Summit Midstream Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2025 Financial and Operating Results

HOUSTON, Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Corporation (NYSE: SMC) ("Summit", "SMC" or the  "Company") announced today its financial and operating results for the three months ended June 30, 2025.

Highlights

• Second quarter 2025 net loss of $4.2 million, adjusted EBITDA of $61.1 million, cash flow available for distributions ("Distributable Cash Flow" or "DCF") of $32.4 million and free cash flow ("FCF") of $9.2 million
• Connected 47 wells during the second quarter and maintained an active customer base with three drilling rigs, and an additional rig expected in the Arkoma, with over 100 DUCs behind our systems
• Anchor customer in the Arkoma Basin expected to begin drilling a 20-well program with completions starting in the fourth quarter of 2025 through the first half of 2026
• Executed a 10-year extension of certain gathering agreements with key customer in the Williston Basin
• Executed a new precedent agreement for 100 MMcf/d of firm capacity on the Double E Pipeline, with Q4 2026 expected in-service date and 10-year term
• SMC added to the Russell 3000, Russell 2000, and Russell Microcap Indexes during the June 30, 2025 FTSE Russell reconstitution
• Expect year-end financial results to be near the low end of our original 2025 Adjusted EBITDA guidance range of $245 million to $280 million

Management Commentary

Heath Deneke, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, commented, "We generated $61.1 million of Adjusted EBITDA in the second quarter, slightly below our expectations at the midpoint of our guidance range, and connected 47 wells to our systems. The primary driver of underperformance relative to internal expectations this quarter was the timing and performance of certain wells in the DJ and Arkoma Basins, as well as lower than expected realized commodity prices in the DJ Basin. We view the timing impacts as temporary in nature and expect to recover the associated volumes in the second half of this year and into 2026. While crude oil prices have recovered and natural gas prices remain supportive, customers have not reverted development timing back to their original plans established earlier in the year, and as such we expect to be near the low end of our 2025 Adjusted EBITDA guidance range.

From a commercial perspective we remain active across the footprint. In the Arkoma, our key customer is expected to start an incremental 20-well development program, with a drilling rig scheduled to return in the third quarter and completions beginning in the fourth quarter of 2025 through the second quarter of 2026. In the Rockies we are actively pursuing several organic growth opportunities associated with sizeable incremental development programs beginning in 2026, as well as a few targeted bolt-on acquisitions to continue to expand our footprint, service offering and scale in the region. Further, we recently executed a 10-year extension of certain gathering agreements with a key customer in the Williston Basin, extending our weighted average contract life from four years to eight years in the basin. In the Permian, we executed a new precedent agreement for 100 MMcf/d of firm capacity behind the Double E Pipeline, tied to an expansion of a processing plant located in Lea County, New Mexico. The agreement is contingent upon satisfaction of certain customary conditions precedent and is subject to customer providing notice of its final investment decision to construct the new plant.  We currently expect a Q4 2026 in-service date for the new plant connection and associated firm transportation agreement. Double E remains a highly strategic asset in the Delaware Basin and we continue to believe the pipeline is well positioned for additional commercial contracts and growth."

Second Quarter 2025 Business Highlights

SMC's average daily natural gas throughput on its wholly owned operated systems increased 3.3% to 912 MMcf/d, while liquids volumes increased 5.4% to 78 Mbbl/d, relative to the first quarter of 2025. Double E pipeline transported an average of 682 MMcf/d and contributed $8.3 million in adjusted EBITDA, net to SMC, for the second quarter of 2025.

Natural gas price-driven segments:

• Natural gas price-driven segments generated $35.4 million in combined segment adjusted EBITDA, a 3.3% increase relative to the first quarter and combined capital expenditures of $14.6 million in the second quarter of 2025.
• Mid-Con segment adjusted EBITDA totaled $24.9 million, an increase of $2.4 million relative to the first quarter of 2025, primarily due to an increase in volume throughput on the system and higher natural gas sales. Volume throughput on the system increased by 2.9% primarily due to three new well connections in the Arkoma and six new well connections in the Barnett, partially offset by natural productions declines. Subsequent to quarter end, six new wells were connected in the Arkoma and four new wells were connected in the Barnett, bringing year-to-date total well connections to 30 in the Mid-Con segment. Additionally, a key customer in the Arkoma is expected to mobilize a rig in the third quarter to begin an additional 20-well development program. There is currently one rig running in the Barnett and one expected in the Arkoma, with 17 DUCs behind the system.
• Piceance segment adjusted EBITDA totaled $10.5 million, a decrease of $1.3 million relative to the first quarter of 2025, primarily due to higher operating expenses and a 1.1% decrease in volume throughput. There were no new wells connected to the system during the quarter.

