Enterprise Reports First Quarter 2025 Earnings

Enterprise reported net income attributable to common unitholders of $1.4 billion, or $0.64 per common unit on a fully diluted basis, for the first quarter of 2025, compared to $1.5 billion, or $0.66 per common unit on a fully diluted basis, for the first quarter of 2024.

Distributable Cash Flow ("DCF") was $2.0 billion for the first quarter of 2025, a 5 percent increase compared to $1.9 billion for the first quarter of 2024. Distributions declared with respect to the first quarter of 2025 increased 3.9 percent to $0.535 per common unit, or $2.14 per common unit annualized, compared to distributions declared for the first quarter of 2024. DCF provided 1.7 times coverage of the distribution declared for the first quarter of this year, and Enterprise retained $842 million of DCF.

Enterprise repurchased approximately $60 million of its common units on the open market in the first quarter of 2025. Including these purchases, the partnership has utilized approximately 60 percent of its authorized $2.0 billion common unit buyback program.

Adjusted cash flow from operations ("Adjusted CFFO") was $2.1 billion for both the first quarter of 2025 and 2024. Adjusted CFFO was $8.6 billion for the twelve months ended March 31, 2025. Enterprise's payout ratio, comprised of distributions to common unitholders and partnership common unit buybacks, for the twelve months ended March 31, 2025, was 56 percent of Adjusted CFFO.

Total capital investments were $1.1 billion in the first quarter of 2025, which included $960 million for growth capital projects and $102 million of sustaining capital expenditures. Expectations for organic growth capital investments continue to be in the range of $4.0 billion to $4.5 billion in 2025, and $2.0 billion to $2.5 billion in 2026. Sustaining capital expenditures are expected to total approximately $525 million in 2025.

Total debt principal outstanding at March 31, 2025 was $31.9 billion. At March 31, 2025, Enterprise had consolidated liquidity of approximately $3.6 billion, comprised of available borrowing capacity under its revolving credit facilities and unrestricted cash on hand.

Conference Call to Discuss First Quarter 2025 Earnings

Enterprise will host a conference call today to discuss first quarter 2025 earnings. The call will be webcast live beginning at 9:00 a.m. CT and may be accessed by visiting the partnership's website at www.enterpriseproducts.com.

"During the first quarter of 2025, Enterprise continued to benefit from Permian driven volume growth and consistent domestic and international energy demand pull across our midstream infrastructure system," said A. J. "Jim" Teague, co-chief executive officer of Enterprise's general partner. "We reported record inlet natural gas processing volumes of 7.7 billion cubic feet per day and record natural gas pipeline volumes of 20.3 trillion Btus per day. Gross operating margin growth in our NGL Pipeline & Services segment and Natural Gas Pipeline & Services segment substantially offset lower earnings in our Petrochemical & Refined Products Services segment due to lower margins and deficiency revenues in our octane enhancement related businesses and lower gross operating margin in our propylene business."

"Distributable cash flow for the first quarter of 2025 increased to $2.0 billion, a 5 percent increase compared to the same quarter in 2024," said Teague. "Enterprise increased its cash distribution to partners with respect to the first quarter by 3.9 percent to $0.535 per unit compared to the first quarter of 2024. Distributable cash flow for the quarter provided 1.7 times coverage of this distribution that is scheduled to be paid on May 14, 2025 and enabled the partnership to retain $842 million to reinvest in the growth of the partnership."

"We have $6 billion of major organic growth projects scheduled to be completed and begin generating cash flow in 2025. These include two natural gas processing plants in the Permian Basin in the third quarter, Mont Belvieu area NGL fractionator 14 in the third quarter, the first phase of our NGL export facility on the Neches River in the third quarter, our Bahia NGL pipeline in the fourth quarter, and enhancements at our Morgan's Point marine terminal on the Houston Ship Channel in the fourth quarter," said Teague.

Review of First Quarter 2025 Results

Total gross operating margin was $2.4 billion for the first quarter of 2025 compared to $2.5 billion for the first quarter of 2024.

NGL Pipelines & Services - Gross operating margin from the NGL Pipelines & Services segment was $1.4 billion for the first quarter of 2025 compared to $1.3 billion for the first quarter of 2024.

