EX-99.1 2 d678806dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

News Release

  

Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ)

One Williams Center

Tulsa, OK 74172

800-600-3782

www.williamslp.com

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DATE: Feb. 19, 2014

 

MEDIA CONTACT:    INVESTOR CONTACTS:   

Tom Droege

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John Porter

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Sharna Reingold

(918) 573-2078

Williams Partners Reports Year-End 2013 Financial Results

 

   

2013 Net Income is $1.07 Billion, $1.45 per Common Unit; Results Impacted by Lower NGL Margins, Extended Outage at Olefins Plant

 

   

Distributable Cash Flow (DCF) From Partnership’s Operations Up 19% vs. Full-Year 2012; No Special IDR Waiver Required in 4Q

 

   

Fee-based Revenue Up $209 Million or 8% vs. 2012

 

   

Continue to Expect More Than 50% Growth in DCF for 2013 vs. 2015 Guidance Period

 

   

Geismar Startup Delayed Until June; Expect BI Insurance to Substantially Offset Financial Impact

 

   

Canadian Asset Dropdown Closing Expected End of February

 

   

Transco Contracts and Adds Large-Scale Atlantic Sunrise Project to Guidance

 

   

Partnership Reaffirms Guidance for LP per Unit Distribution Growth of Approximately 6% in each of 2014 and 2015

 

Summary Financial Information    Full Year     4Q  
Amounts in millions, except per-unit and coverage ratio amounts.                           
All income amounts attributable to Williams Partners L.P.    2013      2012     2013      2012  
(Unaudited)                           

Net income

   $  1,067       $ 1,232      $ 211       $ 291   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income per common L.P. unit

   $ 1.45       $ 1.89      $ 0.12       $ 0.42   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributable cash flow (DCF) (1)

   $ 1,771       $ 1,681      $ 509       $ 425   

Less: Pre-partnership DCF (2)

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DCF attributable to partnership operations

   $ 1,771       $ 1,489      $ 509       $ 405   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cash distribution coverage ratio (1) (3)

     .90x         .95x        .92x         .92x   

 

(1) Distributable Cash Flow and Cash Distribution Coverage Ratio are non-GAAP measures. Reconciliations to the most relevant measures included in GAAP are attached to this news release.
(2) This amount represents DCF from the Gulf Olefins assets during 2012, since these periods were prior to the receipt of cash flows from the assets.
(3) Includes benefit of IDR waivers of $188 million and $49 million for 2013 and 2012, and $16 million and $25 million for 4Q 2013 and 4Q 2012.

TULSA, Okla. – Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ) announced unaudited 2013 net income of $1.07 billion, or $1.45 per common limited-partner unit, compared with 2012 net income of $1.23 billion, or $1.89 per common limited-partner unit.


The $165 million decrease in 2013 net income was primarily due to $297 million or 39 percent lower natural gas liquid (NGL) margins as well as lost production at the Geismar olefins plant in the third and fourth quarters. The decrease was partially offset by a $209 million, or 8 percent, increase in fee-based revenues and by $50 million of initial insurance recoveries related to the Geismar incident.

For fourth-quarter 2013, Williams Partners reported net income of $211 million, or $0.12 per common limited-partner unit, compared with $291 million, or $0.42 per common limited-partner unit, for fourth-quarter 2012.

The $80 million decrease in fourth-quarter net income was primarily due to $77 million in lost production at the Geismar olefins plant as well as $43 million or 28 percent lower NGL margins. In addition, certain settlement resolutions and higher operating costs related to our rapidly growing Northeast G&P segment reduced net income. The decrease was offset by a $58 million, or 8 percent, increase in fee-based revenues as well as the absence of allocated reorganization-related costs in 2012.

There is a more detailed analysis of the partnership’s businesses later in this news release. Prior-period results throughout this release have been recast to include the results of the Geismar olefins production facility acquired from Williams in November 2012 and to reflect the revised segment reporting resulting from the organizational restructuring effective Jan. 1, 2013.

Distributable Cash Flow & Distributions

For 2013, Williams Partners generated $1.77 billion in DCF attributable to partnership operations, compared with $1.49 billion in DCF attributable to partnership operations in 2012.

For the fourth quarter of 2013, Williams Partners generated $509 million in DCF attributable to partnership operations, compared with $405 million for the fourth quarter of 2012.

The $282 million increase in DCF for the year was driven by growth in fee-based revenues and lower maintenance capital spending primarily on lower required pipeline integrity projects and one time maintenance capital items in 2012 at our regulated entities. Expected business interruption insurance recoveries related to the Geismar olefin plant incident contributed $123 million to DCF in 2013, of which $50 million was received in the third quarter. These factors more than offset $297 million lower NGL margins.

Williams Partners recently announced that it increased its quarterly cash distribution to unitholders to $0.8925 per unit, a 7.9-percent increase over the prior year amount. It is also a 1.7-percent increase over the partnership’s third-quarter 2013 distribution of $0.8775 per unit.


CEO Perspective

Alan Armstrong, chief executive officer of Williams Partners’ general partner, made the following comments:

“In the face of the past year’s challenges presented by the continued decline in NGL margins and the significant and tragic Geismar incident, we continued to focus on significantly growing our fee-based revenues. This growth was steady throughout 2013 and we expect it to grow even faster in 2014 and 2015 as we deliver on major projects for our customers in a safe and reliable manner. Our distributable cash flow was up 19 percent for 2013 and we expect DCF to grow from approximately $800 million to $1.2 billion through the 2015 guidance period. As well, we were able to grow our distributions by approximately 9 percent and are reaffirming guidance for annual distribution growth of 6 percent in each of 2014 and 2015.

“Late in 2013, the partnership placed into service a number of important projects and we expect to place into service approximately $4.5 billion in projects in 2014 and 2015. We continue growing our gathering and processing operations to meet producer needs in the Northeast while following through on a roster of Transco expansions to serve growing markets along the Eastern Seaboard. In the Gulf of Mexico, we’re on schedule to bring into service significant deepwater infrastructure that is well supported by anchor customers and positioned for further upside as the deepwater Gulf of Mexico accelerates.

“We continue to see tremendous appetite for additional firm transportation capacity from a range of industry participants, as evidenced by our fully-contracted Atlantic Sunrise project, and we’ve identified abundant opportunities to help connect the very best supply basins with the fastest growing markets by building out large-scale, market-integrated infrastructure,” Armstrong said.

Business Segment Performance

Beginning with its first-quarter 2013 results, Williams Partners’ operations are reported through four business segments. Prior-period results have been recast to reflect the partnership’s updated segment reporting structure.


     Full Year      4Q  
     Segment Profit     Segment Profit +      Segment Profit     Segment Profit +  
     (Loss) *     DD&A *      (Loss) *     DD&A *  
Amounts in millions    2013     2012     2013      2012      2013     2012     2013      2012  

Northeast G&P

   ($ 24   ($ 37   $ 108       $ 39       ($ 26   ($ 17   $ 12       $ 14   

Atlantic-Gulf

     614        574        977         955         166        158        257         258   

West

     741        980        977         1,214         186        207        245         268   

NGL & Petchem Services

     275        295        302         318         16        93        21         100   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,606      $ 1,812      $ 2,364       $ 2,526       $ 342      $ 441      $ 535       $ 640   

Adjustments

     121        37        121         37         143        8        143         8   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,727      $ 1,849      $ 2,485       $ 2,563       $ 485      $ 449      $ 678       $ 648   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Schedules reconciling segment profit to adjusted segment profit and adjusted segment profit + DD&A are attached to this news release.

