Hess Midstream LP Reports Estimated Results for the Second Quarter Of 2022

Second Quarter 2022 Highlights:

• Completed a previously announced repurchase of an aggregate 13,559,322 Class B units of Hess Midstream Operations LP from Hess Corporation and Global Infrastructure Partners for $400.0 million.
• Net income was $151.8 million. Net cash provided by operating activities was $213.2 million.
• Net income attributable to Hess Midstream LP was $22.0 million, or $0.51 basic earnings per Class A share, after deduction for noncontrolling interests.
• Adjusted EBITDA¹ was $242.6 million, Distributable Cash Flow¹ was $206.2 million and Adjusted Free Cash Flow¹ was $135.7 million.

Guidance:

• Hess Midstream LP is reiterating its full year 2022 financial guidance, which includes approximately 95% minimum volume commitment revenue.
• Hess Midstream LP is reiterating its annual distribution per share growth target of 5% through at least 2024 with expected annual distribution coverage greater than 1.4x, including distribution coverage greater than 1.5x in 2022.
• Hess Midstream LP is reaffirming its previously announced expectation of continued growth in Adjusted EBITDA through 2024 and continued Adjusted Free Cash Flow generation sufficient to fully fund growing distributions and provide capital allocation flexibility.

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$HESM–Hess Midstream LP (NYSE: HESM) (“Hess Midstream”) today reported second quarter 2022 net income of $151.8 million compared with net income of $162.0 million for the second quarter of 2021. After deduction for noncontrolling interests, net income attributable to Hess Midstream was $22.0 million, or $0.51 basic earnings per Class A share compared with $0.44 basic earnings per Class A share in the year-ago quarter. Hess Midstream generated Adjusted EBITDA of $242.6 million. Distributable Cash Flow (“DCF”) for the second quarter of 2022 was $206.2 million and Adjusted Free Cash Flow was $135.7 million.

“In the second quarter, we continued to deliver on our operational and development priorities while keeping costs low through our lean-focused philosophy,” said John Gatling, President and Chief Operating Officer of Hess Midstream. “As Hess’ planned production ramps with the start-up of its fourth operated drilling rig in July, we expect increasing volumes through our infrastructure, enabling us to deliver continued growth in adjusted free cash flow and distributions, and allowing for future return of capital to our shareholders.”

Hess Midstream’s results contained in this release are consolidated to include the noncontrolling interests in Hess Midstream Operations LP owned by affiliates of Hess Corporation (“Hess”) and Global Infrastructure Partners (“GIP” and together with Hess, the “Sponsors”). We refer to certain results as “attributable to Hess Midstream LP,” which exclude the noncontrolling interests in Hess Midstream Operations LP owned by the Sponsors.

⁽¹⁾ Adjusted EBITDA, Distributable Cash Flow and Adjusted Free Cash Flow are non‑GAAP measures. Definitions and reconciliations of these non‑GAAP measures to GAAP reporting measures appear in the following pages of this release.

Financial Results

Revenues and other income in the second quarter of 2022 were $313.4 million compared with $294.8 million in the prior-year quarter. Second quarter 2022 revenues included $19.9 million of pass-through electricity, produced water trucking and disposal costs, rail transportation and certain other fees and $57.7 million of shortfall fee payments related to minimum volume commitments (“MVC”) compared with $18.6 million and $18.7 million, respectively, in the prior-year quarter. Higher shortfall fee payments in the second quarter of 2022 were primarily the result of reduced throughput volumes due to severe weather in the Bakken. Second quarter 2022 revenues and other income were up $18.6 million compared to the prior-year quarter primarily due to higher MVC levels and slightly higher tariff rates. Total costs and expenses in the second quarter of 2022 were $118.1 million, up from $109.2 million in the prior-year quarter. The increase was primarily attributable to higher depreciation expense for additional assets placed in service, higher operating expenses on our expanding gathering infrastructure, and higher pass-through expenses, as described above. Interest expense in the second quarter of 2022 was $37.4 million, up from $22.9 million in the prior-year quarter primarily attributable to the $750.0 million 4.25% fixed-rate senior notes issued in August 2021 and $400.0 million 5.50% fixed-rate senior notes issued in April 2022.

