DALLAS, Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — EnLink Midstream, LLC (NYSE: ENLC) (EnLink) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2022 and provided 2023 financial guidance.

Highlights

• Reported record net income of $194.2 million and $500.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2022 and full-year 2022, respectively, and net cash provided by operations of $223.4 million and $1.049 billion for the fourth quarter and full-year 2022, respectively.
• Generated adjusted EBITDA, net to EnLink, of $337.2 million and $1.285 billion for the fourth quarter of 2022 and full-year 2022, respectively. Severe winter weather throughout Texas and Oklahoma, along with unscheduled downtime after an earthquake in the Permian, had a negative impact on adjusted EBITDA of approximately $11 million in the fourth quarter of 2022.
• Grew full-year 2022 adjusted EBITDA 22% compared to 2021.
• Delivered $55.1 million of free cash flow after distributions (FCFAD) for the fourth quarter of 2022, driven by strong operational results. For the third consecutive year, EnLink generated FCFAD in excess of $300 million, with $312.4 million reported for full-year 2022.
• Increased returns to unitholders by increasing the quarterly distribution approximately 11% to $0.125 and repurchasing $53 million in common units during the fourth quarter, bringing total common unit repurchases for 2022 to $200 million¹.
• Repurchased $19 million par value of Series C Preferred Units in the fourth quarter.
• Received an upgrade to investment grade from Fitch Ratings, subsequent to the end of the quarter. EnLink is now rated BBB- with a Stable outlook. EnLink remains rated one notch below investment grade by Moody’s Investor Services and S&P Global Ratings with a positive outlook at S&P Global Ratings.
• Took action to hedge a large majority of exposure to natural gas prices and Waha basis for 2023 at prices significantly above current levels, providing increased visibility for 2023 financial results.
• Expects continued growth in 2023 with adjusted EBITDA growth of approximately 5% over 2022 at the midpoint of the 2023 guidance range of $1.305 billion to $1.405 billion.
• Expects to generate approximately $240 million in FCFAD based on the midpoint of 2023 guidance. Included in FCFAD guidance are investments in two new projects: Tiger II, a plant relocation to the Delaware Basin, and the restart of Gulf Coast Fractionators in Mont Belvieu, Texas. Both projects are expected to be in service in 2024.

“EnLink achieved a record-setting 2022 with a number of significant accomplishments, including reaching the highest annual net income and adjusted EBITDA in EnLink’s history and signing a first-of-its-kind, definitive CO₂ transportation agreement with ExxonMobil that we expect will reduce industrial emissions in Louisiana,” EnLink Chief Executive Officer Jesse Arenivas said. “We are in a great place as a company with a clear line of sight to continued growth in 2023 and beyond. We remain focused on maintaining solid financial flexibility, executing operational excellence initiatives, strategically growing our base business, and seizing carbon transportation opportunities. We entered 2023 with great momentum, and we expect it to be another record year.”

Adjusted EBITDA and FCFAD used in this press release are non-GAAP measures and are explained in greater detail under “Non-GAAP Financial Information” below.

Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2022 Results

 

2023 Financial Guidance 

 

• Adjusted EBITDA, net to EnLink, for 2023 is forecasted to continue the trend of solid growth, with implied growth over full-year 2022 of nearly 5% at the midpoint of guidance.
• Capital expenditures are focused on high-return projects. EnLink continues to execute a capital-efficient strategy with a third plant relocation to the Permian. Tiger II will be relocated from North Texas to the Delaware Basin and is expected to have a total net cost to EnLink of $30 million, of which $15 million would be considered operating expense in accordance with GAAP in 2023, representing a cost savings of approximately 50% over comparable new-build costs.
• FCFAD of $240 million is forecasted at the midpoint of guidance. This reflects a modest decrease in FCFAD compared to 2022 as adjusted EBITDA growth is offset by capital expenditures on attractive, high-return projects.
• EnLink’s Board of Directors has reauthorized a unit repurchase program for 2023 and set the amount available for repurchase at $200 million.

