Related Party Transactions	6 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions	Jun. 30, 2012
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions	RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: We provide Regency with certain natural gas and NGLs sales and transportation services and compression equipment, and Regency provides us with certain contract compression services. For the three months ended June 30, 2012, we recorded revenues of $4.0 million, cost of products sold of $8.0 million and operating expenses of $0.1 million related to transactions with Regency. For the three months ended June 30, 2011, we recorded revenues of $7.5 million, cost of products sold of $8.2 million and operating expenses of $0.4 million related to transactions with Regency. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, we recorded revenues of $12.1 million, cost of products sold of $14.1 million and operating expenses of $0.2 million related to transactions with Regency. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, we recorded revenues of $19.0 million, cost of products sold of $19.2 million and operating expenses of $1.9 million related to transactions with Regency. In March 2012 Southern Union became a related party. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, we recorded revenues of $6.0 million and cost of products sold of $8.2 million related to transactions with Southern Union. We received $8.9 million and $8.4 million in management fees from ETE for the provision of various general and administrative services for ETE’s benefit for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. For the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, we received $4.5 million and $3.5 million, respectively, in management fees from ETE for the provision of various general and administrative services for ETE’s benefit. These management fees include the provision of various general and administrative services for Regency. For the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, we recorded from Regency $1.8 million and $0.8 million, respectively, for reimbursement of various general and administrative expenses incurred by us. For the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, we recorded from Regency $3.6 million and $3.1 million, respectively, for reimbursement of various general and administrative expenses incurred by us.

The entire disclosure for related party transactions, including the nature of the relationship(s), a description of the transactions, the amount of the transactions, the effects of any change in the method of establishing the terms of the transaction from the previous period, stated interest rate, expiration date, terms and manner of settlement per the agreement with the related party, and amounts due to or from related parties. If the entity and one or more other entities are under common ownership or management control and this control affects the operating results or financial position, disclosure includes the nature of the control relationship even if there are no transactions between the entities. Disclosure may also include the aggregate amount of current and deferred tax expense for each statement of earnings presented where the entity is a member of a group that files a consolidated tax return, the amount of any tax related balances due to or from affiliates as of the date of each statement of financial position presented, the principal provisions of the method by which the consolidated amount of current and deferred tax expense is allocated to the members of the group and the nature and effect of any changes in that method. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

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