NGL Energy Partners LP Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year Fiscal 2025 Financial Results; Guidance for Fiscal 2026

NGL Energy Partners LP (NYSE:NGL) ("NGL," "we," "us," "our," or the "Partnership") today reported its fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2025 results.

Highlights for the fiscal year and quarter ended March 31, 2025 include:

• Income from continuing operations for full year Fiscal 2025 of $65.0 million, compared to a loss from continuing operations of $157.7 million for full year Fiscal 2024; income from continuing operations for the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2025 of $16.2 million, compared to a loss from continuing operations of $234.3 million for the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2024
• Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations⁽¹⁾ for full year Fiscal 2025 of $622.9 million, compared to $593.4 million for full year Fiscal 2024; Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations⁽¹⁾ for the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2025 of $176.8 million, compared to $147.9 million for the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2024
• Produced water volumes processed of approximately 2.73 million barrels per day during the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2025, growing 14.2% from the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2024 and 2.63 million barrels per day for the entire Fiscal 2025, an 8.6% increase over the prior year
• Record Water Solutions' Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾ of $542.0 million for full year Fiscal 2025, a 6.6% increase over the prior year and 8.7% when reducing prior year Adjusted EBITDA for assets sold
• Closed the sale of our natural gas liquids terminal in Green Bay, Wisconsin and certain railcars in our Crude Oil Logistics segment

Additional asset sales for the period subsequent to March 31, 2025 included the sale of:

• 17 of our natural gas liquids terminals, the majority of our wholesale propane business
• Our refined products Rack Marketing business
• Our ownership in Limestone Ranch in the Water Solutions segment
• Additional railcars in our Crude Oil Logistics segment

The Partnership commenced purchases of its Class D preferred, buying 20,000 units in the open market at a discount.

The asset sales, associated working capital, and other cash receipts raised approximately $270 million. These proceeds were used to repay the outstanding borrowings of the ABL, purchase preferred equity and will further reduce indebtedness.

"The Partnership ended Fiscal 2025, with Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾ $622.9 million, versus our previous guidance of $620 million. Water Solutions achieved record annual water disposal volumes processed and Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾, and the Partnership executed on non-core asset sales at attractive multiples. These asset sales will reduce the volatility and seasonality of our Adjusted EBITDA and working capital requirements. Fiscal 2026 holds more opportunities to continue addressing our capital structure and strengthening our balance sheet," stated Mike Krimbill, NGL's CEO. "We are guiding Fiscal 2026 full year consolidated Adjusted EBITDA⁽²⁾ to a range of $615 -$625 million which is an increase over Fiscal 2025 actuals adjusted for EBITDA associated with asset sales. Also, we are guiding to $45 million in maintenance and $60 million of growth capital expenditures for Fiscal 2026," Krimbill concluded.

Quarterly Results of Operations

The following table summarizes operating income (loss) and Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations⁽¹⁾ by reportable segment for the periods indicated:

Water Solutions

Operating income for the Water Solutions segment increased by $60.4 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2024. The increase was due primarily to higher disposal revenues due to an increase in produced water volumes processed from contracted customers and higher fees charged for interruptible spot volumes. There was also higher water pipeline revenue due to the LEX II pipeline commencing operations during the prior quarter. The Partnership processed approximately 2.73 million barrels of water per day during the quarter ended March 31, 2025, a 14.2% increase when compared to approximately 2.39 million barrels of water per day processed during the quarter ended March 31, 2024.

Revenues from recovered skim oil, including the impact from realized skim oil hedges, totaled $36.7 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, an increase of $8.3 million from the prior year period. The increase was due primarily to an increase in skim oil barrels sold due to more skim oil recovered from receiving more water in higher oil cut basins, partially offset by lower realized crude oil prices received from the sale of skim oil barrels.

Operating expenses in the Water Solutions segment increased $7.6 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2024 due primarily to higher royalty expense due to volumes related to the LEX II pipeline commencing operations and increased volumes at certain other saltwater disposal wells, higher repairs and maintenance expense due to the timing of repairs and tank cleaning and higher business insurance expense for remediation costs incurred. Operating expense per produced barrel processed was $0.23 for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, compared to $0.23 in the comparative quarter last year.

Also contributing to the increase in operating income were lower losses on the disposal or impairment of assets of $8.0 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, compared to $31.8 million in the prior year period.