Segment Updates

Permian:

• Segment profit for the fourth quarter of 2022 was $89.0 million. Segment profit included $11.7 million of operating expenses related to plant relocation and $0.6 million of unrealized derivative gains. Excluding plant relocation operating expenses and unrealized derivative activity, segment profit in the fourth quarter of 2022 decreased approximately 15% sequentially but grew 27% over the fourth quarter of 2021. Fourth quarter 2022 results were adversely impacted by approximately $6 million as a result of unplanned downtime from an earthquake and severe winter weather.
• Average natural gas gathering volumes for the fourth quarter of 2022 were approximately 1% lower compared to the third quarter of 2022 but approximately 32% higher compared to the fourth quarter of 2021. Average natural gas processing volumes for the fourth quarter of 2022 were approximately 3% lower sequentially but approximately 30% higher compared to the prior year period. EnLink continues to benefit from strong producer drilling activity on its Permian footprint. The sequential decrease in volumes was a result of unplanned downtime from an earthquake and severe winter weather.
• EnLink continues to meet customer activity needs through a capital-efficient approach. During the fourth quarter of 2022, EnLink completed Project Phantom, adding 235 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of processing capacity in the Midland Basin.
• Project Tiger II, as discussed above, is a low-cost, high-return project to relocate an underutilized natural gas processing plant from North Texas to the Delaware Basin. The relocation is expected to cost approximately $30 million net to EnLink, representing a savings of approximately 50% over comparable new-build costs, and is expected to add approximately 150 MMcf/d of natural gas processing capacity. Similar to EnLink’s prior plant relocations, it is estimated that approximately $15 million of the total project cost net to EnLink will be recognized as operating expense under GAAP. The relocation is expected to be completed during the second quarter of 2024 and is expected to achieve an EBITDA multiple of less than 4x. This plant was part of the North Texas assets acquired in the third quarter of 2022 and represents incremental capital synergies resulting from that transaction.
• Average crude oil gathering volumes for the fourth quarter of 2022 were approximately 10% lower compared to the third quarter of 2022 and were approximately 6% lower compared to the fourth quarter of 2021.
• Segment profit for 2023 is expected to range from $395 million to $465 million. Excluding plant relocation expenses of $38 million and $30 million for 2022 and 2023, respectively, segment profit is forecasted to grow approximately 8% over 2022, driven primarily by strong producer activity in both the Midland and Delaware basins.

Louisiana:

• Segment profit for the fourth quarter of 2022 was $97.8 million, including unrealized derivative losses of $2.5 million. Excluding unrealized derivative activity, segment profit in the fourth quarter of 2022 grew approximately 8% sequentially and 9% over the fourth quarter of 2021.
• Average natural gas transportation volumes for the fourth quarter of 2022 were approximately 4% higher compared to the third quarter of 2022 and approximately 33% higher compared to the fourth quarter of 2021.
• Average NGL fractionation volumes for the fourth quarter of 2022 were approximately 1% higher compared to the third quarter of 2022 and flat compared to the fourth quarter of 2021.
• Average crude oil volumes handled in EnLink’s Ohio River Valley system for the fourth quarter of 2022 were approximately 5% lower compared to the third quarter of 2022 but 12% higher compared to the fourth quarter of 2021.
• EnLink agreed with its partners to restart Gulf Coast Fractionators, a 145,000 barrel-per-day NGL fractionation facility in Mont Belvieu, Texas. EnLink owns a 38.75% interest in the facility with restart costs net to EnLink of approximately $25 million, which will be incurred in 2023. The facility is expected to restart in the first half of 2024.
• Segment profit for 2023 is forecasted to range from $330 million to $360 million.

Oklahoma:

• Segment profit for the fourth quarter of 2022 was $98.8 million. Segment profit included unrealized derivative loss of $5.0 million. Excluding unrealized derivative activity, segment profit in the fourth quarter of 2022 grew approximately 8% sequentially and 13% over the fourth quarter of 2021.
• Average natural gas gathering volumes for the fourth quarter of 2022 were approximately 3% higher compared to the third quarter of 2022 and approximately 5% higher compared to the fourth quarter of 2021.
• Average natural gas processing volumes for the fourth quarter of 2022 were approximately 2% higher when compared to the third quarter of 2022 and 4% higher compared the fourth quarter of 2021.
• During the quarter, EnLink acquired a small gathering and processing system at attractive economics that are similar to the North Texas acquisition completed in the third quarter of 2022. EnLink anticipates the acquisition will generate 2023 adjusted EBITDA of approximately $19 million.
• Segment profit for 2023 is projected to range from $410 million to $440 million. Excluding plant relocation expenses of $5 million in 2022, segment profit is forecasted to grow approximately 8% over 2022, driven in part from the acquisition.

