmidstream.com before July 15, 2016.
Members of SMLP's senior management team will also participate at Credit Suisse's 2016 MLP Energy and Logistics Conference being held in New York, New York on Tuesday, June 21, 2016. The related presentation materials associated with this event will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of the conference on June 21, 2016.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP currently provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
As of June 15, 2016, Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owned a 44.8% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. As of June 15, 2016, an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owned an 8.9% limited partner interest in SMLP.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, May 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that members of its senior management team will participate in the Master Limited Partnership Association's 2016 MLP Investor Conference being held in Orlando, Florida on Thursday, June 2, 2016 and Friday, June 3, 2016.
SMLP will make a presentation at the conference beginning at 8:30 am Eastern on Friday, June 3, 2016. Management will also conduct one-on-one meetings with members of the investment community during the conference. The presentation materials associated with this event will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of the conference on June 2, 2016; the live webcast will also be available through the Investors section of SMLP's website prior to the scheduled presentation time on June 3, 2016.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP currently provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
As of April 30, 2016, Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owned a 44.8% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. As of April 30, 2016, an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owned an 8.3% limited partner interest in SMLP.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, May 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today its financial and operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2016. SMLP reported adjusted EBITDA of $70.0 million and adjusted distributable cash flow of $52.7 million for the first quarter of 2016 compared to $61.6 million and $43.0 million, respectively, for the first quarter of 2015. Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2016 included $1.2 million of transaction expenses related to the 2016 Drop Down transaction, which closed on March 3, 2016. SMLP reported a net loss of $3.7 million for the first quarter of 2016 compared to a net loss of $2.5 million for the first quarter of 2015.
Natural gas volume throughput averaged 1,523 million cubic feet per day ("MMcf/d") in the first quarter of 2016 compared to 1,605 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2015 and 1,397 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2015. Crude oil and produced water volume throughput in the first quarter of 2016 averaged 95.0 thousand barrels per day ("Mbbl/d") compared to 53.4 Mbbl/d in the first quarter of 2015 and 86.2 Mbbl/d in the fourth quarter of 2015. Volume throughput metrics, as reported, exclude our proportionate share of volume throughput from Ohio Gathering.
SMLP's financial results for the first quarters of 2016 and 2015 include the historical financial results from its March 2016 acquisition from Summit Investments of substantially all of (i) Summit Utica, Meadowlark Midstream and Tioga Midstream, and (ii) Summit Investments' 40.0% ownership interest in each of Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate (collectively, "Ohio Gathering") (the "2016 Drop Down"). Because of the common control aspects of the acquired assets, the 2016 Drop Down was deemed a transaction between entities under common control and, as such, has been accounted for on an "as-if pooled" basis for all periods in which common control existed.
Steve Newby, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "SMLP reported strong financial and operating results for the first quarter of 2016. Our financial results were driven primarily by increasing volume throughput across our Utica footprint, including a 19% sequential quarterly volume increase across our Ohio Gathering and Summit Utica gathering systems. Utica volume growth, together with higher sequential quarterly volume throughput across our Williston, Marcellus, and Barnett systems, and a continued focus on cost control, enabled SMLP to set new quarterly adjusted EBITDA and adjusted DCF records in the first quarter of 2016.
Our financial results were driven largely by our 2016 Drop Down transaction which was transformational for SMLP and enables us to significantly expand our operating footprint. In addition to creating greater scale, the 2016 Drop Down diversifies our customer exposure, broadens our geographic reach into the high-growth Utica Shale, and strengthens our balance sheet and liquidity position. Our first quarter of 2016 distribution coverage ratio of 1.28x was a direct result of the 2016 Drop Down and the structure of the consideration paid.
We achieved a number of operational accomplishments during the first quarter of 2016 including the commissioning of the Stampede Lateral crude oil transmission pipeline and the completion of the Little Muddy transmission pipeline in the Williston. These projects provide our customers on the Polar and Divide crude oil gathering system with new delivery options to access new markets with alternative pricing dynamics.
Looking forward, we believe our business is well positioned to perform in the ongoing challenging commodity price environment due to our fixed-fee business model and cash flow support from our minimum volume commitments. We are reaffirming our 2016 adjusted EBITDA guidance of $260.0 million to $290.0 million for the full year, and we will continue to monitor distribution growth on a quarter by quarter basis with a near-term bias towards distribution coverage and further strengthening our balance sheet."
First Quarter 2016 Segment Results
Utica Shale
The Utica Shale reportable segment includes our ownership interest in Ohio Gathering. Ohio Gathering is a natural gas gathering system in service and under development spanning the condensate, liquids-rich and dry gas windows of the Utica Shale in Harrison, Guernsey, Noble, Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio. Ohio Gathering also includes our ownership interest in Ohio Condensate, a 23 Mbbl/d condensate stabilization facility located in Harrison County, Ohio. Volume throughput and segment adjusted EBITDA for the Utica Shale includes our proportional share of adjusted EBITDA from Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag.
Summit Utica, a natural gas gathering system currently in service and under development in Belmont and Monroe counties in southeastern Ohio, is also included in the Utica Shale reportable segment. Summit Utica gathers and delivers dry natural gas to interconnections with the Utica Ohio River Pipeline System, a third-party intrastate pipeline.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2016 totaled $15.6 million, up 199.2% from the first quarter of 2015, primarily due to higher volume throughput across both Ohio Gathering and Summit Utica. Volume throughput on the Ohio Gathering system averaged 888 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2016 compared to 496 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2015 and 840 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2015. Volume growth on the Ohio Gathering system during the first quarter of 2016 primarily originated from the dry gas gathering system.
Volume throughput on the Summit Utica system averaged 132 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2016 compared to 12 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2015 and 75 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2015. Volume throughput for the first quarter of 2016 increased due to our continued buildout of the Summit Utica gathering system and our customers' commissioning of new wells throughout 2015 and into the first quarter of 2016.
Williston Basin
The Bison Midstream, Polar and Divide, and Tioga Midstream systems provide our midstream services for the Williston Basin reportable segment. Bison Midstream gathers low-pressure associated natural gas from pad sites located in Mountrail and Burke counties in North Dakota, and delivers to third-party pipelines serving Aux Sable Midstream, LLC's processing plant in Channahon, Illinois. The Polar and Divide system gathers and delivers crude oil from pad sites located in Williams and Divide counties in North Dakota, to the COLT and Basin Transload rail terminals. In April 2016, we commissioned a third delivery point, the Little Muddy pipeline, which provides customers with access to pipeline takeaway. The Polar and Divide system also gathers and delivers produced water to various third-party disposal wells. Tioga Midstream is a crude oil, produced water, and associated natural gas gathering system in Williams County, North Dakota. All crude oil and natural gas gathered on the Tioga Midstream system is delivered to downstream third-party pipelines and all produced water is delivered to third-party disposal wells.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Williston Basin segment totaled $19.7 million for the first quarter of 2016, up 79.7% from the first quarter of 2015, primarily due to higher liquids and natural gas volumes, together with the commencement of our Stampede Lateral project in January 2016. Segment adjusted EBITDA was partially offset by lower margins associated with a percent-of-proceeds contract on the Bison Midstream system. Liquids volumes averaged 95.0 Mbbl/d in the first quarter of 2016, an increase of 77.9% over 53.4 Mbbl/d in the first quarter of 2015. Liquids volumes were positively impacted by producers completing new wells across our gathering footprint, together with the connection of pad sites that were previously being gathered by third-party trucks. Compared to the first quarter of 2015, associated natural gas volumes increased 19.0% to 25 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2016 and were driven by increased volumes associated with the development of the Tioga Midstream system throughout 2015 and into the first quarter of 2016.
Liquids volumes and natural gas volumes in the first quarter of 2016 were up 10.2% and flat, respectively, compared to the fourth quarter of 2015.
Piceance/DJ Basins
The Grand River and the Niobrara G&P systems provide our midstream services for the Piceance/DJ Basins reportable segment. These systems provide low-pressure and high-pressure natural gas gathering and processing services for producers operating in the Piceance Basin located in western Colorado and eastern Utah and low-pressure associated natural gas gathering and processing in the Denver-Julesburg ("DJ") Basin located in northeastern Colorado.
Segment adjusted EBITDA totaled $24.8 million for the first quarter of 2016, down 13.5% from the first quarter of 2015. First quarter 2016 volume throughput averaged 572 MMcf/d, a decrease of 8.0% from the first quarter of 2015, primarily as a result of our anchor customer's continued suspension of drilling activities in the basin and the resulting natural declines from existing production. The impact of these volume declines was partially offset by higher minimum volume commitment ("MVC") shortfall payment adjustments associated with certain of our customers' gas gathering agreements. Lower commodity prices in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the first quarter of 2015 also negatively impacted the margins that we earned from our percent-of-proceeds contracts and the condensate revenue on the Grand River system. Additionally, segment adjusted EBITDA was negatively impacted by our recognition of an allowance for gathering receivables for a Grand River customer that represents less than 1% of our total segment volume throughput.
Barnett Shale
The DFW Midstream system provides our midstream services for the Barnett Shale reportable segment. This system gathers and delivers low-pressure natural gas received from pad sites, primarily located in southeastern Tarrant County, Texas, to downstream intrastate pipelines serving various natural gas hubs in the region.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Barnett Shale segment totaled $14.1 million for the first quarter of 2016, down 16.0% from the first quarter of 2015 primarily due to 15.4% lower volume throughput. Relative to the fourth quarter of 2015, volume throughput of 341 MMcf/d in the first quarter of 2016 was 4.9% higher due to a 10-well pad site, which was commissioned in December 2015. These ten wells, together with four wells commissioned by other customers in the first quarter of 2016, more than offset natural declines from existing production across the system.
A DFW Midstream customer has an 11-well pad site that we expect will begin producing in the second quarter of 2016. The same customer recently finished drilling six new wells on an existing pad site in our service area, which we expect to begin production in the second half of 2016.
Marcellus Shale
The Mountaineer Midstream system provides our midstream services for the Marcellus Shale reportable segment. This system gathers high-pressure natural gas received from upstream pipeline interconnections with Antero Midstream Partners, LP and Crestwood Equity Partners LP. Natural gas on the Mountaineer Midstream system is delivered to the Sherwood Processing Complex located in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the Marcellus Shale segment totaled $4.6 million for the first quarter of 2016, down 29.6% from the first quarter of 2015, primarily due to a 17.2% decrease in volume throughput resulting from our customer's decision to defer the completion of an estimated 50 Marcellus wells (32 identified behind the Mountaineer Midstream system) throughout 2015. We expect our customer will continue to defer the completion of approximately 22 of the 32 identified wells behind the Mountaineer system until 2017. Eight new wells which flow onto the Mountaineer Midstream system were brought online during the first quarter of 2016, and we expect five new wells will be commissioned during the second quarter of 2016.
Relative to the fourth quarter of 2015, volume throughput on the Mountaineer Midstream system in the first quarter of 2016 was up 23.8% as a result of new wells commissioned during the first quarter of 2016, together with our customer's decision to discontinue curtailment activities in late December 2015 on certain of its wells in the area due to the start-up of a new, third-party takeaway pipeline.
