UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

(Mark One)

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 20192020

or

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from        to        

Commission file number: 001-35666

Summit Midstream Partners, LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

45-5200503

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

1790 Hughes Landing Blvd,910 Louisiana Street, Suite 5004200

The Woodlands,Houston, TX

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

7738077002

(Zip Code)

 

(832) 413-4770

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Act:

 

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Units

SMLP

New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes         No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

YesNo

Yes

No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer

 

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

 

Smaller reporting company

Emerging growth company

 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).     Yes     No

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

Class

 

As of July 31, 20192020

Common Units

 

82,704,89155,880,540 units

 

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

COMMONLY USED OR DEFINED TERMS

2

 

 

 

PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

45

Item 1.

Financial Statements.

45

 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 20192020 and December 31, 20182019

45

 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 20192020 and 20182019

56

 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Partners' Capital for the three and six months  ended June 30, 20192020 and 20182019

67

 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 20192020 and 20182019

79

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

911

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

3234

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

5361

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures.

5462

 

 

 

PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

5563

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings.

5563

Item 1A.

Risk Factors.

5563

Item 5.

Other Information

67

Item 6.

Exhibits.

5668

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

5770

 

 



COMMONLY USED OR DEFINED TERMS

2016 Drop Down

the Partnership's March 3, 2016 acquisition from SMP Holdings of substantially all

    of (i) the issued and outstanding membership interests in Summit Utica,

    Meadowlark Midstream and Tioga Midstream and (ii) SMP Holdings’ 40%

    ownership interest in Ohio Gathering

5.5% Senior Notes

Summit Holdings' and Finance Corp.’s 5.5% senior unsecured notes due August

    2022

5.75% Senior Notes

Summit Holdings' and Finance Corp.’s 5.75% senior unsecured notes due April

    2025

associated natural gas

a form of natural gas which is found with deposits of petroleum, either dissolved

    in the crude oil or as a free gas cap above the crude oil in the reservoir

ASU

Accounting Standards Update

Bbl

one barrel; used for crude oil and produced water and equivalent to 42 U.S. gallons

Bcf

one billion cubic feet

Bison Midstream

Bison Midstream, LLC

Board of Directors

the board of directors of our General Partner

condensate

a natural gas liquid with a low vapor pressure, mainly composed of propane, butane,

    pentane and heavier hydrocarbon fractions

Deferred Purchase Price

    Obligation

the deferred payment liability recognized in connection with the 2016 Drop Down;Down, as

    also referred to as DPPOsubsequently amended

DFW Midstream

DFW Midstream Services LLC

DJ Basin

Denver-Julesburg Basin

Double E

Double E Pipeline, LLC

Double E Project

the development and construction of a long-haul natural gas pipeline with an

    initial throughput capacity of 1.35 billion cubic feet per day that will provide

    transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin

    to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas

dry gas

natural gas primarily composed of methane where heavy hydrocarbons and water

    either do not exist or have been removed through processing or treating

Energy Capital Partners

Energy Capital Partners II, LLC and its parallel and co-investment funds; also known

    as the Sponsorfunds

Epping

Epping Transmission Company, LLC

EPU

earnings or loss per unit

Equity Restructuring

A series of transactions consummated on March 22, 2019, pursuant to which the

    Partnership cancelled its IDRs and converted its 2% economic GP interest

    to a non-economic GP interest in exchange for 8,750,000 SMLP common

    units, which were issued to SMP Holdings

FASB

Financial Accounting Standards Board

Finance Corp.

Summit Midstream Finance Corp.

GAAP

accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America

General Partner

Summit Midstream GP, LLC

GP

general partner

General PartnerGrand River

Summit Midstream GP,Grand River Gathering, LLC

Guarantor Subsidiaries

Bison Midstream and its subsidiaries, Grand River and its subsidiary,subsidiaries, DFW

    Midstream, Summit Marketing, Summit Permian, Permian Finance, SummitOpCo,

    Niobrara, OpCo,    Summit Utica, Meadowlark Midstream, Summit Permian II and Mountaineer

    and Summit Permian Transmission

Grand River

Grand River Gathering, LLC

IDR

incentive distribution rightsMidstream

LIBOR

London Interbank Offered Rate

Mbbl

one thousand barrels

Mbbl/d

one thousand barrels per day

Mcf

one thousand cubic feet

MD&A

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of

    Operations

Meadowlark Midstream

Meadowlark Midstream Company, LLC

MMcf

one million cubic feet

MMcf/d

one million cubic feet per day

Mountaineer Midstream

Mountaineer Midstream gathering systemCompany, LLC

MVC

minimum volume commitment

NGLs

natural gas liquids; the combination of ethane, propane, normal butane,

    iso-butane

and natural gasolines that when removed from unprocessed

    natural gas streams

become liquid under various levels of higher

    pressure and lower temperature


Niobrara G&P

Niobrara Gathering and Processing system

OCC

Ohio Condensate Company, L.L.C.

OGC

Ohio Gathering Company, L.L.C.

Ohio Gathering

Ohio Gathering Company, L.L.C. and Ohio Condensate Company, L.L.C.

OpCo

Summit Midstream OpCo, LP

Operator

Summit Operating Services Company, LLC

play

a proven geological formation that contains commercial amounts of hydrocarbons

Permian Finance

Summit Midstream Permian Finance, LLC

Permian Holdco

Summit Permian Transmission Holdco, LLC

Polar and Divide

the Polar and Divide system; collectively Polar Midstream and Epping

Polar Midstream

Polar Midstream, LLC

produced water

water from underground geologic formations that is a by-product of natural gas and

    crude oil production

Project

In June 2019, we announced a final investment decision to proceed with the

    development and construction of a long-haul natural gas pipeline with an

    initial throughput capacity of 1.35 billion cubic feet per day that will provide

    transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin

    to various delivery points in and around the Waha hub in Texas

Red Rock Gathering

Red Rock Gathering Company, LLC

Remaining Consideration

the consideration to be paid to SMP Holdings in 2020 in connection with the 2016

    Drop Down, the present value of which is reflected on our balance sheets as the

    Deferred Purchase Price Obligation

Revolving Credit Facility

the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 26, 2017, as

    amended by the First Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit

    Agreement dated as of September 22, 2017, and by the Second Amendment

to Third

    Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 26, 2019 and

    the Third Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

    dated as of December 24, 2019

SEC

Securities and Exchange Commission

segment adjusted

    EBITDA

total revenues less total costs and expenses; plus (i) other income excluding interest

    income, (ii) our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, (iii)

    depreciation and amortization, (iv) adjustments related to MVC shortfall

    payments, (v) adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity, (vi) unit-

    based and noncash compensation, (vii) the change in the Deferred Purchase

    Price Obligation fair value, (viii) impairments and (ix)(viii) other noncash

    expenses

or losses, less other noncash income or gains

Senior Notes

The 5.5% Senior Notes and the 5.75% Senior Notes, collectively

Series A Preferred Units

Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units

shortfall payment

the payment received from a counterparty when its volume throughput does not

    meet its MVC for the applicable period

SMLP

Summit Midstream Partners, LP

SMLP Holdings

SMLP Holdings, LLC

SMLP LTIP

SMLP Long-Term Incentive Plan

SMP Holdings

Summit Midstream Partners Holdings, LLC

SponsorSMPH Term Loan

Energy Capital Partners II, LLC and its parallel and co-investment funds; also knownthe Term Loan Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2017, among SMP Holdings,

    as Energy Capital Partnersborrower, the lenders party thereto and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands

    Branch, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

Subsidiary Series A

    Preferred Units

Series A Fixed Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units issued by Permian

    Holdco

Summit Holdings

Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC

Summit Investments

Summit Midstream Partners, LLC

Summit Marketing

Summit Midstream Marketing, LLC

Summit Niobrara

Summit Midstream Niobrara, LLC

Summit Permian

Summit Midstream Permian, LLC

Summit Permian II

Summit Midstream Permian II, LLC

Summit Permian

    Transmission

Summit Permian Transmission, LLC

Summit Utica

Summit Midstream Utica, LLC

the Company

Summit Midstream Partners, LLC and its subsidiaries

the Partnership

Summit Midstream Partners, LP and its subsidiaries

the Partnership

    Agreement

the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the

    Partnership

throughput volume

the volume of natural gas, crude oil or produced water gathered, transported or

    passing through a pipeline, plant or other facility during a particular period;

    also referred to as volume throughput

Tioga Midstream

Tioga Midstream, LLC


unconventional resource

    basin

a basin where natural gas or crude oil production is developed from unconventional

    sources that require hydraulic fracturing as part of the completion process, for

    instance, natural gas produced from shale formations and coalbeds; also

    referred to as an unconventional resource play

wellhead

the equipment at the surface of a well, used to control the well's pressure; also, the

    point at which the hydrocarbons and water exit the ground

 


PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

June 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

June 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

(In thousands, except unit amounts)

 

 

(In thousands, except unit amounts)

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

535

 

 

$

4,345

 

 

$

36,571

 

 

$

9,530

 

Restricted cash

 

 

5,048

 

 

 

27,392

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

84,125

 

 

 

97,936

 

 

 

77,199

 

 

 

97,418

 

Other current assets

 

 

2,011

 

 

 

3,971

 

 

 

4,252

 

 

 

5,521

 

Total current assets

 

 

86,671

 

 

 

106,252

 

 

 

123,070

 

 

 

139,861

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

 

1,878,851

 

 

 

1,963,713

 

 

 

1,855,889

 

 

 

1,882,489

 

Intangible assets, net

 

 

251,250

 

 

 

273,416

 

 

 

215,901

 

 

 

232,278

 

Goodwill

 

 

16,211

 

 

 

16,211

 

Investment in equity method investees

 

 

653,807

 

 

 

649,250

 

 

 

383,058

 

 

 

309,728

 

Other noncurrent assets

 

 

10,912

 

 

 

11,720

 

 

 

8,584

 

 

 

9,742

 

Total assets

 

$

2,897,702

 

 

$

3,020,562

 

 

$

2,586,502

 

 

$

2,574,098

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Partners' Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade accounts payable

 

$

25,252

 

 

$

38,414

 

 

$

18,422

 

 

$

24,415

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

8,759

 

 

 

21,963

 

 

 

11,331

 

 

 

11,339

 

Due to affiliate

 

 

387

 

 

 

240

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

12,325

 

 

 

11,467

 

 

 

15,354

 

 

 

13,493

 

Ad valorem taxes payable

 

 

6,737

 

 

 

10,550

 

 

 

6,307

 

 

 

8,477

 

Accrued interest

 

 

12,381

 

 

 

12,286

 

 

 

11,737

 

 

 

12,346

 

Accrued environmental remediation

 

 

2,561

 

 

 

2,487

 

 

 

1,795

 

 

 

1,725

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

11,949

 

 

 

12,645

 

 

 

9,859

 

 

 

12,206

 

Deferred Purchase Price Obligation

 

 

292,073

 

 

 

 

Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt

 

 

38,000

 

 

 

5,546

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

372,424

 

 

 

110,052

 

 

 

112,805

 

 

 

89,547

 

Long-term debt

 

 

1,365,564

 

 

 

1,257,731

 

 

 

1,545,133

 

 

 

1,622,279

 

Noncurrent Deferred Purchase Price Obligation

 

 

 

 

 

383,934

 

Noncurrent deferred revenue

 

 

40,201

 

 

 

39,504

 

 

 

42,348

 

 

 

38,709

 

Noncurrent accrued environmental remediation

 

 

2,841

 

 

 

3,149

 

 

 

2,311

 

 

 

2,926

 

Other noncurrent liabilities

 

 

9,557

 

 

 

4,968

 

 

 

8,618

 

 

 

7,951

 

Total liabilities

 

 

1,790,587

 

 

 

1,799,338

 

 

 

1,711,215

 

 

 

1,761,412

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A Preferred Units (300,000 units issued and outstanding at

June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018)

 

 

293,616

 

 

 

293,616

 

Common limited partner capital (82,704,891 units issued and outstanding

at June 30, 2019 and 73,390,853 units issued and outstanding

at December 31, 2018)

 

 

813,499

 

 

 

902,358

 

General Partner interests (zero units issued and outstanding at

June 30, 2019 and 1,490,999 units issued and outstanding

at December 31, 2018)

 

 

 

 

 

25,250

 

Mezzanine Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units (82,400 units issued and

outstanding at June 30, 2020 and 30,058 units issued and

outstanding at December 31, 2019)

 

 

78,563

 

 

 

27,450

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partners' Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A Preferred Units (300,000 units issued and outstanding at

June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019)

 

 

307,866

 

 

 

293,616

 

Common limited partner capital (43,543,056 units issued and outstanding

at June 30, 2020 and 45,318,866 units issued and outstanding

at December 31, 2019)

 

 

488,858

 

 

 

305,550

 

Noncontrolling interest

 

 

 

 

 

186,070

 

Total partners' capital

 

 

1,107,115

 

 

 

1,221,224

 

 

 

796,724

 

 

 

785,236

 

Total liabilities and partners' capital

 

$

2,897,702

 

 

$

3,020,562

 

Total liabilities, mezzanine capital and partners' capital

 

$

2,586,502

 

 

$

2,574,098

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

(In thousands, except per-unit amounts)

 

 

(In thousands, except per-unit amounts)

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gathering services and related fees

 

$

75,107

 

 

$

89,585

 

 

$

162,071

 

 

$

173,946

 

 

$

73,911

 

 

$

75,107

 

 

$

157,703

 

 

$

162,071

 

Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales

 

 

18,291

 

 

 

31,891

 

 

 

56,219

 

 

 

58,008

 

 

 

10,683

 

 

 

18,291

 

 

 

24,463

 

 

 

56,219

 

Other revenues

 

 

6,288

 

 

 

6,707

 

 

 

12,804

 

 

 

13,549

 

 

 

7,413

 

 

 

6,288

 

 

 

14,744

 

 

 

12,804

 

Total revenues

 

 

99,686

 

 

 

128,183

 

 

 

231,094

 

 

 

245,503

 

 

 

92,007

 

 

 

99,686

 

 

 

196,910

 

 

 

231,094

 

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of natural gas and NGLs

 

 

11,571

 

 

 

24,384

 

 

 

43,330

 

 

 

44,670

 

 

 

6,088

 

 

 

11,571

 

 

 

14,313

 

 

 

43,330

 

Operation and maintenance

 

 

23,718

 

 

 

24,466

 

 

 

47,940

 

 

 

49,070

 

 

 

21,152

 

 

 

24,318

 

 

 

42,963

 

 

 

48,540

 

General and administrative

 

 

10,214

 

 

 

13,484

 

 

 

27,495

 

 

 

27,926

 

 

 

12,786

 

 

 

10,565

 

 

 

29,347

 

 

 

28,950

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

26,800

 

 

 

26,784

 

 

 

54,527

 

 

 

53,461

 

 

 

29,630

 

 

 

26,837

 

 

 

59,296

 

 

 

54,601

 

Transaction costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

950

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,207

 

 

 

96

 

 

 

1,218

 

 

 

2,433

 

(Gain) loss on asset sales, net

 

 

(287

)

 

 

62

 

 

 

(1,248

)

 

 

(12

)

Gain on asset sales, net

 

 

(281

)

 

 

(287

)

 

 

(166

)

 

 

(1,248

)

Long-lived asset impairment

 

 

70

 

 

 

587

 

 

 

45,021

 

 

 

587

 

 

 

654

 

 

 

70

 

 

 

4,475

 

 

 

45,021

 

Total costs and expenses

 

 

72,086

 

 

 

89,767

 

 

 

218,015

 

 

 

175,702

 

 

 

71,236

 

 

 

73,170

 

 

 

151,446

 

 

 

221,627

 

Other income

 

 

83

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

292

 

 

 

20

 

Other income (expense)

 

 

276

 

 

 

83

 

 

 

(151

)

 

 

292

 

Interest expense

 

 

(17,941

)

 

 

(14,837

)

 

 

(35,468

)

 

 

(29,959

)

 

 

(21,990

)

 

 

(22,343

)

 

 

(45,818

)

 

 

(45,085

)

Deferred Purchase Price Obligation

 

 

(3,712

)

 

 

(69,305

)

 

 

(8,139

)

 

 

(90,963

)

Income (loss) before income taxes and loss

from equity method investees

 

 

6,030

 

 

 

(45,699

)

 

 

(30,236

)

 

 

(51,101

)

Income tax expense

 

 

(1,142

)

 

 

(294

)

 

 

(1,349

)

 

 

(123

)

Loss from equity method investees

 

 

(79

)

 

 

(3,920

)

 

 

(520

)

 

 

(2,534

)

Gain on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

54,235

 

 

 

 

 

 

54,235

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes and income

(loss) from equity method investees

 

 

53,292

 

 

 

4,256

 

 

 

53,730

 

 

 

(35,326

)

Income tax benefit (expense)

 

 

389

 

 

 

(1,149

)

 

 

402

 

 

 

(1,406

)

Income (loss) from equity method investees

 

 

3,040

 

 

 

(79

)

 

 

6,351

 

 

 

(520

)

Net income (loss)

 

$

4,809

 

 

$

(49,913

)

 

$

(32,105

)

 

$

(53,758

)

 

$

56,721

 

 

$

3,028

 

 

$

60,483

 

 

$

(37,252

)

Less:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

 

 

 

 

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

143

 

Net income (loss) attributable to SMLP

 

 

4,809

 

 

 

(49,971

)

 

 

(32,105

)

 

 

(53,901

)

Net income attributable to General Partner,

including IDRs

 

 

 

 

 

1,140

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

3,198

 

Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest

 

 

(1,393

)

 

 

(1,341

)

 

 

(3,274

)

 

 

(26,911

)

Net income (loss) attributable to limited partners

 

 

4,809

 

 

 

(51,111

)

 

 

(32,117

)

 

 

(57,099

)

 

 

58,114

 

 

 

4,369

 

 

 

63,757

 

 

 

(10,341

)

Net income attributable to Series A Preferred Units

 

 

7,125

 

 

 

7,125

 

 

 

14,250

 

 

 

14,250

 

 

 

7,125

 

 

 

7,125

 

 

 

14,250

 

 

 

14,250

 

Net loss attributable to common limited partners

 

$

(2,316

)

 

$

(58,236

)

 

$

(46,367

)

 

$

(71,349

)

Net income attributable to Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units

 

 

1,397

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,342

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to common limited partners

 

$

49,592

 

 

$

(2,756

)

 

$

47,165

 

 

$

(24,591

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss per limited partner unit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (Loss) per limited partner unit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common unit – basic

 

$

(0.03

)

 

$

(0.79

)

 

$

(0.58

)

 

$

(0.97

)

 

$

1.11

 

 

$

(0.06

)

 

$

1.05

 

 

$

(0.54

)

Common unit – diluted

 

$

(0.03

)

 

$

(0.79

)

 

$

(0.58

)

 

$

(0.97

)

 

$

1.06

 

 

$

(0.06

)

 

$

1.02

 

 

$

(0.54

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average limited partner units outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common units – basic

 

 

82,700

 

 

 

73,356

 

 

 

79,266

 

 

 

73,245

 

 

 

44,650

 

 

 

45,319

 

 

 

44,985

 

 

 

45,319

 

Common units – diluted

 

 

82,700

 

 

 

73,356

 

 

 

79,266

 

 

 

73,245

 

 

 

46,737

 

 

 

45,319

 

 

 

46,323

 

 

 

45,319

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 


SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS' CAPITAL

 

 

Partners' capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Limited partners

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A Preferred Units

 

 

Common

 

 

General Partner

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Partners' capital, January 1, 2019

 

$

293,616

 

 

$

902,358

 

 

$

25,250

 

 

$

1,221,224

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

7,125

 

 

 

(44,051

)

 

 

12

 

 

 

(36,914

)

Conversion of General Partner economic

    interests

 

 

 

 

 

22,222

 

 

 

(22,222

)

 

 

 

Distributions to unitholders

 

 

 

 

 

(42,241

)

 

 

(3,040

)

 

 

(45,281

)

Unit-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

2,526

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,526

 

Tax withholdings on vested SMLP LTIP

    awards

 

 

 

 

 

(2,522

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,522

)

Partners' capital, March 31, 2019

 

 

300,741

 

 

 

838,292

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,139,033

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

7,125

 

 

 

(2,316

)

 

 

 

 

 

4,809

 

Distributions to unitholders

 

 

(14,250

)

 

 

(23,775

)

 

 

 

 

 

(38,025

)

Unit-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

1,393

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,393

 

Tax withholdings on vested SMLP LTIP

    awards

 

 

 

 

 

(95

)

 

 

 

 

 

(95

)

Partners' capital, June 30, 2019

 

$

293,616

 

 

$

813,499

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,107,115

 

 

 

 

Partners' capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Limited partners

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A Preferred Units

 

 

Common

 

 

General Partner

 

 

Noncontrolling interest

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Partners' capital, December 31, 2017,

    as reported

 

$

294,426

 

 

$

1,056,510

 

 

$

27,920

 

 

$

10,813

 

 

$

1,389,669

 

January 1, 2018 impact of Topic 606

    day 1 adoption

 

 

 

 

 

4,130

 

 

 

84

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,214

 

Partners' capital, January 1, 2018

 

 

294,426

 

 

 

1,060,640

 

 

 

28,004

 

 

 

10,813

 

 

 

1,393,883

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

7,125

 

 

 

(13,113

)

 

 

2,058

 

 

 

85

 

 

 

(3,845

)

Distributions to unitholders

 

 

 

 

 

(42,024

)

 

 

(3,029

)

 

 

 

 

 

(45,053

)

Unit-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

1,979

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,979

 

Tax withholdings on vested SMLP LTIP

    awards

 

 

 

 

 

(1,943

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,943

)

Other

 

 

(810

)

 

 

(130

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(940

)

Partners' capital, March 31, 2018

 

 

300,741

 

 

 

1,005,409

 

 

 

27,033

 

 

 

10,898

 

 

 

1,344,081

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

7,125

 

 

 

(58,236

)

 

 

1,140

 

 

 

58

 

 

 

(49,913

)

Distributions to unitholders

 

 

(14,250

)

 

 

(42,180

)

 

 

(3,036

)

 

 

 

��

 

(59,466

)

Unit-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

2,004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,004

 

Tax withholdings on vested SMLP LTIP

    awards

 

 

 

 

 

103

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

103

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

Partners' capital, June 30, 2018

 

$

293,616

 

 

$

907,099

 

 

$

25,137

 

 

$

10,956

 

 

$

1,236,808

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noncontrolling Interest

 

 

Partners' Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A Preferred Units

 

 

Common Noncontrolling Interests (1)

 

 

Series A Preferred Units

 

 

Partners' Capital

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Partners' capital, January 1, 2020

 

$

293,616

 

 

$

186,070

 

 

$

 

 

$

305,550

 

 

$

785,236

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

7,125

 

 

 

(1,881

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,427

)

 

 

2,817

 

Net cash distributions to SMLP unitholders

 

 

 

 

 

(6,037

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6,037

)

Unit-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

2,723

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,723

 

Effect of common unit issuances under

    SMLP LTIP

 

 

 

 

 

2,322

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,322

)

 

 

 

Tax withholdings and associated

    payments on vested SMLP LTIP

    awards

 

 

 

 

 

(984

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(984

)

Partners' capital, March 31, 2020

 

 

300,741

 

 

 

182,213

 

 

 

 

 

 

300,801

 

 

 

783,755

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

4,750

 

 

 

(1,393

)

 

 

2,375

 

 

 

49,592

 

 

 

55,324

 

Unit-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

1,331

 

 

 

 

 

 

515

 

 

 

1,846

 

Tax withholdings and associated

    payments on vested SMLP LTIP

    awards

 

 

 

 

 

(34

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(28

)

 

 

(62

)

GP Buy-In Transaction assumption of noncontrolling

    interest in SMLP

 

 

(305,491

)

 

 

(182,117

)

 

 

305,491

 

 

 

182,117

 

 

 

 

Repurchase of common units under GP Buy-In

    Transaction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(44,078

)

 

 

(44,078

)

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(61

)

 

 

(61

)

Partners' capital, June 30, 2020

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

307,866

 

 

$

488,858

 

 

$

796,724

 


SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS' CAPITAL

(continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noncontrolling Interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A Preferred Units

 

 

Common Noncontrolling Interests (1)

 

 

Partners' Capital

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Partners' capital, January 1, 2019

 

$

293,616

 

 

$

554,472

 

 

$

543,479

 

 

$

1,391,567

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

7,125

 

 

 

(25,570

)

 

 

(21,835

)

 

 

(40,280

)

Net cash distributions to SMLP unitholders

 

 

 

 

 

(27,374

)

 

 

 

 

 

(27,374

)

Unit-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

2,526

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,526

 

Effect of common unit issuances under

    SMLP LTIP

 

 

 

 

 

2,387

 

 

 

(2,387

)

 

 

 

Tax withholdings and associated

    payments on vested SMLP LTIP

    awards

 

 

 

 

 

(2,524

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,524

)

Conversion of noncontrolling interest related

    to cancellation of subsidiary incentive

    distribution rights

 

 

 

 

 

(48,203

)

 

 

48,203

 

 

 

 

Partners' capital, March 31, 2019

 

 

300,741

 

 

 

455,714

 

 

 

567,460

 

 

 

1,323,915

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

7,125

 

 

 

(1,341

)

 

 

(2,756

)

 

 

3,028

 

Net cash distributions to SMLP unitholders

 

 

(14,250

)

 

 

(13,826

)

 

 

 

 

 

(28,076

)

Net cash distributions to Energy Capital

    Partners

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(68,984

)

 

 

(68,984

)

Unit-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

1,393

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,393

 

Effect of common unit issuances under

    SMLP LTIP

 

 

 

 

 

40

 

 

 

(40

)

 

 

 

Tax withholdings and associated

    payments on vested SMLP LTIP

    awards

 

 

 

 

 

(93

)

 

 

 

 

 

(93

)

Partners' capital, June 30, 2019

 

$

293,616

 

 

$

441,887

 

 

$

495,680

 

 

$

1,231,183

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 


SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(32,105

)

 

$

(53,758

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net

cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

60,483

 

 

$

(37,252

)

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net

cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

55,279

 

 

 

53,160

 

 

 

59,766

 

 

 

55,353

 

Noncash lease expense

 

 

1,530

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,557

 

 

 

1,530

 

Amortization of debt issuance costs

 

 

2,175

 

 

 

2,086

 

 

 

3,136

 

 

 

3,121

 

Deferred Purchase Price Obligation

 

 

8,139

 

 

 

90,963

 

Unit-based and noncash compensation

 

 

4,079

 

 

 

4,223

 

 

 

4,569

 

 

 

4,079

 

Loss from equity method investees

 

 

520

 

 

 

2,534

 

(Income) loss from equity method investees

 

 

(6,351

)

 

 

520

 

Distributions from equity method investees

 

 

18,217

 

 

 

17,124

 

 

 

12,749

 

 

 

18,217

 

Gain on asset sales, net

 

 

(1,248

)

 

 

(12

)

Loss (gain) on asset sales, net

 

 

(166

)

 

 

(1,248

)

Gain on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

(54,235

)

 

 

 

Long-lived asset impairment

 

 

45,021

 

 

 

587

 

 

 

4,475

 

 

 

45,021

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

13,237

 

 

 

(6,265

)

 

 

20,219

 

 

 

13,237

 

Trade accounts payable

 

 

(1,463

)

 

 

(3,483

)

 

 

1,411

 

 

 

(1,464

)

Accrued expenses

 

 

(12,537

)

 

 

6,934

 

 

 

(8

)

 

 

(11,768

)

Due from (to) affiliate

 

 

147

 

 

 

(997

)

Deferred revenue, net

 

 

2,007

 

 

 

3,281

 

 

 

5,500

 

 

 

2,007

 

Ad valorem taxes payable

 

 

(3,265

)

 

 

(1,825

)

 

 

(2,170

)

 

 

(3,265

)

Accrued interest

 

 

95

 

 

 

(51

)

 

 

(609

)

 

 

124

 

Accrued environmental remediation, net

 

 

(1,001

)

 

 

(1,805

)

 

 

(545

)

 

 

(1,001

)

Other, net

 

 

(2,581

)

 

 

(2,647

)

 

 

(4,410

)

 

 

(2,637

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

96,246

 

 

 

110,049

 

 

 

105,371

 

 

 

84,574

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

 

(111,092

)

 

 

(90,394

)

 

 

(27,426

)

 

 

(111,092

)

Proceeds from asset sale (net of cash of $1,475 for the

six months ended June 30, 2019)

 

 

89,761

 

 

 

496

 

Proceeds from asset sale (net of cash of $1,475 for the

period ended June 30, 2019)

 

 

 

 

 

89,761

 

Distribution from equity method investment

 

 

7,252

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,252

 

Investment in equity method investee

 

 

(5,921

)

 

 

 

 

 

(79,728

)

 

 

(5,921

)

Other, net

 

 

(160

)

 

 

(306

)

 

 

217

 

 

 

(160

)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(20,160

)

 

 

(90,204

)

 

 

(106,937

)

 

 

(20,160

)


SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(continued)

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions to unitholders

 

 

(69,056

)

 

 

(90,269

)

Net cash distributions to noncontrolling interest SMLP unitholders

 

 

(6,037

)

 

 

(41,200

)

Distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders

 

 

(14,250

)

 

 

(14,250

)

 

 

 

 

 

(14,250

)

Net cash distributions to Energy Capital Partners

 

 

 

 

 

(68,984

)

Borrowings under Revolving Credit Facility

 

 

233,000

 

 

 

148,000

 

 

 

90,000

 

 

 

233,000

 

Repayments under Revolving Credit Facility

 

 

(126,000

)

 

 

(53,000

)

Repayment of Deferred Purchase Price Obligation

 

 

(100,000

)

 

 

 

Repayments on Revolving Credit Facility

 

 

(34,000

)

 

 

(126,000

)

Repayments on SMP Holdings term loan

 

 

(6,300

)

 

 

(53,750

)

Repurchase of Senior Notes

 

 

(76,707

)

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of Series A preferred units, net of costs

 

 

48,710

 

 

 

 

Borrowings under ECP Loans

 

 

35,000

 

 

 

 

Purchase of common units in GP Buy-In Transaction

 

 

(41,778

)

 

 

 

Debt issuance costs

 

 

(56

)

 

 

(121

)

 

 

(1,080

)

 

 

(229

)

Proceeds from asset sale

 

 

288

 

 

 

 

Other, net

 

 

(3,534

)

 

 

(3,423

)

 

 

(1,833

)

 

 

(3,532

)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(79,896

)

 

 

(13,063

)

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(3,810

)

 

 

6,782

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

 

4,345

 

 

 

1,430

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 

$

535

 

 

$

8,212

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

 

6,263

 

 

 

(74,945

)

Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

 

4,697

 

 

 

(10,531

)

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period

 

 

36,922

 

 

 

16,173

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period (1)

 

$

41,619

 

 

$

5,642

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental cash flow disclosures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash interest paid

 

$

37,506

 

 

$

30,962

 

 

$

44,073

 

 

$

43,683

 

Less capitalized interest

 

 

4,361

 

 

 

3,085

 

 

 

819

 

 

 

4,361

 

Interest paid (net of capitalized interest)

 

$

33,145

 

 

$

27,877

 

 

$

43,254

 

 

$

39,322

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for taxes

 

$

150

 

 

$

175

 

 

$

 

 

$

150

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noncash investing and financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures in trade accounts payable (period-end

accruals)

 

$

22,051

 

 

$

20,598

 

 

$

12,442

 

 

$

22,051

 

Warrant issuance for GP Buy-In Transaction

 

 

2,300

 

 

 

 

Asset contribution to an equity method investment

 

 

23,643

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,643

 

Capital expenditures relating to contributions in aid of construction

for Topic 606 day 1 adoption

 

 

 

 

 

33,123

 

Right-of-use assets relating to Topic 842

 

 

5,448

 

 

 

 

Right-of-use assets relating to ASC Topic 842

 

 

 

 

 

5,448

 

(1) A reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash to the consolidated balance sheets follow:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

36,571

 

 

$

5,642

 

Restricted cash

 

 

5,048

 

 

 

 

Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

$

41,619

 

 

$

5,642

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 


SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND PRESENTATION AND CONSOLIDATION

Organization. SMLP, a Delaware limited partnership, was formed in May 2012 and began operations in October 2012. SMLP is a growth-orientedvalue-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. Our business activities are conducted through various operating subsidiaries, each of which is owned or controlled by our wholly owned subsidiary holding company, Summit Holdings, a Delaware limited liability company. References to the "Partnership," "we," or "our" refer collectively to SMLP and its subsidiaries.

The General Partner,On May 3, 2020, the Partnership entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with affiliates of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company manages our operations and activities.(“ECP”). On May 28, 2020 (the “Closing Date”), the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement closed.

Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Partnership acquired (i) all the outstanding limited liability company interests of Summit Investments,Midstream Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Summit Investments”), which is the ultimate ownersole member of our General PartnerSummit Midstream Partners Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SMP Holdings”), which in turn owns (a) 34,604,581 common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the “common units”) pledged as collateral under the Term Loan Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2017, among SMP Holdings, as borrower, the lenders party thereto and hasCredit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (the “SMPH Term Loan”), (b) 10,714,285 common units not pledged as collateral under the SMPH Term Loan and (c) the right of SMP Holdings to appointreceive the entire Boarddeferred purchase price obligation under the Contribution Agreement by and between the Partnership and SMP Holdings, dated February 25, 2016, as amended (the “Contribution Agreement”), and (ii) 5,915,827 common units held by SMLP Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an affiliate of Directors.ECP (“ECP Holdings”). The total purchase price under the Purchase Agreement was $35 million in cash and warrants to purchase up to 10 million common units (Refer to Note 11 for additional details). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, SMP Holdings continues to retain the liabilities stemming from the release of produced water from a produced water pipeline operated by Meadowlark Midstream Company, LLC that occurred near Williston, North Dakota and was discovered on January 6, 2015. We refer to the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement as the “GP Buy-In Transaction.”

