Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and Plains GP Holdings Report Second-Quarter 2014 Results

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE:PAA) and Plains GP Holdings (NYSE:PAGP) today reported second-quarter 2014 results, with PAA’s results exceeding the midpoint of its quarterly guidance range by 13%. PAA’s second-quarter 2014 results exceeded the midpoint of quarterly guidance in all three of PAA’s segments.

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.

“PAA delivered solid second-quarter results, exceeding the high-end of our initial guidance range and slightly ahead of our updated outlook provided in June,” stated Greg L. Armstrong, Chairman and CEO of Plains All American. “These results were driven by over performance in our Transportation and Supply and Logistics segments.”

Armstrong added, “PAA remains on track to achieve its distribution growth objective of 10% for 2014, while maintaining attractive distribution coverage. PAA’s quarterly distribution of $0.6450 per unit, to be paid next week, represents a 9.8% increase over the quarterly distribution paid in August 2013. Given PAA’s trajectory, PAGP also remains on track to achieve its distribution growth objective of 25% for 2014. PAGP’s quarterly distribution of $0.1834 per share represents a 7.5% increase over the quarterly distribution paid in May of 2014 and a 23.1% increase over the initial quarterly distribution included in PAGP’s October 2013 initial public offering (“IPO”) prospectus.

As a result of PAA’s first half performance and our outlook for near baseline performance for the remainder of the year, we have increased our full-year adjusted EBITDA guidance by $25 million to a mid-point of $2.175 billion,” said Armstrong. “Our 2014 capital expansion program is proceeding well as we continue to advance a number of attractive projects included in our multi-billion dollar project portfolio. Furthermore, we are well positioned financially, ending the second quarter with a strong balance sheet, credit metrics favorable to PAA’s targeted credit profile and approximately $2.2 billion of committed liquidity.”

The following table summarizes selected PAA financial information by segment for the second quarter and first half of 2014:

Second-quarter 2014 Transportation adjusted segment profit increased 37% versus comparable 2013 results. This increase was primarily driven by higher crude oil pipeline volumes associated with recently completed organic growth projects and increased producer drilling activities, partially offset by the sale of our refined products pipelines in 2013.

Second-quarter 2014 Facilities adjusted segment profit decreased 10% over comparable 2013 results. This decrease was primarily due to the impact of recontracting capacity originally contracted at higher rates within our natural gas storage operations, as well as increased field operating costs. This impact was partially offset by increased profitability from our NGL storage and fractionation activities.

Second-quarter 2014 Supply and Logistics adjusted segment profit decreased by approximately 6% relative to comparable 2013 results. This decrease was primarily related to less favorable NGL market conditions and higher costs, primarily related to increased facility fees, in the second quarter of 2014 compared to the same 2013 period. These impacts were partially offset by more favorable crude oil market conditions during the second quarter of 2014.

Plains GP Holdings

PAGP’s sole assets are its ownership interest in PAA’s general partner and incentive distribution rights. As the control entity of PAA, PAGP consolidates PAA’s results into its financial statements, which is reflected in the condensed consolidating balance sheet and income statement included at the end of this release. Information regarding PAGP’s distributions is reflected below:

Conference Call

PAA and PAGP will hold a conference call on August 7, 2014 (see details below). Prior to this conference call, PAA will furnish a current report on Form 8-K, which will include material in this news release as well as PAA’s financial and operational guidance for the third quarter and full year of 2014. A copy of the Form 8-K will be available at www.plainsallamerican.com, where PAA and PAGP routinely post important information.

The PAA and PAGP conference call will be held at 11:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, August 7, 2014 to discuss the following items:

1. PAA's second-quarter 2014 performance;

2. The status of major expansion projects;

3. Capitalization and liquidity;

4. Financial and operating guidance for the third quarter and full year of 2014; and

5. PAA’s and PAGP's outlook for the future.

Conference Call Access Instructions

To access the Internet webcast of the conference call, please go to www.plainsallamerican.com, choose “Investor Relations,” and then choose “Events and Presentations.” Following the live webcast, the call will be archived for a period of sixty (60) days on the website.

Alternatively, access to the live conference call is available by dialing toll free (800) 230-1085. International callers should dial (612) 332-0107. No password is required. The slide presentation accompanying the conference call will be available a few minutes prior to the call under the “Events and Presentations” tab of the PAA and PAGP Investor Relations sections of the above referenced website.

