Shell Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE: SHLX) (the “Partnership” or
“Shell Midstream Partners”) reported net income attributable to the
Partnership of $104 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, which
equated to $0.23 per diluted common limited partner unit. Excluding
non-cash impairment charges related to our investment in Colonial
Pipeline, earnings per diluted common limited partner unit would
have been $0.35. Shell Midstream Partners also generated adjusted
earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and
amortization attributable to the Partnership of $167 million.
Total cash available for distribution was $142 million, an
increase of $20 million as compared to the prior quarter. The
increase was largely driven by increased volumes across our
systems, which were impacted by Hurricane Ida in the prior quarter.
With the completion of repairs to the West Delta facility in early
November, all Partnership assets returned to normal operating
levels.
The Board of Directors of the general partner previously
declared a cash distribution of $0.3000 per limited partner common
unit for the fourth quarter of 2021, consistent with the prior
quarter. The distribution was paid February 11, 2022 to
unitholders of record as of February 1, 2022.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Net income attributable to the Partnership was $104 million,
compared to $127 million for the prior quarter.
- Net cash provided by operating activities was $123 million,
compared to $138 million for the prior quarter.
- Cash available for distribution was $142 million, compared to
$122 million for the prior quarter.
- The board of directors of Colonial elected not to declare a
dividend for the three months ended December 31, 2021.
- Total cash distribution declared for common units was $118
million, resulting in a coverage ratio of 1.2x.
- Adjusted EBITDA attributable to the Partnership was $167
million, compared to $145 million for the prior quarter.
- As of December 31, 2021, the Partnership had $361 million
of consolidated cash and cash equivalents on hand.
- As of December 31, 2021, the Partnership had total debt of
$2.7 billion, equating to 4.0x Debt to annualized Q4 2021 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 530 kbpd in the current quarter,
compared to 538 kbpd in the prior quarter, primarily due to lower
onshore volumes during the quarter.
Significant Offshore Pipeline Transportation:
- During the quarter, volumes increased mainly due to systems
returning to normal following the impacts of Hurricane Ida in the
prior quarter.
- Mars - Volumes were 408 kbpd, compared to 334 kbpd in the prior
quarter.
- Amberjack - Volumes were 346 kbpd, compared to 262 kbpd in the
prior quarter.
- Eastern Corridor - Volumes were 425 kbpd, compared to 357 kbpd
in the prior quarter.
- Auger - Volumes were 43 kbpd, compared to 39 kbpd in the prior
quarter.
2022 OUTLOOK
- Based on current producer schedules, we expect an impact of
approximately $20 million to both net income and cash available for
distribution in 2022 related to certain planned producer
turnarounds.
- On February 11, 2022, Shell Midstream Partners received a
non-binding preliminary proposal from Shell Pipeline Company LP to
acquire all of the outstanding common units held by the public in
exchange for $12.89 per common unit. In response to this
announcement, SHLX has temporarily suspended providing forward
guidance, as well as its formal unitholder engagement program,
including attending investor conferences and roadshows.
- As of December 31, 2021, the Partnership had approximately $1.2
billion in available liquidity, which is a combination of cash and
cash equivalents on hand 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.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Shell Midstream Partners, L.P. will hold a webcast at 10:00am CT
today to discuss the reported results and provide an update on
Partnership operations. Interested parties may listen to the
conference call on Shell Midstream Partners, L.P.’s website at
www.shellmidstreampartners.com by clicking on the “2021 Fourth
Quarter Financial Results Call” link, found under the “Events and
Conferences” section. A replay of the conference call will be
available following the live webcast.
