Shell Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE: SHLX) (the “Partnership” or
“Shell Midstream Partners”) reported net income attributable to the
Partnership of $148 million for the second quarter of 2022, which
equated to $0.33 per diluted common limited partner unit. Shell
Midstream Partners also generated adjusted earnings before
interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization attributable
to the Partnership of $191 million.
Total cash available for distribution was $164 million, which is
$7 million higher than the prior quarter. The increasewas largely
driven by increased volumes shipped on the Zydeco system and higher
distributions from Explorer, partially offset by planned producer
turnaround activity and higher expenses in the period.
The Board of Directors of our general partner (the “Board”)
previously declared a cash distribution of $0.30 per limited
partner common unit for the second quarter of 2022, consistent with
the prior quarter, resulting in a coverage ratio for the quarter of
1.4x. The distribution will be paid August 12, 2022 to
unitholders of record as of August 2, 2022.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Net income attributable to the Partnership was $148 million,
compared to $158 million for the prior quarter.
- Net cash provided by operating activities was $184 million,
compared to $157 million for the prior quarter.
- Cash available for distribution was $164 million, compared to
$157 million for the prior quarter.
- The board of directors of Colonial elected not to declare a
dividend for the three months ended June 30, 2022.
- Total cash distribution declared for common units was $118
million, resulting in a coverage ratio of 1.4x.
- Adjusted EBITDA attributable to the Partnership was $191
million, compared to $182 million for the prior quarter.
- As of June 30, 2022, the Partnership had $325 million of
consolidated cash and cash equivalents on hand.
- As of June 30, 2022, the Partnership had total debt of
$2.5 billion, equating to 3.3x Debt to annualized Q2 2022
Adjusted EBITDA. Current debt levels are well within our targeted
range and provide flexibility to the Partnership.
Adjusted EBITDA and Cash available for distribution are non-GAAP
supplemental financial measures. See the reconciliation to their
most comparable GAAP measures later in this press release.
ASSET HIGHLIGHTS
Significant Onshore Pipeline Transportation:
-
- Zydeco - Mainline volumes were 622 kbpd in the current quarter,
compared to 535 kbpd in the prior quarter.
Significant Offshore Pipeline
Transportation:
- Volumes decreased primarily due to planned producer turnaround
activity during the second quarter.
- Mars - Volumes were 432 kbpd, compared to 488 kbpd in the prior
quarter.
- Amberjack - Volumes were 317 kbpd, compared to 340 kbpd in the
prior quarter.
- Eastern Corridor - Volumes were 353 kbpd, compared to 393 kbpd
in the prior quarter.
- Auger - Volumes were 41 kbpd, compared to 39 kbpd in the prior
quarter.
Outlook
- Certain offshore connected producers have planned turnarounds
scheduled during 2022. We anticipate an impact of approximately $15
million to net income and CAFD from planned turnaround activity in
2022, of which approximately $14 million has been incurred in the
six months ended June 30, 2022.
- On July 25, 2022, the Partnership, along with various other
parties, executed the Merger Agreement, which provides for a series
of transactions (collectively, the “Transaction”), pursuant to
which Shell USA, Inc. (“Shell USA”) will acquire all of the
Partnership’s issued and outstanding common units not already owned
by Shell USA or its affiliates at $15.85 per common unit in cash.
The Board and the conflicts committee of the Board have each
unanimously approved, and recommended that the unitholders approve,
the Transaction. Concurrently with the execution of the Merger
Agreement, an affiliate of Shell USA executed a written unitholder
consent that was sufficient to approve the Transaction under the
terms of the partnership agreement of the Partnership. The
Transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2022. The
Transaction is subject to a number of contingencies, including
customary approvals and the satisfaction of other closing
conditions as set forth in the Merger Agreement. There can be no
assurance that the Transaction will be consummated on the terms
described above or at all.
- As of June 30, 2022, the Partnership has approximately
$1.3 billion in available liquidity, which is a combination of cash
and cash equivalents and availability under credit facilities.
ABOUT SHELL MIDSTREAM PARTNERS,
L.P.
