All financial figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted. This news release refers to certain financial measures and ratios that are not specified, defined or determined in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), including net revenue; adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“adjusted EBITDA”); adjusted earnings; adjusted earnings per common share; adjusted cash flow from operating activities; and adjusted cash flow from operating activities per common share. For more information see “Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures” herein.
CALGARY, Alberta–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pembina Pipeline Corporation (“Pembina” or the “Company”) (TSX: PPL; NYSE: PBA) announced today its financial and operating results for the first quarter of 2026.
Highlights
- Quarterly Results – reported first quarter earnings of $498 million, adjusted earnings of $505 million, adjusted EBITDA of $1,131 million, and adjusted cash flow from operating activities of $790 million ($1.36 per share).
- Guidance – Pembina has updated its 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance range to $4.35 billion to $4.55 billion (previously $4.125 billion to $4.425 billion), primarily reflecting the impact of stronger commodity prices on Pembina’s marketing business.
- Common Share Dividend Increase – the board of directors declared a common share cash dividend for the second quarter of 2026 of $0.735 per share, representing an increase of approximately 3.5 percent to be paid, subject to applicable law, on June 30, 2026, to shareholders of record on June 15, 2026.
- PGI Projects Enter Service – the Wapiti Expansion, which increases natural gas processing capacity at the Wapiti Plant by 115 million cubic feet per day (“MMcf/d”) (gross to PGI), and the K3 Cogeneration Facility, a 28 megawatt facility at PGI’s K3 Plant, were placed into service near the end of the first quarter of 2026, on time and on budget.
- Peace Pipeline Recontracting – in 2026 to date, Pembina has renewed existing contracts, and executed incremental new contracts, totaling approximately 110,000 barrels per day (“bpd”) of transportation capacity on Peace Pipeline.
Financial and Operational Overview for the Three Months Ended March 31
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($ millions, except where noted) |
2026 |
2025 |
Change |
|
Revenue |
2,106 |
2,282 |
(176) |
|
Net revenue(1) |
1,291 |
1,343 |
(52) |
|
Operating expenses |
219 |
226 |
(7) |
|
Gross profit |
929 |
928 |
1 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA(1) |
1,131 |
1,167 |
(36) |
|
Earnings |
498 |
502 |
(4) |
|
Earnings per common share – basic and diluted (dollars) |
0.80 |
0.80 |
— |
|
Adjusted earnings(1) |
505 |
489 |
16 |
|
Adjusted earnings per common share – basic (dollars)(1) |
0.81 |
0.78 |
0.03 |
|
Cash flow from operating activities |
335 |
840 |
(505) |
|
Cash flow from operating activities per common share – basic (dollars) |
0.58 |
1.45 |
(0.87) |
|
Adjusted cash flow from operating activities(1) |
790 |
777 |
13 |
|
Adjusted cash flow from operating activities per common share – basic (dollars)(1) |
1.36 |
1.34 |
0.02 |
|
Capital expenditures |
187 |
174 |
13 |
|
(1) Refer to “Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures”. |
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Financial and Operational Overview by Division
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|
3 Months Ended March 31 |
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|
2026 |
2025 |
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|
($ millions, except where noted) |
Volumes(1) |
Earnings (loss) |
Adjusted earnings (loss)(2) |
Adjusted EBITDA(2) |
Volumes(1) |
Earnings (loss) |
Adjusted earnings (loss)(2) |
Adjusted EBITDA(2) |
|
Pipelines |
2,833 |
489 |
490 |
647 |
2,808 |
518 |
518 |
677 |
|
Facilities |
899 |
198 |
199 |
363 |
896 |
184 |
171 |
345 |
|
Marketing & New Ventures |
351 |
175 |
174 |
188 |
369 |
160 |
155 |
210 |
|
Corporate |
— |
(231) |
(223) |
(67) |
— |
(223) |
(222) |
(65) |
|
Income tax expense |
— |
(133) |
(135) |
— |
— |
(137) |
(133) |
— |
|
Total |
|
498 |
505 |
1,131 |
|
502 |
489 |
1,167 |
| (1) Volumes for the Pipelines and Facilities divisions are revenue volumes, which are physical volumes plus volumes recognized from take-or-pay commitments. Volumes are stated in mboe/d, with natural gas volumes converted to mboe/d from mmcf/d at a 6:1 ratio. Volumes for Marketing & New Ventures are marketed crude and natural gas liquids (“NGL”) volumes. | ||||||||
| (2) Refer to “Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures”. | ||||||||
