ONEOK Announces Higher First Quarter 2025 Earnings; Affirms 2025 Financial Guidance

• Net income of $691 million (includes noncontrolling interests).
• Net income attributable to ONEOK of $636 million, resulting in $1.04 per diluted share.
• Adjusted EBITDA of $1.78 billion (includes $31 million of transaction costs).
• 15% increase in Rocky Mountain region NGL raw feed throughput volumes.
• 7% increase in Rocky Mountain region natural gas volumes processed.

"ONEOK's solid first quarter results highlight the strength of our integrated system, disciplined growth strategy and dedicated employees," said Pierce H. Norton II, ONEOK president and chief executive officer.

"Higher year-over-year volumes in the Rocky Mountain region, along with contributions from recent strategic acquisitions and growth initiatives, drove performance during the quarter," added Norton. "We expect continued execution on acquisition-related synergies, the completion of organic growth projects and the demand for our services to support growth throughout 2025, creating additional shareholder value."

FIRST QUARTER 2025 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

HIGHLIGHTS:

• On Jan. 31, 2025, ONEOK completed the acquisition of EnLink Midstream (EnLink).
• In February 2025, ONEOK announced joint ventures to construct a 400,000-barrel per day (bpd) liquified petroleum gas (LPG) export terminal in Texas City, Texas, and a pipeline connecting ONEOK's Mont Belvieu storage facility to the new terminal.
• In March 2025, ONEOK repaid $250 million of 3.2% senior notes at maturity with cash on hand.
• In March 2025, ONEOK repurchased 190,000 shares of common stock for $17.4 million under its $2 billion share repurchase program, bringing total repurchases under the program to 1.865 million shares for $189 million since its inception in January 2024.
• In April 2025, ONEOK declared a quarterly dividend of $1.03 per share, or $4.12 per share annualized.
• As of March 31, 2025:
  • No borrowings outstanding under ONEOK's $3.5 billion credit agreement.
  • $141 million of cash and cash equivalents.

FIRST QUARTER 2025 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

ONEOK reported first quarter 2025 net income attributable to ONEOK and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (adjusted EBITDA) of $636 million and $1.78 billion, respectively.

Results were driven primarily by a full quarter of adjusted EBITDA from EnLink and Medallion, and higher natural gas liquids (NGL) and natural gas processing volumes in the Rocky Mountain region. Results were partially offset by increased operating costs due primarily to higher employee-related costs from the growth of ONEOK's operations, and no earnings in 2025 from assets divested in 2024.

Additionally, first quarter 2025 adjusted EBITDA included $31 million of transaction costs related primarily to the EnLink acquisition.

BUSINESS SEGMENT RESULTS: 

Natural Gas Liquids Segment

The increase in first quarter 2025 adjusted EBITDA, compared with first quarter 2024, primarily reflects:

• A $64 million increase due to adjusted EBITDA from EnLink; and
• An $11 million increase in adjusted EBITDA from unconsolidated affiliates due primarily to higher volumes delivered to the Overland Pass Pipeline; offset by
• A $15 million decrease in optimization and marketing due primarily to lower earnings on sales of purity NGLs held in inventory; and
• A $13 million increase in operating costs due primarily to higher employee-related costs from the growth of ONEOK's operations.

Refined Products and Crude Segment

The increase in first quarter 2025 adjusted EBITDA, compared with first quarter 2024, primarily reflects:

• A $92 million increase due to adjusted EBITDA from Medallion and EnLink;
• A $13 million increase in adjusted EBITDA from unconsolidated affiliates due primarily to higher BridgeTex earnings and higher Saddlehorn earnings due to ONEOK's 10% ownership interest increase in March 2024; and
• A $13 million decrease in operating costs due primarily to lower outside services; offset by
• A $27 million decrease in optimization and marketing due primarily to lower liquids blending differentials.

