exv99w1

Exhibit 99.1

MARTIN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS REPORTS
2009 SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS

KILGORE, Texas, August 5, 2009 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX News Network) — Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq: MMLP) announced today its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009.

MMLP reported net income for the second quarter of 2009 of $7.9 million, or $0.49 per limited partner unit. This compared to net income for the second quarter of 2008 of $4.3 million, or $0.25 per limited partner unit. Revenues for the second quarter of 2009 were $128.3 million compared to $308.1 million for the second quarter of 2008. Revenues were significantly impacted by decreasing commodity prices during the period. Second quarter 2009 net income was positively impacted by $5.1 million, or $0.35 per limited partner unit, in gain on the sale of property, plant and equipment. Second quarter 2009 net income was negatively impacted by $1.8 million, or $0.12 per limited partner unit, in non-cash derivatives net losses from certain commodity and interest rate hedges that did not qualify for hedge accounting.

MMLP reported net income for the six months ended June 30, 2009 of $12.8 million, or $0.76 per limited partner unit. This compared to net income for the six months ended June 30, 2008 of $12.3 million, or $0.76 per limited partner unit. Revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2009 were $285.2 million compared to $621.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008. Revenues were significantly impacted by decreasing commodity prices during the period. For the six months ended June 30, 2009 net income was positively impacted by $5.1 million, or $0.35 per limited partner unit, in gain on the sale of property, plant and equipment. For the six months ended June 30, 2009 net income was negatively impacted by $2.9 million, or $0.20 per limited partner unit, in non-cash derivatives net losses from certain commodity and interest rate hedges that did not qualify for hedge accounting.

The Company’s distributable cash flow for the second quarter of 2009 was $10.7 million. The Company’s distributable cash flow for the six months ended June 30, 2009 was $24.6 million. Distributable cash flow was negatively impacted by the decrease in revenues noted above and a decrease in equity in earnings from unconsolidated entities resulting from the shutdown of the Company’s Waskom plant in order to accommodate plant and fractionator expansion during the second quarter of 2009. Distributable cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure which is explained in greater detail below under “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information.” The Company has also included below a table entitled “Distributable Cash Flow” in order to show the components of this non-GAAP financial measure and its reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP measurement.

MMLP’s second quarter 2009 financial statements are included with this press release. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the information contained in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2009.

Ruben Martin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Martin Midstream GP LLC, the general partner of Martin Midstream Partners, said “Overall, I am pleased with our second quarter performance in the face of a tough economic environment. Our Terminalling and Sulfur Services segments exceeded expectations primarily due to strong asphalt volumes through our terminals and higher fertilizer margins, respectively. In addition, we experienced continued strength in unit margins in our propane and NGL businesses. As expected, however, our

performance was down relative to the first quarter primarily due to downtime at our Waskom plant and underutilization of our offshore marine equipment. Downtime associated with our Waskom plant was primarily due to the expansion of processing capacity from 265 MMcfd to 285 MMcfd and fractionation capacity from 12,500 barrels per day to 14,500 barrels per day. Despite timing the expansions to coincide with scheduled turnarounds of two of Waskom’s major NGL customers, various parts of the plant were down approximately 5-6 weeks. Looking ahead, we expect our overall business to improve slightly in the third quarter and fourth quarters as we expect to benefit from normalized volumes at our Waskom plant, improved utilization of our offshore marine equipment, as well as continued strength in our Terminalling and Sulfur Services segments. ”

Investors’ Conference Call

An investors’ conference call to review the second quarter results will be held on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 8:00 a.m. Central Time. The conference call can be accessed by calling 888-617-5714. An audio replay of the conference call will be available by calling 888-203-1112 from 9:00 a.m. Central Time on August 6, 2009 through 11:59 p.m. Central Time on August 20, 2009. The access code for the conference call and the audio replay is: Conference ID No. 3365649. The audio replay of the conference call will also be archived on the Company’s website at www.martinmidstream.com.

About Martin Midstream Partners

Martin Midstream Partners is a publicly traded limited partnership with a diverse set of operations focused primarily in the United States Gulf Coast region. The Partnership’s primary business lines include: terminalling and storage services for petroleum products and by-products; natural gas services; marine transportation services for petroleum products and by-products; and sulfur and sulfur-based products processing, manufacturing, marketing and distribution.