 

Williams Partners    2012      2013               
Key Operational Metrics    1Q      2Q      3Q      4Q      1Q      2Q      3Q     4Q      4Q Change  
                                                            Year-over-year     Sequential  

Fee-based Revenues (millions)

   $ 651       $ 647       $ 659       $ 694       $ 684       $ 704       $ 720      $ 752         8     4

NGL Margins (millions)

   $ 242       $ 189       $ 167       $ 154       $ 121       $ 105       $ 118      $ 111         -28     -6

Ethane Equity sales (million gallons)

     176         166         163         141         23         37         52        12         -91     -77

Per-Unit Ethane NGL Margins ($/gallon)

   $ 0.36       $ 0.22       $ 0.12       $ 0.04       $ 0.03       $ 0.02       ($ 0.01   $ 0.04         0     N/A   

Non-Ethane Equity sales (million gallons)

     132         129         138         138         123         128         128        109         -21     -15

Per-Unit Non-Ethane NGL Margins ($/gallon)

   $ 1.36       $ 1.17       $ 1.07       $ 1.08       $ 0.97       $ 0.83       $ 0.92      $ 1.01         -6     10

Olefin Margins (millions)

   $ 74       $ 70       $ 77       $ 77       $ 118       $ 88         N/A        N/A         N/A        N/A   

Geismar ethylene sales volumes
(millions of lbs.)

     284         250         263         261         246         211         N/A        N/A         N/A        N/A   

Geismar ethylene margin ($/pound)

   $ 0.18       $ 0.20       $ 0.22       $ 0.23       $ 0.37       $ 0.33         N/A        N/A         N/A        N/A   

Northeast G&P

Northeast G&P includes the partnership’s midstream gathering and processing business in the Marcellus and Utica shale regions, including Susquehanna Supply Hub and Ohio Valley Midstream, as well as its 51-percent equity investment in Laurel Mountain Midstream, and its 47.5-percent equity investment in Caiman Energy II. Caiman Energy II owns a 50 percent interest in Blue Racer Midstream. This segment is in the early stages of developing large-scale energy infrastructure solutions for the Marcellus and Utica shale regions.

Northeast G&P reported segment loss of $24 million for 2013, compared with segment loss of $37 million for 2012. For fourth-quarter 2013, Northeast G&P reported segment loss of $26 million, compared with segment loss of $17 million for fourth-quarter 2012.


For the year, the improved results are primarily due to an increase in fee revenues driven by significantly higher volumes in the Susquehanna Supply Hub and Ohio Valley Midstream businesses and improved Laurel Mountain Midstream equity earnings. For both the year and the fourth quarter, results reflect higher operating costs including depreciation associated with this rapidly growing segment as well as certain settlement resolutions.

Atlantic-Gulf

Atlantic-Gulf includes the Transco interstate gas pipeline and a 41-percent interest in the Constitution interstate gas pipeline development project, which we consolidate. The segment also includes the partnership’s significant natural gas gathering and processing and crude production handling and transportation in the Gulf Coast region. These operations include a 51-percent interest in the Gulfstar project, a 50-percent interest in Gulfstream and a 60-percent interest in Discovery.

Atlantic-Gulf reported segment profit of $614 million for 2013, compared with $574 million for 2012. For fourth-quarter 2013, Atlantic-Gulf reported segment profit of $166 million, compared with segment profit of $158 million for fourth-quarter 2012.

Segment profit for the quarter and the year of 2013 increased primarily due to higher transportation fee revenues associated with expansion projects and new transportation rates effective in 2013 for Transco, as well as lower operating expenses, partially offset by lower NGL margins and reduced equity earnings from Discovery.

West

West includes the partnership’s gathering, processing and treating operations in Wyoming, the Piceance Basin and the Four Corners area, as well as the Northwest Pipeline interstate gas pipeline system.

West reported segment profit of $741 million for 2013, compared with $980 million for 2012. For fourth-quarter 2013, West reported segment profit of $186 million, compared with segment profit of $207 million for fourth-quarter 2012.

Lower segment profit for the year was due to 42 percent lower NGL margins, including the effects of periods of system-wide ethane rejection and lower per-unit margins. Lower segment profit for the fourth quarter was mostly due to lower volumes as a result reduced ethane recoveries and a customer contract that expired. Decreases for the year in gathering and processing fee revenues were due to severe winter weather causing production freeze-offs in the first quarter as well as declines in production in the Piceance basin and Four Corners areas. Increased natural gas transportation revenues associated with Northwest Pipeline’s new rates partially offset these declines.


NGL & Petchem Services

NGL & Petchem Services includes the partnership’s energy commodities marketing business, an NGL fractionator and storage facilities near Conway, Kan., a 50-percent interest in Overland Pass Pipeline, and an 83.3 percent interest in an olefins production facility in Geismar, La., along with a refinery grade propylene splitter and pipelines in the Gulf Coast region.

NGL & Petchem Services reported segment profit of $275 million for 2013, compared with $295 million for 2012. For fourth-quarter 2013, NGL & Petchem reported segment profit of $16 million, compared with segment profit of $93 million for fourth-quarter 2012.

Segment profit for the year declined $20 million primarily due to $92 million lower olefin margins resulting from the extended outage of the Geismar plant partially offset by $50 million of insurance recoveries related to the Geismar incident and improved marketing margins. Fourth quarter results were significantly impacted by the extended outage of the Geismar plant.

Recent Operational Achievements for Business Segments

Williams Partners

Northeast G&P

 

   

Steadily increased the Northeast gathered volumes in 2013 reaching a new monthly average record of 2 billion cubic feet per day in the Utica-Marcellus. Average daily gathered volumes increased 63 percent in fourth quarter 2013 versus fourth quarter 2012. The Susquehanna Supply Hub grew volumes by 70 percent, Ohio Valley Midstream grew volumes by 40 percent and Laurel Mountain grew volumes by 55 percent during the year.

 

   

On track to expand fractionation capacity and install de-ethanizer and stabilizer in the first half of 2014 at Ohio Valley Midstream to keep pace with producer demand.

Atlantic-Gulf

 

   

Timely expansions to the Transco pipeline system drove record-breaking volume deliveries in areas stretching from Mississippi to New York City. Transco set a three-day delivery record Jan.6-8, 2014 when it delivered an average of 11.12 million dekatherms per day.

 

   

Successfully contracted Atlantic Sunrise, a major new Transco expansion that would provide firm transportation service from various supply points along Transco’s Leidy Line in Pennsylvania to


 

demand centers in the southeast United States. A portion of the project will be jointly owned by Williams Partners and a third party. Williams Partners’ estimated $2.1 billion investment in the project is subject to final Board approval. Williams Partners expects to bring Atlantic Sunrise into service in the second half of 2017, assuming all regulatory approvals are received in a timely manner. Additional details are expected to be disclosed later this week.

 

   

Placed into service on November 1 the remaining capacity of its Northeast Supply Link, after bringing half the capacity into service three months ahead of schedule in response to customer demands. The $390 million project expands Transco’s existing system into the New York market by 250,000 dekatherms per day.

 

   

Received FERC approval and began preliminary construction work on the $300 million Virginia Southside Expansion, which is designed to provide 270,000 dekatherms per day of incremental, year-round firm natural gas transportation capacity to North Carolina and a new, gas-fired, power-generation plant in Virginia in the second half of 2015.

 

   

In the Gulf of Mexico, installation of the 215-mile Keathley Canyon Connector 20-inch deepwater pipeline is more than 80 percent complete. The $460 million project, which includes a new shelf platform and an onshore methanol extraction plant, is due to be completed and ready to receive production within the fourth quarter of 2014.

