Williams Partners Reports $1.6 Billion Loss in 4th Quarter of 2015
From a press release:
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Williams Partners reported unaudited fourth quarter 2015 net loss attributable to controlling interests of $1.605 billion compared with net income of $382 million in fourth quarter 2014. The unfavorable change was driven primarily by a $1.1 billion non-cash impairment of goodwill and $859 million of non-cash impairments associated with certain equity-method investments.
The impairments were largely the result of significant declines in energy commodity prices as well as market values of Williams Partners’ and comparable midstream companies’ publicly traded equity securities in the fourth quarter. The impaired equity-method investments and certain of the impaired goodwill relate to the acquisition of Access Midstream Partners completed in 2014. The remaining impaired goodwill was associated with 2012 acquisitions.
For the year, Williams Partners reported unaudited net loss attributable to controlling interests of $1.410 billion, compared with net income of $1.188 billion for 2014. The unfavorable change was driven by a $1.1 billion non-cash impairment of goodwill and $1.3 billion of impairments associated with certain equity-method investments, as well as declines in NGL margins and higher operating, depreciation and interest expenses. Higher fee-based revenues and increased olefins margins partially offset these unfavorable changes.Read the whole report from Williams Partners by clicking here.
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