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Teekay Offshore Partners Reports Fourth Quarter and Annual 2014 Results

HAMILTON, BERMUDA--(Marketwired - Feb 19, 2015) - Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. ( TOO ) -

Highlights

  • Generated distributable cash flow of $50.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2014.

  • Declared fourth quarter 2014 cash distribution of $0.5384 per common unit.

  • In December 2014, awarded a new Brazil FPSO contract commencing in the first half of 2016 and acquired the Petrojarl I FPSO from Teekay Corporation to be upgraded for the project.

  • In December 2014, agreed to acquire the Knarr FPSO unit from Teekay Corporation; the acquisition is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2015, subject to the unit achieving first oil and commencing its charter contract.

  • In October 2014, agreed to acquire six on-the-water long-distance towing and anchor handling vessels for approximately $220 million.

  • In January 2015, signed charter contract for the Libra FPSO project in Brazil, through the Partnership's 50/50 joint venture with Odebrecht.

  • Liquidity of approximately $352 million as at December 31, 2014.

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 December 31, 2014. During the fourth quarter of 2014, the Partnership generated distributable cash flow (1) of $50.0 million, compared to $57.4 million in the same period of the prior year. The decrease in distributable cash flow was primarily due to the expiration of time-charter contracts since the fourth quarter of 2013 relating to three existing shuttle tankers and an increase in interest expense primarily related to the issuance of NOK 1,000 million and $300.0 million of senior unsecured bonds in January 2014 and May 2014, respectively. These factors were partially offset by the delivery of two BG Shuttle Tanker newbuildings in November 2013 and January 2014, an increase in charter rates on the Cidade de Rio das Ostras and the Piranema Spirit FPSO units and the delivery of the Suksan Salamander FSO unit in August 2014.

On January 2, 2015, a cash distribution of $0.5384 per common unit was declared for the quarter ended December 31, 2014. The cash distribution was paid on February 13, 2015 to all unitholders of record on January 15, 2015.

"Since reporting our third quarter results in November, we have continued to secure new growth in the Partnership's Offshore Production business which will underpin future increases in our distributable cash flows," commented Peter Evensen, Teekay Offshore GP LLC's Chief Executive Officer. "In December, we entered into an agreement to provide an FPSO for the Atlanta field located offshore Brazil and acquired the Petrojarl I FPSO from Teekay Corporation, which will be upgraded prior to the commencement of the charter contract in the first half of 2016. Also in December, the Partnership's Board of Directors approved the acquisition of the Petrojarl Knarr FPSO from Teekay Corporation, subject to the unit achieving first oil, which is expected to commence its charter contract during the first quarter of 2015. As previously communicated, we remain committed to increasing the Partnership's cash distribution soon after the Petrojarl Knarr has been acquired."