Additional information concerning the Company is available on the Company’s website at www.martinmidstream.com .

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements about Martin Midstream Partners’ outlook and all other statements in this release other than historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements and all references to financial estimates rely on a number of assumptions concerning future events and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside its control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. While MMLP believes that the assumptions concerning future events are reasonable, it cautions that there are inherent difficulties in anticipating or predicting certain important factors. A discussion of these factors, including risks and uncertainties, is set forth in the Company’s annual and quarterly reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Martin Midstream Partners disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements, including financial estimates, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

MMLP reports its financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. However, from time to time, MMLP uses certain non-GAAP financial measures such as distributable cash flow because MMLP’s management believes that this measure may provide users of this financial information with meaningful comparisons between current results and prior reported results and a meaningful measure of MMLP’s cash available to pay distributions. Distributable cash flow should not be considered an alternative to cash flow from operating activities or any other measure of financial performance in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States. Distributable cash flow is not intended to represent cash flows for the period, nor is it presented as an alternative to income from continuing operations. Furthermore, it should not be seen as a measure of liquidity or a substitute for comparable metrics prepared in accordance with GAAP. This information may constitute non-GAAP financial measures within the meaning of Regulation G adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, MMLP has presented herein, and will present in other information it publishes that contains this non-GAAP financial measure, a reconciliation of this measure to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.

The Company has included below a table entitled “Distributable Cash Flow” in order to show the components of this non-GAAP financial measure and its reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP measure. MMLP calculates distributable cash flow as follows: net income (as reported in Statements of Operations), plus depreciation and amortization, less gain on the sale of property, plant and equipment, plus amortization of deferred debt issuance costs, less deferred taxes (as reported in its Statements of Cash Flows), plus distribution equivalents from unconsolidated entities (as described below), plus invested cash in unconsolidated entities (as described below), less equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities (as reported in Statements of Operations), plus non-cash mark-to-market on derivatives (as reported in Statements of Cash Flows), less maintenance capital expenditures (as reported under the caption “Liquidity and Capital Resources” in MMLP’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 5, 2009), plus unit-based compensation (as reported in Statements of Capital).

MMLP’s distribution equivalents from unconsolidated entities is calculated as distributions from unconsolidated entities (as reported in Statements of Cash Flows), plus return of investments from unconsolidated entities (as reported in Statements of Cash Flows), plus distributions in-kind from equity investments (as reported in Statements of Cash Flows). For the quarter ended June 30, 2009, MMLP’s distributions from unconsolidated entities, return of investments from unconsolidated entities and distributions in-kind from equity investments were $0.0 million, $0.2 million, and $1.0 million, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, MMLP’s distributions from unconsolidated entities, return of investments from unconsolidated entities and distributions in-kind from equity investments were $0.7 million, $0.4 million, and $2.3 million, respectively.

MMLP’s invested cash in unconsolidated entities is calculated as distributions from (contributions to) unconsolidated entities for operations (as reported in Statements of Cash Flows), plus expansion capital expenditures in unconsolidated entities (as reported under the caption “Liquidity and Capital Resources” in MMLP’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 5, 2009). For the quarter ended June 30, 2009, MMLP’s distributions from (contributions to) unconsolidated entities for operations and expansion capital expenditures in unconsolidated entities were ($1.6) million and $2.1 million, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, MMLP’s distributions from (contribution to) unconsolidated entities for operations and expansion capital expenditures in unconsolidated entities were ($1.0) million and $2.3 million, respectively.

Contact: Robert D. Bondurant, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Martin Midstream GP LLC, the Company’s general partner at (903) 983-6200.