Telephonic Replay Instructions

To listen to a telephonic replay of the conference call, please dial (800) 475-6701, or (320) 365-3844 for international callers, and enter replay access code 331340. The replay will be available beginning Thursday, August 7, 2014, at approximately 1:00 p.m. EDT and will continue until 11:59 p.m. EDT on September 7, 2014.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Selected Items Impacting Comparability

To supplement our financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, management uses additional measures that are known as “non-GAAP financial measures” (such as adjusted EBITDA and implied distributable cash flow) in its evaluation of past performance and prospects for the future. Management believes that the presentation of such additional financial measures provides useful information to investors regarding our performance and results of operations because these measures, when used in conjunction with related GAAP financial measures, (i) provide additional information about our core operating performance and ability to generate and distribute cash flow, (ii) provide investors with the financial analytical framework upon which management bases financial, operational, compensation and planning decisions and (iii) present measurements that investors, rating agencies and debt holders have indicated are useful in assessing us and our results of operations. These measures may exclude, for example, (i) charges for obligations that are expected to be settled with the issuance of equity instruments, (ii) the mark-to-market of derivative instruments that are related to underlying activities in another period (or the reversal of such adjustments from a prior period), (iii) items that are not indicative of our core operating results and business outlook and/or (iv) other items that we believe should be excluded in understanding our core operating performance. We have defined all such items as “selected items impacting comparability.” We consider an understanding of these selected items impacting comparability to be material to the evaluation of our operating results and prospects.

Although we present selected items that we consider in evaluating our performance, you should also be aware that the items presented do not represent all items that affect comparability between the periods presented. Variations in our operating results are also caused by changes in volumes, prices, exchange rates, mechanical interruptions, acquisitions and numerous other factors. These types of variations are not separately identified in this release, but will be discussed, as applicable, in management’s discussion and analysis of operating results in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Adjusted EBITDA and other non-GAAP financial measures are reconciled to the most comparable GAAP measures for the periods presented in the tables attached to this release, and should be viewed in addition to, and not in lieu of, our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto. In addition, PAA maintains on its website (www.plainsallamerican.com) a reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA and certain commonly used non-GAAP financial information to the most comparable GAAP measures. To access the information, investors should click on “Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.” under the "Investor Relations" link on the home page, select the "Guidance & Non-GAAP Reconciliations" link and navigate to the “Non-GAAP Reconciliations” tab.

Forward Looking Statements

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this release are forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from results anticipated in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, failure to implement or capitalize, or delays in implementing or capitalizing, on planned internal growth projects; unanticipated changes in crude oil market structure, grade differentials and volatility (or lack thereof); environmental liabilities or events that are not covered by an indemnity, insurance or existing reserves; declines in the volume of crude oil, refined product and NGL shipped, processed, purchased, stored, fractionated and/or gathered at or through the use of our facilities, whether due to declines in production from existing oil and gas reserves, failure to develop or slowdown in the development of additional oil and gas reserves or other factors; fluctuations in refinery capacity in areas supplied by our mainlines and other factors affecting demand for various grades of crude oil, refined products and natural gas and resulting changes in pricing conditions or transportation throughput requirements; the occurrence of a natural disaster, catastrophe, terrorist attack or other event, including attacks on our electronic and computer systems; weather interference with business operations or project construction, including the impact of extreme weather events or conditions; tightened capital markets or other factors that increase our cost of capital or limit our access to capital; maintenance of our credit rating and ability to receive open credit from our suppliers and trade counterparties; continued creditworthiness of, and performance by, our counterparties, including financial institutions and trading companies with which we do business; the currency exchange rate of the Canadian dollar; the availability of, and our ability to consummate, acquisition or combination opportunities; the successful integration and future performance of acquired assets or businesses and the risks associated with operating in lines of business that are distinct and separate from our historical operations; shortages or cost increases of supplies, materials or labor; the effectiveness of our risk management activities; our ability to obtain debt or equity financing on satisfactory terms to fund additional acquisitions, expansion projects, working capital requirements and the repayment or refinancing of indebtedness; the impact of current and future laws, rulings, governmental regulations, accounting standards and statements, and related interpretations; non-utilization of our assets and facilities; the effects of competition; increased costs or lack of availability of insurance; fluctuations in the debt and equity markets, including the price of our units at the time of vesting under our long-term incentive plans; risks related to the development and operation of our facilities, including our ability to satisfy our contractual obligations to our customers at our facilities; factors affecting demand for natural gas and natural gas storage services and rates; general economic, market or business conditions and the amplification of other risks caused by volatile financial markets, capital constraints and pervasive liquidity concerns; and other factors and uncertainties inherent in the transportation, storage, terminalling and marketing of crude oil and refined products, as well as in the storage of natural gas and the processing, transportation, fractionation, storage and marketing of natural gas liquids discussed in the Partnerships’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. is a publicly traded master limited partnership that owns and operates midstream energy infrastructure and provides logistics services for crude oil, natural gas liquids ("NGL"), natural gas and refined products. PAA owns an extensive network of pipeline transportation, terminalling, storage and gathering assets in key crude oil and NGL producing basins and transportation corridors and at major market hubs in the United States and Canada. On average, PAA handles over 3.5 million barrels per day of crude oil and NGL on its pipelines. PAA is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Plains GP Holdings is a publicly traded entity that owns an interest in the general partner and incentive distribution rights of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., one of the largest energy infrastructure and logistics companies in North America. PAGP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.