Press Release
Fourth Quarter 2021 Earnings Call
SMLP will host a conference call at
New Business Segments
SMLP has implemented changes to its reportable segments that better aligns its assets based on their macro-economic drivers and how the business is managed, which enhances commercial, engineering and operational capabilities. Beginning with its 2021 fourth quarter and annual results, SMLP has five reportable segments that are described below, along with a management categorization of the commodity that has the most influence on customer drilling and completion decisions.
Natural gas price driven: Cash flows in the Northeast, Piceance and Barnett segments are significantly influenced by the price of natural gas because the drilling, completion and recompletion decisions by SMLP's customers in these segments are based on well economics most heavily impacted by the price of natural gas. Increased upstream activity by customers in these basins therefore result in higher throughput and cash flows for those segments in which we collect fees for gathering natural gas and natural gas liquids.
- Northeast – Includes our wholly owned midstream assets located in the
Utica and Marcellus shale plays and Summit's equity method investment in Ohio Gathering that is focused on theUtica Shale - Piceance – Includes wholly owned midstream assets located in the
Piceance Basin - Barnett – Includes wholly owned midstream assets located in the
Barnett Shale
Oil price driven: Customer activity and cash flows in the Permian and Rockies segments are significantly influenced by the price of oil because the drilling and completion decisions by customers in these segments are based on well economics most heavily impacted by the price of oil. Decisions to drill and complete wells in these basins therefore result in higher throughput and cash flows for our midstream assets in which SMLP collects fees for gathering or processing hydrocarbons, gathering produced water, or transporting natural gas.
- Permian – Includes wholly owned midstream assets located in the
Permian Basin and Summit's equity method investment in the Double E Pipeline - Rockies – Includes wholly owned midstream assets located in the
Williston Basin and theDJ Basin
A comparison of prior and current reportable segments is listed in the table below for illustrative purposes.
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Prior Reportable Segment(s) |
New Reportable Segment |
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Northeast |
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Piceance |
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Barnett |
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Permian |
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Rockies |
About
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management's control) that may cause SMLP's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the
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SOURCE
Ross Wong, Sr. Director, Corporate Development & Finance, 832-930-7512, ir@summitmidstream.com


