2015 Outlook to Be Released March 3, 2015
HOUSTON, TX — (Marketwired) — 02/18/15 — Western Gas Partners, LP (NYSE: WES) (“WES” or the “Partnership”) and Western Gas Equity Partners, LP (NYSE: WGP) (“WGP”) today announced fourth-quarter and full-year 2014 financial and operating results. WES also announced it would release its 2015 outlook after the market closes on March 3, 2015.
WESTERN GAS PARTNERS, LP
Net income available to limited partners(1) for 2014 totaled $256.5 million, or $2.12 per common unit (diluted), with full-year 2014 Adjusted EBITDA(2) of $646.0 million and full-year 2014 Distributable cash flow(2)of $531.1 million.
Net income available to limited partners(1) for the fourth quarter of 2014 totaled $54.3 million, or $0.42per common unit (diluted), with fourth-quarter 2014 Adjusted EBITDA(2) of $170.4 million and fourth-quarter 2014 Distributable cash flow(2) of $138.1 million.
WES paid a quarterly distribution of $0.70 per unit for the fourth quarter of 2014. This distribution represented a 4% increase over the prior quarter’s distribution and a 17% increase over the fourth-quarter 2013 distribution of $0.60 per unit. The full-year 2014 distribution of $2.65 per unit represented a 16% increase over the full-year 2013 distribution of $2.28 per unit. The fourth-quarter 2014 Coverage ratio(2) of 1.10 times was based on the quarterly distribution of $0.70 per unit and included the 8.6 million common units issued by the Partnership in November 2014, and 37 days of DBM(1) operating results. The Partnership’s Coverage ratio(2) for full-year 2014 was 1.20 times.
(1) On November 25, 2014, the Partnership acquired Nuevo Midstream, LLC (“Nuevo”). Following the acquisition, the Partnership changed the name of Nuevo to Delaware Basin Midstream, LLC (“DBM”). Includes operating results attributable to DBM beginning on November 25, 2014.
(2) Please see the tables at the end of this release for a reconciliation of non-GAAP to GAAP measures and calculation of the Coverage ratio.
The Class C units issued in connection with the acquisition of DBM received a distribution based on the$0.70 common unit distribution, prorated for the 37-day period the Class C units were outstanding during the fourth quarter of 2014. The Class C unit distribution was paid in the form of additional Class C units(1) and was excluded when determining the cash distribution to WES’s common unitholders.
Total throughput attributable to WES for natural gas assets(2) for the fourth quarter of 2014 averaged 3.5 Bcf/d, which was 2% above both the prior quarter and the fourth quarter of 2013. For the full-year 2014, total throughput attributable to WES for natural gas assets(2) averaged 3.5 Bcf/d, which was 9% above the prior-year average. Total throughput for crude/NGL assets for the fourth quarter of 2014 averaged 131 MBbls/d, which was 5% below the prior quarter and 77% above the fourth quarter of 2013. For full-year 2014, total throughput for crude/NGL assets averaged 116 MBbls/d, which was 190% above the prior-year average.
“2014 was another year of top tier operating performance for WES,” said Chief Executive Officer Don Sinclair. “With the support of Anadarko, our sponsor, we expect to maintain our track record of delivering steady, predictable growth and can reaffirm our previously stated guidance of no less than 15% distribution growth in 2015 despite a very challenging commodity price environment.”
Capital expenditures attributable to WES on a cash basis(2), including equity investments but excluding acquisitions, totaled $179.0 million during the fourth quarter of 2014. Of this amount, maintenance capital expenditures were $12.7 million, or 7% of Adjusted EBITDA(3). For the full-year 2014, capital expenditures attributable to WES on a cash basis(2) totaled $726.0 million, including equity investments but excluding acquisitions. This amount includes maintenance capital expenditures of$45.2 million, or 7% of Adjusted EBITDA(3). Capital expenditures attributable to WES on an accrual basis(2), including equity investments but excluding acquisitions, totaled $204.5 million during the fourth quarter of 2014 and $747.7 million for full-year 2014.
(1) The number of additional Class C units issued in connection with a distribution payable on the Class C units is determined by dividing the corresponding distribution attributable to the Class C units by the volume-weighted-average price of WES’s common units for the ten trading days immediately preceding the payment date for the WES common unit distribution, less a 6% discount.
(2) Includes operating results attributable to DBM beginning on November 25, 2014.
