Stonehenge and UGI Acquire Superior Midstream Appalachian Pipeline Gathering Systems
28 January 2025 - 8:15AM
Business Wire
Pine Run Gathering LLC (“Pine Run Gathering”) announced today
that it has completed a transaction to acquire Superior Midstream
Appalachian, LLC (“Superior Appalachian”) for $120 million subject
to customary adjustments. Pine Run Gathering is a joint venture
owned by a subsidiary of Stonehenge Energy Resources III, LLC
(“Stonehenge”), a portfolio company of Energy Spectrum Partners
VIII LP, and UGI Corporation’s wholly owned subsidiary, UGI Energy
Services, LLC (“UGIES”).
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Stonehenge and UGI Acquire Superior
Midstream Appalachian Pipeline Gathering Systems (Graphic: Business
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Superior Appalachian owns and operates three gathering systems
in Pennsylvania, namely Pittsburgh Mills, Snow Shoe, and
Brookfield. The Pittsburgh Mills system is connected to UGIES’ Big
Pine gathering system. All three have long-term acreage dedications
and total combined daily flow of approximately 190 million cubic
feet per day. The transaction was wholly financed by debt at Pine
Run Gathering, in which Stonehenge and UGIES hold a 51% and 49%
ownership interest, respectively, and is expected to be immediately
accretive to earnings.
“Today marks an exciting day for us and our partners at UGI
Energy Services,” said Patrick Redalen, President & CEO of
Stonehenge. “This acquisition underscores our optimism about the
future of our industry and the strength of our partnerships with
UGI and Energy Spectrum. We are excited to welcome the talented
team that has been supporting these assets and look forward to
continuing to work closely together with the customers on all our
systems as we help provide the energy needed by our country and the
world.”
“We are excited to announce this investment alongside our
partners at Stonehenge,” said Bob Flexon, President & CEO, UGI
Corporation. “The assets are highly complementary to our existing
midstream footprint and will extend our reach from producers
through to end-use customers, demonstrating our commitment to
explore additional growth opportunities within the Midstream
business.”
Baker Botts L.L.P. and Vinson & Elkins LLP served as legal
counsel to Pine Run Gathering, and BOK Financial served as the
Administrative Agent on the transaction. Cadence Bank and Citizens
Bank served as Joint Lead Arrangers.
About Stonehenge
Headquartered in Westminster, CO and backed by Energy Spectrum
Capital, Stonehenge Energy Resources is a private energy company
focused on building, owning and operating midstream facilities in
the Appalachian basin to support its producer-partners in the
optimum development of their resources. Formed in 2007, Stonehenge
supported the early Appalachian unconventional shale gas
development by gathering and processing NGL-rich gas in western
Pennsylvania. With this acquisition, Stonehenge operates five
natural gas gathering systems across western and central
Pennsylvania. For more information about Stonehenge, visit
www.stonehengeenergy.com.
About UGI Corporation
UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI) is a distributor and marketer of
energy products and services in the U.S. and Europe. UGI offers
safe, reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy solutions to
customers through its subsidiaries, which provide natural gas
transmission and distribution, electric generation and
distribution, midstream services, propane distribution, renewable
natural gas generation, distribution and marketing, and energy
marketing services.
Comprehensive information about UGI Corporation is available on
the Internet at https://www.ugicorp.com.
About Energy Spectrum Capital
Energy Spectrum Capital is a Dallas, Texas-based infrastructure
firm that makes direct investments in well-managed,
lower-middle-market companies that acquire, develop and operate
energy assets in North America. For more information, please visit
www.energyspectrum.com.
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