Crude Oil Logistics

Operating income for the Crude Oil Logistics segment increased by $3.9 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2024. For the quarter ended March 31, 2025, we incurred lower expenses of $3.9 million due to lower volumes flowing on the Grand Mesa Pipeline, lower depreciation due to certain assets becoming fully depreciated in the prior year, and we recorded a gain from the disposal of certain assets for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, compared to a loss in the prior year period. In addition, we recognized a net loss on derivatives of $0.4 million in the current year period compared to a net loss of $6.8 million in the prior year period. This was offset by lower product margin for crude oil sales due to lower production on the acreage dedicated to us in the DJ Basin and expiration of certain higher margin purchase contracts during the quarter ended March 31, 2024. During the quarter ended March 31, 2025, physical volumes on the Grand Mesa Pipeline averaged approximately 56,000 barrels per day, compared to approximately 67,000 barrels per day for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.

Liquids Logistics

Operating income for the Liquids Logistics segment increased by $44.9 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2024. Operating income for the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2025 includes impairment losses of $23.2 million, compared to impairment losses of $69.3 million in the same period of the prior year. Excluding these amounts, operating income decreased by $1.1 million for the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2025. Margins for product sales (excluding the impact of derivatives) decreased by approximately $7.1 million, as butane margins declined due to a weak gasoline blending season and asphalt margins declined due to lower supply. Propane margins were essentially flat quarter over quarter. Expenses decreased during the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2025 due to lower commission expense and incentive compensation due to lower operating results.

Capitalization and Liquidity

Total liquidity (cash plus available capacity on our asset-based revolving credit facility ("ABL Facility")) was approximately $385.7 million as of March 31, 2025. On March 31, 2025, the borrowings under the ABL Facility were $109.0 million, compared to no borrowings under the ABL Facility at March 31, 2024. The ABL Facility was paid off with funds from asset sales on May 1, 2025.

As of March 31, 2025, the Partnership is in compliance with all of its debt covenants and has no significant current debt maturities before February 2029.

Fourth Quarter Conference Call Information

A conference call to discuss NGL's results of operations is scheduled for 4:00 pm Central Time on Thursday, May 29, 2025. Analysts, investors, and other interested parties may join the webcast via the event link: https://www.webcaster4.com/Webcast/Page/2808/52485 or by dialing (888) 506-0062 and providing conference code: 625196. An archived audio replay of the call will be available for 14 days, which can be accessed by dialing (877) 481-4010 and providing replay passcode 52485.

NGL filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2025 with the Securities and Exchange Commission after market on May 29, 2025. A copy of the Form 10-K can be found on the Partnership's website at www.nglenergypartners.com. Unitholders may also request, free of charge, a hard copy of our Form 10-K and our complete audited financial statements.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We define EBITDA as net income (loss) attributable to NGL Energy Partners LP, plus interest expense, income tax expense (benefit), and depreciation and amortization expense. We define Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA excluding net unrealized gains and losses on derivatives, lower of cost or net realizable value adjustments, gains and losses on disposal or impairment of assets, gains and losses on early extinguishment of liabilities, equity-based compensation expense, revaluation of liabilities and other. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as alternatives to net income (loss), income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes, cash flows from operating activities, or any other measure of financial performance calculated in accordance with GAAP, as those items are used to measure operating performance, liquidity or the ability to service debt obligations. We believe that EBITDA provides additional information to investors for evaluating our ability to make quarterly distributions to our unitholders and is presented solely as a supplemental measure. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA provides additional information to investors for evaluating our financial performance without regard to our financing methods, capital structure and historical cost basis. Further, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, as we define them, may not be comparable to EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, or similarly titled measures used by other entities.

For purposes of our Adjusted EBITDA calculation, we make a distinction between realized and unrealized gains and losses on derivatives. During the period when a derivative contract is open, we record changes in the fair value of the derivative as an unrealized gain or loss. When a derivative contract matures or is settled, we reverse the previously recorded unrealized gain or loss and record a realized gain or loss. In our Crude Oil Logistics segment, we purchase certain crude oil barrels using the West Texas Intermediate ("WTI") calendar month average ("CMA") price and sell the crude oil barrels using the WTI CMA price plus the Argus CMA Differential Roll Component ("CMA Differential Roll") per our contracts. To eliminate the volatility of the CMA Differential Roll, we entered into derivative instrument positions in January 2021 to secure a margin of approximately $0.20 per barrel on 1.5 million barrels per month from May 2021 through December 2023. Due to the nature of these positions, the cash flow and earnings recognized on a GAAP basis differed from period to period depending on the current crude oil price and future estimated crude oil price which were valued utilizing third-party market quoted prices. We recognized in Adjusted EBITDA the gains and losses from the derivative instrument positions entered into in January 2021 to properly align with the physical margin we hedged each month through the term of this transaction. This representation aligns with management's evaluation of the transaction. The derivative instrument positions we entered into related to the CMA Differential Roll expired as of December 31, 2023, and we have not entered into any new derivative instrument positions related to the CMA Differential Roll.

