Energy Transfer Partners Reports Third Quarter Results

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE: ETP) (“ETP” or the “Partnership”) today reported its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2017. For the three months ended September 30, 2017, net income was $761 million and Adjusted EBITDA was $1.74 billion. Adjusted EBITDA increased $354 million compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016, reflecting an increase of $227 million in Adjusted EBITDA from the crude oil transportation and services segment, as well as significantly higher results from several of the other segments, as discussed in the segment results analysis below. Net income increased $623 million compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016, primarily due to increased operating income and higher equity in earnings from unconsolidated affiliates, as well as the impact of a non-cash impairment recorded in the prior year on an investment in an unconsolidated affiliate. Distributable Cash Flow attributable to partners, as adjusted, for the three months ended September 30, 2017 totaled $1.05 billion, an increase of $226 million compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016 (on a pro forma basis for the Sunoco Logistics merger completed in April 2017), primarily due to the increase in Adjusted EBITDA.