Saturday, September 27, 2025

MLPs in a World of $30 Oil: An exclusive interview with Alerian President and CEO Kenny Feng

Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) have become a popular financial structure for investors in the energy space. The MLP structure avoids a corporate tax, allowing the MLP to distribute more of its cash flow in dividends to unitholders compared to traditional C-corporations. MLPs tied to midstream infrastructure offer companies a vehicle to maximize the payout from long-life assets, which are generally

global petroleum consultancy Netherland, Sewell & Associates (NSAI) hosts a series of oil and gas property evaluation seminars. Oil & Gas 360

Memorial Production Partners LP Announces Fourth Quarter 2015 Cash Distribution and Full Year 2016 Guidance

Memorial Production Partners LP (MEMP) announced a cash distribution attributable to the fourth quarter of 2015 and announced full year 2016 guidance.  MEMP also announced that it has scheduled a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2015 earnings.  A presentation containing supplemental full year 2016 guidance information has been posted to MEMP’s website at www.memorialpp.com. Distribution

Energy Transfer Partners Announces Quarterly Cash Distribution and 2016 Capital Expenditure Update

Fourth quarter distribution of $1.055 per unit, consistent with prior quarter No expectation for public debt or equity capital markets issuances in 2016 2016 growth capital expenditures to be reduced by at least $750 million Earnings to be released February 24 Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (ETP) (“ETP” or the “Partnership”) today announced its quarterly distribution for the fourth quarter ended

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Williams and Williams Partners Announce 2016 Capital and Financing Plan, Cost Reductions and Fourth Quarter Operational Update

WPZ 4Q Cash Distribution Coverage at Approximately 1.0x, Declares Distribution of $0.85, Consistent with Prior Quarter 4Q Operational Results Solid; Plan to Report Full 2015 Financial Results Feb. 17 WPZ 2016 Growth Capital Funding Needs Reduced Approximately $1 billion, or 32%, to $2 billion Plan Includes Significant Reductions in Annual Costs Transco Issues $1 Billion in Notes; WPZ to Eliminate

Rice Midstream Partners LP Increases Quarterly Distribution

Rice Midstream Partners LP (RMP) today announced the Board of Directors of its general partner has approved a cash distribution of $0.1965 per unit for the fourth quarter 2015, an increase of $0.003 per unit, or 2% above the third quarter 2015 distribution. The distribution is payable on February 11, 2016, to unitholders of record on February 2, 2016. About Rice

Legacy Reserves LP Announces Distribution Suspension, 2016 Capital Budget

Legacy Reserves LP (“Legacy”) (LGCY) today announced that the Board of Directors of its general partner has approved the suspension of distributions to unitholders and distributions to both the 8% Series A and Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units.  The Board also approved a 2016 capital budget of $37 million. Paul T. Horne, President and Chief Executive

Oil & Gas 360

Spring Borrowing Base Redeterminations: a Preview

Haynes and Boone polled banks, producers, private equity firms, professional services and oilservice companies in January to take an early pulse of the spring redetermination expectations from the industry and the financial institutions supplying the credit. Key findings by Haynes and Boone: Overall respondents expect 79% of the borrowers to see a decrease in their borrowing base in spring 2016

Teekay Offshore Partners Declares Distribution of $0.11/Unit, Down from $0.56/Unit

Teekay Offshore GP LLC, the general partner of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (Teekay Offshore or the Partnership) (TOO), has declared a cash distribution of $0.11 per unit for the quarter ended December 31, 2015, down from $0.56 per unit paid in the prior quarter and consistent with the Partnership’s previously announced plan to temporarily reduce its quarterly cash distribution. The

TransMontaigne Partners L.P. Announces Increase in Quarterly Distribution

TransMontaigne Partners L.P. (TLP) announced today that it declared a distribution of $0.67 per unit for the period from October 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015, representing a $0.005 increase over the previous quarter. This distribution is payable on February 8, 2016 to unitholders of record on January 29, 2016. About TransMontaigne Partners L.P. TransMontaigne Partners L.P. is a terminaling

Coal 2016: Knock, Knock, Knocking on Heaven’s Door

First a warning, then executive actions through the EPA, now a halt to coal mining leases on federal land Government policy can be used as a powerful industry killer. Ask the coal miners in Appalachia. In a 2008 speech candidate Obama warned that “if somebody wants to build a coal power plant it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be

Antero Midstream Partners LP Announces Increased Quarterly Distribution and Fourth Quarter 2015 Operations Update

Antero Midstream Partners LP (AM) (“Antero Midstream” or the “Partnership”) today announced an increased fourth quarter 2015 distribution and provided its fourth quarter 2015 operations update. Highlights include: Declared a cash distribution of $0.22 per unit for the fourth quarter of 2015, a 29% increase over the minimum quarterly distribution and a 7% increase sequentially Low pressure gathering volumes averaged

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Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. Announces $1.5 Billion Private Placement of 8% Perpetual Series A Convertible Preferred Units

PAA’s General Partner Also Agrees to Modify IDRs Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE:PAA) today announced that it has received binding commitments for the purchase of approximately $1.5 billion of equity capital. The purchasers will acquire approximately 56 million units of a newly authorized series of 8% Perpetual Series A Convertible Preferred Units (the “Preferred Units”) at a price of