| For further details on the Company’s significant assets, including definitions for capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined, refer to Pembina’s Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2025, and Pembina’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis dated May 7, 2026 for the three months ended March 31, 2026, filed at www.sedarplus.ca (filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov under Form 40-F) and on Pembina’s website at www.pembina.com. | ||||||||
Executive Overview and Business Update
Strong First Quarter Results Driven by Solid Results from Fee-Based Business and Marketing Outperformance
First quarter results reflect a strong contribution from the fee-based business that was in line with Pembina’s original 2026 outlook. Operationally, the first quarter saw volume strength across key systems, including Alliance Pipeline, Cochin Pipeline, and the conventional pipeline systems due to favorable commodity prices and spreads. Pembina remains on track to realize 2023 to 2026 fee-based adjusted EBITDA per share compound annual growth of approximately five percent, positioning the Company to deliver on the target range provided at its 2024 Investor Day. Additionally, strengthening commodity prices resulted in a first quarter marketing business contribution that exceeded Pembina’s initial expectations and have led to a revised outlook for the full year, as reflected below in the updated 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance range.
Business Update Highlighted Strategic Focus and Growth Outlook
As a leader in the North American energy infrastructure landscape for more than 70 years, Pembina has a proven track record of growth enabled by reliable execution and responding to customer needs across the hydrocarbon value chain. Canadian energy is entering a period of expanding market access and growing demand, and Pembina is very well positioned at the center of this opportunity.
On April 7, 2026, Pembina held a business update webcast that covered where Pembina is positioned, why its business is advantaged, and how the Company’s strategy can create value through 2030 and beyond. The presentation focused on three key themes:
1) reaffirming the Company’s longstanding commitment to disciplined execution, including strong performance against financial targets, placing billions of dollars of capital projects into service on time and on or under budget, and adhering to its financial guardrails. Pembina has consistently operated within its leverage targets, maintained its investment grade credit rating, and delivered a reliable, growing dividend without interruption.
2) outlining the Company’s 3Cs Strategy – Capture, Connect, and Catalyze – which is underpinned by energy fundamentals and the advantages of its differentiated platform. Pembina is poised to benefit from growing global energy demand, increasing strategic relevance of Canadian energy, and emerging demand drivers such as LNG, petrochemicals, and data centre power demand. The advantages of Pembina’s integration, scale, superior market access, entrepreneurial approach, and track record of execution uniquely position it to further strengthen and extend its unmatched, industry-leading value chain.
3) providing a financial outlook to the end of the decade, including 5-7 percent compound annual fee-based adjusted EBITDA per share growth through 2030. This outlook is underpinned by higher utilization across existing assets, contributions from sanctioned projects entering service, and a portfolio of development opportunities designed to extend the franchise.
An archive of the business update webcast and the supporting presentation can be accessed on Pembina’s website at www.pembina.com.
Project and Commercial Updates
Pembina continues to reliably execute its portfolio of projects under construction, realize continued commercial success, and advance projects under development in service of its growth strategy.
- The Wapiti Expansion, which includes a new sales gas pipeline and other related infrastructure to increase natural gas processing capacity at the Wapiti Plant by 115 MMcf/d (gross to PGI), was placed into service near the end of the first quarter of 2026, on time and on budget.
- The K3 Cogeneration Facility, a 28 megawatt facility at PGI’s K3 Plant, was placed into service near the end of the first quarter of 2026, on time and on budget. The facility is expected to reduce overall operating costs by providing power and heat to the gas processing facility, while reducing customers’ exposure to power prices.