Oil price-driven segments:

• Oil price-driven segments generated $33.5 million of combined segment adjusted EBITDA, representing a 1.2% increase relative to the first quarter of 2025, and had combined capital expenditures of $10.8 million.
• Rockies segment adjusted EBITDA totaled $25.2 million, an increase of $0.4 million relative to the first quarter of 2025, primarily due to a 5.4% increase in liquids volume throughput and 14.0% increase in natural gas volume throughput from the acquisition of Moonrise Midstream in the DJ Basin on March 10, 2025, partially offset by a reduction in realized commodity prices, lower margin mix and higher operating expenses in the DJ Basin. Relative to the first quarter, realized residue gas prices decreased approximately 40%, realized NGL prices decreased approximately 10% and realized condensate prices decreased approximately 15%, which had an estimated Adjusted EBITDA impact of approximately $2.0 million. Volumes on Summit's legacy DJ Basin system, excluding incremental volumes from the Moonrise Midstream acquisition, were flat quarter-over-quarter, however, margin mix decreased as a result of higher volume contribution from lower margin contracts, which had an estimated Adjusted EBITDA impact of approximately $1.0 million. Additionally, segment operating expenses and general & administrative expenses increased by approximately $4.5 million relative to the first quarter, which included approximately $1.0 million of timing-related items and one-time costs, which is expected to normalize over the balance of the year. There were 38 new wells connected during the quarter, including 32 in the DJ Basin and 6 in the Williston Basin. There are currently two rigs running and approximately 85 DUCs behind the systems.
• Permian segment adjusted EBITDA totaled $8.3 million, a slight increase from the first quarter of 2025, primarily due to a 2.8% increase in volumes shipped on the Double E Pipeline leading to an increase in proportionate adjusted EBITDA from our Double E joint venture.

The following table presents average daily throughput by reportable segment for the periods indicated:

The following table presents adjusted EBITDA by reportable segment for the periods indicated:

Capital Expenditures

Capital expenditures totaled $26.4 million in the second quarter of 2025, inclusive of maintenance capital expenditures of $5.5 million. Capital expenditures in the second quarter of 2025 were primarily related to pad connections in the Rockies and Mid-Con segments and compressor relocations from the Piceance to the Arkoma.

Capital & Liquidity

As of June 30, 2025, SMC had $20.9 million in unrestricted cash on hand and $140 million drawn under its $500 million ABL Revolver with $359 million of borrowing availability, after accounting for $0.8 million of issued, but undrawn letters of credit. As of June 30, 2025, SMC's gross availability based on the borrowing base calculation in the credit agreement was $529 million, which is $29 million greater than the $500 million of lender commitments to the ABL Revolver. As of June 30, 2025, SMC was in compliance with all financial covenants, including interest coverage of 2.7x relative to a minimum interest coverage covenant of 2.0x and first lien leverage ratio of 0.5x relative to a maximum first lien leverage ratio of 2.5x. As of June 30, 2025, SMC reported a total leverage ratio of approximately 4.1x, excluding the potential earnout liability in connection with the Tall Oak Acquisition.

As of June 30, 2025, the Permian Transmission Credit Facility balance was $121.3 million, a reduction of $4.0 million relative to the March 31, 2025 balance of $125.3 million due to scheduled mandatory amortization. Summit Midstream Permian has $4.6 million of cash-on-hand as of June 30, 2025. The Permian Transmission Term Loan remains non-recourse to SMC.

MVC Shortfall Payments

SMC billed its customers $4.2 million in the second quarter of 2025 related to MVC shortfalls. For those customers that do not have MVC shortfall credit banking mechanisms in their gathering agreements, the MVC shortfall payments are accounted for as gathering revenue in the period in which they are earned. In the second quarter of 2025, SMC recognized $4.2 million of gathering revenue associated with MVC shortfall payments. SMC had $0.0 million of adjustments to MVC shortfall payments in the second quarter of 2025. SMC's MVC shortfall payment mechanisms contributed $4.2 million of total adjusted EBITDA in the second quarter of 2025.

Quarterly Dividend

The board of directors of Summit Midstream Corporation continued to suspend cash dividends payable on its common stock for the period ended June 30, 2025. The next cash dividend on the Series A Preferred stock, for the period ended September 14, 2025, will be paid to preferred shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 1, 2025. All unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock from prior periods remain accrued.

