Exhibit 99.1
March 23, 2023
USD Partners LP Announces Sale of Casper Terminal
Houston, TX – A wholly-owned subsidiary of USD Partners LP (NYSE: USDP) (the “Partnership”) announced today that it has entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with South 49 Holdings Ltd., a member of the Midstream Energy Partners group of companies (collectively, the “Buyer”). Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement, the Partnership agreed to sell its Casper rail terminal, by means of a sale of all of the equity interests of the subsidiary which owns the terminal, to the Buyer for a cash purchase price of approximately $33.0 million (the “Transaction”), subject to customary adjustments. The Transaction is expected to close prior to the end of the second quarter of 2023. The Partnership intends to use a majority of the proceeds from the Transaction, net of expenses, to repay borrowings outstanding under the Partnership’s revolving credit facility and to retain the remaining proceeds to support general Partnership purposes.
“As we continue to transition our business to lower carbon solutions, including our DRUbit™ by Rail™ network, we are reviewing all assets and their strategic fit in our growth plans,” said Dan Borgen, the Partnership’s Chief Executive Officer. “As we mentioned on our Q4 2022 earnings call, we remain committed to converting all of our dilbit capacity to our long-term sustainable DRUbit™ program at the Partnership’s Hardisty Terminal, which is supported by investment grade counterparties and ten year, take-or-pay contracts.”
Piper Sandler & Co. served as the exclusive financial advisor to USD Partners LP in connection with the Transaction.
The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, covenants, termination rights, and indemnification provisions, subject to specified limitations. In addition, the completion of the Transaction is subject to certain customary conditions.
Additional details regarding the Purchase Agreement are included in the Partnership’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 23, 2023.
About USD Partners LP
USD Partners LP is a fee-based, growth-oriented master limited partnership formed in 2014 by US Development Group, LLC (“USD”) to acquire, develop and operate midstream infrastructure and complementary logistics solutions for crude oil, biofuels and other energy-related products. The Partnership generates substantially all of its operating cash flows from multi-year, take-or-pay contracts with primarily investment grade customers, including major integrated oil companies, refiners and marketers. The Partnership’s principal assets include a network of crude oil terminals that facilitate the transportation of heavy crude oil from Western Canada to key demand centers across North America. The Partnership’s operations include railcar loading and unloading, storage and blending in on-site tanks, inbound and outbound pipeline connectivity, truck transloading, as well as other related logistics services. In addition, the Partnership provides customers with leased railcars and fleet services to facilitate the transportation of liquid hydrocarbons and biofuels by rail.