Energy Transfer Partners to buy Sunoco for $5.3 billion

ByJon Parepoynt:Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) is a publicly traded partnership that owns and operates a portfolio of assets across the natural gas and natural gas liquids value chain. The partnership's assets include mainly midstream businesses such as natural gas gathering, treating, processing, transportation, and storage.

For pipeline operator, cash-and-stock deal is part of its plan to bulk up presence in the transportation of crude oil, natural gas liquids and refined products

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP will buy natural gas pipeline operator Copano Energy LLC for US$3.22-billion to tap into growing demand for infrastructure to transport vast supplies from the shale fields of Texas and Oklahoma. Private equity firm TPG Capital, Copano’s top shareholder with a stake of more than 14%, will get a 41% premium to its US$300-million investment made in 2010, if the deal goes through.

(Reuters) - Oil and gas producer Linn Energy LLC said it would buy Berry Petroleum Co in an all-stock deal valued at $4.3 billion including debt, giving it more exposure to lucrative liquids that will help it raise production by 30 percent. Berry shareholders will receive the equivalent of about $46.24 per share, a 19.8 percent premium to the stock's closing price of $38.59 on Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange. (Reporting by Swetha Gopinath in Bangalore; Editing by Roshni Menon)

By David White:Energy Transfer Equity LP (ETE) is an MLP that owns and operates a diversified portfolio of energy assets. These assets include exploring, producing, gathering, treating, processing, refining, marketing, and transportation of natural gas, natural gas liquids, and crude oil. It has interests in a number of different companies.

By Streetwise Blog: By Tim Kiladze If anyone's still worried that natural gas players are going to sit on their hands and wait out this depressed market, don't be. They got the message.

ByClayton Rulli:Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) is an MLP owning and operating one of the largest and most diversified portfolios of energy assets in the United States. ETP has 24,000 miles of gathering and transportation pipelines, treating and processing assets, and storage facilities.

By David Zanoni:With an income producing yield of 7.6%, I wanted to evaluate how Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) looks as a potential investment and take a look at the potential risks. The company is involved in the midstream transportation and storage of natural gas in the United States. ETP has 69,000 miles of natural gas, refined products, NGL, and crude oil pipelines.