Segment adjusted EBITDA in the first quarter of 2016 was also negatively impacted by higher operation and maintenance expense associated with repairs to rights-of-way.
The following table presents average daily throughput by reportable segment:
Three months ended March 31, | |||||
2016 |
2015 | ||||
Average daily throughput (MMcf/d) (1): |
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Utica Shale (2) |
132 |
12 |
|||
Williston Basin |
25 |
21 |
|||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
572 |
622 |
|||
Barnett Shale |
341 |
403 |
|||
Marcellus Shale |
453 |
547 |
|||
Aggregate average daily throughput |
1,523 |
1,605 |
|||
Average daily throughput (Mbbl/d) (1): |
|||||
Williston Basin |
95.0 |
53.4 |
|||
Average daily throughput |
95.0 |
53.4 |
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(1) Prior periods have been recast to include the incremental historical volumes from the 2016 Drop Down. |
(2) Exclusive of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering. |
MVC Shortfall Payments
SMLP billed its customers $5.5 million in the first quarter of 2016 because those customers did not meet their MVCs. For those customers that do not have credit banking mechanisms in their gathering agreements, or have no ability to use MVC shortfall payments as credits, the MVC shortfall payments from these customers are accounted for as gathering revenue in the period that they are earned.
For the first quarter of 2016, SMLP recognized $4.1 million of gathering revenue associated with MVC shortfall payments from certain customers in the Marcellus Shale, Piceance/DJ Basins, and Barnett Shale reportable segments. MVC shortfall payment adjustments in the first quarter of 2016 totaled $11.1 million and included $1.5 million of deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments and $9.7 million of adjustments related to MVC shortfall payment adjustments from certain customers in the Piceance/DJ Basins, Williston Basin, and Barnett Shale reportable segments.
The net impact of SMLP's MVC shortfall payment mechanisms increased adjusted EBITDA by $15.2 million in the first quarter of 2016.
Three months ended March 31, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
MVC billings |
Gathering revenue |
Adjustments to MVC shortfall payments |
Net impact to adjusted EBITDA | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: |
||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
||||||||
Williston Basin |
235 |
— |
235 |
235 |
||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
3,960 |
2,722 |
1,238 |
3,960 |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
Total net change |
$ |
4,195 |
$ |
2,722 |
$ |
1,473 |
$ |
4,195 |
||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: |
||||||||||||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
||||||||
Williston Basin |
— |
— |
3,301 |
3,301 |
||||||||||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
284 |
284 |
6,279 |
6,563 |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
264 |
264 |
89 |
353 |
||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
796 |
796 |
— |
796 |
||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments |
$ |
1,344 |
$ |
1,344 |
$ |
9,669 |
$ |
11,013 |
||||||||
Total |
$ |
5,539 |
$ |
4,066 |
$ |
11,142 |
$ |
15,208 |
Capital Expenditures
SMLP recorded total capital expenditures of $61.3 million in the first quarter of 2016, including approximately $3.2 million of maintenance capital expenditures. Development activities during the first quarter of 2016 were related primarily to the ongoing expansion of our Summit Utica and natural gas gathering system. In addition, capital expenditures were incurred across our Williston Basin liquids system, including the Stampede Lateral crude oil transmission pipeline, which was placed into service in January 2016, and the Little Muddy crude oil transmission pipeline, which was placed in service in early April 2016. These crude oil development projects provide customers on the Polar and Divide gathering system with two new delivery points and enhanced optionality to access additional downstream markets via rail and pipeline infrastructure.
Capital & Liquidity
As of March 31, 2016, SMLP had $529.0 million of available borrowing capacity under its $1.25 billion revolving credit facility, subject to covenant limits. Based upon the terms of SMLP's revolving credit facility and total outstanding debt of $1.32 billion, total leverage (net debt divided by EBITDA) as of March 31, 2016 was 4.47 to 1.0.
Through December 31, 2016, the upper limit of SMLP's total leverage ratio is 5.50 to 1.0. The total leverage ratio upper limit can be permanently increased from 5.00 to 1.0 to 5.50 to 1.0 any time, at SMLP's option, subject to the inclusion of a senior secured leverage ratio (senior secured net indebtedness to consolidated trailing 12-month EBITDA, as defined in the credit agreement) upper limit of 3.75x.
2016 Drop Down Deferred Payment
The consideration for the 2016 Drop Down consisted of (i) an initial $360.0 million cash payment (the "Initial Payment") which was funded at closing on March 3, 2016 with borrowings under SMLP's revolving credit facility (the "Initial Close") and (ii) a deferred payment which will be paid no later than December 31, 2020 (the "Deferred Payment," as defined below). At the discretion of the board of directors of SMLP's general partner, the Deferred Payment can be made in either cash or SMLP common units, or a combination thereof.
The Deferred Payment will be equal to: (a) six-and-one-half (6.5) multiplied by the average adjusted EBITDA of the Drop Down Assets for 2018 and 2019; less (b) the Initial Payment; less (c) all capital expenditures incurred for the Drop Down Assets between Initial Close and December 31, 2019; plus (d) all adjusted EBITDA from the Drop Down Assets between Initial Close and December 31, 2019. SMLP currently estimates that the Deferred Payment will be approximately $800.0 million to $900.0 million.
Upon settlement of the Deferred Payment, total consideration (the Initial Payment plus the Deferred Payment) is expected to represent a 6.5x multiple of the Drop Down Assets' 2018 and 2019 average EBITDA.
2016 SMLP Financial Guidance
SMLP is reaffirming its 2016 adjusted EBITDA guidance of $260.0 million to $290.0 million and capex guidance of $150.0 million to $200.0 million, including maintenance capex of $15.0 million to $20.0 million. SMLP expects to report an average full year distribution coverage ratio of 1.10x to 1.20x.
Quarterly Distribution
On April 21, 2016, the board of directors of SMLP's general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.575 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $2.30 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended March 31, 2016. This distribution will be paid on May 13, 2016, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on May 6, 2016. This distribution represents an increase of $0.01 per unit, or 1.8%, over the distribution paid in respect of the first quarter of 2015 and is flat to the $0.575 per unit distribution paid in respect of the fourth quarter of 2015.
First Quarter 2016 Earnings Call Information
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, May 6, 2016, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 42398548. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until May 20, 2016, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 42398548. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
Upcoming Investor Conference
Members of SMLP's senior management team will participate in Deutsche Bank's 2016 MLP, Midstream, and Natural Gas Conference being held in New York, New York on Tuesday, May 10, 2016. The presentation materials associated with this event will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of the conference.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We report financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). We also present EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, distributable cash flow and adjusted distributable cash flow. We define EBITDA as net income or loss, plus interest expense, deferred purchase price obligation expense, income tax expense, and depreciation and amortization, less interest income and income tax benefit. We define adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA plus our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, impairments and other noncash expenses or losses, less income (loss) from equity method investees and other noncash income or gains. We define distributable cash flow as adjusted EBITDA plus cash interest received and cash taxes received, less cash interest paid, senior notes interest adjustment, cash taxes paid and maintenance capital expenditures. We define adjusted distributable cash flow as distributable cash flow plus or minus other unusual or non-recurring expenses or income. Our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may differ from the definitions of similar measures used by other companies. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating our financial performance. Furthermore, management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures may provide users with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods as they are expected to be reflective of our core ongoing business. These measures have limitations, and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures are attached to this release.
Comparability Related to Drop Down Transactions
With respect to drop down transactions, SMLP's historical results of operations may not be comparable to its future results of operations. In March 2016, SMLP acquired substantially all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Summit Utica, Meadowlark Midstream and Tioga Midstream from Summit Investments, as well as substantially all of Summit Investments' 40% equity interest in each of Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate. In May 2015, SMLP acquired the assets comprising the Polar and Divide system from two subsidiaries of Summit Investments. SMLP accounted for the 2016 Drop Down and the Polar and Divide Drop Down on an "as-if pooled" basis because these transactions were executed by entities under common control. As such, SMLP's consolidated financial statements reflect Summit Investments' fair value purchase accounting, historical cost of construction, and the results of operations of (i) Summit Utica since December 2014, (ii) Meadowlark Midstream (which includes Niobrara G&P and certain crude oil and produced water pipelines reported as part of Polar & Divide) since February 2013, (iii) Tioga Midstream since April 2014, (iv) Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate since January 2014, and (v) Polar and Divide since February 2013, as if SMLP had owned and operated these assets during the common control period.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP currently provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado. SMLP also owns substantially all of a 40% ownership interest in Ohio Gathering, which is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
As of April 30, 2016, Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owned a 44.8% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. As of April 30, 2016, an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owned an 8.3% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. Forward-looking statements in this press release include statements regarding the necessity of accessing the debt and equity capital markets, financial guidance with respect to distribution growth, distribution coverage ratios, adjusted EBITDA, expected commodity prices and adjusted distributable cash flow, and the expected amount of the Deferred Payment. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 29, 2016, as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | |||||||
March 31, 2016 |
December 31, 2015 | ||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||
Assets |
|||||||
Current assets: |
|||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
13,087 |
$ |
21,793 |
|||
Accounts receivable |
49,550 |
89,581 |
|||||
Other current assets |
2,887 |
3,573 |
|||||
Total current assets |
65,524 |
114,947 |
|||||
Property, plant and equipment, net |
1,833,765 |
1,812,783 |
|||||
Intangible assets, net |
452,667 |
461,310 |
|||||
Goodwill |
16,211 |
16,211 |
|||||
Investment in equity method investees |
757,869 |
751,168 |
|||||
Other noncurrent assets |
8,847 |
8,253 |
|||||
Total assets |
$ |
3,134,883 |
$ |
3,164,672 |
|||
Liabilities and Partners' Capital |
|||||||
Current liabilities: |
|||||||
Trade accounts payable |
$ |
18,783 |
$ |
40,808 |
|||
Due to affiliate |
395 |
1,149 |
|||||
Deferred revenue |
677 |
677 |
|||||
Ad valorem taxes payable |
4,288 |
10,271 |
|||||
Accrued interest |
7,733 |
17,483 |
|||||
Accrued environmental remediation |
6,687 |
7,900 |
|||||
Other current liabilities |
12,523 |
13,297 |
|||||
Total current liabilities |
51,086 |
91,585 |
|||||
Long-term debt |
1,312,158 |
1,267,270 |
|||||
Deferred purchase price obligation |
514,890 |
— |
|||||
Deferred revenue |
46,959 |
45,486 |
|||||
Noncurrent accrued environmental remediation |
5,764 |
5,764 |
|||||
Other noncurrent liabilities |
7,440 |
7,268 |
|||||
Total liabilities |
1,938,297 |
1,417,373 |
|||||
Common limited partner capital |
1,155,650 |
744,977 |
|||||
Subordinated limited partner capital |
— |
213,631 |
|||||
General partner interests |
29,631 |
25,634 |
|||||
Noncontrolling interest |
11,305 |
— |
|||||
Summit Investments' equity in contributed subsidiaries |
— |
763,057 |