(3) Please see the tables at the end of this release for a reconciliation of non-GAAP to GAAP measures and calculation of the Coverage ratio.
WESTERN GAS EQUITY PARTNERS, LP
WGP indirectly owns the entire general partner interest in WES, 100% of the incentive distribution rights in WES and 49,296,205 WES common units. Net income available to limited partners(1) for 2014 totaled $222.9 million, or $1.02 per common unit (diluted). Net income available to limited partners(1)for the fourth quarter of 2014 totaled $57.2 million, or $0.26 per common unit (diluted).
WGP paid a quarterly distribution of $0.31250 per unit for the fourth quarter of 2014. This distribution represented a 7% increase over the prior quarter’s distribution and a 35% increase over the fourth-quarter 2013 distribution of $0.23125. The full-year 2014 distribution of $1.12500 per unit represented a 37% increase over the full-year 2013 distribution. WGP received distributions from WES of $71.2 million attributable to the fourth quarter and will pay $68.4 million in distributions for the same period.
CONFERENCE CALL TOMORROW AT 11 A.M. CST
WES and WGP will host a joint conference call on Thursday, February 19, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. Central Standard Time (12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time) to discuss fourth-quarter and full-year 2014 results. To participate via telephone, please dial 877.621.4819 and enter participant code 54439186. Please call in 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time. To access the live audio webcast of the conference call and slide presentation, please visit www.westerngas.com. A replay of the call will also be available on the website for approximately two weeks following the conference call.
CONFERENCE CALL ON MARCH 4, 2015 TO DISCUSS 2015 OUTLOOK
WES and WGP will release its full 2015 Outlook after the market closes on Tuesday, March 3, 2015, and will host a joint conference call on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, at 7:00 a.m. Central Standard Time(8:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time) for discussion. To participate via telephone, please dial 866.825.1709 and enter participant code 24435275. Please call in 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time. To access the live audio webcast of the conference call and slide presentation, please visitwww.westerngas.com. A replay of the call will also be available on the website for approximately two weeks following the conference call.
(1) Includes operating results attributable to DBM beginning on November 25, 2014.
Western Gas Partners, LP (“WES”) is a growth-oriented Delaware master limited partnership formed byAnadarko Petroleum Corporation to own, operate, acquire and develop midstream energy assets. With midstream assets located in the Rocky Mountains, the Mid-Continent, North-central Pennsylvania andTexas, WES is engaged in the business of gathering, processing, compressing, treating and transporting natural gas, condensate, natural gas liquids and crude oil for Anadarko, as well as for other producers and customers.
Western Gas Equity Partners, LP (“WGP”) is a Delaware master limited partnership formed by Anadarko to own the following types of interests in WES: (i) the general partner interest and all of the incentive distribution rights in WES, both owned through WGP’s 100% ownership of WES’s general partner, and (ii) a significant limited partner interest in WES.
For more information about Western Gas Partners, LP and Western Gas Equity Partners, LP, please visit www.westerngas.com.
This news release contains forward-looking statements. Western Gas Partners and Western Gas Equity Partners believe that their expectations are based on reasonable assumptions. No assurance, however, can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the projections, anticipated results or other expectations expressed in this news release. These factors include the ability to meet financial guidance or distribution growth expectations; the ability to safely and efficiently operate WES’s assets; the ability to obtain new sources of natural gas supplies; the effect of fluctuations in commodity prices and the demand for natural gas and related products; the ability to meet projected in-service dates for capital growth projects; construction costs or capital expenditures exceeding estimated or budgeted costs or expenditures; the ability to realize the expected benefits from the Nuevo acquisition; and the other factors described in the “Risk Factors” sections of WES’s and WGP’s most recent Forms 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in their other public filings and press releases.Western Gas Partners and Western Gas Equity Partners undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.
Western Gas Partners, LP Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures
Below are reconciliations of (i) WES’s Distributable cash flow (non-GAAP) to net income attributable toWestern Gas Partners, LP (GAAP), (ii) Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP(“Adjusted EBITDA”) (non-GAAP) to net income attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP (GAAP) and to net cash provided by operating activities (GAAP), and (iii) Adjusted gross margin attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP (“Adjusted gross margin”) (non-GAAP) to operating income (GAAP), as required under Regulation G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Management believes that WES’s Distributable cash flow, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted gross margin, and Coverage ratio are widely accepted financial indicators of WES’s financial performance compared to other publicly traded partnerships and are useful in assessing its ability to incur and service debt, fund capital expenditures and make distributions. Distributable cash flow, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted gross margin and Coverage ratio, as defined by WES, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. Therefore, WES’s Distributable cash flow, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted gross margin and Coverage ratio should be considered in conjunction with net income and other applicable performance measures, such as operating income or cash flows from operating activities.