As a result of the GP Buy-In Transaction, the Partnership now indirectly owns its General Partner. Following the closing of the GP Buy-In Transaction, the Partnership retired 16,630,112 common units it acquired under the Purchase Agreement that are not pledged as collateral under the SMPH Term Loan. The 34,604,581 common units that are pledged as collateral under the SMPH Term Loan are not considered outstanding with respect to voting and distributions under the Partnership Agreement so long as they are held by a subsidiary of the Partnership.

Under GAAP, the GP Buy-In Transaction was deemed a transaction among entities under common control with a change in reporting entity. Although SMLP is the surviving entity for legal purposes, Summit Investments is controlled by Energy Capital Partners.

the surviving entity for accounting purposes; therefore, the historical financial results included herein prior to the GP Buy-In Transaction are those of Summit Investments. Prior to the GP Buy-In Transaction, Summit Investments owned an approximate2%general partner interest incontrolled SMLP (including the IDRs) until March 22, 2019. On March 22, 2019, we executed an equity restructuring agreement with the General Partner and SMP Holdings pursuant to which the IDRs and the 2% general partner interestSMLP’s financial statements were convertedconsolidated into a non-economic general partner interest in exchange for 8,750,000 common units which were issued to SMP Holdings (the “Equity Restructuring”). As of June 30, 2019, SMP Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of Summit Investments, beneficially owned34,604,581SMLP common unitsand a subsidiary of Energy Capital Partners directly owned 5,915,827 SMLP common units.

Neither SMLP nor its subsidiaries have any employees. All of the personnel that conduct our business are employed by Summit Investments, but these individuals are sometimes referred to as our employees.Investments.

Business Operations.  We provide natural gas gathering, compression, treating and processing services as well as crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term, fee-based agreements with our customers. Our results are primarily driven by the volumes of natural gas that we gather, compress, treat and/or process as well as by the volumes of crude oil and produced water that we gather. We are the owner-operator of, or have significant ownership interests in, the following gathering and transportation systems:

 

Summit Utica, a natural gas gathering system operating in the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Point Pleasant shale formations in southeastern Ohio;


 

Ohio Gathering, a natural gas gathering system and a condensate stabilization facility operating in the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Point Pleasant shale formations in southeastern Ohio;

 

Polar and Divide, a crude oil and produced water gathering system and transmission pipeline operating in the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in northwestern North Dakota;

 

Bison Midstream, an associated natural gas gathering system operating in the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in northwestern North Dakota;

 

Niobrara G&P, an associated natural gas gathering and processing system operating in the DJ Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in northeastern Colorado and southernsoutheastern Wyoming;

 

Summit Permian, an associated natural gas gathering and processing system operating in the northern Delaware Basin, which includes the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring formations, in southeastern New Mexico;

 

Double E, a 1.35 Bcf/d natural gas transmission pipeline that is under development and will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas;

Grand River, a natural gas gathering and processing system operating in the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation and the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in western Colorado and eastern Utah;Colorado;

 

DFW Midstream, a natural gas gathering system operating in the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in north-central Texas; and


 

Mountaineer Midstream, a natural gas gathering system operating in the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus Shale formation in northern West Virginia.

Additionally, until March 22, 2019, we owned Tioga Midstream, a crude oil, produced water and associated natural gas gathering system operating in the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in northwestern North Dakota. Refer to Note 17 for details on the sale of Tioga Midstream.

In June 2019, in conjunction with the Project, Summit Permian Transmission entered into a definitive joint venture agreement (the “Agreement”) with an affiliate of Double E’s foundation shipper (the “JV Partner”) to fund the capital expenditures associated with the Project. Refer to Note 8 for additional details.

Other than our investments in Double E and Ohio Gathering, all of our business activities are conducted through wholly owned operating subsidiaries.

Presentation and Consolidation.  We prepare our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP as established by the FASB. We make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the balance sheet dates, including fair value measurements, the reported amounts of revenuerevenues and expenseexpenses and the disclosure of commitments and contingencies. Further, these estimates and other factors, including those outside of our control, such as the impact of lower commodity prices, may have a significant negative impact to our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Although management believes these estimates are reasonable, actual results could differ from its estimates.

These unaudited condensedThe accompanying consolidated financial statements have beenwere prepared pursuant tousing GAAP for interim financial information and in accordance with the rules and the regulations of the SEC. CertainSecurities and Exchange Commission. As permitted under those rules, certain information relating to the Company’s organization and notefootnote disclosures normally included in the annual financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been appropriately condensed or omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations. We believe that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information not misleading. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments which are necessary to fairly present the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2019, the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and statements of partners’ capital for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 and the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018. The balance sheet at December 31, 2018 included herein was derived from our audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP. See Note 2 for the impact relating to the adoption of the new lease standard. These unaudited condensedomitted. Therefore, these consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto that are included in our annual reportthe Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as filed with the SEC on February 26, 2019 (the "2018(“2019 Annual Report"Report”). The Partnership believes the disclosures made are adequate to make the information presented not misleading.

The consolidated financial statements contained in this report include all normal and recurring material adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair statement of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for anthe interim periods presented herein.

Risks and Uncertainties.We are closely monitoring the impact of the outbreak of COVID-19 on all aspects of our business, including how it has impacted and will impact our customers, employees, supply chain and distribution network. While COVID-19 did not have a material adverse effect on our reported results for the first six months of 2020, we are unable to predict the ultimate impact that COVID-19 may have on our business, future results of operations, financial position or cash flows.


Given the dynamic nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and related market conditions, we cannot reasonably estimate the period of time that these events will persist or the full extent of the impact they will have on our business. The full extent to which our operations may be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic will depend largely on future developments, which are not necessarily indicativehighly uncertain and cannot be accurately predicted, including changes in the severity of results expected forthe pandemic, countermeasures taken by governments, businesses and individuals to slow the spread of the pandemic, and the ability of pharmaceutical companies to develop effective and safe vaccines and therapeutic drugs. Furthermore, the impacts of a full year.potential worsening of global economic conditions and the continued disruptions to and volatility in the financial markets remain unknown.

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Except for the changes below, there have been no changes to our significant accounting policies since December 31, 2018.2019.

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash. We consider all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash that is held by a major bank and has restrictions on its availability to us is classified as restricted cash. The restricted cash balance of $5.0 million at June 30, 2020 is primarily associated with an ongoing customer dispute and became unrestricted in July 2020, when an agreement was reached in the dispute. In conjunction with that agreement, the parties have agreed to (1) request dismissal of relevant lawsuits and modify the relevant gathering agreement, (2) petition the court to release to DFW Midstream approximately $5.4 million held in the court’s registry, and (3) the customer’s payment of approximately $1.9 million to DFW Midstream in installment payments over the course of four months, beginning on September 1, 2020. The restricted cash balance of $27.4 million at December 31, 2019 is primarily related to cash amounts reserved for funding the construction of our Double E pipeline. See Note 12 for additional information.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements.Pronouncements. Accounting standard setters frequently issue new or revised accounting rules. We review new pronouncements to determine the impact, if any, on our financial statements. Accounting standards that have or could possibly have a material effect on our financial statements are discussed below.


Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements. We have recently adopted the following accounting pronouncement:

ASU No. 2016-02 Leases (“Topic 842"). We adopted Topic 842 with a date of initial application of January 1, 2019. We applied Topic 842 by recognizing (i) a $5.4 million right-of-use (“ROU”) asset which represents the right to use, or to control the use of, specified assets for a lease term. The ROU asset is included in the Property, plant and equipment, net caption on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet; and (ii) a $5.4 million lease liability for the obligation to make lease payments arising from the leases. The lease liability is included in the Other current liabilities and Other noncurrent liabilities captions on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet. The comparative information has not been adjusted and is reported under the accounting standards in effect for those periods.

Refer to Note 16 for additional information.


Accounting Pronouncements Pending Adoption. We have not yet adopted the following accounting pronouncement as of June 30, 2019:

 

ASU No. 2018-13 Fair Value Measurement (“ASU 2018-13”). ASU 2018-13 updates the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements including new disclosures for the changes in unrealized gains and losses for the period included in other comprehensive income for recurring Level 3 fair value measurements held at the end of the reporting period and the range and weighted average of significant unobservable inputs used to develop Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 modifies existing disclosures including clarifying the measurement uncertainty disclosure. ASU 2018-13 removes certain existing disclosure requirements including the amount and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and the policy for the timing of transfer between levels. The adoption of ASU 2018-13 on January 1, 2020 did not have a material impact on our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statement disclosures.

ASU No. 2016-13 Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (“ASU 2016-13”). ASU 2016-13 requires the use of a current expected loss model for financial assets measured at amortized cost and certain off-balance sheet credit exposures. Under this model, entities will be required to estimate the lifetime expected credit losses on such instruments based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. This amended guidance also expands the disclosure requirements to enable users of financial statements to understand an entity’s assumptions, models and methods for estimating expected credit losses. The changes are effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2019, and amendments should be applied using a modified retrospective approach. The adoption of ASU 2016-13 on January 1, 2020 did not have a material impact on our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements or disclosures.

Accounting Pronouncements Pending Adoption. We have not yet adopted the following accounting pronouncement as of June 30, 2020:

ASU No. 2020-04 Reference Rate Reform (“ASU 2020-04”). ASU 2020-04 provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions affected by reference rate reform on financial reporting. The amendments in ASU 2020-04 are effective as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. We are currently evaluating the provisions of ASU 2018-132020-04 to determine its impact on our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures and will adopt its provisions effective January 1, 2020.disclosures.

3. REVENUE

The majority of our revenue is derived from long-term, fee-based contracts with our customers, which include original terms of up to 25 years. We recognize revenue earned from fee-based gathering, compression, treating and processing services in gatheringGathering services and related fees. We also earn revenue in the Williston Basin and Permian Basin reporting segments from the sale of physical natural gas purchased from our customers under certain percent-of-proceeds arrangements. Under ASC Topic 606, these gathering contracts are presented net within costCost of natural gas and NGLs. We sell natural gas that we retain from certain customers in the Barnett Shale reporting segment to offset the power expenses of the electric-driven compression on the DFW Midstream system. We also sell condensate and NGLs retained from certain of our gathering services in the Piceance Basin and Permian Basin reporting segment.segments. Revenues from the sale of natural gas and condensate are recognized in naturalNatural gas, NGLs and condensate sales; the associated expense is included in operationOperation and maintenance expense. Certain customers reimburse us for costs we incur on their behalf. We record costs incurred and reimbursed by our customers on a gross basis, with the revenue component recognized in Other revenues.  

The transaction price in our contracts is primarily based on the volume of natural gas, crude oil or produced water transferred by our gathering systems to the customer’s agreed upon delivery point multiplied by the contractual rate. For contracts that include MVCs, variable consideration up to the MVC will be included in the transaction price. For contracts that do not include MVCs, we do not estimate variable consideration because the performancePerformance obligations are completed and settled on a daily basis. For contracts containing noncash consideration such as fuel received in-kind, we measure the transaction price at the point of sale when the volume, mix and market price of the commodities are known.

We have contracts with MVCs that are variable and constrained. Contracts with greater than monthly MVCs are reviewed on a quarterly basis and adjustments to those estimates are made during each respective reporting period, if necessary..


The transaction price is allocated if the contract contains more than one performance obligation such as contracts that include MVCs. The transaction price allocated is based on the MVC for the applicable measurement period.

Performance obligations.  The majority of our contracts have a single performance obligation which is either to provide gathering services (an integrated service) or sell natural gas, NGLs and condensate, which are both satisfied when the related natural gas, crude oil and produced water are received and transferred to an agreed upon delivery point. We also have certain contracts with multiple performance obligations. They include an option for the customer to acquire additional services such as contracts containing MVCs. These performance obligations would also be satisfied when the related natural gas, crude oil and produced water are received and transferred to an agreed upon delivery point. In these instances, we allocate the contract’s transaction price to each performance obligation using our best estimate of the standalone selling price of each service in the contract.

Performance obligations for gathering services are generally satisfied over time. We utilize either an output method (i.e., measure of progress) for guaranteed, stand-ready service contracts or an asset/system delivery time estimate for non-guaranteed, as-available service contracts.

Performance obligations for the sale of natural gas, NGLs and condensate are satisfied at a point in time. There are no significant judgments for these transactions because the customer obtains control based on an agreed upon delivery point.

Certain of our gathering and/or processing agreements provide for monthly, annual or multi-year MVCs. Under these MVCs, our customers agree to ship and/or process a minimum volume of production on our gathering systems or to pay a minimum monetary amount over certain periods during the term of the MVC. A customer must make a shortfall payment to us at the end of the contracted measurement period if its actual throughput volumes are less than its contractual MVC for that period. Certain customers are entitled to utilize shortfall payments to offset gathering fees in one or more subsequent contracted measurement periods to the extent that such customer's throughput volumes in a subsequent contracted measurement period exceed its MVC for that contracted measurement period.  

We recognize customer obligations under their MVCs as revenue and contract assets when (i) we consider it remote that the customer will utilize shortfall payments to offset gathering or processing fees in excess of its MVCs in subsequent periods; (ii) the customer incurs a shortfall in a contract with no banking mechanism or claw back provision; (iii) the customer’s banking mechanism has expired; or (iv) it is remote that the customer will use its unexercised right.

Our services are typically billed on a monthly basis and we do not offer extended payment terms. We do not have contracts with financing components.  

The following table presents estimated revenue expected to be recognized during the remainder of 20192020 and over the remaining contract period related to performance obligations that are unsatisfied and are comprised of estimated MVC shortfall payments.

We applied the practical expedient in paragraph 606-10-50-14 of ASC Topic 606 for certain arrangements that we consider optional purchases (i.e., there is no enforceable obligation for the customer to make purchases) and those amounts are therefore excluded from the table.

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

Thereafter

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Gathering services and related fees

 

$

60,217

 

 

$

120,941

 

 

$

100,117

 

 

$

83,673

 

 

$

70,971

 

 

$

114,043

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2024

 

 

Thereafter

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Gathering services and related fees

 

$

58,427

 

 

$

102,127

 

 

$

84,736

 

 

$

66,693

 

 

$

50,608

 

 

$

57,721

 

 


Revenue by Category.Category.  In the following table, revenue is disaggregated by geographic area and major products and services. Ohio Gathering is excluded from the tables below due to equity method accounting. For more detailed information about reportable segments, see Note 4.

 

 

Reportable Segments

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30, 2020

 

 

 

Utica Shale

 

 

Williston Basin

 

 

DJ Basin

 

 

Permian Basin

 

 

Piceance Basin

 

 

Barnett Shale

 

 

Marcellus Shale

 

 

Total reportable segments

 

 

All other segments

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Major products /

    services lines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gathering services

    and related fees

 

$

11,538

 

 

$

12,407

 

 

$

5,228

 

 

$

2,711

 

 

$

26,222

 

 

$

9,877

 

 

$

5,928

 

 

$

73,911

 

 

$

 

 

$

73,911

 

Natural gas, NGLs

    and condensate

    sales

 

 

 

 

 

3,131

 

 

 

71

 

 

 

4,222

 

 

 

401

 

 

 

2,858

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,683

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,683

 

Other revenues

 

 

 

 

 

2,776

 

 

 

993

 

 

 

126

 

 

 

1,096

 

 

 

1,778

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,769

 

 

 

644

 

 

 

7,413

 

Total

 

$

11,538

 

 

$

18,314

 

 

$

6,292

 

 

$

7,059

 

 

$

27,719

 

 

$

14,513

 

 

$

5,928

 

 

$

91,363

 

 

$

644

 

 

$

92,007

 

 

 

 

Reportable Segments

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30, 2020

 

 

 

Utica Shale

 

 

Williston Basin

 

 

DJ Basin

 

 

Permian Basin

 

 

Piceance Basin

 

 

Barnett Shale

 

 

Marcellus Shale

 

 

Total reportable segments

 

 

All other segments

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Major products /

    services lines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gathering services

    and related fees

 

$

18,500

 

 

$

36,204

 

 

$

12,083

 

 

$

5,022

 

 

$

53,411

 

 

$

20,320

 

 

$

12,163

 

 

$

157,703

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

157,703

 

Natural gas, NGLs

    and condensate

    sales

 

 

 

 

 

7,455

 

 

 

141

 

 

 

8,734

 

 

 

1,404

 

 

 

6,729

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,463

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,463

 

Other revenues

 

 

 

 

 

5,918

 

 

 

2,027

 

 

 

313

 

 

 

2,161

 

 

 

3,038

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,457

 

 

 

1,287

 

 

 

14,744

 

Total

 

$

18,500

 

 

$

49,577

 

 

$

14,251

 

 

$

14,069

 

 

$

56,976

 

 

$

30,087

 

 

$

12,163

 

 

$

195,623

 

 

$

1,287

 

 

$

196,910

 

 

 

 

Reportable Segments

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30, 2019

 

 

 

Utica Shale

 

 

Williston Basin

 

 

DJ Basin

 

 

Permian Basin

 

 

Piceance Basin

 

 

Barnett Shale

 

 

Marcellus Shale

 

 

Total reportable segments

 

 

All other segments

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Major products /

    services lines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gathering services

    and related fees

 

$

7,591

 

 

$

15,685

 

 

$

4,021

 

 

$

586

 

 

$

30,555

 

 

$

11,428

 

 

$

5,897

 

 

$

75,763

 

 

$

(656

)

 

$

75,107

 

Natural gas, NGLs

    and condensate

    sales

 

 

 

 

 

3,768

 

 

 

101

 

 

 

2,406

 

 

 

2,104

 

 

 

6,273

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,652

 

 

 

3,639

 

 

 

18,291

 

Other revenues

 

 

 

 

 

2,670

 

 

 

1,034

 

 

 

49

 

 

 

945

 

 

 

1,646

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,344

 

 

 

(56

)

 

 

6,288

 

Total

 

$

7,591

 

 

$

22,123

 

 

$

5,156

 

 

$

3,041

 

 

$

33,604

 

 

$

19,347

 

 

$

5,897

 

 

$

96,759

 

 

$

2,927

 

 

$

99,686

 

 


 

 

Reportable Segments

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30, 2019

 

 

 

Utica Shale

 

 

Williston Basin

 

 

DJ Basin

 

 

Permian Basin

 

 

Piceance Basin

 

 

Barnett Shale

 

 

Marcellus Shale

 

 

Total reportable segments

 

 

All other segments

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Major products /

    services lines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gathering services

    and related fees

 

$

15,086

 

 

$

41,391

 

 

$

7,745

 

 

$

952

 

 

$

62,395

 

 

$

24,453

 

 

$

12,094

 

 

$

164,116

 

 

$

(2,045

)

 

$

162,071

 

Natural gas, NGLs

    and condensate

    sales

 

 

 

 

 

9,353

 

 

 

186

 

 

 

6,627

 

 

 

4,406

 

 

 

6,877

 

 

 

 

 

 

27,449

 

 

 

28,770

 

 

 

56,219

 

Other revenues

 

 

 

 

 

5,578

 

 

 

2,041

 

 

 

81

 

 

 

2,083

 

 

 

3,302

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,085

 

 

 

(281

)

 

 

12,804

 

Total

 

$

15,086

 

 

$

56,322

 

 

$

9,972

 

 

$

7,660

 

 

$

68,884

 

 

$

34,632

 

 

$

12,094

 

 

$

204,650

 

 

$

26,444

 

 

$

231,094

 

 

 

 

Reportable Segments

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30, 2018

 

 

 

Utica Shale

 

 

Williston Basin

 

 

DJ Basin

 

 

Piceance Basin

 

 

Barnett Shale

 

 

Marcellus Shale

 

 

Total reportable segments

 

 

All other segments

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Major products /

    services lines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gathering services

    and related fees

 

$

10,422

 

 

$

23,106

 

 

$

2,509

 

 

$

33,661

 

 

$

14,080

 

 

$

8,050

 

 

$

91,828

 

 

$

(2,243

)

 

$

89,585

 

Natural gas, NGLs

    and condensate

    sales

 

 

 

 

 

7,350

 

 

 

79

 

 

 

4,596

 

 

 

381

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,406

 

 

 

19,485

 

 

 

31,891

 

Other revenues

 

 

 

 

 

2,960

 

 

 

969

 

 

 

1,178

 

 

 

1,694

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,801

 

 

 

(94

)

 

 

6,707

 

Total

 

$

10,422

 

 

$

33,416

 

 

$

3,557

 

 

$

39,435

 

 

$

16,155

 

 

$

8,050

 

 

$

111,035

 

 

$

17,148

 

 

$

128,183

 


 

 

Reportable Segments

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30, 2018

 

 

 

Utica Shale

 

 

Williston Basin

 

 

DJ Basin

 

 

Piceance Basin

 

 

Barnett Shale

 

 

Marcellus Shale

 

 

Total reportable segments

 

 

All other segments

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Major products /

    services lines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gathering services

    and related fees

 

$

20,463

 

 

$

40,772

 

 

$

4,688

 

 

$

66,776

 

 

$

27,717

 

 

$

15,875

 

 

$

176,291

 

 

$

(2,345

)

 

$

173,946

 

Natural gas, NGLs

    and condensate

    sales

 

 

 

 

 

15,196

 

 

 

159

 

 

 

8,841

 

 

 

926

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,122

 

 

 

32,886

 

 

 

58,008

 

Other revenues

 

 

 

 

 

5,872

 

 

 

1,726

 

 

 

2,389

 

 

 

3,682

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,669

 

 

 

(120

)

 

 

13,549

 

Total

 

$

20,463

 

 

$

61,840

 

 

$

6,573

 

 

$

78,006

 

 

$

32,325

 

 

$

15,875

 

 

$

215,082

 

 

$

30,421

 

 

$

245,503

 

Contract balances.balances.  Contract assets relate to our rights to consideration for work completed but not billed at the reporting date and consist of the estimated MVC shortfall payments expected from our customers and unbilled activity associated with contributions in aid of construction. Contract assets are transferred to trade receivables when the rights become unconditional. The following table provides information about contract assets from contracts with customers:

 

June 30, 2019

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Contract assets, beginning of period

 

$

8,755

 

 

$

 

 

$

3,902

 

 

$

8,755

 

Additions

 

 

14,602

 

 

 

26,403

 

 

 

15,074

 

 

 

18,077

 

Transfers out

 

 

(5,550

)

 

 

(17,648

)

 

 

(1,876

)

 

 

(22,930

)

Contract assets, end of period

 

$

17,807

 

 

$

8,755

 

 

$

17,100

 

 

$

3,902

 

As of June 30, 2019,2020, receivables with customers totaled $59.0$56.5 million and contract assets totaled $17.8$17.1 million which were included in the Accounts receivable caption on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

As of December 31, 2018,2019, receivables with customers totaled $82.9$90.4 million and contract assets totaled $8.8$3.9 million which were included in the Accounts receivable caption on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Contract liabilities (deferred revenue) relate to the advance consideration received from customers primarily for contributions in aid of construction. We recognize contract liabilities under these arrangements in revenue over the contract period. For the three months ended June 30, 20192020 and 2018,2019, we recognized $2.7$2.3 million and $3.9$2.7 million of gathering services and related fees which waswere included in the contract liability balance as of the beginning of the period. For the six months ended June 30, 20192020 and 2018,2019, we recognized $5.4$4.7 million and $5.0$5.4 million of gathering services and related fees which waswere included in the contract liability balance as of the beginning of the period. See Note 98 for additional details.

4. SEGMENT INFORMATION

As of June 30, 2019,2020, our reportable segments are:

 

the Utica Shale, which is served by Summit Utica;

 

Ohio Gathering, which includes our ownership interest in OGC and OCC;

 

the Williston Basin, which is served by Polar and Divide, Bison Midstream and BisonMeadowlark Midstream;

 

the DJ Basin, which is served by Niobrara G&P;

 

the Permian Basin, which is served by Summit Permian;

 

the Piceance Basin, which is served by Grand River;

 

the Barnett Shale, which is served by DFW Midstream; and

 

the Marcellus Shale, which is served by Mountaineer Midstream.


Additionally, untilUntil March 22, 2019, we owned Tioga Midstream, a crude oil, produced water and associated natural gas gathering system operating in the Williston Basin, which includesBasin. Until December 1, 2019, we owned certain assets in the Bakken and Three Forks shale formationsRed Rock Gathering system operating in northwestern North Dakota.the Piceance Basin. Refer to Note 1716 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for details on the sale of Tioga Midstream.Midstreamand on the sale of certain assets in the Red Rock Gathering system.

Each of our reportable segments provides midstream services in a specific geographic area. Our reportable segments reflect the way in which we internally report the financial information used to make decisions and allocate resources in connection with our operations.

The Ohio Gathering reportable segment includes our investment in OGC and OCC.Ohio Gathering. Income or loss from equity method investees, as reflected on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations, relates to Ohio Gathering and is recognized and disclosed on a one-month lag (see Note 8)7).

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019,2020, other than the investment activity described in Note 8 below,7, Double E did not have any results of operations given that the Double E Project is currently under development. The Double E Project is expected to be operational in the third quarter of 2021.

Corporate and Other represents those results that are: (i) not specifically attributable to a reportable segment; (ii) not individually reportable (such as Double E); or (iii) that have not been allocated to our reportable segments for the purpose of evaluating their performance, including certain general and administrative expense items, certain natural gas and crude oil marketing services, construction management fees related to the Double E Project and transaction costs.

Assets by reportable segment follow.

 

June 30,2019

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Assets (1):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utica Shale

 

$

206,911

 

 

$

207,357

 

 

$

210,592

 

 

$

206,368

 

Ohio Gathering

 

 

630,513

 

 

 

649,250

 

 

 

269,504

 

 

 

275,000

 

Williston Basin

 

 

439,026

 

 

 

526,819

 

 

 

453,327

 

 

 

452,152

 

DJ Basin

 

 

167,329

 

 

 

166,580

 

 

 

203,866

 

 

 

205,308

 

Permian Basin

 

 

174,964

 

 

 

145,702

 

 

 

169,710

 

 

 

185,708

 

Piceance Basin

 

 

672,664

 

 

 

699,638

 

 

 

605,786

 

 

 

631,140

 

Barnett Shale

 

 

358,997

 

 

 

376,564

 

 

 

357,824

 

 

 

350,638

 

Marcellus Shale

 

 

204,252

 

 

 

208,790

 

 

 

183,896

 

 

 

184,631

 

Total reportable segment assets

 

 

2,854,656

 

 

 

2,980,700

 

 

 

2,454,505

 

 

 

2,490,945

 

Corporate and Other

 

 

43,046

 

 

 

44,181

 

 

 

131,997

 

 

 

83,153

 

Eliminations

 

 

 

 

 

(4,319

)

Total assets

 

$

2,897,702

 

 

$

3,020,562

 

 

$

2,586,502

 

 

$

2,574,098

 

 

(1) At June 30, 2019,2020, Corporate and Other included $23.3$113.6 million relating to our investment in Double E (included in the Investment in equity method investees caption of the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet). At December 31, 2018,2019, Corporate and Other included $9.6$34.7 million of capital expenditures relating to our investment in Double E.


Revenues by reportable segment follow.

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Revenues (1):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utica Shale

 

$

7,591

 

 

$

10,422

 

 

$

15,086

 

 

$

20,463

 

 

$

11,538

 

 

$

7,591

 

 

$

18,500

 

 

$

15,086

 

Williston Basin

 

 

22,123

 

 

 

33,416

 

 

 

56,322

 

 

 

61,840

 

 

 

18,314

 

 

 

22,123

 

 

 

49,577

 

 

 

56,322

 

DJ Basin

 

 

5,156

 

 

 

3,557

 

 

 

9,972

 

 

 

6,573

 

 

 

6,292

 

 

 

5,156

 

 

 

14,251

 

 

 

9,972

 

Permian Basin

 

 

3,041

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,660

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,059

 

 

 

3,041

 

 

 

14,069

 

 

 

7,660

 

Piceance Basin

 

 

33,604

 

 

 

39,435

 

 

 

68,884

 

 

 

78,006

 

 

 

27,719

 

 

 

33,604

 

 

 

56,976

 

 

 

68,884

 

Barnett Shale

 

 

19,347

 

 

 

16,155

 

 

 

34,632

 

 

 

32,325

 

 

 

14,513

 

 

 

19,347

 

 

 

30,087

 

 

 

34,632

 

Marcellus Shale

 

 

5,897

 

 

 

8,050

 

 

 

12,094

 

 

 

15,875

 

 

 

5,928

 

 

 

5,897

 

 

 

12,163

 

 

 

12,094

 

Total reportable segments revenue

 

 

96,759

 

 

 

111,035

 

 

 

204,650

 

 

 

215,082

 

 

 

91,363

 

 

 

96,759

 

 

 

195,623

 

 

 

204,650

 

Corporate and Other

 

 

3,824

 

 

 

19,422

 

 

 

30,662

 

 

 

33,598

 

 

 

644

 

 

 

3,824

 

 

 

1,287

 

 

 

30,662

 

Eliminations

 

 

(897

)

 

 

(2,274

)

 

 

(4,218

)

 

 

(3,177

)

 

 

 

 

 

(897

)

 

 

 

 

 

(4,218

)

Total revenues

 

$

99,686

 

 

$

128,183

 

 

$

231,094

 

 

$

245,503

 

 

$

92,007

 

 

$

99,686

 

 

$

196,910

 

 

$

231,094

 

 

(1) Excludes revenues earned by Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting.

 

Counterparties accounting for more than 10% of total revenues were as follows:

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Percentage of total revenues (1):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counterparty A - Piceance Basin

 

 

12

%

 

 

10

%

 

 

11

%

 

 

11

%

 

 

11

%

 

 

12

%

 

 

11

%

 

 

11

%

Counterparty B - Williston Basin

 

 

11

%

 

*

 

 

 

10

%

 

*

 

 

*

 

 

 

11

%

 

*

 

 

 

10

%

Counterparty C - Barnett Shale

 

 

14

%

 

 

11

%

 

 

12

%

 

*

 

 

*

 

 

 

14

%

 

*

 

 

 

12

%

(1) Excludes revenues earned by Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting.

* Less than 10%

 

Depreciation and amortization, including the amortization expense associated with our favorable and unfavorable (for 2018) gas gathering contracts as reported in otherOther revenues, by reportable segment follows.

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Depreciation and amortization (1):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utica Shale

 

$

1,923

 

 

$

2,033

 

 

$

3,831

 

 

$

3,886

 

 

$

1,920

 

 

$

1,923

 

 

$

3,847

 

 

$

3,831

 

Williston Basin

 

 

4,734

 

 

 

5,622

 

 

 

10,170

 

 

 

11,231

 

 

 

6,487

 

 

 

4,734

 

 

 

12,982

 

 

 

10,170

 

DJ Basin

 

 

464

 

 

 

784

 

 

 

1,263

 

 

 

1,565

 

 

 

1,502

 

 

 

464

 

 

 

3,029

 

 

 

1,263

 

Permian Basin

 

 

1,163

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,235

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,387

 

 

 

1,163

 

 

 

2,732

 

 

 

2,235

 

Piceance Basin

 

 

11,810

 

 

 

11,666

 

 

 

23,601

 

 

 

23,440

 

 

 

11,306

 

 

 

11,810

 

 

 

22,604

 

 

 

23,601

 

Barnett Shale (2)

 

 

4,167

 

 

 

3,759

 

 

 

8,497

 

 

 

7,516

 

 

 

4,023

 

 

 

4,167

 

 

 

8,055

 

 

 

8,497

 

Marcellus Shale

 

 

2,286

 

 

 

2,274

 

 

 

4,569

 

 

 

4,546

 

 

 

2,300

 

 

 

2,286

 

 

 

4,600

 

 

 

4,569

 

Total reportable segment depreciation and amortization

 

 

26,547

 

 

 

26,138

 

 

 

54,166

 

 

 

52,184

 

 

 

28,925

 

 

 

26,547

 

 

 

57,849

 

 

 

54,166

 

Corporate and Other

 

 

616

 

 

 

496

 

 

 

1,113

 

 

 

976

 

 

 

941

 

 

 

653

 

 

 

1,917

 

 

 

1,187

 

Total depreciation and amortization

 

$

27,163

 

 

$

26,634

 

 

$

55,279

 

 

$

53,160

 

 

$

29,866

 

 

$

27,200

 

 

$

59,766

 

 

$

55,353

 

(1) Excludes depreciation and amortization recognized by Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting.

(2) Includes the amortization expense associated with our favorable and unfavorable (for 2018) gas gathering contracts as reported in otherOther revenues.


Cash paid for capital expenditures by reportable segment follow.

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Cash paid for capital expenditures (1):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utica Shale

 

$

1,065

 

 

$

1,846

 

 

$

1,482

 

 

$

1,065

 

Williston Basin

 

 

14,230

 

 

 

10,966

 

 

 

7,423

 

 

 

14,230

 

DJ Basin

 

 

50,373

 

 

 

21,415

 

 

 

8,428

 

 

 

50,373

 

Permian Basin

 

 

28,163

 

 

 

50,773

 

 

 

4,921

 

 

 

28,163

 

Piceance Basin

 

 

1,497

 

 

 

3,412

 

 

 

404

 

 

 

1,497

 

Barnett Shale (2)

 

 

(37

)

 

 

349

 

 

 

869

 

 

 

(37

)

Marcellus Shale

 

 

108

 

 

 

545

 

 

 

430

 

 

 

108

 

Total reportable segment capital expenditures

 

 

95,399

 

 

 

89,306

 

 

 

23,957

 

 

 

95,399

 

Corporate and Other

 

 

15,693

 

 

 

1,088

 

 

 

3,469

 

 

 

15,693

 

Total cash paid for capital expenditures

 

$

111,092

 

 

$

90,394

 

 

$

27,426

 

 

$

111,092

 

(1) Excludes cash paid for capital expenditures by Ohio Gathering due to equity method accounting.