Gross operating margin from the natural gas processing business and related NGL marketing activities was $373 million for the first quarter of 2025 compared to $358 million for the first quarter of 2024. Included in gross operating margin for the first quarters of 2025 and 2024 were MTM losses related to hedging activities of $5 million and $7 million, respectively. Natural gas processing plant inlet volumes were a record 7.7 Bcf/d in the first quarter of 2025, an 8 percent increase compared to the first quarter of 2024. Total fee-based natural gas processing volumes increased 12 percent, or 760 MMcf/d, to a record 7.2 Bcf/d in the first quarter of 2025, compared to the first quarter of 2024. Total equity NGL-equivalent production volumes were 225 MBPD and 185 MBPD in the first quarters of 2025 and 2024, respectively. The following highlights summarize selected variances within this business, with results for the first quarter of 2025 as compared to the first quarter of 2024:

• Gross operating margin from Permian natural gas processing facilities, including the Delaware Basin and Midland Basin assets, increased $46 million primarily due to higher processing volumes and higher equity NGL-equivalent production volumes. In March of 2024, we began service at the Leonidas plant in the Midland Basin and the Mentone 3 plant in the Delaware Basin. Permian Basin processing plant inlet volumes increased 824 MMcf/d, including increases of 395 MMcf/d in the Delaware Basin and 429 MMcf/d in the Midland Basin.
• Gross operating margin from NGL marketing activities decreased a net $20 million primarily due to lower average sales margins, partially offset by higher sales volumes.
• Gross operating margin from Rockies natural gas processing facilities decreased $7 million primarily due to lower average processing margins, including the impact of hedging activities. Rockies processing plant inlet volumes decreased 87 MMcf/d.

Gross operating margin from the NGL pipelines and storage business was $831 million for the first quarter of 2025, an increase of $82 million compared to the first quarter of 2024. Total NGL pipeline transportation volumes were 4.4 million BPD in the first quarter of 2025, a 209 MBPD, or 5 percent, increase over the first quarter of 2024. Total NGL marine terminal volumes were 994 MBPD in the first quarter of 2025, a 99 MBPD, or 11 percent, increase compared to the first quarter of 2024. The following highlights summarize selected variances within this business, with results for the first quarter of 2025 as compared to the first quarter of 2024:

• On a combined basis, the pipelines serving the Permian and Rocky Mountain regions reported a $22 million increase in gross operating margin. This includes the Mid-America and Seminole NGL Pipeline Systems, Shin Oak NGL Pipeline and Chaparral NGL Pipeline. The variance was primarily driven by a 74 MBPD increase in transportation volumes.
• Gross operating margin from Morgan's Point Ethane Export Terminal increased $19 million primarily due to a 68 MBPD increase in export volumes.
• Gross operating margin from the Dixie Pipeline and related terminals increased $16 million primarily due to higher loading, transportation, and other revenues. Dixie Pipeline volumes increased 27 MBPD.
• Eastern ethane pipelines, which include the ATEX and Aegis pipelines, reported a $12 million increase in gross operating margin largely due to higher transportation revenues. Eastern ethane pipeline volumes decreased 25 MBPD.
• The South Texas NGL Pipeline System reported a $9 million increase in gross operating margin primarily due to higher transportation-related revenues and lower operating costs. South Texas NGL Pipeline System volumes increased 12 MBPD.

Gross operating margin from the NGL fractionation business was $214 million for the first quarter of 2025 compared to $233 million for the first quarter of 2024. Total NGL fractionation volumes increased 10 MBPD to 1.7 million BPD for the first quarter of 2025 from 1.6 million BPD for the corresponding quarter in 2024. The following highlights summarize selected variances within this business, with results for the first quarter of 2025 as compared to the first quarter of 2024:

• Gross operating margin from our Mont Belvieu area NGL fractionation complex decreased $15 million primarily due to higher operating costs and lower ancillary service revenues. Mont Belvieu area NGL fractionation volumes increased 10 MBPD.

Crude Oil Pipelines & Services - Gross operating margin from the Crude Oil Pipelines & Services segment was $374 million for the first quarter of 2025 compared to $411 million for the first quarter of 2024. Gross operating margin for the first quarter of 2025 includes MTM losses of $2 million related to hedging activities compared to MTM gains of $4 million included in the first quarter of 2024. Total crude oil pipeline transportation volumes were 2.5 million BPD in the first quarters of 2025 and 2024. Total crude oil marine terminal volumes were 736 MBPD in the first quarter of 2025 compared to 1.1 million BPD in the first quarter of 2024. The following highlights summarize selected variances within this segment, with results for the first quarter of 2025 as compared to the first quarter of 2024:

• On a combined basis, gross operating margin from our crude oil assets and crude oil marketing decreased a net $37 million primarily due to lower sales volumes and lower average sales margins, partially offset by an increase in storage and other revenues at EHT.

