BP is to make an initial public offering (IPO) for its US based pipeline subsidiary.
The supermajor has registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with its wholly owned subordinate BP Midstream Partners.
BP said in July it had begun evaluating the formation and IPO of a master limited partnership (MLP) to enhance shareholder value and to support BP’s strategy to grow its midstream business.
The offering is expected to take place in the fourth quarter of 2017, dependent on market conditions.
It is expected that the common units will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “BPMP.”
BP Midstream Partners was formed as a vehicle to own, operate, develop and acquire pipelines and other midstream assets.
It will be headquartered in Houston, Texas, with offices in Chicago, Illinois.
Initial assets are expected to consist of ownership interests in one onshore crude oil pipeline system, one onshore refined products pipeline system, and one onshore diluent pipeline system, which carry shipments to or from BP’s Whiting Refinery in Whiting Indiana.
It will also have interests in four offshore crude oil pipeline systems and one offshore natural gas pipeline system that connect offshore production areas in the Gulf of Mexico with the Gulf Coast refining and distribution hubs.
If the IPO is completed, BP would own the general partner of BP Midstream Partners, all of its incentive distribution rights and a majority of its limited partner interests.
Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are acting as book-running managers and Citigroup is acting as structuring agent for the proposed offering.
The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus.
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