Shell Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE: SHLX) (the “Partnership” or
“Shell Midstream Partners”) reported net income attributable to the
Partnership of $158 million for the first quarter of 2022, which
equated to $0.36 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 $182 million.
Total cash available for distribution was $157 million, which is
$15 million higher than the prior quarter. The increasewas largely
driven by increased volumes across our systems, which were impacted
by repairs related to Hurricane Ida in the prior quarter. Repairs
to the West Delta facility were completed in early November 2021,
such that all Partnership assets were operating at normal levels
throughout the first quarter.
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 first quarter of 2022, consistent with
the prior quarter, resulting in a coverage ratio for the quarter of
1.3x. The distribution will be paid May 13, 2022 to
unitholders of record as of May 3, 2022.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Net income attributable to the Partnership was $158 million,
compared to $104 million for the prior quarter.
- Net cash provided by operating activities was $157 million,
compared to $123 million for the prior quarter.
- Cash available for distribution was $157 million, compared to
$142 million for the prior quarter.
- The board of directors of Colonial elected not to declare a
dividend for the three months ended March 31, 2022.
- Total cash distribution declared for common units was $118
million, resulting in a coverage ratio of 1.3x.
- Adjusted EBITDA attributable to the Partnership was $182
million, compared to $167 million for the prior quarter.
- As of March 31, 2022, the Partnership had $251 million of
consolidated cash and cash equivalents on hand.
- As of March 31, 2022, the Partnership had total debt of
$2.5 billion, equating to 3.5x Debt to annualized Q1 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 535 kbpd in the current quarter,
compared to 530 kbpd in the prior quarter.
Significant Offshore Pipeline
Transportation:
- During the quarter, volumes increased primarily due to
completion of repairs related to Hurricane Ida in early November
2021, such that systems were running at normal operating levels
throughout the first quarter.
- Mars - Volumes were 488 kbpd, compared to 408 kbpd in the prior
quarter.
- Amberjack - Volumes were 340 kbpd, compared to 346 kbpd in the
prior quarter.
- Eastern Corridor - Volumes were 393 kbpd, compared to 425 kbpd
in the prior quarter.
- Auger - Volumes were 39 kbpd, compared to 43 kbpd in the prior
quarter.
Outlook
- On April 27, 2022, the Administrative Law Judge issued a second
partial initial decision related to Colonial’s ongoing rate case
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission addressing the issues
not covered in the first partial initial decision issued on
December 1, 2021. Colonial has begun to review the decision.
- Based on current producer schedules, we expect an impact of
approximately $15 million to both net income and cash available for
distribution in 2022 related to certain planned producer
turnarounds.
- On February 11, 2022, the Board received a non-binding,
preliminary proposal letter from SPLC to acquire all of the
Partnership’s issued and outstanding common units not already owned
by SPLC or its affiliates at a value of $12.89 per each issued and
outstanding publicly-held common unit (the “Proposal”). The Board
has appointed the conflicts committee to review, evaluate and
negotiate the Proposal.
- As of March 31, 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) |
|
March 31, 2022 |
|
December 31, 2021 |
Revenue
(1) |
|
$
135 |
|
$
141 |
Costs and
expenses |
|
|
|
|
Operations and
maintenance |
|
41 |
|
47 |
Cost of product
sold |
|
9 |
|
9 |
General and
administrative |
|
13 |
|
13 |
Depreciation,
amortization and accretion |
|
12 |
|
13 |
Property and
other taxes |
|
5 |
|
5 |
Total costs and expenses |
|
80 |
|
87 |
Operating
income |
|
55 |
|
54 |
Income from
equity method investments |
|
108 |
|
59 |
Other income |
|
10 |
|
7 |
Investment and other income |
|
118 |
|
66 |
Interest
income |
|
8 |
|
7 |
Interest
expense |
|
21 |
|
21 |
Income before
income taxes |
|
160 |
|
106 |
Income tax
expense |
|
— |
|
— |
Net income |
|
160 |
|
106 |
Less: Net income
attributable to noncontrolling interests |
|
2 |
|
2 |
Net income
attributable to the Partnership |
|
$
158 |
|
$
104 |
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 |
|
$
146 |
|
$
92 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net income per
Limited Partner Unit: |
|
|
|
|
Common –
Basic |
|
$
0.37 |
|
$
0.23 |
Common –
Diluted |
|
$
0.36 |
|
$
0.23 |
|
|
|
|
|
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 – dilutive |
|
123.8 |
|
123.8 |
Common units –
SPLC – dilutive |
|
320.3 |
|
320.3 |
(1) Deferred revenue recognized for the three months ended March
31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, including the impact of
overshipments and expiring credits, if applicable, was $2 million
and $5 million, respectively.
Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and Cash Available for
Distribution to Net Income |
|
|
For the Three Months Ended |
(in millions
of dollars) |
|
March 31, 2022 |
|
December 31, 2021 |
Net income |
|
$
160 |
|
$
106 |
Add: |
|
|
|
|
Loss from adjustment of equity method investment basis difference
(1) |
|
— |
|
2 |
Depreciation, amortization and accretion |
|
16 |
|
17 |
Interest income |
|
(8) |
|
(7) |
Interest expense |
|
21 |
|
21 |
Cash distribution received from equity method investments |
|
111 |
|
98 |
Less: |
|
|
|
|
Equity method distributions included in other income |
|
8 |
|
7 |
Income from equity method investments |
|
108 |
|
61 |
Adjusted EBITDA
(2) |
|
184 |
|
169 |
Less: |
|
|
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to noncontrolling interests |
|
2 |
|
2 |
Adjusted EBITDA
attributable to the Partnership |
|
182 |
|
167 |
Less: |
|
|
|
|
Series A Preferred Units distribution |
|
12 |
|
12 |
Net interest paid by the Partnership (3) |
|
21 |
|
21 |
Maintenance capex attributable to the Partnership |
|
2 |
|
4 |
Add: |
|
|
|
|
Net adjustments from volume deficiency payments attributable to the
Partnership |
|
3 |
|
3 |
Principal and interest payments received on financing
receivables |
|
7 |
|
9 |
Cash available
for distribution attributable to the Partnership’s common
unitholders |
|
$
157 |
|
$
142 |
(1) As a result of the impairment taken by Colonial in the
fourth quarter of 2021, we wrote-off approximately $2 million of
the unamortized basis difference related to our investment.
These amounts are presented combined in Income from equity method
investments in the Summarized Financial Statement Information table
above.(2) Excludes principal and interest payments received
on financing receivables.(3) Amount represents both paid and
accrued interest attributable to the period.
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) |
|
March 31, 2022 |
|
December 31, 2021 |
Net cash provided
by operating activities |
|
$
157 |
|
$
123 |
Add: |
|
|
|
|
Interest income |
|
(8) |
|
(7) |
Interest expense |
|
21 |
|
21 |
Return of investment |
|
16 |
|
10 |
Less: |
|
|
|
|
Change in deferred revenue and other unearned income |
|
6 |
|
8 |
Loss from adjustment of equity method investment basis difference
(1) |
|
— |
|
2 |
Change in other assets and liabilities |
|
(4) |
|
(32) |
Adjusted EBITDA (2) |
|
184 |
|
169 |
Less: |
|
|
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to noncontrolling interests |
|
2 |
|
2 |
Adjusted EBITDA
attributable to the Partnership |
|
182 |
|
167 |
Less: |
|
|
|
|
Series A Preferred Units distribution |
|
12 |
|
12 |
Net interest paid by the Partnership (3) |
|
21 |
|
21 |
Maintenance capex attributable to the Partnership |
|
2 |
|
4 |
Add: |
|
|
|
|
Net adjustments from volume deficiency payments attributable to the
Partnership |
|
3 |
|
3 |
Principal and interest payments received on financing
receivables |
|
7 |
|
9 |
Cash available
for distribution attributable to the Partnership’s common
unitholders |
|
$
157 |
|
$
142 |
(1) As a result of the impairment taken by Colonial in the
fourth quarter of 2021, we wrote-off approximately $2 million of
the unamortized basis difference related to our investment.
These amounts are presented combined in Income from equity method
investments in the Summarized Financial Statement Information table
above.(2) Excludes principal and interest payments received
on financing receivables.(3) Amount represents both paid and
accrued interest attributable to the period.
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) |
|
March 31, 2022 |
|
December 31, 2021 |
Quarterly
distribution declared per common unit |
|
$
0.3000 |
|
$
0.3000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA
attributable to the Partnership (1) |
|
$
182 |
|
$
167 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash available
for distribution attributable to the Partnership’s common
unitholders (1) |
|
$
157 |
|
$
142 |
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution
declared to limited partner units - common |
|
$
118 |
|
$
118 |
|
|
|
|
|
Coverage Ratio
(2) |
|
1.3 |
|
1.2 |
(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) |
|
March 31, 2022 |
|
December 31, 2021 |
Expansion capital
expenditures |
|
$
— |
|
$
— |
Maintenance
capital expenditures |
|
2 |
|
4 |
Total capital
expenditures paid |
|
$
2 |
|
$
4 |
Contributions to
investment |
|
$
— |
|
$
1 |
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet Information |
(in millions
of dollars) |
|
March 31, 2022 |
|
December 31, 2021 |
Cash and cash
equivalents |
|
$
251 |
|
$
361 |
Equity method
investments |
|
979 |
|
974 |
Property, plant
& equipment, net |
|
640 |
|
654 |
Total assets |
|
2,197 |
|
2,318 |
Related party
debt |
|
2,542 |
|
2,692 |
Total
deficit |
|
(464) |
|
(493) |
Pipeline and Terminal Volumes and Revenue per Barrel |
|
|
For the Three Months Ended |
|
|
March 31, 2022 |
|
December 31, 2021 |
Pipeline
throughput (thousands of barrels per day) (1) |
|
|
|
|
Zydeco –
Mainlines |
|
535 |
|
530 |
Zydeco – Other
segments |
|
43 |
|
24 |
Zydeco total system |
|
578 |
|
554 |
Amberjack total
system |
|
340 |
|
346 |
Mars total
system |
|
488 |
|
408 |
Bengal total
system |
|
305 |
|
301 |
Poseidon total
system |
|
239 |
|
240 |
Auger total
system |
|
39 |
|
43 |
Delta total
system |
|
224 |
|
241 |
Na Kika total
system |
|
72 |
|
85 |
Odyssey total
system |
|
97 |
|
99 |
Colonial total
system |
|
2,422 |
|
2,527 |
Explorer total
system |
|
464 |
|
523 |
Mattox total
system (2) |
|
120 |
|
101 |
LOCAP total
system |
|
726 |
|
654 |
Other
systems |
|
452 |
|
459 |
|
|
|
|
|
Terminals
(3)(4) |
|
|
|
|
Lockport
terminaling throughput and storage volumes |
|
229 |
|
230 |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue per
barrel ($ per barrel) |
|
|
|
|
Zydeco total
system (5) |
|
$
0.71 |
|
$
0.62 |
Amberjack total
system (5) |
|
2.37 |
|
2.25 |
Mars total system
(5) |
|
1.27 |
|
1.11 |
