Kinetik Reports First Quarter 2024 Financial and Operating Results

Kinetik Holdings Inc. (NYSE: KNTK) (“Kinetik” or the “Company”) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.

First Quarter 2024 Results and Commentary

For the three months ended March 31, 2024, Kinetik processed natural gas volumes of 1.53 Bcf/d and reported net income of $35.4 million.

Kinetik generated Adjusted EBITDA¹ of $233.6 million, Distributable Cash Flow¹ of $154.5 million, and Free Cash Flow¹ of $107.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024.

“Kinetik has had a strong start to 2024,” said Jamie Welch, Kinetik’s President & Chief Executive Officer. “In particular, our first quarter results exceeded our internal forecast used to set our full year guidance in February. Adjusted EBITDA¹ increased 25% year-over-year reflecting underlying volume growth and contributions from the New Mexico Expansion, Permian Highway Pipeline Expansion, and Delaware Link. With all three of our 2023 major growth capital projects completed and in-service, we can offer producers an integrated wellhead-to-Gulf Coast solution that provides them with reliability and access to premium pricing markets and generates enhanced marketing opportunities for Kinetik, especially in the current commodity price environment where Waha gas daily prices averaged negative $0.72 per MMBtu for the months of March and April. Many of our customers benefited significantly by having their March and April natural gas volumes sold at Gulf Coast pricing.”

“Kinetik has one of the best operational run times in the Permian Basin, and we continue to invest in our assets to maintain this reliability and enhance our efficiencies. The operations team did a great job in the quarter completing the planned molecular sieve bed change outs at several processing facilities, minimizing the amount of downtime required while maintaining flow assurance to our customers. In April, we completed our system-wide amine treating project with the installation at Pecos Bend. With these treating capabilities, we can now offer enhanced blending and treating services to our customers which enables us to accept a broader range of gas quality, resulting in increased revenue.”

“We remain focused on generating value for shareholders. In the first quarter, we facilitated a secondary offering for Apache’s remaining ownership stake in Kinetik. That transaction substantially increased the public float to almost $1.5 billion and our average daily trading volume has increased significantly since the transaction closed. We were pleased to see such high investor demand and interest in the Kinetik story.”

Financial

1. Achieved quarterly net income of $35.4 million and Adjusted EBITDA¹ of $233.6 million.
2. Executed agreement for a $150 million accounts receivable securitization facility which matures April 2025 with an ongoing renewal mechanism. The net proceeds were used to repay a portion of the outstanding borrowings under Kinetik’s existing Term Loan Credit Facility, and the maturity date of the Term Loan credit facility was extended to December 2026.
3. Declared a cash dividend of $0.75 per share for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, or $3.00 per share on an annualized basis. This is the first quarter in which all shareholders are eligible to receive a cash dividend following the completion of the core shareholder dividend reinvestment obligation.
4. Exited the quarter with a Leverage Ratio^1,2 per the Company’s Revolving Credit Agreement of 3.8x and a Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA^1,3 Ratio of 4.0x.
5. Kinetik’s remaining 2024 commodity exposure is less than 5% of gross profit and continues to be actively reduced with the Company’s systematic hedging program.

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Operational

1. Placed in-service front-end amine treating at Pecos Bend in April, completing Kinetik’s system-wide treating projects and further expanding the Company’s service offerings to include gas blending and treating.
2. Placed in-service Kinetik’s gathering system expansion into Lea County, New Mexico on January 18, 2024 followed by commercial in-service of the original underwriting gathering and processing agreement on April 1, 2024.
3. Completed maintenance projects at several processing facilities enhancing system operational efficiencies and recoveries.