Summarized Financial Statement Information
|
|
For the Three Months Ended |
(in
millions of dollars, except per unit data) |
|
December 31, 2021 |
|
September 30, 2021 |
Revenue (1) |
|
$
141 |
|
$
128 |
Costs
and expenses |
|
|
|
|
Operations and
maintenance |
|
47 |
|
42 |
Cost of
product sold |
|
9 |
|
9 |
General and
administrative |
|
13 |
|
13 |
Depreciation,
amortization and accretion |
|
13 |
|
12 |
Property and
other taxes |
|
5 |
|
3 |
Total costs and expenses |
|
87 |
|
79 |
Operating income |
|
54 |
|
49 |
Income from
equity method investments |
|
59 |
|
86 |
Other
income |
|
7 |
|
8 |
Investment and other income |
|
66 |
|
94 |
Interest
income |
|
7 |
|
8 |
Interest
expense |
|
21 |
|
22 |
Income before
income taxes |
|
106 |
|
129 |
Income tax
expense |
|
— |
|
— |
Net income |
|
106 |
|
129 |
Less: Net
income attributable to noncontrolling interests |
|
2 |
|
2 |
Net income
attributable to the Partnership |
|
$
104 |
|
$
127 |
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 |
|
$
92 |
|
$
115 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net income per
Limited Partner Unit: |
|
|
|
|
Common –
Basic |
|
$
0.23 |
|
$
0.29 |
Common –
Diluted |
|
$
0.23 |
|
$
0.29 |
|
|
|
|
|
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
December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2021, including the impact of
overshipments and expiring credits, if applicable, was $5 million
and less than $1 million, respectively.
Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and Cash Available for
Distribution to Net Income |
|
|
For the Three Months Ended |
(in
millions of dollars) |
|
December 31, 2021 |
|
September 30, 2021 |
Net
income |
|
$
106 |
|
$
129 |
Add: |
|
|
|
|
Loss from adjustment of equity method investment basis difference
(1) |
|
2 |
|
— |
Depreciation, amortization and accretion |
|
17 |
|
15 |
Interest income |
|
(7) |
|
(8) |
Interest expense |
|
21 |
|
22 |
Cash distribution received from equity method investments |
|
98 |
|
83 |
Less: |
|
|
|
|
Equity method distributions included in other income |
|
7 |
|
8 |
Income from equity method investments (1) |
|
61 |
|
86 |
Adjusted
EBITDA (2) |
|
169 |
|
147 |
Less: |
|
|
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to noncontrolling interests |
|
2 |
|
2 |
Adjusted
EBITDA attributable to the Partnership |
|
167 |
|
145 |
Less: |
|
|
|
|
Series A Preferred Units distribution |
|
12 |
|
12 |
Net interest paid by the Partnership (3) |
|
21 |
|
22 |
Maintenance capex attributable to the Partnership |
|
4 |
|
2 |
Add: |
|
|
|
|
Net adjustments from volume deficiency payments attributable to the
Partnership |
|
3 |
|
4 |
Principal and interest payments received on financing
receivables |
|
9 |
|
9 |
Cash available
for distribution attributable to the Partnership’s common
unitholders |
|
$
142 |
|
$
122 |
(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) |
|
December 31, 2021 |
|
September 30, 2021 |
Net cash
provided by operating activities |
|
$
123 |
|
$
138 |
Add: |
|
|
|
|
Interest income |
|
(7) |
|
(8) |
Interest expense |
|
21 |
|
22 |
Return of investment |
|
10 |
|
8 |
Less: |
|
|
|
|
Change in deferred revenue and other unearned income |
|
8 |
|
7 |
Non-cash interest expense |
|
— |
|
1 |
Loss from adjustment of equity method investment basis difference
(1) |
|
2 |
|
— |
Change in other assets and liabilities |
|
(32) |
|
5 |
Adjusted
EBITDA (2) |
|
169 |
|
147 |
Less: |
|
|
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to noncontrolling interests |
|
2 |
|
2 |
Adjusted
EBITDA attributable to the Partnership |
|
167 |
|
145 |
Less: |
|
|
|
|
Series A Preferred Units distributions |
|
12 |
|
12 |
Net interest paid by the Partnership (3) |
|
21 |
|
22 |
Maintenance capex attributable to the Partnership |
|
4 |
|
2 |
Add: |
|
|
|
|