Shell Midstream Partners, L.P., headquartered in
Houston, Texas, owns, operates, develops and acquires pipelines and
other midstream and logistics assets. The Partnership’s assets
include interests in entities that own (a) crude oil and refined
products pipelines and terminals that serve as key infrastructure
to transport onshore and offshore crude oil production to Gulf
Coast and Midwest refining markets and deliver refined products
from those markets to major demand centers and (b) storage tanks
and financing receivables that are secured by pipelines, storage
tanks, docks, truck and rail racks and other infrastructure used to
stage and transport intermediate and finished products. The
Partnership’s assets also include interests in entities that own
natural gas and refinery gas pipelines that transport offshore
natural gas to market hubs and deliver refinery gas from refineries
and plants to chemical sites along the Gulf Coast.
For more information on Shell Midstream Partners and the assets
owned by the Partnership, please
visitwww.shellmidstreampartners.com.
Summarized Financial Statement Information
|
|
For the Three Months Ended |
(in millions
of dollars, except per unit data) |
|
June 30, 2022 |
|
March 31, 2022 |
Revenue
(1) |
|
$
149 |
|
$
135 |
Costs and
expenses |
|
|
|
|
Operations and
maintenance |
|
44 |
|
41 |
Cost of product
sold |
|
14 |
|
9 |
General and
administrative |
|
14 |
|
13 |
Depreciation,
amortization and accretion |
|
13 |
|
12 |
Property and
other taxes |
|
5 |
|
5 |
Total costs and expenses |
|
90 |
|
80 |
Operating
income |
|
59 |
|
55 |
Income from
equity method investments |
|
97 |
|
108 |
Other income |
|
9 |
|
10 |
Investment and other income |
|
106 |
|
118 |
Interest
income |
|
8 |
|
8 |
Interest
expense |
|
22 |
|
21 |
Income before
income taxes |
|
151 |
|
160 |
Income tax
expense |
|
— |
|
— |
Net income |
|
151 |
|
160 |
Less: Net income
attributable to noncontrolling interests |
|
3 |
|
2 |
Net income
attributable to the Partnership |
|
$
148 |
|
$
158 |
Preferred
unitholder’s interest in net income attributable to the
Partnership |
|
$
12 |
|
$
12 |
Limited
Partners’ interest in net income attributable to the Partnership’s
common unitholders |
|
$
136 |
|
$
146 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net income per
Limited Partner Unit: |
|
|
|
|
Common –
Basic |
|
$
0.35 |
|
$
0.37 |
Common –
Diluted |
|
$
0.33 |
|
$
0.36 |
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average
Limited Partner Units outstanding: |
|
|
|
|
Common units –
public – basic |
|
123.8 |
|
123.8 |
Common units –
SPLC – basic |
|
269.5 |
|
269.5 |
Common units –
public – diluted |
|
123.8 |
|
123.8 |
Common units –
SPLC – diluted |
|
320.3 |
|
320.3 |
(1) Deferred revenue recognized for the three months ended June
30, 2022 and March 31, 2022, including the impact of overshipments
and expiring credits, if applicable, was $4 million and $2 million,
respectively.
Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and Cash Available for
Distribution to Net Income |
|
|
For the Three Months Ended |
(in millions
of dollars) |
|
June 30, 2022 |
|
March 31, 2022 |
Net income |
|
$
151 |
|
$
160 |
Add: |
|
|
|
|
Depreciation, amortization and accretion |
|
16 |
|
16 |
Interest income |
|
(8) |
|
(8) |
Interest expense |
|
22 |
|
21 |
Cash distribution received from equity method investments |
|
119 |
|
111 |
Less: |
|
|
|
|
Equity method distributions included in other income |
|
9 |
|
8 |
Income from equity method investments |
|
97 |
|
108 |
Adjusted EBITDA
(1) |
|
194 |
|
184 |
Less: |
|
|
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to noncontrolling interests |
|
3 |
|
2 |
Adjusted EBITDA
attributable to the Partnership |
|
191 |
|
182 |
Less: |
|
|
|
|
Series A Preferred Units distribution |
|
12 |
|
12 |
Net interest paid by the Partnership (2) |
|
22 |
|
21 |
Maintenance capex attributable to the Partnership |
|
5 |
|
2 |
Add: |
|
|
|
|
Net adjustments from volume deficiency payments attributable to the
Partnership |
|
— |
|
3 |
Principal and interest payments received on financing
receivables |
|
11 |
|
7 |
Reimbursement from Parent included in partner’s capital (3) |
|
1 |
|
— |
Cash available
for distribution attributable to the Partnership’s common
unitholders |
|
$
164 |
|
$
157 |
(1) Excludes principal and interest payments received on
financing receivables.(2) Amount represents both paid and accrued
interest attributable to the period.(3) Amount in 2022 relates to
reimbursement for final close out activities associated with the
directional drill project on Zydeco that was finalized and
operational in 2019.
