Energy Transfer Partners (NYSEETP) is a Fortune 500 natural gas and propanecompany.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Overview

It was founded in 1995.[1] It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.[1] They have 5000 employees.[1] The Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer is Kelcy Warren.[7][8][9]

They have pipeline operations in Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Utah, and West Virginia.[1] They are the largest single owner of natural gas pipeline in Texas and one of the largest producers of propane in the United States.[1]

This company allows investors participate in the growth of the energy economy.[1] In October 2011, Amerigas Partners, owned by the UGI Corporation by 44%, bought its propane operations in exchange for $1.5 billion in cash and $1.3 billion in shares, as well as $71 million in debt from two Energy Transfer Partners’ subsidiaries, Heritage Operating and Titan Energy Partners.[10] The same month, it also announced that it would build a new processing plant in the Barnett Shale and a 117-mile pipeline in Oklahoma as a result of a deal with XTO Energy.[11]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Official website, company overview
  2. Yahoo Finance
  3. Google Finance
  4. BusinessWeek Stock profile
  5. Bloomberg Stock Profile
  6. Reuters Stock Profile
  7. Senior Management
  8. Kelcy Warren Forbes profile
  9. Kelcy Warren BusinessWeek profile
  10. Mark Scott, 'AmeriGas to Buy Energy Transfer Unit for $2.9 Billion', in The New York Times, October 17, 2011 [1]
  11. Matt Joyce, 'Energy Transfer Partners signs midstream deal with XTO', in Dallas Business Journal, October 21, 2011 [2]