 

   

In the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, positioned the floating spar and prepared for installation of the platform of Gulfstar One, the first-of-its-kind floating production spar on schedule to start serving our deepwater customers in the third quarter of 2014. The turn-key product, which is part of Williams’ new offshore field development program, combines production handling services with export pipeline, oil and gas gathering and processing services.

 

   

Received FERC’s draft environmental impact statement in February 2014 regarding the Constitution Pipeline project.

West

 

   

Placed into service Northwest Pipeline’s South Seattle Lateral expansion on November 1. The $20 million project provides Puget Sound Energy with an additional 64,000 dekatherms per day of delivery capacity.


   

The Willow Creek processing plant in the Piceance Basin achieved a new quarterly average daily inlet volume throughput record of 467 million cubic feet per day in the fourth quarter.

NGL & Petchem Services

 

   

Continuing to rebuild, turnaround and expand the Geismar Olefins plant, which is now expected to be completed and restarted in June 2014. The expansion will increase the ethylene production capacity by 600 million pounds per year to a total capacity of 1.95 billion pounds per year.

 

   

Completed a truck rack expansion project at the NGL fractionator and storage facilities near Conway, Kan. The additional loading bay is helping meet increased demand for propane this heating season.

Guidance

Williams Partners’ profitability and cash flow guidance ranges are unchanged from guidance issued on October 30, 2013.

Williams Partners is reaffirming its guidance for cash distribution per limited partner unit growth of 6 percent in each of 2014 and 2015. Williams Partners continues to expect DCF for the 2013 versus 2015 guidance period to increase within a range of $800 million to $1.2 billion. Several key drivers and assumptions are embedded in this estimate. The largest risks to achieving this growth in 2014 are:

 

  a. Natural gas and natural gas liquids prices that drive assumed NGL margins and drilling activities, as well as olefins prices and margins.

 

  b. Recovery of business interruption insurance proceeds offsetting the majority of the Geismar plant outage in 2014, which assumes a June startup.

 

  c. The timely project completion and producer startup of the Gulfstar One project and Discovery’s Keathley Canyon System.

 

  d. The delivery of new facilities in the Marcellus producing region along with expected volume growth.

 

  e. The in-service date for Transco’s Rockaway Lateral.

Williams Partners’ Geismar plant is expected to be out of service until June 2014. The expected delay in returning the plant to service resulted from a variety of factors including the extended loss of utilities (primarily steam and electrical systems) severely damaged in the incident; lower than expected productivity due to congestion and complexity from temporary utility equipment impacting both the rebuild and expansion efforts;


and restrictions in work-area access due to extensive clean-up procedures. Concurrently, the company is implementing additional systems and processes while conducting the necessary training to support the safe start-up and continued reliable operation of the facility.

Williams Partners has $500 million of combined business interruption and property damage insurance related to this event (subject to deductibles and other limitations) that is expected to significantly mitigate the financial loss. Based on current commodity pricing assumptions and property damage estimates, the partnership currently estimates approximately $430 million of cash recoveries from insurers related to business interruption losses and approximately $70 million related to property damage. The partnership’s current estimate of uninsured business interruption loss, property damage loss and other losses totals $83 million, of which $73 million occurred in 2013 and $10 million is expected in 2014. A $50 million payment from insurers was received during the 3rd quarter of 2013. In February, the insurers agreed to pay a second installment of $125 million with funds expected to be received in the first quarter.

The assumed expanded plant restart date and repair cost estimate are subject to various uncertainties and risks that could cause the actual results to be materially different from these assumptions. The assumed property damage and business interruption insurance proceeds are also subject to various uncertainties and risks that could cause the actual results to be materially different from these assumptions.

Capital expenditures included in guidance for 2014 and 2015 have been increased by approximately $880 million. The increase includes approximately $550 million related to new projects. This includes approximately $400 million in the Atlantic-Gulf segment for the initial spending on three new projects: Atlantic Sunrise, Dalton Expansion and Gunflint. In the NGL & Petchem Services segment, capital expenditure increases include approximately $150 million in new projects related to the Canadian assets to be acquired as well as a $175 million increase in the estimated cost of the Geismar projects. Capital expenditures guidance changes also include timing shifts between years and other various adjustments.

The Canadian asset dropdown is expected to close at the end of February 2014. The expected dropdown requires approval by the Williams Partners Conflicts Committee and its Board of Directors as well as the Williams Board of Directors.


The partnership’s guidance for its earnings, distributable cash flow and capital expenditures are displayed in the following table:

 

Williams Partners Guidance

   2014      2015  
Amounts are in millions except coverage ratio.    Low      Mid      High      Low      Mid      High  

DCF attributable to partnership ops. (1) (3)

   $ 2,220       $ 2,350       $ 2,480       $ 2,605       $ 2,785       $ 2,965   

Total Cash Distribution (2)

   $ 2,351       $ 2,419       $ 2,487       $ 2,632       $ 2,714       $ 2,796   

Cash Distribution Coverage Ratio (1) (3)

     .94x         .97x         1.0x         .99x         1.03x         1.06x   

Adjusted Segment Profit (1) (3):

   $ 2,165       $ 2,345       $ 2,525       $ 2,610       $ 2,830       $ 3,050   

Adjusted Segment Profit + DD&A (1) (3):

   $ 3,060       $ 3,265       $ 3,470       $ 3,620       $ 3,865       $ 4,110   

Capital Expenditures (3):

                 

Maintenance

   $ 305       $ 340       $ 375       $ 295       $ 325       $ 355   

Growth

     3,025         3,275         3,525         1,675         1,850         2,025   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Capital Expenditures

   $ 3,330       $ 3,615       $ 3,900       $ 1,970       $ 2,175       $ 2,380   

 

(1) Distributable Cash Flow, Cash Distribution Coverage Ratio, Adjusted Segment Profit and Adjusted Segment Profit + DD&A are non-GAAP measures. Reconciliations to the most relevant measures included in GAAP are attached to this news release.
(2) The cash distributions in guidance are on an accrual basis and reflect an approximate annual growth rate in limited partner distributions of 6% for each of 2014 and 2015.
(3) Guidance assumes the planned dropdown to Williams Partners of Williams’ currently in-service Canadian assets is completed as expected by the end of February 2014. The planned dropdown is subject to successful negotiation of a transaction between Williams and Williams Partners. Guidance assumes Williams Partners acquires the Canadian assets by issuing Williams a class of units that do not pay cash distributions during the guidance period. However, capital expenditure guidance does not include the planned acquisition of Williams’ Canadian assets as the acquisition price will be determined by the negotiation between Williams and Williams Partners.

Year-End Materials to be Posted Shortly, Q&A Webcast Scheduled for Tomorrow

Williams Partners’ year-end 2013 financial results will be posted shortly at www.williamslp.com. The information will include the data book and analyst package.

Williams and Williams Partners L.P. will host a joint Q&A live webcast on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 9:30 a.m. EST. A limited number of phone lines will be available at (888) 329-8905. International callers should dial (719) 325-2301. A link to the live year-end webcast, as well as replays of the webcast in both streaming and downloadable podcast formats, will be available for two weeks following the event at www.williams.com and www.williamslp.com.

Form 10-K

The partnership plans to file its 2013 Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission next week. Once filed, the document will be available on both the SEC and Williams Partners websites.

Definitions of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release includes certain financial measures – distributable cash flow, cash distribution coverage ratio, adjusted segment profit and adjusted segment profit + DD&A – that are non-GAAP financial measures as defined under the rules of the SEC.


