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SEGMENT INFORMATION
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
SEGMENT INFORMATION  
SEGMENT INFORMATION

17.SEGMENT INFORMATION

We operate in the United States as a diversified natural resource company that generates operating and royalty income from the production and marketing of coal to major domestic and international utilities and industrial users as well as royalty income from oil & gas mineral interests.  We aggregate multiple operating segments into four reportable segments, Illinois Basin Coal Operations, Appalachia Coal Operations, Oil & Gas Royalties and Coal Royalties.  We also have an "all other" category referred to as Other, Corporate and Elimination.  Our two coal operations reportable segments correspond to major coal producing regions in the eastern United States with similar economic characteristics including coal quality, geology, coal marketing opportunities, mining and transportation methods and regulatory issues.  The two coal operations reportable segments include seven mining complexes operating in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia and a coal-loading terminal in Indiana on the Ohio River.  Our Oil & Gas Royalties reportable segment includes our oil & gas mineral interests which are located primarily in the Permian (Delaware and Midland), Anadarko (SCOOP/STACK) and Williston (Bakken) basins.  The operations within our Oil & Gas Royalties reportable segment primarily include receiving royalties and lease bonuses for our oil & gas mineral interests. Our Coal Royalties reportable segment includes coal mineral reserves and resources owned or leased by Alliance Resource Properties, which are either (a) leased to our mining complexes or (b) near our coal mining operations but not yet leased.

The Illinois Basin Coal Operations reportable segment includes operating mining complexes (a) the Gibson County Coal, LLC mining complex, (b) the Warrior Coal, LLC mining complex, (c) the River View Coal, LLC mining complex and (d) the Hamilton County Coal, LLC mining complex. The segment also includes our Mt. Vernon Transfer Terminal, LLC coal-loading terminal in Indiana which operates on the Ohio River, Mid-America Carbonates, LLC and other support services, and our non-operating Illinois Basin mining complexes.    

The Appalachia Coal Operations reportable segment includes operating mining complexes (a) the Mettiki mining complex, (b) the Tunnel Ridge, LLC mining complex and (c) the MC Mining, LLC mining complex.

The Oil & Gas Royalties reportable segment includes oil & gas mineral interests held by AR Midland, LP ("AR Midland") and AllDale I & II and includes Alliance Minerals' equity interests in both AllDale III (Note 10 – Investments) and Cavalier Minerals.

The Coal Royalties reportable segment includes coal mineral reserves and resources owned or leased by Alliance Resource Properties that are (a) leased to certain of our mining complexes in both the Illinois Basin Coal Operations and Appalachia Coal Operations reportable segments or (b) located near our operations and external mining operations.  Approximately two thirds of the coal sold by our Coal Operations' mines is leased from our Coal Royalties entities.

Other, Corporate and Elimination includes marketing and administrative activities, Matrix Design Group, LLC, its subsidiaries, and Alliance Design Group, LLC (collectively referred to as the "Matrix Group"), our investments in Francis, Infinitum and NGP ETP IV (see Note 10 – Investments), Wildcat Insurance, LLC, which assists the ARLP Partnership with its insurance requirements, AROP Funding and Alliance Finance (both discussed in Note 7 – Long-Term Debt), Pontiki Coal, LLC's workers' compensation and pneumoconiosis liabilities and other miscellaneous activities.  The eliminations included in Other, Corporate and Elimination primarily represent the intercompany coal royalty transactions described above between our Coal Royalties reportable segment and our coal operations' mines.

Reportable segment results are presented below.

    

Coal Operations

Royalties

Other,

 

Illinois

    

    

Corporate and

    

    

Basin

    

Appalachia

    

Oil & Gas

    

Coal

Elimination

    

Consolidated

 

(in thousands)

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2022

Revenues - Outside

$

335,234

$

245,724

$

37,572

$

$

9,890

$

628,420

Revenues - Intercompany

16,708

(16,708)

Total revenues (1)

335,234

245,724

37,572

16,708

(6,818)

628,420

Segment Adjusted EBITDA Expense (2)

 

194,967

 

134,672

 

3,531

 

5,545

 

(8,609)

 

330,106

Segment Adjusted EBITDA (3)

 

120,760

 

102,012

 

35,783

 