- Construction of RFS IV, a 55,000 bpd propane-plus fractionator at the existing Redwater fractionation and storage complex, is nearing completion. The rail facility was placed into service in February 2026, and commissioning of the fractionator is underway. The project is trending under budget and the fractionator is expected to be placed into service by the end of May 2026.
- Pembina, and its partner Kineticor, are progressing the Greenlight Electricity Centre, a proposed multi-phased natural gas-fired combined cycle power generation facility. Pembina and Kineticor continue to advance various workstreams related to the approximately 900 megawatt first phase. Ongoing activities include finalizing a lump sum engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement, finalizing a commercial agreement with a customer, and project financing. A final investment decision is expected by the end of the second quarter of 2026.
- In 2026 to date, Pembina has renewed existing contracts, and executed incremental new contracts, totaling approximately 110,000 bpd of transportation capacity on Peace Pipeline.
- The Cedar LNG project remains on time and on budget. Construction of the floating LNG vessel is now more than 50 percent complete.
- Alliance Pipeline recently held a binding open season for a new proposed short-haul point-to-point transportation service on the Canadian segment of its system. The open season concluded on April 20, 2026, and successful proponents have been awarded capacity, conditional on the project being sanctioned. The proposed expansion would provide natural gas delivery to a new meter station in Fort Saskatchewan with an anticipated in-service date in the fourth quarter of 2029. The project continues to progress toward a final investment decision, with ongoing workstreams focused on regulatory and engineering activities.
2026 Guidance Update
Pembina has updated its 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance range to $4.35 billion to $4.55 billion (previously $4.125 billion to $4.425 billion). At the midpoint of the range, this represents a $175 million increase. The revised guidance primarily reflects a stronger contribution from the marketing business given the current commodity price outlook and updates to Pembina’s 2026 frac spread hedging program.
Within the marketing business, the revised outlook for the year includes a stronger contribution from the crude oil marketing business and wider Canadian and U.S. frac spreads. In particular, Pembina and its customers are benefiting from exposure to premium propane prices in Asian markets through Pembina’s 20,000 bpd Prince Rupert Terminal and third-party facilities, including a 20,000 bpd agreement that became effective April 1, 2026.
Further, as previously disclosed, approximately 65 percent of Pembina’s 2026 frac spread exposure has been hedged. On a quarterly basis, for the remainder of the year, Pembina has hedged approximately 90 percent in the second and third quarters and 40 percent in the fourth quarter.
The lower and upper ends of the 2026 guidance range are framed primarily as a function of (1) commodity prices and the resulting contribution from the marketing business; (2) interruptible volumes on key systems; (3) the U.S./Canadian dollar exchange rate; and (4) Pembina’s share price performance and its impact on incentive compensation costs.
2026 Current Income Tax
Current income tax expense in 2026 is anticipated to be $385 million to $420 million.
Financial & Operational Highlights
Adjusted EBITDA
Pembina reported adjusted EBITDA of $1,131 million in the first quarter. This represents a $36 million or three percent decrease over the same period in the prior year. The variance over the prior period primarily reflects a lower contribution from the Marketing & New Ventures Division due to narrower NGL frac spreads, and the impact of a new toll structure and revenue sharing mechanism on the Alliance Pipeline. These factors were partially offset by volume growth and solid operational performance across the Pipelines and Facilities divisions.
Pipelines reported adjusted EBITDA of $647 million for the first quarter, representing a $30 million or four percent decrease compared to the same period in the prior year, reflecting the net impact of the following factors:
- lower net revenue on the Alliance Pipeline ($26 million) due to the negotiated settlement between Alliance and its shippers effective November 1, 2025, partially offset by an increase in interruptible and seasonal revenue on the Alliance Pipeline driven by higher demand for natural gas in the U.S. Midwest during the first quarter of 2026; and
- higher interruptible volumes on the Cochin Pipeline due to wider condensate price differentials.
