NGL Energy Posts $26.5 Million Net Income for 4Q, Nearly $144 Million for FY 2017

Tulsa-based NGL Energy Partners LP announced on Thursday that it posted $26.5 million in net income for the fourth quarter and $143.9 million for Fiscal Year 2017, according to a company press release. This compares with last year’s net losses of $207 million and $187.1 million, respectively.

Earlier in February, NGL issued $500 million of 6.125% Senior Notes due 2025 and received net proceeds from the issuance of nearly $491.3 million, which was used to reduce outstanding debt. NGL also issued more than 10 million common units and received $222.5 million in net proceeds to further reduce outstanding debt. The company’s total liquidity (cash plus available capacity on the revolving credit facility) was nearly $874 million as of March 31, 2017.

“Our fourth quarter results were adversely impacted by one of the warmest winters in the United States for the past 100 years negatively impacting both Retail Propane and Liquids as well as a decrease in Refined Products’ results due to lower than historical line space values,” said Mike Krimbill, CEO of NGL. “While neither of these items change our core business strategies, we did adjust our expectations for the upcoming fiscal year for the refined products and propane businesses to account for the potential effects of similar events occurring in the upcoming year. We had many positive accomplishments during fiscal 2017, including the scheduled startup of Grand Mesa Pipeline, continued expansion of the Retail Propane, Water and Liquids businesses and a restructuring of our balance sheet. We look forward to fiscal 2018 and the continued growth of our Partnership.”

Increased competition due to lower production distressed the Crude Oil Logistics segment. The Partnership’s quarterly results were also impacted by the flattening of crude oil during the quarter.

Refined products sold during the fourth quarter totaled nearly 37.1 million barrels. They increased by almost 9.3 million barrels compared to the same period from a year ago due to an increase in pipeline capacity rights purchased over the previous year and an expansion of refined products operations. Renewable barrels for the fourth quarter totaled 1.9 million, compared to 1.7 million from a year ago.