(2) For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the amount includes sales tax reimbursements of $1.1 million.

During the six months ended June 30, 2019, Corporate and Other included cash paid of $0.3 million for corporate purposes; the remainder represents capital expenditures relating to the Double E Project.

We assess the performance of our reportable segments based on segment adjusted EBITDA. We define segment adjusted EBITDA as total revenues less total costs and expenses; plus (i) other income excluding interest income, (ii) our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, (iii) depreciation and amortization, (iv) adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, (v) adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity, (vi) unit-based and noncash compensation, (vii) change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation fair value,impairments, (viii) impairments and (ix) other noncash expenses or losses, less other noncash income or gains.gains and (ix) restructuring expenses. We define proportional adjusted EBITDA for our equity method investees as the product of (i) total revenues less total expenses, excluding impairments and other noncash income or expense items, and (ii) amortization for deferred contract costs; multiplied byand (ii) our ownership interest in Ohio Gathering during the respective period.

For the purpose of evaluating segment performance, we exclude the effect of Corporate and Other revenues and expenses, such as certain general and administrative expenses (including compensation-related expenses and professional services fees), certain natural gas and crude oil marketing services, transaction costs, interest expense change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation fair value and income tax expense or benefit from segment adjusted EBITDA.

Segment adjusted EBITDA by reportable segment follows.

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Reportable segment adjusted EBITDA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utica Shale

 

$

10,693

 

 

$

6,640

 

 

$

16,621

 

 

$

12,833

 

Ohio Gathering

 

 

7,514

 

 

 

9,939

 

 

 

15,453

 

 

 

19,149

 

Williston Basin

 

 

12,727

 

 

 

16,650

 

 

 

28,919

 

 

 

35,384

 

DJ Basin

 

 

4,339

 

 

 

2,816

 

 

 

10,250

 

 

 

5,489

 

Permian Basin

 

 

1,828

 

 

 

(656

)

 

 

3,409

 

 

 

(1,206

)

Piceance Basin

 

 

21,734

 

 

 

24,584

 

 

 

45,291

 

 

 

50,583

 

Barnett Shale

 

 

8,510

 

 

 

11,208

 

 

 

17,270

 

 

 

22,582

 

Marcellus Shale

 

 

4,888

 

 

 

4,635

 

 

 

10,208

 

 

 

9,777

 

Total of reportable segments' measures of profit

 

$

72,233

 

 

$

75,816

 

 

$

147,421

 

 

$

154,591

 

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Reportable segment adjusted EBITDA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utica Shale

 

$

6,640

 

 

$

9,223

 

 

$

12,833

 

 

$

17,938

 

Ohio Gathering

 

 

9,939

 

 

 

8,935

 

 

 

19,149

 

 

 

19,412

 

Williston Basin

 

 

16,650

 

 

 

19,030

 

 

 

35,384

 

 

 

35,000

 

DJ Basin

 

 

2,816

 

 

 

959

 

 

 

5,489

 

 

 

2,280

 

Permian Basin

 

 

(656

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,206

)

 

 

 

Piceance Basin

 

 

24,584

 

 

 

26,714

 

 

 

50,583

 

 

 

54,628

 

Barnett Shale

 

 

11,208

 

 

 

11,093

 

 

 

22,582

 

 

 

20,952

 

Marcellus Shale

 

 

4,635

 

 

 

6,543

 

 

 

9,777

 

 

 

13,219

 

Total of reportable segments' measures of profit or loss

 

$

75,816

 

 

$

82,497

 

 

$

154,591

 

 

$

163,429

 


A reconciliation of income or loss before income taxes and income or loss from equity method investees to total of reportable segments' measures of profit or loss follows.

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Reconciliation of income (loss) before income taxes

    and income (loss) from equity method investees

    to total of reportable segments' measures of

    profit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes and income

    (loss) from equity method investees

 

$

53,292

 

 

$

4,256

 

 

$

53,730

 

 

$

(35,326

)

Add:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate and Other expense

 

 

9,533

 

 

 

8,255

 

 

 

21,610

 

 

 

24,905

 

Interest expense

 

 

21,990

 

 

 

22,343

 

 

 

45,818

 

 

 

45,085

 

Gain on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

(54,235

)

 

 

 

 

 

(54,235

)

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

29,866

 

 

 

27,200

 

 

 

59,766

 

 

 

55,353

 

Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method

   investees

 

 

7,514

 

 

 

9,939

 

 

 

15,453

 

 

 

19,149

 

Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments

 

 

2,291

 

 

 

3,533

 

 

 

(3,151

)

 

 

(666

)

Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity

 

 

(237

)

 

 

(1,046

)

 

 

(448

)

 

 

(1,761

)

Unit-based and noncash compensation

 

 

1,846

 

 

 

1,553

 

 

 

4,569

 

 

 

4,079

 

Gain on asset sales, net

 

 

(281

)

 

 

(287

)

 

 

(166

)

 

 

(1,248

)

Long-lived asset impairment

 

 

654

 

 

 

70

 

 

 

4,475

 

 

 

45,021

 

Total of reportable segments' measures of profit

 

$

72,233

 

 

$

75,816

 

 

$

147,421

 

 

$

154,591

 

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Reconciliation of income (loss) before income taxes

    and loss from equity method investees to total

    of reportable segments' measures of profit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes and loss

    from equity method investees

 

$

6,030

 

 

$

(45,699

)

 

$

(30,236

)

 

$

(51,101

)

Add:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate and Other expense

 

 

7,208

 

 

 

9,002

 

 

 

21,367

 

 

 

19,625

 

Interest expense

 

 

17,941

 

 

 

14,837

 

 

 

35,468

 

 

 

29,959

 

Deferred Purchase Price Obligation

 

 

3,712

 

 

 

69,305

 

 

 

8,139

 

 

 

90,963

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

27,163

 

 

 

26,634

 

 

 

55,279

 

 

 

53,160

 

Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method

   investees

 

 

9,939

 

 

 

8,935

 

 

 

19,149

 

 

 

19,412

 

Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments

 

 

3,533

 

 

 

(3,542

)

 

 

(666

)

 

 

(3,542

)

Adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity

 

 

(1,046

)

 

 

115

 

 

 

(1,761

)

 

 

155

 

Unit-based and noncash compensation

 

 

1,553

 

 

 

2,261

 

 

 

4,079

 

 

 

4,223

 

(Gain) loss on asset sales, net

 

 

(287

)

 

 

62

 

 

 

(1,248

)

 

 

(12

)

Long-lived asset impairment

 

 

70

 

 

 

587

 

 

 

45,021

 

 

 

587

 

Total of reportable segments' measures of profit

 

$

75,816

 

 

$

82,497

 

 

$

154,591

 

 

$

163,429

 

Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments recognize the earnings from MVC shortfall payments ratably over the term of the associated MVC (see Note 3). Contributions in aid of construction are recognized over the remaining term of the respective contract. We include adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity in our calculation of segment adjusted EBITDA to account for revenue recognized from contributions in aid of construction.  

Adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments by reportable segment follow.

 

 

Three months ended June 30, 2019

 

 

 

Williston Basin

 

 

Piceance

Basin

 

 

Barnett

Shale

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Adjustments related to expected MVC shortfall payments:

 

$

2,081

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,452

 

 

$

3,533

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30, 2020

 

 

 

Williston

Basin

 

 

Piceance

Basin

 

 

Barnett

Shale

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Adjustments related to expected MVC shortfall payments:

 

$

2,124

 

 

$

167

 

 

$

 

 

$

2,291

 

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30, 2018

 

 

 

Williston Basin

 

 

Piceance

Basin

 

 

Barnett

Shale

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Adjustments related to expected MVC shortfall payments:

 

$

(3,386

)

 

$

(93

)

 

$

(63

)

 

$

(3,542

)

 

 

Three months ended June 30, 2019

 

 

 

Williston

Basin

 

 

Piceance

Basin

 

 

Barnett

Shale

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Adjustments related to expected MVC shortfall payments:

 

$

2,081

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,452

 

 

$

3,533

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30, 2019

 

 

 

Williston Basin

 

 

Piceance

Basin

 

 

Barnett

Shale

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Adjustments related to expected MVC shortfall payments:

 

$

(3,468

)

 

$

(103

)

 

$

2,905

 

 

$

(666

)

 

 

Six months ended June 30, 2020

 

 

 

Williston

Basin

 

 

Piceance

Basin

 

 

Barnett

Shale

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Adjustments related to expected MVC shortfall payments:

 

$

(3,541

)

 

$

390

 

 

$

 

 

$

(3,151

)

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30, 2018

 

 

 

Williston Basin

 

 

Piceance

Basin

 

 

Barnett

Shale

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Adjustments related to expected MVC shortfall payments:

 

$

(3,386

)

 

$

(93

)

 

$

(63

)

 

$

(3,542

)

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30, 2019

 

 

 

Williston

Basin

 

 

Piceance

Basin

 

 

Barnett

Shale

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Adjustments related to expected MVC shortfall payments:

 

$

(3,468

)

 

$

(103

)

 

$

2,905

 

 

$

(666

)

 


5. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Details on property, plant and equipment follow.

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Gathering and processing systems and related equipment

 

$

2,193,200

 

 

$

2,182,950

 

Construction in progress

 

 

76,189

 

 

 

78,716

 

Land and line fill

 

 

10,440

 

 

 

10,137

 

Other

 

 

60,414

 

 

 

54,595

 

Total

 

 

2,340,243

 

 

 

2,326,398

 

Less accumulated depreciation

 

 

484,354

 

 

 

443,909

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

$

1,855,889

 

 

$

1,882,489

 

In March 2020, in connection with the cancellation of a compressor station project in the DJ Basin due to delays in customer drilling plans, we recorded an impairment charge of $3.6 million for the related soft project costs.

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Gathering and processing systems and related equipment

 

$

2,136,209

 

 

$

2,155,325

 

Construction in progress

 

 

76,086

 

 

 

137,920

 

Land and line fill

 

 

9,823

 

 

 

11,748

 

Other

 

 

61,045

 

 

 

45,853

 

Total

 

 

2,283,163

 

 

 

2,350,846

 

Less accumulated depreciation

 

 

404,312

 

 

 

387,133

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

$

1,878,851

 

 

$

1,963,713

 

In March 2019, certain events facts and circumstances occurred which indicated that certain long-lived assets in the DJ Basin and Barnett Shale reporting segments could be impaired. Consequently, in the first quarter of 2019, we performed a recoverability assessment of certain assets within these reporting segments.

InAlso in March 2019, in the DJ Basin we determined that certain processing plant assets related to our existing 20 MMcf/d plant would no longer be utilized due to our expansion plans for the Niobrara G&P system. Based on the results of the recoverability assessment and the conclusion that the carrying value was not fully recoverable, we recorded an impairment charge of $34.7 million related to these assets in the first quarter of 2019.

In the Barnett Shale, we determined, in the first quarter of 2019, we determined that certain compressor station assets would be shut downin the Barnett Shale were impaired and decommissioned. As a result, we recorded an impairment charge of $10.2 million, comprised of a $9.7 impairment of fixed assets and a $0.5 million related to these assets in the first quarterimpairment of 2019. See Note 6 for additional details.rights-of-way.

 

Depreciation expense and capitalized interest follow.

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Depreciation expense

 

$

18,829

 

 

$

18,657

 

 

$

38,612

 

 

$

37,214

 

 

$

21,664

 

 

$

18,866

 

 

$

43,362

 

 

$

38,686

 

Capitalized interest

 

 

2,446

 

 

 

1,863

 

 

 

4,361

 

 

 

3,085

 

 

 

328

 

 

 

2,446

 

 

 

819

 

 

 

4,361

 

 

6. AMORTIZING INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Details regarding our intangible assets, all of which are subject to amortization, follow:

 

June 30, 2019

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

Gross carrying amount

 

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

Net

 

 

Gross carrying amount

 

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

Net

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Favorable gas gathering contracts

 

$

24,195

 

 

$

(14,657

)

 

$

9,538

 

 

$

24,195

 

 

$

(15,595

)

 

$

8,600

 

Contract intangibles

 

 

278,448

 

 

 

(156,755

)

 

 

121,693

 

 

 

278,448

 

 

 

(182,396

)

 

 

96,052

 

Rights-of-way

 

 

159,734

 

 

 

(39,715

)

 

 

120,019

 

 

 

157,202

 

 

 

(45,953

)

 

 

111,249

 

Total intangible assets

 

$

462,377

 

 

$

(211,127

)

 

$

251,250

 

 

$

459,845

 

 

$

(243,944

)

 

$

215,901

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

Gross carrying amount

 

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

Net

 

 

Gross carrying amount

 

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

Net

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Favorable gas gathering contracts

 

$

24,195

 

 

$

(13,905

)

 

$

10,290

 

 

$

24,195

 

 

$

(15,125

)

 

$

9,070

 

Contract intangibles

 

 

278,448

 

 

 

(143,962

)

 

 

134,486

 

 

 

278,448

 

 

 

(169,549

)

 

 

108,899

 

Rights-of-way

 

 

166,209

 

 

 

(37,569

)

 

 

128,640

 

 

 

157,175

 

 

 

(42,866

)

 

 

114,309

 

Total intangible assets

 

$

468,852

 

 

$

(195,436

)

 

$

273,416

 

 

$

459,818

 

 

$

(227,540

)

 

$

232,278

 

 

 

In March 2019, certain events, facts and circumstances occurred which indicated that certain long-lived assets relating to the Barnett Shale reporting segment could be impaired (see Note 5). In connection with this evaluation, we evaluated the related intangible assets associated therewith for impairment consisting of rights-of-way intangible assets. We concluded the rights-of-way intangible assets were also impaired and, as a result, we recorded an impairment charge of $0.5 million in the first quarter of 2019.


We recognized amortization expense in otherOther revenues as follows:

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Amortization expense – favorable gas gathering contracts

 

$

(363

)

 

$

(388

)

 

$

(752

)

 

$

(777

)

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Amortization expense – favorable gas gathering contracts

 

$

(236

)

 

$

(363

)

 

$

(470

)

 

$

(752

)

 

We recognized amortization expense in costs and expenses as follows:

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Amortization expense – contract intangibles

 

$

6,397

 

 

$

6,535

 

 

$

12,794

 

 

$

13,070

 

 

$

6,423

 

 

$

6,397

 

 

$

12,847

 

 

$

12,794

 

Amortization expense – rights-of-way

 

 

1,574

 

 

 

1,592

 

 

 

3,121

 

 

 

3,177

 

 

 

1,543

 

 

 

1,574

 

 

 

3,087

 

 

 

3,121

 

The estimated aggregate annual amortization expected to be recognized for the remainder of 20192020 and each of the four succeeding fiscal years follows.

 

Intangible assets

 

 

Intangible assets

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

2019

 

$

15,971

 

2020

 

 

32,049

 

 

$

15,951

 

2021

 

 

28,357

 

 

 

28,209

 

2022

 

 

25,290

 

 

 

25,142

 

2023

 

 

25,236

 

 

 

25,088

 

2024

 

 

14,917

 

 

7. GOODWILL

We evaluate goodwill for impairment annually on September 30. We also evaluate goodwill whenever events or circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value, including goodwill. There have been no impairments of goodwill during the three and six months ended June 30, 2019.

Fair Value Measurement.Our impairment determinations, in the context of (i) our annual impairment evaluations and (ii) our other-than-annual impairment evaluations involved significant assumptions and judgments, as discussed in the 2018 Annual Report. Differing assumptions regarding any of these inputs could have a significant effect on the valuations. As such, the fair value measurements utilized within these models are classified as non-recurring Level 3 measurements in the fair value hierarchy because they are not observable from objective sources. Due to the volatility of the inputs used, we cannot predict the likelihood of any future impairment.

8. EQUITY METHOD INVESTMENTS

Double E

In June 2019, we formed Double E in connection with the Double E Project. Effective June 26, 2019, Summit Permian Transmission, a wholly owned and consolidated subsidiary of the Partnership, and our JV Partner an affiliate of Double E’s foundation shipper (the “JV Partner”) executed the Agreementan agreement whereby Double E will provide natural gas transportation services from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas.Texas (the “Double E Agreement”). Concurrent with the Double E Agreement, we issued a parental guaranty to fund any capital calls not satisfied by Summit Permian Transmission during the construction of the Double E Project, for an amount not to exceed $350.0 million. The Partnership has guaranteed, among other things, payment of our pro rata share of the required capital calls during construction of the Double E Project and, as of June 30, 2020, we estimate that our pro rata share of our remaining capital contributions is approximately $229 million, before the realization of any project cost efficiencies. In connection with the Double E Agreement and the related Double E Project, the Partnership contributed total assets of approximately $23.6 million in exchange for a 70% ownership interest in Double E and our JV Partner contributed $7.3 million of cash in exchange for a 30% ownership interest in Double E. Concurrent with these contributions, and in accordance with the Double E Agreement, Double E distributed $7.3 million to the Partnership. Subsequent to the formation of Double E, we also made additional cash investments of $5.9$18.3 million duringthrough December 31, 2019.

During the six months ended June 2019.30, 2020, we made cash investments of $79.7 million in the Double E Project.We are leading the development, permitting and construction of the Double E Project and expect to operate the pipeline upon commissioning.


Double E is deemed to be a variable interest entity as defined in GAAP. As of the date of the Double E Agreement, Summit Permian Transmission iswas not deemed to be the primary beneficiary due to the JV Partner’s voting rights on significant matters. We account for our ownership interest in Double E as an equity method investment because we have significant influence over Double E. Our portion of Double E’s net assets, which was $23.3$113.6 million at June 30, 2019,2020, is reported under the caption Investment in equity method investees on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019,2020, other than the investment activity noted above, Double E did not0t have any results of operations given that the Double E Project is currently under development.

Ohio Gathering

Ohio Gathering owns operates and is currently developingoperates midstream infrastructure consisting of a liquids-rich natural gas gathering system, a dry natural gas gathering system and a condensate stabilization facility in the Utica Shale in southeastern Ohio. Ohio Gathering provides gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term, fee-based gathering agreements, which include acreage dedications.

As a result of our joint venture partner funding a disproportionate amount of the capital calls during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, our ownership interest in Ohio Gathering decreased from 40.0% at December 31, 2018, to 39.0%was 38.3% and 38.5%, respectively, and provided below is a reconciliation of the difference at June 30, 2019.

A reconciliation of2020 between the amount at which our39.0%ownership interest in Ohio Gathering is carried to the amount of our underlying investment per Ohio Gathering's books and records follows (in thousands).

Investment in Ohio Gathering, June 30, 2020

 

$

269,504

 

June cash distributions

 

 

2,403

 

Basis difference

 

 

220,922

 

Investment in Ohio Gathering (Books and records), May 31, 2020

 

$

492,829

 

As noted in our 2019 Annual Report, in December 2019 an impairment loss of long-lived assets was recognized by OCC which brought our investment in OCC to 0. As a result, we have 0t recorded our portion of OCC’s net loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 in the Income (loss) from equity method investees caption of our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Investment in Ohio Gathering, June 30, 2019

 

$

630,513

 

June cash distributions

 

 

3,273

 

Basis difference

 

 

(110,156

)

Investment in Ohio Gathering, net of basis difference,

    May 31, 2019

 

$

523,630

 

Summarized statements of operations information for OGC and OCC follow (amounts represent 100% of investee financial information).

 

 

Three months ended

May 31, 2020

 

 

Three months ended

May 31, 2019

 

 

 

OGC

 

 

OCC

 

 

OGC

 

 

OCC

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Total revenues

 

$

27,334

 

 

$

2,404

 

 

$

35,262

 

 

$

2,073

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

24,045

 

 

 

2,069

 

 

 

26,336

 

 

 

2,691

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

3,289

 

 

 

335

 

 

 

8,926

 

 

 

(619

)

 

 

Three months ended

May 31, 2019

 

 

Three months ended

May 31, 2018

 

 

Six months ended

May 31, 2020

 

 

Six months ended

May 31, 2019

 

 

OGC

 

 

OCC

 

 

OGC

 

 

OCC

 

 

OGC

 

 

OCC

 

 

OGC

 

 

OCC

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Total revenues

 

$

35,262

 

 

$

2,073

 

 

$

34,123

 

 

$

2,070

 

 

$

57,402

 

 

$

5,131

 

 

$

68,728

 

 

$

4,339

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

26,336

 

 

 

2,691

 

 

 

35,518

 

 

 

1,958

 

 

 

49,795

 

 

 

32,924

 

 

 

51,823

 

 

 

5,664

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

8,926

 

 

 

(619

)

 

 

(1,396

)

 

 

(59

)

 

 

7,600

 

 

 

(27,793

)

 

 

16,898

 

 

 

(1,326

)

 

 

 

Six months ended

May 31, 2019

 

 

Six months ended

May 31, 2018

 

 

 

OGC

 

 

OCC

 

 

OGC

 

 

OCC

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Total revenues

 

$

68,728

 

 

$

4,339

 

 

$

69,083

 

 

$

4,559

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

51,823

 

 

 

5,664

 

 

 

62,293

 

 

 

4,099

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

16,898

 

 

 

(1,326

)

 

 

6,784

 

 

 

121

 

 


9.8. DEFERRED REVENUE

A rollforward of current deferred revenue follows.

 

Utica Shale

 

 

Williston Basin

 

 

DJ Basin

 

 

Piceance

Basin

 

 

Barnett Shale

 

 

Marcellus Shale

 

 

Total current

 

 

Utica Shale

 

 

Williston Basin

 

 

DJ Basin

 

 

Piceance

Basin

 

 

Barnett Shale

 

 

Marcellus Shale

 

 

Total current

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Current deferred revenue,

January 1, 2019

 

$

18

 

 

$

1,414

 

 

$

739

 

 

$

7,616

 

 

$

1,642

 

 

$

38

 

 

$

11,467

 

Current deferred revenue,

January 1, 2020

 

$

18

 

 

$

1,933

 

 

$

2,860

 

 

$

7,014

 

 

$

1,630

 

 

$

38

 

 

$

13,493

 

Additions

 

 

9

 

 

 

1,227

 

 

 

909

 

 

 

10,513

 

 

 

817

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

13,494

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

1,000

 

 

 

4,341

 

 

 

3,095

 

 

 

793

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

9,250

 

Less revenue recognized

 

 

9

 

 

 

790

 

 

 

475

 

 

 

10,528

 

 

 

815

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

12,636

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

967

 

 

 

2,483

 

 

 

3,092

 

 

 

819

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

7,389

 

Current deferred revenue,

June 30, 2019

 

$

18

 

 

$

1,851

 

 

$

1,173

 

 

$

7,601

 

 

$

1,644

 

 

$

38

 

 

$

12,325

 

Current deferred revenue,

June 30, 2020

 

$

11

 

 

$

1,966

 

 

$

4,718

 

 

$

7,017

 

 

$

1,604

 

 

$

38

 

 

$

15,354

 

A rollforward of noncurrent deferred revenue follows.

 

Utica Shale

 

 

Williston Basin

 

 

DJ Basin

 

 

Piceance

Basin

 

 

Barnett Shale

 

 

Marcellus Shale

 

 

Total noncurrent

 

 

Utica Shale

 

 

Williston Basin

 

 

DJ Basin

 

 

Piceance

Basin

 

 

Barnett Shale

 

 

Marcellus Shale

 

 

Total noncurrent

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Noncurrent deferred revenue,

January 1, 2019

 

$

21

 

 

$

4,393

 

 

$

7,284

 

 

$

17,942

 

 

$

9,628

 

 

$

236

 

 

$

39,504

 

Noncurrent deferred revenue,

January 1, 2020

 

$

3

 

 

$

3,634

 

 

$

7,589

 

 

$

17,710

 

 

$

9,575

 

 

$

198

 

 

$

38,709

 

Additions

 

 

 

 

 

1,940

 

 

 

1,841

 

 

 

3,372

 

 

 

760

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,913

 

 

 

425

 

 

 

3,522

 

 

 

5,582

 

 

 

2,563

 

 

 

764

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,856

 

Less reclassification to current

deferred revenue

 

 

9

 

 

 

1,665

 

 

 

909

 

 

 

3,797

 

 

 

817

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

7,216

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

967

 

 

 

4,341

 

 

 

3,095

 

 

 

793

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

9,217

 

Noncurrent deferred revenue,

June 30, 2019

 

$

12

 

 

$

4,668

 

 

$

8,216

 

 

$

17,517

 

 

$

9,571

 

 

$

217

 

 

$

40,201

 

Noncurrent deferred revenue,

June 30, 2020

 

$

426

 

 

$

6,189

 

 

$

8,830

 

 

$

17,178

 

 

$

9,546

 

 

$

179

 

 

$

42,348

 

 

10.9. DEBT

Debt consisted of the following:

 

June 30, 2019

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Summit Holdings' variable rate senior secured Revolving Credit Facility

(4.91% at June 30, 2019 and 5.03% at December 31, 2018)

due May 2022

 

$

573,000

 

 

$

466,000

 

Summit Holdings' variable rate senior secured Revolving Credit Facility

(2.93% at June 30, 2020 and 4.55% at December 31, 2019)

due May 2022

 

$

733,000

 

 

$

677,000

 

Summit Holdings' 8.00% senior secured term loan due March 2021

 

 

35,000

 

 

 

 

Summit Holdings' 5.5% senior unsecured notes due August 2022

 

 

300,000

 

 

 

300,000

 

 

 

274,224

 

 

 

300,000

 

Less unamortized debt issuance costs (1)

 

 

(2,024

)

 

 

(2,362

)

 

 

(1,252

)

 

 

(1,686

)

Summit Holdings' 5.75% senior unsecured notes due April 2025

 

 

500,000

 

 

 

500,000

 

 

 

393,765

 

 

 

500,000

 

Less unamortized debt issuance costs (1)

 

 

(5,412

)

 

 

(5,907

)

 

 

(3,583

)

 

 

(5,015

)

SMP Holdings' variable rate senior secured term loan (7.00% at

June 30, 2020 and 7.80% at December 31, 2019) due May 2022

 

 

155,200

 

 

 

161,500

 

Less unamortized debt issuance costs (1)

 

 

(3,222

)

 

 

(3,974

)

Total debt

 

 

1,583,133

 

 

 

1,627,825

 

Less current portion

 

 

38,000

 

 

 

5,546

 

Total long-term debt

 

$

1,365,564

 

 

$

1,257,731

 

 

$

1,545,133

 

 

$

1,622,279

 

(1) Issuance costs are being amortized over the life of the notes.term loan and the Senior Notes.

Revolving Credit Facility. Summit Holdings has a senior secured revolving credit facility which allows for revolving loans, letters of credit and swing lineswingline loans. The Revolving Credit Facility has a $1.25 billion borrowing capacity, matures in May 2022, and includes a $250.0 million accordion feature. As of June 30, 2019,2020, SMLP and the Guarantor Subsidiaries fully and unconditionally and jointly and severally guarantee, and pledge substantially all of their assets in support of, the indebtedness outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility. In June 2019, we executed the second amendment to the third amended and restated credit agreement that, among other things, made accommodations for the Agreement, and the transactions contemplated thereby, and designated Double E as an unrestricted subsidiary under the Revolving Credit Facility.  


Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility bear interest, at the election of Summit Holdings, at a rate based on the alternate base rate (as defined in the credit agreement) plus an applicable margin ranging from 0.75% to 1.75% or the adjusted Eurodollar rate, (the LIBOR rate), as defined in the credit agreement, plus an applicable margin ranging from 1.75% to 2.75%, with the commitment fee ranging from 0.30% to 0.50% in each case based on our relative leverage at the time of determination. At June 30, 2019,2020, the applicable margin under LIBOR borrowings was 2.50% and2.75%, the interest rate was 4.91%. The2.93% and the unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility totaled $667.9$512.9 million, subject to a commitment fee of 0.50%


0.50%, after giving effect to the issuance thereunder of a $9.1$4.1 million outstanding but undrawn irrevocable standby letter of credit. Based on covenant limits, our available borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility as of June 30, 2020 was approximately $191 million. See Note 1615 for additional information on our letter of credit.

As of June 30, 2019,2020, we had $7.25.4 million of debt issuance costs attributable to our Revolving Credit Facility and related amendments which are included in Other noncurrent assets on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

As of and during the six months ended June 30, 2019,2020, we were in compliance with the Revolving Credit Facility's financial covenants. There were no0 defaults or events of default during the six months ended June 30, 2019.2020.

Summit Holdings Term Loans.  On May 28, 2020, in connection with the closing of the GP Buy-In Transaction, Summit Holdings entered into (i) a Term Loan Credit Agreement (the “ECP NewCo Term Loan Credit Agreement”), with SMP TopCo, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and affiliate of ECP (“ECP NewCo”), as lender and administrative agent, and Mizuho Bank (USA), as collateral agent (“Mizuho”), in a principal amount of $28.2 million (the “ECP NewCo Loan”), and (ii) a Term Loan Credit Agreement (the “ECP Holdings Term Loan Credit Agreement” and together with the ECP NewCo Term Loan Credit Agreement, the “ECP Term Loan Credit Agreements”), with ECP Holdings, as lender, and ECP NewCo, as administrative agent and Mizuho, as collateral agent, in a principal amount of $6.8 million (the “ECP Holdings Loan” and together with the ECP NewCo Loan, the “ECP Loans”). The ECP Loans mature on March 31, 2021 and are included in the current portion of long-term debt. The ECP Loans under each ECP Term Loan Credit Agreement bear interest at a rate of 8.00% per annum, with the interest expense due at maturity of the ECP Loans.

Also on May 28, 2020 and in connection with the GP Buy-In Transaction, Summit Holdings entered into (i) in connection with the ECP NewCo Term Loan Credit Agreement, a Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (the “ECP NewCo Guarantee”), with the Partnership, the subsidiary guarantors listed therein and Mizuho and (ii) in connection with the ECP Holdings Term Loan Credit Agreement, a Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (the “ECP Holdings Guarantee” and together with the ECP NewCo Guarantee, the “ECP Term Loan Guarantees”), with the Partnership, the subsidiary guarantors listed therein and Mizuho. Pursuant to the ECP Term Loan Guarantees, the obligations under each of the ECP Term Loan Credit Agreements are generally (i) guaranteed by the Partnership and each subsidiary of Summit Holdings that guarantees the obligations under the Revolving Credit Facility, as and to the same extent as such guarantors guarantee the obligations under the Revolving Credit Facility and (ii) secured by a first priority lien on and security interest in all property on which a first priority lien and security interest secures the obligations under the Revolving Credit Facility, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the ECP Term Loan Credit Agreements.

The ECP Term Loan Credit Agreements each contain affirmative and negative covenants similar to those contained in the Revolving Credit Facility, that, among other things, limit or restrict the ability to (i) incur additional debt; (ii) incur certain liens on property; (iii) make investments; (iv) engage in certain mergers, consolidations, acquisitions or sales of assets; (v) declare or pay certain distributions with respect to equity interests; (vi) enter into certain transactions with any of its affiliates; (vii) enter into swap agreements and power purchase agreements; (viii) enter into certain leases that would cumulatively obligate payments in excess of $50 million over any 12-month period; and (ix) permit any Restricted Subsidiaries (as defined in the ECP Term Loan Credit Agreements) to sell certain industrial revenue bonds to certain parties without the consent of the administrative agent. In addition, the ECP Term Loan Credit Agreements contain maintenance financial covenants substantially similar to those contained in the Revolving Credit Facility, which will require Summit Holdings to maintain, beginning June 30, 2020: (a) a ratio of consolidated trailing 12-month earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) to net interest expense of not less than 2.50 to 1.00; (b) a ratio of total net indebtedness to consolidated trailing 12-month EBITDA of not more than 5.50 to 1.00; and (c) a ratio of first lien net indebtedness to consolidated trailing 12-month EBITDA of not more than 3.75 to 1.00. If any of the financial maintenance covenants contained in the Revolving Credit Facility are amended, modified or supplemented, the same financial maintenance covenant in each ECP Term Loan Credit Agreement will automatically be amended in the same manner.


As of June 30, 2020, the Partnership was in compliance with financial covenants of the ECP Loans’ and there were no defaults or events of default existing under either ECP Term Loan Credit Agreement as of June 30, 2020.

Senior Notes. In July 2014, Summit Holdings and its 100% owned finance subsidiary, Finance Corp. (together with Summit Holdings, the "Co-Issuers") co-issued $300.0 million of 5.5% senior unsecured notes maturing August 15, 2022 (the "5.5% Senior Notes" and, together with the 5.75% Senior Notes (defined below), the “Senior Notes”). as described in the 2019 Annual Report.

In February 2017, the Co-Issuers completed a public offering of $500.0 million of 5.75% senior unsecured notes (the "5.75% Senior Notes") maturing April 15, 2025 as described in the 20182019 Annual Report.

The Guarantor Subsidiaries are 100% owned by a subsidiary of SMLP. The Guarantor Subsidiaries and SMLP fully and unconditionally and jointly and severally guarantee the 5.5% Senior Notes and the 5.75% Senior Notes. There are no significant restrictions on the ability of SMLP or Summit Holdings to obtain funds from its subsidiaries by dividend or loan. Finance Corp. has had no assets or operations since inception in 2013. We have no other independent assets or operations. At no time have the Senior Notes been guaranteed by the Co-Issuers.