Facilities reported adjusted EBITDA of $363 million for the first quarter, representing an $18 million or five percent increase over the same period in the prior year, primarily due to a higher contribution from certain PGI assets, related to higher volumes.
Marketing & New Ventures reported adjusted EBITDA of $188 million for the first quarter, representing a $22 million or 10 percent decrease compared to the same period in the prior year, primarily due to narrower WCSB and U.S. NGL frac spreads resulting from lower NGL prices combined with higher U.S. natural gas prices, partially offset by the benefits from exposure to premium propane prices in Asian markets through West Coast exports.
Corporate reported adjusted EBITDA of negative $67 million for the first quarter, representing a $2 million or three percent decrease compared to the same period in the prior year, reflecting higher long-term incentive costs driven primarily by the change in Pembina’s share price in the first quarter of 2026, largely offset by lower non-compensation related expenses.
Earnings
Pembina reported first quarter earnings of $498 million, representing a $4 million or one percent decrease over the same period in the prior year.
Pipelines had earnings in the first quarter of $489 million, representing a $29 million or six percent decrease over the prior period. The factors impacting first quarter earnings are the same factors as noted above for Pipelines adjusted EBITDA.
Facilities had earnings in the first quarter of $198 million representing a $14 million or eight percent increase over the prior year. The factors impacting first quarter earnings are the same factors as noted above for Facilities adjusted EBITDA.
Marketing & New Ventures had earnings in the first quarter of $175 million representing a $15 million or nine percent increase over the prior year. In addition to the factors impacting Marketing & New Ventures adjusted EBITDA, as noted above, the change in earnings in the first quarter was due to a lower share of loss from Cedar LNG.
In addition to the changes in earnings for each division discussed above, the change in Corporate first quarter earnings compared to the prior period was due to the same factors impacting Corporate adjusted EBITDA, as noted above.
Quarterly Common Share Dividend
Pembina’s board of directors has declared a common share cash dividend for the second quarter of 2026 of 0.735 per share, representing an increase of approximately 3.5 percent, to be paid, subject to applicable law, on June 30, 2026, to shareholders of record on June 15, 2026. The common share dividends are designated as “eligible dividends” for Canadian income tax purposes. For non-resident shareholders, Pembina’s common share dividends should be considered “qualified dividends” and may be subject to Canadian withholding tax.
For shareholders receiving their common share dividends in U.S. dollars, the cash dividend is expected to be approximately U.S.$0.5394 per share (before deduction of any applicable Canadian withholding tax) based on a currency exchange rate of 0.7339. The actual U.S. dollar dividend will depend on the Canadian/U.S. dollar exchange rate on the payment date and will be subject to applicable withholding taxes.
Quarterly dividend payments are expected to be made on the last business day of March, June, September and December to shareholders of record on the 15th day of the corresponding month, if, as and when declared by the board of directors. Should the record date fall on a weekend or on a statutory holiday, the record date will be the next succeeding business day following the weekend or statutory holiday.
First Quarter 2026 Conference Call & Webcast
Pembina will host a conference call on Friday, May 8, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. MT (10:00 a.m. ET) for interested investors, analysts, brokers, and media representatives to discuss results for the first quarter of 2026.
The live webcast can be accessed on Pembina’s website at Pembina – Presentations & Events or via the following URL: https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/854982138. After the event concludes and is archived, the same URL will be converted into the replay link for the webcast.
Annual Meeting of Shareholders
The Company will hold its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (“AGM”) on Friday, May 8, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. MT (4:00 p.m. ET). The AGM will be held as a virtual-only meeting, which will be conducted via live audio webcast at https://meetings.lumiconnect.com/400-053-918-100. Participants are recommended to register for the virtual webcast at least 10 minutes before the presentation start time. For further information and meeting materials, kindly visit Pembina – Notice & Access.