As previously reported, for purposes of our Adjusted EBITDA calculation, we did not draw a distinction between realized and unrealized gains and losses on derivatives of certain businesses within our Liquids Logistics segment, which are included in discontinued operations. The primary hedging strategy of these businesses is to hedge against the risk of declines in the value of inventory over the course of the contract cycle, and many of the hedges cover extended periods of time. The "inventory valuation adjustment" row in the reconciliation table reflects the difference between the market value of the inventory of these businesses at the balance sheet date and its cost. We include this in Adjusted EBITDA because the unrealized gains and losses for derivative contracts associated with the inventory of this segment, which are intended primarily to hedge inventory holding risk and are included in net income, also affect Adjusted EBITDA. Beginning April 1, 2024, and going forward, we will now be drawing a distinction between realized and unrealized gains and losses on derivatives and will no longer include the activity on the "inventory valuation adjustment" row in the reconciliation table for these certain businesses within our Liquids Logistics segment, which are included in discontinued operations. This change aligns with how management now views and evaluates the transactions within these businesses and is also consistent with the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA used in our other businesses. If this change was made as of April 1, 2023, Adjusted EBITDA for the three months and year ended March 31, 2024 would have been $147.7 million and $609.5 million, respectively.

Distributable Cash Flow is defined as Adjusted EBITDA minus maintenance capital expenditures, income tax expense, cash interest expense, preferred unit distributions and other. Maintenance capital expenditures represent capital expenditures necessary to maintain the Partnership's operating capacity. For the CMA Differential Roll transaction, as discussed above, we have included an adjustment to Distributable Cash Flow to reflect, in the period for which they relate, the actual cash flows for the positions that settled that are not being recognized in Adjusted EBITDA. Distributable Cash Flow is a performance metric used by senior management to compare cash flows generated by the Partnership (excluding growth capital expenditures and prior to the establishment of any retained cash reserves by the board of directors of our general partner) to the cash distributions expected to be paid to unitholders. Using this metric, management can quickly compute the coverage ratio of estimated cash flows to planned cash distributions. This financial measure also is important to investors as an indicator of whether the Partnership is generating cash flow at a level that can sustain, or support an increase in, quarterly distribution rates. Actual distribution amounts are set by the board of directors of our general partner.

We do not provide a reconciliation for non-GAAP estimates on a forward-looking basis where we are unable to provide a meaningful calculation or estimation of reconciling items and the information is not available without unreasonable effort. This is due to the inherent difficulty of forecasting the timing or amount of various items that would impact the most directly comparable forward-looking U.S. GAAP financial measure that have not yet occurred, are out of the Partnership's control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted. Forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures provided without the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures may vary materially from the corresponding U.S. GAAP financial measures.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes "forward-looking statements." All statements other than statements of historical facts included or incorporated herein may constitute forward-looking statements. Actual results could vary significantly from those expressed or implied in such statements and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. While NGL believes such forward-looking statements are reasonable, NGL cannot assure they will prove to be correct. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that affect operations, financial performance, and other factors as discussed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Other factors that could impact any forward-looking statements are those risks described in NGL's Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and other public filings. You are urged to carefully review and consider the cautionary statements and other disclosures made in those filings, specifically those under the heading "Risk Factors." NGL undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements except as required by law.

NGL provides Adjusted EBITDA guidance that does not include certain charges and costs, which in future periods are generally expected to be similar to the kinds of charges and costs excluded from Adjusted EBITDA in prior periods, such as income taxes, interest and other non-operating items, depreciation and amortization, net unrealized gains and losses on derivatives, lower of cost or net realizable value adjustments, gains and losses on disposal or impairment of assets, gains and losses on early extinguishment of liabilities, equity-based compensation expense, acquisition expense, revaluation of liabilities and items that are unusual in nature or infrequently occurring. The exclusion of these charges and costs in future periods will have a significant impact on the Partnership's Adjusted EBITDA, and the Partnership is not able to provide a reconciliation of its Adjusted EBITDA guidance to net income (loss) without unreasonable efforts due to the uncertainty and variability of the nature and amount of these future charges and costs and the Partnership believes that such reconciliation, if possible, would imply a degree of precision that would be potentially confusing or misleading to investors.

About NGL Energy Partners LP

NGL Energy Partners LP, a Delaware master limited partnership, operates the largest integrated network of large diameter wastewater pipelines, disposal wells and produced water handling systems in the Delaware Basin. NGL also operates wastewater disposal in the Eagle Ford and DJ Basins. In addition, NGL markets and provides other logistics services for crude oil, through its ownership of the Grand Mesa Pipeline System, Cushing terminal and other Gulf Coast terminals. For further information, visit the Partnership's website at www.nglenergypartners.com.

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