Net income for the second quarter of 2022 was $151.8 million, or $0.51 basic earnings per Class A share, after deduction for noncontrolling interests, compared with $0.44 basic earnings per Class A share in the year-ago quarter reflecting reduced noncontrolling interests after the unit repurchase transactions completed over the period. Substantially all of income tax expense was attributed to earnings of Class A shares reflective of our organizational structure. Net cash provided by operating activities for the second quarter of 2022 was $213.2 million.

Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2022 was $242.6 million. Relative to distributions, DCF for the second quarter of 2022 of $206.2 million resulted in an approximately 1.5x distribution coverage ratio. Adjusted Free Cash Flow for the second quarter of 2022 was $135.7 million.

In July 2022, Hess Midstream Operations LP extended the maturity of its $1.4 billion credit facilities, consisting of a $1.0 billion revolving credit facility and a fully drawn $400.0 million term loan, through July 2027. Borrowings under the amended revolving credit facilities, including the fully drawn five-year term loan, will bear interest based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate plus an applicable margin.

Operational Highlights

Throughput volumes decreased 21% for crude oil gathering, 20% for terminaling, 12% for water gathering, 5% for gas gathering and 4% for gas processing in the second quarter of 2022 compared with the second quarter of 2021 due to unplanned production shut-ins during April and May as a result of power outages caused by severe weather in the Bakken. The impact of the reduction in physical volumes in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the second quarter of 2021 was partially offset by MVC shortfall fee payments and higher tariff rates.

Maintenance activities in the second quarter of 2022 were also impacted by severe weather in the Bakken, resulting in lower than expected maintenance costs and deferral of activities to the third quarter of 2022.

Capital Expenditures

Capital expenditures for the second quarter of 2022 totaled $71.7 million, including $70.5 million of expansion capital expenditures and $1.2 million of maintenance capital expenditures, and were primarily attributable to continued expansion of our gas compression capacity. Capital expenditures in the prior-year quarter were $46.4 million, including $44.9 million of expansion capital expenditures and $1.5 million of maintenance capital expenditures, and were also primarily attributable to expansion of our compression capacity.

Quarterly Cash Distributions

On July 25, 2022, our general partner’s board of directors declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.5559 per Class A share for the second quarter of 2022, an approximate increase of 1.2% over the distribution for the prior quarter consistent with Hess Midstream’s targeted 5% growth in annual distributions per Class A share. The distribution is expected to be paid on August 12, 2022 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on August 4, 2022.

Guidance

Hess Midstream continues to target 5% annual distribution growth per Class A share through at least 2024 with expected annual distribution coverage greater than 1.4x, including distribution coverage greater than 1.5x in 2022. In 2022, Hess Midstream expects revenues that are 95% protected by MVCs, as Hess Midstream’s physical volumes are generally expected to be at or below MVC levels. For 2023 and 2024, Hess Midstream continues to expect organic growth in physical volumes above MVC levels.

Hess Midstream is reaffirming its previously announced full year 2022 financial guidance and updating full year throughput guidance following severe weather conditions in the second quarter of 2022, as follows:

Investor Webcast

Hess Midstream will review second quarter financial and operating results and other matters on a webcast today at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time. For details about the event, refer to the Investor Relations sections of our website at www.hessmidstream.com.

About Hess Midstream

Hess Midstream LP is a fee‑based, growth-oriented midstream company that owns, operates, develops and acquires a diverse set of midstream assets to provide services to Hess and third‑party customers. Hess Midstream owns oil, gas and produced water handling assets that are primarily located in the Bakken and Three Forks Shale plays in the Williston Basin area of North Dakota. More information is available at www.hessmidstream.com.

Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP to Non‑GAAP Measures

In addition to our financial information presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), management utilizes certain additional non‑GAAP measures to facilitate comparisons of past performance and future periods. “Adjusted EBITDA” presented in this release is defined as reported net income (loss) before net interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization and our proportional share of depreciation of our equity affiliates, as further adjusted to eliminate the impact of certain items that we do not consider indicative of our ongoing operating performance, such as transaction costs, other income and other non‑cash, non‑recurring items, if applicable. “Distributable Cash Flow” or “DCF” is defined as Adjusted EBITDA less net interest, excluding amortization of deferred financing costs, cash paid for federal and state income taxes and maintenance capital expenditures. DCF does not reflect changes in working capital balances. We define “Adjusted Free Cash Flow” as DCF less expansion capital expenditures and ongoing contributions to equity investments. We believe that investors’ understanding of our performance is enhanced by disclosing these measures as they may assist in assessing our operating performance as compared to other publicly traded companies in the midstream energy industry, without regard to historical cost basis or, in the case of Adjusted EBITDA, financing methods, and assessing the ability of our assets to generate sufficient cash flow to make distributions to our shareholders. These measures are not, and should not be viewed as, a substitute for GAAP net income or cash flow from operating activities and should not be considered in isolation. Reconciliations of Adjusted EBITDA, DCF and Adjusted Free Cash Flow to reported net income (GAAP) and net cash provided by operating activities (GAAP), are provided below. Hess Midstream is unable to project net cash provided by operating activities with a reasonable degree of accuracy because this metric includes the impact of changes in operating assets and liabilities related to the timing of cash receipts and disbursements that may not relate to the period in which the operating activities occur. Therefore, Hess Midstream is unable to provide projected net cash provided by operating activities, or the related reconciliation of projected Adjusted Free Cash Flow to projected net cash provided by operating activities without unreasonable effort.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Information

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of U.S. federal securities laws. Words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “guidance,” “could,” “may,” “should,” “would,” “believe,” “intend,” “project,” “plan,” “predict,” “will,” “target” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, which are not historical in nature. Our forward-looking statements may include, without limitation: our future financial and operational results; our business strategy; our industry; our expected revenues; our future profitability; our maintenance or expansion projects; our projected budget and capital expenditures and the impact of such expenditures on our performance; and future economic and market conditions in the oil and gas industry.

Forward-looking statements are based on our current understanding, assessments, estimates and projections of relevant factors and reasonable assumptions about the future. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our historical experience and our current projections or expectations of future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. The following important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in our forward-looking statements: the direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 global pandemic and other public health developments on our business and those of our business partners, suppliers and customers, including Hess; the ability of Hess and other parties to satisfy their obligations to us, including Hess’ ability to meet its drilling and development plans on a timely basis or at all, its ability to deliver its nominated volumes to us, and the operation of joint ventures that we may not control; our ability to generate sufficient cash flow to pay current and expected levels of distributions; reductions in the volumes of crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) and produced water we gather, process, terminal or store; the actual volumes we gather, process, terminal or store for Hess in excess of our MVCs and relative to Hess’ nominations; fluctuations in the prices and demand for crude oil, natural gas and NGLs, including as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic; changes in global economic conditions and the effects of a global economic downturn on our business and the business of our suppliers, customers, business partners and lenders; our ability to comply with government regulations or make capital expenditures required to maintain compliance, including our ability to obtain or maintain permits necessary for capital projects in a timely manner, if at all, or the revocation or modification of existing permits; our ability to successfully identify, evaluate and timely execute our capital projects, investment opportunities and growth strategies, whether through organic growth or acquisitions; costs or liabilities associated with federal, state and local laws, regulations and governmental actions applicable to our business, including legislation and regulatory initiatives relating to environmental protection and safety, such as spills, releases, pipeline integrity and measures to limit greenhouse gas emissions; our ability to comply with the terms of our credit facility, indebtedness and other financing arrangements, which, if accelerated, we may not be able to repay; reduced demand for our midstream services, including the impact of weather or the availability of the competing third-party midstream gathering, processing and transportation operations; potential disruption or interruption of our business due to catastrophic events, such as accidents, severe weather events, labor disputes, information technology failures, constraints or disruptions and cyber-attacks; any limitations on our ability to access debt or capital markets on terms that we deem acceptable, including as a result of weakness in the oil and gas industry or negative outcomes within commodity and financial markets; liability resulting from litigation; and other factors described in Item 1A—Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and any additional risks described in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

As and when made, we believe that our forward-looking statements are reasonable. However, given these risks and uncertainties, caution should be taken not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements since such statements speak only as of the date when made and there can be no assurance that such forward-looking statements will occur and actual results may differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement we make. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise.

Contacts

For Hess Midstream LP
Investor Contact:
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(212) 536-8244

Media Contact:
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