See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” later in this press
release.
Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and Cash Available for
Distribution to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities |
|
|
For the Three Months Ended |
(in millions
of dollars) |
|
June 30, 2022 |
|
March 31, 2022 |
Net cash provided
by operating activities |
|
$
184 |
|
$
157 |
Add: |
|
|
|
|
Interest income |
|
(8) |
|
(8) |
Interest expense |
|
22 |
|
21 |
Return of investment |
|
25 |
|
16 |
Less: |
|
|
|
|
Change in deferred revenue and other unearned income |
|
2 |
|
6 |
Change in other assets and liabilities |
|
27 |
|
(4) |
Adjusted EBITDA (1) |
|
194 |
|
184 |
Less: |
|
|
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to noncontrolling interests |
|
3 |
|
2 |
Adjusted EBITDA
attributable to the Partnership |
|
191 |
|
182 |
Less: |
|
|
|
|
Series A Preferred Units distribution |
|
12 |
|
12 |
Net interest paid by the Partnership (2) |
|
22 |
|
21 |
Maintenance capex attributable to the Partnership |
|
5 |
|
2 |
Add: |
|
|
|
|
Net adjustments from volume deficiency payments attributable to the
Partnership |
|
— |
|
3 |
Principal and interest payments received on financing
receivables |
|
11 |
|
7 |
Reimbursement from Parent included in partner’s capital (3) |
|
1 |
|
— |
Cash available
for distribution attributable to the Partnership’s common
unitholders |
|
$
164 |
|
$
157 |
(1) Excludes principal and interest payments received on
financing receivables.(2) Amount represents both paid and accrued
interest attributable to the period.(3) Amount in 2022 relates to
reimbursement for final close out activities associated with the
directional drill project on Zydeco that was finalized and
operational in 2019.
See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” later in this
press release.
Distribution Information |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Three Months Ended |
(in millions
of dollars, except per-unit and ratio data) |
|
June 30, 2022 |
|
March 31, 2022 |
Quarterly
distribution declared per common unit |
|
$
0.3000 |
|
$
0.3000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA
attributable to the Partnership (1) |
|
$
191 |
|
$
182 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash available
for distribution attributable to the Partnership’s common
unitholders (1) |
|
$
164 |
|
$
157 |
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution
declared to limited partner units - common |
|
$
118 |
|
$
118 |
|
|
|
|
|
Coverage Ratio
(2) |
|
1.4 |
|
1.3 |
(1) Non-GAAP measures. See reconciliation tables earlier in this
press release. (2) Coverage ratio is equal to Cash available for
distribution attributable to the Partnership divided by Total
distribution declared.
Capital Expenditures and Investments |
|
|
For the Three Months Ended |
(in millions
of dollars) |
|
June 30, 2022 |
|
March 31, 2022 |
Expansion capital
expenditures |
|
$
— |
|
$
— |
Maintenance
capital expenditures |
|
5 |
|
2 |
Total capital
expenditures paid |
|
$
5 |
|
$
2 |
Contributions to
investment |
|
$
— |
|
$
— |
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet Information |
(in millions
of dollars) |
|
June 30, 2022 |
|
March 31, 2022 |
Cash and cash
equivalents |
|
$
325 |
|
$
251 |
Equity method
investments |
|
966 |
|
979 |
Property, plant
& equipment, net |
|
634 |
|
640 |
Total assets |
|
2,231 |
|
2,197 |
Related party
debt |
|
2,542 |
|
2,542 |
Total
deficit |
|
(441) |
|
(464) |
Pipeline and Terminal Volumes and Revenue per Barrel |
|
|
For the Three Months Ended |
|
|
June 30, 2022 |
|
March 31, 2022 |
Pipeline
throughput (thousands of barrels per day) (1) |
|
|
|
|
Zydeco –
Mainlines |
|
622 |
|
535 |
Zydeco – Other
segments |
|
66 |
|
43 |
Zydeco total system |
|
688 |
|
578 |
Amberjack total
system |
|
317 |
|
340 |
Mars total
system |
|
432 |
|
488 |
Bengal total
system |
|
315 |
|
305 |
Poseidon total
system |
|
262 |
|
239 |
Auger total
system |
|
41 |
|
39 |
Delta total
system |
|
206 |
|
224 |
Na Kika total
system |
|
48 |
|
72 |
Odyssey total
system |
|
99 |
|
97 |
Colonial total
system |
|
2,411 |
|
2,422 |
Explorer total
system |
|
618 |
|
464 |
Mattox total
system (2) |
|
114 |
|
120 |
LOCAP total
system |
|
881 |
|
726 |
Other
systems |
|
447 |
|
452 |
|
|
|
|
|
Terminals
(3)(4) |
|
|
|
|
Lockport
terminaling throughput and storage volumes |
|
205 |
|
229 |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue per
barrel ($ per barrel) |