11,163

 

1,792

 

271,510

Capital expenditures

 

39,529

 

17,780

 

 

40,033

 

1,962

 

99,304

Three Months Ended September 30, 2021

 

Revenues - Outside

$

231,093

$

154,944

$

21,191

$

$

8,211

$

415,439

Revenues - Intercompany

13,456

(13,456)

Total revenues (1)

231,093

154,944

21,191

13,456

(5,245)

415,439

Segment Adjusted EBITDA Expense (2)

 

149,666

 

92,312

 

2,639

 

4,258

 

(9,525)

 

239,350

Segment Adjusted EBITDA (3)

 

69,305

 

52,726

 

19,080

 

9,198

 

4,280

 

154,589

Capital expenditures

 

19,081

 

12,531

 

 

30

 

1,393

 

33,035

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022

Revenues - Outside

$

923,427

$

646,705

$

105,112

$

$

30,540

$

1,705,784

Revenues - Intercompany

46,400

(46,400)

Total revenues (1)

923,427

646,705

105,112

46,400

(15,860)

1,705,784

Segment Adjusted EBITDA Expense (2)

 

567,253

335,756

9,766

15,762

(21,177)

 

907,360

Segment Adjusted EBITDA (3)

 

296,327

277,492

98,944

30,638

5,317

 

708,718

Total assets

 

731,441

428,000

689,874

325,498

329,569

 

2,504,381

Capital expenditures

 

111,419

58,616

40,033

11,218

 

221,286

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021

 

Revenues - Outside

$

640,260

$

384,286

$

52,798

$

$

19,160

$

1,096,504

Revenues - Intercompany

36,410

(36,410)

Total revenues (1)

640,260

384,286

52,798

36,410

(17,250)

1,096,504

Segment Adjusted EBITDA Expense (2)

 

415,423

240,494

7,116

13,157

(24,619)

 

651,571

Segment Adjusted EBITDA (3)

 

197,601

125,873

46,405

23,253

7,370

 

400,502

Total assets

 

703,060

422,504

601,695

289,100

132,616

 

2,148,975

Capital expenditures

 

47,997

34,579

30

6,055

 

88,661

(1)Revenues included in the Other, Corporate and Elimination column are attributable to intercompany eliminations, which are primarily intercompany coal royalty eliminations, outside revenues at the Matrix Group and other outside miscellaneous sales and revenue activities.

(2)Segment Adjusted EBITDA Expense includes operating expenses, coal purchases and other income. Transportation expenses are excluded as transportation revenues are recognized in an amount equal to transportation expenses when title passes to the customer.  

The following is a reconciliation of consolidated Segment Adjusted EBITDA Expense to Operating expenses (excluding depreciation, depletion and amortization):

    

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

September 30, 

September 30, 

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

 

(in thousands)

Segment Adjusted EBITDA Expense

$

330,106

$

239,350

$

907,360

$

651,571

Outside coal purchases

 

 

(6,065)

 

(151)

 

(6,179)

Other income (expense)

 

192

 

(84)

 

1,337

 

(2,632)

Operating expenses (excluding depreciation, depletion and amortization)

$

330,298

$

233,201

$

908,546

$

642,760

(3)Segment Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income attributable to ARLP before net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, depletion and amortization, and general and administrative expenses.  Management therefore is able to focus solely on the evaluation of segment operating profitability as it relates to our revenues and operating expenses, which are primarily controlled by our segments.  Consolidated Segment Adjusted EBITDA is reconciled to net income as follows:

    

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

September 30, 

September 30, 

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

 

(in thousands)

Consolidated Segment Adjusted EBITDA

$

271,510

$

154,589

$

708,718

$

400,502

General and administrative

 

(21,341)

 

(18,655)

 

(62,394)

 

(51,651)

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

(70,143)

 

(68,763)

 

(200,191)

 

(192,698)

Interest expense, net

 

(8,819)

 

(9,389)

 

(27,750)

 

(29,595)

Income tax expense

 

(6,600)

 

(234)

 

(55,646)

 

(227)

Net income attributable to ARLP

$

164,607

$

57,548

$

362,737

$

126,331

Noncontrolling interest

364

176

977

384

Net income

$

164,971

$

57,724

$

363,714

$

126,715