Distributable Cash Flow
WES defines Distributable cash flow as Adjusted EBITDA, plus interest income, less net cash paid for interest expense (including amortization of deferred debt issuance costs originally paid in cash, offset by non-cash capitalized interest), maintenance capital expenditures, and income taxes.
| Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||
| thousands except Coverage ratio | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||
| Reconciliation of Net income attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP to Distributable cash flow and calculation of the Coverage ratio | |||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP | $ | 91,389 | $ | 85,391 | $ | 376,533 | $ | 274,627 | |||||||||
| Add: | |||||||||||||||||
| Distributions from equity investees | 23,574 | 6,573 | 81,022 | 22,136 | |||||||||||||
| Non-cash equity-based compensation expense | 907 | 912 | 4,095 | 3,575 | |||||||||||||
| Income tax (benefit) expense | 1,751 | (1,837 | ) | 2,027 | 2,355 | ||||||||||||
| Depreciation, amortization and impairments (1) | 52,504 | 38,724 | 180,587 | 143,375 | |||||||||||||
| Other expense (1) | — | 175 | — | 175 | |||||||||||||
| Less: | |||||||||||||||||
| Equity income, net | 16,514 | 11,004 | 57,836 | 22,948 | |||||||||||||
| Cash paid for maintenance capital expenditures (1) | 12,662 | 10,255 | 45,225 | 29,850 | |||||||||||||
| Capitalized interest (2) | 2,485 | 2,393 | 9,832 | 11,945 | |||||||||||||
| Cash paid for (reimbursement of) income taxes | 250 | 552 | (90 | ) | 552 | ||||||||||||
| Other income (1) (3) | 74 | — | 325 | 419 | |||||||||||||
| Distributable cash flow | $ | 138,140 | $ | 105,734 | $ | 531,136 | $ | 380,529 | |||||||||
| Distributions declared(4) | |||||||||||||||||
| Limited partners | $ | 89,386 | $ | 320,862 | |||||||||||||
| General partner | 36,657 | 121,194 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 126,043 | $ | 442,056 | |||||||||||||
| Coverage ratio | 1.10 | x | 1.20 | x | |||||||||||||
| (1) | Includes WES’s 75% share of depreciation, amortization and impairments; other expense; cash paid for maintenance capital expenditures; and other income attributable to Chipeta. |
| (2) | Includes capitalized interest of $(0.2) million and $1.4 million for the three months and year ended December 31, 2013, respectively, for the construction of the Mont Belvieu JV fractionation trains, reflected as a component of the equity investment balance. |
| (3) | Excludes income of zero and $0.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and $0.5 million and $1.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, related to a component of a gas processing agreement accounted for as a capital lease. |
| (4) | Reflects cash distributions of $0.70 and $2.65 per unit declared for the three months and year ended December 31, 2014, respectively. |
Western Gas Partners, LP Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures, continued
Adjusted EBITDA Attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP
WES defines Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP, plus distributions from equity investees, non-cash equity-based compensation expense, interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation, amortization and impairments, and other expense, less income from equity investments, interest income, income tax benefit, and other income.
| Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||||
| thousands | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||||||
| Reconciliation of Net income attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP to Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP | $ | 91,389 | $ | 85,391 | $ | 376,533 | $ | 274,627 | ||||||||||
| Add: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Distributions from equity investees | 23,574 | 6,573 | 81,022 | 22,136 | ||||||||||||||
| Non-cash equity-based compensation expense | 907 | 912 | 4,095 | 3,575 | ||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | 21,063 | 14,314 | 76,766 | 51,797 | ||||||||||||||
| Income tax expense | 1,751 | — | 2,255 | 4,219 | ||||||||||||||
| Depreciation, amortization and impairments (1) | 52,504 | 38,724 | 180,587 | 143,375 | ||||||||||||||
| Other expense (1) | — | 175 | — | 175 | ||||||||||||||
| Less: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Equity income, net | 16,514 | 11,004 | 57,836 | 22,948 | ||||||||||||||
| Interest income – affiliates | 4,225 | 4,225 | 16,900 | 16,900 | ||||||||||||||
| Other income (1) (2) | 74 | — | 325 | 419 | ||||||||||||||
| Income tax benefit | — | 1,837 | 228 | 1,864 | ||||||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP | $ | 170,375 | $ | 129,023 | $ | 645,969 | $ | 457,773 | ||||||||||
| Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP to Net cash provided by operating activities | ||||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP | $ | 170,375 | $ | 129,023 | $ | 645,969 | $ | 457,773 | ||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA attributable to noncontrolling interest | 3,661 | 3,986 | 16,583 | 13,348 | ||||||||||||||
| Interest income (expense), net | (16,838 | ) | (10,089 | ) | (59,866 | ) | (34,897 | ) | ||||||||||
| Non-cash equity-based compensation expense | (197 | ) | 45 | (175 | ) | (54 | ) | |||||||||||
| Debt-related amortization and other items, net | 691 | 693 | 2,736 | 2,449 | ||||||||||||||
| Current income tax benefit (expense) | 190 | 4,512 | 556 | 29,536 | ||||||||||||||
| Other income (expense), net (2) | 76 | (171 | ) | 336 | 253 | |||||||||||||
| Distributions from equity investments in excess of cumulative earnings | (3,668 | ) | (4,438 | ) | (18,055 | ) | (4,438 | ) | ||||||||||
| Changes in operating working capital: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 37,191 | (6,632 | ) | (4,217 | ) | (34,019 | ) | |||||||||||
| Accounts and natural gas imbalance payables and accrued liabilities, net | (62,266 | ) | 15,134 | (52,530 | ) | 21,952 | ||||||||||||
| Other | 1,825 | (1,179 | ) | 3,470 | (3,702 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 131,040 | $ | 130,884 | $ | 534,807 | $ | 448,201 | ||||||||||
| Cash flow information of Western Gas Partners, LP | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 534,807 | $ | 448,201 | ||||||||||||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | $ | (2,621,559 | ) | $ | (1,652,995 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | $ | 2,053,078 | $ | 885,541 | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Includes WES’s 75% share of depreciation, amortization and impairments; other expense; and other income attributable to Chipeta. |
| (2) | Excludes income of zero and $0.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and $0.5 million and $1.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, related to a component of a gas processing agreement accounted for as a capital lease. |
Western Gas Partners, LP Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures, continued
Adjusted gross margin attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP
WES defines Adjusted gross margin as total revenues less cost of product, plus distributions from equity investees and excluding the noncontrolling interest owner’s proportionate share of revenue and cost of product.
| Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
| thousands | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||
| Reconciliation of Adjusted gross margin attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP to Operating income | |||||||||||||||
| Adjusted gross margin attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP for natural gas assets | $ | 215,349 | $ | 182,097 | $ | 822,932 | $ | 654,924 | |||||||
| Adjusted gross margin for crude/NGL assets | 22,022 | 4,278 | 73,714 | 15,274 | |||||||||||
| Adjusted gross margin attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP | $ | 237,371 | $ | 186,375 | $ | 896,646 | $ | 670,198 | |||||||
