Hess Midstream LP

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2022

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Hess Midstream LP

4.  Hess Midstream LP

At June 30, 2022, Hess Midstream LP (Hess Midstream), a variable interest entity that is fully consolidated by Hess Corporation, had liabilities totaling $3,078 million (December 31, 2021: $2,694 million) that are on a nonrecourse basis to Hess Corporation, while Hess Midstream assets available to settle the obligations of Hess Midstream included cash and cash equivalents totaling $2 million (December 31, 2021: $2 million), property, plant and equipment with a carrying value of $3,145 million (December 31, 2021: $3,125 million) and an equity-method investment in the Little Missouri 4 (LM4) gas processing plant of $97 million (December 31, 2021: $102 million).

LM4 is a 200 million standard cubic feet per day gas processing plant located south of the Missouri River in McKenzie County, North Dakota, that was constructed as part of a 50/50 joint venture between Hess Midstream and Targa Resources Corp. Hess Midstream has a natural gas processing agreement with LM4 under which it pays a processing fee and reimburses LM4 for its proportionate share of electricity costs. The processing fees included in Operating costs and expenses in the Statement of Consolidated Income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 were $4 million and $9 million, respectively, compared with $7 million and $14 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively.

In April 2022, Hess Midstream LP completed an underwritten public equity offering of approximately 10.2 million Hess Midstream LP Class A shares held by a subsidiary of Hess Corporation and an affiliate of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). We received net proceeds of $146 million from the public offering. The transaction resulted in an increase in Capital in excess of par and Noncontrolling interests of $130 million and $88 million, respectively. The increase to Noncontrolling interests of $88 million is comprised of $16 million resulting from the change in ownership interest and $72 million from an increase to deferred tax assets resulting from a change in the temporary difference between the carrying amount and tax basis of Hess Midstream LP's investment in Hess Midstream Operations LP (HESM Opco).

Concurrent with the April 2022 public offering, HESM Opco, a consolidated subsidiary of Hess Midstream LP, repurchased approximately 13.6 million HESM Opco Class B units held by a subsidiary of Hess Corporation and an affiliate of GIP for $400 million. HESM Opco issued $400 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.500% fixed-rate senior unsecured notes due 2030 in a private offering to repay borrowings under its revolving credit facility used to finance the repurchase. The transaction resulted in an increase in Capital in excess of par and a decrease in Noncontrolling interests of $32 million, and an increase in deferred tax assets and Noncontrolling interests of $17 million resulting from a change in the temporary difference between the carrying amount and tax basis of Hess Midstream LP's investment in HESM Opco. The $200 million paid to GIP reduced Noncontrolling Interests. We owned an approximate 41% interest in Hess Midstream LP, on a consolidated basis, at June 30, 2022.

In March 2021, Hess Midstream LP completed an underwritten public equity offering of 6.9 million Hess Midstream LP Class A shares held by a subsidiary of Hess Corporation and an affiliate of GIP. We received net proceeds of $70 million from the public offering. The transaction resulted in an increase in Capital in excess of par and Noncontrolling interests of $56 million and $41 million, respectively. The increase to Noncontrolling interests of $41 million is comprised of $14 million resulting from the change in ownership interest and $27 million from an increase to deferred tax assets resulting from a change in the temporary difference between the carrying amount and tax basis of Hess Midstream LP's investment in HESM Opco.