|||||
Total partners' capital |
1,196,586 |
1,747,299 |
|||||
Total liabilities and partners' capital |
$ |
3,134,883 |
$ |
3,164,672 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | |||||||
Three months ended March 31, | |||||||
2016 |
2015 | ||||||
(In thousands, except per-unit amounts) | |||||||
Revenues: |
|||||||
Gathering services and related fees |
$ |
78,100 |
$ |
68,440 |
|||
Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales |
7,588 |
12,613 |
|||||
Other revenues |
4,883 |
5,034 |
|||||
Total revenues |
90,571 |
86,087 |
|||||
Costs and expenses: |
|||||||
Cost of natural gas and NGLs |
6,290 |
9,441 |
|||||
Operation and maintenance |
25,842 |
22,791 |
|||||
General and administrative |
12,879 |
11,599 |
|||||
Transaction costs |
1,174 |
110 |
|||||
Depreciation and amortization |
27,728 |
25,530 |
|||||
Gain on asset sales |
(63) |
— |
|||||
Total costs and expenses |
73,850 |
69,471 |
|||||
Other income |
22 |
1 |
|||||
Interest expense |
(15,882) |
(14,904) |
|||||
Deferred purchase price obligation expense |
(7,463) |
— |
|||||
Loss before income taxes |
(6,602) |
1,713 |
|||||
Income tax benefit (expense) |
77 |
(430) |
|||||
Income (loss) from equity method investees |
2,860 |
(3,768) |
|||||
Net loss |
$ |
(3,665) |
$ |
(2,485) |
|||
Less: |
|||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to Summit Investments |
2,745 |
(4,152) |
|||||
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest |
44 |
— |
|||||
Net (loss) income attributable to SMLP |
(6,454) |
1,667 |
|||||
Less net (loss) income attributable to general partner, including IDRs |
1,810 |
1,568 |
|||||
Net (loss) income attributable to limited partners |
$ |
(8,264) |
$ |
99 |
|||
(Loss) earnings per limited partner unit: |
|||||||
Common unit – basic and diluted |
$ |
(0.12) |
$ |
0.00 |
|||
Subordinated unit – basic and diluted |
$ |
0.00 |
|||||
Weighted-average limited partner units outstanding: |
|||||||
Common unit – basic |
66,493 |
34,439 |
|||||
Common unit – diluted |
66,493 |
34,585 |
|||||
Subordinated unit – basic and diluted |
24,410 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||
UNAUDITED OTHER FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA | |||||||
Three months ended March 31, | |||||||
2016 |
2015 | ||||||
(Dollars in thousands) | |||||||
Other financial data: |
|||||||
EBITDA (1) |
$ |
47,446 |
$ |
38,629 |
|||
Adjusted EBITDA (1) |
$ |
70,009 |
$ |
61,556 |
|||
Capital expenditures |
$ |
61,326 |
$ |
49,470 |
|||
Contributions to equity method investees |
$ |
15,645 |
$ |
27,830 |
|||
Acquisitions of gathering systems (2) |
$ |
867,427 |
$ |
2,941 |
|||
Distributable cash flow (1) |
$ |
51,538 |
$ |
42,758 |
|||
Adjusted distributable cash flow |
$ |
52,712 |
$ |
42,971 |
|||
Distributions declared |
$ |
41,045 |
$ |
35,526 |
|||
Distribution coverage ratio (3) |
1.28x |
* |
|||||
Operating data: |
|||||||
Aggregate average throughput – gas (MMcf/d) |
1,523 |
1,605 |
|||||
Average throughput – liquids (Mbbl/d) |
95.0 |
53.4 |
__________
* Not considered meaningful |
(1) Includes transaction costs. These unusual expenses are settled in cash. |
(2) Reflects consideration paid and recognized, including working capital and capital expenditure adjustments paid (received), to fund acquisitions and/or drop downs. |
(3) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended March 31, 2016 is based on distributions in respect of the first quarter of 2016. Represents the ratio of adjusted distributable cash flow to distributions declared. Due to the common control nature of drop down transactions and to the extent that common control existed during a given reporting period, our results are reported on an as-if pooled basis with no adjustment to distributions declared. As such, we only present the current quarter's distribution coverage ratio when a drop down, and its funding, impacts adjusted distributable cash flow and distributions declared. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | |||||||
Three months ended March 31, | |||||||
2016 |
2015 | ||||||
(Dollars in thousands) | |||||||
Reconciliations of Net Loss to EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Distributable Cash Flow and Adjusted Distributable Cash Flow: |
|||||||
Net loss |
$ |
(3,665) |
$ |
(2,485) |
|||
Add: |
|||||||
Interest expense |
15,882 |
14,904 |
|||||
Deferred purchase price obligation expense |
7,463 |
— |
|||||
Income tax expense |
— |
430 |
|||||
Depreciation and amortization (1) |
27,865 |
25,781 |
|||||
Less: |
|||||||
Interest income |
22 |
1 |
|||||
Income tax benefit |
77 |
— |
|||||
EBITDA |
$ |
47,446 |
$ |
38,629 |
|||
Add: |
|||||||
Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees (2) |
12,388 |
5,263 |
|||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (3) |
11,142 |
12,333 |
|||||
Unit-based and noncash compensation |
1,956 |
1,563 |
|||||
Less: |
|||||||
Income (loss) from equity method investees |
2,860 |
(3,768) |
|||||
Gain on asset sales |
63 |
— |
|||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
70,009 |
$ |
61,556 |
|||
Add: |
|||||||
Cash interest received |
22 |
1 |
|||||
Cash taxes received |
77 |
— |
|||||
Less: |
|||||||
Cash interest paid |
25,164 |
25,464 |
|||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (4) |
(9,750) |
(11,171) |
|||||
Maintenance capital expenditures |
3,156 |
4,506 |
|||||
Distributable cash flow |
$ |
51,538 |
$ |
42,758 |
|||
Add: |
|||||||
Transaction costs |
1,174 |
110 |
|||||
Regulatory compliance costs (5) |
— |
103 |
|||||
Adjusted distributable cash flow |
$ |
52,712 |
$ |
42,971 |
|||
Distributions declared |
$ |
41,045 |
$ |
35,526 |
|||
Distribution coverage ratio (6) |
1.28x |
* |
__________
* Not considered meaningful |
(1) Includes amortization of favorable and unfavorable gas gathering contracts reported in other revenues. |
(2) Reflects our proportionate share of Ohio Gathering adjusted EBITDA, based on a one-month lag. |
(3) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments account for (i) the net increases or decreases in deferred revenue for MVC shortfall payments and (ii) our inclusion of expected annual MVC shortfall payments. |
(4) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $300.0 million 7.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on January 1 and July 1 until maturity in July 2021. |
(5) We incurred expenses associated with our adoption of the 2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission ("COSO 2013"). These first-year COSO 2013 expenses are not expected to be incurred subsequent to completion of the 2014 integrated audit. |
(6) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended March 31, 2016 is based on distributions in respect of the first quarter of 2016. Represents the ratio of adjusted distributable cash flow to distributions declared. Due to the common control nature of drop down transactions and to the extent that common control existed during a given reporting period, our results are reported on an as-if pooled basis with no adjustment to distributions declared. As such, we only present the current quarter's distribution coverage ratio when a drop down, and its funding, impacts adjusted distributable cash flow and distributions declared. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF REPORTABLE SEGMENT ADJUSTED EBITDA | |||||||
TO ADJUSTED EBITDA | |||||||
Three months ended March 31, | |||||||
2016 |
2015 | ||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||
Reportable segment adjusted EBITDA: |
|||||||
Utica Shale |
$ |
15,577 |
$ |
5,206 |
|||
Williston Basin |
19,719 |
10,975 |
|||||
Piceance/DJ Basins |
24,816 |
28,702 |
|||||
Barnett Shale |
14,078 |
16,760 |
|||||
Marcellus Shale |
4,600 |
6,536 |
|||||
Total reportable segment adjusted EBITDA |
78,790 |
68,179 |
|||||
Allocated corporate expenses |
8,781 |
6,623 |
|||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
70,009 |
$ |
61,556 |
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, April 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, has declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.575 per unit on all of its outstanding common units, or $2.30 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended March 31, 2016. The distribution will be paid on May 13, 2016 to unitholders of record as of the close of business on May 6, 2016.
This quarterly distribution represents an increase of $0.015 per unit, or 1.8%, over the $0.565 per unit distribution paid for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 and is flat to the $0.575 per unit distribution paid for the quarter ended December 31, 2015.
This release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat one hundred percent (100.0%) of SMLP's distributions to foreign investors as being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. Accordingly, SMLP's distributions to foreign investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP currently provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado. SMLP also owns a 40% interest in a joint venture that is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
As of April 20, 2016, Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owned a 44.8% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. As of April 20, 2016, an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owned a 8.1% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 29, 2016, as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, April 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that it will report financial results for the first quarter of 2016 on Thursday, May 5, 2016, after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, May 6, 2016, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 42398548. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until May 20, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 42398548#. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP currently provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado. SMLP also owns a 40% interest in a joint venture that is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
As of March 31, 2016, Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owned a 44.9% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. As of March 31, 2016, an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owned a 7.5% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 29, 2016, as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, March 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) today announced that its 2015 tax packages, including the Schedule K-1, are now available online and may be accessed at https://www.partnerdatalink.com/Summit. SMLP began mailing the 2015 tax packages to unitholders on February 29, 2016 and completed the process on March 2, 2016.
For additional information or assistance, unitholders may also call Partner DataLink at (855) 375-4158 Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. CST or visit SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com under "Investors >> K-1 Tax Information".
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP currently provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado. SMLP also owns a 40% interest in a joint venture that is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
As of March 2, 2016, Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owned a 44.9% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. As of March 2, 2016, an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owned a 4.9% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 29, 2016, as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, March 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that on March 3, 2016 (the "Initial Close"), it closed the previously announced drop down acquisition of substantially all of (i) the issued and outstanding membership interests of Summit Utica, Meadowlark Midstream and Tioga Midstream (collectively, the "Contributed Entities"), each limited liability companies and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of Summit Midstream Partners Holdings, LLC ("SMP Holdings") and (ii) SMP Holdings' 40% joint venture interest in each of Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate (collectively with the Contributed Entities, the "2016 Drop Down Assets") (the "2016 Drop Down").
In conjunction with Initial Close, SMLP made a $360.0 million cash payment to SMP Holdings, subject to customary working capital and capital expenditure adjustments (the "Initial Payment"). The Initial Payment was funded with proceeds from SMLP's upsized revolving credit facility, which, by an amendment executed in February 2016, has an increased borrowing capacity of $1.25 billion effected by the closing of the 2016 Drop Down. A final payment will made to SMP Holdings in 2020 (the "Deferred Payment"). The Deferred Payment will be equal to: (a) six-and-one-half (6.5) multiplied by the average adjusted EBITDA of the Drop Down Assets for 2018 and 2019; less (b) the Initial Payment; less (c) all capital expenditures incurred for the Drop Down Assets between the Initial Close and December 31, 2019; plus (d) all adjusted EBITDA from the Drop Down Assets between the Initial Close and December 31, 2019.
The terms of the 2016 Drop Down were approved by the board of directors of SMLP's general partner and by the board of director's conflicts committee, which consists entirely of independent directors. The conflicts committee engaged Evercore Partners to act as its independent financial advisor and to render a fairness opinion, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP to act as its legal advisor.