As of and during the six months ended June 30, 2019,2020, we were in compliance with the covenants governing our Senior Notes. ThereNotes and there were no defaults or events of default during the six months ended June 30, 2019.2020.

11.SMP Holdings Term Loan.  On March 21, 2017, SMP Holdings entered into a senior secured term loan facility, the SMPH Term Loan, with a maturity date of May 15, 2022, pursuant to which term loans were made to SMP Holdings in the aggregate principal amount of $300.0 million. SMP Holdings became a subsidiary of the Partnership as a result of the GP Buy-In Transaction, and remains liable for the obligations under the SMPH Term Loan. The SMPH Term Loan bears interest at the Eurodollar Rate plus 6.00% or Alternate Base Rate plus 5.00% (each as defined in the SMPH Term Loan), in each case as elected by SMP Holdings in accordance with the SMPH Term Loan. The SMPH Term Loan contains certain customary negative covenants, including, but not limited to, limitations on the incurrence of debt, liens, asset sales and sale leasebacks, investments, dividends, distributions, prepayments, and transactions with affiliates. The SMPH Term Loan also includes a maintenance financial covenant consisting of a minimum interest coverage ratio whereby SMP Holdings is required to maintain a ratio of consolidated trailing 12-month Operating Cash Flow (as defined in the SMPH Term Loan) minus G&A Expenses (as defined in the SMPH Term Loan) paid by SMP Holdings to net interest expense of not less than 2.0 to 1.0 as of the last day of each fiscal quarter of SMP Holdings.

The SMPH Term Loan contains certain customary representations and warranties, affirmative covenants and events of default, including, but not limited to, payment defaults, breaches of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, certain events of insolvency or bankruptcy, material judgments, certain events under ERISA, actual or asserted failures of any guaranty or security document supporting the SMPH Term Loan to be in full force and effect and changes of control.

The obligations related to the SMPH Term Loan are (1) guaranteed by Summit Investments and (2) secured by the following collateral: (i) a perfected first-priority lien on, and pledge of, (A) all of the capital stock issued by SMP Holdings, (B) 34.6 million SMLP common units owned by SMP Holdings, (C) all of the equity interests owned by SMP Holdings in the General Partner, and (ii) substantially all other personal property of SMP Holdings.

Loans under the SMPH Term Loan must be prepaid or there must be an offer to prepay the loans under the SMPH Term Loan under certain circumstancesinvolving the activities of Summit Investments, including with proceeds from certain future debt issuances, asset sales and a portion of excess cash flow for the applicable fiscal quarter. Loans under the SMPH Term Loan may be voluntarily prepaid at any time, subject to certain redemption prices and customary LIBOR breakage costs.

SMP Holdings is required to repay principal amounts outstanding under the SMPH Term Loan quarterly in an amount equal to 1.0% per annum of the original principal amount of the loans under the SMPH Term Loan. SMP Holdings’ current portion of long-term debt includes scheduled principal amortization. We were not required to make an excess cash flow payment on the SMPH Term Loan for the second quarter of 2020, and have not included an estimated excess cash flow amount in the current portion of long-term debt relating to the third and fourth quarter of 2020 and


the first quarter of 2021 because the amount is not currently estimable given that the excess cash flow calculation is based on the occurrence of future events.

On April 17, 2020, we entered into a derivative financial instrument to convert a portion of our variable rate SMPH Term Loan to a fixed rate debt consisting of a 1% LIBOR interest rate cap for a fee of $0.2 million (exclusive of the applicable bank margin charged by our lender) on a $125.0 million notional amount beginning April 30, 2020 and ending on April 30, 2022. We have not designated the interest rate cap for hedge accounting as defined by GAAP and recognized an unsettled gain of $0.1 million on the interest rate cap in the other income line item on our unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2020.

As of June 30, 2020, SMP Holdings was in compliance with the SMPH Term Loan’s financial covenants and there were no defaults or events of default existing under the SMPH Term Loan as of June 30, 2020.

Repurchases.Subsequent to the GP Buy-In Transaction, the Partnership commenced a debt buyback program to repurchase our Senior Notes, which is ongoing. We repurchased $25.8 million of the outstanding $300 million aggregate principal amount of our 5.50% Senior Notes through June 30, 2020. The gain on early extinguishment of debt for the 5.50% Senior Notes during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 totaled $9.2 million and is inclusive of a $0.1 million write off of debt issuance costs. We also repurchased $106.2 million of the outstanding $500 million aggregate principal amount of our 5.75% Senior Notes through June 30, 2020. The gain on early extinguishment of debt for the 5.75% Senior Notes during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 totaled $45.1 million and is inclusive of a $1.0 million write off of debt issuance costs.

10. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Concentrations of Credit Risk.  Financial instruments that potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and accounts receivable. We maintain our cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash in bank deposit accounts that frequently exceed federally insured limits. We have not experienced any losses in such accounts and do not believe we are exposed to any significant risk.

Accounts receivable primarily comprise amounts due for the gathering, compression, treating and processing services we provide to our customers and also the sale of natural gas liquids resulting from our processing services. This industry concentration has the potential to impact our overall exposure to credit risk, either positively or negatively, in that our customers may be similarly affected by changes in economic, industry or other conditions. We monitor the creditworthiness of our counterparties and can require letters of credit or other forms of credit assurance for receivables from counterparties that are judged to have substandard credit, unless the credit risk can otherwise be mitigated. Our top five5 customers or counterparties accounted for 50% of total accounts receivable as of June 30, 2019,2020, compared with 39%46% as of December 31, 2018.2019.

Fair Value.  The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, and trade accounts payable and ECP Loans reported on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet approximates fair value due to their short-term maturities.


The Deferred Purchase Price Obligation's carrying value is its fair value because carrying value represents the present value of the payment expected to be made in 2020. In March 2019, the Partnership amended the Contribution Agreement related to the 2016 Drop Down and fixed the Remaining Consideration at $303.5 million, with such amount to be paid by the Partnership in one or more payments over the period from March 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, in (i) cash, (ii) the Partnership’s common units or (iii) a combination of cash and the Partnership’s common units, at the discretion of the Partnership. At least 50% of the Remaining Consideration must be paid on or before June 30, 2020 and interest will accrue at a rate of 8% per annum on any portion of the Remaining Consideration that remains unpaid after March 31, 2020 (see Note 17 for additional information).

A summary of the estimated fair value of our debt financial instruments follows.

 

June 30, 2019

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

Carrying

value

 

 

Estimated

fair value

(Level 2)

 

 

Carrying

value

 

 

Estimated

fair value

(Level 2)

 

 

Carrying

value

 

 

Estimated

fair value

(Level 2)

 

 

Carrying

value

 

 

Estimated

fair value

(Level 2)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Summit Holdings 5.5% Senior Notes ($300.0 million

principal)

 

$

297,976

 

 

$

287,750

 

 

$

297,638

 

 

$

286,625

 

 

$

272,973

 

 

$

180,531

 

 

$

298,314

 

 

$

266,750

 

Summit Holdings 5.75% Senior Notes ($500.0 million

principal)

 

 

494,588

 

 

 

437,500

 

 

 

494,093

 

 

 

455,208

 

 

 

390,183

 

 

 

211,977

 

 

 

494,985

 

 

 

382,708

 

The carrying valuevalues on the balance sheet of the Revolving Credit Facility is itsand the SMPH Term Loan are their fair valuevalues due to itstheir floating interest rate.rates. The estimated fair value for the Senior Notes is based on an average of nonbinding broker quotes as of June 30, 20192020 and December 31, 2018.2019. The use of different market assumptions or valuation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair value of the Senior Notes.


12.11. PARTNERS' CAPITAL AND MEZZANINE CAPITAL

A rollforward of the number of common limited partner preferred limited partner and General Partner units follows.

 

 

Limited partners

 

 

 

 

 

Series A Preferred Units

 

 

Common

 

 

General

Partner

 

Units, January 1, 2019

 

 

300,000

 

 

 

73,390,853

 

 

 

1,490,999

 

Conversion of General Partner economic interests

 

 

 

 

 

8,750,000

 

 

 

(1,490,999

)

Net units issued under the SMLP LTIP

 

 

 

 

 

564,038

 

 

 

 

Units, June 30, 2019

 

 

300,000

 

 

 

82,704,891

 

 

 

 

Common Units

Units, December 31, 2019 (1)

45,318,866

Net units issued under the SMLP LTIP

308,364

Impact of GP Buy-In Transaction

(2,084,174

)

Units, June 30, 2020 (1)

43,543,056

 

GP/IDR Exchange.  On March 22, 2019, we cancelled our IDRs and converted our 2% economic GP interest to a non-economic GP interest in exchange for 8,750,000 SMLP common units which were issued to SMP Holdings in the Equity Restructuring. These units had a fair value of $84.5 million as of the transaction date (March 22, 2019).(1) As a result of the Equity Restructuring,GP Buy-In Transaction, the generalrecast of the historical financial statements resulted in a recasted common limited partner unit count of 45.3 million units at December 31, 2019. Prior to the GP Buy-In Transaction, the common limited partner unit count was 93.5 million units at December 31, 2019, and after adjusting these 93.5 million units for the effect of 1.2 million units issued through June 30, 2020 for the SMLP LTIP, and the GP Buy-In Transaction’s repurchase of 34.6 million units pledged under the Term Loan B, the 10.7 million units not pledged under the Term Loan B, and the 5.9 million units owned by ECP, the common limited partner unit count would have been an otherwise identical 43.5 million common limited partner units and IDRs were eliminated, are no longer outstanding, and no longer participateat June 30, 2020.

GP Buy-In Transaction.  The purchase price for the common units reflected in distributionsthe unaudited condensed consolidated statement of cash from SMLP. ECP continues to controlpartners’ capital for the non-economic GP interest in SMLP.

Immediately following the Equity Restructuring, SMP Holdings directly owned a 41.8% limited partner interest in SMLP and an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners II, LLC directly owned a 7.2% limited partner interest in SMLP.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, our general partner held IDRs that entitled it to receive increasing percentage allocations, up to a maximum of 50%,2020 is comprised of the (i) the $35.0 million cash we distributed from operating surplus in excess of $0.46 per unit per quarter.

Our payment of IDRs as reported in distributions to unitholders – general partner inECP, (ii) the statement of partners' capital during the three and six months ended June 30 follow.

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

IDR payments

 

$

 

 

$

2,136

 

 

$

2,139

 

 

$

4,264

 


For the purposes of calculating net income attributable to General Partner in the statements of operations and partners' capital, the financial impact of IDRs was recognized in respect of the quarter for which the distributions were declared. For the purposes of calculating distributionsto unitholders in the statements of partners' capital and cash flows, IDR payments were recognized in the quarter in which they are paid.

At-the-market Program.In 2017, we executed an equity distribution agreement and filed a prospectus and a prospectus supplement with the SEC$2.3 million fair value for the issuance of 10,000,000 warrants, (iii) and sale from time$6.8 million of advisory fees and other direct costs related to time of SMLPcommon units having an aggregate offering price of up to$150.0 million(closing the "ATM Program"). These sales will be made (i) pursuant to the terms of the equity distribution agreement between us and the sales agents named therein and (ii) by means of ordinary brokers' transactions at market prices, in block transactions or as otherwise agreed between us and the sales agents. Sales of our common units may be made in negotiated transactions or transactions that are deemed to be at-the-market offerings as defined by SEC rulesGP Buy-In Transaction.  .

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, there were notransactions under the ATM Program. Following the effectiveness of the ATM Program registration statement and after taking into account the aggregate sales price of common units sold under the ATM Program through June 30, 2019, we have the capacity to issue additional common units under the ATM Program up to an aggregate$132.3 million.

Series A Preferred Units.  In 2017, we issued 300,000 Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (the “Series A Preferred Units”) representing limited partner interests in the Partnership at a price to the public of $1,000 per unit as described in the 20182019 Annual Report. In connection with the GP Buy-In Transaction,the Partnership suspended its distributions to holders of its Series A Preferred Units, commencing with respect to the quarter ending March 31, 2020. On June 18, 2020, the Partnership, commenced an offer to exchange any and all of its Series A Preferred Units for newly issued common units (the “Exchange Offer”). As of June 30, 2020, the Exchange Offer was still pending. See Note 17 for additional details on the Exchange Offer.

Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units.  In December 2019, we issued 30,000 Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units representing limited partner interests in Permian Holdco at a price of $1,000 per unit as described in the 2019 Annual Report.

During the six months ended June 30, 2020, we issued an additional 50,000 Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units representing limited partner interests in Permian Holdco at a price of $1,000 per unit. We used the net proceeds of $48.7 million (after deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses) to fund our share of capital expenses associated with the Double E Project.

The proceeds associated with the issuance of Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units are classified as restricted cash on the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets in accordance with the underlying agreement with TPG Energy Solutions Anthem, L.P. until the related funding is used for the Double E Project.

Warrants.  On May 28, 2020 and in connection with the GP Buy-In Transaction, the Partnership issued (i) a Warrant to purchase up to 8,059,609 common units to ECP NewCo (the “ECP NewCo Warrant”) and (ii) a Warrant to purchase up to 1,940,391 common units to ECP Holdings (the “ECP Holdings Warrant” and together with the ECP NewCo Warrant, the “ECP Warrants”). The exercise price under the ECP Warrants is $1.023 per common unit. The Partnership may issue a maximum of 10,000,000 common units under the ECP Warrants.

The ECP Warrants also provide that the Partnership will file a registration statement to register the common units issuable upon exercise of the ECP Warrants no later than 90 days following the Closing Date and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective.

Upon exercise of the ECP Warrants, each of ECP NewCo and ECP Holdings may receive, at its election: (i) a number of common units equal to the number of common units for which the ECP Warrant is being exercised, if exercising the ECP Warrant by cash payment of the exercise price; (ii) a number of common units equal to the product of the number of common units being exercised multiplied by (a) the difference between the average of the daily volume-weighted average price (“VWAP”) of the common units on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) on each of the three


trading days prior to the delivery of the notice of exercise (the “VWAP Average”) and the exercise price (the “VWAP Difference”), divided by (b) the VWAP Average; and/or (iii) an amount in cash, to the extent that the Partnership’s leverage ratio would be at least 0.5x less than the maximum applicable ratio set forth in the Revolving Credit Facility, equal to the product of (a) the number of common units exercised and (b) the VWAP Difference, subject to certain adjustments under the ECP Warrants.

The ECP Warrants are subject to standard anti-dilution adjustments for stock dividends, stock splits and recapitalizations and are exercisable at any time after the Closing Date and on or before the third anniversary of the Closing Date. Upon exercise of the ECP Warrants, the proceeds to the holders of the ECP Warrants, whether in the form of cash or common units, will be capped at $2.00 per common unit above the exercise price.

At issuance we valued the ECP Warrants at $2.3 million using a Black-Scholes model and account for the ECP Warrants as a liability instrument. At June 30, 2020, the ECP Warrants were valued at $2.3 million.

SMLP General Partner and Incentive Distribution Rights (“IDR”) Exchange.  In March 2019, and prior to the GP Buy-In Transaction, a subsidiary of Summit Investments cancelled its IDR agreement with SMLP and converted its 2% economic general partner interest to a non-economic general partner interest in exchange for 8,750,000 SMLP common units. This exchange is reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Partners’ Capital as a reduction to noncontrolling interest and an increase to Partners’ Capital.

Cash Distributions Paid and Declared.  WePrior to the GP Buy-In Transaction, SMLP paid the following per-unit distributions during the three and six months ended June 30 (All payments represent per-unit distributions based on the SMLP common units outstanding prior to the GP Buy-In Transaction)::   

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Per-unit distributions to unitholders

 

$

0.2875

 

 

$

0.575

 

 

$

0.8625

 

 

$

1.150

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Per-unit distributions to unitholders

 

$

 

 

$

0.2875

 

 

$

0.125

 

 

$

0.8625

 

In connection with the GP Buy-In Transaction,the Partnership suspended its distributions to holders of its common units, commencing with respect to the quarter ending March 31, 2020.

On July 25, 2019,With respect to our Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units relating to the Boardthree and six months ended June 30, 2020, we declared a payment-in-kind ("PIK") of Directorsthe quarterly distribution, which resulted in the issuance of our General Partner declared490 Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units and 1,397 Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units, respectively. This PIK amount equates to a distribution of $0.2875$30.7320 and $17.2579 per unitSubsidiary Series A Preferred Unit for the quarterly periodthree and six months ended June 30, 2019. This distribution, which totaled $23.8 million, will be paid2020, respectively, or $70 on August 14, 2019an annualized basis. In addition, we issued approximately 38 Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units related to unitholdersthe remaining undrawn commitment (as defined in the underlying agreement with TPG Energy Solutions Anthem, L.P.) as of record atand for the close of business on August 7, 2019.six months ended June 30, 2020.


13.12. EARNINGS PER UNIT

The following table details the components of EPU.

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

(In thousands, except per-unit amounts)

 

 

(In thousands, except per-unit amounts)

 

Numerator for basic and diluted EPU:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allocation of net income (loss) among limited partner interests:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to limited partners

 

$

4,809

 

 

$

(51,111

)

 

$

(32,117

)

 

$

(57,099

)

 

$

58,114

 

 

$

4,369

 

 

$

63,757

 

 

$

(10,341

)

Less net income attributable to Series A Preferred Units

 

 

7,125

 

 

 

7,125

 

 

 

14,250

 

 

 

14,250

 

 

 

7,125

 

 

 

7,125

 

 

 

14,250

 

 

 

14,250

 

Net loss attributable to common limited partners

 

$

(2,316

)

 

$

(58,236

)

 

$

(46,367

)

 

$

(71,349

)

Less net income attributable to Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units

 

 

1,397

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,342

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to common limited partners

 

$

49,592

 

 

$

(2,756

)

 

$

47,165

 

 

$

(24,591

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator for basic and diluted EPU:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average common units outstanding – basic and diluted

 

 

82,700

 

 

 

73,356

 

 

 

79,266

 

 

 

73,245

 

Weighted-average common units outstanding – basic (1)

 

 

44,650

 

 

 

45,319

 

 

 

44,985

 

 

 

45,319

 

Effect of nonvested phantom units

 

 

2,087

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,338

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average common units outstanding – diluted

 

 

46,737

 

 

 

45,319

 

 

 

46,323

 

 

 

45,319

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss per limited partner unit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (Loss) per limited partner unit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common unit – basic

 

$

(0.03

)

 

$

(0.79

)

 

$

(0.58

)

 

$

(0.97

)

 

$

1.11

 

 

$

(0.06

)

 

$

1.05

 

 

$

(0.54

)

Common unit – diluted

 

$

(0.03

)

 

$

(0.79

)

 

$

(0.58

)

 

$

(0.97

)

 

$

1.06

 

 

$

(0.06

)

 

$

1.02

 

 

$

(0.54

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonvested anti-dilutive phantom units excluded from the

calculation of diluted EPU

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

4,139

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,014

 

 

 

17

 

 

(1) As a result of the GP Buy-In Transaction, our historical results are those of Summit Investments. The number of common units of 45.3 million represents those of Summit Investments and has been used for the earnings per unit calculations presented herein.

14.As discussed in Note 9, the SMPH Term Loan is secured by 34.6 million SMLP common units owned by SMP Holdings. These common units are not included in the calculation of EPU because they are not deemed contingently issuable under GAAP.

13. UNIT-BASED AND NONCASH COMPENSATION

SMLP Long-Term Incentive Plan. The SMLP LTIP provides for equity awards to eligible officers, employees, consultants and directors of our General Partner and its affiliates.directors. Items to note:

 

In March 2019,2020, we granted 639,5223,811,301 phantom units and associated distribution equivalent rights to employees in connection with our annual incentive compensation award cycle. These awards had a grant date fair value of $9.780.55 and vest ratably over a three-year period.

 

In March 2019,2020, we also issued 16,358549,450 common units to our two3 independent directors in connection with their annual compensation plan.

In May 2019,June 2020, we issued an additional 9,580187,500 common units to an3 new independent directordirectors in conjunctionconnection with his appointment to our Board of Directors.their annual compensation plan.

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2019, 562,6602020, 539,721 phantom units vested.

In March 2020, we increased the number of common units authorized under the SMLP LTIP to 15,000,000 common units and extended the term of the SMLP LTIP for 10 years.

 

As of June 30, 2019,2020, approximately 2.66.7 million common units remained available for future issuance under the SMLP LTIP.

15.14. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Acquisitions. See Notes 121 and 17 of the 20182019 Annual Report.

Reimbursement of Expenses from General Partner.  Our General Partner and its affiliates do not receive a management fee or other compensation in connection with the management of our business, but will be reimbursed for expenses incurred on our behalf. Under our Partnership Agreement, we reimburse our General Partner and its affiliates for certain expenses incurred on our behalf, including, without limitation, salary, bonus, incentive compensation and other amounts paid to our General Partner's employees and executive officers who perform services necessary to run our business. Our Partnership Agreement provides that our General Partner will determine in good faith the expenses that are allocable to us. The "Due to affiliate" line item on the consolidated balance sheet represents the payables to our General Partner for expenses incurred by it and paid on our behalf.


Expenses incurred by the General Partner and reimbursed by us under our Partnership Agreement were as follows:

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Operation and maintenance expense

 

$

7,560

 

 

$

7,114

 

 

$

15,445

 

 

$

14,737

 

General and administrative expense

 

 

6,135

 

 

 

7,481

 

 

 

16,965

 

 

 

15,598

 

16.15. LEASES, COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Leases.  We account for leases in accordance with Topic 842, which we adopted on January 1, 2019, using the modified retrospective method. Under the modified retrospective method, the comparative information is not adjusted and is reported under the accounting standards in effect for those periods. See Note 2 for further discussion of the adoption.

We and Summit Investments lease certain office space and equipment under operating leases. We lease office space for our corporate headquarters as well as for offices in and around our gathering systems for terms of between 3 and 10 years. We lease the office space to limit exposure to risks related to ownership, such as fluctuations in real estate prices. In addition, we lease equipment primarily to support our operations in response to the needs of our gathering systems for terms of between 3 and 4 years. We and Summit Investments also lease vehicles under finance leases to support our operations in response to the needs of our gathering systems for a term of 3 years. We only lease from reputable companies and our leased assets are not specialized in our industry.

Some of our leases are subject to annual changes relating to the Consumer Price IndexRight-of-Use (“CPI”ROU”). While lease liabilities are not remeasured as a result of changes to the CPI, changes to the CPI are treated as variable lease payments and recognized in the period in which the obligation for those payments was incurred.

We have options to extend the lease term of certain office space in Texas, Colorado and West Virginia. The beginning of the noncancelable lease period for these leases range from 2014 to 2018 and the lease period ends between 2019 and 2021. These lease agreements contain between one and three options to renew the lease for a period of between two and five years. As of June 30, 2019, the exercise of the renewal options for these leases are not reasonably certain and, as a result, the payments associated with these renewals are not included in the measurement of the lease liability and ROU asset.

We also have options to extend the lease term of certain compression equipment used at the Summit Utica gathering system. The beginning of the noncancelable lease period for these leases is 2017 and the lease period ends in 2020. Upon expiration of the noncancelable lease period, we have the option to renew the leases on a month-to-month basis; we therefore have not included any amounts attributable to renewals in the measurement.

Our leases do not contain residual value guarantees.

In accordance with the provisions in our Revolving Credit Facility, our aggregate finance lease obligations cannot exceed the greater of $50 million or 5.5% of consolidated total assets in any period of twelve consecutive calendar months during the life of such leases.

In March 2019, we entered into an agreement with a third party vendor to construct a transmission line to deliver electric power to the new 60 MMcf/d processing plant under development in the DJ Basin. The project was expected to cost approximately $7.8 million and we made an up-front payment of $3.0 million which is included in the Property, plant and equipment, net caption on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet. During the second quarter of 2019, we exercised an option to increase the capacity of the transmission line for an additional cost of $4.3 million and we issued an irrevocable standby letter of credit payable to the vendor with an initial term of one year totaling $9.1 million, which reflects the expected remaining cost of the project. The letter of credit will automatically renew for successive twelve month periods following the initial term, subject to certain adjustments. Once construction is complete, the letter of credit will be adjusted to reflect the final construction cost. We determined the contract contained a lease based on the right to use the constructed transmission line to power the processing plant in the DJ Basin. The project is expected to be completed and the commencement date of the ROU asset will be on or before July 1, 2020.


Our significant assumptions or judgments include the determination of whether a contract contains a lease and the discount rate used in our lease liabilities.

The rate implicit in our lease contracts is not readily determinable. In determining the discount rate used in our lease liabilities, we analyzed certain factors in our incremental borrowing rate, including collateral assumptions and the term used. Our incremental borrowing rate on the Revolving Credit Facility was 5.03% at December 31, 2018, which reflects the fixed rate at which we could borrow a similar amount, for a similar term and with similar collateral as in the lease contracts at the commencement date.

We adopted the following practical expedients in Topic 842 for all asset classes, which included (i) not being required to reassess whether any expired or existing contracts are or contain leases; (ii) not being required to reassess the lease classification for any expired or existing leases (that is, all existing leases that were classified as operating leases in accordance with Topic 840 will be classified as operating leases, and all existing leases that were classified as capital leases in accordance with Topic 840 will be classified as finance leases); (iii) not being required to reassess initial direct costs for any existing leases; (iv) not recognizing ROU assets and lease liabilities that arise from short-term leases of twelve months or less for any class of underlying asset; (v) not allocating consideration in a contract between lease and nonlease (e.g., maintenance services) components for our leased office space and equipment; and (vi) not evaluating existing or expired land easements that were not previously accounted for as leases under Topic 840.

ROU assets (included in the Property, plant and equipment, net caption on our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet) and lease liabilities (included in the Other current liabilities and Other noncurrent liabilities captions on our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet) follow:

 

June 30,

 

 

2019

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROU assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating

 

$

5,136

 

 

$

4,996

 

 

$

3,580

 

Finance

 

 

4,061

 

 

 

2,253

 

 

 

3,159

 

 

$

9,197

 

 

$

7,249

 

 

$

6,739

 

Lease liabilities, current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating

 

$

2,337

 

 

$

1,659

 

 

$

1,221

 

Finance

 

 

1,627

 

 

 

826

 

 

 

1,246

 

 

$

3,964

 

 

$

2,485

 

 

$

2,467

 

Lease liabilities, noncurrent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating

 

$

2,996

 

 

$

4,120

 

 

$

2,513

 

Finance

 

 

1,194

 

 

 

310

 

 

 

676

 

 

$

4,190

 

 

$

4,430

 

 

$

3,189

 

Lease cost and Other information follow:

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

Six months ended

 

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Lease cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance lease cost:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of ROU assets (included in depreciation and amortization)

 

$

407

 

 

$

775

 

Interest on lease liabilities (included in interest expense)

 

 

30

 

 

 

53

 

Operating lease cost (included in general and administrative expense)

 

 

745

 

 

 

1,577

 

 

 

$

1,182

 

 

$

2,405

 


 

 

Six months ended

 

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Other information

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities

 

 

 

 

Operating cash outflows from operating leases

 

$

1,678

 

Operating cash outflows from finance leases

 

 

53

 

Financing cash outflows from finance leases

 

 

915

 

ROU assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease

  liabilities

 

 

1,218

 

ROU assets obtained in exchange for new finance lease

  liabilities

 

 

1,292

 

Weighted-average remaining lease term (years) - operating leases

 

 

4.9

 

Weighted-average remaining lease term (years) - finance leases

 

 

2.0

 

Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases

 

 

5

%

Weighted-average discount rate - finance leases

 

 

4

%

We recognize total lease expense incurred or allocated to us in general and administrative expenses. Lease expense related to operating leases, including lease expense incurred on our behalf and allocated to us, was as follows:

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Lease expense

 

$

986

 

 

$

956

 

 

$

1,930

 

 

$

1,978

 

Future minimum lease payments due under noncancelable leases for the remainder of 2019 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years and thereafter, were as follows:

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

 

Operating

 

 

Finance

 

2019

 

$

1,738

 

 

$

898

 

2020

 

 

1,606

 

 

 

1,348

 

2021

 

 

1,001

 

 

 

621

 

2022

 

 

538

 

 

 

70

 

2023

 

 

400

 

 

 

 

2024

 

 

240

 

 

 

 

Thereafter

 

 

895

 

 

 

 

Total future minimum lease payments

 

$

6,418

 

 

$

2,937

 

Future minimum lease payments due under noncancelable operating leases (under ASC 840) at December 31, 2018, were as follows:

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

2019

 

$

3,133

 

2020

 

 

1,018

 

2021

 

 

550

 

2022

 

 

506

 

2023

 

 

373

 

Thereafter

 

 

621

 

Total future minimum lease payments

 

$

6,201

 


Future payments due under finance leases (under ASC 840) at December 31, 2018, were as follows:

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

2019

 

$

1,473

 

2020

 

 

902

 

2021

 

 

174

 

Total finance lease obligations

 

 

2,549

 

Less: Amounts representing interest

 

 

(104

)

Net present value of finance lease obligations

 

 

2,445

 

Less: Amount representing current portion (included in Other current liabilities)

 

 

(1,406

)

Finance lease obligations, less current portion (included in Other noncurrent liabilities)

 

$

1,039

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Lease expense

 

$

937

 

 

$

1,033

 

 

$

1,890

 

 

$

2,023

 

Environmental Matters.  Although we believe that we are in material compliance with applicable environmental regulations, the risk of environmental remediation costs and liabilities are inherent in pipeline ownership and operation. Furthermore, we can provide no assurances that significant environmental remediation costs and liabilities will not be incurred by the Partnership in the future. We are currently not aware of any material contingent liabilities that exist with respect to environmental matters, except as noted below.

As described in the 2018 Annual Report, inIn 2015, Summit Investmentswe learned of the rupture of a four-inch produced water gathering pipeline on the Meadowlark Midstream system near Williston, North Dakota. The incident, which was covered by Summit Investments' insurance policies, was subject to maximum coverage of $25.0 million from its pollution liability insurance policy and $200.0 million from its property and business interruption insurance policy. Summit Investments exhausted the $25.0 millionThe pollution liability policy was exhausted in 2015.

A rollforward of the aggregatePartnership’s undiscounted accrued environmental remediation liabilities follows.

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Accrued environmental remediation, January 1, 2019

 

$

5,636

 

Payments made

 

 

(1,001

)

Additional accruals

 

 

767

 

Accrued environmental remediation, June 30, 2019

 

$

5,402

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Accrued environmental remediation, January 1, 2020

 

$

4,651

 

Payments made

 

 

(545

)

Accrued environmental remediation, June 30, 2020

 

$

4,106

 

As of June 30, 2019,2020, we have recognized (i) a current liability for remediation effort expenditures expected to be incurred within the next 12 months and (ii) a noncurrent liability for estimated remediation expenditures and fines expected to be incurred subsequent to June 30, 2020.2021. Each of these amounts represent our best estimate for costs expected to be incurred. Neither of these amounts has been discounted to its present value.

While we cannot predictPrior to the ultimate outcome of this matter with certainty forGP Buy-In Transaction, Summit Investments or Meadowlark Midstream, especially as it relatesand SMP Holdings indemnified the Partnership for certain obligations and liabilities related to any material liability asthe incident. As a result of any governmental proceedingthe GP Buy-In Transaction, the Partnership is no longer indemnified for these obligations by a third party.


The U.S. Department of Justice issued grand jury subpoenas to the Partnership requesting certain materials related to the incident, we believe at this time that it is unlikely that SMLP or its General Partner will be subject to any material liability as a result of any governmental proceeding relatedMeadowlark Midstream rupture. Based on information currently available to the rupture.Partnership, the Partnership believes a loss for claims and/or actions arising from the Meadowlark Midstream rupture is probable. Due to the complexity surrounding the resolution of the Meadowlark Midstream rupture, the Partnership is not able to reasonably estimate the extent of the Partnership’s loss for this matter, or to express an opinion regarding the ultimate outcome. Any such loss, if incurred, could be material.

Legal Proceedings.  The Partnership is involved in various litigation and administrative proceedings arising in the normal course of business. In the opinion of management, any liabilities that may result from these claims or those arising in the normal course of business would not individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the Partnership's financial position or results of operations.


17.16. DISPOSITIONS ACQUISITIONS AND DROP DOWN TRANSACTIONSRESTRUCTURING

Tioga Midstream Disposition.  In February 2019, Tioga Midstream, LLC, a subsidiary of SMLP, and certain affiliates of SMLP (collectively, “Summit”) entered into two2 Purchase and Sale Agreements (the “Tioga PSAs”) with Hess Infrastructure Partners LP and Hess North Dakota Pipelines LLC (collectively, “Hess Infrastructure”), pursuant to which Summit agreed to sell the Tioga Midstream system to Hess Infrastructure for a combined cash purchase price of $90 million, subject to adjustments as provided in the Tioga PSAs (the “Tioga Midstream Sale”). On March 22, 2019, Summit closed the Tioga Midstream Sale and recorded a gain on sale of $0.9 million based on the difference between the consideration received and the carrying value for Tioga Midstream at closing. The gain is included in the Gain on asset sales, net caption on the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations. The financial results of Tioga Midstream (a component of the Williston Basin reportable segment) are included in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and footnotes for the period from January 1, 2019 through March 22, 2019.

2016 Drop Down.  In 2016, SMLP acquired a controlling interest in OpCo, the entity which owns the 2016 Drop Down Assets. These assets include certain natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering systems located in the Utica Shale, the Williston Basin and the DJ Basin, as well as ownership interests in Ohio Gathering.