|
|
|
|
Zydeco total
system (5) |
|
$
0.59 |
|
$
0.71 |
Amberjack total
system (5) |
|
2.19 |
|
2.37 |
Mars total system
(5) |
|
1.57 |
|
1.27 |
Bengal total
system (5) |
|
0.34 |
|
0.36 |
Auger total
system (5) |
|
1.80 |
|
1.83 |
Delta total
system (5) |
|
0.80 |
|
0.66 |
Na Kika total
system (6) |
|
1.10 |
|
0.77 |
Odyssey total
system (5) |
|
1.06 |
|
0.98 |
Lockport total
system (6) |
|
0.25 |
|
0.22 |
Mattox total
system (7) |
|
1.52 |
|
1.52 |
(1) Pipeline throughput is defined as the volume of delivered
barrels.(2) The actual delivered barrels for Mattox are disclosed
in the above table for the comparative periods. However, Mattox is
billed by monthly minimum quantity per dedication and
transportation agreements. Based on the contracted volume
determined in the agreements, the thousands of barrels per day for
Mattox are 170 for both the three months ended June 30, 2022 and
March 31, 2022.(3) Terminaling throughput is defined as the volume
of delivered barrels, and storage is defined as the volume of
stored barrels.(4) Refinery Gas Pipeline and our refined products
terminals are not included above as they generate revenue under
transportation and terminaling service agreements, respectively,
that provide for guaranteed minimum throughput. (5) Based on
reported revenues from transportation and allowance oil divided by
delivered barrels over the same time period. Actual tariffs charged
are based on shipping points along the pipeline system, volume and
length of contract. (6) Based on reported revenues from
transportation and storage divided by delivered and stored barrels
over the same time period. Actual rates are based on contract
volume and length. (7) Mattox is billed at a fixed rate
of $1.52 per barrel for the monthly minimum quantity in accordance
with dedication and transportation agreements.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release includes various “forward-looking statements”
within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements
other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to
be, forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are
statements of future expectations that are based on management’s
current expectations and assumptions and involve known and unknown
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results,
performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or
implied in these statements. Forward-looking statements include,
among other things, statements concerning management’s
expectations, beliefs, estimates, forecasts, projections and
assumptions. You can identify our forward-looking statements by
words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “budget,”
“continue,” “potential,” “guidance,” “effort,” “expect,”
“forecast,” “goals,” “objectives,” “outlook,” “intend,” “plan,”
“predict,” “project,” “seek,” “target,” “begin,” “could,” “may,”
“should” or “would” or other similar expressions that convey the
uncertainty of future events or outcomes. In accordance with “safe
harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995, these statements are accompanied by cautionary language
identifying important factors, though not necessarily all such
factors, which could cause future outcomes to differ materially
from those set forth in forward-looking statements. In particular,
expressed or implied statements concerning future actions, volumes,
capital requirements, conditions or events, future operating
results or the ability to generate sales, and statements concerning
the Merger Agreement, the Transaction or any other proposed
transaction and the likelihood of a successful consummation of the
Transaction or any such proposed transaction are forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of
performance. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions.
Future actions, conditions or events and future results of
operations may differ materially from those expressed in these
forward-looking statements. Many of the factors that will determine
these results are beyond our ability to control or predict.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press
release, July 28, 2022, and we disclaim any obligation to update
publicly or to revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as
required by law. All forward-looking statements contained in this
document are expressly qualified in their entirety by the
cautionary statements contained or referred to in this paragraph.