| Adjusted gross margin attributable to noncontrolling interest | $ | 4,572 | $ | 5,065 | $ | 20,183 | $ | 17,416 | |||||||
| Equity income, net | 16,514 | 11,004 | 57,836 | 22,948 | |||||||||||
| Less: | |||||||||||||||
| Distributions from equity investees | 23,574 | 6,573 | 81,022 | 22,136 | |||||||||||
| Operation and maintenance | 54,241 | 47,492 | 199,305 | 168,657 | |||||||||||
| General and administrative | 9,938 | 7,523 | 34,242 | 29,751 | |||||||||||
| Property and other taxes | 4,635 | 4,724 | 25,353 | 23,244 | |||||||||||
| Depreciation, amortization and impairments | 53,147 | 39,365 | 183,156 | 145,916 | |||||||||||
| Operating income | $ | 112,922 | $ | 96,767 | $ | 451,587 | $ | 320,858 | |||||||
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| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||
| thousands except per-unit amounts | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||||
| Revenues | ||||||||||||||||
| Gathering, processing and transportation of natural gas and natural gas liquids | $ | 176,396 | $ | 139,071 | $ | 647,451 | $ | 482,542 | ||||||||
| Natural gas, natural gas liquids and condensate sales | 159,668 | 138,628 | 612,854 | 541,244 | ||||||||||||
| Other | 1,833 | 1,394 | 13,458 | 5,977 | ||||||||||||
| Total revenues | 337,897 | 279,093 | 1,273,763 | 1,029,763 | ||||||||||||
| Equity income, net | 16,514 | 11,004 | 57,836 | 22,948 | ||||||||||||
| Operating expenses | ||||||||||||||||
| Cost of product | 119,528 | 94,226 | 437,956 | 364,285 | ||||||||||||
| Operation and maintenance | 54,241 | 47,492 | 199,305 | 168,657 | ||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 9,938 | 7,523 | 34,242 | 29,751 | ||||||||||||
| Property and other taxes | 4,635 | 4,724 | 25,353 | 23,244 | ||||||||||||
| Depreciation, amortization and impairments | 53,147 | 39,365 | 183,156 | 145,916 | ||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 241,489 | 193,330 | 880,012 | 731,853 | ||||||||||||
| Operating income | 112,922 | 96,767 | 451,587 | 320,858 | ||||||||||||
| Interest income – affiliates | 4,225 | 4,225 | 16,900 | 16,900 | ||||||||||||
| Interest expense | (21,063 | ) | (14,314 | ) | (76,766 | ) | (51,797 | ) | ||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | 76 | 225 | 864 | 1,837 | ||||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | 96,160 | 86,903 | 392,585 | 287,798 | ||||||||||||
| Income tax (benefit) expense | 1,751 | (1,837 | ) | 2,027 | 2,355 | |||||||||||
| Net income | 94,409 | 88,740 | 390,558 | 285,443 | ||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest | 3,020 | 3,349 | 14,025 | 10,816 | ||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP | $ | 91,389 | $ | 85,391 | $ | 376,533 | $ | 274,627 | ||||||||
| Limited partners’ interest in net income: | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP | $ | 91,389 | $ | 85,391 | $ | 376,533 | $ | 274,627 | ||||||||
| Pre-acquisition net (income) loss allocated to Anadarko | — | 488 | 956 | (4,128 | ) | |||||||||||
| General partner interest in net (income) loss | (37,041 | ) | (21,900 | ) | (120,980 | ) | (69,633 | ) | ||||||||
| Limited partners’ interest in net income | $ | 54,348 | $ | 63,979 | $ | 256,509 | $ | 200,866 | ||||||||
| Net income per common unit – basic | $ | 0.42 | $ | 0.56 | $ | 2.13 | $ | 1.83 | ||||||||
| Net income per common unit – diluted | 0.42 | 0.56 | 2.12 | 1.83 | ||||||||||||
| Weighted-average common units outstanding – basic | 124,263 | 113,825 | 119,822 | 109,872 | ||||||||||||
| Weighted-average common units outstanding – diluted | 128,652 | 113,825 | 120,928 | 109,872 | ||||||||||||
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| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | ||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||
| December 31, | ||||||
| thousands except number of units | 2014 | 2013 | ||||
| Current assets | $ | 175,235 | $ | 194,810 | ||
| Note receivable – Anadarko | 260,000 | 260,000 | ||||
| Net property, plant and equipment | 4,384,371 | 3,383,255 | ||||
| Other assets | 1,932,025 | 779,743 | ||||
| Total assets | $ | 6,751,631 | $ | 4,617,808 | ||
| Current liabilities | $ | 202,571 | $ | 190,460 | ||
| Long-term debt | 2,422,954 | 1,418,169 | ||||
| Asset retirement obligations and other | 114,240 | 117,143 | ||||
| Total liabilities | $ | 2,739,765 | $ | 1,725,772 | ||
| Equity and partners’ capital | ||||||
| Common units (127,695,130 and 117,322,812 units issued and outstanding at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively) | $ | 3,119,714 | $ | 2,431,193 | ||