For Williams Partners L.P., adjusted segment profit excludes items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations. Adjusted segment profit + DD&A is further adjusted to add back depreciation and amortization expense. Management believes these measures provide investors meaningful insight into Williams Partners L.P.’s results from ongoing operations.

For Williams Partners L.P. we define distributable cash flow as net income plus depreciation and amortization and cash distributions from our equity investments less our earnings from our equity investments, income attributable to noncontrolling interests and maintenance capital expenditures. We also adjust for payments and/or reimbursements under omnibus agreements with Williams and certain other items.

For Williams Partners L.P. we also calculate the ratio of distributable cash flow to the total cash distributed (cash distribution coverage ratio). This measure reflects the amount of distributable cash flow relative to our cash distribution. We have also provided this ratio calculated using the most directly comparable GAAP measure, net income.

This press release is accompanied by a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their nearest GAAP financial measures. Management uses these financial measures because they are accepted financial indicators used by investors to compare company performance. In addition, management believes that these measures provide investors an enhanced perspective of the operating performance of the partnership’s assets and the cash that the business is generating. Neither adjusted segment profit, adjusted segment profit + DD&A nor distributable cash flow are intended to represent cash flows for the period, nor are they presented as an alternative to net income or cash flow from operations. They should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for a measure of performance prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles.

About Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ)

Williams Partners L.P. is a leading diversified master limited partnership focused on natural gas transportation; gathering, treating, and processing; storage; natural gas liquid (NGL) fractionation; and oil transportation. The partnership owns interests in three major interstate natural gas pipelines that, combined, deliver 14 percent of the natural gas consumed in the United States. The partnership’s gathering and processing assets include large-scale operations in the U.S. Rocky Mountains and both onshore and offshore along the Gulf of Mexico. Williams (NYSE: WMB) owns approximately 64 percent of Williams Partners, including the general-partner interest. More information is available at www.williamslp.com, where the partnership routinely posts important information.

Our reports, filings, and other public announcements may contain or incorporate by reference statements that do not directly or exclusively relate to historical facts. Such statements are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities


Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We make these forward-looking statements in reliance on the safe harbor protections provided under the private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

You typically can identify forward-looking statements by various forms of words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “seeks,” “could,” “may,” “should,” “continues,” “estimates,” “expects,” “forecasts,” “intends,” “might,” “goals,” “objectives,” “targets,” “planned,” “potential,” “projects,” “scheduled,” “will,” “assumes,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “in service date,” or other similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management and include, among others, statements regarding:

 

   

Amounts and nature of future capital expenditures;

 

   

Expansion and growth of our business and operations;

 

   

Financial condition and liquidity;

 

   

Business strategy;

 

   

Cash flow from operations or results of operations;

 

   

The levels of cash distributions to unitholders;

 

   

Natural gas, natural gas liquids, and olefins prices, supply and demand;

 

   

Demand for our services.

Forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions, uncertainties and risks that could cause future events or results to be materially different from those stated or implied in this announcement. Many of the factors that will determine these results are beyond our ability to control or predict. Specific factors that could cause actual results to differ from results contemplated by the forward-looking statements include, among others, the following:

 

   

Whether we have sufficient cash from operations to enable us to pay current and expected levels of cash distributions, if any, following establishment of cash reserves and payment of fees and expenses, including payments to our general partner;

 

   

Availability of supplies, market demand and volatility of prices;

 

   

Inflation, interest rates and general economic conditions (including future disruptions and volatility in the global credit markets and the impact of these events on our customers and suppliers);

 

   

The strength and financial resources of our competitors and the effects of competition;

 

   

Whether we are able to successfully identify, evaluate and execute investment opportunities;

 

   

Ability to acquire new businesses and assets and successfully integrate those operations and assets into our existing businesses, as well as successfully expand our facilities;

 

   

Development of alternative energy sources;

 

   

The impact of operational and development hazards and unforeseen interruptions;

 

   

Costs of, changes in, or the results of laws, government regulations (including safety and environmental regulations), environmental liabilities, litigation and rate proceedings;

 

   

Our allocated costs for defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans sponsored by our affiliates;

 

   

Changes in maintenance and construction costs;

 

   

Changes in the current geopolitical situation;

 

   

Our exposure to the credit risks of our customers and counterparties;

 

   

Risks related financing, including restrictions stemming from our debt agreements, future changes in our credit ratings and the availability and cost of capital;

 

   

The amount of cash distributions from and capital requirements of our investments and joint ventures in which we participate;

 

   

Risks associated with weather and natural phenomena, including climate conditions;

 

   

Acts of terrorism, including cybersecurity threats and related disruptions;

 

   

Additional risks described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Given the uncertainties and risk factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, we caution investors not to unduly rely on our forward-looking statements. We disclaim any obligations to and do not intend to update the above list or to announce publicly the result of any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements to reflect future events or developments.

In addition to causing our actual results to differ, the factors listed above may cause our intentions to change from those statements of intention set forth in this announcement. Such changes in our intentions may also cause our results to differ. We may change our intentions, at any time and without notice, based upon changes in such factors, our assumptions, or otherwise.

Limited partner interests are inherently different from the capital stock of a corporation, although many of the business risks to which we are subject are similar to those that would be faced by a corporation engaged in a similar business.

Investors are urged to closely consider the disclosures and risk factors in our annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 27, 2013, and each of our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q available from our offices or from our website at www.williamslp.com.

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Financial Highlights and Operating Statistics

(UNAUDITED)

Final

December 31, 2013


Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures

(UNAUDITED)

 

This press release includes certain financial measures, adjusted segment profit, adjusted segment profit + DD&A, distributable cash flow, and cash distribution coverage ratio that are non-GAAP financial measures as defined under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

For Williams Partners L.P., adjusted segment profit excludes items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations. Adjusted segment profit + DD&A is further adjusted to add back depreciation and amortization expense. Management believes these measures provide investors meaningful insight into Williams Partners L.P.’s results from ongoing operations.

For Williams Partners L.P., we define distributable cash flow as net income plus depreciation and amortization and cash distributions from our equity investments less our earnings from equity investments, income attributable to noncontrolling interests and maintenance capital expenditures. We also adjust for payments and/or reimbursements under omnibus agreements with Williams and certain other adjustments. Total distributable cash flow is reduced by any amounts associated with operations which occurred prior to our ownership of the underlying assets to arrive at distributable cash flow attributable to partnership operations.

For Williams Partners L.P., we also calculate the ratio of distributable cash flow attributable to partnership operations to the total cash distributed (cash distribution coverage ratio). This measure reflects the amount of distributable cash flow relative to our cash distribution. We have also provided this ratio calculated using the most directly comparable GAAP measure, net income.

This press release is accompanied by a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their nearest GAAP financial measures. Management uses these financial measures because they are accepted financial indicators used by investors to compare company performance. In addition, management believes that these measures provide investors an enhanced perspective of the operating performance of the Partnership’s assets and the cash that the business is generating. Neither adjusted segment profit, adjusted segment profit + DD&A, nor distributable cash flow are intended to represent cash flows for the period, nor are they presented as an alternative to net income or cash flow from operations. They should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for a measure of performance prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles.

 

     2012     2013  

(Dollars in millions, except coverage ratios)

   1st Qtr     2nd Qtr     3rd Qtr     4th Qtr     Year     1st Qtr     2nd Qtr     3rd Qtr     4th Qtr     Year  

Williams Partners L.P.