Bengal total
system (5) |
|
0.36 |
|
0.32 |
Auger total
system (5) |
|
1.83 |
|
1.81 |
Delta total
system (5) |
|
0.66 |
|
0.64 |
Na Kika total
system (6) |
|
0.77 |
|
1.14 |
Odyssey total
system (5) |
|
0.98 |
|
1.00 |
Lockport total
system (6) |
|
0.22 |
|
0.21 |
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 and 165, respectively, for the three months ended
March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.(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, asamended, and
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements
other than statements of historical fact are, ormay be deemed to
be, forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are
statements of future expectations that arebased on management’s
current expectations and assumptions and involve known and unknown
risks and uncertainties thatcould 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”
orother 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 languageidentifying
important factors, though not necessarily all such factors, which
could cause future outcomes to differ materiallyfrom 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 statementsconcerning any proposal or
proposed transaction and the likelihood of a successful
consummation of any such proposal ortransaction are forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of
performance. They involverisks, uncertainties and assumptions.
Future actions, conditions or events and future results of
operations may differ materiallyfrom those expressed in these
forward-looking statements. Many of the factors that will determine
these results are beyond ourability to control or predict.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press
release, April 28, 2022,and we disclaim any obligation to update
publicly or to revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of newinformation, future events or otherwise, except as
required by law. All forward-looking statements contained in this
documentare expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary
statements contained or referred to in this paragraph.
Moreinformation on these risks and other potential factors that
could affect the Partnership’s financial results is included in
thePartnership’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, including in the “Risk Factors” and
“Management’sDiscussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations” sections of the Partnership’s most recently
filedperiodic reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and subsequent
filings. If any of those risks occur, it could cause our
actualresults 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
ofAdjusted EBITDA and cash available for distribution provides
useful information to investors in assessing our financialcondition
and results of operations. Adjusted EBITDA and cash available for
distribution are non-GAAP supplementalfinancial 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 ourunitholders;•
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
variousinvestment opportunities.
The GAAP measures most directly comparable to Adjusted EBITDA
and cash available for distribution are net income and netcash
provided by operating activities. These non-GAAP measures should
not be considered as alternatives to GAAP net incomeor net cash
provided by operating activities. Adjusted EBITDA and cash
available for distribution have important limitations asanalytical
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 ofother 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 assetretirement
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 incomefrom equity method
investments. We define Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Shell
Midstream Partners, L.P. as AdjustedEBITDA less Adjusted EBITDA
attributable to noncontrolling interests and Adjusted EBITDA
attributable to Shell plc and itscontrolled affiliates, other than
us, our subsidiaries and our general partner (collectively,
“Parent”). References to cashavailable for distribution refer to
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Shell Midstream Partners, L.P.,
less maintenance capitalexpenditures attributable to Shell
Midstream Partners, L.P., net interest paid by the Partnership,
cash reserves, income taxespaid and Series A Preferred Units
distributions, plus net adjustments from volume deficiency payments
attributable to ShellMidstream Partners, L.P., reimbursements from
Parent included in partners’ capital, principal and interest
payments receivedon financing receivables and certain one-time
payments received. Cash available for distribution will not reflect
changes inworking capital balances. We define maintenance capital
expenditures as cash expenditures, including expenditures for (a)
theacquisition (through an asset acquisition, merger, stock
acquisition, equity acquisition or other form of investment) by
thePartnership or any of its subsidiaries of existing assets or
assets under construction, (b) the construction or development of
newcapital assets by the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries,
(c) the replacement, improvement or expansion of existing
capitalassets by the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries or (d)
a capital contribution by the Partnership or any of its
subsidiaries toa person that is not a subsidiary in which the
Partnership or any of its subsidiaries has, or after such capital
contribution willhave, 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
madeto maintain, over the long-term, the operating capacity or
operating income of the Partnership and its subsidiaries, in the
caseof clauses (a), (b) and (c), or such person, in the case of
clause (d), as the operating capacity or operating income of
thePartnership 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.
April 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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