| Class C units (10,913,853 and zero units issued and outstanding at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively) | 716,957 | — | ||||
| General partner units (2,583,068 and 2,394,345 units issued and outstanding at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively) | 105,725 | 78,157 | ||||
| Net investment by Anadarko | — | 312,092 | ||||
| Noncontrolling interest | 69,470 | 70,594 | ||||
| Total liabilities, equity and partners’ capital | $ | 6,751,631 | $ | 4,617,808 | ||
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| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS | |||||||||
| (Unaudited) | |||||||||
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||
| thousands | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities | |||||||||
| Net income | $ | 390,558 | $ | 285,443 | |||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities and changes in working capital: | |||||||||
| Depreciation, amortization and impairments | 183,156 | 145,916 | |||||||
| Change in other items, net | (38,907 | ) | 16,842 | ||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 534,807 | $ | 448,201 | |||||
| Cash flows from investing activities | |||||||||
| Capital expenditures | $ | (673,004 | ) | $ | (646,471 | ) | |||
| Contributions in aid of construction costs from affiliates | 183 | 617 | |||||||
| Acquisitions from affiliates | (379,193 | ) | (476,711 | ) | |||||
| Acquisitions from third parties | (1,523,327 | ) | (240,274 | ) | |||||
| Investments in equity affiliates | (64,278 | ) | (294,693 | ) | |||||
| Distributions from equity investments in excess of cumulative earnings | 18,055 | 4,438 | |||||||
| Proceeds from the sale of assets to affiliates | — | 85 | |||||||
| Proceeds from the sale of assets to third parties | 5 | 14 | |||||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | $ | (2,621,559 | ) | $ | (1,652,995 | ) | |||
| Cash flows from financing activities | |||||||||
| Borrowings, net of debt issuance costs | $ | 1,646,878 | $ | 957,503 | |||||
| Repayments of debt | (650,000 | ) | (710,000 | ) | |||||
| Increase (decrease) in outstanding checks | 1,693 | (1,763 | ) | ||||||
| Proceeds from the issuance of common and general partner units, net of offering expenses | 704,489 | 740,825 | |||||||
| Proceeds from the issuance of Class C units | 750,000 | — | |||||||
| Distributions to unitholders | (408,621 | ) | (299,101 | ) | |||||
| Contributions from noncontrolling interest owner | — | 2,247 | |||||||
| Distributions to noncontrolling interest owner | (15,149 | ) | (13,127 | ) | |||||
| Net contributions from Anadarko | 23,788 | 208,957 | |||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | $ | 2,053,078 | $ | 885,541 | |||||
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | $ | (33,674 | ) | $ | (319,253 | ) | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 100,728 | 419,981 | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 67,054 | $ | 100,728 | |||||
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| OPERATING STATISTICS | ||||||||||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||
| MMcf/d except throughput measured in barrels and per-unit amounts | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
| Throughput for natural gas assets | ||||||||||||||
| Gathering, treating and transportation (1) | 1,537 | 1,553 | 1,562 | 1,404 | ||||||||||
| Processing (1) | 1,991 | 1,892 | 1,925 | 1,758 | ||||||||||
| Equity investment (2) | 170 | 193 | 171 | 206 | ||||||||||
| Total throughput for natural gas assets | 3,698 | 3,638 | 3,658 | 3,368 | ||||||||||
| Throughput attributable to noncontrolling interest for natural gas assets | 153 | 172 | 165 | 168 | ||||||||||
| Total throughput attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP for natural gas assets (3) | 3,545 | 3,466 | 3,493 | 3,200 | ||||||||||
| Total throughput (MBbls/d) for crude/NGL assets (4) | 131 | 74 | 116 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Adjusted gross margin per Mcf attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP for natural gas assets (5) | $ | 0.66 | $ | 0.57 | $ | 0.65 | $ | 0.56 | ||||||
| Adjusted gross margin per Bbl for crude/NGL assets (6) | $ | 1.83 | $ | 0.62 | $ | 1.75 | $ | 1.05 | ||||||
| (1) | The combination of WES’s Wattenberg and Platte Valley systems in 2014 into the entity now referred to as the “DJ Basin complex” (which also includes the Lancaster plant) resulted in the following: (i) the Wattenberg system volumes previously reported as “Gathering, treating and transportation” are now reported as “Processing” for all periods presented, and (ii) beginning in 2014, volumes both gathered and processed by the two systems are no longer separately reported. |
