NGL Energy Partners LP Announces Agreement to Sell its 50% Interest in Glass Mountain Pipeline, LLC to an Affiliate of BlackR...
November 09 2017 - 6:55AM
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NGL Energy Partners LP (NYSE: NGL) (the “Partnership” or “NGL”)
announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement
with an affiliate of BlackRock Inc.’s Global Energy and Power
Infrastructure Fund (“GEPIF”) in partnership with Navigator Energy
Services to sell its 50% interest in Glass Mountain Pipeline, LLC
(“Glass Mountain” or “GMP”) for total consideration of $300
million. The sale is expected to close prior to December 31, 2017,
subject to the receipt of certain governmental approvals and the
satisfaction of other customary closing conditions.
“This transaction is another significant accomplishment that
continues the deleveraging of our balance sheet and improving our
credit profile. The successful completion of this immediately
accretive transaction, combined with our recently announced Retail
Propane sale, will have a transformative effect on our financial
flexibility and reduce our cost of capital while also improving our
distribution coverage. The resulting reduction in leverage will
strongly position NGL to execute on the growth potential across all
of its segments,” stated Mike Krimbill, NGL’s Chief Executive
Officer. “The expected growth in the STACK and Merge plays becomes
more of a reality every day with increased drilling activity and
some of the best returns in the shale oil plays. We believe the
Navigator team will be able to commercially capitalize on this
potential with this best-in-class asset.”
Glass Mountain is a fully integrated, multi-play crude
transportation system in Oklahoma, which services the STACK/Merge,
Granite Wash and Mississippi Lime plays and delivers crude oil to
one million barrels of GMP-owned storage at Cushing, Oklahoma. GMP
completed construction of the original, approximately 215-mile
system and began commercial operations in April 2014. An
approximately 44-mile extension into the STACK was announced in
December 2016, and is expected to be complete by calendar year-end
2017 and operational in early 2018. Once the STACK extension is
completed, the system would include pipeline capacity of
approximately 210,000 barrels of oil per day and approximately 1.8
million barrels of storage, including 1.0 million barrels located
in Cushing, Oklahoma. The pipeline is supported by long-term
agreements with producers, including both take-or-pay and area
dedications.
“We are very excited to build upon the foundation that NGL and
SemGroup have successfully established in Glass Mountain,” said
Matt Vining, CEO of Navigator Energy Services. “Glass Mountain
represents a unique opportunity to enter an exciting resource play
and continue NGL’s and SemGroup’s customer-focused approach to
providing safe crude oil midstream services. We look forward to
engaging with our customers and commercial partners as we embark on
a new phase of growth.”
“By partnering with the Navigator Energy Services management
team in the acquisition of Glass Mountain, we look forward to
delivering our clients a very attractive midstream investment
opportunity,” said Mark Saxe, Managing Director in BlackRock’s
Global Energy & Power Infrastructure group. “As a leading
global energy infrastructure investor, our deep industry experience
and technical expertise will enable us to bring strategic and
operational insights essential to take the assets on to the next
phase of their life cycle.”
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. is serving as exclusive financial
advisor to NGL. McGrath North is serving as NGL’s legal
counsel.
Morgan Stanley is serving as exclusive financial advisor to
GEPIF. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is serving as GEPIF’s legal
counsel.
Glass Mountain Pipeline is a joint venture owned equally between
NGL Energy Partners LP and SemGroup Corporation.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain matters contained in this Press Release include
"forward-looking statements." All statements, other than statements
of historical fact, included in this Press Release may constitute
forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the
expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are
reasonable, we cannot assure you that these expectations will prove
to be correct. These forward-looking statements are subject to
certain known and unknown risks and uncertainties, as well as
assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those reflected in these forward-looking statements. Factors
that might cause actual results to differ include, but are not
limited to, the risk factors discussed from time to time in each of
our documents and reports filed with the SEC.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any
forward-looking statements contained in this Press Release, which
reflect management's opinions only as of the date hereof. Except as
required by law, we undertake no obligation to revise or publicly
release the results of any revision to any forward-looking
statements.
About NGL Energy Partners LP
NGL Energy Partners LP is a Delaware limited partnership. NGL
owns and operates a vertically integrated energy business with five
primary businesses: water solutions, crude oil logistics, NGL
logistics, refined products/renewables and retail propane. For
further information, visit the Partnership's website at
www.nglenergypartners.com.
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NGL Energy Partners LPTrey Karlovich, 918-481-1119Executive Vice
President, Chief Financial Officertrey.karlovich@nglep.comorLinda
Bridges, 918-481-1119Vice President – Finance and
TreasurerLinda.Bridges@nglep.com
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