Second Quarter 2025 Earnings Call Information

SMC will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on August 12, 2025, to discuss its quarterly operating and financial results. The call can be accessed via teleconference at:  Q2 2025 Summit Midstream Corporation Earnings Conference Call (https://register-conf.media-server.com/register/BI6c9b38895aa949c6b76c19f7c8d0247a). Once registration is completed, participants will receive a dial-in number along with a personalized PIN to access the call. While not required, it is recommended that participants join 10 minutes prior to the event start. The conference call, live webcast and archive of the call can be accessed through the Investors section of SMC's website at www.summitmidstream.com. 

Upcoming Investor Conferences

Members of SMC's senior management team will attend Citi's 2025 Natural Resources Conference which will take place on August 12–14, 2025. The presentation materials associated with this event will be accessible through the Investors section of SMC's website at www.summitmidstream.com prior to the beginning of the conference.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We report financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). We also present adjusted EBITDA, segment adjusted EBITDA, Distributable Cash Flow, and Free Cash Flow, non-GAAP financial measures.

Adjusted EBITDA

We define adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss, plus interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, our proportional adjusted EBITDA for equity method investees, adjustments related to MVC shortfall payments, adjustments related to capital reimbursement activity, share-based and noncash compensation, impairments, items of income or loss that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations and other noncash expenses or losses, income tax benefit, income (loss) from equity method investees and other noncash income or gains. Because adjusted EBITDA may be defined differently by other entities in our industry, our definition of this non-GAAP financial measure may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other entities, thereby diminishing its utility.

Management uses adjusted EBITDA in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating our financial performance. Furthermore, management believes that adjusted EBITDA may provide external users of our financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others, with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods as they are expected to be reflective of our core ongoing business.

Adjusted EBITDA is used as a supplemental financial measure to assess:

• the ability of our assets to generate cash sufficient to make future potential cash dividends and support our indebtedness;
• the financial performance of our assets without regard to financing methods, capital structure or historical cost basis;
• our operating performance and return on capital as compared to those of other entities in the midstream energy sector, without regard to financing or capital structure;
• the attractiveness of capital projects and acquisitions and the overall rates of return on alternative investment opportunities; and
• the financial performance of our assets without regard to (i) income or loss from equity method investees, (ii) the impact of the timing of MVC shortfall payments under our gathering agreements or (iii) the timing of impairments or other income or expense items that we characterize as unrepresentative of our ongoing operations.

Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool and investors should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. For example:

• certain items excluded from adjusted EBITDA are significant components in understanding and assessing an entity's financial performance, such as an entity's cost of capital and tax structure;
• adjusted EBITDA does not reflect our cash expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;
• adjusted EBITDA does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs; and
• although depreciation and amortization are noncash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and adjusted EBITDA does not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements.

We compensate for the limitations of adjusted EBITDA as an analytical tool by reviewing the comparable GAAP financial measures, understanding the differences between the financial measures and incorporating these data points into our decision-making process.

Distributable Cash Flow

We define Distributable Cash Flow as adjusted EBITDA, as defined above, less cash interest paid, cash paid for taxes, net interest expense accrued and paid on the senior notes, and maintenance capital expenditures.

Free Cash Flow

We define free cash flow as distributable cash flow attributable to common and preferred shareholders less growth capital expenditures, less investments in equity method investees, less dividends to common and preferred shareholders. Free cash flow excludes proceeds from asset sales and cash consideration paid for acquisitions. 

We do not provide the GAAP financial measures of net income or loss or net cash provided by operating activities on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict, without unreasonable effort, certain components thereof including, but not limited to, (i) income or loss from equity method investees and (ii) asset impairments. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. As such, any associated estimate and its impact on our GAAP performance and cash flow measures could vary materially based on a variety of acceptable management assumptions.

About Summit Midstream Corporation

SMC is a value-driven corporation focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in the core producing areas of unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMC provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering, processing and transportation services pursuant to primarily long-term, fee-based agreements with customers and counterparties in five unconventional resource basins: (i) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (ii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iii) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; (iv) the Arkoma Basin, which includes the Woodford and Caney shale formations in Oklahoma; and (v) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMC has an equity method investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which provides interstate natural gas transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMC is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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." In addition, any statement concerning future financial performance (including future revenues, earnings or growth rates), ongoing business strategies and possible actions taken by SMC or its subsidiaries are also forward-looking statements. 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 SMC's actual results in future periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMC is contained in its 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 11, 2025, as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMC undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.

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