Exhibit 99.1
NEWS RELEASE
Kinetik Completes Acquisition of Durango Midstream’s New Mexico Gathering and Processing System
HOUSTON and MIDLAND, Texas, June 24, 2024 – Kinetik Holdings Inc. (NYSE: KNTK) (“Kinetik” or the “Company”) today completed its previously announced acquisition of Durango Permian LLC (“Durango”), a robust platform with exciting potential in the Northern Delaware Basin.
Kinetik funded the cash consideration of the Durango acquisition with cash proceeds from the divestiture of its 16% equity interest in Gulf Coast Express pipeline (“GCX”), which was completed on June 4, 2024.
As a result of the acquisition, Kinetik has significantly enhanced its overall Delaware Basin wide footprint. Taken together, the GCX divestiture and Durango acquisition are immediately deleveraging with Kinetik’s leverage ratio1 at 3.4 times following the closing.
Kinetik will update its 2024 Guidance with its second quarter 2024 financial results release.
About Kinetik Holdings Inc.
Kinetik is a fully integrated, pure-play, Permian-to-Gulf Coast midstream C-corporation operating in the Delaware Basin. Kinetik is headquartered in Houston and Midland, Texas. Kinetik provides comprehensive gathering, transportation, compression, processing and treating services for companies that produce natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil and water. Kinetik posts announcements, operational updates, investor information and press releases on its website, www.kinetik.com.
| | 1. | Leverage Ratio is net debt divided by first quarter 2024 annualized EBITDA (pro forma for GCX divestiture and Durango acquisition). |
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