The net consideration paid and recognized in connection with the 2016 Drop Down (i) consisted of a cash payment to SMP Holdings of $360.0 million funded with borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility and a $0.6 million working capital adjustment received in June 2016 (the “Initial Payment”) and (ii) includes the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation payment due in 2020. 

In March 2019, the Partnership amended the Contribution Agreement related to the 2016 Drop Down and fixed the Remaining Consideration at $303.5 million, with such amount to be paid by the Partnership in one or more payments over the period from March 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, in (i) cash, (ii) the Partnership’s common units or (iii)As a combination of cash and the Partnership’s common units, at the discretionresult of the Partnership. At least 50% of the Remaining Consideration must be paid on or before June 30, 2020 and interest will accrue at a rate of 8% per annum on any portion of the Remaining Consideration that remains unpaid after March 31, 2020.

The present valueGP Buy-In Transaction (Refer to Note 1 for additional details), SMP Holdings transferred its right to receive payment of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation under the Contribution Agreement. Under the Contribution Agreement, the Partnership is reflected as a liability on our balance sheet until paid. As of June 30, 2019,now required to pay the Remaining Consideration, which reflectsremaining consideration under the net present value ofContribution Agreement to its subsidiary, Summit Contribution Holdings, LLC, by January 15, 2022. Because this obligation is owed to the $303.5 million Deferred Purchase Price Obligation, was $292.1 million onPartnership’s own subsidiary, the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet usingas of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 reflects no liabilities associated with this obligation.

Restructuring Activities.As of December 31, 2019, we had $3.3 million of unpaid employee severance costs related to 2019 restructuring initiatives that resulted in certain management, facility and organizational changes. During the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2020, our 2019 restructuring initiatives resulted in additional restructuring costs of $0.6 million and $3.3 million, respectively. We paid out $5.7 million of these 2019 restructuring costs during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and have a discount rate$0.9 million current liability for unpaid employee severance costs at June 30, 2020 related to these 2019 restructuring initiatives. The 2019 restructuring activities primarily consisted of 5.25%.employee-related costs and consulting costs in support of the restructuring initiatives.  Restructuring costs are included within the General and administrative caption on the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

 

18.17. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

We have evaluated subsequent events for recognition or disclosure in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and no events have occurred that require recognition or disclosure.disclosure, except for the following.

The Exchange Offer expired on July 28, 2020 and the Partnership exchanged 62,816 Series A Preferred Units at a ratio of 200 common units per Series A Preferred Unit for a total of 12,563,200 common units, subject to applicable


withholding taxes. Upon completion of the Exchange Offer, 237,184 Series A Preferred Units were not tendered and remain outstanding.

Subsequent to June 30, 2020 and through August 6, 2020, we have repurchased approximately $5.9 million face value of Summit Holdings and Finance Corp 5.5% senior unsecured notes due August 2022 at a weighted average 34% discount for approximately $3.9 million in cash.

On August 7, 2020, we repaid all amounts outstanding under the ECP Loans which included $35 million of principal and $0.6 million of accrued interest.The ECP Loan repayment was financed in full with borrowings drawn under our Revolving Credit Facility.

 

 


Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A&A”) is intended to inform the reader about matters affecting the financial condition and results of operations of SMLP and its subsidiaries for the periods since December 31, 2018.2019. As a result, the following discussion should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in this report and the MD&A and the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes that are included in the 20182019 Annual Report. Among other things, those financial statements and the related notes include more detailed information regarding the basis of presentation for the following information. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that constitute our plans, estimates and beliefs. These forward-looking statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those discussed in Forward-Looking Statements. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.

This MD&A comprises the following sections:

 

Overview

 

Trends and Outlook

 

How We Evaluate Our Operations

 

Results of Operations

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Critical Accounting Estimates

 

Forward-Looking Statements

Overview

We are a growth-orientedvalue-oriented limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States.

We classify our midstream energy infrastructure assets into two categories:

 

Core Focus Areas – productioncore producing areas of basins in which we expect our gathering systems to experience greater long-term growth, driven by our customers’ ability to generate more favorable returns and support sustained drilling and completion activity in varying commodity price environments. In the near-term, we expect to concentrate the majority of our capital expenditures in our Core Focus Areas. Our Utica Shale, Ohio Gathering, Williston Basin, DJ Basin and Permian Basin reportable segments (as described below) comprise our Core Focus Areas.

 

Legacy Areas – production basins in which we expect volume throughput on our gathering systems to experience relatively lower long-term growth compared to our Core Focus Areas, given that our customers require relatively higher commodity prices to support drilling and completion activities in these basins. Upstream production served by our gathering systems in our Legacy Areas is generally more mature, as compared to our Core Focus Areas, and the decline rates for volume throughput on our gathering systems in the Legacy Areas are typically lower as a result. We expect to continue to moderatereduce our near-term capital expenditures in these Legacy Areas. Our Piceance Basin, Barnett Shale and Marcellus Shale reportable segments (as described below) comprise our Legacy Areas.


We are the owner-operator of or have significant ownership interests in the following gathering and transportation systems, which comprise our Core Focus Areas:

 

Summit Utica, a natural gas gathering system operating in the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Point Pleasant shale formations in southeastern Ohio;

 

Ohio Gathering, a natural gas gathering system and a condensate stabilization facility operating in the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Point Pleasant shale formations in southeastern Ohio;

 

Polar and Divide, a crude oil and produced water gathering system and transmission pipeline operating in the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in northwestern North Dakota;

 

Bison Midstream, an associated natural gas gathering system operating in the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in northwestern North Dakota;

 

Niobrara G&P, an associated natural gas gathering and processing system operating in the DJ Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in northeastern Colorado and southernsoutheastern Wyoming; and

 

Summit Permian, an associated natural gas gathering and processing system operating in the northern Delaware Basin, which includes the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring formations, in southeastern New Mexico.Mexico; and

Double E, a 1.35 Bcf/d natural gas transmission pipeline that is under development and will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas.

We are the owner-operator of the following gathering systems, which comprise our Legacy Areas:

 

Grand River, a natural gas gathering and processing system operating in the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation and the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in western Colorado and eastern Utah;Colorado;

 

DFW Midstream, a natural gas gathering system operating in the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in north-central Texas; and

 

Mountaineer Midstream, a natural gas gathering system operating in the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Marcellus Shale formation in northern West Virginia.

For additional information on our organization and systems, see Notes 1 and 4 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Our financial results are driven primarily by volume throughput across our gathering systems and by expense management. We generate the majority of our revenues from the gathering, compression, treating and processing services that we provide to our customers. A majority of the volumes that we gather, compress, treat and/or process have a fixed-fee rate structure which enhances the stability of our cash flows by providing a revenue stream that is not subject to direct commodity price risk. We also earn revenues from the following activities that directly expose us to fluctuations in commodity prices: (i) the sale of physical natural gas and/or NGLs purchased under percentage-of-proceeds or other processing arrangements with certain of our customers on the Bison Midstream, Grand River and Summit Permian and Grand River systems, (ii) the sale of natural gas we retain from certain DFW Midstream customers and (iii) the sale of condensate we retain from our gathering services at Grand River. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019,2020, these additional activities accounted for approximately 18%12% of total revenues including marketing transactions, and approximately 15% of total revenues excluding marketing transactions. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, these additional activities accounted for approximately 24% of total revenues including marketing transactions, and approximately 13% of total revenues excluding marketing transactions.revenues.

We also have indirect exposure to changes in commodity prices in that persistently low commodity prices may cause our customers to delay and/or cancel drilling and/or completion activities or temporarily shut-in production, which would reduce the volumes of natural gas and crude oil (and associated volumes of produced water) that we gather. If certain of our customers cancel or delay drilling and/or completion activities or temporarily shut-in production, the associated MVCs, if any, ensure that we will earn a minimum amount of revenue.


The following table presents certain consolidated and reportable segment financial data. For additional information on our reportable segments, see the "Segment Overview for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 20192020 and 2018"2019" section herein.

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

4,809

 

 

$

(49,913

)

 

$

(32,105

)

 

$

(53,758

)

 

$

56,721

 

 

$

3,028

 

 

$

60,483

 

 

$

(37,252

)

Reportable segment adjusted EBITDA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utica Shale

 

$

6,640

 

 

$

9,223

 

 

$

12,833

 

 

$

17,938

 

 

$

10,693

 

 

$

6,640

 

 

$

16,621

 

 

$

12,833

 

Ohio Gathering

 

 

9,939

 

 

 

8,935

 

 

 

19,149

 

 

 

19,412

 

 

 

7,514

 

 

 

9,939

 

 

 

15,453

 

 

 

19,149

 

Williston Basin

 

 

16,650

 

 

 

19,030

 

 

 

35,384

 

 

 

35,000

 

 

 

12,727

 

 

 

16,650

 

 

 

28,919

 

 

 

35,384

 

DJ Basin

 

 

2,816

 

 

 

959

 

 

 

5,489

 

 

 

2,280

 

 

 

4,339

 

 

 

2,816

 

 

 

10,250

 

 

 

5,489

 

Permian Basin

 

 

(656

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,206

)

 

 

 

 

 

1,828

 

 

 

(656

)

 

 

3,409

 

 

 

(1,206

)

Piceance Basin

 

 

24,584

 

 

 

26,714

 

 

 

50,583

 

 

 

54,628

 

 

 

21,734

 

 

 

24,584

 

 

 

45,291

 

 

 

50,583

 

Barnett Shale

 

 

11,208

 

 

 

11,093

 

 

 

22,582

 

 

 

20,952

 

 

 

8,510

 

 

 

11,208

 

 

 

17,270

 

 

 

22,582

 

Marcellus Shale

 

 

4,635

 

 

 

6,543

 

 

 

9,777

 

 

 

13,219

 

 

 

4,888

 

 

 

4,635

 

 

 

10,208

 

 

 

9,777

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

$

43,535

 

 

$

58,839

 

 

$

96,246

 

 

$

110,049

 

 

$

35,170

 

 

$

39,381

 

 

$

105,371

 

 

$

84,574

 

Capital expenditures (1)

 

 

50,244

 

 

 

49,616

 

 

 

111,092

 

 

 

90,394

 

 

 

8,843

 

 

 

50,244

 

 

 

27,426

 

 

 

111,092

 

Investment in equity method investee

 

 

21,695

 

 

 

5,921

 

 

 

79,728

 

 

 

5,921

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions to common unitholders

 

$

23,775

 

 

$

45,216

 

 

$

69,056

 

 

$

90,269

 

Distributions to common SMLP unitholders

 

$

 

 

$

13,826

 

 

$

6,037

 

 

$

41,200

 

Distributions to Series A Preferred unitholders

 

 

14,250

 

 

 

14,250

 

 

 

14,250

 

 

 

14,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,250

 

Net borrowings under Revolving Credit

Facility

 

 

139,000

 

 

 

55,000

 

 

 

107,000

 

 

 

95,000

 

Net borrowings (repayments) under Revolving

Credit Facility

 

 

35,000

 

 

 

139,000

 

 

 

56,000

 

 

 

107,000

 

Repayments on SMP Holdings term loan

 

 

(5,550

)

 

 

(41,500

)

 

 

(6,300

)

 

 

(53,750

)

Repurchase of Senior Notes

 

 

(76,707

)

 

 

 

 

 

(76,707

)

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of Subsidiary Series A

preferred units, net of costs (2)

 

 

14,764

 

 

 

 

 

 

48,710

 

 

 

 

Purchase of common units in GP Buy-In

Transaction (3)

 

 

(41,778

)

 

 

 

 

 

(41,778

)

 

 

 

(1) See "Liquidity and Capital Resources" herein and Note 4 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information on capital expenditures.

(2) Reflects proceeds from the issuance of Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units.

(3) Following the closing of the GP Buy-In Transaction, in May 2020, we commenced a debt buyback program on our Senior Notes, which is ongoing. We repurchased $25.8 million of the outstanding $300 million aggregate principal amount of our 5.50% Senior Notes through June 30, 2020. The gain on early extinguishment of debt for the 5.50% Senior Notes during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 totaled $9.2 million and is inclusive of the write off of debt issuance costs of $0.1 million. We also repurchased $106.2 million of the outstanding $500 million aggregate principal amount of our 5.75% Senior Notes through June 30, 2020. The gain on early extinguishment of debt for the 5.75% Senior Notes during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 totaled $45.1 million and is inclusive of the write off of debt issuance costs of $1.0 million.

Three and six months ended June 30, 2020.The following items are reflected in our financial results:

In May 2020, we closed on the GP Buy-In Transaction. Refer to Note 1 of the notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for details.

Three and six months ended June 30, 2019.  The following items are reflected in our financial results:

 

In June 2019, we decided to proceed with the Double E Project after securing firm 10-year take-or-pay commitments for a substantial majority of the pipeline’s initial throughput capacity of 1.35 billion cubic feet of gas per day and executing the JV Agreement with an affiliate of Double E’s foundation shipper. Double E filed its Section 7(c) application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on July 31, 2019.

In connection with the Double E Project, Summit Permian Transmission contributed total assets of approximately $23.6 million for a 70% ownership interest in Double E. We expect to own a majority interest in the Project, to lead the development, permitting and construction of theDouble E Project and are leading efforts to develop, permit and construct the pipeline. Upon commissioning, we will operate the pipeline upon commissioning.pipeline. We estimate that our share of the capital expenditures required to develop the Double E Project will total approximately $350.0 million, and that more than 90% of those capital


expenditures will be incurred in 2020 and 2021. Assuming timely receipt of the requisite regulatory approvals, we expect that the Double E Project will be placed into service in the third quarter of 2021.

 

UntilIn March 22, 2019, we owned Tioga Midstream, a crude oil, produced water and associated natural gas gathering systems operating in the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in northwestern North Dakota. Refer to Note 17 for details on the sale of Tioga Midstream. On March 22, 2019, we sold the Tioga Midstream system to affiliates of Hess Infrastructure Partners LP for a combined cash purchase price of approximately $90 million and recorded a gain on sale of $0.9 million based on the difference between the consideration received and the carrying value for Tioga Midstream at closing. The gain is included in the Gain on asset sales, net caption on the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations. The financial results of Tioga Midstream (a component of the Williston Basin reportable segment) are included in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and footnotes for the period from January 1, 2019 through March 22, 2019.


In February 2019, we signed an amendment to the Contribution Agreement (the “Amendment”) related to the 2016 Drop Down pursuant to which, in April 2019, the Partnership made a cash payment of $100 million to SMP Holdings in partial settlement of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. Following the payment, the Remaining Consideration was fixed at $303.5 million, with such amount being payable by the Partnership in one or more payments over the period from March 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, in (i) cash, (ii) the Partnership’s common units or (iii) a combination of cash and the Partnership’s common units, at the discretion of the Partnership. At least 50% of the Remaining Consideration must be paid on or before June 30, 2020 and interest will accrue at a rate of 8% per annum on any portion of the Remaining Consideration that remains unpaid after March 31, 2020.

The present value of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation is reflected as a liability on our balance sheet. As of June 30, 2019, the Remaining Consideration, which reflects the net present value of the $303.5 million Deferred Purchase Price Obligation, was $292.1 million on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet using a discount rate of 5.25%. We have presented the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation as a current liability based on the expected settlement on or before June 30, 2020.

On March 22, 2019, pursuant to an equity restructuring agreement with the General Partner and SMP Holdings, we cancelled our IDRs and converted our 2% economic GP interest into a non-economic GP interest in exchange for 8,750,000 SMLP common units, which were issued to SMP Holdings in the Equity Restructuring. As a result of the Equity Restructuring, the general partner units and IDRs were eliminated, are no longer outstanding, and no longer participate in distributions of cash from SMLP. ECP continues to control the non-economic GP interest in SMLP.

 

In March 2019, certain events facts and circumstances occurred which indicated that certain long-lived assets in the DJ Basin and Barnett Shale reporting segments could be impaired. Consequently, we performed a recoverability assessment of certain assets within these reporting segments. In the DJ Basin, we determined certain processing plant assets related to our existing 20 MMcf/d plant would no longer be operational due to our expansion plans for the Niobrara G&P system and we recorded an impairment charge of $34.7 million related to these assets. In the Barnett Shale, we determined certain compressor station assets would be shut downwere impaired and de-commissioned and we recorded an impairment charge of $10.2 million related to these assets.

Three and six months ended June 30, 2018.The following items are reflected in our financial results:

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, we recognized $6.0 million and $8.4 million, respectively in gathering services and related fees from MVC shortfall adjustments. Under Topic 606, we recognize customer obligations under their MVCs as revenue and contract assets when (i) we consider it remote that the customer will utilize shortfall payments to offset gathering or processing fees in excess of its MVCs in subsequent periods; (ii) the customer incurs a shortfall in a contract with no banking mechanism or claw back provision; (iii) the customer’s banking mechanism has expired; or (iv) it is remote that the customer will use its unexercised right.million.

Trends and Outlook

Our business has been, and we expect our future business to continue to be, affected by the following key trends:

 

Natural gas, NGL and crude oil supply and demand dynamics;

 

Production from U.S. shale plays;

 

Capital markets activityavailability and cost of capital; and

 

Shifts in operating costs and inflation.inflation; and

Ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemicand reduced demand and prices for oil.

We are closely monitoring the impact of the outbreak of COVID-19 on all aspects of our business, including how it has impacted and will impact our customers, employees, supply chain and distribution network. While COVID-19 did not have a material adverse effect on our reported results for the first six months of 2020, we are unable to predict the ultimate impact that COVID-19 and related factors may have on our business, future results of operations, financial position or cash flows. Given the dynamic nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and related market conditions, we cannot reasonably estimate the period of time that these events will persist or the full extent of the impact they will have on our business. The extent to which our operations may be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic will depend largely on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be accurately predicted, including changes in the severity of the pandemic, countermeasures taken by governments, businesses and individuals to slow the spread of the pandemic, and the ability of pharmaceutical companies to develop effective and safe vaccines and therapeutic drugs. Furthermore, the impacts of a potential worsening of global economic conditions and the continued disruptions to and volatility in the financial markets remain unknown.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have modified our business practices, including restricting employee travel, modifying employee work locations, implementing social distancing and enhancing sanitary measures in our facilities. Many of our suppliers, vendors and service providers have made similar modifications. The resources available to employees working remotely may not enable them to maintain the same level of productivity and efficiency, and these and other employees may face additional demands on their time. Our increased reliance on remote access to our information systems increases our exposure to potential cybersecurity breaches. We may take further actions as government authorities require or recommend or as we determine to be in the best interests of our employees, customers, partners and suppliers. There is no certainty that such measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks posed by the virus, in which case our employees may become sick, our ability to perform critical functions could be harmed, and we may be unable to respond to the needs of our business. The resumption of normal business


operations after such interruptions may be delayed or constrained by lingering effects of COVID-19 on our suppliers, third-party service providers, and/or customers.

In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly reduced the global demand for oil and natural gas. This significant decline in demand has been met with a sharp decline in oil prices following the announcement of price reductions and production increases in March 2020 by members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, and other foreign, oil-exporting countries. The resulting supply and demand imbalance is having disruptive impacts on the oil and natural gas exploration and production industry and on other industries that serve exploration and production companies. These industry conditions, coupled with those resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, could lead to significant global economic contraction generally and in our industry in particular. Although OPEC agreed in April to cut production, there is no assurance that the agreement will continue to be observed by its parties and the responses of oil and gas producers to the lower demand for, and price of, natural gas, NGLs and crude oil are constantly evolving and remain uncertain. Such responses could cause our pipelines and storage tanks and other third party storage facilities to reach capacity, thereby forcing producers to experience shut-ins or look to alternative methods of transportation for their products.

Over the past several months, we have collaborated extensively with our customer base regarding reductions and delays to drilling and completion activities in light of the current commodity price backdrop and COVID-19 pandemic. Given further deterioration of market conditions since March and based on recently updated production forecasts and revised 2020 development plans from our customers, we currently expect our 2020 results to be affected by decreased drilling activity and the deferral of well completions from customers and, on a limited scale, temporary production curtailments predominantly in the Williston Basin, DJ Basin and Utica Shale reportable segments. For example, in the Utica Shale, a customer has recently curtailed in excess of 150 MMcf/d of production which the Partnership now expects will remain offline awaiting more favorable natural gas prices in late 2020 and into 2021, and we recently amended gathering contracts with two key Williston Basin customers to extend the terms of the gathering agreement acreage dedications, in exchange for a modest gathering fee concession. Accordingly, given reduced producer activity across our footprint, we expect 2020 total capital expenditures to range from of $30 million to $50 million.

Our expectations are based on assumptions made by us and information currently available to us. To the extent our underlying assumptions about, or interpretations of, available information prove to be incorrect, our actual results may vary materially from our expected results. For additional information, see the "Trends and Outlook" section of MD&A included in the 20182019 Annual Report.

How We Evaluate Our Operations

We conduct and report our operations in the midstream energy industry through eight reportable segments:

 

the Utica Shale, which is served by Summit Utica;

 

Ohio Gathering, which includes our ownership interest in OGC and OCC;

 

the Williston Basin, which is served by Polar and Divide, Bison Midstream and BisonMeadowlark Midstream;

 

the DJ Basin, which is served by Niobrara G&P;

 

the Permian Basin, which is served by Summit Permian;

 

the Piceance Basin, which is served by Grand River;

 

the Barnett Shale, which is served by DFW Midstream; and

 

the Marcellus Shale, which is served by Mountaineer Midstream.

Additionally, until March 22, 2019, we owned Tioga Midstream, a crude oil, produced water and associated natural gas gathering system operating in the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in northwestern North Dakota.Basin. Refer to Note 1716 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for details on the sale of Tioga Midstream.


Each of our reportable segments provides midstream services in a specific geographic area. Our reportable segments reflect the way in which we internally report the financial information used to make decisions and allocate resources in connection with our operations (see Note 4 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements).

Our management uses a variety of financial and operational metrics to analyze our consolidated and segment performance. We view these metrics as important factors in evaluating our profitability and determining the amounts of cash distributions to pay to our unitholders. These metrics include:

 

throughput volume;

 

revenues;

 

operation and maintenance expenses; and

 

segment adjusted EBITDA.

We review these metrics on a regular basis for consistency and trend analysis. There have been no changes in the composition or characteristics of these metrics during the three and six months ended June 30, 2019.2020.

Additional Information.  For additional information, see the "Results of Operations" section herein and the notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. For additional information on how these metrics help us manage our business, see the "How We Evaluate Our Operations" section of MD&A included in the 20182019 Annual Report. For information on impending accounting changes that are expected to materially impact our financial results reported in future periods, see Note 2 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


Results of Operations

Consolidated Overview for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 20192020 and 20182019

The following table presents certain consolidated and operating data.

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gathering services and related fees

 

$

75,107

 

 

$

89,585

 

 

$

162,071

 

 

$

173,946

 

 

$

73,911

 

 

$

75,107

 

 

$

157,703

 

 

$

162,071

 

Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales

 

 

18,291

 

 

 

31,891

 

 

 

56,219

 

 

 

58,008

 

 

 

10,683

 

 

 

18,291

 

 

 

24,463

 

 

 

56,219

 

Other revenues

 

 

6,288

 

 

 

6,707

 

 

 

12,804

 

 

 

13,549

 

 

 

7,413

 

 

 

6,288

 

 

 

14,744

 

 

 

12,804

 

Total revenues

 

 

99,686

 

 

 

128,183

 

 

 

231,094

 

 

 

245,503

 

 

 

92,007

 

 

 

99,686

 

 

 

196,910

 

 

 

231,094

 

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of natural gas and NGLs

 

 

11,571

 

 

 

24,384

 

 

 

43,330

 

 

 

44,670

 

 

 

6,088

 

 

 

11,571

 

 

 

14,313

 

 

 

43,330

 

Operation and maintenance

 

 

23,718

 

 

 

24,466

 

 

 

47,940

 

 

 

49,070

 

 

 

21,152

 

 

 

24,318

 

 

 

42,963

 

 

 

48,540

 

General and administrative

 

 

10,214

 

 

 

13,484

 

 

 

27,495

 

 

 

27,926

 

 

 

12,786

 

 

 

10,565

 

 

 

29,347

 

 

 

28,950

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

26,800

 

 

 

26,784

 

 

 

54,527

 

 

 

53,461

 

 

 

29,630

 

 

 

26,837

 

 

 

59,296

 

 

 

54,601

 

Transaction costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

950

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,207

 

 

 

96

 

 

 

1,218

 

 

 

2,433

 

(Gain) loss on asset sales, net

 

 

(287

)

 

 

62

 

 

 

(1,248

)

 

 

(12

)

Gain on asset sales, net

 

 

(281

)

 

 

(287

)

 

 

(166

)

 

 

(1,248

)

Long-lived asset impairment

 

 

70

 

 

 

587

 

 

 

45,021

 

 

 

587

 

 

 

654

 

 

 

70

 

 

 

4,475

 

 

 

45,021

 

Total costs and expenses

 

 

72,086

 

 

 

89,767

 

 

 

218,015

 

 

 

175,702

 

 

 

71,236

 

 

 

73,170

 

 

 

151,446

 

 

 

221,627

 

Other income

 

 

83

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

292

 

 

 

20

 

Other income (expense)

 

 

276

 

 

 

83

 

 

 

(151

)

 

 

292

 

Interest expense

 

 

(17,941

)

 

 

(14,837

)

 

 

(35,468

)

 

 

(29,959

)

 

 

(21,990

)

 

 

(22,343

)

 

 

(45,818

)

 

 

(45,085

)

Deferred Purchase Price Obligation

 

 

(3,712

)

 

 

(69,305

)

 

 

(8,139

)

 

 

(90,963

)

Income (loss) before income taxes and loss

from equity method investees

 

 

6,030

 

 

 

(45,699

)

 

 

(30,236

)

 

 

(51,101

)

Income tax expense

 

 

(1,142

)

 

 

(294

)

 

 

(1,349

)

 

 

(123

)

Loss from equity method investees

 

 

(79

)

 

 

(3,920

)

 

 

(520

)

 

 

(2,534

)

Gain on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

54,235

 

 

 

 

 

 

54,235

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes and

income (loss) loss from equity method

investees

 

 

53,292

 

 

 

4,256

 

 

 

53,730

 

 

 

(35,326

)

Income tax benefit (expense)

 

 

389

 

 

 

(1,149

)

 

 

402

 

 

 

(1,406

)

Income (loss) from equity method investees

 

 

3,040

 

 

 

(79

)

 

 

6,351

 

 

 

(520

)

Net income (loss)

 

$

4,809

 

 

$

(49,913

)

 

$

(32,105

)

 

$

(53,758

)

 

$

56,721

 

 

$

3,028

 

 

$

60,483

 

 

$

(37,252

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volume throughput (1):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate average daily throughput - natural

gas (MMcf/d)

 

 

1,368

 

 

 

1,797

 

 

 

1,419

 

 

 

1,767

 

 

 

1,391

 

 

 

1,368

 

 

 

1,336

 

 

 

1,419

 

Aggregate average daily throughput - liquids

(Mbbl/d)

 

 

94.3

 

 

 

88.9

 

 

 

98.6

 

 

 

86.9

 

 

 

76

 

 

 

94.3

 

 

 

87.0

 

 

 

98.6

 

(1) Exclusive of volume throughput for Ohio Gathering. For additional information, see the "Ohio Gathering" section herein.

Volumes – Gas.  Natural gas throughput volumes decreased 429increased 23 MMcf/d for the three months ended June 30, 2020 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018,2019, primarily reflecting:

 

a volume throughput increase of 156 MMcf/d for the Utica Shale segment.

a volume throughput increase of 15 MMcf/d for the Permian Basin segment.

a volume throughput decrease of 17795 MMcf/d for the Piceance Basin segment.

a volume throughput decrease of 48 MMcf/d for the Barnett Shale segment.

Natural gas throughput volumes decreased 83 MMcf/d for the six months ended June 30, 2020 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2019, primarily reflecting:


a volume throughput decrease of 98 MMcf/d for the Piceance Basin segment.

a volume throughput decrease of 42 MMcf/d for the Barnett Shale segment.

a volume throughput decrease of 12 MMcf/d for the Marcellus Shale segment.

 

a volume throughput decreaseincrease of 15546 MMcf/d for the Utica Shale segment.

 

a volume throughput decreaseincrease of 9817 MMcf/d for the Piceance Basin segment.

Natural gas throughput volumes decreased 348 MMcf/d compared to the six months ended June 30, 2018, primarily reflecting:

a volume throughput decrease of 160 MMcf/d for the Marcellus Shale segment.

a volume throughput decrease of 113 MMcf/d for the Utica Shale segment.

a volume throughput decrease of 89 MMcf/d for the PiceancePermian Basin segment.

Volumes – Liquids. Crude oil and produced water throughput volumes inat the Williston Basin segment increased 5.4decreased 18.3 Mbbl/d and 11.711.6 Mbbl/d for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2018.2019.


For additional information on volumes, see the "Segment Overview for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 20192020 and 2018"2019" section herein.

Revenues.  Total revenues decreased$28.5 $7.7 million compared toduring the three months ended June 30, 20182020 compared to the prior year period primarily comprised of a $14.5 million decrease in gathering services and related fees and a $13.6$7.6 million decrease in natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales.sales and a $1.2 million decrease in gathering services and related fees.

Gathering Services and Related Fees. Gathering services and related fees decreased $14.5$1.2 million compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018,2019, primarily reflecting:

 

a $7.4$4.3 million decrease in gathering services and related fees in the WillistonPiceance Basin primarily reflecting (i) $5.4 millionrelated to lower volume throughput due to a lack of drilling and completion activity and natural production declines in lower MVC shortfall revenue attributable to the timing of revenue recognition and (ii) a $3.0 million decrease in gathering services and related fees attributableaddition to the sale of the Tioga Midstreamcertain assets from our Red Rock Gathering system on March 22, 2019, whose 2019 financial results are included for the period from January 1, 2019 through March 22,in December 2019. This was partially offset by an increase relating to higher liquids volume throughput in the Williston Basin due to increased drilling activity.

 

a $3.1$3.3 million decrease in gathering services and related fees in the PiceanceWilliston Basin relating to lower volume throughput due to lower drilling activity andliquids throughput associated with natural production declines.declines and temporary production curtailments associated with a significant reduction in crude oil prices as a result of a decrease in demand attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

a $2.8$1.6 million decrease in gathering services and related fees in the UticaBarnett Shale due toprimarily reflecting natural production declines on existing wells partially offset by new volumes from well completion activity through the completion of new wells at the end of the fourththird quarter of 2018 and in the first half of 2019.

 

a $1.5$3.9 million decreaseincrease in gathering services and related fees in the BarnettUtica Shale primarily reflecting lower volume throughput and lower gathering rate mix. Also impacting 2019 revenues was the presentation of $1.2 million of gathering services as a reduction to costresult of the completion of new wells throughout 2019 and in the first half of 2020, partially offset by natural gasproduction declines on existing wells and NGLs due to the transfer of certain marketing arrangements from Corporate and Other to our DFW Midstream operations.temporary production curtailments beginning in June 2020.

 

a $2.2$2.1 million decreaseincrease in gathering services and related fees in the Marcellus Shale relating to lower volume throughputPermian Basin due to natural production declines.higher volume growth from ongoing drilling and completion activity and a more favorable volume and gathering rate mix from customers.

 

a $1.5$1.2 million increase in gathering services and related fees in the DJ Basin relating to higher volume throughput due to increased drilling activity and a more favorable volume and gathering rate mix from customersand the commissioning of our new natural gas processing plant in June 2019, partially offset by natural production declines.declines and temporary production curtailments associated with a significant reduction in crude oil prices as a result of a decrease in demand attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic.

$0.6 million in gathering services and related fees in the Permian Basin (commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2018).


Natural Gas, NGLs and Condensate Sales. Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales decreased $13.6$7.6 million compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018,2019, primarily reflecting lower natural gas, NGL and crude oil marketing services. The majority of the decrease in revenue is offset by a $5.5 million decrease in natural gas, NGL and condensate purchases.

Total revenues decreased$14.4 $34.2 million compared toduring the six months ended June 30, 20182020 compared to the prior year period primarily comprised of an $11.9 million decrease in gathering services and related fees and a $1.8$31.8 million decrease in natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales.sales and a $4.4 million decrease in gathering services and related fees.

Gathering Services and Related Fees. Gathering services and related fees decreased $11.9$4.4 million compared to the six months ended June 30, 2018,2019, primarily reflecting:

 

a $5.4$9.0 million decrease in gathering services and related fees in the Utica ShalePiceance Basin related to lower volume throughput due to a combinationlack of drilling and completion activity and natural production declines on existing wells together with increased temporary production curtailments associated with infill drilling, completion activity and other operational downtime associated with customers on existing pad sites, partially offset byin addition to the completionsale of new wells at the end of the fourth quarter of 2018 andcertain assets from our Red Rock Gathering system in the first half ofDecember 2019.

 

a $4.4$5.2 million decrease in gathering services and related fees in the PiceanceWilliston Basin relating to lower volume throughputprimarily due to lower drilling activity andliquids throughput associated with natural production declines.declines and, beginning in the second quarter of 2020, temporary production curtailments associated with a significant reduction in crude oil prices as a result of a decrease in demand attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decrease was also due to a $1.5 million decrease in gathering services and related fees attributable to the sale of the Tioga Midstream system on March 22, 2019, the 2019 financial results of which are included for the period from January 1, 2019 through March 22, 2019.