Overview of 2016 Drop Down Assets
Summit Midstream Utica, LLC ("Summit Utica") is a natural gas gathering system located in the Appalachian Basin in southeastern Ohio serving producers targeting the Utica and Point Pleasant shale formations. The system is currently in service and under development with fourth quarter of 2015 volume throughput of 75 million cubic feet per day ("MMcf/d"). Upon full development, Summit Utica will be composed of 60 miles of low-pressure and high-pressure gathering pipelines and three compressor and dehydration stations with total throughput capacity of 450 MMcf/d. The Summit Utica system gathers and delivers natural gas, primarily under long-term, fee-based contracts which include acreage dedications. XTO Energy Inc. serves as the anchor customer on the system. The system interconnects with Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.'s Utica Ohio River Pipeline.
Ohio Gathering Company, L.L.C. ("Ohio Gathering") is a natural gas gathering system located in the core of the Utica Shale in southeastern Ohio which is currently in service and under development. The gathering system, which is currently in service and under development, spans the condensate, rich-gas, and dry-gas windows of the Utica Shale for multiple producers that are targeting natural gas, condensate and NGL production from the Utica and Point Pleasant formations across Harrison, Guernsey, Belmont, Noble, and Monroe counties in Ohio. Currently, the system is composed of more than 250 miles of low-pressure and high-pressure gathering pipeline and offers throughput capacity in excess of 1.9 Bcf/d. Condensate and rich gas production is gathered, compressed, dehydrated and delivered to the Cadiz and Seneca processing complexes, which are owned by a joint venture owned between MPLX LP ("MPLX") and The Energy and Minerals Group ("EMG"). Dry gas production is gathered, compressed, dehydrated and delivered to a downstream interconnect with TETCO and another third party pipeline. All gathering services on the Ohio Gathering system are provided pursuant to long-term, fee-based gathering agreements. Gulfport Energy Corporation ("Gulfport") serves as the anchor customer for Ohio Gathering. In the fourth quarter of 2015, Ohio Gathering gathered an average of 813 MMcf/d of natural gas. SMLP is acquiring a 40% equity interest in Ohio Gathering; MPLX and EMG own the remaining 60%.
Ohio Condensate Company, L.L.C. ("Ohio Condensate") is a 23 thousand barrel per day ("Mbbl/d") condensate stabilization facility located in the core of the Utica Shale in southeastern Ohio. The facility commenced operations in February 2015 and is underpinned by a long-term, fee-based agreement with Gulfport. Condensate stabilization allows for producers to capture the NGLs that would otherwise flash from condensate in atmospheric conditions. Ohio Condensate is the largest stabilization facility in the Utica Shale and will ultimately serve as the origination point for MPLX's Cornerstone Pipeline which will deliver condensate to Marathon Petroleum's refinery in Canton, Ohio. In the fourth quarter of 2015, Ohio Condensate handled an average of 18 Mbbl/d of condensate. SMLP is acquiring a 40% equity interest in Ohio Condensate; MPLX owns the remaining 60%.
Tioga Midstream, LLC ("Tioga Midstream") is a crude oil, produced water and associated natural gas gathering system which is currently in service with 73 miles of crude oil gathering pipeline, 83 miles of produced water gathering pipeline and 79 miles of associated natural gas gathering pipeline. The Tioga Midstream system is located in Williams County, North Dakota and has 20 Mbbl/d of crude oil gathering capacity, 25 Mbbl/d of produced water gathering capacity and 14 MMcf/d of natural gas gathering capacity. All gathering services on the Tioga Midstream system are provided pursuant to long-term, fee-based gathering agreements with Hess Corp. ("Hess"), which is primarily targeting crude oil production from the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations. All crude oil, produced water and natural gas gathered on the Tioga Midstream system is delivered to downstream pipelines and disposal wells (for produced water) that are owned and operated by Hess. In the fourth quarter of 2015, Tioga Midstream gathered an average of 5 Mbbl/d of crude oil, 5 Mbbl/d of produced water, and 7 MMcf/d of natural gas.
Meadowlark Midstream Company, LLC ("Meadowlark Midstream") is currently composed of two separate gathering systems, including (i) an associated natural gas gathering and processing system located in the DJ Basin serving producers primarily targeting crude oil production from the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in northern Colorado and southern Wyoming ("Niobrara G&P") and (ii) a crude oil and produced water gathering system located in the Williston Basin serving an independent producer targeting the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in northwestern North Dakota ("Blacktail").
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP currently provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in West Virginia and Ohio; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado and Utah; and (v) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado. SMLP also owns a 40% interest in a joint venture that is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
As of March 2, 2016, Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owned a 44.9% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. As of March 2, 2016, an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owned a 4.9% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 29, 2016, as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that it has filed its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This report contains SMLP's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015. A copy of the report is available for viewing and downloading from the Investors section on SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
SMLP unitholders may request a hard copy of the report, free of charge, by submitting a written request to:
Summit Midstream Partners, LP
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The Woodlands, TX 77380
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP currently provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in four unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus Shale formation in northern West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in northwestern North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in north-central Texas; and (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in western Colorado and eastern Utah. SMLP owns and operates more than 2,700 miles of pipeline and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
As of February 26, 2016, Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") beneficially owned a 44.9% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments owns, operates and is developing various natural gas, crude oil and produced water-related midstream energy infrastructure assets in the Utica Shale in southeastern Ohio, the Bakken Shale in northwestern North Dakota, and the DJ Basin in northeastern Colorado. Summit Investments also owns a 40% interest in a joint venture that is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in southeastern Ohio. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. As of February 26, 2016, an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owned a 4.3% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 29, 2016 and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments"), to acquire all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Summit Utica, Meadowlark Midstream, and Tioga Midstream. In addition, SMLP will acquire Summit Investments' 40.0% equity interest in each of Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate. The total transaction is estimated at $1.2 billion with consideration structured as a $360.0 million Initial Payment and a Deferred Payment estimated at approximately $800.0 million to $900.0 million due in 2020. The Deferred Payment will be based on a 6.5x multiple of the average of 2018 and 2019 adjusted EBITDA from the Drop Down Assets, adjusted for the Initial Payment, and the capital expenditures and adjusted EBITDA from the Drop Down Assets incurred during the deferral period.
In conjunction with the drop down, SMLP has increased its revolving credit facility from $700.0 million to $1.25 billion. Given the deferral structure and the increased capacity available under its credit facility, SMLP will not need to access the capital markets to meet its currently planned capital expenditure program. The Deferred Payment due in 2020 may be made in cash or SMLP units, at the discretion of SMLP, further eliminating the potential need for the capital markets. The transaction, which SMLP expects to be immediately accretive to distributable cash flow on a per unit basis, is expected to close in March 2016.
Steve Newby, President and CEO of SMLP commented, "With this transaction, SMLP is being transformed from a drop down story into an organic growth story with more than 20% of SMLP's expected 2016 adjusted EBITDA originating from our fee-based gathering services in the Utica. Summit Utica and Ohio Gathering provide SMLP with an expansive gathering footprint in the Utica, and we expect that cash flows from this play will represent more than 40% of SMLP's total adjusted EBITDA by 2019 as volumes on our systems continue to grow. This drop down transaction also diversifies our customer base and enhances relationships with, or adds, several strong and well capitalized counterparties into SMLP's customer portfolio, including Gulfport, XTO, EOG and Hess. Together, these customers represent over 70% of the volumes associated with the Drop Down Assets.
The accelerated drop down of all of the operating assets from Summit Investments, the deferred payment structure, and the attractive all-in drop down multiple work together in this challenging commodity and capital markets environment to demonstrate the substantial and ongoing support of Energy Capital Partners, the ultimate owner of our general partner. This support allows us to move high growth Utica assets to SMLP without the need to access the public debt or equity capital markets and enables the transaction to be immediately accretive to distributable cash flow per unit. We expect our distribution coverage ratio to average 1.15x for 2016 with 2016 distributable cash flow increasing 30% over our fourth quarter of 2015 run rate. The distribution coverage ratio is expected to continue to grow through the deferral period. Given the current uncertainty and volatility in the market, we plan on evaluating distribution per unit growth on a quarter to quarter basis throughout 2016.
I would also like to thank our bank group for their continued support and confidence in the SMLP business. We increased our revolving credit facility by $550.0 million to $1.25 billion in conjunction with this transaction, providing us with the pro forma liquidity we need to continue to execute our growth plans without any further capital markets needs."
2016 Financial Guidance
Pro forma for the 2016 Drop Down, SMLP is providing financial guidance for 2016 with adjusted EBITDA expected to range from $260.0 million to $290.0 million, including approximately $75.0 million to $85.0 million attributable to the Drop Down Assets. The 2016 financial guidance is based on an assumed Henry Hub average natural gas price of $2.30 per MMBtu and West Texas Intermediate average crude oil price of $41.00 per barrel.
Given the challenging commodity price environment, coupled with the current volatility of the capital markets, SMLP will take a measured approach regarding the pace of its distribution per unit growth rate in 2016. In the near-term, SMLP intends to focus on building distribution coverage and strengthening its balance sheet. We expect SMLP's distribution coverage ratio for 2016 to range from 1.10x to 1.20x.
Overview of Drop Down Assets
Summit Midstream Utica, LLC ("Summit Utica") is a natural gas gathering system located in the Appalachian Basin in southeastern Ohio serving producers targeting the Utica and Point Pleasant shale formations. The system is currently in service and under development with fourth quarter of 2015 volume throughput of 75 million cubic feet per day ("MMcf/d"). Upon full development, Summit Utica will be composed of 60 miles of low-pressure and high-pressure gathering pipelines and three compressor and dehydration stations with total throughput capacity of 450 MMcf/d. The Summit Utica system gathers and delivers natural gas, primarily under long-term, fee-based contracts which include acreage dedications. XTO Energy Inc. serves as the anchor customer on the system. The system interconnects with Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.'s Utica Ohio River Pipeline.
Ohio Gathering Company, L.L.C. ("Ohio Gathering") is a natural gas gathering system located in the core of the Utica Shale in southeastern Ohio which is currently in service and under development. The gathering system, which is currently in service and under development, spans the condensate, rich-gas, and dry-gas windows of the Utica Shale for multiple producers that are targeting natural gas, condensate and NGL production from the Utica and Point Pleasant formations across Harrison, Guernsey, Belmont, Noble, and Monroe counties in Ohio. Currently, the system is composed of more than 250 miles of low-pressure and high-pressure gathering pipeline and offers throughput capacity in excess of 1.9 Bcf/d. Condensate and rich gas production is gathered, compressed, dehydrated and delivered to the Cadiz and Seneca processing complexes, which are owned by a joint venture owned between MPLX LP ("MPLX") and The Energy and Minerals Group ("EMG"). Dry gas production is gathered, compressed, dehydrated and delivered to a downstream interconnect with TETCO and another third party pipeline. All gathering services on the Ohio Gathering system are provided pursuant to long-term, fee-based gathering agreements. Gulfport Energy Corporation ("Gulfport") serves as the anchor customer for Ohio Gathering. In the fourth quarter of 2015, Ohio Gathering gathered an average of 813 MMcf/d of natural gas. SMLP is acquiring a 40.0% equity interest in Ohio Gathering; MPLX and EMG own the remaining 60.0%.