                    

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP “Distributable cash flow” to GAAP “Net income”

                    

Net income

   $ 408      $ 243      $ 290      $ 291      $ 1,232      $ 321      $ 257      $ 280      $ 212      $ 1,070   

Income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          (3     (3

Depreciation and amortization

     159        171        185        199        714        190        185        190        193        758   

Non-cash amortization of debt issuance costs included in interest expense

     4        3        4        3        14        3        4        4        3        14   

Equity earnings from investments

     (30     (27     (30     (24     (111     (18     (35     (31     (20     (104

Gain on sale of assets

     —          (6     —          —          (6     —          —          —          —          —     

Acquisition and transition-related costs

     —          19        4        3        26        —          —          —          —          —     

Allocated reorganization-related costs

     —          8        6        11        25        2        —          —          —          2   

Impairment of certain assets

     —          —          6        —          6        —          —          —          —          —     

Loss related to Geismar Incident

     —          —          —          —          —          —          6        4        4        14   

Geismar Incident adjustment for insurance timing - business interruption

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —          (35     108        73   

Geismar Incident adjustment for insurance timing - repair expense

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          10        10   

Contingency (gain) loss

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —          9        16        25   

Net reimbursements from Williams under omnibus agreements

     6        1        4        5        16        4        4        2        3        13   

Maintenance capital expenditures

     (62     (113     (129     (103     (407     (43     (75     (79     (58     (255
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributable cash flow excluding equity investments

     485        299        340        385        1,509        459        346        344        468        1,617   

Plus: Equity investments cash distributions to Williams Partners L.P.

     52        46        34        40        172        38        41        34        41        154   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributable cash flow

     537        345        374        425        1,681        497        387        378        509        1,771   

Less: Pre-partnership Distributable cash flow

     62        52        58        20        192        —          —          —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributable cash flow attributable to partnership operations

   $ 475      $ 293      $ 316      $ 405      $ 1,489      $ 497      $ 387      $ 378      $ 509      $ 1,771   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total cash distributed

   $ 362      $ 373      $ 394      $ 442      $ 1,571      $ 473      $ 489      $ 442      $ 556      $ 1,960   

Coverage ratios:

                    

Distributable cash flow attributable to partnership operations divided by Total cash distributed

     1.31        0.79        0.80        0.92        0.95        1.05        0.79        0.86        0.92        0.90   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income divided by Total cash distributed

     1.13        0.65        0.74        0.66        0.78        0.68        0.53        0.63        0.38        0.55   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

1


Reconciliation of GAAP “Segment Profit” to Non-GAAP “Adjusted Segment Profit” and “Adjusted Segment Profit + DD&A”

(UNAUDITED)

 

     2012     2013  

(Dollars in millions)

   1st Qtr      2nd Qtr     3rd Qtr     4th Qtr     Year     1st Qtr     2nd Qtr     3rd Qtr     4th Qtr     Year  

Segment profit (loss):

                     

Northeast G&P

   $ 4       $ (20   $ (4   $ (17   $ (37   $ (9   $ 12      $ (1   $ (26   $ (24

Atlantic-Gulf

     165         127        124        158        574        159        152        137        166        614   

West

     311         239        223        207        980        186        162        207        186        741   

NGL & Petchem Services

     71         45        86        93        295        120        77        62        16        275   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total segment profit

   $ 551       $ 391      $ 429      $ 441      $ 1,812      $ 456      $ 403      $ 405      $ 342      $ 1,606   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjustments:

                     

Northeast G&P

                     

Acquisition and transition-related costs

   $ —         $ 19      $ 4      $ 2      $ 25      $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —     

Share of impairments at equity method investee

     —           —          —          5        5        —          —          —          7        7   

Contingency loss

     —           —          —          —          —          —          —          9        16        25   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Northeast G&P adjustments

     —           19        4        7        30        —          —          9        23        32   

Atlantic-Gulf

                     

Litigation settlement gain

     —           —          —          —          —          (6     —          —          —          (6

Gain on sale of certain assets

     —           (6     —          —          (6     —          —          —          —          —     

Net loss (recovery) related to Eminence storage facility leak

     1         —          1        —          2        —          (5     5        (2     (2

Impairment of certain assets

     —           —          6        —          6        —          —          —          —          —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Atlantic-Gulf adjustments

     1         (6     7        —          2        (6     (5     5        (2     (8

NGL & Petchem Services

                     

Loss related to Geismar furnace fire

     —           —          4        1        5        —          —          —          —          —     

Loss related to Geismar Incident

     —           —          —          —          —          —          6        4        4        14   

Geismar Incident adjustment for insurance timing - business interruption

     —           —          —          —          —          —          —          (35     108        73   

Geismar Incident adjustment for insurance timing - repair expense

     —           —          —          —          —          —          —          —          10        10   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total NGL & Petchem Services adjustments

     —           —          4        1        5        —          6        (31     122        97   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total adjustments included in segment profit

   $ 1       $ 13      $ 15      $ 8      $ 37      $ (6   $ 1      $ (17   $ 143      $ 121   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted segment profit (loss):

                     

Northeast G&P

   $ 4       $ (1   $ —        $ (10   $ (7   $ (9   $ 12      $ 8      $ (3   $ 8   

Atlantic-Gulf

     166         121        131        158        576        153        147        142        164        606   

West

     311         239        223        207        980        186        162        207        186        741   

NGL & Petchem Services

     71         45        90        94        300        120        83        31        138        372   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total adjusted segment profit

   $ 552       $ 404      $ 444      $ 449      $ 1,849      $ 450      $ 404      $ 388      $ 485      $ 1,727   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization (DD&A):

                     

Northeast G&P

   $ 5       $ 17      $ 23      $ 31      $ 76      $ 29      $ 32      $ 33      $ 38      $ 132   

Atlantic-Gulf

     92         92        97        100        381        93        87        92        91        363   

West

     58         57        58        61        234        61        58        58        59        236   

NGL & Petchem Services

     4         5        7        7        23        7        8        7        5        27   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total depreciation and amortization

   $ 159       $ 171      $ 185      $ 199      $ 714      $ 190      $ 185      $ 190      $ 193      $ 758   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted segment profit (loss) + DD&A:

                     

Northeast G&P

   $ 9       $ 16      $ 23      $ 21      $ 69      $ 20      $ 44      $ 41      $ 35      $ 140   

Atlantic-Gulf

     258         213        228        258        957        246        234        234        255        969   

West

     369         296        281        268        1,214        247        220        265        245        977   

NGL & Petchem Services

     75         50        97        101        323        127        91        38        143        399   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total adjusted segment profit + DD&A

   $ 711       $ 575      $ 629      $ 648      $ 2,563      $ 640      $ 589      $ 578      $ 678      $ 2,485   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

2


Consolidated Statement of Income

(UNAUDITED)

 

     2012     2013  

(Dollars in millions, except per-unit
amounts)

   1st Qtr     2nd Qtr     3rd Qtr     4th Qtr     Year     1st Qtr     2nd Qtr     3rd Qtr     4th Qtr     Year  

Revenues:

                    

Service revenues

   $ 673      $ 664      $ 668      $ 704      $ 2,709      $ 701      $ 715      $ 731      $ 763      $ 2,910   

Product sales

     1,295        1,153        1,049        1,114        4,611        1,055        1,012        855        853        3,775   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     1,968        1,817        1,717        1,818        7,320        1,756        1,727        1,586        1,616        6,685   

Costs and expenses:

                    

Product costs

     974        907        781        864        3,526        798        810        718        722        3,048   

Operating and maintenance expenses

     220        264        252        251        987        246        279        245        259        1,029   

Depreciation and amortization expenses

     159        171        185        199        714        190        185        190        193        758   