 

a $3.8 million decrease in gathering services and related fees in the Marcellus Shale relating to lower volume throughput due to natural production declines.


a $2.1$4.1 million decrease in gathering services and related fees in the Barnett Shale primarily reflecting lower volume throughput and lower gathering rate mix.natural production declines partially offset by new volumes from well completion activity through the third quarter of 2019. Also impacting 20192020 revenues was the presentation of $1.2 million of gathering services as a reduction to cost of natural gas and NGLs due to the transferassignment of certain marketing arrangements from Corporate and Other to our DFW Midstream operations.operations that occurred in June 2019, which decreased gathering services and related fees by $1.7 million.

 

a $3.1$4.3 million increase in gathering services and related fees in the DJ Basin relating to higher volume throughput due to increased drilling activity and a more favorable volume and gathering rate mix from customersand the commissioning of our new natural gas processing plant in June 2019, partially offset by natural production declines.

$1.0 milliondeclines and temporary production curtailments associated with a significant reduction in gathering services and related feescrude oil prices as a result of a decrease in demand attributable to the Permian Basin (commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2018).COVID-19 pandemic.

 

a $0.6$4.1 million increase in gathering services and related fees in the WillistonPermian Basin primarily reflecting higher liquids volume throughput due to increasedhigher volume growth from ongoing drilling activity. This was partially offset byand completion activity and a $4.4more favorable volume and gathering rate mix from customers.

a $3.4 million decreaseincrease in gathering services and related fees attributable toin the saleUtica Shale as a result of the Tioga Midstream systemcompletion of new wells throughout 2019 and in the first half of 2020, and a more favorable volume and gathering rate mix from customers partially offset by natural production declines on March 22, 2019, whose 2019 financial results are included for the period from January 1, 2019 through March 22, 2019.existing wells.

Natural Gas, NGLs and Condensate Sales. Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales decreased $1.8$31.8 million compared to the six months ended June 30, 2018,2019, primarily reflecting lower natural gas, NGL and crude oil marketing services. The majority of the decrease in revenue is offset by a $29.0 million decrease in natural gas, NGL and condensate purchases.


Costs and Expenses. Total costs and expenses decreased$17.7 $1.9 million during the three months ended June 30, 2020 compared to the three months ended June 30, 20182019, primarily reflecting:due to a $5.5 million decrease in natural gas, NGLs and condensate purchases, a $3.2 million decrease in operation and maintenance expense, a $2.8 million increase in depreciation and amortization expense, a $2.2 million increase in general and administrative expense and a $1.1 million increase in transaction costs.

a$12.8 milliondecrease in natural gas, NGLs and condensate purchases primarily driven by lower natural gas, NGL and crude oil marketing activity.

a $3.3 million decrease in general and administrative expense due to a $2.0 million decrease in compensation expense and a $1.3 million decrease in professional service fees.

a$0.7 milliondecrease in operation and maintenance expense.

Total costs and expenses increased$42.3decreased $70.2 million during the six months ended June 30, 2020 compared to the six months ended June 30, 20182019, primarily reflecting:due to the impact of: (i) the March 2019 recognition of a $34.9 million and $10.2 million long-lived asset impairment in the DJ Basin and Barnett Shale, respectively, partially offset by the March 2020 recognition of a $3.6 million long-lived asset impairment in the DJ Basin; (ii) a $29.0 million decrease in natural gas, NGLs and condensate purchases; (iii) a $5.6 million decrease in operation and maintenance expense; and (iv) a $4.7 million increase in depreciation and amortization expense.

the recognition of $34.7 million of certain long-lived asset impairments in the DJ Basin.

the recognition of $10.2 million of certain long-lived asset impairments in the Barnett Shale.

a$1.1 millionincrease in depreciation and amortization, which was primarily driven by the assets placed into service in the Permian Basin.

a $0.4 million decrease in general and administrative expense primarily due to a $1.7 million decrease in compensation expense and a $1.6 million decrease in professional service fees, partially offset by the recognition of $3.4 million in severance expense relating to our former Chief Executive Officer.

a$1.3 milliondecrease in natural gas, NGLs and condensate purchases primarily driven by lower natural gas, NGL and crude oil marketing activity.

a $1.1 million decrease in operation and maintenance expense.

Cost of Natural Gas and NGLs. Cost of natural gas and NGLs decreased $12.8$5.5 million and $1.3$29.0 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2018,2019, primarily driven by lower natural gas, NGL and crude oil marketing activity.

Operation and Maintenance. Operation and maintenance expense decreased $3.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2019 primarily due to a $1.4 million decrease in salaries and benefits costs associated with lower headcount from our cost cutting initiatives and a $0.6 million decrease in remediation expenses.

Operation and maintenance expense decreased $5.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2019 primarily due to a $2.7 million decrease in salaries and benefits costs associated with lower headcount from our cost cutting initiatives, a $1.1 million decrease in property taxes and a $0.8 million decrease in remediation expense.

General and Administrative.General and administrative expense increased $2.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2019 primarily due to a $1.3 million increase in professional service fees and a $0.7 million increase in restructuring expenses.

General and $1.1administrative expense increased $0.4 million compared to the six months ended June 30, 2019 primarily due to a $4.7 million increase in restructuring expenses and a $1.7 million increase in professional service fees, partially offset by a $6.4 million decrease in compensation expense primarily associated with lower headcount from our cost cutting initiatives.

Depreciation and Amortization. The increase in depreciation and amortization expense during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2018.2019 was primarily due to the acceleration of depreciation on certain Williston Basin assets.

General and AdministrativeTransaction Costs.General and administrative expense decreased $3.3 million The increase in transaction costs recognized during the three months ended June 30, 2020 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018 due to a $2.0 million decrease in compensation expense and a $1.3 million decrease in professional service fees.


General and administrative expense decreased $0.4 million compared to the six months ended June 30, 20182019 was primarily due to a $1.7 millioncosts associated with the GP Buy-In Transaction.

The decrease in compensation expense and a $1.6 million decrease in professional service fees, partially offset by the recognition of $3.4 million in severance expense relating to our former Chief Executive Officer.

Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense increased $1.1 million compared to the six months ended June 30, 2018, primarily due to the assets placed into service in the Permian Basin.

Transaction Costs. Transactiontransaction costs recognized during the six months ended June 30, 2020 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2019 relatewas due to financial advisory costs primarily associated with the Equity Restructuring.incurred in 2019 for a subsidiary equity restructuring that did not occur in 2020.


Interest Expense. InterestThe decrease in interest expense increased $3.1 millionfor the three and $5.5 millionsix months ended June 30, 2020 compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2018,2019, was primarily asdue to a result oflower average outstanding balance on the nonrecourse SMPH Term Loan at SMP Holdings that incurs a higher interest rate partially offset by a higher average outstanding balance on the Revolving Credit Facility.Facility and the addition of the ECP Loans from the GP Buy-In Transaction.

Deferred Purchase Price ObligationGain on early extinguishment of debt. Deferred Purchase Price Obligation recognizedFollowing the closing of the GP Buy-In Transaction, inMay 2020, we commenced a debt buyback program on our Senior Notes. Through June 30, 2020, we repurchased $25.8 million of the outstanding $300 million aggregate principal amount of our 5.50% Senior Notes. The gain on early extinguishment of debt for the 5.50% Senior Notes during the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 represents2020 totaled $9.2 million and is inclusive of the change in present value to Remaining Consideration in connection withwrite off of debt issuance costs of $0.1 million. We also repurchased $106.2 million of the 2016 Drop Down (see Note 17 tooutstanding $500 million aggregate principal amount of our 5.75% Senior Notes. The gain on early extinguishment of debt for the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements).5.75% Senior Notes during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 totaled $45.1 million and is inclusive of the write off of debt issuance costs of $1.0 million.

For additional information, see the "Segment Overview for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 20192020 and 2018"2019" and "Corporate and Other Overview for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 20192020 and 2018"2019" sections herein.

Segment Overview for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 20192020 and 20182019

Utica Shale. The Utica Shale reportable segment includes the Summit Utica system. Volume throughput for our Summit Utica system follows.

 

 

Utica Shale

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage Change

Average daily throughput (MMcf/d)

 

 

260

 

 

 

415

 

 

(37%)

 

 

273

 

 

 

386

 

 

(29%)

 

 

Utica Shale

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

Average daily throughput (MMcf/d)

 

 

416

 

 

 

260

 

 

60%

 

 

319

 

 

 

273

 

 

17%

Volume throughput declinedincreased compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 due to2019 as a result of the completion of new wells throughout 2019 and in the first half of 2020, partially offset by natural production declines from existing wells on pad sites connectedand temporary production curtailments beginning in June 2020.

Volume throughput increased compared to the Summit Utica, partially offset by the completion of new wells at the end of the fourth quarter of 2018 and in the first half of 2019. For the six months ended June 30, 2019 as a result of the completion of new wells throughout 2019 and in the first half of 2020 and a more favorable volume throughput was impactedand gathering rate mix from customers, partially offset by an increase in temporarynatural production curtailments associated with infill drilling, completion activity and other operational downtime associated with customers ondeclines from existing pad sites.wells.

Financial data for our Utica Shale reportable segment follows.

 

Utica Shale

 

Utica Shale

 

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

(Dollars in thousands)

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gathering services and related fees

 

$

7,591

 

 

$

10,422

 

 

(27%)

 

$

15,086

 

 

$

20,463

 

 

(26%)

 

$

11,538

 

 

$

7,591

 

 

52%

 

$

18,500

 

 

$

15,086

 

 

23%

Total revenues

 

 

7,591

 

 

 

10,422

 

 

(27%)

 

 

15,086

 

 

 

20,463

 

 

(26%)

 

 

11,538

 

 

 

7,591

 

 

52%

 

 

18,500

 

 

 

15,086

 

 

23%

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operation and maintenance

 

 

871

 

 

 

1,090

 

 

(20%)

 

 

2,087

 

 

 

2,309

 

 

(10%)

 

 

757

 

 

 

871

 

 

(13%)

 

 

1,698

 

 

 

2,087

 

 

(19%)

General and administrative

 

 

76

 

 

 

105

 

 

(28%)

 

 

157

 

 

 

207

 

 

(24%)

 

 

84

 

 

 

76

 

 

11%

 

 

172

 

 

 

157

 

 

10%

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

1,923

 

 

 

2,033

 

 

(5%)

 

 

3,831

 

 

 

3,886

 

 

(1%)

 

 

1,920

 

 

 

1,923

 

 

(0%)

 

 

3,847

 

 

 

3,831

 

 

0%

Gain on asset sales, net

 

 

(42

)

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

(26

)

 

 

 

 

*

Total costs and expenses

 

 

2,870

 

 

 

3,228

 

 

(11%)

 

 

6,075

 

 

 

6,402

 

 

(5%)

 

 

2,719

 

 

 

2,870

 

 

(5%)

 

 

5,691

 

 

 

6,075

 

 

(6%)

Add:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

1,923

 

 

 

2,033

 

 

 

 

 

3,831

 

 

 

3,886

 

 

 

 

 

1,920

 

 

 

1,923

 

 

 

 

 

3,847

 

 

 

3,831

 

 

 

Adjustments related to capital

reimbursement activity

 

 

(4

)

 

 

(4

)

 

 

 

 

(9

)

 

 

(9

)

 

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

(4

)

 

 

 

 

(9

)

 

 

(9

)

 

 

Gain on asset sales, net

 

 

(42

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(26

)

 

 

 

 

 

Segment adjusted EBITDA

 

$

6,640

 

 

$

9,223

 

 

(28%)

 

$

12,833

 

 

$

17,938

 

 

(28%)

 

$

10,693

 

 

$

6,640

 

 

61%

 

$

16,621

 

 

$

12,833

 

 

30%


* Not considered meaningful

Three and Sixsix months ended June 30, 20192020. Segment adjusted EBITDA decreased $2.6increased $4.1 million and $5.1$3.8 million compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 20182019 primarily due to the increase in volume throughput declines discussed above.previously discussed.

Ohio Gathering.  The Ohio Gathering reportable segment includes OGC and OCC. We account for our investment in Ohio Gathering using the equity method. Wemethod and we recognize our proportionate share of earnings or loss in net income on a one-month lag based on the financial information available to us during the reporting period.

Gross volume throughput for Ohio Gathering, based on a one-month lag follows.

 

 

Ohio Gathering

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage Change

Average daily throughput (MMcf/d)

 

 

713

 

 

 

727

 

 

(2%)

 

 

712

 

 

 

749

 

 

(5%)

 

 

Ohio Gathering

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

Average daily throughput (MMcf/d)

 

 

540

 

 

 

713

 

 

(24%)

 

 

575

 

 

 

712

 

 

(19%)

Volume throughput for the Ohio Gathering system decreased compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 20182019 as a result of natural production declines on existing wells on the system and temporary production curtailments beginning in the second quarter of 2020, partially offset by the completion of new wells.wells throughout 2019.

Financial data for our Ohio Gathering reportable segment, based on a one-month lag follows.

 

Ohio Gathering

 

Ohio Gathering

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

(Dollars in thousands)

Proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity

method investees

 

$

9,939

 

 

$

8,935

 

 

11%

 

$

19,149

 

 

$

19,412

 

 

(1%)

 

$

7,514

 

 

$

9,939

 

 

(24%)

 

$

15,453

 

 

$

19,149

 

 

(19%)

Segment adjusted EBITDA

 

$

9,939

 

 

$

8,935

 

 

11%

 

$

19,149

 

 

$

19,412

 

 

(1%)

 

$

7,514

 

 

$

9,939

 

 

(24%)

 

$

15,453

 

 

$

19,149

 

 

(19%)

Segment adjusted EBITDA for Ohio Gathering increased $1.0equity method investees decreased $2.4 million and $3.7 million compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 20182019 primarily as a result of the lower expenses.

Segment adjusted EBITDA for Ohio Gathering decreased $0.3 million compared to the six months ended June 30, 2018.volume throughput described above.

Williston Basin.  The Polar and Divide, Bison Midstream and Tioga Midstream (through March 22, 2019; refer to Note 1716 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for details on the sale of Tioga Midstream) systems provide our midstream services for the Williston Basin reportable segment. Volume throughput for our Williston Basin reportable segment follows.

 

Williston Basin

 

Williston Basin

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

Aggregate average daily throughput -

natural gas (MMcf/d)

 

 

11

 

 

 

18

 

 

(39%)

 

 

13

 

 

 

18

 

 

(28%)

 

 

14

 

 

 

11

 

 

27%

 

 

14

 

 

 

13

 

 

8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate average daily throughput -

liquids (Mbbl/d)

 

 

94.3

 

 

 

88.9

 

 

6%

 

 

98.6

 

 

 

86.9

 

 

13%

 

 

76.0

 

 

 

94.3

 

 

(19%)

 

 

87.0

 

 

 

98.6

 

 

(12%)

Natural gas. Natural gas volume throughput decreasedincreased compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 20182019, primarily reflecting the completion of new wells behind the Bison Midstream system in the fourth quarter of 2019 and 2020 partially offset by natural production declines and the sale of Tioga Midstream and operational downtime on the Bison Midstream system.Midstream.

Liquids. The increasedecrease in liquids volume throughput compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2018,2019, primarily reflected well completion activity by existing customers on our Polarassociated with natural production declines and Divide systemtemporary production curtailments associated with a significant reduction in 2018 andcrude oil prices as a result of a decrease in demand attributable to the first half of 2019 as well as the addition of new customers,COVID-19 pandemic, partially offset by the salecompletion of Tioga Midstreamnew wells throughout 2019 and natural production declines.2020.


Financial data for our Williston Basin reportable segment follows.

 

Williston Basin

 

Williston Basin

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

(Dollars in thousands)

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gathering services and related fees

 

$

15,685

 

 

$

23,106

 

 

(32%)

 

$

41,391

 

 

$

40,772

 

 

2%

 

$

12,407

 

 

$

15,685

 

 

(21%)

 

$

36,204

 

 

$

41,391

 

 

(13%)

Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales

 

 

3,768

 

 

 

7,350

 

 

(49%)

 

 

9,353

 

 

 

15,196

 

 

(38%)

 

 

3,131

 

 

 

3,768

 

 

(17%)

 

 

7,455

 

 

 

9,353

 

 

(20%)

Other revenues

 

 

2,670

 

 

 

2,960

 

 

(10%)

 

 

5,578

 

 

 

5,872

 

 

(5%)

 

 

2,776

 

 

 

2,670

 

 

4%

 

 

5,918

 

 

 

5,578

 

 

6%

Total revenues

 

 

22,123

 

 

 

33,416

 

 

(34%)

 

 

56,322

 

 

 

61,840

 

 

(9%)

 

 

18,314

 

 

 

22,123

 

 

(17%)

 

 

49,577

 

 

 

56,322

 

 

(12%)

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of natural gas and NGLs

 

 

1,052

 

 

 

4,200

 

 

(75%)

 

 

3,761

 

 

 

8,808

 

 

(57%)

 

 

941

 

 

 

1,052

 

 

(11%)

 

 

2,604

 

 

 

3,761

 

 

(31%)

Operation and maintenance

 

 

5,706

 

 

 

5,885

 

 

(3%)

 

 

12,222

 

 

 

12,710

 

 

(4%)

 

 

5,827

 

 

 

5,706

 

 

2%

 

 

12,549

 

 

 

12,222

 

 

3%

General and administrative

 

 

371

 

 

 

597

 

 

(38%)

 

 

712

 

 

 

1,364

 

 

(48%)

 

 

492

 

 

 

371

 

 

33%

 

 

1,030

 

 

 

712

 

 

45%

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

4,734

 

 

 

5,622

 

 

(16%)

 

 

10,170

 

 

 

11,231

 

 

(9%)

 

 

6,487

 

 

 

4,734

 

 

37%

 

 

12,982

 

 

 

10,170

 

 

28%

(Gain) loss on asset sales, net

 

 

(175

)

 

 

62

 

 

*

 

 

(1,143

)

 

 

62

 

 

*

Gain on asset sales, net

 

 

(96

)

 

 

(175

)

 

*

 

 

(47

)

 

 

(1,143

)

 

*

Long-lived asset impairment

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

9

 

 

 

8

 

 

*

 

 

9

 

 

 

18

 

 

*

Total costs and expenses

 

 

11,696

 

 

 

16,366

 

 

(29%)

 

 

25,740

 

 

 

34,175

 

 

(25%)

 

 

13,660

 

 

 

11,696

 

 

17%

 

 

29,127

 

 

 

25,740

 

 

13%

Add:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

4,734

 

 

 

5,622

 

 

 

 

 

10,170

 

 

 

11,231

 

 

 

 

 

6,487

 

 

 

4,734

 

 

 

 

 

12,982

 

 

 

10,170

 

 

 

Adjustments related to MVC shortfall

payments

 

 

2,081

 

 

 

(3,386

)

 

 

 

 

(3,468

)

 

 

(3,386

)

 

 

 

 

2,124

 

 

 

2,081

 

 

 

 

 

(3,541

)

 

 

(3,468

)

 

 

Adjustments related to capital

reimbursement activity

 

 

(425

)

 

 

(318

)

 

 

 

 

(775

)

 

 

(572

)

 

 

 

 

(451

)

 

 

(425

)

 

 

 

 

(934

)

 

 

(775

)

 

 

(Gain) loss on asset sales, net

 

 

(175

)

 

 

62

 

 

 

 

 

(1,143

)

 

 

62

 

 

 

Gain on asset sales, net

 

 

(96

)

 

 

(175

)

 

 

 

 

(47

)

 

 

(1,143

)

 

 

Long-lived asset impairment

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

Segment adjusted EBITDA

 

$

16,650

 

 

$

19,030

 

 

(13%)

 

$

35,384

 

 

$

35,000

 

 

1%

 

$

12,727

 

 

$

16,650

 

 

(24%)

 

$

28,919

 

 

$

35,384

 

 

(18%)

 

* Not considered meaningful

Three months ended June 30, 20192020. Segment adjusted EBITDA decreased $2.43.9 million compared to the three months ended June 30, 20182019 primarily due to lower liquids volume throughput on our systems as previously discussed.

Six months ended June 30, 2020. Segment adjusted EBITDAdecreased$6.5 millioncompared to the six months ended June 30, 2019 primarily reflecting:

 

$2.3a decrease of $0.9 million of segment adjusted EBITDA contributed by the Tioga Midstream system forcompared to the three months ended June 30, 2018 with no corresponding contribution in the threesix months ended June 30, 2019 due to the sale of Tioga Midstream on March 22, 2019. We also experienced lower natural gas volume throughput primarily reflecting natural production declines and operational downtime on the Bison Midstream system. The operational downtime was due to third party maintenance on infrastructure located downstream of the Bison Midstream system, which created an operational disruption on the Bison Midstream system for approximately 15 days during the quarter. This was partially offset by higher liquids volume throughput on our Polar and Divide system due to increased drilling activity in 2018 and in the first half of 2019.systems as previously discussed.

Six months ended June 30, 2019. Segment adjusted EBITDAincreased$0.4 millioncomparedOther items to the six months ended June 30, 2018 primarily reflecting:note:

 

Higher liquids volume throughput on our Polar and Divide system due to increased drilling activity in 2018 and in the first half of 2019. This was partially offset by a decrease of $3.4 million of segment adjusted EBITDA contributed by the Tioga Midstream system compared to the six months ended June 30, 2018 due to the sale of Tioga Midstream on March 22, 2019. We also experienced lower natural gas volume throughput primarily reflecting natural production declines and operational downtime on the Bison Midstream system. The operational downtime was due to third party maintenance on infrastructure located downstream of the Bison Midstream system, which created an operational disruption on the Bison Midstream system for approximately 15 days during the quarter.

Other items to note:


On March 22, 2019, we sold the Tioga Midstream system and recorded a gain on sale of $0.9 million based on the difference between the consideration received and the then carrying value for Tioga Midstream at closing. The financial results of Tioga Midstream are included in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the period from January 1, 2019 through March 22, 2019.

DJ Basin.  The Niobrara G&P systems provide midstream services for the DJ Basin reportable segment. Volume throughput for our DJ Basin reportable segment follows.

 

 

DJ Basin

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage Change

Average daily throughput

    (MMcf/d)

 

 

20

 

 

 

16

 

 

25%

 

 

21

 

 

 

15

 

 

40%

 

 

DJ Basin

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

Average daily throughput

    (MMcf/d)

 

 

20

 

 

 

20

 

 

-

 

 

26

 

 

 

21

 

 

24%


Volume throughput increased duringcompared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, compared to the prior periods,2019, primarily as a result of ongoing drilling and completion activity across our service area and a more favorable volume and gathering rate mix from customersand the commissioning of our new natural gas processing plant in June 2019, partially offset by natural production declines.declines and temporary production curtailments associated with a significant reduction in crude oil prices as a result of a decrease in demand attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Financial data for our DJ Basin reportable segment follows.

 

DJ Basin

 

DJ Basin

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

(Dollars in thousands)

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gathering services and related fees

 

$

4,021

 

 

$

2,509

 

 

60%

 

$

7,745

 

 

$

4,688

 

 

65%

 

$

5,228

 

 

$

4,021

 

 

30%

 

$

12,083

 

 

$

7,745

 

 

56%

Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales

 

 

101

 

 

 

79

 

 

28%

 

 

186

 

 

 

159

 

 

17%

 

 

71

 

 

 

101

 

 

(30%)

 

 

141

 

 

 

186

 

 

(24%)

Other revenues

 

 

1,034

 

 

 

969

 

 

7%

 

 

2,041

 

 

 

1,726

 

 

18%

 

 

993

 

 

 

1,034

 

 

(4%)

 

 

2,027

 

 

 

2,041

 

 

(1%)

Total revenues

 

 

5,156

 

 

 

3,557

 

 

45%

 

 

9,972

 

 

 

6,573

 

 

52%

 

 

6,292

 

 

 

5,156

 

 

22%

 

 

14,251

 

 

 

9,972

 

 

43%

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of natural gas and NGLs

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

*

 

 

10

 

 

 

14

 

 

(29%)

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

11

 

 

 

10

 

 

*

Operation and maintenance

 

 

2,028

 

 

 

1,630

 

 

24%

 

 

3,877

 

 

 

3,106

 

 

25%

 

 

2,354

 

 

 

2,028

 

 

16%

 

 

4,870

 

 

 

3,877

 

 

26%

General and administrative

 

 

60

 

 

 

835

 

 

(93%)

 

 

132

 

 

 

957

 

 

(86%)

 

 

141

 

 

 

60

 

 

135%

 

 

223

 

 

 

132

 

 

69%

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

464

 

 

 

784

 

 

(41%)

 

 

1,263

 

 

 

1,565

 

 

(19%)

 

 

1,502

 

 

 

464

 

 

224%

 

 

3,029

 

 

 

1,263

 

 

140%

Loss on asset sales, net

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

*

Long-lived asset impairment

 

 

38

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

34,759

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

57

 

 

 

38

 

 

*

 

 

3,692

 

 

 

34,759

 

 

*

Total costs and expenses

 

 

2,590

 

 

 

3,256

 

 

(20%)

 

 

40,041

 

 

 

5,642

 

 

610%

 

 

4,076

 

 

 

2,590

 

 

57%

 

 

11,845

 

 

 

40,041

 

 

(70%)

Add:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

464

 

 

 

784

 

 

 

 

 

1,263

 

 

 

1,565

 

 

 

 

 

1,502

 

 

 

464

 

 

 

 

 

3,029

 

 

 

1,263

 

 

 

Adjustments related to capital

reimbursement activity

 

 

(252

)

 

 

(126

)

 

 

 

 

(464

)

 

 

(216

)

 

 

 

 

544

 

 

 

(252

)

 

 

 

 

1,103

 

 

 

(464

)

 

 

Loss on asset sales, net

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-lived asset impairment

 

 

38

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,759

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

57

 

 

 

38

 

 

 

 

 

3,692

 

 

 

34,759

 

 

 

Segment adjusted EBITDA

 

$

2,816

 

 

$

959

 

 

194%

 

$

5,489

 

 

$

2,280

 

 

141%

 

$

4,339

 

 

$

2,816

 

 

54%

 

$

10,250

 

 

$

5,489

 

 

87%

 

* Not considered meaningful

Three months ended June 30, 20192020. Segment adjusted EBITDA increased $1.91.5 million compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018,2019, primarily reflecting:

 

A $1.5a $1.2 million increase in gathering services and related fees primarily as a result of volume growth from ongoing drilling and completion activity anddue a more favorable volume and gathering rate mix from customersand the commissioning of our new natural gas processing plant in June 2019, partially offset by natural production declines.declines and temporary production curtailments associated with a significant reduction in crude oil prices as a result of a decrease in demand attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Six months ended June 30, 2020. Segment adjusted EBITDA increased$4.8 millioncompared to the six months ended June 30, 2019, primarily reflecting:

 

a $0.8 million decrease in general and administrative expense primarily due to lower professional service fees.

a $0.4 million increase in operation and maintenance expense primarily due to higher costs to support increased volumes.


Six months ended June 30, 2019. Segment adjusted EBITDA increased$3.2 millioncompared to the six months ended June 30, 2018, primarily reflecting:

A $3.1$4.3 million increase in gathering services and related fees primarily as a result of volume growth from ongoing drilling and completion activity and a more favorable volume mix from customers, partially offset by natural production declines.

a $0.8 million decrease in general and administrative expense primarily due to lower professional service fees.

a $0.8 millionthe increase in operation and maintenance expense primarily due to higher costs to support volume growth.throughput discussed above.

Other items to note:

 

During the quartersix months ended March 31,June 30, 2020 and 2019, we impaired certain long-lived assets in the DJ Basin (see Note 5 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements). The impairment had no impact on segment adjusted EBITDA for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.


Permian Basin.  The Summit Permian system provides our midstream services for the Permian Basin reportable segment. Volume throughput for our Permian Basin reportable segment which commenced operations late in the fourth quarter of 2018.follows.

 

 

Permian Basin

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

Average daily throughput (MMcf/d)

 

 

32

 

 

 

17

 

 

88%

 

 

33

 

 

 

16

 

 

106%

Average daily volumeVolume throughput duringincreased compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, totaled 17 MMcf/dprimarily as a result of ongoing drilling and 16 MMcf/d, respectively.completion activity across our service area.

Financial data for our Permian Basin reportable segment follows.

 

 

Permian Basin

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

 

(In thousands)

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gathering services and related fees

 

$

2,711

 

 

$

586

 

 

363%

 

$

5,022

 

 

$

952

 

 

428%

Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales

 

 

4,222

 

 

 

2,406

 

 

75%

 

 

8,734

 

 

 

6,627

 

 

32%

Other revenues

 

 

126

 

 

 

49

 

 

157%

 

 

313

 

 

 

81

 

 

286%

Total revenues

 

 

7,059

 

 

 

3,041

 

 

132%

 

 

14,069

 

 

 

7,660

 

 

84%

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of natural gas and NGLs

 

 

3,691

 

 

 

1,882

 

 

96%

 

 

7,840

 

 

 

6,127

 

 

28%

Operation and maintenance

 

 

1,456

 

 

 

1,733

 

 

(16%)

 

 

2,643

 

 

 

2,624

 

 

1%

General and administrative

 

 

84

 

 

 

82

 

 

2%

 

 

177

 

 

 

115

 

 

54%

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

1,387

 

 

 

1,163

 

 

19%

 

 

2,732

 

 

 

2,235

 

 

22%

Gain on asset sales, net

 

 

(17

)

 

 

(120

)

 

*

 

 

(13

)

 

 

(120

)

 

*

Long-lived asset impairment

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

*

 

 

182

 

 

 

8

 

 

*

Total costs and expenses

 

 

6,601

 

 

 

4,748

 

 

39%

 

 

13,561

 

 

 

10,989

 

 

23%

Add:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

1,387

 

 

 

1,163

 

 

 

 

 

2,732

 

 

 

2,235

 

 

 

Gain on asset sales, net

 

 

(17

)

 

 

(120

)

 

 

 

 

(13

)

 

 

(120

)

 

 

Long-lived asset impairment

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

182

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

Segment adjusted EBITDA

 

$

1,828

 

 

$

(656

)

 

*

 

$

3,409

 

 

$

(1,206

)

 

*

 

 

 

Permian Basin

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30, 2019

 

 

Six months ended June 30, 2019

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gathering services and related fees

 

$

586

 

 

$

952

 

Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales

 

 

2,406

 

 

 

6,627

 

Other revenues

 

 

49

 

 

 

81

 

Total revenues

 

 

3,041

 

 

 

7,660

 

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of natural gas and NGLs

 

 

1,882

 

 

 

6,127

 

Operation and maintenance

 

 

1,733

 

 

 

2,624

 

General and administrative

 

 

82

 

 

 

115

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

1,163

 

 

 

2,235

 

Gain on asset sales, net

 

 

(120

)

 

 

(120

)

Long-lived asset impairment

 

 

8

 

 

 

8

 

Total costs and expenses

 

 

4,748

 

 

 

10,989

 

Add:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

1,163

 

 

 

2,235

 

Gain on asset sales, net

 

 

(120

)

 

 

(120

)

Long-lived asset impairment

 

 

8

 

 

 

8

 

Segment adjusted EBITDA

 

$

(656

)

 

$

(1,206

)

*Not considered meaningful

Three months ended June 30, 2020. Segment adjusted EBITDA increased $2.5 million compared to the three months ended June 30, 2019, primarily reflecting a $2.1 million increase in gathering services and related fees primarily as a result of volume growth from ongoing drilling and completion activity and a more favorable volume and gathering rate mix from customers.

Six months ended June 30, 20192020. Segment adjusted EBITDA totaled ($0.7)increased $4.6 million and ($1.2) million forcompared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively, primarily reflecting fixed operating costs associated with commissioninga $4.1 million increase in gathering services and operating the Lane processing plantrelated fees as a result of volume growth from ongoing drilling and certain inefficienciescompletion activity and higher fuel costs associated with lower plant utilizationa more favorable volume and initial production volumes.gathering rate mix from customers.


Piceance Basin.  The Grand River system provides midstream services for the Piceance Basin reportable segment. Volume throughput for our Piceance Basin reportable segment follows.

 

 

Piceance Basin

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

Aggregate average daily throughput

    (MMcf/d)

 

 

462

 

 

 

560

 

 

(18%)

 

 

473

 

 

 

562

 

 

(16%)

 

 

Piceance Basin

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

Aggregate average daily throughput

    (MMcf/d)

 

 

367

 

 

 

462

 

 

(21%)

 

 

375

 

 

 

473

 

 

(21%)


Volume throughput decreased compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, primarily2019, as a result of a natural production declines and operational downtime, partially offset by drilling and completion activity that occurred across our service area through the third quarter of 2018.declines.

Financial data for our Piceance Basin reportable segment follows.

