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Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. Affirms Guidance for the Second Half of 2008 and Full Year 2009 Following the Successful Completion of the Termination of Certain Hedge Contracts

Posted on: Friday, 18 July 2008, 15:00 CDT

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (NYSE:APL) affirms its previously announced anticipated increase in distributable cash flow per unit guidance after 1.3x coverage of $2.00 to $2.20 per unit for the second half of 2008. The mid point of the guidance range represents a 14% increase compared to cash distributions paid in the second half of 2007 after 1.2x coverage. In addition, APL affirms full year 2009 guidance of $4.25 to $4.50 of distributable cash flow per unit after 1.3x coverage. APL will provide a review of second quarter operating results and an update of ongoing growth initiatives on its upcoming quarterly earnings call scheduled for August 1, 2008.

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. is active in the transmission, gathering and processing segments of the midstream natural gas industry. In the Mid-Continent region of Oklahoma, Arkansas, northern and western Texas and the Texas panhandle, the Partnership owns and operates eight gas processing plants and a treating facility, as well as approximately 7,900 miles of active intrastate gas gathering pipeline and a 565-mile interstate natural gas pipeline. In Appalachia, it owns and operates approximately 1,600 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, New York and Ohio. For more information, visit our website at www.atlaspipelinepartners.com or contact bbegley@atlaspipelinepartners.com.

Atlas Pipeline Holdings, L.P. (NYSE:AHD) is a limited partnership which owns and operates the general partner of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P., through which it owns a 2% general partner interest, all the incentive distribution rights and approximately 5.5 million common units of Atlas Pipeline Partners.

Certain matters discussed within this press release are forward-looking statements. Although Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include financial performance, inability of Atlas Pipeline to successfully integrate the operations at the acquired systems, regulatory changes, changes in local or national economic conditions, changes in commodity prices and other risks detailed from time to time in Atlas Pipeline's reports filed with the SEC, including quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, reports on Form 8-K and annual reports on Form 10-K.

Source: Business Wire

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