Ohio Condensate Company, L.L.C. ("Ohio Condensate") is a 23 thousand barrel per day ("Mbbl/d") condensate stabilization facility located in the core of the Utica Shale in southeastern Ohio. The facility commenced operations in February 2015 and is underpinned by a long-term, fee-based agreement with Gulfport. Condensate stabilization allows for producers to capture the NGLs that would otherwise flash from condensate in atmospheric conditions. Ohio Condensate is the largest stabilization facility in the Utica Shale and will ultimately serve as the origination point for MPLX's Cornerstone Pipeline which will deliver condensate to Marathon Petroleum's refinery in Canton, Ohio. In the fourth quarter of 2015, Ohio Condensate handled an average of 18 Mbbl/d of condensate. SMLP is acquiring a 40.0% equity interest in Ohio Condensate; MPLX owns the remaining 60.0%.
Tioga Midstream, LLC ("Tioga Midstream") is a crude oil, produced water and associated natural gas gathering system which is currently in service with 73 miles of crude oil gathering pipeline, 83 miles of produced water gathering pipeline and 79 miles of associated natural gas gathering pipeline. The Tioga Midstream system is located in Williams County, North Dakota and has 20 Mbbl/d of crude oil gathering capacity, 25 Mbbl/d of produced water gathering capacity and 14 MMcf/d of natural gas gathering capacity. All gathering services on the Tioga Midstream system are provided pursuant to long-term, fee-based gathering agreements with Hess Corp. ("Hess"), which is primarily targeting crude oil production from the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations. All crude oil, produced water and natural gas gathered on the Tioga Midstream system is delivered to downstream pipelines and disposal wells (for produced water) that are owned and operated by Hess. In the fourth quarter of 2015, Tioga Midstream gathered an average of 5 Mbbl/d of crude oil, 5 Mbbl/d of produced water, and 7 MMcf/d of natural gas.
Meadowlark Midstream Company, LLC ("Meadowlark Midstream") is currently composed of two separate gathering systems, including (i) an associated natural gas gathering and processing system located in the DJ Basin serving producers primarily targeting crude oil production from the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in northern Colorado and southern Wyoming ("Niobrara G&P") and (ii) a crude oil and produced water gathering system located in the Williston Basin serving an independent producer targeting the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in northwestern North Dakota ("Blacktail").
Transaction Structure Overview
SMLP has entered into a Contribution Agreement with Summit Midstream Partners Holdings, LLC ("SMP Holdings"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Summit Investments to acquire all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Summit Utica, Meadowlark Midstream and Tioga Midstream. In addition, SMLP will acquire SMP Holdings' 40.0% equity interest in each of Ohio Gathering and Ohio Condensate. Collectively, we refer to all of the assets being acquired as the "Drop Down Assets" and we refer to the transaction as the "2016 Drop Down".
The consideration that SMLP pays for the Drop Down Assets will consist of (i) an initial $360.0 million cash payment (the "Initial Payment") which will be funded with borrowings under SMLP's upsized $1.25 billion revolving credit facility, and (ii) a deferred payment which will be paid no later than December 31, 2020 (the "Deferred Payment"). At the discretion of the board of directors of SMLP's general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, the Deferred Payment can be made in either cash or SMLP common units, or a combination thereof. The transaction is expected to close in March 2016 (the "Initial Close").
The Deferred Payment will be equal to: (a) six-and-one-half (6.5) multiplied by the average adjusted EBITDA of the Drop Down Assets for 2018 and 2019; less (b) the Initial Payment; less (c) all capital expenditures incurred for the Drop Down Assets between the Initial Close and December 31, 2019; plus (d) all adjusted EBITDA from the Drop Down Assets between the Initial Close and December 31, 2019.
Management estimates that the Deferred Payment will be approximately $800.0 million to $900.0 million and currently expects that the Deferred Payment will be financed in 2020 with a combination of (i) net proceeds from the sale of SMLP common units, (ii) net proceeds from the issuance of senior unsecured debt, (iii) borrowings under SMLP's revolving credit facility, and/or (iv) other internally generated sources of cash.
SMLP expects to incur approximately $400.0 million to $500.0 million of growth capex associated with the Drop Down Assets over the approximate four-year period, from the Initial Close through 2019. Upon settlement of the Deferred Payment, the all-in acquisition multiple (the Initial Payment and the Deferred Payment) is expected to represent a 6.5x multiple of the Drop Down Assets' 2018 and 2019 average EBITDA and a less than 6.0x multiple of 2020 adjusted EBITDA.
The terms of the Contribution Agreement were approved by the conflicts committee of the board of directors of our general partner, which committee consists entirely of independent directors, and by the entire board of SMLP's general partner. The conflicts committee engaged Evercore Partners to act as its independent financial advisor and to render a fairness opinion, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP to act as its legal advisor.
Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2015 Financial Results
SMLP announced today its financial and operating results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2015. SMLP reported fourth quarter 2015 adjusted EBITDA of $53.3 million and adjusted distributable cash flow of $38.3 million compared to $54.1 million and $40.4 million, respectively, for the fourth quarter of 2014. SMLP reported a net loss of $220.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, primarily due to a $248.9 million noncash goodwill impairment related to the Polar and Divide and Grand River systems, compared to a net loss of $34.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2014, which included a $54.2 million noncash goodwill impairment related to our Bison Midstream system. Natural gas volume throughput averaged 1,308 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2015 compared to 1,491 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2014 and 1,390 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2015. Crude oil and produced water volume throughput in the fourth quarter of 2015 averaged 65.9 Mbbl/d compared to 47.1 Mbbl/d in the fourth quarter of 2014 and 51.5 Mbbl/d in the third quarter of 2015.
For the year ended December 31, 2015, SMLP reported adjusted EBITDA of $210.4 million and adjusted distributable cash flow of $154.3 million compared to $204.9 million and $151.4 million, respectively, for the comparable period in 2014. SMLP reported a net loss of $186.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2015 compared to a net loss of $14.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2014. Natural gas volume throughput averaged 1,449 MMcf/d for the year ended December 31, 2015 compared to 1,418 MMcf/d for the comparable period in 2014. Crude oil and produced water volume throughput averaged 55.0 Mbbl/d for the year ended December 31, 2015 compared to 33.6 Mbbl/d for the comparable period in 2014.
Steve Newby, President and Chief Executive Officer commented, "SMLP reported strong fourth quarter financial results driven primarily by a combination of higher liquids volumes across our Bakken gathering system and reduced G&A and operation and maintenance expense across all of our systems. Liquids volumes in the Bakken increased by 28% compared to the third quarter of 2015. We continue to benefit from our highly contracted and fee-based business model, which provides us with cash flow protection and the ability to perform consistently, even in a challenging commodity price environment.
Over the last several months, we have received a great deal of inquiry regarding our counterparty exposure. While we believe that we have a strong and high-quality contract portfolio, it is our role as a third-party gatherer that is the best mitigant to any counterparty exposure that we have. The vast majority of SMLP's gathering assets are strategically positioned at the beginning of the midstream value chain, meaning that the majority of our infrastructure is connected directly to our customers' wellheads and pad sites. Our gathering systems are typically the first third-party infrastructure through which our customers' commodities flow and in many cases, the only way for our customers to get their production to market. As a result, we believe that we are a critical service provider that cannot be easily substituted and we expect that our customers will continue to perform, as we continue to perform, pursuant to our long-term contracts, in order to access downstream markets."
Fourth Quarter 2015 Segment Results
Marcellus Shale
The Mountaineer Midstream gathering system provides SMLP's midstream services for the Marcellus Shale reportable segment. This system gathers high-pressure natural gas received from upstream pipeline interconnections with third parties, including Crestwood Equity Partners LP and Antero Midstream Partners, LP. Antero Resources Corp. ("Antero") is the only customer on the Mountaineer Midstream system. Natural gas on the Mountaineer Midstream system is delivered to the Sherwood Processing Complex located in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
Segment adjusted EBITDA totaled $4.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, up 10.7% over the fourth quarter of 2014, primarily due to the receipt of minimum volume commitments ("MVC") shortfall payments related to the Zinnia Loop, partially offset by a 20.3% decrease in volume throughput (to 366 MMcf/d). Segment adjusted EBITDA also benefitted from $0.5 million of lower combined operation and maintenance and general and administrative ("G&A") expense in the fourth quarter of 2015 compared to the fourth quarter of 2014.
Lower volume throughput relative to the fourth quarter of 2014 resulted from Antero slowing the pace of its well completion activity on wells located upstream of the Mountaineer Midstream system throughout 2015. Antero continues to defer completion activities on its Marcellus Shale wells located upstream of the Mountaineer Midstream system. SMLP expects volumes on the Mountaineer Midstream system to increase throughout the second and third quarters of 2016 as Antero completes work on certain of its previously identified 50 deferred well completions. Volume throughput in the fourth quarter of 2015 was down 19.9% from 457 MMcf/d in the third quarter of 2015.
Our Marcellus Shale segment gathering agreement includes MVCs, which largely mitigate the financial impact associated with volume declines. As a result, lower volume throughput in the fourth quarter of 2015 primarily translated into larger MVC shortfall payments, thereby minimizing the impact on segment adjusted EBITDA.
Segment G&A expenses decreased $0.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, relative to the fourth quarter of 2014, primarily related to our decision to discontinue allocating certain corporate overhead expenses to the reportable segments beginning in the first quarter of 2015.
Williston Basin
The Bison Midstream and the Polar and Divide gathering systems provide SMLP's midstream services for the Williston Basin reportable segment. Bison Midstream gathers and delivers low-pressure associated natural gas production from pad sites located in Mountrail and Burke counties in North Dakota to third-party pipelines serving Aux Sable Midstream, LLC's processing plant in Channahon, Illinois. Polar and Divide gathers and delivers crude oil received from pad sites located in Williams and Divide counties in North Dakota to the Colt Hub rail terminal in Epping, North Dakota and, as of January 2016, to the Basin Transload rail terminal in Columbus, North Dakota. The Basin Transload rail terminal is served by the Stampede Lateral transmission pipeline, which was commissioned at the end of 2015 and is contracted under a long-term, fee-based agreement with Global Partners, LP and includes minimum volume commitments. SMLP expects to add a third delivery point for its crude oil customers by the end of the first quarter of 2016, the Little Muddy Interconnect, which will provide customers with access to Enbridge's North Dakota Pipeline System and the ability to access various downstream markets including Chicago, Patoka, Cushing, Eastern Canada, and the Gulf Coast. Produced water gathered on the Polar and Divide system is delivered to various third-party disposal wells connected to our gathering infrastructure.
