Phillips 66 Partners Reports Fourth-Quarter 2019 Earnings

Phillips 66 Partners LP (NYSE: PSXP) announces fourth-quarter 2019 earnings of $255 million, or $1.06 per diluted common unit. Cash from operations was $259 million, and distributable cash flow was $254 million. Adjusted EBITDA was $345 million in the fourth quarter, compared with $323 million in the prior quarter.

“This quarter we delivered strong financial and operating performance, resulting in record EBITDA for the quarter and full year,” said Greg Garland, Phillips 66 Partners’ chairman and CEO. “The Gray Oak Pipeline had initial startup in November, and we look forward to it reaching full service in the second quarter of 2020. Phillips 66 Partners is a leading MLP with a strong financial position and disciplined capital allocation.”

On Jan. 21, 2020, the general partner’s board of directors declared a fourth-quarter 2019 cash distribution of $0.875 per common unit, a 5% increase over fourth quarter 2018. The Partnership has increased its distribution per common unit every quarter since its initial public offering in July 2013.

Financial Results

Phillips 66 Partners’ fourth-quarter 2019 earnings were $255 million, compared with $237 million in the third quarter of 2019. The Partnership reported adjusted EBITDA of $345 million in the fourth quarter, compared with $323 million in the prior quarter. The improvements primarily reflect increased volumes on wholly owned pipelines and terminals, as well as a full quarter of results from the isomerization unit at the Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery.

Liquidity, Capital Expenditures and Investments

As of Dec. 31, 2019, total debt outstanding was $3.5 billion. The Partnership had $286 million in cash and cash equivalents and $749 million available under its revolving credit facility.

The Partnership’s total capital spending for the quarter was $175 million. Growth capital included spend on the C2G Pipeline, the Sweeny to Pasadena Pipeline and the Clemens Caverns, as well as investment in the South Texas Gateway Terminal.

Strategic Update

Phillips 66 Partners commenced initial operations on the 900,000 barrels per day (BPD) Gray Oak Pipeline, which is expected to reach full service in the second quarter of 2020. The pipeline will provide crude oil transportation from the Permian and Eagle Ford to Texas Gulf Coast destinations that include Corpus Christi, the Sweeny area, including the Phillips 66 Sweeny Refinery, as well as access to the Houston market. Phillips 66 Partners has a 42.25% effective ownership in the pipeline.

The Gray Oak Pipeline will connect to multiple terminals in Corpus Christi, including the South Texas Gateway Terminal being constructed by Buckeye Partners, L.P. The marine export terminal will have two deepwater docks, with storage capacity of 8.5 million barrels and up to 800,000 BPD of throughput capacity. Phillips 66 Partners owns a 25% interest in the terminal, which is expected to start up in the third quarter of 2020.

The Partnership is increasing storage capacity at Clemens Caverns from 9 million barrels to 16.5 million barrels in connection with the Phillips 66 project to add natural gas liquid (NGL) fractionation capacity at the Sweeny Hub. The caverns expansion is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2020.

Phillips 66 Partners is also constructing the C2G Pipeline, a 16 inch ethane pipeline that will connect Clemens Caverns to petrochemical facilities in Gregory, Texas, near Corpus Christi. The project is backed by long-term commitments and is expected to be completed in mid-2021.

The Sweeny to Pasadena Pipeline expansion project will add 80,000 BPD of pipeline capacity, providing additional naphtha offtake from the Sweeny fractionators. In addition, product storage capacity will increase by 300,000 barrels at the Pasadena Terminal. The project is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2020.

Investor Webcast

Members of Phillips 66 Partners executive management will host a webcast today at 2 p.m. EST to discuss the Partnership’s fourth-quarter performance. To listen to the conference call and view related presentation materials, go to www.phillips66partners.com/events. For detailed supplemental information, go to www.phillips66partners.com/reports.

About Phillips 66 Partners

Headquartered in Houston, Phillips 66 Partners is a growth-oriented master limited partnership formed by Phillips 66 to own, operate, develop and acquire primarily fee-based crude oil, refined petroleum products and natural gas liquids pipelines, terminals and other midstream assets. For more information, visit www.phillips66partners.com.

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^{Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information—This news release includes the terms “EBITDA,” “adjusted EBITDA,” “distributable cash flow” and “coverage ratio.” These are non-GAAP financial measures. EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA are included to help facilitate comparisons of operating performance of the Partnership with other companies in our industry. EBITDA and distributable cash flow help facilitate an assessment of our ability to generate sufficient cash flow to make distributions to our partners. We believe that the presentation of EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow provides useful information to investors in assessing our financial condition and results of operations. Our coverage ratio is calculated as distributable cash flow divided by total cash distributions and is included to help indicate the Partnership’s ability to pay cash distributions from current earnings. The GAAP performance measure most directly comparable to EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA is net income. The GAAP liquidity measure most comparable to EBITDA and distributable cash flow is net cash provided by operating activities. The GAAP financial measure most comparable to our coverage ratio is calculated as net cash provided by operating activities divided by total cash distributions. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as alternatives to GAAP net income or net cash provided by operating activities. They 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 EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, distributable cash flow and coverage ratio may be defined differently by other companies in our industry, our definition of EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, distributable cash flow and coverage ratio may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies, thereby diminishing their utility.}

^{Reconciliations of current quarter EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow to net income and net cash provided by operating activities are included in this release.}

