INTRODUCTION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION |
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| INTRODUCTION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION | INTRODUCTION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION Introduction
CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. (referred to as "CorEnergy" or "the Company"), was organized as a Maryland corporation and commenced operations on December 8, 2005. The Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock"), is listed on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") under the symbol "CORR" and its depositary shares representing the Company's 7.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Series A Preferred Stock"), are listed on the NYSE under the symbol "CORR PrA". The Company's Class B Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Class B Common Stock"), is not listed on an exchange.
The Company owns and operates critical energy midstream infrastructure connecting the upstream and downstream sectors within the industry. The Company currently generates revenue from the transportation, via pipeline systems, of crude oil and natural gas for its customers in California and Missouri, respectively. The pipelines are located in areas where it would be difficult to replicate rights-of-way or transport crude oil or natural gas via non-pipeline alternatives, resulting in the Company's assets providing utility-like criticality in the midstream supply chain for its customers.
CorEnergy's Private Letter Rulings ("PLRs") enable the Company to invest in a broader set of revenue contracts within its real estate investment trust ("REIT") structure, including the opportunity to both own and operate infrastructure assets. CorEnergy has determined its investments in these energy infrastructure assets to be a single reportable business segment and reports them accordingly in its consolidated financial statements.
The principal executive offices of the Company are located at 1100 Walnut, Suite 3350, Kansas City, Missouri 64106.
Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include CorEnergy accounts and the accounts of its wholly owned subsidiaries and variable interest entities ("VIEs") for which CorEnergy is the primary beneficiary. The unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") set forth in the Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC"), as published by the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB"), and with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") instructions to Form 10-Q, and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the Company's financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the periods presented. There were no adjustments that, in the opinion of management, were not of a normal and recurring nature. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation, and the Company's net earnings have been reduced by the portion of net earnings attributable to non-controlling interests, when applicable. Prior reporting period amounts have been recast to conform with the current period presentation. In preparing the unaudited consolidated financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the balance sheet and revenues and expenses for the period. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2023 or any other interim or annual period. Amounts as of December 31, 2022 have been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements as of that date but do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements and, as a result, should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in CorEnergy's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on March 29, 2023.
Subsidiaries of the Company and Crimson Midstream Holdings, LLC, a VIE of the Company ("Crimson"), are co-borrowers under that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as February 4, 2021, which provides for borrowing capacity of up to $155.0 million (the "Crimson Credit Facility"). The Crimson Credit Facility is scheduled to mature on May 3, 2024, which is within twelve months of the date of issuance of these financial statements for the period ended June 30, 2023.
On May 25, 2023, the Company announced entry into a definitive agreement to sell the MoGas and Omega pipeline systems to Spire, Inc. for approximately $175.0 million in cash, subject to final working capital adjustments. The transaction is currently expected to close around the end of the calendar year, pending U.S. Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") review and subject to customary closing conditions. The Company is required to use the proceeds from such sale to repay the Crimson Credit Facility.
If the MoGas and Omega sale does not occur in early 2024, the Company's operating cash flows may not be sufficient to service our debt instruments in 2024. If the Company is unable to extend the maturity date of the Crimson Credit Facility, or to repay or refinance it by May 3, 2024, the Company's ability to meet its obligations would be adversely affected. Failure to extend the maturity date or repay the debt prior to its contractual maturity would result in the potential foreclosure on the collateral securing such debt and could cause a cross-default under other agreements, which could also result in the acceleration of those obligations by the counterparties to those agreements.
The Company’s management believes it is probable the sale of MoGas and Omega will be successful and enable the Company to fully retire the Crimson Credit Facility before its contractual maturity and allow the Company to sufficiently service debt instruments in 2024, although no such assurance can be given.
During March 2023, the Company determined that the MoGas and Omega pipeline assets have met the criteria of "held-for- sale" accounting, as specified by FASB's ASC 360, "Property, Plant and Equipment." The carrying value of the assets and liabilities of this component is less than the fair value less costs to sell. Therefore, amounts are presented at carrying value within the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheet.
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