Segment adjusted EBITDA totaled $14.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, up 32.8% from the fourth quarter of 2014 primarily due to higher liquids volumes on the Polar and Divide system, partially offset by lower volumes and lower margins (associated with a percent-of-proceeds contract) on the Bison Midstream system. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2014, liquids volumes on the Polar and Divide system increased 39.9% to 65.9 Mbbl/d in the fourth quarter of 2015. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2014, associated natural gas volumes on the Bison system decreased 13.6% to 19 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2015. Stronger liquids volumes were positively impacted by producers completing new wells across our gathering footprint during the quarter, together with our work to connect pad sites that previously had liquids volumes being gathered by third-party trucks. Liquids volumes and natural gas volumes in the fourth quarter of 2015 were up 28.0% and 11.8%, respectively, compared to the third quarter of 2015.
Adjusted EBITDA for the Williston Basin segment in the fourth quarter of 2015 was negatively impacted by $0.8 million of higher segment operation and maintenance expense, but positively impacted by $1.3 million of lower segment G&A expense, compared to the fourth quarter of 2014. Lower segment G&A expense in the fourth quarter of 2015, compared to the fourth quarter of 2014, resulted primarily from the aforementioned decision to discontinue allocating certain corporate overhead expenses beginning in the first quarter of 2015.
Barnett Shale
The DFW Midstream gathering system provides SMLP's midstream services for the Barnett Shale reportable segment. This system gathers and delivers low-pressure natural gas received from pad sites primarily located in southeastern Tarrant County, Texas to downstream intrastate pipelines serving various natural gas hubs in the region.
Segment adjusted EBITDA totaled $14.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, down 5.6% from the fourth quarter of 2014 primarily due to lower volume throughput. Volume throughput of 325 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2015 was negatively impacted by a natural decline from our customers' existing wells on the system, partially offset by a 10-well pad site, which was commissioned by one of our customers in December 2015. These ten wells, coupled with three additional wells that were commissioned by a different customer in mid-November 2015, stimulated volume throughput late in the fourth quarter of 2015, with December 2015 volume throughput averaging 356 MMcf/d. Volume throughput in the fourth quarter of 2015 was flat with the third quarter of 2015.
Customers on the DFW Midstream system have another 15 previously identified drilled and uncompleted wells ("DUCs") that are in various stages of the completion process; we expect these 15 DUCs will be producing by the end of the second quarter of 2016. In addition, one producer recently moved a drilling rig back into our service area to drill six new wells which we expect to begin production in the second half of 2016.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2015 benefitted from a $1.5 million decrease in operation and maintenance expense relative to the fourth quarter of 2014 as well as the aforementioned decision to discontinue allocating certain corporate overhead expenses beginning in the first quarter of 2015. Segment G&A expenses decreased $0.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2015 compared to the fourth quarter of 2014.
Piceance Basin
The Grand River gathering system provides SMLP's midstream services for the Piceance Basin reportable segment. This system provides low-pressure and high-pressure natural gas gathering and processing services for producers operating in western Colorado and eastern Utah.
Segment adjusted EBITDA totaled $26.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, down 5.2% over the fourth quarter of 2014. Fourth quarter 2015 volume throughput on the Grand River system averaged 598 MMcf/d, a decrease of 6.3% from 638 MMcf/d in the fourth quarter of 2014, primarily as a result of our anchor customer's continued suspension of drilling activities in the basin and the resulting natural declines from existing wells. The impact of these volume declines were partially offset by higher MVC shortfall payment adjustments associated with certain of our customers' gas gathering agreements. Volume throughput was up 1.2% (from 591 MMcf/d) relative to the third quarter of 2015. In addition to lower volume throughput, lower commodity prices negatively impacted the margins that we earn from our percent-of-proceeds contracts and the condensate drip that we retain on the Legacy Grand River system and sell for our own account.
Segment adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2015 also benefitted from the aforementioned decision to discontinue allocating certain corporate overhead expenses beginning in the first quarter of 2015. Segment G&A expenses decreased $1.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2015 compared to the fourth quarter of 2014.
The majority of the gathering agreements for the Piceance Basin segment include MVCs, which largely mitigate the financial impact associated with volume declines. As a result, lower volume throughput in the fourth quarter of 2015 primarily translated into larger MVC shortfall payments, thereby minimizing the impact on segment adjusted EBITDA.
The following table presents average daily throughput by reportable segment:
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Marcellus Shale |
366 |
459 |
477 |
382 |
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Williston Basin |
19 |
22 |
18 |
18 |
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Barnett Shale |
325 |
372 |
352 |
358 |
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Piceance Basin |
598 |
638 |
602 |
660 |
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Aggregate average daily throughput |
1,308 |
1,491 |
1,449 |
1,418 |
||||||||
Average daily throughput (Mbbl/d): |
||||||||||||
Williston Basin |
65.9 |
47.1 |
55.0 |
33.6 |
||||||||
Average daily throughput |
65.9 |
47.1 |
55.0 |
33.6 |
Fourth Quarter 2015 Goodwill Impairments
In connection with (i) increased market volatility, (ii) the decrease in market values of comparable companies, (iii) the continued trend of falling commodity prices and (iv) the finalization of our annual financial and operating plans which took into account changes resulting from ongoing contract negotiations and expected levels of drilling activity, we concluded that a triggering event occurred during the fourth quarter of 2015 requiring that we test the goodwill associated with our Grand River and Polar and Divide reporting units. Our analysis indicated that the carrying values for Grand River and Polar and Divide exceeded their estimated fair values. Further analysis indicated that all of the goodwill related to Grand River and Polar and Divide was impaired. As such, SMLP recognized a noncash goodwill impairment of $45.5 million for Grand River and a noncash goodwill impairment of $203.4 million for Polar and Divide.
MVC Shortfall Payments
SMLP billed its customers $41.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2015 because those customers did not meet their MVCs. For those customers that do not have credit banking mechanisms in their gathering agreements, or have no ability to use MVC shortfall payments as credits, the MVC shortfall payments from these customers are accounted for as gathering revenue in the period that they are earned.
For the fourth quarter of 2015, SMLP recognized $28.4 million of gathering revenue associated with MVC shortfall payments from certain customers in the Marcellus Shale, Piceance Basin, and Barnett Shale segments. MVC shortfall payment adjustments in the fourth quarter of 2015 totaled ($13.8) million and included $13.2 million of deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments and ($27.0) million was adjustments related to MVC shortfall payment adjustments from certain customers in the Piceance Basin, Williston Basin, and Barnett Shale segments.
The net impact of SMLP's MVC shortfall payment mechanisms increased adjusted EBITDA by $14.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2015.
Three months ended December 31, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
MVC billings |
Gathering revenue |
Adjustments to MVC shortfall payments |
Net impact to adjusted EBITDA | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: |
||||||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
||||||||
Williston Basin |
11,897 |
— |
11,897 |
11,897 |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
Piceance Basin |
3,999 |
2,743 |
1,256 |
3,999 |
||||||||||||
Total net change |
$ |
15,896 |
$ |
2,743 |
$ |
13,153 |
$ |
15,896 |
||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: |
||||||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
$ |
852 |
$ |
852 |
$ |
— |
$ |
852 |
||||||||
Williston Basin |
— |
— |
(8,997) |
(8,997) |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
624 |
624 |
(267) |
357 |
||||||||||||
Piceance Basin |
24,146 |
24,146 |
(17,705) |
6,441 |
||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments |
$ |
25,622 |
$ |
25,622 |
$ |
(26,968) |
$ |
(1,347) |
||||||||
Total |
$ |
41,518 |
$ |
28,365 |
$ |
(13,816) |
$ |
14,549 |
||||||||
Twelve months ended December 31, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
MVC billings |
Gathering revenue |
Adjustments to MVC shortfall payments |
Net impact to adjusted EBITDA | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Net change in deferred revenue related to MVC shortfall payments: |
||||||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
||||||||
Williston Basin |
11,897 |
27 |
11,870 |
11,897 |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
677 |
2,377 |
(1,700) |
677 |
||||||||||||
Piceance Basin |
15,508 |
37,131 |
(21,623) |
15,508 |
||||||||||||
Total net change |
$ |
28,082 |
$ |
39,535 |
$ |
(11,453) |
$ |
28,082 |
||||||||
MVC shortfall payment adjustments: |
||||||||||||||||
Marcellus Shale |
$ |
3,237 |
$ |
3,237 |
$ |
— |
$ |
3,237 |
||||||||
Williston Basin |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
Barnett Shale |
1,142 |
1,142 |
(482) |
660 |
||||||||||||
Piceance Basin |
25,704 |
25,704 |
33 |
25,737 |
||||||||||||
Total MVC shortfall payment adjustments |
$ |
30,083 |
$ |
30,083 |
$ |
(449) |
$ |
29,634 |
||||||||
Total |
$ |
58,165 |
$ |
69,618 |
$ |
(11,902) |
$ |
57,716 |
Capital Expenditures
For the three months ended December 31, 2015, SMLP recorded total capital expenditures of $28.8 million, including approximately $2.8 million of maintenance capital expenditures. Development activities during the fourth quarter of 2015 were related primarily to the ongoing expansion of the Bakken liquids system, including the Stampede Lateral, which was placed into service at the end of 2015.
Capital & Liquidity
As of December 31, 2015, SMLP had total liquidity (undrawn borrowing capacity under its $700.0 million revolving credit facility) of $356.0 million. Based upon the terms of SMLP's revolving credit facility and total outstanding debt of $944.8 million, total leverage (net debt divided by EBITDA) was 4.23 to 1 as of December 31, 2015.
SMLP is amending and upsizing its revolving credit facility in connection with the 2016 Drop Down. This amendment and $550.0 million increase in commitments will close concurrent with the Initial Close of the 2016 Drop Down. SMLP's total borrowing capacity will increase from $700.0 million to $1.25 billion, a new investment basket will be added allowing SMLP to repurchase up to $100.0 million of its outstanding senior unsecured notes, and various amendments will be approved to facilitate the 2016 Drop Down. The pricing grid will not change, and the maturity of the revolving credit facility remains November 1, 2018.
Pro forma for the closing of the revolving credit facility amendment and increased commitments, we expect to have available liquidity under the revolving credit facility of approximately $540.0 million.
Quarterly Distribution
On January 21, 2016, the board of directors of SMLP's general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.575 per unit on all outstanding common and subordinated units, or $2.30 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended December 31, 2015. This distribution was paid on February 12, 2016 to unitholders of record as of the close of business on February 5, 2016. This distribution represents an increase of $0.015 per unit, or 2.7%, over the distribution paid in respect of the fourth quarter of 2014 and is flat to the $0.575 per unit distribution paid in respect of the third quarter of 2015.
Recent Conversion of SMLP Subordinated Units to Common Units
SMLP has complied with the required financial tests under its partnership agreement and accordingly, on February 16, 2016, all of SMLP's 24,409,850 subordinated units were converted, on a one-for-one basis, into common units. The conversion of the subordinated units into common units does not impact the amount of outstanding limited partner units nor does it impact the amount of cash distributions paid by SMLP. Following conversion, Summit Investments beneficially owns 29,854,581 common units. As of February 16, 2016, an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LP, owns an additional 2,184,186 common units in SMLP, which it has acquired in connection with its $100.0 million open market unit purchase program announced in December 2015.