| (2) | Represents WES’s 14.81% share of average Fort Union and 22% share of average Rendezvous throughput. Excludes equity investment throughput measured in barrels (captured in “Total throughput (MBbls/d) for crude/NGL assets” as noted below). |
| (3) | Includes affiliate, third-party and equity investment throughput (as equity investment throughput is defined in the above footnote), excluding the noncontrolling interest owner’s proportionate share of throughput. |
| (4) | Represents total throughput measured in barrels, consisting of throughput from WES’s Chipeta NGL pipeline, WES’s 10% share of average White Cliffs throughput, WES’s 25% share of average Mont Belvieu JV throughput, WES’s 20% share of average TEG and TEP throughput, and WES’s 33.33% share of average FRP throughput. |
| (5) | Average for period. Calculated as Adjusted gross margin attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP for natural gas assets (total revenues for natural gas assets less cost of product for natural gas assets plus distributions from WES’s equity investments in Fort Union and Rendezvous, and excluding the noncontrolling interest owners’ proportionate share of revenue and cost of product) divided by total throughput (MMcf/d) attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP for natural gas assets. |
| (6) | Average for period. Calculated as Adjusted gross margin for crude/NGL assets (total revenues for crude/NGL assets less cost of product for crude/NGL assets plus distributions from WES’s equity investments in White Cliffs, the Mont Belvieu JV, TEG, TEP and FRP, divided by total throughput (MBbls/d) for crude/NGL assets. |
| Western Gas Equity Partners, LP | |||||
| CALCULATION OF CASH AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION | |||||
| (Unaudited) | |||||
| Three Months Ended | |||||
| thousands except per-unit amount and Coverage ratio | December 31, 2014 | ||||
| Distributions declared by Western Gas Partners, LP: | |||||
| General partner interest | $ | 2,499 | |||
| Incentive distribution rights | 34,158 | ||||
| Common units held by WGP | 34,507 | ||||
| Less: | |||||
| Public company general and administrative expense | 2,482 | ||||
| Cash available for distribution | $ | 68,682 | |||
| Declared distribution per common unit | $ | 0.31250 | |||
| Distributions declared by Western Gas Equity Partners, LP | $ | 68,409 | |||
| Coverage ratio | 1.00 | x | |||
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| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||
| thousands except per-unit amounts | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||||
| Revenues | ||||||||||||||||
| Gathering, processing and transportation of natural gas and natural gas liquids | $ | 176,396 | $ | 139,071 | $ | 647,451 | $ | 482,542 | ||||||||
| Natural gas, natural gas liquids and condensate sales | 159,668 | 138,628 | 612,854 | 541,244 | ||||||||||||
| Other | 1,833 | 1,394 | 13,458 | 5,977 | ||||||||||||
| Total revenues | 337,897 | 279,093 | 1,273,763 | 1,029,763 | ||||||||||||
| Equity income, net | 16,514 | 11,004 | 57,836 | 22,948 | ||||||||||||
| Operating expenses | ||||||||||||||||
| Cost of product | 119,528 | 94,226 | 437,956 | 364,285 | ||||||||||||
| Operation and maintenance | 54,241 | 47,492 | 199,305 | 168,657 | ||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 10,649 | 8,364 | 37,458 | 33,464 | ||||||||||||
| Property and other taxes | 4,669 | 4,724 | 25,387 | 23,244 | ||||||||||||
| Depreciation, amortization and impairments | 53,147 | 39,365 | 183,156 | 145,916 | ||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 242,234 | 194,171 | 883,262 | 735,566 | ||||||||||||
| Operating income | 112,177 | 95,926 | 448,337 | 317,145 | ||||||||||||
| Interest income – affiliates | 4,225 | 4,225 | 16,900 | 16,900 | ||||||||||||
| Interest expense | (21,066 | ) | (14,314 | ) | (76,769 | ) | (51,797 | ) | ||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | 89 | 249 | 938 | 1,935 | ||||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | 95,425 | 86,086 | 389,406 | 284,183 | ||||||||||||
| Income tax (benefit) expense | 1,751 | (1,887 | ) | 2,027 | 2,305 | |||||||||||
| Net income | 93,674 | 87,973 | 387,379 | 281,878 | ||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | 36,510 | 39,611 | 165,468 | 122,173 | ||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to Western Gas Equity Partners, LP | $ | 57,164 | $ | 48,362 | $ | 221,911 | $ | 159,705 | ||||||||
