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Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO    NEWS RELEASE

Altus Midstream Announces Full-Year and Fourth-Quarter 2020 Results

 

   

Delivered strong 2020 performance including cost savings from G&P business for six consecutive quarters;

 

   

Returning capital to shareholders with declaration of a $6 per share annualized dividend beginning in 2021; and

 

   

Committed to industry-leading technology and operating practices that minimize environmental footprint.

HOUSTON, Feb. 24, 2021 – Altus Midstream Company (Nasdaq: ALTM) today announced its results for fourth-quarter and full-year 2020.

For the full year, Altus reported net income including noncontrolling interests of $80 million. Altus generated adjusted EBITDA of approximately $191 million for the full year. Gathering and Processing (G&P) volumes averaged 499 million cubic feet (MMcf) per day, approximately 73% of which was rich gas.

The company reported fourth-quarter 2020 net income, including noncontrolling interests, of $60 million. Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter 2020 was approximately $48 million. G&P throughput volumes for the period averaged 455 MMcf per day, approximately 73% of which was rich gas.

CEO Comment

“Altus Midstream delivered strong performance despite the challenges faced last year. Thanks to our diversified assets and the dedication of the Altus team members, we are primed for continued improvement in 2021,” said Clay Bretches, Altus Midstream CEO and president. “At the end of March, we will make our first dividend payment supported by the combined strength of our joint venture pipelines, including the startup of the Permian Highway Pipeline.

“We remain focused on developing innovative and more sustainable ways to operate. This year, we will continue to optimize our operations, pursue new business by highlighting the efficiency of our plants and compressor stations, and maintain proactive measures to minimize our environmental footprint. For example, we have installed vapor recovery on all our hydrocarbon storage tanks and utilize compressed air for our pneumatic control devices, both of which mitigate methane emissions from this equipment. We primarily use electric motors for our large plant residue compressors to reduce emissions and maintain the ability to switch to gas-fired engines for reliability as needed.”


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2020 and 2021 Capital Update

Growth capital expenditures for 2020 were approximately $362 million, which reflects a shift in spending for the Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) from 2021 to 2020.

2021 growth capital investments are expected to range between $30—$40 million, primarily attributable to PHP. Altus expects approximately $5 million of maintenance capital for the G&P business this year.

CFO Comment

“With all of our joint venture pipelines in service as of Jan. 1, 2021, we expect to generate strong cash flow, which will enable us to return cash to shareholders through the dividend,” said Ben Rodgers, Altus Midstream chief financial officer.

Looking Ahead

“With the economy recuperating and the improving demand for oil and gas products, we are optimistic about the opportunities in the year ahead. Our focus remains on securing third-party business, maximizing use of assets, strengthening our balance sheet and carrying out key environmental initiatives,” Bretches concluded.

For updated financial guidance, please refer to the investor presentation released today at www.altusmidstream.com/investors.

Conference Call

Altus will host its full-year and fourth-quarter 2020 results conference call Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, at 1 p.m. Central time. The conference call will be webcast from Altus’ website at www.altusmidstream.com/investors, and the webcast replay will be archived there as well. The conference call will also be available for playback by telephone for one week beginning Feb. 25 at approximately 6 p.m. Central time. To access the telephone playback, dial (855) 859-2056 or (404) 537-3406 for international calls. The conference access code is 2394549.


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About Altus Midstream Company

Altus Midstream Company is a pure-play, Permian-to-Gulf Coast midstream C-corporation. Through its consolidated subsidiaries, Altus owns gas gathering, processing and transmission assets servicing production in the Delaware Basin and owns equity interests in four Permian-to-Gulf Coast pipelines. Altus posts announcements, operational updates, investor information and press releases on its website, www.altusmidstream.com.

Additional information

Additional information follows, including a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA, Capital Investments and Growth Capital Investments (non-GAAP financial measures) to the GAAP measures.

Non-GAAP financial measures

Altus’ financial information includes information prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) as well as non-GAAP financial information. It is management’s intent to provide non-GAAP financial information to enhance understanding of our consolidated financial information as prepared in accordance with GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA, Capital Investments and Growth Capital Investments are non-GAAP measures. This non-GAAP information should be considered by the reader in addition to, but not instead of, the financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. Wherever a non-GAAP financial measure is disclosed in this earnings release, the non-GAAP measure is presented along with the corresponding GAAP measure so as not to imply that more emphasis should be placed on the non-GAAP measure.

