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                                                                                expected to be in service in the fourth quarter
                                                                                of 2021, pending the receipt of customary
                                                                                regulatory and other approvals.
                                                                                WHITEWATER MIDSTREAM, February 16, 2021
                                                                                Summit Midstream Partners

                                                                                provides preliminary fourth-
                                                                                quarter 2020 results and

                                                                                full-year 2021 financial

                                                                                guidance

                                                                                Summit Midstream Partners LP (NYSE:
                                                                                SMLP) announced today preliminary
                                                                                financial and operating results for the three
                                                                                months ended December 31, 2020 and also
       venture owned by a subsidiary of Stonehenge   areas of the Marcellus Shale. UGIES will add   provided full year 2021 financial guidance.
       Energy Resources III, a portfolio company   its ownership stake in Pine Run Gathering to   The partnership expects fourth quarter
       of Energy Spectrum Partners VIII, and by a   UGI Appalachia, which operates gathering   2020 net income of $119mn to $121mn and
       subsidiary of UGI Energy Services (UGIES),   assets in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West   adjusted Ebitda of $61mn to $63mn. Net
       which is a subsidiary of UGI Corporation.  Virginia.                     income for the quarter was primarily driven
         PennEnergy, a Pittsburgh-based    PINE RUN GATHERING, February 16, 2021  by approximately $124mn of gain on the early
       independent oil and gas company, is a leading                            extinguishment of debt from the partnership’s
       Appalachian based producer and anchor   WhiteWater announces             open market repurchase of its senior
       customer on the Pine Run system. Stonehenge                              unsecured notes and the consensual debt
       III is the third partnership between Energy   acquisition of Waha Gas    discharge and restructuring of a subsidiaries’
       Spectrum Capital and Stonehenge Energy                                   $155.2mn term loan, partially offset by an
       Resources management. The transaction will   Storage                     approximate $5mn asset impairment charge
       be financed with equity capital from both                                for an $8mn sale of compressor equipment
       Stonehenge III (51%) and UGIES (49%) as   WhiteWater Midstream, operator of the   completed in January 2021. Financial
       well as a senior secured loan credit facility.  Agua Blanca and Whistler pipelines, today   guidance for full year 2021 includes $210mn
         Pine Run Midstream operates 43-miles of   announced the acquisition of Enstor’s Waha   to $230mn of adjusted Ebitda, and $20mn to
       dry gas gathering pipeline and compression   Gas Storage assets. The assets will be held in   $35mn of total capital expenditures.
       assets located in Butler and Armstrong   a newly formed joint venture entity, Waha   Heath Deneke, president, chief executive
       counties in Western Pennsylvania. The   Gas Storage, which will be jointly owned   officer and chairman of SMLP commented:
       Pine Run Midstream system has been in   by Whistler Pipeline and Delaware Basin   “We expect our fourth quarter 2020 financial
       operation since 2014 and will be operated by   Residue, owner of Agua Blanca. The Waha   and operating results to be moderately ahead
       Stonehenge. Stonehenge and UGI expect the   Gas Storage facilities will be connected to   of our third quarter financial results and
       investment to be immediately accretive to   Agua Blanca’s Waha header system and   in-line with the expectations we outlined
       earnings.                           will provide material storage capacities to   during our November earnings call. Fourth
         Pine Run Gathering is Stonehenge’s   customers of both the Agua Blanca and   quarter results were positively impacted
       fourth venture in the Appalachian Basin.   Whistler pipelines. With six existing caverns   by a combination of factors during the
       “Stonehenge is pleased to add the Pine Run   and five additional permitted caverns, the   quarter, including seven new wells that
       Midstream system to our operations in   Waha Gas Storage facilities can provide   were connected behind our Summit Utica
       western Pennsylvania and views the strategic   approximately 10bn cubic feet of storage   system in late September and eight new
       partnership with UGIES as a beneficial step to   capacity once fully developed.  wells connected behind our Williston liquids
       providing area producers with cost-effective,   “The Waha Gas Storage assets are   system in October and November, together
       customer-focused services,” said Patrick   strategically located near the Waha hub   with the return of substantially all of the
       Redalen, CEO of Stonehenge. “The Pine Run   and our new joint venture plans on further   temporarily shut-in production behind the
       Midstream system is a high-quality asset that   optimising these facilities and their   Ohio Gathering system, and continued cost
       has been well managed and operated by the   capabilities in the near-term to better serve   reductions across our back-office and field
       PennEnergy team. We are very pleased to   the customers of the Agua Blanca and   operations. Consequently, we expect fourth
       have the chance to expand our relationship   Whistler pipelines,” said Christer Rundlof,   quarter 2020 adjusted Ebitda in the range
       with Rich, Greg and the entire team at   CEO of WhiteWater. “We are extremely   of $61mn to $63mn, natural gas volume
       PennEnergy.”                        excited to provide our customers with another   throughput on our operated systems of 1.4 to
         This is the second recent investment in   premier residue service and unmatched   1.5 bcf/d and liquids volume throughput of
       Appalachian basin natural gas gathering   flexibility for their residue transportation   70,000 bbl/d to 72,000 bbl/d.”
       systems by UGIES as it continues to invest in   needs.”                  SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS LP, February
       assets well positioned in highly productive   The Waha Gas Storage facilities are   16, 2021



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