March 3, 2015

MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MWE) (the “Partnership”) and its subsidiary MarkWest Energy Finance Corporation (“Finance Corp.”) announced today the closing of a public offering of an additional $650 million of 4.875% senior unsecured notes due 2024 (the “Additional Notes”). The Partnership expects to receive net proceeds from the Additional Notes offering, after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses,

Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ) today announced that it has completed a public offering of $1.25 billion of its 3.6 percent senior notes due March 2022, $750 million of its 4.0 percent senior notes due September 2025 and $1 billion of its 5.1 percent senior notes due September 2045. Williams Partners plans to use the net proceeds from the offering

Western Gas Partners, LP (NYSE: WES) (“WES” or the “Partnership”) today announced that it has acquired Anadarko’s 50% interest in the Delaware Basin JV gathering system. The Partnership paid no consideration at closing, but agreed to make a future payment on March 31, 2020 equal to eight times the average of the asset’s 2018 and 2019 earnings before interest, taxes,

Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc. (the “Company”), the operating subsidiary of Energy XXI Ltd (“Energy XXI”) (Nasdaq:EXXI), today announced that it has commenced a private offering to qualified institutional buyers of $1.25 billion principal amount of Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”), subject to market and other conditions. The Company intends to use a portion of the

Story by CNBC Most investors are probably steering clear of the global energy sector these days—nearly every country has seen their oil and gas sectors fall—but there has been one unlikely bright spot among all the bad news: Russia. Year-to-date, Russian energy sector returns have risen by about 22 percent. No other country comes close. Canada, another oil- and gas-heavy