Teekay Offshore Partners Reports First Quarter 2015 Results

HAMILTON, BERMUDA--(Marketwired - May 14, 2015) - Teekay Offshore Partners L.P (TOO)

Highlights

  • Generated distributable cash flow of $60.6 million in the first quarter of 2015, an increase of 19 percent from the first quarter of 2014.

  • Declared first quarter 2015 cash distribution of $0.5384 per common unit.

  • Knarr FPSO unit achieved first oil in mid-March 2015 and commenced its charter contract at partial rate; the acquisition of the Knarr FPSO from Teekay Corporation is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2015.

  • The Partnership's first Unit for Maintenance and Safety (UMS), the Arendal Spirit, was delivered in February 2015 and is expected to commence its three-year charter contract with Petrobras in June 2015.

  • Completed the acquisition of the first four of the six on-the-water long-distance towing and offshore installation vessels.

  • Liquidity of approximately $400 million as at March 31, 2015, giving pro-forma effect to the approximately $121 million of net proceeds from the Partnership's preferred unit public offering completed in April 2015.

Teekay Offshore GP LLC, the general partner of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (Teekay Offshore or the Partnership) (TOO), today reported the Partnership's results for the quarter ended March 31, 2015. During the first quarter of 2015, the Partnership generated distributable cash flow(1) of $60.6 million, compared to $51.1 million in the same period of the prior year. The increase in distributable cash flow was primarily due to the acquisition of three long-distance towing and offshore installation vessels during the first quarter of 2015, the delivery of the Suksan Salamander floating storage and offtake (FSO) unit in August 2014, an increase in the charter rate on the Cidade de Rio das Ostras floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, and a decrease in operating expenses. These increases were partially offset by lower shuttle tanker revenues resulting from the sale of the Navion Norvegia in October 2014 to the Partnership's 50 percent-owned joint venture company, which is currently being converted into an FPSO unit, and the sale of the 1997-built Navion Svenita in March 2015.

On April 2, 2015, a cash distribution of $0.5384 per common unit was declared for the quarter ended March 31, 2015. The cash distribution will be paid on May 15, 2015 to all unitholders of record on April 13, 2015.

"The Partnership's strong first quarter cash flows and distribution coverage were largely due to higher utilization in our shuttle tanker fleet and lower operating expenses across the fleet, supported by our diversified portfolio of fixed-rate contracts," commented Peter Evensen, Teekay Offshore GP LLC's Chief Executive Officer.