ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS
REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER RESULTS
Dallas – February 21, 2018 – Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE: ETP) today reported its financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2017. For the three months ended December 31, 2017 Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (“ETP” or the “Partnership”) reported a net income of $1.10 billion, an increase of $1.43 billion compared to a net loss of $336 million for the same period last year primarily due to a deferred tax benefit resulting from the recent tax reform. Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended December 31, 2017 totaled $1.94 billion, an increase of $453 million over the same period last year, reflecting significantly higher results from the midstream and crude oil transportation and services segments, as discussed in the segment results analysis below. Distributable Cash Flow attributable to the partners of ETP, as adjusted, for the three months ended December 31, 2017 totaled $1.20 billion, an increase of $240 million compared to the same period last year, primarily due to the increase in adjusted EBITDA. ETP’s other recent key accomplishments include the following:
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• | On February 14, 2018, ETP paid a quarterly distribution of $0.565 per unit ($2.26 annualized) on ETP Common Units for the quarter ended December 31, 2017. The Partnership’s distribution coverage ratio for the fourth quarter of 2017 was 1.30x. |
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• | ETP announced that Phase 1A and Phase 1B of the Rover pipeline were placed in service in August 2017 and December 2017, respectively. |
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• | In January 2018, ETP announced the entry into an agreement pursuant to which ETP will contribute certain compression assets to USA Compression Partners, LP for an aggregate consideration of $1.7 billion, consisting of $447 million in equity and $1.225 billion in cash. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the first half of 2018. |
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• | In February 2018, after the record date for Sunoco LP’s fourth quarter 2017 cash distributions, Sunoco LP repurchased 17,286,859 Sunoco LP common units owned by ETP for aggregate cash consideration of approximately $540 million. |
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• | As of December 31, 2017, ETP’s $5.00 billion revolving credit facilities had $2.34 billion of outstanding borrowings, and its leverage ratio, as defined by the credit agreement, was 3.96x. |
An analysis of ETP’s segment results and other supplementary data is provided after the financial tables shown below. ETP has scheduled a conference call for 8:00 a.m. Central Time, Thursday, February 22, 2018 to discuss the fourth quarter 2017 results. The conference call will be broadcast live via an internet webcast, which can be accessed through www.energytransfer.com and will also be available for replay on ETP’s website for a limited time.
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE: ETP) is a master limited partnership that owns and operates one of the largest and most diversified portfolios of energy assets in the United States. Strategically positioned in all of the major U.S. production basins, ETP owns and operates a geographically diverse portfolio of complementary natural gas midstream, intrastate and interstate transportation and storage assets; crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGL) and refined product transportation and terminalling assets; NGL fractionation assets; and various acquisition and marketing assets. ETP’s general partner is owned by Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (NYSE: ETE). For more information, visit the Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. website at www.energytransfer.com.
Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (NYSE:ETE) is a master limited partnership that owns the general partner and 100% of the incentive distribution rights (IDRs) of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE: ETP) and Sunoco LP (NYSE: SUN). ETE also owns Lake Charles LNG Company. On a consolidated basis, ETE’s family of companies owns and operates a diverse portfolio of natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil and refined products assets, as well as retail and wholesale motor fuel operations and LNG terminalling. For more information, visit the Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. website at www.energytransfer.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release may include certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking statements as defined by federal law. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond management’s control. An extensive list of factors that can affect future results are discussed in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents filed from time to
The following information was filed by Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (ETP) on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 as an 8K 2.02 statement, which is an earnings press release pertaining to results of operations and financial condition. It may be helpful to assess the quality of management by comparing the information in the press release to the information in the accompanying 10-K Annual Report statement of earnings and operation as management may choose to highlight particular information in the press release.