Selling, general, and administrative expenses

     126        148        134        145        553        123        125        122        123        493   

Other (income) expense - net

     6        12        10        (5     23        3        4        (26     34        15   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total costs and expenses

     1,485        1,502        1,362        1,454        5,803        1,360        1,403        1,249        1,331        5,343   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity earnings (losses)

     30        27        30        24        111        18        35        31        20        104   

General corporate expenses

     38        49        44        53        184        42        44        37        37        160   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total segment profit

     551        391        429        441        1,812        456        403        405        342        1,606   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reclass equity earnings (losses)

     (30     (27     (30     (24     (111     (18     (35     (31     (20     (104

Reclass general corporate expenses

     (38     (49     (44     (53     (184     (42     (44     (37     (37     (160
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

     483        315        355        364        1,517        396        324        337        285        1,342   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity earnings (losses)

     30        27        30        24        111        18        35        31        20        104   

Interest incurred

     (110     (110     (109     (112     (441     (113     (113     (111     (119     (456

Interest capitalized

     3        5        8        20        36        17        16        17        19        69   

Other income (expense) - net

     2        6        6        (5     9        3        (5     6        7        11   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

     408        243        290        291        1,232        321        257        280        212        1,070   

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     —          —          —          —          —          —          1        1        1        3   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income attributable to controlling interests

   $ 408      $ 243      $ 290      $ 291      $ 1,232      $ 321      $ 256      $ 279      $ 211      $ 1,067   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Allocation of net income for calculation of earnings per common unit:

                    

Net income attributable to controlling interests

   $ 408      $ 243      $ 290      $ 291      $ 1,232      $ 321      $ 256      $ 279      $ 211      $ 1,067   

Allocation of net income to general partner

     154        146        157        130        587        119        126        55        156        456   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Allocation of net income to common units

   $ 254      $ 97      $ 133      $ 161      $ 645      $ 202      $ 130      $ 224      $ 55      $ 611   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income per common unit

   $ 0.85      $ 0.29      $ 0.38      $ 0.42      $ 1.89      $ 0.50      $ 0.31      $ 0.52      $ 0.12      $ 1.45   

Weighted-average number of common units outstanding (thousands)

     299,269        335,920        350,519        381,689        341,981        401,969        413,901        428,682        438,626        420,916   

Cash distributions per common unit

   $ 0.7775      $ 0.7925      $ 0.8075      $ 0.8275      $ 3.2050      $ 0.8475      $ 0.8625      $ 0.8775      $ 0.8925      $ 3.480   

 

Note: The sum of net income per common unit for the quarters may not equal the total income per common unit for the year due to changes in the weighted-average number of common units outstanding.

 

3


Northeast G&P

(UNAUDITED)

 

     2012     2013  

(Dollars in millions)

   1st Qtr     2nd Qtr     3rd Qtr     4th Qtr     Year     1st Qtr     2nd Qtr      3rd Qtr     4th Qtr     Year  

Revenues:

                     

Fee revenues:

                     

Gathering & processing

   $ 23      $ 35      $ 44      $ 57      $ 159      $ 59      $ 69       $ 84      $ 90      $ 302   

Production handling and transportation

     —          —          1        1        2        1        3         2        4        10   

Other fee revenues

     1        2        2        2        7        3        6         8        6        23   

Commodity-based revenues:

                     

NGL sales from gas processing

     —          —          —          2        2        1        —           3        2        6   

Marketing sales

     —          —          —          —          —          19        34         45        62        160   

Other sales

     —          —          —          —          —          —          1         (1     —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     24        37        47        62        170        83        113         141        164        501   

Intrasegment eliminations

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —           (1     1        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     24        37        47        62        170        83        113         140        165        501   

Segment costs and expenses:

                     

NGL cost of goods sold

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —           (1     —          (1

Marketing cost of goods sold

     —          —          —          4        4        20        33         46        62        161   

Depreciation and amortization

     5        17        23        31        76        29        32         33        38        132   

Other segment costs and expenses

     12        34        25        33        104        40        43         66        77        226   

Intrasegment eliminations

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —           (1     1        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total segment costs and expenses

     17        51        48        68        184        89        108         143        178        518   

Equity earnings (losses)

     (3     (6     (3     (11     (23     (3     7         2        (13     (7
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reported segment profit (loss)

     4        (20     (4     (17     (37     (9     12         (1     (26     (24

Adjustments

     —          19        4        7        30        —          —           9        23        32   
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted segment profit (loss)

   $ 4      $ (1   $ —        $ (10   $ (7   $ (9   $ 12       $ 8      $ (3   $ 8   
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating statistics

                     

Gathering and Processing*

                     

Gathering volumes (Tbtu)

     59        81        92        108        340        127        142         157        180        606   

Plant inlet natural gas volumes (Tbtu)

     —          11        19        25        55        18        25         28        34        105   

Non-ethane equity sales (million gallons)

     —          —          —          2        2        1        1         3        2        7   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NGL equity sales (million gallons)

     —          —          —          2        2        1        1         3        2        7   

Ethane production (million gallons)

     —          —          —          1        1        —          1         1        1        3   

Non-ethane production (million gallons)

     —          15        24        32        71        21        32         39        44        136   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NGL production (million gallons)

     —          15        24        33        72        21        33         40        45        139   

Laurel Mountain Midstream LLC (equity investment) - 100%

                     

Gathering volumes (Tbtu)

     15        16        22        27        80        27        29         32        36        124   

 

* Excludes volumes associated with partially owned assets that are not consolidated for financial reporting purposes.

 

4


Atlantic-Gulf

(UNAUDITED)

 

    2012     2013  

(Dollars in millions)

  1st Qtr     2nd Qtr     3rd Qtr     4th Qtr     Year     1st Qtr     2nd Qtr     3rd Qtr     4th Qtr     Year  

Revenues:

                   

Fee-based revenues:

                   

Gathering & processing

  $ 20      $ 20      $ 19      $ 22      $ 81      $ 19      $ 19      $ 15      $ 17      $ 70   

Production handling and transportation

    276        268        267        282        1,093        283        282        282        302        1,149   

Other fee revenues

    31        28        29        29        117        29        29        30        30        118   

Commodity-based revenues:

                   

NGL sales from gas processing

    40        32        36        34        142        28        26        22        27        103   

Marketing sales

    239        244        185        194        862        176        186        167        175        704   

Other sales

    (1     2        (1     —          —          1        —          —          2        3   

Tracked revenues:

    38        32        40        49        159        52        59        46        43        200   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    643        626        575        610        2,454        588        601        562        596        2,347   

Intrasegment eliminations

    1        (3     3        —          1        1        1        1        (1     2   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

    644        623        578        610        2,455        589        602        563        595        2,349   

Segment costs and expenses:

                   

NGL cost of goods sold

    6        6        9        8        29        6        7        5        6        24   

Marketing cost of goods sold

    239        244        185        194        862        176        186        167        175        704   

Depreciation and amortization expenses

    92        92        97        100        381        93        87        92        91        363   

Other segment costs and expenses

    127        145        144        125        541        118        130        132        134        514   

Tracked costs

    38        32        40        49        159        52        59        46        43        200   

Intrasegment eliminations

    1        (3     3        —          1        1        1        1        (1     2   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total segment costs and expenses

    503        516        478        476        1,973        446        470        443        448        1,807   

Equity earnings (losses)

    24        20        24        24        92        16        20        17        19        72   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reported segment profit

    165        127        124        158        574        159        152        137        166        614   

Adjustments

    1        (6     7        —          2        (6     (5     5        (2     (8
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted segment profit