About Pembina
Pembina Pipeline Corporation is a leading energy transportation and midstream service provider that has served North America’s energy industry for more than 70 years. Pembina owns an extensive network of strategically located assets, including hydrocarbon liquids and natural gas pipelines, gas gathering and processing facilities, oil and natural gas liquids infrastructure and logistics services, and an export terminals business. Through our integrated value chain, we seek to provide safe and reliable energy solutions that connect producers and consumers across the world, support a more sustainable future and benefit our customers, investors, employees and communities. For more information, please visit www.pembina.com.
Pembina’s common shares trade on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges under PPL and PBA, respectively. For more information, visit www.pembina.com.
Forward-Looking Statements and Information
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements and forward-looking information (collectively, “forward-looking statements”), including forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of applicable securities legislation, that are based on Pembina’s current expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “continue”, “anticipate”, “schedule”, “will”, “expects”, “estimate”, “potential”, “planned”, “future”, “outlook”, “strategy”, “project”, “plan”, “commit”, “maintain”, “focus”, “ongoing”, “believe” and similar expressions suggesting future events or future performance.
In particular, this news release contains forward-looking statements, including certain financial outlooks, pertaining to, without limitation, the following: Pembina’s 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance, as well as the factors which may impact such guidance; Pembina’s growth outlook to 2030, including expectations and outlooks regarding fee-based adjusted EBITDA per share growth; future pipeline, processing, fractionation and storage facility and system operations and throughput levels; treatment under existing and potential governmental policies and regulations, including expectations regarding their impact on Pembina; Pembina’s strategy and the development of new business initiatives and growth opportunities, including the anticipated benefits therefrom and the expected timing thereof; expectations about current and future market conditions, industry activities and development opportunities, as well as the anticipated impacts thereof, including general market conditions outlooks and industry developments; expectations about future demand for Pembina’s infrastructure and services, including expectations in respect of customer contracts, future volume growth in the WCSB and the drivers thereof, increased utilization and future tolls and volumes; expectations relating to the development of Pembina’s new projects and developments, including PGI’s K3 Cogeneration Facility, Cedar LNG, the Greenlight Electricity Centre, and RFS IV, including the outcomes, timing, expected costs and anticipated benefits thereof; Pembina’s future common share dividends, including the timing, amount and expected tax treatment thereof; planning, construction, locations, capital expenditure and funding estimates, schedules, regulatory and environmental applications and anticipated approvals, expected capacity, incremental volumes, contractual arrangements, completion and in-service dates, sources of product, activities, benefits and operations with respect to new construction of, or expansions on existing pipelines, systems, gas services facilities, processing and fractionation facilities, terminalling, storage and hub facilities and other facilities or energy infrastructure, as well as the impact of Pembina’s new projects on its future financial performance; and expectations regarding existing and future commercial agreements, including the expected timing and benefit thereof.
The forward-looking statements are based on certain factors and assumptions that Pembina has made in respect thereof as at the date of this news release regarding, among other things: oil and gas industry exploration and development activity levels and the geographic region of such activity; the success of Pembina’s operations; prevailing commodity prices, interest rates, carbon prices, tax rates, exchange rates and inflation rates; the ability of Pembina to maintain current credit ratings; the availability and cost of capital to fund future capital requirements relating to existing assets, projects and the repayment or refinancing of existing debt as it becomes due; future operating costs; geotechnical and integrity costs; that any third-party projects relating to Pembina’s growth projects will be sanctioned and completed as expected; that any required commercial agreements can be reached in the manner and on the terms expected by Pembina; that all required regulatory and environmental approvals can be obtained on acceptable terms and in a timely manner; that there are no supply chain disruptions impacting Pembina’s ability to obtain required equipment, materials or labour; that counterparties will comply with contracts in a timely manner; that there are no unforeseen events preventing the performance of contracts or the completion of the relevant projects, and that there are no unforeseen material costs relating to the project which are not recoverable from customers ; prevailing regulatory, tax and environmental laws and regulations; maintenance of operating margins; the amount of future liabilities relating to lawsuits and environmental incidents; and the availability of coverage under Pembina’s insurance policies (including in respect of Pembina’s business interruption insurance policy).
Contacts
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