Energy Transfer LP Q1 FY2020 Earnings Call

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Overview

  • The company faced significant market challenges due to COVID-19 demand destruction and the Russia–Saudi Arabia crude price conflict.
  • Management emphasized operational continuity, employee safety, and the company’s diversified asset base as key strengths during volatility.
  • Enable implemented a series of cost-saving actions, capital reductions, and a 50% distribution cut to boost financial flexibility.

Key Financial & Operational Results (Q1 2020)

  • Natural gas gathered volumes decreased slightly due to declines in Anadarko and Arkoma, partially offset by Ark-La-Tex gains (compared to Q1 2019).
  • Crude and condensate gathered volumes increased, driven by Anadarko volume growth (compared to Q1 2019).
  • Transported natural gas volumes decreased slightly, largely following lower gathered volumes.
  • Net income declined primarily due to non-cash impairments in the gathering and processing segment.
  • Adjusted EBITDA decreased slightly due to lower gross margins after non-cash adjustments.
  • Distributable cash flow (DCF) increased, driven by lower long-term incentive cash payments and reduced maintenance capex.
  • DCF exceeded distributions declared by $142 million, fully funding $38 million of Q1 expansion capex and reducing debt.

Updated 2020 Outlook

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Operator: Good day, and welcome to the Enable Midstream Partners First Quarter 2020 Conference Call and Webcast. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Enable's Senior Director of Investor Relations, Mr. Matt Beasley. Mr. Beasley, you may begin, sir. Matt Beasley: Thank you, and good morning, everyone. Presenting on this morning's call are Rod Sailor, our President and CEO; and John Laws, our Chief Financial Officer. To achieve social distancing and limit travel, we only have a small group joining the call in the room today. But, we also have other members of the management team on the phone to answer your questions. Earlier this morning, we issued our earnings press release and filed our Form 10-Q with the SEC. Our earnings press release, Form 10-Q filing and the presentation that accompanies this call are all available in the Investor Relations section of our website. We will also be posting a replay of today's call to the site. Today's discussion will include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the securities laws. Actual results could differ materially from our projections and the discussion of factors that could cause actual results to differ from projections can be found in our SEC filings. We will also be referencing non-GAAP financial measures on today's call, which we have reconciled to the nearest GAAP measures in the appendix of today's presentation. We invite you to review the

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