Fourth Quarter 2015 Earnings Call Information
SMLP will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday, February 26, 2016, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 847-585-4405 or toll-free 888-771-4371 and entering the passcode 41827549. The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available until March 11, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern and can be accessed by dialing 888-843-7419 and entering the replay passcode 41827549. An archive of the conference call will also be available on SMLP's website.
Upcoming Investor Conferences
SMLP will participate in the Morgan Stanley MLP/Diversified Natural Gas, Utilities & Clean Tech Conference on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 and the Barclays Select Series: MLP Corporate Access Day on Wednesday, March 2, 2016. Both conferences are being held in New York, New York. The presentation materials associated with these events will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of each of the conferences.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We report financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). We also present EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, distributable cash flow and adjusted distributable cash flow. We define EBITDA as net income, plus interest expense, income tax expense, and depreciation and amortization, less interest income and income tax benefit. We define adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA plus adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, impairments and other noncash expenses or losses, less other noncash income or gains. We define distributable cash flow as adjusted EBITDA plus cash interest received, less cash interest paid, senior notes interest adjustment, cash taxes paid and maintenance capital expenditures. We define adjusted distributable cash flow as distributable cash flow plus or minus other unusual or non-recurring expenses or income. Our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may differ from the definitions of similar measures used by other companies. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating our financial performance. Furthermore, management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures may provide users with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods as they are expected to be reflective of our core ongoing business. These measures have limitations, and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures are attached to this release.
Comparability Related to Drop Down Transactions
With respect to drop down transactions, SMLP's historical results of operations may not be comparable to its future results of operations. In May 2015, SMLP acquired the assets comprising the Polar and Divide system from two subsidiaries of Summit Investments. In March 2014, SMLP acquired Red Rock Gathering from a subsidiary of Summit Investments. SMLP accounted for both the Polar and Divide Drop Down and the Red Rock Drop Down on an "as-if pooled" basis because these transactions were executed by entities under common control. As such, SMLP's consolidated financial statements reflect Summit Investments' fair value purchase accounting, historical cost of construction, and the results of operations of (i) Polar and Divide since February 15, 2013 and (ii) Red Rock Gathering since October 23, 2012, as if SMLP had owned and operated both Polar and Divide and Red Rock Gathering during the common control period.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP currently provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in four unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus Shale formation in northern West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in northwestern North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in north-central Texas; and (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in western Colorado and eastern Utah. SMLP owns and operates more than 2,700 miles of pipeline and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Investments
As of February 16, 2016, Summit Investments beneficially owned a 44.9% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments owns, operates and is developing various natural gas, crude oil and produced water-related midstream energy infrastructure assets in the Utica Shale in southeastern Ohio, the Bakken Shale in northwestern North Dakota, and the DJ Basin in northeastern Colorado. Summit Investments also owns a 40% interest in a joint venture that is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in southeastern Ohio. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. As of February 16, 2016, an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owned a 3.3% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. Forward-looking statements in this press release include statements regarding the necessity of accessing the debt and equity capital markets, financial guidance with respect to distribution coverage ratios, adjusted EBITDA, expected commodity prices and distributable cash flow, and the expected amount of the Deferred Payment. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 11, 2015 and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | |||||||
December 31, | |||||||
2015 |
2014 | ||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||
Assets |
|||||||
Current assets: |
|||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
19,411 |
$ |
26,504 |
|||
Accounts receivable, net |
84,022 |
89,201 |
|||||
Other current assets |
3,210 |
3,517 |
|||||
Total current assets |
106,643 |
119,222 |
|||||
Property, plant and equipment, net |
1,463,802 |
1,414,350 |
|||||
Intangible assets, net |
438,093 |
477,734 |
|||||
Goodwill |
16,211 |
265,062 |
|||||
Other noncurrent assets |
15,782 |
17,353 |
|||||
Total assets |
$ |
2,040,531 |
$ |
2,293,721 |
|||
Liabilities and Partners' Capital |
|||||||
Current liabilities: |
|||||||
Trade accounts payable |
$ |
18,971 |
$ |
24,855 |
|||
Due to affiliate |
1,149 |
2,711 |
|||||
Deferred revenue |
677 |
2,377 |
|||||
Ad valorem taxes payable |
9,890 |
9,118 |
|||||
Accrued interest |
17,483 |
18,858 |
|||||
Other current liabilities |
11,464 |
13,550 |
|||||
Total current liabilities |
59,634 |
71,469 |
|||||
Long-term debt |
944,000 |
808,000 |
|||||
Deferred revenue |
45,486 |
55,239 |
|||||
Other noncurrent liabilities |
7,169 |
7,292 |
|||||
Total liabilities |
1,056,289 |
942,000 |
|||||
Common limited partner capital |
744,977 |
649,060 |
|||||
Subordinated limited partner capital |
213,631 |
293,153 |
|||||
General partner interests |
25,634 |
24,676 |
|||||
Summit Investments' equity in contributed subsidiaries |
— |
384,832 |
|||||
Total partners' capital |
984,242 |
1,351,721 |
|||||
Total liabilities and partners' capital |
$ |
2,040,531 |
$ |
2,293,721 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended |
Year ended | ||||||||||||||
2015 |
2014 |
2015 |
2014 | ||||||||||||
(In thousands, except per-unit amounts) | |||||||||||||||
Revenues: |
|||||||||||||||
Gathering services and related fees |
$ |
88,744 |
$ |
81,586 |
$ |
310,829 |
$ |
255,211 |
|||||||
Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales |
8,789 |
20,117 |
42,079 |
97,094 |
|||||||||||
Other revenues |
5,068 |
6,526 |
18,411 |
20,398 |
|||||||||||
Total revenues |
102,601 |
108,229 |
371,319 |
372,703 |
|||||||||||
Costs and expenses: |
|||||||||||||||
Cost of natural gas and NGLs |
6,424 |
15,775 |
31,398 |
72,415 |
|||||||||||
Operation and maintenance |
21,566 |
22,459 |
87,285 |
88,927 |
|||||||||||
General and administrative |
8,798 |
10,142 |
36,544 |
38,269 |
|||||||||||
Transaction costs |
76 |
55 |
790 |
730 |
|||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
24,344 |
23,331 |
96,189 |
87,349 |
|||||||||||
Loss (gain) on asset sales, net |
42 |
436 |
(172) |
442 |
|||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment |
1,609 |
5,505 |
9,305 |
5,505 |
|||||||||||
Goodwill impairment |
248,851 |
54,199 |
248,851 |
54,199 |
|||||||||||
Total costs and expenses |
311,710 |
131,902 |
510,190 |
347,836 |
|||||||||||
Other income |
— |
1,186 |
2 |
1,189 |
|||||||||||
Interest expense |
(12,283) |
(11,655) |
(48,616) |
(40,159) |
|||||||||||
Loss before income taxes |
(221,392) |
(34,142) |
(187,485) |
(14,103) |
|||||||||||
Income tax benefit (expense) |
924 |
24 |
676 |
(631) |
|||||||||||
Net loss |
$ |
(220,468) |
$ |
(34,118) |
$ |
(186,809) |
$ |
(14,734) |
|||||||
Less net income attributable to Summit Investments |
— |
3,568 |
5,403 |
9,258 |
|||||||||||
Net loss attributable to SMLP |
(220,468) |
(37,686) |
(192,212) |
(23,992) |
|||||||||||
Less net loss attributable to general partner, including IDRs |
(2,469) |
689 |
3,398 |
3,125 |
|||||||||||
Net loss attributable to limited partners |
$ |
(217,999) |
$ |
(38,375) |
$ |
(195,610) |
$ |
(27,117) |
|||||||
Loss per limited partner unit: |
|||||||||||||||
Common unit – basic |
$ |
(3.28) |
$ |
(0.65) |
$ |
(3.20) |
$ |
(0.49) |
|||||||
Common unit – diluted |
$ |
(3.28) |
$ |
(0.65) |
$ |
(3.20) |
$ |
(0.49) |
|||||||
Subordinated unit – basic and diluted |
$ |
(3.28) |
$ |
(0.65) |
$ |
(2.88) |
$ |
(0.44) |
|||||||
Weighted-average limited partner units outstanding: |
|||||||||||||||
Common units – basic |
42,063 |
34,425 |
39,217 |
33,311 |
|||||||||||
Common units – diluted |
42,063 |
34,425 |
39,217 |
33,311 |
|||||||||||
Subordinated units – basic and diluted |
24,410 |
24,410 |
24,410 |
24,410 |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES OTHER FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended |
Year ended | ||||||||||||||
2015 |
2014 |
2015 |
2014 | ||||||||||||
(Dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Other financial data: |
|||||||||||||||
EBITDA (1) |
$ |
(184,627) |
$ |
1,094 |
$ |
(41,896) |
$ |
114,345 |
|||||||
Adjusted EBITDA (1) |
$ |
53,279 |
$ |
54,086 |
$ |
210,445 |
$ |
204,907 |
|||||||
Capital expenditures |
$ |
28,817 |
$ |
66,115 |
$ |
118,107 |
$ |
220,820 |
|||||||
Acquisitions of gathering systems (2) |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
288,618 |
$ |
315,872 |
|||||||
Distributable cash flow (1) |
$ |
38,265 |
$ |
40,844 |
$ |
153,373 |
$ |
150,318 |
|||||||
Adjusted distributable cash flow |
$ |
38,341 |
$ |
40,376 |
$ |
154,266 |
$ |
151,418 |
|||||||
Distributions declared |
$ |
40,977 |
$ |
35,093 |
$ |
157,960 |
$ |
130,951 |
|||||||
Distribution coverage ratio (3) |
0.94x |
* |
* |
* |
|||||||||||
Operating data: |
|||||||||||||||
Aggregate average throughput – gas (MMcf/d) |
1,308 |
1,491 |
1,449 |
1,418 |
|||||||||||
Average throughput – liquids (Mbbl/d) |
65.9 |
47.1 |
55.0 |
33.6 |
__________ | |
* Not considered meaningful | |
(1) Includes transaction costs. These unusual expenses are settled in cash. | |
(2) Reflects consideration paid, including working capital and capital expenditure adjustments paid (received), to fund acquisitions and/or drop downs. | |
(3) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended December 31, 2015 is based on distributions in respect of the fourth quarter of 2015. Represents the ratio of adjusted distributable cash flow to distributions declared. Due to the common control nature of drop down transactions and to the extent that common control existed during a given reporting period, quarter-to-date and year-to-date results are reported on an as-if pooled basis with no adjustment to distributions declared. As such, we only present the current quarter's distribution coverage ratio when a drop down, and its funding, impacts adjusted distributable cash flow and distributions declared. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED RECONCILIATIONS TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended |
Year ended | ||||||||||||||
2015 |
2014 |
2015 |
2014 | ||||||||||||
(Dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Reconciliations of Net Loss to EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Distributable Cash Flow and Adjusted Distributable Cash Flow: |
|||||||||||||||
Net loss |
$ |
(220,468) |
$ |
(34,118) |
$ |
(186,809) |
$ |
(14,734) |
|||||||
Add: |
|||||||||||||||
Interest expense |
12,283 |
11,655 |
48,616 |
40,159 |
|||||||||||
Income tax expense |
— |
— |
— |
631 |
|||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization (1) |
24,482 |
23,582 |
96,975 |
88,293 |
|||||||||||
Less: |
|||||||||||||||
Interest income |
— |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|||||||||||
Income tax benefit |
924 |
24 |
676 |
— |
|||||||||||
EBITDA |
$ |
(184,627) |
$ |
1,094 |
$ |
(41,896) |
$ |
114,345 |
|||||||
Add: |
|||||||||||||||
Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments (2) |
(13,816) |
(7,245) |
(11,902) |
26,565 |
|||||||||||
Unit-based compensation |
1,220 |
1,282 |
6,259 |
5,036 |
|||||||||||
Loss on asset sales |
42 |
436 |
42 |
442 |
|||||||||||
Long-lived asset impairment |
1,609 |
5,505 |
9,305 |
5,505 |
|||||||||||
Goodwill impairment |
248,851 |
54,199 |
248,851 |
54,199 |
|||||||||||
Less: |
|||||||||||||||
Gain on asset sales |
— |
— |
214 |
— |
|||||||||||
Impact of purchase price adjustment |
— |
1,185 |
— |
1,185 |
|||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
53,279 |
$ |
54,086 |
$ |
210,445 |
$ |
204,907 |
|||||||
Add cash interest received |
— |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|||||||||||
Less: |
|||||||||||||||
Cash interest paid |
2,513 |
1,745 |
48,947 |
31,524 |
|||||||||||
Senior notes interest adjustment (3) |
9,750 |
9,750 |
(1,421) |
6,733 |
|||||||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures |
2,751 |
1,748 |
9,548 |
16,336 |
|||||||||||
Distributable cash flow |
$ |
38,265 |
$ |
40,844 |
$ |
153,373 |
$ |
150,318 |
|||||||
Add: |
|||||||||||||||
Transaction costs |
76 |
55 |
790 |
730 |
|||||||||||
Regulatory compliance costs (4) |