North Texas:

• Segment profit for the fourth quarter of 2022 was $84.3 million, including unrealized derivative gains of $8.7 million. Excluding unrealized derivative activity, segment profit in the fourth quarter of 2022 decreased approximately 6% sequentially but grew 27% over the fourth quarter of 2021.
• Average natural gas gathering volumes for the fourth quarter of 2022 were 1% higher compared to the third quarter of 2022 and 22% over the fourth quarter of 2021, driven in part from the acquisition completed in the third quarter of 2022.
• Average natural gas processing volumes for the fourth quarter of 2022 were 2% lower compared to the third quarter of 2022 but were 18% higher compared to the fourth quarter of 2021.
• Segment profit for 2023 is expected to range from $285 million to $305 million.

Fourth Quarter, Full-Year 2022 Earnings Call Details

EnLink will host a webcast and conference call to discuss fourth quarter and full-year 2022 results on February 15, 2023, at 8 a.m. Central time. The conference call will be broadcast via an internet webcast, which can be accessed on the Investors page of EnLink’s website at http://investors.enlink.com. Interested parties can access an archived replay of the webcast on EnLink’s website for at least 90 days following the event.

2023 EnLink Investor Day

EnLink will host a 2023 Investor Day in Dallas on Thursday, February 23, 2023, beginning at 9 a.m. Central time. During the event, EnLink’s management will give in-depth presentations covering the company’s plans to leverage its diverse gathering and processing footprint and in-ground assets to meet growing natural gas demand from industrial and LNG activity, as well as its growing carbon transportation business that is expected to support carbon capture and sequestration projects to decarbonize existing industrial emissions.

About EnLink Midstream

Headquartered in Dallas, EnLink Midstream (NYSE: ENLC) provides integrated midstream infrastructure services for natural gas, crude oil, condensate, and NGLs, as well as CO₂ transportation for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). Our large-scale, cash-flow-generating asset platforms are in premier production basins and core demand centers, including the Permian Basin, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and North Texas. EnLink is focused on maintaining the financial flexibility and operational excellence that enables us to strategically grow and create sustainable value. Visit www.EnLink.com to learn how EnLink connects energy to life.

Non-GAAP Financial Information

This press release contains non-generally accepted accounting principles financial measures that we refer to as adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow after distributions (FCFAD).

We define adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) plus (less) interest expense, net of interest income; depreciation and amortization; impairments; (income) loss from unconsolidated affiliate investments; distributions from unconsolidated affiliate investments; (gain) loss on disposition of assets; (gain) loss on extinguishment of debt; unit-based compensation; income tax expense (benefit); unrealized (gain) loss on commodity derivatives; costs associated with the relocation of processing facilities; accretion expense associated with asset retirement obligations; transaction costs; non-cash expense related to changes in the fair value of contingent consideration; (non-cash rent); and (non-controlling interest share of adjusted EBITDA from joint ventures).

We define free cash flow after distributions as adjusted EBITDA, net to ENLC, plus (less) (growth and maintenance capital expenditures, excluding capital expenditures that were contributed by other entities and relate to the non-controlling interest share of our consolidated entities); (interest expense, net of interest income); (distributions declared on common units); (accrued cash distributions on Series B Preferred Units and Series C Preferred Units paid or expected to be paid); (costs associated with the relocation of processing facilities); non-cash interest (income)/expense; (contributions to investment in unconsolidated affiliates); (payments to terminate interest rate swaps); (current income taxes); and proceeds from the sale of equipment and land.

EnLink believes these measures are useful to investors because they may provide users of this financial information with meaningful comparisons between current results and previously-reported results and a meaningful measure of the company’s cash flow after it has satisfied the capital and related requirements of its operations. In addition, adjusted EBITDA is used as a metric in our short-term incentive program for compensating employees and in our performance awards for executives.

Adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow after distributions, as defined above, are not measures of financial performance or liquidity under GAAP. They should not be considered in isolation or as an indicator of EnLink’s performance. Furthermore, they should not be seen as a substitute for metrics prepared in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliations of these measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures are included in the following tables. See ENLC’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for more information.

Other definitions and explanations of terms used in this press release

Segment profit (loss) is defined as revenues, less cost of sales (exclusive of operating expenses and depreciation and amortization), less operating expenses. Segment profit (loss) includes non-cash compensation expenses reflected in operating expenses. See “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Note 15 – Segment Information” in ENLC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and, when available, “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Note 16—Segment Information” in ENLC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, for further information about segment profit (loss).

The Ascension JV is a joint venture between a subsidiary of EnLink and a subsidiary of Marathon Petroleum Corporation in which EnLink owns a 50% interest and Marathon Petroleum Corporation owns a 50% interest. The Ascension JV, which began operations in April 2017, owns an NGL pipeline that connects EnLink’s Riverside fractionator to Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Garyville refinery.

