Teekay LNG Logs Improved 2Q Results

Teekay GP L.L.C., the general partner of Teekay LNG Partners L.P. today reported the Partnership's results for the quarter ended June 30, 2015. During the second quarter of 2015, the Partnership generated distributable cash flow(1) of $65.8 million, compared to $61.5 million in the same period of the prior year.

The increase in distributable cash flow was primarily due to lower interest expense resulting from the December 2014 termination of capital leases for, and the subsequent refinancing of, three 70 percent-owned liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers and an increase in the charter rates for the Partnership's four 33 percent-owned LNG carriers servicing the Angola LNG project and two of the Partnership's Suezmax tankers.

These increases were partially offset by the termination of the charter contract for the Partnership's 52 percent-owned Magellan Spirit LNG carrier in March 2015 (which termination the Partnership's Malt Joint Venture is currently disputing), the scheduled expiration of the charter contract for the Partnership's 52 percent-owned Methane Spirit LNG carrier in March 2015 and the sale of one 2001-built conventional tanker in August 2014.

On July 2, 2015, the Partnership declared a cash distribution of $0.70 per unit for the quarter ended June 30, 2015. The cash distribution will be paid on August 14, 2015 to all unitholders of record on July 14, 2015.

CEO Commentary

"The Partnership generated stronger than expected cash flow coverage for the second quarter, primarily due to higher than expected revenues from our Exmar LPG and Angola joint ventures," commented Peter Evensen, Chief Executive Officer of Teekay GP LLC. "We also successfully secured contracts with BP for its Freeport LNG volumes. This is our second U.S. LNG export project and will add to the Partnership's strong portfolio of long-term fee-based contracted cash flows with up to two vessels operating under fixed-rate contracts commencing in 2019. This transaction further supports our belief that fuel-efficient MEGI LNG carriers are becoming the new standard in global LNG shipping."

Mr. Evensen continued, "The Partnership's cash flows are stable and growing, supported by a large and diversified portfolio of long-term fee-based contracts of $11.4 billion with an average remaining contract duration of approximately 13 years and no direct commodity price exposure. Despite the current volatility in the energy markets, the long-term fundamentals in the LNG market remain attractive. With a strong pipeline of contracted growth projects and access to competitive bank financing and multiple capital markets, we believe the Partnership is well-positioned for further distributable cash flow growth."

(1)    Adjusted net income attributable to the partners is a non-GAAP financial measure. Please refer to Appendix A to this release for a reconciliation of this non- GAAP measure to the most directly comparable financial measure under GAAP and information about specific items affecting net income which are typically excluded by securities analysts in their published estimates of the Partnership's financial results.
Recent Transactions

Charter Contacts with BP for up to Two LNG Carrier Newbuilds

In June 2015, Teekay LNG entered into a 13-year charter contract with BP Shipping Limited (BP) for one LNG carrier newbuilding, plus an option exercisable by BP by the end of the third quarter of 2015 for one additional LNG carrier charter under similar terms. The vessels, including the optional charter if exercised by BP, will primarily provide LNG transportation of BP's LNG volumes from the Freeport LNG project located on Quintana Island near Freeport, Texas, which is scheduled for start-up in 2018 and will consist of three LNG trains with a total capacity of 13.2 million metric tonnes per annum.

In connection with the signing of the BP contracts, the Partnership ordered two fuel-efficient 174,000 cubic meter LNG carrier newbuildings to be constructed by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. of South Korea for a fully built-up cost of approximately $425 million, scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 2019. As part of the order, the Partnership received an option to order one additional vessel. These newbuildings will be constructed with M-type, Electronically Controlled, Gas Injection (MEGI) twin engines, which are designed to be significantly more fuel-efficient and have lower emission levels than engines currently used in LNG shipping.

Financial Summary

The Partnership reported adjusted net income attributable to the partners of $39.5 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, compared to $42.6 million for the same period of the prior year. Adjusted net income attributable to the partners excludes a number of specific items that had the net effect of increasing net income by $18.6 million and $1.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, primarily relating to unrealized gains and losses on derivative instruments and foreign currency exchange gains and losses, as detailed in Appendix A to this release. Including these items, the Partnership reported net income attributable to the partners, on a GAAP basis, of $58.1 million and $43.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Adjusted net income attributable to the partners for the three months ended June 30, 2015 decreased from the same period in the prior year, primarily due to the Magellan Spirit LNG carrier grounding incident and disputed off- hire and related charter contract termination during the first quarter of 2015, the scheduled expiration of the charter contract for the Methane Spirit LNG carrier in mid-March 2015 and the sale of one conventional tanker in August 2014, partially offset by the termination of capital leases for, and the subsequent refinancing at a lower interest rate of, three LNG carriers owned by the Partnership's RasGas II Joint Venture in December 2014, and the acquisition of one LPG carrier, the Norgas Napa, in November 2014.

For accounting purposes, the Partnership is required to recognize the changes in the fair value of its outstanding derivative instruments that are not designated as hedges for accounting purposes in net income. This method of accounting does not affect the Partnership's cash flows or the calculation of distributable cash flow, but results in the recognition of unrealized gains or losses on the consolidated statements of income as detailed in notes 1, 2 and 3 to the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income included in this release.