MARTIN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P.
CONSOLIDATED AND CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(Dollars in thousands)


	June 30,			December 31,
	2009			2008
	(Unaudited)			(Audited)
Assets
Cash	$	9,573		$	7,983
Accounts and other receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $754 and $481		53,425			68,117
Product exchange receivables		7,603			6,924
Inventories		34,563			42,461
Due from affiliates		7,003			555
Fair value of derivatives		2,470			3,623
Other current assets		834			1,079

Total current assets		115,471			130,742


Property, plant, and equipment, at cost		532,206			537,381
Accumulated depreciation		(138,783	)		(125,256	)

Property, plant and equipment, net		393,423			412,125


Goodwill		37,268			37,405
Investment in unconsolidated entities		80,613			79,843
Fair value of derivatives		487			1,469
Other assets, net		6,219			7,332

	$	633,481		$	668,916

Liabilities and Capital

Trade and other accounts payable	$	58,483		$	87,382
Product exchange payables		17,388			10,924
Due to affiliates		11,765			13,420
Income taxes payable		414			414
Fair value of derivatives		8,156			6,478
Other accrued liabilities		3,108			6,077

Total current liabilities		99,314			124,695

Long-term debt		297,200			295,000
Deferred income taxes		8,324			8,538
Fair value of derivatives		1,961			4,302
Other long-term obligations		1,471			1,667

Total liabilities		408,270			434,202


Partners’ capital		228,744			239,649
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(3,533	)		(4,935	)

Total partners’ capital		225,211			234,714

Commitments and contingencies
	$	633,481		$	668,916

These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the accompanying notes and other information included in MMLP’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2009.

MARTIN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P.
CONSOLIDATED AND CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands, except per unit amounts)


	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2009			2008			2009			2008
Revenues:
Terminalling and storage	$	9,982		$	9,900		$	19,581		$	17,820
Marine transportation		15,101			19,309			31,437			35,712
Product sales:
Natural gas services		74,822			182,025			165,688			389,117
Sulfur services		19,343			86,027			45,929			156,252
Terminalling and storage		9,020			10,882			22,539			22,258

		103,185			278,934			234,156			567,627

Total revenues		128,268			308,143			285,174			621,159


Costs and expenses:
Cost of products sold:
Natural gas services		69,668			180,324			152,335			383,174
Sulfur services		8,591			75,964			27,026			132,304
Terminalling and storage		7,918			10,270			20,023			20,191

		86,177			266,558			199,384			535,669

Expenses:
Operating expenses		23,519			26,195			47,407			50,412
Selling, general and administrative		4,087			3,467			8,266			6,946
Depreciation and amortization		8,511			7,614			16,916			14,954

Total costs and expenses		122,294			303,834			271,973			607,981

Other operating income (loss)		5,073			(14	)		5,073			126

Operating income		11,047			4,295			18,274			13,304


Other income (expense):
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities		1,028			4,372			3,088			7,882
Interest expense		(4,183	)		(3,895	)		(8,852	)		(8,638	)
Other, net		49			67			71			247

Total other income (expense)		(3,106	)		544			(5,693	)		(509	)

Net income before taxes		7,941			4,839			12,581			12,795
Income tax benefit (expense)		(16	)		(522	)		214			(461	)

Net income	$	7,925		$	4,317		$	12,795		$	12,334


General partner’s interest in net income	$	868		$	665		$	1,675		$	1,316
Limited partners’ interest in net income	$	7,057		$	3,652		$	11,120		$	11,018

Net income per limited partner unit-basic and diluted	$	0.49		$	0.25		$	0.76		$	0.76

Weighted average limited partner units — basic		14,532,826			14,532,826			14,532,826			14,532,826
Weighted average limited partner units — diluted		14,537,737			14,535,779			14,537,119			14,535,564

MARTIN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P.
CONSOLIDATED AND CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CAPITAL
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)


	Partners’ Capital
														Accumulated
														Other
											General			Comprehensive
	Common					Subordinated					Partner			Income (Loss)
	Units		Amount			Units		Amount			Amount			Amount			Total
Balances — January 1, 2008		12,837,480	$	244,520			1,701,346	$	(6,022	)	$	4,112		$	(6,762	)	$	235,848

Net income		—		9,958			—		1,060			1,316			—			12,334

Cash distributions		—		(18,229	)		—		(2,416	)		(1,535	)		—			(22,180	)

Unit-based compensation		—		34			—		—			—			—			34

Adjustment in fair value of derivatives		—		—			—		—			—			(9,539	)		(9,539	)