More information on these risks and other potential factors that
could affect the Partnership’s financial results is included in the
Partnership’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, including in the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations” sections of the Partnership’s most recently filed
periodic reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and subsequent filings.
If any of those risks occur, it could cause our actual results or
the outcome of any particular event to differ materially from those
contained in any forward-looking statement. Because of these risks
and uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on any
forward-looking statement.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
This press release includes the terms Adjusted EBITDA and cash
available for distribution. We believe that the presentation of
Adjusted EBITDA and cash available for distribution provides useful
information to investors in assessing our financial condition and
results of operations. Adjusted EBITDA and cash available for
distribution are non-GAAP supplemental financial measures that
management and external users of our consolidated financial
statements, such as industry analysts, investors, lenders and
rating agencies, may use to assess:
• our operating performance as compared to other publicly traded
partnerships in the midstream energy industry, without regard to
historical cost basis or, in the case of Adjusted EBITDA, financing
methods;• the ability of our business to generate sufficient cash
to support our decision to make distributions to our unitholders;•
our ability to incur and service debt and fund capital
expenditures; and• the viability of acquisitions and other capital
expenditure projects and the returns on investment of various
investment opportunities.
The GAAP measures most directly comparable to Adjusted EBITDA
and cash available for distribution are net income and net cash
provided by operating activities. These non-GAAP measures should
not be considered as alternatives to GAAP net income or net cash
provided by operating activities. Adjusted EBITDA and cash
available for distribution have important limitations as analytical
tools because they exclude some but not all items that affect net
income and net cash provided by operating activities. They should
not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of
our results as reported under GAAP. Additionally, because Adjusted
EBITDA and cash available for distribution may be defined
differently by other companies in our industry, our definition of
Adjusted EBITDA and cash available for distribution may not be
comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies, thereby
diminishing their utility.
References in this press release to Adjusted EBITDA refer to net
income before income taxes, interest expense, interest income, gain
or loss from disposition of fixed assets, allowance oil reduction
to net realizable value, loss from revision of asset retirement
obligations, and depreciation, amortization and accretion, plus
cash distributed to Shell Midstream Partners, L.P. from equity
method investments for the applicable period, less equity method
distributions included in other income and income from equity
method investments. We define Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Shell
Midstream Partners, L.P. as Adjusted EBITDA less Adjusted EBITDA
attributable to noncontrolling interests and Adjusted EBITDA
attributable to Shell plc and its controlled affiliates, other than
us, our subsidiaries and our general partner (collectively,
“Parent”). References to cash available for distribution refer to
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Shell Midstream Partners, L.P.,
less maintenance capital expenditures attributable to Shell
Midstream Partners, L.P., net interest paid by the Partnership,
cash reserves, income taxes paid and Series A Preferred Units
distributions, plus net adjustments from volume deficiency payments
attributable to Shell Midstream Partners, L.P., reimbursements from
Parent included in partners’ capital, principal and interest
payments received on financing receivables and certain one-time
payments received. Cash available for distribution will not reflect
changes in working capital balances. We define maintenance capital
expenditures as cash expenditures, including expenditures for (a)
the acquisition (through an asset acquisition, merger, stock
acquisition, equity acquisition or other form of investment) by the
Partnership or any of its subsidiaries of existing assets or assets
under construction, (b) the construction or development of new
capital assets by the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries, (c)
the replacement, improvement or expansion of existing capital
assets by the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries or (d) a
capital contribution by the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries
to a person that is not a subsidiary in which the Partnership or
any of its subsidiaries has, or after such capital contribution
will have, directly or indirectly, an equity interest, to fund the
Partnership or such subsidiary’s share of the cost of the
acquisition, construction or development of new, or the
replacement, improvement or expansion of existing, capital assets
by such person, in each case if and to the extent such acquisition,
construction, development, replacement, improvement or expansion is
made to maintain, over the long-term, the operating capacity or
operating income of the Partnership and its subsidiaries, in the
case of clauses (a), (b) and (c), or such person, in the case of
clause (d), as the operating capacity or operating income of the
Partnership and its subsidiaries or such person, as the case may
be, existed immediately prior to such acquisition, construction,
development, replacement, improvement, expansion or capital
contribution. For purposes of this definition, “long-term”
generally refers to a period of not less than twelve months.
July 28, 2022
The information in this Report reflects the unaudited condensed
consolidated financial position and results of Shell Midstream
Partners, L.P. |
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