Philadelphia, PA, January 2, 2022 - Atlas Pipeline
Partners L.P. (AMEX:APL) (the "Partnership") announces that,
on October 6, 2000, it executed an agreement to acquire the
gas gathering system of Kingston Oil Corporation located in
southeastern Ohio ("the "System"), for $2.75 million in total
consideration consisting of $1.25 million in cash and 88,235
common units of the Partnership. The System consists of approximately
100 miles of pipeline with 1.7 million cubic feet of natural
gas throughput per day from more than 240 natural gas wells
currently connected to the System. Upon recently obtaining
the necessary consents to assign pipeline rights of way, the
Partnership now anticipates closing this transaction on January
5, 2001. Partnership management expects that, based on existing
gas throughput and anticipated new volumes, this acquisition
will be immediately accretive to the Partnership's earnings."
Michael Staines, Chief Operating Officer of the Partnership
said, "The acquisition of Kingston's gathering system is significant
to the Partnership in that it moves us into another area of
the Appalachian Basin where we expect additional drilling
over the next few years - drilling that will add substantial
gas throughput to the System's existing transported gas volumes."
Further, Mr. Staines stated "Atlas America, Inc., an affiliate
of the General Partner of the Partnership, in a separate transaction,
has acquired Kingston's Ohio producing oil and gas assets
and mineral rights and has indicated its intention to drill
more than forty wells that will connect to the System within
the next two years. In addition, Atlas America, Inc. has agreed
to pay the Partnership a flat fee of $.80 per thousand cubic
feet ("mcf") for gathering gas from the existing wells connected
to the System and will pay a variable fee 16% of the gross
gas sales price of the gathered gas for production from future
wells drilled by Atlas America.
Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. now owns and operates more
than 1000 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines in western
Pennsylvania, western New York and eastern Ohio. The Partnership
is paid a fee for the natural gas volumes that are gathered
and transported through its pipeline system from approximately
3,300 wells that are currently connected to its system.
Statements made in this release may include forward-looking
statements, which involve substantial risks and uncertainties.
The Partnership's actual results, performance or achievements
could differ materially from those expressed or implied in
this release as a result of certain factors, including competition
within the energy industry, climactic conditions and the price
of gas in the Appalachian area, actual versus projected drilling
activity and volumetric production from wells connected to
the Partnership's gas-gathering pipeline system, and the cost
of supplies and services in the energy industry.