Balances — June 30, 2008		12,837,480	$	236,283			1,701,346	$	(7,378	)	$	3,893		$	(16,301	)	$	216,497


Balances — January 1, 2009		13,688,152	$	239,333			850,674	$	(3,688	)	$	4,004		$	(4,935	)	$	234,714

Net income		—		10,470			—		650			1,675			—			12,795

Cash distributions		—		(20,532	)		—		(1,276	)		(1,923	)		—			(23,731	)

Unit-based compensation		—		31			—		—			—			—			31

Adjustment in fair value of derivatives		—		—			—		—			—			1,402			1,402


Balances — June 30, 2009		13,688,152	$	229,302			850,674	$	(4,314	)	$	3,756		$	(3,533	)	$	225,211

MARTIN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P.
CONSOLIDATED AND CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)


	Six Months Ended
	June 30,
	2009			2008
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	12,795		$	12,334

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		16,916			14,954
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs		562			559
Deferred taxes		(214	)		(155	)
Gain on sale of property, plant and equipment		(5,073	)		(126	)
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities		(3,088	)		(7,882	)
Distributions from unconsolidated entities		650			—
Distributions in-kind from equity investments		2,316			5,621
Non-cash mark-to-market on derivatives		2,874			5,195
Other		31			34
Change in current assets and liabilities, excluding effects of acquisitions and dispositions:
Accounts and other receivables		14,661			(22,959	)
Product exchange receivables		(679	)		(31,236	)
Inventories		7,898			(50,034	)
Due from affiliates		(2,392	)		(6,011	)
Other current assets		245			(6,509	)
Trade and other accounts payable		(29,099	)		64,546
Product exchange payables		6,464			46,302
Due to affiliates		7,789			2,595
Income taxes payable		—			69
Other accrued liabilities		(2,969	)		(34	)
Change in other non-current assets and liabilities		(100	)		(224	)

Net cash provided by operating activities		29,587			27,039


Cash flows from investing activities:
Payments for property, plant and equipment		(25,428	)		(52,756	)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired		—			(5,983	)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment		19,610			404
Return of investments from unconsolidated entities		380			600
Distributions from (contributions to) unconsolidated entities for operations		(1,028	)		75

Net cash used in investing activities		(6,466	)		(57,660	)


Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments of long-term debt		(56,900	)		(100,791	)
Proceeds from long-term debt		59,100			160,770
Payments of debt issuance costs		—			(18	)
Cash distributions paid		(23,731	)		(22,180	)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(21,531	)		37,781


Net increase in cash		1,590			7,160
Cash at beginning of period		7,983			4,113

Cash at end of period	$	9,573		$	11,273

MARTIN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L.P.
DISTRIBUTABLE CASH FLOW
Unaudited Non-GAAP Financial Measure
(Dollars in thousands)


	Three Months Ended			Six Months Ended
	June 30,			June 30,
	2009			2009
Net income	$	7,925		$	12,795

Adjustments to reconcile net income to distributable cash flow:
Depreciation and amortization		8,511			16,916
Gain on sale of property, plant and equipment		(5,073	)		(5,073	)
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs		281			562
Deferred taxes		(119	)		(214	)
Distribution equivalents from unconsolidated entities¹		1,173			3,346
Invested cash in unconsolidated entities²		430			1,313
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities		(1,028	)		(3,088	)
Non-cash mark-to-market on derivatives		1,742			2,874
Maintenance capital expenditures		(3,182	)		(4,897	)
Unit-based compensation		12			31

Distributable cash flow	$	10,672		$	24,565


¹ Distribution equivalents from unconsolidated entities:
Distributions from unconsolidated entities	$	—		$	650
Return of investments from unconsolidated entities		160			380
Distributions in-kind from equity investments		1,013			2,316

Distributions equivalents from unconsolidated entities	$	1,173		$	3,346


²Invested cash in unconsolidated entities:
Distributions from (contributions to) unconsolidated entities for operations	$	(1,668	)	$	(1,028	)
Expansion capital expenditures in unconsolidated entities		2,098			2,341

Invested cash in unconsolidated entities	$	430		$	1,313