— |
898 |
103 |
1,536 |
|||||||||||
Less: |
|||||||||||||||
Ad valorem tax adjustment (5) |
— |
255 |
— |
— |
|||||||||||
Write off of working capital adjustment (6) |
— |
1,166 |
— |
1,166 |
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Adjusted distributable cash flow |
$ |
38,341 |
$ |
40,376 |
$ |
154,266 |
$ |
151,418 |
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Distributions declared |
$ |
40,977 |
$ |
35,093 |
$ |
157,960 |
$ |
130,951 |
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Distribution coverage ratio (7) |
0.94x |
* |
* |
* |
__________ | |
* Not considered meaningful | |
(1) Includes amortization of favorable and unfavorable gas gathering contracts reported in other revenues. | |
(2) Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments account for (i) the net increases or decreases in deferred revenue for MVC shortfall payments and (ii) our inclusion of expected annual MVC shortfall payments. | |
(3) Senior notes interest adjustment represents the net of interest expense accrued and paid during the period. Interest on the $300.0 million 5.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 until maturity in August 2022. Interest on the $300.0 million 7.5% senior notes is paid in cash semi-annually in arrears on January 1 and July 1 until maturity in July 2021. | |
(4) We incurred expenses associated with our adoption of the 2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission ("COSO 2013"). These first-year COSO 2013 expenses are not expected to be incurred subsequent to completion of the 2014 integrated audit. | |
(5) In the fourth quarter of 2014, we adjusted our estimate for ad valorem property taxes for 2014. This adjustment resulted in a reduction to property tax expense of $0.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2014. | |
(6) During the fourth quarter of 2014, we identified and wrote off the balance associated with a working capital adjustment received after the purchase accounting measurement period closed for Summit Investments' acquisition of Red Rock Gathering. This write off was recognized as a $1.2 million increase to gathering services and other fees. | |
(7) Distribution coverage ratio calculation for the three months ended December 31, 2015 is based on distributions in respect of the fourth quarter of 2015. Represents the ratio of adjusted distributable cash flow to distributions declared. Due to the common control nature of drop down transactions and to the extent that common control existed during a given reporting period, quarter-to-date and year-to-date results are reported on an as-if pooled basis with no adjustment to distributions declared. As such, we only present the current quarter's distribution coverage ratio when a drop down, and its funding, impacts adjusted distributable cash flow and distributions declared. |
SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF REPORTABLE SEGMENT ADJUSTED EBITDA TO ADJUSTED EBITDA | |||||||||||||||
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2015 |
2014 |
2015 |
2014 | ||||||||||||
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Reportable segment adjusted EBITDA: |
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Marcellus Shale |
$ |
4,722 |
$ |
4,264 |
$ |
23,214 |
$ |
15,940 |
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Williston Basin |
14,574 |
10,974 |
47,010 |
31,551 |
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Barnett Shale |
14,082 |
14,920 |
59,526 |
60,528 |
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Piceance Basin |
26,040 |
27,458 |
104,467 |
107,953 |
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Total reportable segment adjusted EBITDA |
59,418 |
57,616 |
234,217 |
215,972 |
|||||||||||
Allocated corporate expenses |
(6,139) |
(3,530) |
(23,772) |
(11,065) |
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Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
53,279 |
$ |
54,086 |
$ |
210,445 |
$ |
204,907 |
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SOURCE Summit Midstream Partners, LP
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that it has commenced operations of the Stampede Lateral crude oil transmission pipeline in North Dakota and is currently in the final stages of completing the nearby Little Muddy crude oil transmission pipeline, which includes an interconnect with Enbridge's North Dakota Pipeline System. These crude oil development projects provide customers on the Polar & Divide gathering system with two new delivery points and enhanced optionality to access additional downstream markets via rail and pipeline infrastructure. Prior to the commissioning these projects, crude oil on the Polar & Divide system was delivered exclusively to the Colt Hub rail terminal in Epping, North Dakota.
The Stampede Lateral connects SMLP's Polar & Divide crude oil gathering system with Global Partners LP's ("Global") Basin Transload rail terminal located near Columbus, North Dakota. The Stampede Lateral provides Global and other producers in the region with up to 60,000 bbls/d of crude oil throughput capacity. The 46-mile, 10-inch diameter transmission pipeline originates at SMLP's newly-built, Divide Station, which offers truck unloading capabilities and 75,000 barrels of crude oil storage capacity. The Stampede Lateral is underpinned by a long-term, fee-based contract with Global, including minimum volume commitments. Crude oil on the Stampede Lateral is delivered to Global's Basin Transload rail terminal which offers single line haul rail access to Global's Albany, New York terminal.
The Little Muddy pipeline will connect SMLP's Polar & Divide crude oil gathering system with Enbridge's North Dakota Pipeline System in Williams County, North Dakota via Enbridge's Little Muddy Facility located near Marmon, North Dakota. This development project includes 14-miles of 10-inch diameter crude oil transmission pipeline with throughput capacity of 27,000 bbls/d. Crude oil delivered to the Little Muddy Interconnect will gain pipeline access to various downstream markets including Chicago, Patoka, Cushing, Eastern Canada, and the Gulf Coast.
Steve Newby, President and Chief Executive Officer of SMLP commented, "The start-up of the Stampede Lateral and Little Muddy Interconnect significantly diversifies our downstream takeaway options for our customers on our crude oil gathering systems in the Bakken. We are excited to enhance the interconnectivity of our crude gathering system and to provide our customers with to access multiple downstream markets".
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP currently provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in four unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus Shale formation in northern West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in northwestern North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in north-central Texas; and (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in western Colorado and eastern Utah. SMLP owns and operates more than 2,600 miles of pipeline and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") directly and indirectly owns a 44.0% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments owns, operates and is developing various natural gas, crude oil and produced water-related midstream energy infrastructure assets in the Utica Shale in southeastern Ohio, the Bakken Shale in northwestern North Dakota, and the DJ Basin in northeastern Colorado. Summit Investments also owns a 40% interest in a joint venture that is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in southeastern Ohio. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns a 2.5% limited partner interest in SMLP.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Jan. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that members of its senior management team will participate at U.S. Capital Advisors' Midstream Corporate Access Day on January 26, 2016. The related presentation materials associated with this event will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of the conference on January 26, 2016.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP currently provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in four unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus Shale formation in northern West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in northwestern North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in north-central Texas; and (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in western Colorado and eastern Utah. SMLP owns and operates more than 2,600 miles of pipeline and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") directly and indirectly owns a 44.0% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments owns, operates and is developing various natural gas, crude oil and produced water-related midstream energy infrastructure assets in the Utica Shale in southeastern Ohio, the Bakken Shale in northwestern North Dakota, and the DJ Basin in northeastern Colorado. Summit Investments also owns a 40% interest in a joint venture that is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in southeastern Ohio. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns a 1.5% limited partner interest in SMLP.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Jan. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, has declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.575 per unit on all of its outstanding common and subordinated units, or $2.30 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended December 31, 2015. The distribution will be paid on February 12, 2016 to unitholders of record as of the close of business on February 5, 2016.
This quarterly distribution represents an increase of $0.015 per unit, or 2.7%, over the $0.56 per unit distribution paid for the quarter ended December 31, 2014 and is flat to the $0.575 per unit distribution paid for the quarter ended September 30, 2015. For fiscal year 2015, SMLP paid $2.285 per unit which represents an increase of 7.8% over fiscal year 2014.
This release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat one hundred percent (100.0%) of SMLP's distributions to foreign investors as being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. Accordingly, SMLP's distributions to foreign investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP currently provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in four unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus Shale formation in northern West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in northwestern North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in north-central Texas; and (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in western Colorado and eastern Utah. SMLP owns and operates more than 2,600 miles of pipeline and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") directly and indirectly owns a 44.0% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments owns, operates and is developing various natural gas, crude oil and produced water-related midstream energy infrastructure assets in the Utica Shale in southeastern Ohio, the Bakken Shale in northwestern North Dakota, and the DJ Basin in northeastern Colorado. Summit Investments also owns a 40% interest in a joint venture that is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in southeastern Ohio. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. An affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owns a 1.5% limited partner interest in SMLP.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K as updated and superseded by our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 11, 2015 and as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Jan. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today that members of its senior management team will participate at the UBS MLP One-on-One Conference in Park City, Utah on January 12, 2016 and January 13, 2016. The related presentation materials associated with this event will be accessible through the Investors section of SMLP's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of the conference on January 12, 2016.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in North America. SMLP currently provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in four unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus Shale formation in northern West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in northwestern North Dakota; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in north-central Texas; and (iv) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in western Colorado and eastern Utah. SMLP owns and operates more than 2,600 miles of pipeline and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas with regional corporate offices in Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments") directly and indirectly owns a 44.0% limited partner interest in SMLP and indirectly owns and controls the general partner of SMLP, Summit Midstream GP, LLC, which has sole responsibility for conducting the business and managing the operations of SMLP. Summit Investments owns, operates and is developing various natural gas, crude oil and produced water-related midstream energy infrastructure assets in the Utica Shale in southeastern Ohio, the Bakken Shale in northwestern North Dakota, and the DJ Basin in northeastern Colorado. Summit Investments also owns a 40% interest in a joint venture that is developing natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in southeastern Ohio. Summit Investments is a privately held company controlled by Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, and certain of its affiliates.
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