Natural Gas Pipelines & Services - Gross operating margin for the Natural Gas Pipelines & Services segment was $357 million for the first quarter of 2025 compared to $312 million for the first quarter of 2024. Included in gross operating margin for the first quarters of 2025 and 2024 were MTM losses related to hedging activities of $33 million and $2 million, respectively. Total natural gas transportation volumes were a record 20.3 TBtus/d in the first quarter of 2025 compared to 18.9 TBtus/d for the same quarter in 2024. The following highlights summarize selected variances within this segment, with results for the first quarter of 2025 as compared to the first quarter of 2024:

• Permian natural gas gathering, including Delaware Basin and Midland Basin Gathering Systems, reported a combined $37 million net increase in gross operating margin primarily due to higher treating and other revenues and a 1.3 TBtus/d increase in gathering volumes, partially offset by higher operating costs. In October 2024, we expanded our Delaware Basin Gathering System by acquiring the Pinon Midstream sour gas gathering and treating system.
• Gross operating margin from the Texas Intrastate System increased $27 million primarily due to higher transportation-related revenues. Transportation volumes increased 129 BBtus/d.
• Gross operating margin from our natural gas marketing business decreased $15 million primarily due to lower MTM earnings, partially offset by higher average sales margins.

Petrochemical & Refined Products Services - Gross operating margin for the Petrochemical & Refined Products Services segment was $315 million for the first quarter of 2025 compared to $444 million for the first quarter of 2024. Total segment pipeline transportation volumes were 949 MBPD in the first quarter of 2025 compared to 870 MBPD in the first quarter of 2024. Total marine terminal volumes were 311 MBPD in the first quarter of 2025 compared to 350 MBPD for the first quarter of 2024. The following highlights summarize selected variances within this segment, with results for the first quarter of 2025 as compared to the first quarter of 2024:

• Gross operating margin from the refined products pipelines and related activities increased $33 million primarily due to higher transportation volumes and revenues, including a $13 million contribution from the TW Products System that was commissioned in phases beginning in March 2024 through October 2024.
• Gross operating margin from our octane enhancement and related plant operations decreased $83 million primarily due to lower average sales margins and lower deficiency revenues.
• Propylene production and related activities reported a $52 million decrease in gross operating margin driven by lower average propylene sales margins as a result of lower Refinery Grade Propylene to Polymer Grade Propylene spreads. Additionally, the majority of our legacy margin-based contracts at our propylene splitters, which contained exposure to this spread and represented approximately 20 percent of total propylene production volumes in the first quarter of 2024, were converted to fee-based processing agreements by the end of the first quarter of 2025. The partnership's propane dehydrogenation facility known as "PDH 1" was down for approximately 63 days during the first quarter of 2025 for maintenance, compared to 52 days in the same quarter last year. Total propylene and associated by-product production volumes increased 7 MBPD to 113 MBPD, net to our interest.
• Gross operating margin from our ethylene exports and related activities decreased $28 million primarily due to lower deficiency revenues on our ethylene pipelines and a 25 MBPD decrease in ethylene export volumes.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release and accompanying schedules include the non-GAAP financial measures of total gross operating margin, Adjusted CFFO, FCF, Adjusted FCF, DCF, Operational DCF and Adjusted EBITDA. The accompanying schedules provide definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures and reconciliations to their most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. Our non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as alternatives to GAAP measures such as net income, operating income, net cash flow provided by operating activities or any other measure of financial performance calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. Our non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies because they may not calculate such measures in the same manner as we do.

Company Information and Use of Forward-Looking Statements

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals. Services include: natural gas gathering, treating, processing, transportation and storage; NGL transportation, fractionation, storage and marine terminals; crude oil gathering, transportation, storage and marine terminals; petrochemical and refined products transportation, storage and marine terminals; and a marine transportation business that operates on key U.S. inland and intracoastal waterway systems. The partnership's assets currently include more than 50,000 miles of pipelines; over 300 million barrels of storage capacity for NGLs, crude oil, petrochemicals and refined products; and 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity.