Forward-looking statements

This news release includes certain statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements” for purposes of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “seeks,” “possible,” “potential,”


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“predict,” “project,” “prospects,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “should,” “would,” “will,” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements about future plans, expectations, and objectives for Altus Midstream’s and Apache’s operations, including statements about our strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects, plans, and objectives of management. While forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and analyses made by us that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, whether actual results and developments will meet our expectations and predictions depend on a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause our actual results, performance, and financial condition to differ materially from our expectations. See “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, and in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, when filed) for a discussion of risk factors that affect our business. Any forward-looking statement made by us in this news release speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Factors or events that could cause our actual results to differ may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future development or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

Contacts

 

Media:

        (713) 296-7276 Alexandra Franceschi

Investors:

    (281) 302-2286 Patrick Cassidy

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ALTUS MIDSTREAM COMPANY

STATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

     For the Quarter Ended
December 31,
    For the Year Ended
December 31,
 
     2020     2019     2020     2019  

REVENUES:

        

Midstream services revenue - affiliate

   $ 33,606     $ 43,803     $ 144,714     $ 135,798  

Product sales - third parties

     1,795       —         3,695       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     35,401       43,803       148,409       135,798  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

COSTS AND EXPENSES:

        

Costs of product sales

     1,295       —         2,988       —    

Operations and maintenance

     8,934       12,391       37,993       55,858  

General and administrative

     3,053       1,987       13,155       10,301  

Depreciation and accretion

     3,961       13,012       15,945       41,480  

Impairments

     1,643       1,291,381       1,643       1,300,719  

Taxes other than income

     4,136       3,529       15,069       13,231  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total costs and expenses

     23,022       1,322,300       86,793       1,421,589  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)

     12,379       (1,278,497     61,616       (1,285,791

OTHER INCOME (LOSS):

        

Unrealized derivative instrument gain (loss)

     40,022       (4,701     (36,080     (8,470

Interest income

     —         22       9       3,606  

Income from equity method interests, net(a):

     11,198       18,532       58,739       19,069  

Other

     (2,095     (605     (2,306     (622
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other income

     49,125       13,248       20,362       13,583  

Financing costs, net of capitalized interest

     1,212       284       2,190       1,792  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES

     60,292       (1,265,533     79,788       (1,274,000

Current income tax benefit

     —         (15     (696     (15

Deferred income tax expense

     —         65,425       —         64,915  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCOME (LOSS) INCLUDING NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

     60,292       (1,330,943     80,484       (1,338,900

Net income attributable to Preferred Unit limited partners

     19,548       17,186       75,906       38,809  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS

     40,744       (1,348,129     4,578       (1,377,709

Net income (loss) attributable to Apache limited partner

     31,348       (984,516     2,987       (1,008,039
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO CLASS A COMMON SHAREHOLDERS

   $ 9,396     $ (363,613   $ 1,591     $ (369,670
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Historically, the Company reported income and loss from equity method interests on a one-month reporting lag. Effective October 1, 2019, the Company eliminated this one-month reporting lag as a change in accounting principle. As a result, the Statement of Consolidated Operations of this earnings release reflects the three months of equity method interests income and loss for the quarter ended December 31, 2019 and one month of equity method interest income and loss from the prior quarter of $4.4 million. The impact to the Statement of Consolidated Operations for the year ended December 31, 2019 was not material.

 

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ALTUS MIDSTREAM COMPANY

SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND OPERATING STATISTICS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

SUMMARY CASH FLOW INFORMATION

 

     For the Quarter Ended     For the Year Ended  
     December 31,     December 31,  
     2020     2019     2020     2019  

Net cash provided by operating activities

   $ 26,847     $ 36,837     $ 164,294     $ 76,273  

Net cash used in investing activities

     (37,080     (188,641     (338,360     (1,503,688

Net cash provided by financing activities

     32,438       155,193       192,271       983,463  

SUMMARY BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION

 

     December 31,     Decemeber 31,  
     2020     2019  

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 24,188     $ 5,983  

Other current assets

     18,581       25,754  

Property, plant and equipment, net

     195,836       205,802  

Equity method interests

     1,555,182       1,258,048  

Deferred charges and other

     5,843       5,267  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 1,799,630     $ 1,500,854  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current liabilities

   $ 29,983     $ 33,692  

Long-term debt

     624,000       396,000  

Deferred credits and other noncurrent liabilities

     208,610       167,638  

Redeemable noncontrolling interest - Apache limited partner

     575,125       701,000  

Redeemable noncontrolling interest - Preferred Unit limited partners

     608,381       555,599  

Shareholders’ equity (deficit)

     (246,469     (353,075
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities, noncontrolling interests, and shareholders’ equity

   $ 1,799,630     $ 1,500,854  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Common shares outstanding at the end of the period(a):

    

Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value

     3,746       3,746  

Class C Common Stock, $0.0001 par value

     12,500       12,500  

 

(a)

Share amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the Company’s reverse stock split which was effected June 30, 2020.