Natural Gas Gathering and Processing Segment

The increase in first quarter 2025 adjusted EBITDA, compared with first quarter 2024, primarily reflects:

• A $213 million increase due to adjusted EBITDA from EnLink; and
• A $16 million increase from higher volumes due primarily to increased production and the impact of winter weather in the Rocky Mountain region in 2024; offset by
• A $19 million decrease due primarily to lower realized NGL prices, net of hedging, and lower average fee rates; offset partially by higher realized natural gas and condensate prices, net of hedging;
• A $16 million increase in operating costs due primarily to higher employee-related costs and accruals for methane fees in 2025; and
• A $6 million decrease from the divestiture of certain non-strategic assets in 2024.

Natural Gas Pipelines Segment

The increase in first quarter 2025 adjusted EBITDA, compared with first quarter 2024, primarily reflects:

• An $80 million increase due to adjusted EBITDA from EnLink; offset by
• A $32 million decrease due to the interstate natural gas pipeline divestiture.

EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST:

Members of ONEOK's management team will participate in a conference call at 11 a.m. Eastern (10 a.m. Central) on April 30, 2025. The call will also be webcast.

To participate in the conference call, dial 877-883-0383, entry number 3676307, or log on to the webcast at www.oneok.com.

If you are unable to participate in the conference call or the webcast, the replay will be available on ONEOK's website, www.oneok.com, for one year. A recording will be available by phone for seven days. The playback call may be accessed at 877-344-7529, access code 1067147.

LINK TO EARNINGS TABLES AND PRESENTATION: 

https://ir.oneok.com/financial-information/financial-reports

NON-GAAP (GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES) FINANCIAL MEASURES:

ONEOK has disclosed in this news release adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (adjusted EBITDA), a non-GAAP financial metric used to measure the company's financial performance. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income adjusted for interest expense, depreciation and amortization, noncash impairment charges, income taxes, noncash compensation expense, and other noncash items; and includes adjusted EBITDA from the company's unconsolidated affiliates using the same recognition and measurement methods used to record equity in net earnings from investments. Adjusted EBITDA from unconsolidated affiliates is calculated consistently with the definition above and excludes items such as interest expense, depreciation and amortization, income taxes and other noncash items.

Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors because it and similar measures are used by many companies in the industry as a measure of financial performance and is commonly employed by financial analysts and others to evaluate ONEOK's financial performance and to compare the company's financial performance with the performance of other companies within the industry. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net income or any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with GAAP.

This non-GAAP financial measure excludes some, but not all, items that affect net income. Additionally, this calculation may not be comparable with similarly titled measures of other companies. A reconciliation of net income to adjusted EBITDA is included in the tables.

At ONEOK (NYSE: OKE), we deliver energy products and services vital to an advancing world. We are a leading midstream operator that provides gathering, processing, fractionation, transportation, storage and marine export services. Through our approximately 60,000-mile pipeline network, we transport the natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), refined products and crude oil that help meet domestic and international energy demand, contribute to energy security and provide safe, reliable and responsible energy solutions needed today and into the future. As one of the largest integrated energy infrastructure companies in North America, ONEOK is delivering energy that makes a difference in the lives of people in the U.S. and around the world.

ONEOK is an S&P 500 company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

For information about ONEOK, visit the website: www.oneok.com.

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Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and assumptions that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, and are not guarantees of future results. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in such statements and, therefore, you should not place undue reliance on any such statements and caution must be exercised in relying on forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the following:

• the impact on drilling and production by factors beyond our control, including the demand for natural gas, NGLs, Refined Products and crude oil; producers' desire and ability to drill and obtain necessary permits; regulatory compliance; reserve performance; and capacity constraints and/or shut downs on the pipelines that transport crude oil, natural gas, NGLs, and Refined Products from producing areas and our facilities;
• the impact of unfavorable economic and market conditions, inflationary pressures, which may increase our capital expenditures and operating costs, raise the cost of capital or depress economic growth;
• the impact of the volatility of natural gas, NGL, Refined Products and crude oil prices on our earnings and cash flows, which is impacted by a variety of factors beyond our control, including international terrorism and conflicts and geopolitical instability;
• the impact of reduced volatility in energy prices or new government regulations that could discourage our storage customers from holding positions in Refined Products, crude oil and natural gas;
• the economic or other impact of announced or future tariffs;
• our dependence on producers, gathering systems, refineries and pipelines owned and operated by others and the impact of any closures, interruptions or reduced activity levels at these facilities;
• the impact of increased attention to ESG issues, including climate change, and risks associated with the physical and financial impacts of climate change;
• risks associated with operational hazards and unforeseen interruptions at our operations;
• the inability of insurance proceeds to cover all liabilities or incurred costs and losses, or lost earnings, resulting from a loss;
• the risk of increased costs for insurance premiums or less favorable coverage;
• demand for our services and products in the proximity of our facilities;
• risks associated with our ability to hedge against commodity price risks or interest rate risks;
• a breach of information security, including a cybersecurity attack, or failure of one or more key information technology or operational systems, and terrorist attacks, including cyber sabotage;
• exposure to construction risk and supply risks if adequate natural gas, NGL, Refined Products and crude oil supply is unavailable upon completion of facilities;
• the accuracy of estimates of hydrocarbon reserves, which could result in lower than anticipated volumes;
• our lack of ownership over all of the land on which our property is located and certain of our facilities and equipment;
• the impact of changes in estimation, type of commodity and other factors on our measurement adjustments;
• excess capacity on our pipelines, processing, fractionation, terminal and storage assets;
• risks associated with the period of time our assets have been in service;
• our partial reliance on cash distributions from our unconsolidated affiliates on our operating cash flows;
• our ability to cause our joint ventures to take or not take certain actions unless some or all of our joint-venture participants agree;
• our reliance on others to operate certain joint-venture assets and to provide other services;
• our ability to use net operating losses and certain tax attributes;
• increased regulation of exploration and production activities, including hydraulic fracturing, well setbacks and disposal of wastewater;
• impacts of regulatory oversight and potential penalties on our business;
• risks associated with the rate regulation, challenges or changes, which may reduce the amount of cash we generate;
• the impact of our gas liquids blending activities, which subject us to federal regulations that govern renewable fuel requirements in the U.S.;
• incurrence of significant costs to comply with the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions;
• the impact of federal and state laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment, public health and safety on our operations, as well as increased litigation and activism challenging oil and gas development as well as changes to and/or increased penalties from the enforcement of laws, regulations and policies;
• the impact of unforeseen changes in interest rates, debt and equity markets and other external factors over which we have no control;
• actions by rating agencies concerning our credit;
• our indebtedness and guarantee obligations could cause adverse consequences, including making us vulnerable to general adverse economic and industry conditions, limiting our ability to borrow additional funds and placing us at competitive disadvantages compared with our competitors that have less debt;
• an event of default may require us to offer to repurchase certain of our or ONEOK Partners' senior notes or may impair our ability to access capital;
• the right to receive payments on our outstanding debt securities and subsidiary guarantees is unsecured and effectively subordinated to any future secured indebtedness and any existing and future indebtedness of our subsidiaries that do not guarantee the senior notes;
• use by a court of fraudulent conveyance to avoid or subordinate the cross guarantees of our or ONEOK Partners' indebtedness;
• the risks associated with pending or possible acquisitions and dispositions, including our ability to finance or integrate any such acquisitions and any regulatory delay or conditions imposed by regulatory bodies in connection with any such acquisitions and dispositions;
• the risk that the EnLink and Medallion businesses will not be integrated successfully;
• our ability to effectively manage our expanded operations following closing of recent acquisitions;
• our ability to pay dividends;
• our exposure to the credit risk of our customers or counterparties;
• a shortage of skilled labor;
• misconduct or other improper activities engaged in by our employees;
• the impact of potential impairment charges;
• the impact of the changing cost of providing pension and health care benefits, including postretirement health care benefits, to eligible employees and qualified retirees;
• our ability to maintain an effective system of internal controls; and
• the risk factors listed in the reports we have filed and may file with the SEC.

Forward-looking statements are based on the estimates and opinions of management at the time the statements are made. Other than as required under securities laws, ONEOK undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or changes in circumstances, expectations or otherwise.

The foregoing review of important factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included herein and elsewhere, including the Risk Factors included in the most recent reports on Form 10-K and other documents of ONEOK on file with the SEC. ONEOK's SEC filings are available publicly on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. 

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