  $ 166      $ 121      $ 131      $ 158      $ 576      $ 153      $ 147      $ 142      $ 164      $ 606   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating statistics

                   

Gathering and Processing*

                   

Gathering volumes (Tbtu)

    41        39        40        43        163        39        36        31        31        137   

Plant inlet natural gas volumes (Tbtu)

    79        71        76        83        309        76        78        55        61        270   

Ethane equity sales (million gallons)

    18        14        18        14        64        8        6        7        7        28   

Non-ethane equity sales (million gallons)

    18        19        21        22        80        20        20        16        18        74   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NGL equity sales (million gallons)

    36        33        39        36        144        28        26        23        25        102   

Ethane margin ($/gallon)

  $ 0.33      $ 0.21      $ 0.22      $ 0.07      $ 0.22      $ 0.16      $ 0.21      $ 0.11      $ 0.08      $ 0.14   

Non-ethane margin ($/gallon)

  $ 1.50      $ 1.26      $ 1.10      $ 1.09      $ 1.23      $ 1.03      $ 0.89      $ 1.03      $ 1.09      $ 1.01   

NGL margin ($/gallon)

  $ 0.94      $ 0.79      $ 0.69      $ 0.72      $ 0.78      $ 0.79      $ 0.73      $ 0.75      $ 0.81      $ 0.77   

Ethane production (million gallons)

    85        65        77        83        310        61        61        42        47        211   

Non-ethane production (million gallons)

    77        73        84        96        330        85        91        68        73        317   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NGL production (million gallons)

    162        138        161        179        640        146        152        110        120        528   

Discovery Producer Services LLC (equity investment) - 100%

                   

NGL equity sales (million gallons)

    20        16        17        19        72        19        18        6        6        49   

NGL production (million gallons)

    71        62        58        69        260        63        64        45        46        218   

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

                   

Throughput (Tbtu)

    735.6        639.4        672.8        726.6        2,774.4        845.6        713.1        756.8        837.5        3,153.0   

Avg. daily transportation volumes (Tbtu)

    8.1        7.0        7.3        7.9        7.6        9.4        7.8        8.2        9.1        8.6   

Avg. daily firm reserved capacity (Tbtu)

    8.8        8.7        8.8        9.1        8.8        9.3        8.9        8.8        9.3        9.1   

 

* Excludes volumes associated with partially owned assets that are not consolidated for financial reporting purposes.

 

5


West

(UNAUDITED)

 

     2012     2013  

(Dollars in millions)

   1st Qtr      2nd Qtr     3rd Qtr      4th Qtr      Year     1st Qtr     2nd Qtr     3rd Qtr     4th Qtr      Year  

Revenues:

                        

Fee-based revenues:

                        

Gathering & processing

   $ 154       $ 152      $ 151       $ 148       $ 605      $ 134      $ 141      $ 143      $ 144       $ 562   

Production handling and transportation

     109         103        106         110         428        116        110        114        118         458   

Other fee revenues

     9         9        9         10         37        9        9        8        7         33   

Commodity-based revenues:

                        

NGL sales from gas processing

     273         210        196         192         871        142        137        151        128         558   

Marketing sales

     68         53        47         59         227        46        46        55        34         181   

Other sales

     10         9        7         7         33        10        7        8        8         33   

Tracked revenues

     —           1        —           —           1        —          1        —          1         2   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
     623         537        516         526         2,202        457        451        479        440         1,827   

Intrasegment eliminations

     —           (1     —           —           (1     —          —          (1     —           (1
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total revenues

     623         536        516         526         2,201        457        451        478        440         1,826   

Segment costs and expenses:

                        

NGL cost of goods sold

     65         47        56         66         234        44        51        54        40         189   

Marketing cost of goods sold

     68         53        48         58         227        46        46        55        33         180   

Other cost of goods sold

     3         2        3         3         11        4        2        2        3         11   

Depreciation and amortization expenses

     58         57        58         61         234        61        58        58        59         236   

Other segment costs and expenses

     118         138        128         131         515        116        131        103        118         468   

Tracked costs

     —           1        —           —           1        —          1        —          1         2   

Intrasegment eliminations

     —           (1     —           —           (1     —          —          (1     —           (1
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total segment costs and expenses

     312         297        293         319         1,221        271        289        271        254         1,085   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Reported segment profit

     311         239        223         207         980        186        162        207        186         741   

Adjustments

     —           —          —           —           —          —          —          —          —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Adjusted segment profit

   $ 311       $ 239      $ 223       $ 207       $ 980      $ 186      $ 162      $ 207      $ 186       $ 741   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Operating statistics

                        

Gathering and Processing

                        

Gathering volumes (Tbtu)

     283         279        281         268         1,111        240        250        254        244         988   

Plant inlet natural gas volumes (Tbtu)

     326         320        321         314         1,281        295        305        310        264         1,174   

Ethane equity sales (million gallons)

     158         152        145         127         582        15        31        45        5         96   

Non-ethane equity sales (million gallons)

     114         110        117         115         456        102        106        110        89         407   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NGL equity sales (million gallons)

     272         262        262         242         1,038        117        137        155        94         503   

Ethane margin ($/gallon)

   $ 0.36       $ 0.22      $ 0.10       $ 0.04       $ 0.19      $ (0.03   $ (0.01   $ (0.02   $ 0.00       $ (0.02

Non-ethane margin ($/gallon)

   $ 1.34       $ 1.15      $ 1.06       $ 1.07       $ 1.16      $ 0.96      $ 0.81      $ 0.89      $ 0.99       $ 0.91   

NGL margin ($/gallon)

   $ 0.76       $ 0.62      $ 0.53       $ 0.52       $ 0.61      $ 0.84      $ 0.62      $ 0.63      $ 0.94       $ 0.73   

Ethane production (million gallons)

     353         336        325         278         1,292        98        124        139        89         450   

Non-ethane production (million gallons)

     288         286        293         295         1,162        262        281        294        246         1,083   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NGL production (million gallons)

     641         622        618         573         2,454        360        405        433        335         1,533   

Northwest Pipeline LLC

                        

Throughput (Tbtu)

     191.4         140.1        145.8         180.9         658.2        201.0        136.9        168.6        210.4         716.9   

Avg. daily transportation volumes (Tbtu)

     2.1         1.5        1.6         2.0         1.8        2.2        1.5        1.8        2.3         2.0   

Avg. daily firm reserved capacity (Tbtu)

     2.9         2.9        2.9         2.9         2.9        3.0        3.0        3.0        3.0         3.0   

 

6


NGL & Petchem Services

(UNAUDITED)

 

    2012     2013  

(Dollars in millions)

  1st Qtr     2nd Qtr     3rd Qtr     4th Qtr     Year     1st Qtr     2nd Qtr     3rd Qtr     4th Qtr     Year  

Revenues:

                   

Fee-based revenues:

                   

Production handling and transportation

  $ 4      $ 5      $ 5      $ 5      $ 19      $ 5      $ 5      $ 5      $ 4      $ 19   

Other fee-based revenues

    24        25        26        28        103        26        31        29        30        116   

Commodity-based revenues:

                   

Olefin sales

    235        198        151        189        773        227        188        37        9        461   

Marketing sales

    946        839        841        818        3,444        685        673        645        644        2,647   

Other sales

    10        2        (1     6        17        4        4        6        6        20   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    1,219        1,069        1,022        1,046        4,356        947        901        722        693        3,263   

Intrasegment eliminations

    (34     (35     (27     (39     (135     (39     (44     (30     (33     (146
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

