Shell Midstream Partners, L.P. Prices Offering of Common Units

Houston, May 18, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Shell Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE: SHLX) today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 10,500,000 common units representing limited partner interests, at a public offering price of $33.25 per common unit. The total gross proceeds (before the underwriter’s discounts and commissions and offering expenses) will be approximately $350 million. In connection with the offering, Shell Midstream Partners granted the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,575,000 common units. The offering is expected to close on May 23, 2016, subject to certain closing conditions.

Shell Midstream Partners expects to use the net proceeds from this offering, including its general partner's proportionate capital contribution, to partially fund the previously announced acquisition of additional equity interests in Zydeco Pipeline Company LLC, Bengal Pipeline Company LLC, and Colonial Pipeline Company  from Shell Pipeline Company LP. 

The common units are being offered and will be sold pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement that was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such states. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Barclays is acting as the sole book-running manager for the offering. A copy of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov or by sending a request to:

Barclays
c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions
1155 Long Island Avenue
Edgewood, NY 11717
Telephone: 1-888-603-5847
Email: barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com

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About Shell Midstream Partners, L.P.
Shell Midstream Partners, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a fee-based, growth-oriented midstream master limited partnership formed by Royal Dutch Shell to own, operate, develop and acquire pipelines and other midstream assets. Shell Midstream Partners’ assets consist of pipelines, crude tank storage and terminal systems that serve as key infrastructure to transport and store onshore and offshore crude oil production to Gulf Coast and Midwest refining markets and to deliver refined products from Gulf Coast markets to major demand centers.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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