| Limited partners’ interest in net income: | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to Western Gas Equity Partners, LP | $ | 57,164 | $ | 48,362 | $ | 221,911 | $ | 159,705 | ||||||||
| Results attributable to pre-IPO period | — | (49 | ) | — | (49 | ) | ||||||||||
| Pre-acquisition net (income) loss allocated to Anadarko | — | 488 | 956 | (4,128 | ) | |||||||||||
| Limited partners’ interest in net income | $ | 57,164 | $ | 48,801 | $ | 222,867 | $ | 155,528 | ||||||||
| Net income per common unit – basic and diluted | $ | 0.26 | $ | 0.22 | $ | 1.02 | $ | 0.71 | ||||||||
| Weighted-average number of common units outstanding – basic and diluted | 218,910 | 218,896 | 218,910 | 218,896 | ||||||||||||
| Western Gas Equity Partners, LP | ||||||
| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | ||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||
| December 31, | ||||||
| thousands except number of units | 2014 | 2013 | ||||
| Current assets | $ | 175,944 | $ | 207,827 | ||
| Note receivable – Anadarko | 260,000 | 260,000 | ||||
| Net property, plant and equipment | 4,384,371 | 3,383,255 | ||||
| Other assets | 1,932,025 | 779,743 | ||||
| Total assets | $ | 6,752,340 | $ | 4,630,825 | ||
| Current liabilities | $ | 203,796 | $ | 191,483 | ||
| Long-term debt | 2,422,954 | 1,418,169 | ||||
| Asset retirement obligations and other | 114,240 | 117,143 | ||||
| Total liabilities | $ | 2,740,990 | $ | 1,726,795 | ||
| Equity and partners’ capital | ||||||
| Common units (218,909,977 and 218,895,515 units issued and outstanding at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively) | $ | 1,260,195 | $ | 905,082 | ||
| Net investment by Anadarko | — | 312,092 | ||||
| Noncontrolling interests | 2,751,155 | 1,686,856 | ||||
| Total liabilities, equity and partners’ capital | $ | 6,752,340 | $ | 4,630,825 | ||
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| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS | |||||||||
| (Unaudited) | |||||||||
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||
| thousands | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities | |||||||||
| Net income | $ | 387,379 | $ | 281,878 | |||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities and changes in working capital: | |||||||||
| Depreciation, amortization and impairments | 183,156 | 145,916 | |||||||
| Change in other items, net | (39,561 | ) | 16,986 | ||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 530,974 | $ | 444,780 | |||||
| Cash flows from investing activities | |||||||||
| Capital expenditures | $ | (673,004 | ) | $ | (646,471 | ) | |||
| Contributions in aid of construction costs from affiliates | 183 | 617 | |||||||
| Acquisitions from affiliates | (379,193 | ) | (476,711 | ) | |||||
| Acquisitions from third parties | (1,523,327 | ) | (240,274 | ) | |||||
| Investments in equity affiliates | (64,278 | ) | (294,693 | ) | |||||
| Distributions from equity investments in excess of cumulative earnings | 18,055 | 4,438 | |||||||
| Proceeds from the sale of assets to affiliates | — | 85 | |||||||
| Proceeds from the sale of assets to third parties | 5 | 14 | |||||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | $ | (2,621,559 | ) | $ | (1,652,995 | ) | |||
| Cash flows from financing activities | |||||||||
| Borrowings, net of debt issuance costs | $ | 1,648,028 | $ | 957,503 | |||||
| Repayments of debt | (650,000 | ) | (710,000 | ) | |||||
| Increase (decrease) in outstanding checks | 1,693 | (1,763 | ) | ||||||
| Offering expenses from the issuance of WGP common units | — | (2,367 | ) | ||||||
| Proceeds from the issuance of WES common units, net of offering expenses | 691,178 | 725,050 | |||||||
| Proceeds from the issuance of WES Class C units | 750,000 | — | |||||||
| Distributions to WGP unitholders | (228,481 | ) | (137,000 | ) | |||||
| Contributions from Chipeta noncontrolling interest owner | — | 2,247 | |||||||
| Distributions to Chipeta noncontrolling interest owner | (15,149 | ) | (13,127 | ) | |||||
| Distributions to noncontrolling interest owners of WES | (176,344 | ) | (130,706 | ) | |||||
| Net contributions from Anadarko | 23,788 | 208,907 | |||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | $ | 2,044,713 | $ | 898,744 | |||||
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | $ | (45,872 | ) | $ | (309,471 | ) | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 113,085 | 422,556 | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 67,213 | $ | 113,085 | |||||
WESTERN GAS CONTACT
Benjamin Fink, CFA
SVP, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
832.636.6010
[email protected]