^{References to EBITDA refer to earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization.}

Results of Operations (Unaudited)
Summarized Financial Statement Information
	Millions of Dollars Except as Indicated
	Q4 2019					Q3 2019
Selected Income Statement Data
Total revenues and other income		$	432				411
Net income		255					237
Adjusted EBITDA		345					323
Distributable cash flow		254					255
Net Income Per Limited Partner Unit—Diluted (Dollars)
Common units		$	1.06				1.15
Selected Balance Sheet Data
Cash and cash equivalents		$	286				655
Equity investments		2,961					2,921
Total assets		6,961					7,190
Total debt		3,516					3,815
Equity held by public
Preferred units		746					746
Common units		2,717					2,664
Equity held by Phillips 66
Common units		(628		)			(655	)

Statement of Income
	Millions of Dollars
	Q4 2019					Q3 2019
Revenues and Other Income
Operating revenues—related parties		$	283				262
Operating revenues—third parties		8					8
Equity in earnings of affiliates		140					139
Other income		1					2
Total revenues and other income		432					411
Costs and Expenses
Operating and maintenance expenses		90					91
Depreciation		32					30
General and administrative expenses		16					16
Taxes other than income taxes		9					10
Interest and debt expense		28					26
Other expenses		2					—
Total costs and expenses		177					173
Income before income taxes		255					238
Income tax expense		—					1
Net income		255					237
Less: Preferred unitholders’ interest in net income		9					9
Less: General partner’s interest in net income		—					—
Limited partners’ interest in net income		$	246				228

Selected Operating Data
	Q4 2019					Q3 2019
Wholly Owned Operating Data
Pipelines
Pipeline revenues (millions of dollars)		$	126				121
Pipeline volumes(1) (thousands of barrels daily)
Crude oil		1,005					998
Refined petroleum products and natural gas liquids		1,033					990
Total		2,038					1,988
Average pipeline revenue per barrel (dollars)		$	0.67				0.66
Terminals
Terminal revenues (millions of dollars)		$	47				41
Terminal throughput (thousands of barrels daily)
Crude oil(2)		459					493
Refined petroleum products		852					819
Total		1,311					1,312
Average terminaling revenue per barrel (dollars)		$	0.38				0.33
Storage, processing and other revenues (millions of dollars)		$	118				108
Total operating revenues (millions of dollars)		$	291				270
Joint Venture Operating Data(3)
Crude oil, refined petroleum products and natural gas liquids (thousands of barrels daily)		793					786
(1) Represents the sum of volumes transported through each separately tariffed pipeline segment.
(2) Bayway and Ferndale rail rack volumes included in crude oil terminals.
(3) Proportional share of total pipeline and terminal volumes of joint ventures consistent with recognized equity in earnings of affiliates.

Cash Distributions
	Millions of Dollars Except as Indicated
	Q4 2019					Q3 2019
Cash Distributions†
Common units—public		$	51				50
Common units—Phillips 66		149					147
Total		$	200				197
Cash Distribution Per Common Unit (Dollars)		$	0.875				0.865
Coverage Ratio*		1.27					1.29
†Cash distributions declared attributable to the indicated periods.
*Calculated as distributable cash flow divided by total cash distributions. Used to indicate the Partnership’s ability to pay cash distributions from current earnings. Net cash provided by operating activities divided by total cash distributions was 1.30x and 1.40x at Q4 2019 and Q3 2019, respectively.

Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow to Net Income
	Millions of Dollars
	Q4 2019					Q3 2019
Net Income		$	255				237
Plus:
Depreciation		32					30
Net interest expense		27					25
Income tax expense		—					1
EBITDA		314					293
Proportional share of equity affiliates’ net interest, taxes and depreciation and amortization		31					30
Expenses indemnified or prefunded by Phillips 66		—					—
Transaction costs associated with acquisitions		—					—
Adjusted EBITDA		345					323
Plus:
Deferred revenue impacts*†		(2		)			—
Less:
Equity affiliate distributions less than proportional EBITDA		25					9
Maintenance capital expenditures†		28					25
Net interest expense		27					25
Preferred unit distributions		9					9
Income taxes paid		—					—
Distributable cash flow		$	254				255
*Difference between cash receipts and revenue recognition.
†Excludes Merey Sweeny capital reimbursements and turnaround impacts.

Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
	Millions of Dollars
	Q4 2019					Q3 2019
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities		$	259				276
Plus:
Net interest expense		27					25
Income tax expense		—					1
Changes in working capital		20					(9	)
Undistributed equity earnings		10					(4	)
Deferred revenues and other liabilities		1					2
Other		(3		)			2
EBITDA		314					293
Proportional share of equity affiliates’ net interest, taxes and depreciation and amortization		31					30
Expenses indemnified or prefunded by Phillips 66		—					—
Transaction costs associated with acquisitions		—					—
Adjusted EBITDA		345					323
Plus:
Deferred revenue impacts*†		(2		)			—
Less:
Equity affiliate distributions less than proportional EBITDA		25					9
Maintenance capital expenditures†		28					25
Net interest expense		27					25
Preferred unit distributions		9					9
Income taxes paid		—					—
Distributable cash flow		$	254				255
*Difference between cash receipts and revenue recognition.
†Excludes Merey Sweeny capital reimbursements and turnaround impacts.

 

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