The Delaware Basin JV is a joint venture between EnLink and an affiliate of NGP Natural Resources XI, L.P. (“NGP”) in which EnLink owns a 50.1% interest and NGP owns a 49.9% interest. The Delaware Basin JV, which was formed in August 2016, owns the Lobo processing facilities and the Tiger processing plant located in the Delaware Basin in Texas.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Although these statements reflect the current views, assumptions and expectations of our management, the matters addressed herein involve certain assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual activities, performance, outcomes and results to differ materially from those indicated herein. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this press release constitute forward-looking statements, including but not limited to statements identified by the words “forecast,” “may,” “believe,” “will,” “should,” “plan,” “predict,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “continue,” and similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about guidance, projected or forecasted financial and operating results, future results or growth of our CCS business, expected financial and operations results associated with certain projects, acquisitions, or growth capital expenditures, future operational results of our customers, results in certain basins, cost savings or operational, environmental, and climate change initiatives, profitability, financial or leverage metrics, the impact of weather-related events on us and our financial results and operations, our future capital structure and credit ratings,  objectives, strategies, expectations, and intentions, and other statements that are not historical facts. Factors that could result in such differences or otherwise materially affect our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows include, without limitation (a)  potential conflicts of interest of Global Infrastructure Partners (“GIP”) with us and the potential for GIP to compete with us or favor GIP’s own interests to the detriment of our other unitholders, (b) adverse developments in the midstream business that may reduce our ability to make distributions, (c) competition for crude oil, condensate, natural gas, and NGL supplies and any decrease in the availability of such commodities, (d) decreases in the volumes that we gather, process, fractionate, or transport, (e) our ability or our customers’ ability to receive or renew required government or third party permits and other approvals, (f) increased federal, state, and local legislation, and regulatory initiatives, as well as government reviews relating to hydraulic fracturing resulting in increased costs and reductions or delays in natural gas production by our customers, (g) climate change legislation and regulatory initiatives resulting in increased operating costs and reduced demand for the natural gas and NGL services we provide, (h) changes in the availability and cost of capital, (i) volatile prices and market demand for crude oil, condensate, natural gas, and NGLs that are beyond our control, (j) our debt levels could limit our flexibility and adversely affect our financial health or limit our flexibility to obtain financing and to pursue other business opportunities, (k) operating hazards, natural disasters, weather-related issues or delays, casualty losses, and other matters beyond our control, (l) reductions in demand for NGL products by the petrochemical, refining, or other industries or by the fuel markets, (m) our dependence on significant customers for a substantial portion of the natural gas and crude that we gather, process, and transport, (n) construction risks in our major development projects, (o) challenges we may face in connection with our strategy to enter into new lines of business related to the energy transition, (p) the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (including the impact of any new variants of the virus) and similar pandemics, (q) impairments to goodwill, long-lived assets and equity method investments, and (r) the effects of existing and future laws and governmental regulations, and other uncertainties. These and other applicable uncertainties, factors, and risks are described more fully in EnLink Midstream, LLC’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including EnLink Midstream, LLC’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K. EnLink Midstream, LLC assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

The EnLink management team based the forecasted financial information included herein on certain information and assumptions, including, among others, the producer budgets / forecasts to which EnLink has access as of the date of this press release and the projects / opportunities expected to require capital expenditures as of the date of this press release. The assumptions, information, and estimates underlying the forecasted financial information included in the guidance information in this press release are inherently uncertain and, though considered reasonable by the EnLink management team as of the date of its preparation, are subject to a wide variety of significant business, economic, and competitive risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forecasted financial information. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the forecasted results are indicative of EnLink’s future performance or that actual results will not differ materially from those presented in the forecasted financial information. Inclusion of the forecasted financial information in this press release should not be regarded as a representation by any person that the results contained in the forecasted financial information will be achieved.

 

 

 

 

 

EnLink does not provide a reconciliation of forward-looking net cash provided by operating activities to adjusted EBITDA because the Company is unable to predict with reasonable certainty changes in working capital, which may impact cash provided or used during the year. Working capital includes accounts receivable, accounts payable, and other current assets and liabilities. These items are uncertain and depend on various factors outside the Company’s control.

Investor Relations: Brian Brungardt, Director of Investor Relations, 214-721-9353, [email protected]

Media Relations: Megan Wright, Director of Corporate Communications, 214-721-9694, [email protected]

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