 

Piceance Basin

 

Piceance Basin

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

(Dollars in thousands)

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gathering services and related fees

 

$

30,555

 

 

$

33,661

 

 

(9%)

 

$

62,395

 

 

$

66,776

 

 

(7%)

 

$

26,222

 

 

$

30,555

 

 

(14%)

 

$

53,411

 

 

$

62,395

 

 

(14%)

Natural gas, NGLs and condensate

sales

 

 

2,104

 

 

 

4,596

 

 

(54%)

 

 

4,406

 

 

 

8,841

 

 

(50%)

 

 

401

 

 

 

2,104

 

 

(81%)

 

 

1,404

 

 

 

4,406

 

 

(68%)

Other revenues

 

 

945

 

 

 

1,178

 

 

(20%)

 

 

2,083

 

 

 

2,389

 

 

(13%)

 

 

1,096

 

 

 

945

 

 

16%

 

 

2,161

 

 

 

2,083

 

 

4%

Total revenues

 

 

33,604

 

 

 

39,435

 

 

(15%)

 

 

68,884

 

 

 

78,006

 

 

(12%)

 

 

27,719

 

 

 

33,604

 

 

(18%)

 

 

56,976

 

 

 

68,884

 

 

(17%)

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of natural gas and NGLs

 

 

1,280

 

 

 

2,952

 

 

(57%)

 

 

2,753

 

 

 

5,513

 

 

(50%)

 

 

320

 

 

 

1,280

 

 

(75%)

 

 

777

 

 

 

2,753

 

 

(72%)

Operation and maintenance

 

 

7,108

 

 

 

9,538

 

 

(25%)

 

 

14,407

 

 

 

17,382

 

 

(17%)

 

 

5,267

 

 

 

7,108

 

 

(26%)

 

 

10,205

 

 

 

14,407

 

 

(29%)

General and administrative

 

 

302

 

 

 

383

 

 

(21%)

 

 

596

 

 

 

709

 

 

(16%)

 

 

276

 

 

 

302

 

 

(9%)

 

 

561

 

 

 

596

 

 

(6%)

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

11,810

 

 

 

11,666

 

 

1%

 

 

23,601

 

 

 

23,440

 

 

1%

 

 

11,306

 

 

 

11,810

 

 

(4%)

 

 

22,604

 

 

 

23,601

 

 

(4%)

Loss on asset sales, net

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

*

(Gain) loss on asset sales, net

 

 

(83

)

 

 

3

 

 

*

 

 

(96

)

 

 

3

 

 

*

Total costs and expenses

 

 

20,503

 

 

 

24,539

 

 

(16%)

 

 

41,360

 

 

 

47,044

 

 

(12%)

 

 

17,086

 

 

 

20,503

 

 

(17%)

 

 

34,051

 

 

 

41,360

 

 

(18%)

Add:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

11,810

 

 

 

11,666

 

 

 

 

 

23,601

 

 

 

23,440

 

 

 

 

 

11,306

 

 

 

11,810

 

 

 

 

 

22,604

 

 

 

23,601

 

 

 

Loss on asset sales, net

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustments related to MVC

shortfall payments

 

 

 

 

 

(93

)

 

 

 

 

(103

)

 

 

(93

)

 

 

 

 

167

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

390

 

 

 

(103

)

 

 

Adjustments related to capital

reimbursement activity

 

 

(330

)

 

 

245

 

 

 

 

 

(442

)

 

 

319

 

 

 

 

 

(289

)

 

 

(330

)

 

 

 

 

(532

)

 

 

(442

)

 

 

(Gain) loss on asset sales, net

 

 

(83

)

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

(96

)

 

 

3

 

 

 

Segment adjusted EBITDA

 

$

24,584

 

 

$

26,714

 

 

(8%)

 

$

50,583

 

 

$

54,628

 

 

(7%)

 

$

21,734

 

 

$

24,584

 

 

(12%)

 

$

45,291

 

 

$

50,583

 

 

(10%)

 

*Not considered meaningful

Three months ended June 30, 20192020. Segment adjusted EBITDA decreased $2.1$2.9 million compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018,2019, primarily reflecting:

 

 

a $3.1$4.3 million decrease in gathering services and related fees as a result of natural production declines and operational downtime.declines.

 

a $0.8 million decrease in natural gas, NGLs and condensate activity (sales and purchases) as a result of lower volume throughput and lower commodity prices associated with the sale of NGLs and condensate.

a $2.4$1.8 million decrease in operation and maintenance expense primarily due to a $1.6 million reduction in planned compressor overhaul maintenance costs and $0.5$1.0 million in lower compensation expense.expense associated with lower headcount from our cost cutting initiatives.

Other items to note:


In December 2019, we sold certain assets from our Red Rock Gathering system for $12 million. The financial contribution of these assets are included in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and footnotes for the period from January 1, 2019 through December 1, 2019.

Six months ended June 30, 20192020. Segment adjusted EBITDA decreased $4.0$5.3 million compared to the six months ended June 30, 2018,2019, primarily reflecting:

 

 

a $4.4$9.0 million decrease in gathering services and related fees as a result of natural production declines and operational downtime.declines.

 

a $1.7 million decrease in natural gas, NGLs and condensate activity (sales and purchases) as a result of lower volume throughput and lower commodity prices associated with the sale of NGLs and condensate.

a $3.0$4.2 million decrease in operation and maintenance expense primarily due to a $1.8 million reduction in planned compressor overhaul maintenance costs, $0.7$2.2 million in lower compensation expense associated with lower headcount from our cost cutting initiatives and $0.3a $0.7 million decrease in lower property taxes.

Other items to note:


In December 2019, we sold certain assets from our Red Rock Gathering system for $12 million. The financial contribution of these assets are included in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and footnotes for the period from January 1, 2019 through December 1, 2019.

Barnett Shale. The DFW Midstream system provides our midstream services for the Barnett Shale reportable segment. Volume throughput for our Barnett Shale reportable segment follows.

 

 

Barnett Shale

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

Average daily throughput (MMcf/d)

 

 

251

 

 

 

264

 

 

(5%)

 

 

260

 

 

 

263

 

 

(1%)

 

 

Barnett Shale

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

Average daily throughput (MMcf/d)

 

 

203

 

 

 

251

 

 

(19%)

 

 

218

 

 

 

260

 

 

(16%)

Volume throughput declineddecreased compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 20182019 reflecting natural production declines, partially offset by new volumes from well completion activity duringthrough the firstthird quarter of 2019.

Financial data for our Barnett Shale reportable segment follows.

 

Barnett Shale

 

Barnett Shale

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

(Dollars in thousands)

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gathering services and related fees

 

$

11,428

 

 

$

14,080

 

 

(19%)

 

$

24,453

 

 

$

27,717

 

 

(12%)

 

$

9,877

 

 

$

11,428

 

 

(14%)

 

$

20,320

 

 

$

24,453

 

 

(17%)

Natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales

 

 

6,273

 

 

 

381

 

 

1546%

 

 

6,877

 

 

 

926

 

 

643%

 

 

2,858

 

 

 

6,273

 

 

(54%)

 

 

6,729

 

 

 

6,877

 

 

(2%)

Other revenues (1)

 

 

1,646

 

 

 

1,694

 

 

(3%)

 

 

3,302

 

 

 

3,682

 

 

(10%)

 

 

1,778

 

 

 

1,646

 

 

8%

 

 

3,038

 

 

 

3,302

 

 

(8%)

Total revenues

 

 

19,347

 

 

 

16,155

 

 

20%

 

 

34,632

 

 

 

32,325

 

 

7%

 

 

14,513

 

 

 

19,347

 

 

(25%)

 

 

30,087

 

 

 

34,632

 

 

(13%)

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of natural gas and NGLs

 

 

4,574

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

4,574

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

1,134

 

 

 

4,574

 

 

(75%)

 

 

3,081

 

 

 

4,574

 

 

(33%)

Operation and maintenance

 

 

5,116

 

 

 

4,942

 

 

4%

 

 

10,614

 

 

 

11,115

 

 

(5%)

 

 

4,564

 

 

 

5,116

 

 

(11%)

 

 

9,259

 

 

 

10,614

 

 

(13%)

General and administrative

 

 

238

 

 

 

235

 

 

1%

 

 

466

 

 

 

546

 

 

(15%)

 

 

513

 

 

 

238

 

 

116%

 

 

891

 

 

 

466

 

 

91%

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

3,804

 

 

 

3,909

 

 

(3%)

 

 

7,745

 

 

 

7,817

 

 

(1%)

 

 

3,788

 

 

 

3,804

 

 

(0%)

 

 

7,585

 

 

 

7,745

 

 

(2%)

Loss (gain) on asset sales, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

7

 

 

 

(74

)

 

(109%)

(Gain) loss on asset sales, net

 

 

(42

)

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

17

 

 

 

7

 

 

*

Long-lived asset impairment

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

10,236

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

*

 

 

4

 

 

 

10,236

 

 

*

Total costs and expenses

 

 

13,748

 

 

 

9,086

 

 

51%

 

 

33,642

 

 

 

19,404

 

 

73%

 

 

9,957

 

 

 

13,748

 

 

(28%)

 

 

20,837

 

 

 

33,642

 

 

(38%)

Add:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

4,167

 

 

 

3,759

 

 

 

 

 

8,497

 

 

 

7,516

 

 

 

 

 

4,023

 

 

 

4,167

 

 

 

 

 

8,055

 

 

 

8,497

 

 

 

Adjustments related to MVC shortfall

payments

 

 

1,452

 

 

 

(63

)

 

 

 

 

2,905

 

 

 

(63

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,452

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,905

 

 

 

Adjustments related to capital

reimbursement activity

 

 

(26

)

 

 

328

 

 

 

 

 

(53

)

 

 

652

 

 

 

 

 

(27

)

 

 

(26

)

 

 

 

 

(56

)

 

 

(53

)

 

 

Loss (gain) on asset sales, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

(74

)

 

 

(Gain) loss on asset sales, net

 

 

(42

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

Long-lived asset impairment

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,236

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

10,236

 

 

 

Segment adjusted EBITDA

 

$

11,208

 

 

$

11,093

 

 

1%

 

$

22,582

 

 

$

20,952

 

 

8%

 

$

8,510

 

 

$

11,208

 

 

(24%)

 

$

17,270

 

 

$

22,582

 

 

(24%)

 

*Not considered meaningful

(1) Includes the amortization expense associated with our favorable and unfavorable (in 2018) gas gathering contracts as reported in otherOther revenues.


Three months ended June 30, 20192020. Segment adjusted EBITDA was flat decreased$2.7 millioncompared to the three months ended June 30, 20182019 primarily reflecting:

 

a $1.5 million increasedecrease in adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments attributable to an expected cumulative shortfall payment fromMVC that expired in 2019 and a certain customer due in the fourth quarter of 2019, offset by a $1.5$1.4 million decrease in gathering servicestotal revenues less cost of natural gas and related feesNGLs which primarily reflectingreflects lower volume throughput and lower gathering rate mix. throughput.

Other items to note:


Also impacting 2019total revenues and cost of natural gas and NGLs for the three months ended June 30, 2020, was the presentation of $1.2 million ofcertain gathering services as a reduction to cost of natural gas and NGLs due toand the transferassignment of certain marketing arrangements from Corporate and Other to our DFW Midstream operations.operations that occurred in June 2019.

Six months ended June 30, 20192020. Segment adjusted EBITDA increaseddecreased $1.65.3 million compared to the six months ended June 30, 20182019 primarily reflecting:

 

a $2.9 million increasedecrease in adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments attributable to an expected cumulative shortfall payment fromMVC that expired in 2019 and a certain customer due in the fourth quarter of 2019, partially offset by a $2.1$3.1 million decrease in gathering services and related fees primarily reflecting lower volume throughput and lower gathering rate mix. Also impacting 2019total revenues was the presentation of $1.2 million of gathering services as a reduction toless cost of natural gas and NGLs due to the transfer of certain marketing arrangements from Corporate and Other to our DFW Midstream operations.which primarily reflects lower volume throughput.

 

a $0.5$1.4 milliondecreasein various operation and maintenance expenses.

Other items to note:

 

 

In March 2019, we impaired certain long-lived assets in the Barnett Shale (see Note 5 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements). The noncash impairment expense had no impact on segment adjusted EBITDA for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019.

Also impacting total revenues and cost of natural gas and NGLs for the six months ended June 30, 2020, was the presentation of certain gathering services as a reduction to cost of natural gas and NGLs and the assignment of certain marketing arrangements from Corporate and Other to our DFW Midstream operations that occurred in June 2019.

Marcellus Shale.  The Mountaineer Midstream system provides our midstream services for the Marcellus Shale reportable segment. Volume throughput for the Marcellus Shale reportable segment follows.

 

 

Marcellus Shale

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

Average daily throughput (MMcf/d)

 

 

347

 

 

 

524

 

 

(34%)

 

 

363

 

 

 

523

 

 

(31%)

 

 

Marcellus Shale

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

Average daily throughput (MMcf/d)

 

 

339

 

 

 

347

 

 

(2%)

 

 

351

 

 

 

363

 

 

(3%)

Volume throughput decreased compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 20182019 primarily due to natural production declines.declines partially offset by additional drilling and completion activities in the third quarter of 2019.


Financial data for our Marcellus Shale reportable segment follows.

 

Marcellus Shale

 

Marcellus Shale

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

(Dollars in thousands)

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gathering services and related fees

 

$

5,897

 

 

$

8,050

 

 

(27%)

 

$

12,094

 

 

$

15,875

 

 

(24%)

 

$

5,928

 

 

$

5,897

 

 

1%

 

$

12,163

 

 

$

12,094

 

 

1%

Total revenues

 

 

5,897

 

 

 

8,050

 

 

(27%)

 

 

12,094

 

 

 

15,875

 

 

(24%)

 

 

5,928

 

 

 

5,897

 

 

1%

 

 

12,163

 

 

 

12,094

 

 

1%

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operation and maintenance

 

 

1,155

 

 

 

1,400

 

 

(18%)

 

 

2,109

 

 

 

2,426

 

 

(13%)

 

 

933

 

 

 

1,155

 

 

(19%)

 

 

1,746

 

 

 

2,109

 

 

(17%)

General and administrative

 

 

97

 

 

 

97

 

 

*

 

 

189

 

 

 

211

 

 

(10%)

 

 

97

 

 

 

97

 

 

-

 

 

190

 

 

 

189

 

 

1%

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

2,286

 

 

 

2,274

 

 

1%

 

 

4,569

 

 

 

4,546

 

 

1%

 

 

2,300

 

 

 

2,286

 

 

1%

 

 

4,600

 

 

 

4,569

 

 

1%

Total costs and expenses

 

 

3,538

 

 

 

3,771

 

 

(6%)

 

 

6,867

 

 

 

7,183

 

 

(4%)

 

 

3,330

 

 

 

3,538

 

 

(6%)

 

 

6,536

 

 

 

6,867

 

 

(5%)

Add:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

2,286

 

 

 

2,274

 

 

 

 

 

4,569

 

 

 

4,546

 

 

 

 

 

2,300

 

 

 

2,286

 

 

 

 

 

4,600

 

 

 

4,569

 

 

 

Adjustments related to capital

reimbursement activity

 

 

(10

)

 

 

(10

)

 

 

 

 

(19

)

 

 

(19

)

 

 

 

 

(10

)

 

 

(10

)

 

 

 

 

(19

)

 

 

(19

)

 

 

Segment adjusted EBITDA

 

$

4,635

 

 

$

6,543

 

 

(29%)

 

$

9,777

 

 

$

13,219

 

 

(26%)

 

$

4,888

 

 

$

4,635

 

 

5%

 

$

10,208

 

 

$

9,777

 

 

4%

 

*Not considered meaningful

Three months ended June 30, 2019. Segment adjusted EBITDA decreased $1.9 million compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018 primarily reflecting:

a $2.2 million decrease in gathering services and related fees as a result of volume declines.

a $0.2 million decrease in operation and maintenance expense.

Six months ended June 30, 2019. Segment adjusted EBITDA decreased $3.4 million compared to the six months ended June 30, 2018 primarily reflecting:2020. Segment adjusted EBITDA increased $0.3 million and $0.4 million

a $3.8 million decrease in gathering services and related fees as a result of volume declines.

a $0.3 million decrease in operation and maintenance expense.


compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2019.

Corporate and Other Overview for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 20192020 and 20182019

Corporate and Other represents those results that are not specifically attributable to a reportable segment or that have not been allocated to our reportable segments, including certain general and administrative expense items, natural gas and crude oil marketing services, construction management fees related to the Double E Project, transaction costs and interest expense and the change in the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation.

expense.

 

Corporate and Other

 

Corporate and Other

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

(Dollars in thousands)

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total revenues

 

 

2,927

 

 

 

17,148

 

 

(83%)

 

$

26,444

 

 

$

30,421

 

 

(13%)

 

 

644

 

 

 

2,927

 

 

(78%)

 

$

1,287

 

 

$

26,444

 

 

(95%)

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of natural gas and NGLs

 

 

2,783

 

 

 

17,225

 

 

(84%)

 

 

26,105

 

 

 

30,334

 

 

(14%)

 

 

 

 

 

2,783

 

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

26,105

 

 

*

General and administrative

 

 

8,988

 

 

 

11,233

 

 

(20%)

 

 

25,128

 

 

 

23,933

 

 

5%

 

 

11,099

 

 

 

9,338

 

 

19%

 

 

26,103

 

 

 

26,582

 

 

(2%)

Transaction costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

950

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

1,207

 

 

 

96

 

 

*

 

 

1,218

 

 

 

2,433

 

 

*

Interest expense

 

 

17,941

 

 

 

14,837

 

 

21%

 

 

35,468

 

 

 

29,959

 

 

18%

 

 

21,990

 

 

 

22,343

 

 

(2%)

 

 

45,818

 

 

 

45,085

 

 

2%

Deferred Purchase Price Obligation

 

 

3,712

 

 

 

69,305

 

 

*

 

 

8,139

 

 

 

90,963

 

 

*

Gain on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

(54,235

)

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

(54,235

)

 

 

 

 

*

 

* Not considered meaningful


Total Revenues. Total revenues attributable to Corporate and Other was due to natural gas, NGL and crude oil marketing services (primarily natural gas sales). The decrease of $14.2$2.3 million and $4.0$25.2 million forcompared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively, was attributable to lower natural gas, NGL and crude oil marketing activity.

Cost of Natural Gas and NGLs. Cost of natural gas and NGLs attributable to Corporate and Other was due to natural gas, NGL and crude oil marketing services. The decrease of $14.4$2.8 million and $4.2$26.1 million forcompared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively, was attributable to lower marketing activity.

General and Administrative. General and administrative expense decreased $2.2increased $1.8 million compared to the three months ended June 30, 20182019 primarily due to a $2.0$0.8 million decrease in compensation expense and a $0.4 million decreaseincrease in professional service fees.fees and a $0.7 million increase in restructuring expenses.

General and administrative expense increased $1.2decreased $0.5 million compared to the six months ended June 30, 2018 2019primarily due to the recognition of $3.4 million in severance expense relating to our former Chief Executive Officer partially offset by a $1.7 million decrease in compensation expense..

Transaction costs. TransactionThe increase in transaction costs recognized during the three months ended June 30, 2020 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2019 was primarily due to costs associated with the GP Buy-In Transaction.

The decrease in transaction costs recognized during the six months ended June 30, 2020 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2019 relatewas due to financial advisory costs primarily associated with the Equity Restructuring.incurred in 2019 for a subsidiary equity restructuring that did not occur in 2020.

Interest Expense. Interest expense increased $3.1decreased $1.2 million and $5.5$0.2 million compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, 2019 primarily asdue to a result oflower average outstanding balance on the nonrecourse SMPH Term Loan at SMP Holdings that incurs a higher interest rate partially offset by a higher average outstanding balance on the Revolving Credit Facility. and the addition of the ECP Loans from the GP Buy-In Transaction.

Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. Deferred Purchase Price Obligation recognized duringSummarized Financial Information

On March 2, 2020, the threeSEC issued Final Rule Release No. 33-10762, Financial Disclosures about Guarantors and six months ended June 30, 2019 representsIssuers of Guaranteed Securities and Affiliates Whose Securities Collateralize a Registrant’s Securities (“Release 33-10762”), that amends the change in present valuedisclosure requirements related to Remaining Consideration in connectioncertain registered securities that are guaranteed and those that are collateralized by the securities of an affiliate.


Under Release 33-10762, an SEC registrant may continue to omit separate financial statements of subsidiary issuers and guarantors when (1) the subsidiary issuer is consolidated with the 2016 Drop Downparent company and its security is either (a) co-issued jointly and severally with the parent company’s security or (b) the subsidiary issuer’s security is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the parent company and (2) the parent company provides supplemental financial and non-financial disclosure about the subsidiary issuers and/or guarantors and the guarantees.

The rules become effective January 4, 2021, with voluntary compliance permitted immediately. The Senior Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis by SMLP and the Guarantor Subsidiaries (see Note 179 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements).SMLP has concluded that it is eligible to provide Alternative Disclosures under the amended disclosure requirements and has early adopted Release 33-10762 as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2020.

The supplemental summarized financial information below reflects SMLP's separate accounts, the combined accounts of Summit Holdings and its 100% owned finance subsidiary, Finance Corp (the “Co-Issuers”) and the Guarantor Subsidiaries (the Co-Issuers and, together with the Guarantor Subsidiaries, the “Obligor Group”) for the dates and periods indicated. The financial information of the Obligor Group is presented on a combined basis and intercompany balances and transactions between the Co-Issuers and Guarantor Subsidiaries have been eliminated. There were no reportable transactions between the Co-Issuers and Obligor Group and the subsidiaries that were not issuers or guarantors of the Senior Notes.

Payments to holders of the Senior Notes are affected by the composition of and relationships among the Co-Issuers, the Guarantor Subsidiaries and Permian Holdco and Summit Permian Transmission, who are unrestricted subsidiaries of SMLP and are not issuers or guarantors of the Senior Notes. The assets of our unrestricted subsidiaries are not available to satisfy the demands of the holders of the Senior Notes. In addition, our unrestricted subsidiaries are subject to certain contractual restrictions related to the payment of dividends, and other rights in favor of their non-affiliated stakeholders, that limit their ability to satisfy the demands of the holders of the Senior Notes.

A list of each of SMLP’s subsidiaries that is a guarantor, issuer or co-issuer of our registered securities subject to the reporting requirements in Release 33-10762 is filed as Exhibit 22.1 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Summarized Balance Sheet Information. Summarized balance sheet information as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 follow.

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

 

SMLP

 

 

Obligor Group

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

$

3,215

 

 

$

117,637

 

Noncurrent assets

 

 

11,007

 

 

 

2,338,460

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

$

10,862

 

 

$

92,822

 

Noncurrent liabilities

 

 

5,945

 

 

 

1,443,485

 

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

 

SMLP

 

 

Obligor Group

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

$

7,396

 

 

$

104,964

 

Noncurrent assets

 

 

9,835

 

 

 

2,389,032

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

$

14,527

 

 

$

69,177

 

Noncurrent liabilities

 

 

163,163

 

 

 

1,514,250

 

Summarized Statements of Operations Information. For the purposes of the following summarized statements of operations, we allocate a portion of general and administrative expenses recognized at the SMLP parent to the Obligor Group to reflect what those entities' results would have been had they operated on a stand-alone basis.


Summarized statements of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and for the year ended December 31, 2019 follow.

 

 

Six months ended June 30, 2020

 

 

 

SMLP

 

 

Obligor Group

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Total revenues

 

$

 

 

$

196,910

 

Total costs and expenses

 

 

3,944

 

 

 

146,671

 

(Loss) income before income taxes and income from

  equity method investees

 

 

(3,775

)

 

 

65,489

 

Income from equity method investees

 

 

 

 

 

7,252

 

Net (loss) income

 

 

(3,696

)

 

 

72,741

 

 

 

Year ended December 31, 2019

 

 

 

SMLP

 

 

Obligor Group

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Total revenues

 

$

 

 

$

443,528

 

Total costs and expenses

 

 

8,719

 

 

 

397,939

 

Loss before income taxes and loss from

  equity method investees

 

 

(25,805

)

 

 

(28,840

)

Loss from equity method investees (1)

 

 

 

 

 

(336,950

)

Net loss

 

 

(27,036

)

 

 

(365,790

)

(1)

Amount includes a $329.7 million impairment of our equity method investment in Ohio Gathering and a $6.3 million impairment of long-lived assets in OCC.


Liquidity and Capital Resources

BasedOn May 3, 2020, we suspended distributions to holders of our common units and suspended payment of distributions to holders of our Series A Preferred Units commencing with respect to the quarter ending March 31, 2020 to enable us to retain an incremental approximately $76 million of cash in the business annually, which we plan to use to de-lever the balance sheet, enhance liquidity and increase financial flexibility. The unpaid distributions on the terms of our Partnership Agreement, we expect that weSeries A Preferred Units will distributecontinue to our unitholders most of the cash generated by our operations. As a result, weaccrue. We expect to fund future capital expenditures fromwith cash and cash equivalents on hand, cash flows generated from our operations, borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility, future issuances of debt, preferred equity and preferred equity securities and proceeds from potential asset divestitures.

On June 18, 2020, the Partnership commenced the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer expired on July 28, 2020. As a result of the Exchange Offer, the Partnership exchanged 62,816 Series A Preferred Units at a ratio of 200 common units per Series A Preferred Unit for a total of 12,563,200 common units, subject to applicable withholding taxes. Upon completion of the Exchange Offer, 237,184 Series A Preferred Units were not tendered and remain outstanding as of the completion of the Exchange Offer. Holders of Series A Preferred Units who did not tender into this Exchange Offer will retain their Series A Preferred Units and all the preferences and rights thereunder.

We are closely monitoring the impact of the outbreak of COVID-19 on all aspects of our business, including how it will impact our liquidity and capital resources. Considering the current commodity price backdrop and COVID-19 pandemic, we have collaborated extensively with our customer base over the past several months. Given further deterioration of market conditions since March and based on recently updated production forecasts and revised 2020 development plans from our customers, we currently expect our 2020 results to be affected by decreased drilling activity, the deferral of well completions from customers and, on a limited scale, temporary production curtailments predominantly in the Williston Basin, DJ Basin and Utica Shale reportable segments. For example, in the Utica Shale, a customer has recently curtailed in excess of 150 MMcf/d of production which the Partnership now expects will remain offline awaiting more favorable natural gas prices in late 2020 and into 2021, and we recently amended gathering contracts with two key Williston Basin customers to extend the terms of the gathering agreement acreage dedications, in exchange for a modest gathering fee concession. Accordingly, given reduced producer activity across our footprint, we expect 2020 total capital expenditures to range from $30 million to $50 million.

We are currently in compliance with all covenants contained in our Revolving Credit Facility, Senior Notes, SMPH Term Loan and ECP Loans, and at June 30, 2020, SMLP’s total leverage ratio and senior secured leverage ratio (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) were 4.9 to 1.0 and 2.5 to 1.0, respectively, relative to maximum threshold limits of 5.50 to 1.0 and 3.75 to 1.0. Given further deterioration of market conditions, decreased drilling activity, the deferral of well completions from customers, limitations on access to capital markets to fund our capital expenditures and, on a limited scale, temporary production curtailments, we could have total leverage and senior secured leverage ratios that are higher than the levels prescribed in the applicable indebtedness agreements. Adverse developments in our areas of operation could materially adversely impact our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.  

As we cannot predict the duration or scope of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on our customers and suppliers, the potential negative financial impact to our results cannot be reasonably estimated but could be material. We are actively managing the business to maintain cash flow and we have sufficient available liquidity. We believe that these factors will allow us to meet our anticipated funding requirements.

Capital Markets Activity

We had no capital markets activity during the six months ended June 30, 2019.2020. For additional information, see the "Liquidity and Capital Resources—Capital Markets Activity" section of MD&A included in the 20182019 Annual Report.

Debt

Revolving Credit Facility. We have a $1.25 billion senior secured Revolving Credit Facility.Facility that matures in May 2022. As of June 30, 2019,2020, the outstanding balance of the Revolving Credit Facility was $573.0$733.0 million and the unused portion totaled $667.9$512.9 million, after giving effect to the issuance thereunder of a $9.1$4.1 million outstanding but undrawn irrevocable standby letter of credit. Based on covenant limits, our available borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility as of June 30, 2020 was approximately $191 million. There were no defaults or events of default during the six months ended June 30, 2019,2020, and, as of June 30, 2019,2020, we were in compliance with the financial


covenants in the Revolving Credit Facility. In June 2019, we executed the second amendment to the third amended and restated credit agreement that, among other things, made accommodations for the Agreement, and the transactions contemplated thereby, and designated Double E as an unrestricted subsidiary under the Revolving Credit Facility. See Notes 109 and 1615 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for more information on the Revolving Credit Facility and the issuance of the $9.1$4.1 million letter of credit, respectively. A copy of the amendment is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this report on Form 10-Q.

Senior Notes. In February 2017, the Co-Issuers co-issued $500.0 million of 5.75% Senior Notes. In July 2014, the Co-Issuers co-issued $300.0 million of 5.50% Senior Notes. There were no defaults or events of default as of and for the six months ended June 30, 20192020 on either series of senior notes.

Debt Repurchases.Following the closing of the GP Buy-In Transaction, in May 2020, we commenced a debt buyback program on our Senior Notes, which is ongoing. The following table summarizes repurchases of Senior Notes in 2020 through June 30, 2020.

 

 

Three and six months ended June 30, 2020

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Senior Secured Notes

 

 

 

 

5.5% Senior Notes repurchased

 

$

25,776

 

Cash paid on 5.5% Senior Notes (excluding payments of accrued interest)

 

 

16,476

 

Write-off of debt issuance costs

 

 

(116

)

Gain on early extinguishment of debt (1)

 

$

9,184

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.75% Senior Notes repurchased

 

$

106,235

 

Cash paid on 5.75% Senior Notes (excluding payments of accrued interest)

 

 

60,231

 

Write-off of debt issuance costs

 

 

(953

)

Gain on early extinguishment of debt (1)

 

$

45,051

 

(1) Gain on the early extinguishment of debt for the Senior Notes during the six months ended June 30, 2020 is reported within Gain on early extinguishment of debt, net within our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Subsequent to June 30, 2020 and through August 6, 2020, we have repurchased approximately $5.9 million face value of Summit Holdings and Finance Corp 5.5% senior unsecured notes due August 2022 at a weighted average 34% discount for approximately $3.9 million in cash.

ECP Loans.On August 7, 2020, we repaid all amounts outstanding under the ECP Loans which included $35 million of principal and $0.6 million of accrued interest. The ECP Loan repayment was financed in full with borrowings drawn under our Revolving Credit Facility. We repaid the ECP Loans in order to eliminate certain restrictive covenants associated with the credit agreement and to take advantage of more favorable terms under the Revolving Credit Facility.

For additional information on our long-term debt, see Note 109 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

LIBOR Transition

LIBOR is the basic rate of interest widely used as a reference for setting the interest rates on loans globally. In 2017, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority, which regulates LIBOR, announced that it intends to phase out LIBOR by the end of 2021. The U.S. Federal Reserve, in conjunction with the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, a steering committee comprised of large U.S. financial institutions, is considering replacing U.S. dollar LIBOR with a new index, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), calculated using short-term repurchase agreements backed by Treasury securities. We are evaluating the potential impact of the eventual replacement of the LIBOR benchmark interest rate, however, we are not able to predict whether LIBOR will cease to be available after 2021, whether SOFR will become a widely accepted benchmark in place of LIBOR, or what the impact of such a possible transition to SOFR may be on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We will need to renegotiate our Revolving Credit Facility to determine the interest rate to replace LIBOR with the new standard that is established. The potential effect of any such event on interest expense cannot yet be determined.


Deferred Purchase Price Obligation

In March 2016, we entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of Summit Investments to fund a portion of the 2016 Drop Down whereby we have recognized the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation (see Note 17 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the “Contractual Obligations Update” section below).

Cash Flows

The components of the net change in cash and cash equivalents were as follows:

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

$

96,246

 

 

$

110,049

 

 

$

105,371

 

 

$

84,574

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(20,160

)

 

 

(90,204

)

 

 

(106,937

)

 

 

(20,160

)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(79,896

)

 

 

(13,063

)

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

$

(3,810

)

 

$

6,782

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

 

6,263

 

 

 

(74,945

)

Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

$

4,697

 

 

$

(10,531

)

Operating activities. Cash flows from operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 20192020 primarily reflected:

 

a $6.5$7.0 million increase in accounts receivable related to the timing of invoicing and cash interest payments;collections;

a $2.9 million increase in accounts payable due to the timing of payment obligations;

a $3.5 million increase in deferred revenue for cash receipts not yet recognized as revenue;

a $11.8 million decrease in accrued expenses primarily due to the timing of accrued payment obligations; and

 

other changes in working capital.

Investing activities. Cash flows used in investing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2020 primarily reflected:

$79.7 million for investments in the Double E joint venture relating to the Double E Project; and

$27.4 million of capital expenditures primarily attributable to the DJ Basin of $8.4 million, the Williston Basin of $7.4 million and Summit Permian of $4.9 million.

Cash flows used in investing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2019 primarily reflected:

 

$89.5 million of net proceeds from the Tioga Midstream sale;

 

$111.1 million of capital expenditures primarily attributable to the ongoing development of the DJ Basin of $50.4 million, Summit Permian of $28.2 million, Corporate and Other, which includes $15.4 million of capital expenditures relating to the Project, and the Williston Basin of $14.2 million;

 

$7.3 million for a distribution from an equity method investment; and

 

$5.9 million for an investment in an equity method investee.

Cash flows used in investing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2018 primarily reflected $90.4 million of capital expenditures attributable to the development of the Summit Permian system as well as the continued development in the DJ Basin.

Financing activities. Cash flows used in financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 20192020 primarily reflected:

 

$83.356.0 million of distributions;  net borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility;

 

$107.048.7 million of net proceeds from the issuance of Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units;

$35.0 million of net borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility;ECP Loans;

$76.7 million repurchase of Senior Notes;

$41.8 million to purchase common units in the GP Buy-In Transaction; and

 

$100.06.0 million payment on the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation.of distributionsto noncontrolling interest SMLP unitholders.

Cash flows used in financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 20182019 primarily reflected:

 

$95.083.3 million of net borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility;distributions; and

 

$104.5107.0 million of distributions.net borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility.