Governance and Sustainability

1. Entered into a long-term agreement with Infinium for the sale of CO₂ captured at one of Kinetik’s processing complexes for use as a feedstock in the production of ultra-low carbon electrofuels at Infinium’s announced Project Roadrunner. The project creates another revenue stream from Kinetik’s CO₂ treating infrastructure, without any capital burden or operating expense exposure to Kinetik. This unique agreement supports Kinetik’s broader decarbonization efforts.
2. In 2023, Kinetik reduced Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas and Scope 1 and Scope 2 methane emissions intensities by 12% and 34%, respectively, as compared to its 2021 baseline. This has resulted in the early satisfaction of its 2030 methane emissions intensity reduction target of 30% pursuant to its Sustainability-Linked Financing Framework.
3. Appointed Bill Ordemann, a retired senior executive from Enterprise Products, to Kinetik’s Board of Directors, replacing Ben Rogers following Mr. Rogers’ resignation in connection with Apache’s exit from its shareholding position.

Upcoming Tour Dates

Kinetik plans to participate at the following upcoming conferences and events:

1. Citi Energy & Climate Technology Conference in Boston on May 14th - 15th
2. 20th Annual Energy Infrastructure CEO & Investor Conference in Miami on May 22nd - 23rd
3. RBC Capital Markets Global Energy, Power & Infrastructure Conference in New York on June 4th
4. Wolfe Research Small and Mid-Cap Conference in New York on June 5th
5. JP Morgan Energy, Power & Renewables Conference in New York on June 17th - June 18th

Investor Presentation

An updated investor presentation will be available under Events and Presentations in the Investors section of the Company’s website at www.ir.kinetik.com.

Conference Call and Webcast

Kinetik will host its first quarter 2024 results conference call on Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 8:00 am Central Daylight Time (9:00 am Eastern Daylight Time) to discuss first quarter results. To access a live webcast of the conference call, please visit the Investors section of Kinetik’s website at www.ir.kinetik.com. A replay of the conference call also will be available on the website following the call.

About Kinetik Holdings Inc.

Kinetik is a fully integrated, pure-play, Permian-to-Gulf Coast midstream C-corporation operating in the Delaware Basin. Kinetik is headquartered in Midland, Texas and has a significant presence in Houston, Texas. Kinetik provides comprehensive gathering, transportation, compression, processing and treating services for companies that produce natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil and water. Kinetik posts announcements, operational updates, investor information and press releases on its website, www.kinetik.com.

1. A non-GAAP financial measure. See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” and “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures” for further details.
2. Leverage Ratio is total debt less cash and cash equivalents divided by last twelve months Adjusted EBITDA, calculated in the Company’s credit agreement. The calculation includes Qualified Project and Acquisition EBITDA Adjustments that pertain to the funding of the Permian Highway Pipeline expansion project, Delaware Link project, first quarter 2023 midstream infrastructure asset acquisition, and other qualified growth capital projects at the Midstream Logistics segment.
3. Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Ratio is defined as Net Debt divided by last twelve months Adjusted EBITDA.
4. Net income including noncontrolling interest for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $4.3 million.
5. Dividend Coverage Ratio is Distributable Cash Flow divided by total declared dividends.
6. Net of contributions in aid of construction and returns of invested capital from unconsolidated affiliates.
7. Issued and outstanding shares of 153,655,275 is the sum of 59,712,487 shares of Class A common stock and 93,942,788 shares of Class C common stock as of March 31, 2024.
8. Net Debt is defined as total long-term debt, excluding deferred financing costs, less cash and cash equivalents.

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,” “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 the Company’s future business strategy and other plans, expectations, and objectives for the Company’s operations, including statements about strategy, synergies, sustainability goals and initiatives, portfolio monetization opportunities, expansion projects and future operations, and financial guidance; the Company’s projected dividend amounts and the timing thereof; and the Company’s leverage and financial profile. 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 Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. 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.

Additional information

Additional information follows, including a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA, Distributable Cash Flow, Free Cash Flow, and Net Debt (non-GAAP financial measures) to the GAAP measures.

Non-GAAP financial measures

Kinetik’s 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, Distributable Cash Flow, Free Cash Flow, Dividend Coverage Ratio, Net Debt and Leverage Ratio 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 and reconciliations from these results should be carefully evaluated. See “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures” elsewhere in this news release.

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