SUMMARY OPERATING STATISTICS

 

     For the Quarter Ended      For the Year Ended  
     December 31,      December 31,  
     2020      2019      2020      2019  

Throughput volumes of natural gas (MMcf/d)

           

Rich wellhead gas

     331        419        366        324  

Lean wellhead gas

     124        224        133        185  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total throughput

     455        643        499        509  

 

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ALTUS MIDSTREAM COMPANY

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

Reconciliation of net income (loss) including noncontrolling interest to Adjusted EBITDA

We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests before financing costs (net of capitalized interest), interest income, income taxes, depreciation and accretion and adjust such equivalent items from our income from equity method interests. We also exclude (when applicable) impairments, unrealized gains or losses on derivative instruments, and other items affecting comparability of results to peers. Our management believes Adjusted EBITDA is useful for evaluating our operating performance and comparing results of our operations from period-to-period and against peers without regard to financing or capital structure. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to, or more meaningful than, net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests or any other measure determined in accordance with GAAP or as an indicator of our operating performance or liquidity. Certain items excluded from Adjusted EBITDA are significant components in understanding and assessing our financial performance, such as our cost of capital and tax structure, as well as the historic costs of depreciable assets, none of which are components of Adjusted EBITDA. The presentation of Adjusted EBITDA should not be construed as an inference that our results will be unaffected by unusual or non-recurring items. Additionally, our computation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies.

The GAAP measure used by the Company that is most directly comparable to Adjusted EBITDA is net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to the GAAP measure of net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests or any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA has important limitations as an analytical tool because it excludes some, but not all, items that affect net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of the Company’s results as reported under GAAP. Our definitions of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies in our industry, thereby diminishing its utility.

Our management compensates for the limitations of Adjusted EBITDA as an analytical tool, by reviewing the comparable GAAP measure, understanding the differences between Adjusted EBITDA as compared to net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests and incorporating this knowledge into its decision-making processes. Our management believes that investors benefit from having access to the same financial measures that the Company uses in evaluating operating results.

 

     For the Quarter Ended     For the Year Ended  
     December 31,     September 30,      December 31,     December 31,      December 31,  
     2020     2020      2019     2020      2019  

Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests

   $ 60,292     $ 29,322      $ (1,330,943   $ 80,484      $ (1,338,900

Add:

            

Financing costs, net of capitalized interest

     1,212       413        284       2,190        1,792  

Income tax expense

     —         —          65,410       —          64,900  

Depreciation and accretion

     3,961       4,008        13,012       15,945        41,480  

Impairments

     1,643       —          1,291,381       1,643        1,300,719  

Unrealized derivative instrument gain (loss)

     (40,022     3,533        4,701       36,080        8,470  

Equity method interests Adjusted EBITDA

     29,806       29,952        20,250       111,675        29,251  

Loss on sales of assets, net

     2,310       —          605       2,234        605  

Other

     60       —          32       348        676  

Less:

            

Interest income

     —         —          22       9        —    

Income from equity method interests, net

     11,198       14,320        18,532       58,739        3,606  

Income tax benefit

     —         —          —         696        19,069  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA (Non-GAAP)

   $ 48,064     $ 52,908      $ 46,178     $ 191,155      $ 86,318  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other midstream actvity

            

Cash distributions received from our equity method interests

   $ 23,496     $ 32,923      $ 21,925     $ 98,166      $ 25,316  

 

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ALTUS MIDSTREAM COMPANY

TOTAL GROWTH CAPITAL INVESTMENTS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

Reconciliation of costs incurred in midstream activity to capital investments and growth capital investments

Management believes the presentation of capital investments and growth capital investments is useful for investors to assess Altus’ expenditures related to our midstream capital activity. We define capital investments as costs incurred in midstream activities, adjusted to exclude asset retirement obligation revisions and liabilities incurred, while including amounts paid during the period for abandonment and decommissioning expenditures given the uncertainty and timing of when the actual abandonment activity will occur. Management also believes that including our proportionate share of capital in relation to equity method interests funded by cash contributions and the partner’s project financing is useful for investors to assess Altus’ total growth capital investments. Management believes total growth capital investments provides a more accurate reflection of Altus’ current-period expenditures related to midstream capital activity and is consistent with how we plan our capital budget.

 

     For the Quarter Ended     For the Year Ended  
     December 31,      September 30,      December 31,     December 31,      December 31,  
     2020      2020      2019     2020      2019  

Costs incurred in midstream activity

             

Property, plant and equipment, gross

   $ 1,019      $ 1,868      $ 57,432     $ 12,242      $ 328,395  

Equity method interests

     41,078        131,840        163,940       327,305        1,171,977  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total cost incurred in midstream activity

   $ 42,097      $ 133,708      $ 221,372     $ 339,547      $ 1,500,372  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Reconciliation of costs incurred to midstream capital investment:

             

Asset retirement obligations incurred and revisions

   $ —        $ —        $ (25,681   $ —        $ (29,087

Asset retirement obligations settled

     —          —          —         —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total capital investments

     42,097        133,708        195,691       339,547        1,471,285  

Equity method interest capital investments funded by project financing

     —          —          7,500       22,091        150,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total growth capital investments

   $ 42,097      $ 133,708      $ 203,191     $ 361,638      $ 1,621,285  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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