    1,185        1,034        995        1,007        4,221        908        857        692        660        3,117   

Segment costs and expenses:

                   

Olefins cost of goods sold

    161        128        74        112        475        109        100        36        10        255   

Marketing cost of goods sold

    953        863        828        811        3,455        679        679        635        633        2,626   

Other cost of goods sold

    10        2        2        5        19        6        3        6        4        19   

Depreciation and amortization expenses

    4        5        7        7        23        7        8        7        5        27   

Other segment costs and expenses

    29        39        34        29        131        31        42        (12     39        100   

Intrasegment eliminations

    (34     (35     (27     (39     (135     (39     (44     (30     (33     (146
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total segment costs and expenses

    1,123        1,002        918        925        3,968        793        788        642        658        2,881   

Equity earnings (losses)

    9        13        9        11        42        5        8        12        14        39   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reported segment profit

    71        45        86        93        295        120        77        62        16        275   

Adjustments

    —          —          4        1        5        —          6        (31     122        97   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted segment profit

  $ 71      $ 45      $ 90      $ 94      $ 300      $ 120      $ 83      $ 31      $ 138      $ 372   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating statistics

                   

Petrochemical Services

                   

Geismar ethylene sales volumes (million lbs)

    284        250        263        261        1,058        246        211        10        —          467   

Geismar ethylene margin ($/lb)

  $ 0.18      $ 0.20      $ 0.22      $ 0.23      $ 0.21      $ 0.37      $ 0.33      $ 0.05      $ —        $ 0.34   

Overland Pass Pipeline Company LLC (equity investment) - 100%

                   

NGL Transportation volumes (Mbbls)

    13,968        12,843        12,527        11,904        51,242        7,402        11,151        13,174        11,463        43,190   

 

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Capital Expenditures and Investments

(UNAUDITED)

 

     2012     2013  

(Dollars in millions)

   1st Qtr     2nd Qtr     3rd Qtr     4th Qtr     Year     1st Qtr     2nd Qtr     3rd Qtr     4th Qtr      Year  

Capital expenditures:

                     

Northeast G&P

   $ 48      $ 170      $ 196      $ 243      $ 657      $ 307      $ 298      $ 338      $ 407       $ 1,350   

Atlantic-Gulf

     148        173        247        270        838        174        276        290        247         987   

West

     41        121        90        103        355        63        58        55        35         211   

NGL & Petchem Services

     21        54        128        42        245        62        77        115        123         377   

Other

     2        6        4        5        17        2        1        1        4         8   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total*

   $ 260      $ 524      $ 665      $ 663      $ 2,112      $ 608      $ 710      $ 799      $ 816       $ 2,933   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Purchase of businesses:

                     

Northeast G&P

   $ (7   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ (7   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —         $ —     

NGL & Petchem Services**

     —          —          —          25        25        (25     —          —          —           (25

Other

     332        1,724        —          —          2,056        —          —          —          —           —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 325      $ 1,724      $ —        $ 25      $ 2,074      $ (25   $ —        $ —        $ —         $ (25
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Purchase of investments:

                     

Northeast G&P

   $ 36      $ 85      $ 44      $ 78      $ 243      $ 72      $ 37      $ 123      $ 1       $ 233   

Atlantic-Gulf

     4        47        33        91        175        15        50        35        93         193   

NGL & Petchem Services

     8        4        21        20        53        6        2        4        1         13   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 48      $ 136      $ 98      $ 189      $ 471      $ 93      $ 89      $ 162      $ 95       $ 439   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Summary:

                     

Northeast G&P

   $ 77      $ 255      $ 240      $ 321      $ 893      $ 379      $ 335      $ 461      $ 408       $ 1,583   

Atlantic-Gulf

     152        220        280        361        1,013        189        326        325        340         1,180   

West

     41        121        90        103        355        63        58        55        35         211   

NGL & Petchem Services

     29        58        149        87        323        43        79        119        124         365   

Other

     334        1,730        4        5        2,073        2        1        1        4         8   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 633      $ 2,384      $ 763      $ 877      $ 4,657      $ 676      $ 799      $ 961      $ 911       $ 3,347   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Capital expenditures incurred and purchase of investments:

                     

Increases to property, plant, and equipment

   $ 289      $ 565      $ 713      $ 739      $ 2,306      $ 617      $ 717      $ 868      $ 780       $ 2,982   

Purchase of businesses

     325        1,724        —          25        2,074        (25     —          —          —           (25

Purchase of investments

     48        136        98        189        471        93        89        162        95         439   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 662      $ 2,425      $ 811      $ 953      $ 4,851      $ 685      $ 806      $ 1,030      $ 875       $ 3,396   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

*Increases to property, plant, and equipment

   $ 289      $ 565      $ 713      $ 739      $ 2,306      $ 617      $ 717      $ 868      $ 780       $ 2,982   

Changes in related accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     (29     (41     (48     (76     (194     (9     (7     (69     36         (49
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

   $ 260      $ 524      $ 665      $ 663      $ 2,112      $ 608      $ 710      $ 799      $ 816       $ 2,933   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

** The fourth quarter of 2012 relates to the acquisition of the olefins business from a subsidiary of Williams and the first quarter of 2013 relates to a working capital adjustment associated with the acquisition.

 

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Williams Partners L.P.

 

     2014 Guidance     2015 Guidance  

(Dollars in millions, except coverage ratios)

   Midpoint     Midpoint  

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP “Distributable Cash Flow” to GAAP “Net income”

    

Net income

   $ 1,906      $ 2,085   

Depreciation and amortization

     920        1,035   

Maintenance capital expenditures

     (340     (325

Attributable to noncontrolling interests

     (45     (105

Geismar Incident adjustments

     (127     —     

Other / Rounding

     36        95   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributable cash flow

   $ 2,350      $ 2,785   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total cash to be distributed

   $ 2,419      $ 2,714   

Coverage ratios:

    

Distributable cash flow divided by Total cash to be distributed

     0.97        1.03   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income divided by Total cash to be distributed

     0.79        0.77   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP “Adjusted Segment Profit” and “Adjusted Segment Profit + DD&A” to GAAP “Segment Profit”

    

Segment profit:

    

Northeast G&P

   $ 195      $ 355   

Atlantic-Gulf

     630        965   

West

     620        595   

NGL & Petchem Services

     1,027        915   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total segment profit

   $ 2,472      $ 2,830   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjustments:

    

Northeast G&P

   $ —        $ —     

Atlantic-Gulf

     —          —     

West

     —          —     

NGL & Petchem Services - Geismar Incident adjustment for insurance timing - business interruption

     (104     —     

NGL & Petchem Services - Geismar Incident adjustment for insurance timing - repair expense

     22        —     

NGL & Petchem Services - Geismar involuntary conversion gain

     (45     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total adjustments

     (127   $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted segment profit:

    

Northeast G&P

   $ 195      $ 355   

Atlantic-Gulf

     630        965   

West

     620        595   

NGL & Petchem Services

     900        915   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Adjusted segment profit

   $ 2,345      $ 2,830   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization (DD&A):

    

Northeast G&P

   $ 170      $ 210   

Atlantic-Gulf

     430        495   

West

     235        235   

NGL & Petchem Services

     85        95   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total depreciation and amortization

   $ 920      $ 1,035   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted segment profit + DD&A:

    

Northeast G&P

   $ 365      $ 565   

Atlantic-Gulf

     1,060        1,460   

West

     855        830   

NGL & Petchem Services

     985        1,010   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total adjusted segment profit + DD&A

   $ 3,265      $ 3,865   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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