Net adjustments from volume deficiency payments attributable to the
Partnership |
|
3 |
|
4 |
Principal and interest payments received on financing
receivables |
|
9 |
|
9 |
Cash available
for distribution attributable to the Partnership’s common
unitholders |
|
$
142 |
|
$
122 |
(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.(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) |
|
December 31, 2021 |
|
September 30, 2021 |
Quarterly
distribution declared per common unit |
|
$
0.3000 |
|
$
0.3000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted
EBITDA attributable to the Partnership (1) |
|
$
167 |
|
$
145 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash available
for distribution attributable to the Partnership’s common
unitholders (1) |
|
$
142 |
|
$
122 |
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution
declared to limited partner units – common |
|
$
118 |
|
$
118 |
|
|
|
|
|
Coverage ratio
(2) |
|
1.2 |
|
1.0 |
(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 |
|
|
For the Three Months Ended |
(in
millions of dollars) |
|
December 31, 2021 |
|
September 30, 2021 |
Expansion
capital expenditures |
|
$
— |
|
$
— |
Maintenance
capital expenditures |
|
4 |
|
3 |
Total capital
expenditures paid |
|
$
4 |
|
$
3 |
Contributions
to investment |
|
$
1 |
|
$
— |
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
Information |
(in
millions of dollars) |
|
December 31, 2021 |
|
September 30, 2021 |
Cash and cash
equivalents |
|
$
361 |
|
$
365 |
Equity method
investments |
|
974 |
|
1,008 |
Property,
plant & equipment, net |
|
654 |
|
662 |
Total
assets |
|
2,318 |
|
2,329 |
Related party
debt |
|
2,692 |
|
2,691 |
Total
deficit |
|
(493) |
|
(469) |
Pipeline and Terminal Volumes and Revenue per
Barrel |
|
|
For the Three Months Ended |
|
|
December 31, 2021 |
|
September 30, 2021 |
Pipeline throughput (thousands of barrels per day)
(1) |
|
|
|
|
Zydeco –
Mainlines |
|
530 |
|
538 |
Zydeco – Other
segments |
|
24 |
|
11 |
Zydeco total system |
|
554 |
|
549 |
Amberjack
total system |
|
346 |
|
262 |
Mars total
system |
|
408 |
|
334 |
Bengal total
system |
|
301 |
|
294 |
Poseidon total
system |
|
240 |
|
206 |
Auger total
system |
|
43 |
|
39 |
Delta total
system |
|
241 |
|
200 |
Na Kika total
system |
|
85 |
|
64 |
Odyssey total
system |
|
99 |
|
93 |
Colonial total
system |
|
2,527 |
|
2,282 |
Explorer total
system |
|
523 |
|
595 |
Mattox total
system (2) |
|
101 |
|
86 |
LOCAP total
system |
|
654 |
|
688 |
Other
systems |
|
459 |
|
410 |
|
|
|
|
|
Terminals (3)(4) |
|
|
|
|
Lockport
terminaling throughput and storage volumes |
|
230 |
|
249 |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue per barrel ($ per barrel) |
|
|
|
|
Zydeco total
system (5) |
|
$
0.62 |
|
$
0.68 |
Amberjack
total system (5) |
|
2.25 |
|
2.26 |
Mars total
system (5) |
|
1.11 |
|
1.31 |
Bengal total
system (5) |
|
0.32 |
|
0.43 |
Auger total
system (5) |
|
1.81 |
|
1.66 |
Delta total
system (5) |
|
0.64 |
|
0.59 |
Na Kika total
system (5) |
|
1.14 |
|
0.88 |
Odyssey total
system (5) |
|
1.00 |
|
0.95 |
Lockport total
system (6) |
|
0.21 |
|
0.20 |
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 165 and 154 for the three months ended December 31, 2021
and September 30, 2021, respectively.(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 STATEMENTSThis 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 any proposal
or proposed transaction and the likelihood of a successful
consummation of any such proposal or 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, February 24, 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.
February 24, 2022
|
The
information in this Report reflects the unaudited consolidated
financial position and results of Shell Midstream Partners,
L.P. |
|
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