This press release includes forward-looking statements. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties, such as the partnership's expectations regarding future results, capital expenditures, project completions, liquidity and financial market conditions. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, insufficient cash from operations, adverse market conditions, governmental regulations and other factors discussed in Enterprise's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. If any of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results or outcomes may vary materially from those expected. The partnership disclaims any intention or obligation to update publicly or reverse such statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

The weighted-average indicative market price for NGLs (based on prices for such products at Mont Belvieu, Texas, which is the primary industry hub for domestic NGL production) was $0.67 per gallon during the first quarter of 2025 versus $0.62 per gallon during the first quarter of 2024. Fluctuations in our consolidated revenues and cost of sales amounts are explained in large part by changes in energy commodity prices. An increase in our consolidated marketing revenues due to higher energy commodity sales prices may not result in an increase in gross operating margin or cash available for distribution, since our consolidated cost of sales amounts would also be expected to increase due to comparable increases in the purchase prices of the underlying energy commodities. The same type of relationship would be true in the case of lower energy commodity sales prices and purchase costs.

FCF is a non-GAAP measure of how much cash a business generates after accounting for capital expenditures such as plants or pipelines. Additionally, Adjusted FCF is a non-GAAP measure of how much cash a business generates, excluding the net effect of changes in operating accounts, after accounting for capital expenditures. We believe that FCF is important to traditional investors since it reflects the amount of cash available for reducing debt, investing in additional capital projects and/or paying distributions. We believe that Adjusted FCF is also important to traditional investors for the same reasons as FCF, without regard for fluctuations caused by timing of when amounts earned or incurred were collected, received or paid from period to period. Since we partner with other companies to fund certain capital projects of our consolidated subsidiaries, our determination of FCF and Adjusted FCF appropriately reflect the amount of cash contributed from and distributed to noncontrolling interests.

Adjusted CFFO is a non-GAAP measure that represents net cash flow provided by operating activities before the net effect of changes in operating accounts. We believe that it is important to consider this non-GAAP measure as it can often be a better way to measure the amount of cash generated from our operations that can be used to fund our capital investments or return value to our investors through cash distributions and buybacks, without regard for fluctuations caused by timing of when amounts earned or incurred were collected, received or paid from period to period.

DCF is an important non-GAAP liquidity measure for our common unitholders since it serves as an indicator of our success in providing a cash return on investment. Specifically, this liquidity measure indicates to investors whether or not we are generating cash flows at a level that can sustain or support an increase in our quarterly cash distributions. DCF is also a quantitative standard used by the investment community with respect to publicly traded partnerships because the value of a partnership unit is, in part, measured by its yield, which is based on the amount of cash distributions a partnership can pay to a common unitholder.

Operational DCF, which is defined as DCF excluding the impact of proceeds from asset sales and other matters and monetization of interest rate derivative instruments, is a supplemental non-GAAP liquidity measure that quantifies the portion of cash available for distribution to common unitholders that was generated from our normal operations. We believe that it is important to consider this non-GAAP measure as it provides an enhanced perspective of our assets' ability to generate cash flows without regard for certain items that do not reflect our core operations.

The GAAP measure most directly comparable to DCF and Operational DCF is net cash flow provided by operating activities.

Adjusted EBITDA is commonly used as a supplemental financial measure by our management and external users of our financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and rating agencies, to assess the financial performance of our assets without regard to financing methods, capital structures or historical cost basis; the ability of our assets to generate cash sufficient to pay interest and support our indebtedness; and the viability of projects and the overall rates of return on alternative investment opportunities.

Since Adjusted EBITDA excludes some, but not all, items that affect net income or loss and because these measures may vary among other companies, the Adjusted EBITDA data presented in this press release may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. The GAAP measure most directly comparable to Adjusted EBITDA is net cash flow provided by operating activities.

We evaluate segment performance based on our financial measure of gross operating margin. Gross operating margin is an important performance measure of the core profitability of our operations and forms the basis of our internal financial reporting. We believe that investors benefit from having access to the same financial measures that our management uses in evaluating segment results.

The term "total gross operating margin" represents GAAP operating income exclusive of (i) depreciation, amortization and accretion expenses (excluding amortization of major maintenance costs for reaction-based plants and amortization of finance lease right-of-use assets), (ii) impairment charges, (iii) gains and losses attributable to asset sales and related matters, and (iv) general and administrative costs. Total gross operating margin includes equity in the earnings of unconsolidated affiliates, but is exclusive of other income and expense transactions, income taxes, the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles and extraordinary charges. Total gross operating margin is presented on a 100 percent basis before any allocation of earnings to noncontrolling interests. The GAAP financial measure most directly comparable to total gross operating margin is operating income.

Total gross operating margin excludes amounts attributable to shipper make-up rights as described in footnote (6) to Exhibit A of this press release.

The following table summarizes the mark-to-market gains (losses) for the periods indicated:

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