Contractual Obligations Update

In March 2016, we recognized the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation in connection with the 2016 Drop Down. Pursuant to the Equity Restructuring, in April 2019, the Partnership made a cash payment of $100 million to SMP Holdings in partial settlement of the Deferred Purchase Price Obligation. Following the payment, the Remaining Consideration was fixed at $303.5 million with such amount being payable by the Partnership in one or more payments over the period from March 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, in (i) cash, (ii) the Partnership’s common units or (iii) a combination of cash and the Partnership’s common units, at the discretion of the Partnership. At least 50% of the Remaining Consideration must be paid on or before June 30, 2020 and interest will accrue at a rate of 8% per annum on any portion of the Remaining Consideration that remains unpaid after March 31, 2020.Double E Project


For additional information, see Note 17We are leading the development, permitting and construction of the Double E Project and will operate the pipeline upon its commission. At our current 70% interest, we estimate that our share of the capital expenditures required to develop the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.Double E Project will total approximately $315.0 million, and that more than 90% of those capital expenditures will be incurred in 2020 and 2021. Assuming timely receipt of the required regulatory approvals (including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s issuance of the certificate required for us to pursue the Double E Project) and no material delays in construction, we expect that the Double E Project will be placed into service in the third quarter of 2021.

Capital Requirements

Our business is capital intensive, requiring significant investment for the maintenance of existing gathering systems and the acquisition or construction and development of new gathering systems and other midstream assets and facilities. Our partnership agreementPartnership Agreement requires that we categorize our capital expenditures as either:

 

maintenance capital expenditures, which are cash expenditures (including expenditures for the addition or improvement to, or the replacement of, our capital assets or for the acquisition of existing, or the construction or development of new, capital assets) made to maintain our long-term operating income or operating capacity; or

 

expansion capital expenditures, which are cash expenditures incurred for acquisitions or capital improvements that we expect will increase our operating income or operating capacity over the long term.

For the six months ended June 30, 2019,2020, cash paid for capital expenditures totaled $111.127.4 million (see Note 4 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements) which included$7.0 $7.5 million of maintenance capital expenditures. For the six months ended June 30, 2019,2020, there were no contributions to Ohio Gathering and we contributed $5.3$79.7 million to Double E (see Note 8 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements).

Our growth strategy has requiredWe rely primarily on internally generated cash flow as well as external financing sources, including commercial bank borrowings and the issuance of debt, equity and preferred equity securities, and proceeds from potential asset divestitures to fund our capital expenditures. We believe that our Revolving Credit Facility, together with internally generated cash flow and access to debt or equity capital markets, will be adequate to finance our business for the foreseeable future without adversely impacting our liquidity.

Considering the current commodity price backdrop and COVID-19 pandemic, we will remain disciplined with respect to future capital expenditures, which will be primarily concentrated on the Double E Project and accretive expansions of our existing systems in our Core Focus Areas. We continue to require significant expendituresadvance our financing plans for our equity interest in Double E, which we intend to be credit neutral to SMLP. We are currently targeting a financing structure that limits cash investments made by us. Consequently,us during 2020, and which shifts a substantial majority of our abilityDouble E capital commitments to developthird parties. On December 24, 2019, we entered into an agreement with TPG Energy Solutions Anthem, L.P. (“TPG”) to fund up to $80 million of Permian Holdco’s future capital calls associated with the Double E Project. Simultaneously, on December 24, 2019, we issued 30,000 Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units representing limited partner interests in Permian Holdco to TPG for net proceeds of $27.3 million.

During the six months ended June 30, 2020, we issued an additional 50,000 Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units representing limited partner interests in Permian Holdco at a price of $1,000 per unit. We used the net proceeds of $48.7 million (after deducting underwriting discounts and maintain sourcesoffering expenses) to fund Summit’s share of funds to meet our capital requirements is critical to our ability to meet our growth objectives. expenses associated with the Double E Project.

There are a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause our current expectations to change, including, but not limited to, (i) the ability to reach agreementagreements with third parties; (ii) prevailing conditions and outlook in the natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids industries and markets and (iii) our ability to obtain financing from commercial banks, the capital markets, or other sources such as our Sponsor and Summit Investments, among other factors.

We rely primarily on internally generated cash flow as well as external financing sources, including commercial bank borrowings and the issuance of debt, equity and preferred equity securities, to fund our capital expenditures. We believe that our Revolving Credit Facility, together with internally generated cash flow and financial support from our Sponsor and/or access to debt or equity capital markets, will be adequate to finance our growth objectives for the foreseeable future without adversely impacting our liquidity or our ability to make quarterly cash distributions to our unitholders.sources.


Credit and Counterparty Concentration Risks

We examine the creditworthiness of counterparties to whom we extend credit and manage our exposure to credit risk through credit analysis, credit approval, credit limits and monitoring procedures, and for certain transactions, we may request letters of credit, prepayments or guarantees.

Certain of our customers may be temporarily unable to meet their current obligations. While this may cause disruption to cash flows, we believe that we are properly positioned to deal with the potential disruption because the vast majority of our gathering assets are strategically positioned at the beginning of the midstream value chain. The majority of our infrastructure is connected directly to our customers’ wellheads and pad sites, which means our gathering systems are typically the first third-party infrastructure through which our customers’ commodities flow and, in many cases, the only way for our customers to get their production to market.

We have exposure due to nonperformance under our MVC contracts whereby a customer, who was not meeting its MVCs, does not have the wherewithal to make its MVC shortfall payments when they become due. We typically receive payment for all prior-year MVC shortfall billings in the quarter immediately following billing. Therefore, our exposure to risk of nonperformance is limited to and accumulates during the current year-to-date contracted measurement period.

For additional information, see Notes 4, 9, 11 and 1116 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We had no off-balance sheet arrangements as of or during the six months ended June 30, 2019.2020.

Critical Accounting Estimates

We prepare our financial statements in accordance with GAAP. These principles are established by the FASB. We employ methods, estimates and assumptions based on currently available information when recording transactions resulting from business operations. There have been no changes to our significant accounting policies since December 31, 2018 except for the adoption of Topic 842 (see Note 2 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements).2019.


Forward-Looking Statements

Investors are cautioned that certain statements contained in this report as well as in periodic press releases and certain oral statements made by our officers and employees during our presentations are “forward-looking” statements. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” and “could.” In addition, any statement concerning future financial performance (including future revenues, earnings or growth rates), ongoing business strategies or prospects, and possible actions taken by us our subsidiaries, Summit Investments or our Sponsor,subsidiaries are also forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve various risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those described in Item 1A. Risk Factors included in this report.

Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and projections about future events and are inherently subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of our management team. All forward-looking statements in this report and subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us, or to persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements in this paragraph. These risks and uncertainties include, among others:

 

our ability to grow or maintain, our current rate of cash distributions;

 

fluctuations in natural gas, NGLs and crude oil prices;prices, including as of a result of political or economic measures taken by various countries or OPEC;

 

the extent and success of our customers' drilling efforts, as well as the quantity of natural gas, crude oil and produced water volumes produced within proximity of our assets;

 

the current and potential future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, results of operations, financial position or cash flows;

failure or delays by our customers in achieving expected production in their natural gas, crude oil and produced water projects;

 

competitive conditions in our industry and their impact on our ability to connect hydrocarbon supplies to our gathering and processing assets or systems;

 

actions or inactions taken or nonperformance by third parties, including suppliers, contractors, operators, processors, transporters and customers, including the inability or failure of our shipper customers to meet their financial obligations under our gathering agreements and our ability to enforce the terms and conditions of certain of our gathering agreements in the event of a bankruptcy of one or more of our customers;

 

our ability to acquiredivest of certain of our assets owned byor joint ventures to third parties on attractive terms, which is subject to a number of factors, including prevailing conditions and outlook in the natural gas, NGL and crude oil industries and markets and our ability to obtain financing on acceptable terms;markets;

 

the ability to attract and retain key management personnel;

 

commercial bank and capital market conditions and the potential impact of changes or disruptions in the credit and/or capital markets;

 

changes in the availability and cost of capital and the results of our financing efforts, including availability of funds in the credit and/or capital markets;

 

restrictions placed on us by the agreements governing our debt and preferred equity instruments;

 

the availability, terms and cost of downstream transportation and processing services;

 

natural disasters, accidents, weather-related delays, casualty losses and other matters beyond our control;

 

operational risks and hazards inherent in the gathering, compression, treating and/or processing of natural gas, crude oil and produced water;

 

weather conditions and terrain in certain areas in which we operate;


 

any other issues that can result in deficiencies in the design, installation or operation of our gathering, compression, treating and processing facilities;

 

timely receipt of necessary government approvals and permits, our ability to control the costs of construction, including costs of materials, labor and rights-of-way and other factors that may impact our ability to complete projects within budget and on schedule;

 

our ability to finance our obligations related to the capital expenditures, required for our projects, including potentialthrough opportunistic asset divestitures or joint ventures and the impact any such divestitures or joint ventures could have on our results;

 

the effects of existing and future laws and governmental regulations, including environmental, safety and climate change requirementsand federal, state and local restrictions or requirements applicable to oil and/or gas drilling, production or transportation;

 

changes in tax status;the ability to meet obligations under the SMPH Term Loan;

 

the effects of litigation;changes in tax status;

 

changes in general economic conditions; andthe effects of litigation;

 

changes in general economic conditions; and

certain factors discussed elsewhere in this report.

Developments in any of these areas could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated or projected or cause a significant reduction in the market price of our common units, preferred units and senior notes.

The foregoing list of risks and uncertainties may not contain all of the risks and uncertainties that could affect us. In addition, in light of these risks and uncertainties, the matters referred to in the forward-looking statements contained in this document may not in fact occur. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed on these statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Interest Rate Risk

Our current interest rate risk exposure is largely related to our debt portfolio. As of June 30, 2019,2020, we had $800.0approximately $668.0 million principal of fixed-rate Senior Notes, and $573.0$35 million principal of fixed rate ECP Loans, $733.0 million outstanding under our variable rate Revolving Credit Facility and $155.2 million principal of variable rate debt on the SMPH Term Loan (see Note 109 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements). While existing fixed-rate debt mitigates the downside impact of fluctuations in interest rates, future issuances of long-term debt could be impacted by increases in interest rates, which could result in higher overall interest costs. In addition, the borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility, which have a variable interest rate, also expose us to the risk of increasing interest rates. Our current interest rate risk exposure has not changed materially since December 31, 2018.2019. For additional information, see the "Interest Rate Risk" section included in Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk of the 20182019 Annual Report.


Commodity Price Risk

We currently generate a majority of our revenues pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering agreements, manycertain of which include MVCs and areas of mutual interest. Our direct commodity price exposure relates to (i) the sale of physical natural gas and/or NGLs purchased under percentage-of-proceeds and other processing arrangements with certain of our customers on the Bison Midstream, Grand River and Summit Permian systems, (ii) the sale of natural gas we retain from certain DFW Midstream customers and (iii) the sale of condensate we retain from our gathering services at Grand River. Our gathering agreements with certain DFW Midstream customers permit us to retain a certain quantity of natural gas that we sell to offset the power costs we incur to operate our electric-drive compression assets. Our gathering agreements with our Grand River customers permit us to retain condensate volumes from the Grand River system gathering lines. We manage our direct exposure to natural gas and power prices through the use of forward power purchase contracts with wholesale power providers that require us to purchase a fixed quantity of power at a fixed heat rate based on prevailing natural gas prices on the Henry Hub Index. We sell retainage natural gas at prices that are based on the Henry Hub Index and/or the Atmos Zone 3 Index. By basing the power prices on an indexa system and basin-relevant market, like the Henry Hub Index, we are able to closely associate the relationship between the compression electricity expense and natural gas retainage sales. We do not enter into risk management contracts for speculative purposes. Our current commodity price risk exposure has not changed materially since December 31, 2018.2019. For additional information, see the "Commodity Price Risk" section included in Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk of the 20182019 Annual Report.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Under the direction of our General Partner's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we evaluated our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting and concluded that (i) our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of June 30, 20192020 and (ii) no change in internal control over financial reporting occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2019,2020, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Although we may, from time to time, be involved in litigation and claims arising out of our operations in the normal course of business, we are not currently a party to any significant legal or governmental proceedings, except as noted below.proceedings. In addition, we are not aware of any significant legal or governmental proceedings contemplated to be brought against us, under the various environmental protection statutes to which we are subject, except as noted in Note 1615 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements “Commitments“Leases, Commitments and Contingencies” and in the 20182019 Annual Report, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

The risk factors contained in the Item 1A. Risk Factors of (i) the 20182019 Annual Report and (ii)in the Quarterly ReportItem 1A. Risk Factors of our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periodthree months ended March 31, 20192020, as filed with the SEC on May 10, 20198, 2020 (the “First Quarter Quarterly Report”), are incorporated herein by reference except to the extent they address risks arising from or relating to the failure of events described therein to occur, which events have since occurred. The risk factors presented below update, and should be considered in addition to, the risk factors previously disclosed by us in our 2019 Annual Report and the First Quarter Quarterly Report.

Risks Relating to COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with other current pressures on oil and gas prices resulting from the OPEC price war, has had, and is expected to continue to have, an adverse impact on our business, results of operations, financial position and cash flows.

The ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak continues to be a rapidly evolving situation. As of July 27, 2020, the CDC had recorded over 4.1 million cases in the United States and over 145,000 deaths, and the pandemic has resulted in a massive increase in the U.S. unemployment rate. The pandemic has resulted in widespread adverse impacts on the global economy and on our business, including our customers, employees, supply chain, and distribution network. We are currently unable to predict the ultimate impact that it may have on our business, future results of operations, financial position or cash flows. The extent to which our operations may be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic will depend largely on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be accurately predicted, changes in the severity of the pandemic, countermeasures taken by governments, businesses and individuals to slow the spread of the pandemic, and the ability of pharmaceutical companies to develop effective and safe vaccines and therapeutic drugs. Furthermore, the impacts of a potential worsening of global economic conditions and the continued disruptions to and volatility in the financial markets remain unknown.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have modified our business practices, including restricting employee travel, modifying employee work locations, implementing social distancing and enhancing sanitary measures in our facilities. Many of our suppliers, vendors and service providers have made similar modifications. The resources available to employees working remotely may not enable them to maintain the same level of productivity and efficiency, and these and other employees may face additional demands on their time. Our increased reliance on remote access to our information systems increases our exposure to potential cybersecurity breaches. We may take further actions as government authorities require or recommend or as we determine to be in the best interests of our employees, customers, partners and suppliers. There is no certainty that such measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks posed by the virus, in which case our employees may become sick, our ability to perform critical functions could be harmed, and we may be unable to respond to the needs of our business. The resumption of normal business operations after such interruptions may be delayed or constrained by lingering effects of COVID-19 on our suppliers, third-party service providers, and/or customers.


In the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, oil prices declined significantly due to potential increases in supply emanating from a disagreement on production cuts among members of OPEC and certain non-OPEC, oil-producing countries. The resulting supply and demand imbalance is having disruptive impacts on the oil and natural gas exploration and production industry and on other industries that serve exploration and production companies. For example, we have experienced a $5.2 million decrease in gathering services and related fees in the Williston Basin primarily due to lower liquids throughput associated in part with a decrease in demand resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. These industry conditions, coupled with those resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, could lead to significant global economic contraction generally and in our industry in particular. Although OPEC agreed in April to cut production, there is no assurance that the agreement will continue to be observed by its parties, and the responses of oil and gas producers to the lower demand for, and price of, natural gas, NGLs and crude oil are constantly evolving and remain uncertain. Such responses could cause our pipelines and storage tanks to reach capacity, thereby forcing producers to experience shut-ins or look to alternative methods of transportation for their products. In addition, the dramatic decrease in oil and gas prices could have substantial negative implications for our revenue sources that are related to or underpinned by commodity prices. As a result, these factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, future results of operations, financial position or cash flows. At this point, we cannot accurately predict what effects current market conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and failed OPEC negotiations will have on our business, which will depend on, among other factors, the ultimate geographic spread of the virus, the duration of the outbreak and the extent and overall economic effects of the governmental response to the pandemic.

The impact of COVID-19 and the OPEC price war may also exacerbate other risks discussed in Item 1A of the 2019 Annual Report, any of which could have a material effect on us. This situation is changing rapidly and additional impacts may arise that we are not aware of currently.

Risks Related to Our Business

We may face opposition to the development, permitting, construction or operation of our pipelines and facilities from various groups.

We may face opposition to the development, permitting, construction or operation of our pipelines and facilities from environmental groups, landowners, local groups and other advocates. Such opposition could take many forms, including organized protests, attempts to block or sabotage our operations, intervention in regulatory or administrative proceedings involving our assets, or lawsuits or other actions designed to prevent, disrupt or delay the development or operation of our assets and business. For example, repairing our pipelines often involves securing consent from individual landowners to access their property; one or more landowners may resist our efforts to make needed repairs, which could lead to an interruption in the operation of the affected pipeline or other facility for a period of time that is significantly longer than would have otherwise been the case. In addition, acts of sabotage or eco-terrorism could cause significant damage or injury to people, property or the environment or lead to extended interruptions of our operations. Any such event that interrupts the revenues generated by our operations, or which causes us to make significant expenditures not covered by insurance, could reduce our cash available for paying distributions to our unitholders and, accordingly, have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Moreover, governmental authorities exercise considerable discretion in the timing and scope of permit issuance and the public may engage in the permitting process, including through intervention in the courts. Negative public perception could cause the permits we require to conduct our operations to be withheld, delayed or burdened by requirements that restrict our ability to profitably conduct our business.


For example, in an April 15, 2020 ruling, amended May 11, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana issued an order invalidating the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) 2017 reissuance of Nationwide Permit 12 (“NWP 12”), the general permit governing dredge-and-fill activities for pipeline and other utility line construction projects, to the extent it was used to authorize construction of new oil and gas pipelines. Environmental groups had alleged that the Corps failed to consult with federal wildlife agencies as required by the Endangered Species Act. The court’s decision vacated NWP 12 until the Corps completes consultation with the applicable federal wildlife agencies. On July 6, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court granted in part and denied in part the Corps’ request to stay the U.S. District Court’s decision. The Supreme Court’s decision allows the use of NWP 12 as to construction of new oil and gas pipelines, pending the outcome of the appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and any subsequent petition for review to the U.S. Supreme Court. Limitations on the use of NWP 12 may make it more difficult to permit our projects and could cause us to lose potential and current customers and limit our growth and revenue. In addition, on July 6, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order vacating a Corps Mineral Leasing Act easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline in a lawsuit filed by American Indian Tribes. The court’s decision requires the pipeline to shut down operations by August 5, 2020, until the Corps completes an Environmental Impact Statement in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. On July 14, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order temporarily staying the decision pending the court’s review of an emergency motion for a stay filed by the Corps. If the Dakota Access Pipeline is forced to shut down, this could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations associated with the Polar and Divide System, which interconnects with the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Recently, activists concerned about the potential effects of climate change have directed their attention towards sources of funding for fossil-fuel energy companies, which has resulted in certain an increasing number of financial institutions, funds, individual investors and other sources of capital restricting or eliminating their investment in fossil fuel-related activities. Ultimately, this could make it more difficult to secure funding for exploration and production activities or energy infrastructure related projects, and consequently could both indirectly affect demand for our services and directly affect our ability to fund construction or other capital projects.

We have engaged in transactions in 2020 that generated substantial cancellation of debt (“COD”) income on a per unit basis relative to the trading price of our common units. We may engage in other transactions that result in substantial COD income or other gains in the future, and such events may cause a unitholder to be allocated income with respect to our units with no corresponding distribution of cash to fund the payment of the resulting tax liability to the unitholder.

A unitholder’s share of our taxable income will include any COD income recognized upon the satisfaction of our outstanding indebtedness for total consideration less than the adjusted issue price (and any accrued but unpaid interest) of such indebtedness. In the first and second quarters of 2020, we commenced a debt buyback program on our Senior Notes, which is ongoing and has resulted in COD income in excess of $54 million. We may engage in other transactions that result in substantial COD income or other gains in the future. Depending upon the net amount of other items related to our loss (or income) allocable to a unitholder, any COD income may cause a unitholder to be allocated income with respect to our units with no corresponding distribution of cash to fund the payment of the resulting tax liability to the unitholder. Furthermore, such COD income event may not be fully offset, either now or in the future, by capital losses, which are subject to significant limitations, or other losses. Accordingly, a COD income event could cause a unitholder to realize taxable income without corresponding future economic benefits or offsetting tax deductions.

Risks Related to an Investment in Us

All of our equity interests in our General Partner and certain of our common units owned by our subsidiary SMP Holdings are pledged as collateral under the SMPH Term Loan; upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an event of default thereunder, the lenders party thereto may gain control of our General Partner and a significant portion of our common units.

On March 21, 2017, SMP Holdings entered into the SMPH Term Loan. The amount of indebtedness outstanding under the SMPH Term Loan was $156 million as of June 15, 2020. The SMPH Term Loan is non-recourse to the


Partnership and its operating subsidiaries. Before it was a subsidiary of the Partnership, SMP Holdings pledged all of the equity interests in our General Partner and 34,604,581 common units as collateral under the SMPH Term Loan. As a result of the GP Buy-In Transaction, such common units are not currently considered outstanding but would be considered outstanding upon the transfer to a third party. If an event of default occurs under the SMPH Term Loan and is continuing, including as a result of SMP Holdings’ failure to comply with its payment or other covenant obligations thereunder or the occurrence of certain bankruptcy or insolvency related events, then the lenders party thereto could foreclose on the collateral securing the SMPH Term Loan. Upon any such foreclosure, such lenders would own the General Partner and, through its ownership of the 34,604,581 common units (which assuming no further issuance of common units, including upon exercise of the ECP Warrants, would represent 44.3% of the outstanding common units upon such foreclosure), have significant influence on matters subject to the vote of our unitholders, including the public election of directors to the Board of Directors commencing in 2022.

Our Partnership Agreement limits the liabilities of our General Partner and the rights of our unitholders with respect to actions taken by our General Partner that might otherwise constitute breaches of fiduciary duty.

Our Partnership Agreement contains provisions that limit the liability of our General Partner and the rights of our unitholders with respect to actions taken by our General Partner that might otherwise constitute breaches of fiduciary duty under state fiduciary duty law. For example, our Partnership Agreement provides that:

whenever our General Partner makes a determination or takes, or declines to take, any other action in its capacity as our General Partner, our General Partner is required to make such determination, or take or decline to take such other action, in good faith, meaning that it subjectively believed that the decision was in our best interests, and will not be subject to any other or different standard imposed by our Partnership Agreement, Delaware law, or any other law, rule or regulation, or at equity;

our General Partner will not have any liability to us or our unitholders for decisions made in its capacity as a general partner so long as such decisions are made in good faith; and

our General Partner and its officers and directors will not be liable for monetary damages to us, our limited partners or their assignees resulting from any act or omission unless there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that our General Partner or its officers and directors, as the case may be, acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud or willful misconduct or, in the case of a criminal matter, acted with knowledge that the conduct was criminal.

Our Series A Preferred Units have rights, preferences and privileges that are not held by, and are preferential to the rights of, holders of our common units.

The Series A Preferred Units rank senior to our common units with respect to distribution rights and rights upon liquidation. These preferences could adversely affect the market price for our common units, or could make it more difficult for us to sell our common units in the future.

In addition, (i) prior to December 15, 2022, distributions on the Series A Preferred Units accumulate and are cumulative at the rate of 9.50% per annum of $1,000, the liquidation preference of the Series A preferred units and (ii) on and after December 15, 2022, distributions on the Series A Preferred Units will accumulate for each distribution period at a percentage of $1,000 equal to the three-month LIBOR plus a spread of 7.43%. On May 3, 2020, we announced the suspension of distributions payable on both our common units and our Series A Preferred Units. We did not make a distribution on our common units with respect to the first quarter of 2020, nor did we make a distribution on our Series A Preferred Units on June 15, 2020. Unpaid distributions on the Series A Preferred Units will continue to accrue.

In addition, our Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units issued by Permian Holdco have priority over the common unitholders with respect to the cash flow from Permian Holdco. The distribution rate of the Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units is 7.00% per annum of the $1,000 issue amount per outstanding Subsidiary Series A Preferred Unit. Permian Holdco has the option to pay this distribution in-kind until the earlier of June 30, 2022 or the first full quarter following the date the Double E pipeline is placed in service.


Our obligation to pay distributions on our Series A Preferred Units and Permian Holdco’s obligation to pay the distributions on the Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units could impact our liquidity and reduce the amount of cash flow available for working capital, capital expenditures, growth opportunities, acquisitions, and other general partnership purposes. Our obligations to the holders of the Series A Preferred Units and Permian Holdco’s obligations to the holders of the Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units could also limit our ability to obtain additional financing or increase our borrowing costs, which could have an adverse effect on our financial condition.

Our Series A Preferred Units contain covenants that may limit our business flexibility.

Our Series A Preferred Units contain covenants preventing us from taking certain actions without the approval of the holders of 66 2/3% of the Series A Preferred Units. The need to obtain the approval of holders of the Series A Preferred Units before taking these actions could impede our ability to take certain actions that management or the Board of Directors may consider to be in the best interests of our unitholders. The affirmative vote of 66 2/3% of the outstanding Series A Preferred Units, voting as a single class, is necessary to amend the Partnership Agreement in any manner that would have a material adverse effect on the existing preferences, rights, powers, duties or obligations of the Series A Preferred Units. The affirmative vote of 66 2/3% of the outstanding Series A Preferred Units and any outstanding series of other preferred units, voting as a single class, is necessary to (A) under certain circumstances, create or issue certain equity securities that are senior to our common units, (B) declare or pay any distribution to common unitholders out of capital surplus or (C) take any action that would result in an event of default for failure to comply with any covenant in the indentures governing the 5.5% Senior Notes or the 5.75% Senior Notes co-issued by Summit Holdings and its 100% owned finance subsidiary, Finance Corp.

Although holders of the Series A Preferred Units are entitled to limited voting rights with respect to certain matters, the Series A Preferred Units generally vote as a class, separate from our common unitholders, along with any other series of our parity securities that we may issue upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable.

If we cannot meet the continued listing requirements of the NYSE, the NYSE may delist our common units, which would have an adverse impact on the trading volume, liquidity and market price of our common units.

We received a formal notice from the NYSE on April 10, 2020 indicating noncompliance with the continued listing standard set forth in Rule 802.01C of the NYSE Listed Company Manual because the average closing price of our common units had fallen below $1.00 per unit over a period of 30 consecutive trading days, which is the minimum average unit price for continued listing on the NYSE. We have until December 19, 2020 to regain compliance with the minimum unit price requirement, with the possibility of extension at the discretion of the NYSE. In order to regain compliance, on the last trading day in any calendar month during the cure period, the common units must have: (i) a closing price of at least $1.00 per unit and (ii) an average closing price of at least $1.00 per unit over the 30 trading day period ending on the last trading day of such month. If we fail to regain compliance with Section 802.01C of the NYSE Listed Company Manual by the end of the cure period, the common units will be subject to the NYSE’s suspension and delisting procedures. If the common units ultimately were to be delisted for any reason, it could negatively impact us as it would likely reduce the liquidity and market price of the common units, reduce the number of investors willing to hold or acquire the common units and negatively impact our ability to access equity markets and obtain financing.

Item 5. Other Information.

On August 7, 2020, we entered into an Amendment to Warrants to Purchase Common Units with ECP, ECP NewCo and ECP Holdings (the “Warrant Amendment”) to amend certain terms of the ECP Warrants. Pursuant to the Warrant Amendment, in the event ECP NewCo or ECP Holdings elect to exercise the ECP Warrants for cash prior to February 28, 2021, ECP NewCo and ECP Holdings, at the election and request of the Partnership in its sole discretion, will lend the cash received from such exercise to Summit Holdings (each such loan, a “New ECP Term Loan”). The terms of each New ECP Term Loan will be set forth in the definitive documentation with respect to the New ECP Term Loans and will be based on the terms set forth in the Warrant Amendment.A copy of the Warrant Amendment is included as Exhibit 10.11 to this Current Report on Form 10-Q.


Item 6. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit number

 

Description

   2.1

Purchase Agreement, dated May 3, 2020, by and among Energy Capital Partners II, LP, Energy Capital Partners II-A, LP, Energy Capital Partners II-C (SMLP IP), LP, Energy Capital Partners II-C (Summit IP), LP, Energy Capital Partners II (Summit Co-Invest), LP and Summit Midstream Management, LLC, as contributors, SMP TopCo, LLC and SMLP Holdings, LLC, as sellers, Summit Midstream Partners, LP, as the acquiror, and, solely for certain purposes set forth therein, Summit Midstream Partners GP, LLC (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to SMLP's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 5, 2020 (Commission File No. 001-35666))

3.1

 

ThirdFourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Summit Midstream Partners, LP, dated as of March 22, 2019May 28, 2020 (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to SMLP'sSMLP’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 22, 2019June 2, 2020 (Commission File No. 001-35666))

  3.2

 

Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Summit Midstream GP, LLC, dated as of October 3, 2012May 28, 2020 (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to SMLP's Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 4, 2012June 2, 2020 (Commission File No. 001-35666))

   3.3

 

Certificate of Limited Partnership of Summit Midstream Partners, LP (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to SMLP's Form S-1 Registration Statement dated August 21, 2012 (Commission File No. 333-183466))

   3.4

 

Certificate of Formation of Summit Midstream GP, LLC (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to SMLP's Form S-1 Registration Statement dated August 21, 2012 (Commission File No. 333-183466))

10.1

Form of Retention BonusTerm Loan Credit Agreement, dated May 28, 2020, by and among Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC, as borrower, SMP TopCo, LLC, as lender and administrative agent and Mizuho Bank (USA), as collateral agent (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to SMLP’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 11, 20192, 2020 (Commission File NumberNo. 001-35666))

10.2

*

Second AmendmentTerm Loan Credit Agreement, dated May 28, 2020, by and among Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC, as borrower, SMLP Holdings, LLC, as lender, SMP TopCo, LLC, as administrative agent and Mizuho Bank (USA), as collateral agent (Incorporated herein by reference to Third AmendedExhibit 10.2 to SMLP’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 2, 2020 (Commission File No. 001-35666))

10.3

Guarantee and RestatedCollateral Agreement, dated May 28, 2020, by and among Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC, Summit Midstream Partners, LP, the subsidiaries listed therein and Mizuho Bank (USA), as collateral agent, relating to the ECP NewCo Term Loan Credit Agreement (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to SMLP’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 2, 2020 (Commission File No. 001-35666))

10.4

Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated May 28, 2020, by and among Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC, Summit Midstream Partners, LP, the subsidiaries listed therein and Mizuho Bank (USA), as collateral agent, relating to the ECP Holdings Term Loan Credit Agreement (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to SMLP’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 2, 2020 (Commission File No. 001-35666))

10.5

Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2020, among Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Revolving Credit Facility Collateral Agent, Mizuho Bank (USA), as NewCo Term Loan Collateral Agent and SMLP Holdings Term Loan Collateral Agent, Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC and other grantors from time to time party thereto (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to SMLP’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 26, 20192, 2020 (Commission File No. 001-35666))

10.6

Warrant to Purchase Common Units, dated May 28, 2020, from Summit Midstream Partners, LP to SMP TopCo, LLC (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to SMLP’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 2, 2020 (Commission File No. 001-35666))

10.7

Warrant to Purchase Common Units, dated May 28, 2020, from Summit Midstream Partners, LP to SMLP Holdings, LLC (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to SMLP’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 2, 2020 (Commission File No. 001-35666))

10.8

Operation and Management Services Agreement, dated May 28, 2020, by and among Summit Midstream Partners, LP and Summit Operating Services Company, LLC (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to SMLP’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 2, 2020 (Commission File No. 001-35666))

10.9

Term Loan Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2017, among Summit Midstream Partners Holdings, LLC, as borrower, the lenders party thereto and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to SMLP’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 2, 2020 (Commission File No. 001-35666))


10.10

Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2017, by and among Summit Midstream Partners Holdings, LLC, as grantor, Summit Midstream Partners, LLC, as pledgor and grantor and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as collateral agent (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to SMLP’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 2, 2020 (Commission File No. 001-35666))

10.11

*

Amendment to Warrants to Purchase Common Units, dated August 7, 2020, by and among Summit Midstream Partners, LP, SMP TopCo, LLC and SMLP Holdings, LLC

22.1

Summit Midstream Partners, LP Subsidiary Issuers and Guarantors of Registered Securities (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 22.1 to SMLP's Report on Form 10-Q filed May 8, 2020 (Commission File No. 001-35666)

31.1

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification, executed by Leonard W. Mallett,Heath Deneke, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

31.2

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification, executed by Marc D. Stratton, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

32.1

 

Certifications required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350), executed by Leonard W. Mallett,Heath Deneke, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, and Marc D. Stratton, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

101.INS

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Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document

101.SCH

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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema

101.CAL

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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase

101.DEF

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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase

101.LAB

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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase

101.PRE

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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

104

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Cover Page Interactive Data File – the cover page interactive data file does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the(formatted as Inline XBRL document.and contained in Exhibit 101).

† Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement that is incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 9.01(d) of SMLP’s Form 8-K filed June 11, 2019 (Commission File Nos. 001-35666).

* Filed herewith.

** Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the Interactive Data Files on Exhibit 101 hereto are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections. The financial information contained in the XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language)-related documents is unaudited and unreviewed.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Summit Midstream Partners, LP

 

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

By: Summit Midstream GP, LLC (its General Partner)

 

 

August 9, 20197, 2020

/s/ Marc D. Stratton

 

 

 

Marc D. Stratton, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 

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