NuStar Energy LP has reported operating income of $105 million for the third quarter of 2020, up $5 million, or 5 percent, from $100 million in the third quarter of 2019.
NuStar president and CEO Brad Barron, said: “While the loan repayment resulted in the non-operational charge, the loan itself bridged us through a tough time period with mission-critical liquidity to weather the storm in the first half of 2020, and we are pleased to have put this COVID-related issue behind us”
“The improvement in our operating income during these historically challenging times for our country and our industry demonstrate the resilience of our business and the quality of our assets.”
NuStar CFO Tom Shoaf added: “During the third quarter, when a window opened in high-yield bond markets, we were able to successfully issue $1.2 billion of new notes at attractive rates to repay the $500 million term loan we obtained in April to assure liquidity for our near-term debt maturities in the midst of pandemic-related second quarter 2020 bond market headwinds, as well as all of the outstanding borrowings under our revolving credit agreement.”
Excluding the charge, third quarter 2020 adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) from continuing operations were $180 million, an increase of $11 million, or 7 percent, over third quarter 2019 EBITDA from continuing operations.
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