EX-99.1 2 ex99_1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 ex99_1.htm
 
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Wells Fargo Securities
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New York
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October 15, 2009
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Forward-Looking Statements
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Company Overview
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Focus on natural gas infrastructure
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Attractive industry outlook
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Natural gas is key to America’s energy future
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High-quality assets with diverse supply and strong markets
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Principally regulated asset base
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Provides earnings and cash flow stability through long-term contracts
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Business model proven to weather economic cycles
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Organic growth projects provide low-risk growth trajectory
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Map of Operations
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Investment Grade Focus
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Maintenance of investment grade ratings through:
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Prudent financial management
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Disciplined evaluation of capital investment opportunities
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Appropriate use of free cash flow
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Investment grade ratings are important for:
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Lower overall financing costs
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Minimize/eliminate collateral requirements
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Improved rate making and regulatory relationships
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Business Risk Profile
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Diverse portfolio of operating segments within the natural gas value chain
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Strong integration within and between operating segments provides scale advantages
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Limited cash flow exposure to commodity price volatility
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Stable and reliable cash flows generated from creditworthy counterparties pursuant to long-term contracts
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Contracted organic growth projects
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Credit Profile
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Business Segment Overview
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Transportation & Storage
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Vast pipeline network with access to diverse supply sources and growing markets
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Approximately 15,000 miles of interstate pipelines with transportation capacity of 7.8 Bcf/d
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One of North America’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals with peak send out of 2.1 Bcf/d and storage of 9 Bcf
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Owns/leases approximately 100 Bcf of storage
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Transportation & Storage Assets
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Trunkline LNG: Infrastructure
 
Enhancement Project
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FGT Phase VIII Expansion
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FGT Phase VIII Expansion Timeline
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FGT Pascagoula Lateral
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Gathering & Processing
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Located in prolific, long-lived Permian Basin
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Approximately 4,900 miles of gas and gas liquids pipelines covering 16 counties in West Texas/Southeast New Mexico
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Two fully-integrated midstream systems (North and South) connected via high-pressure pipelines
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Four active cryogenic plants and five active treating plants
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Attractive downstream markets
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Attractive contract mix:  98%+ POP / Fee-based
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Map of Operations
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North System
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Consists of the Jal and Keystone Systems
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Large diameter predominately low pressure pipelines
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Wellhead volumes over 200 MMcfd of 5.0 Gallon per Mcf (GPM) sour gas
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220 MMcfd cryogenic plant capacity
  
22,400 barrels per day (bpd) NGL production
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40 tons per day sulfur plant capacity
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Recent compression and high pressure pipeline upgrades
  
Treating capacity expansion at Jal 3 plant, including acid gas injection well, completed early 2009
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South System
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Consists of the Mi Vida, Coyanosa and Tippett Systems
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High pressure integrated sweet and sour gas gathering system
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Wellhead volumes over 325 MMcfd
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190 MMcfd cryogenic processing capacity
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Plant inlet volume over 160 MMcfd of 3.5 GPM gas with 11,500 bpd  NGL production
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370 MMcfd treating capacity with 140 MMcfd currently active
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Grey Ranch System (50% ownership)
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High CO2 gathering and treating system
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Earn fixed fee for removing CO2 volumes
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200 MMcfd current throughput
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High Pressure Transfer System
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Diversified, Active Producer Portfolio
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Gas Supply – Contract Risk Mitigation
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Substantially eliminated true keep whole exposure
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Contract structure and operating flexibility enable SUGS to convert significant portion of equity NGL to equity NG during negative frac spread environment
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POP contract pricing
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Matches daily priced gas to daily priced NGL
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Mitigates risk from daily volume swings
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Producer indemnifications negotiated on many capital intensive projects
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2009 G&P Assumptions
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Positive processing spread environment and optimization of Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) recoveries
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Equity volumes
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NGL equity volume of 40,000 to 45,000 MMBtu/d equivalent
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Natural Gas equity volume of 2,500 to 7,500 MMBtu/d
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Normalized fuel, flared and unaccounted for levels
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G&P Hedge Portfolio
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Oct 1 through Dec 31, 2009 hedged positions:
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35,000 MMBtu/d of NGL equivalent at $14.27
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5,000 MMBtu/d of natural gas at $3.90
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2010 positions:
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25,000 MMBtu/d of natural gas at $5.33
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20,000 MMBtu/d of NGL equivalent at $10.31
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2011 positions:
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20,000 MMBtu/d of natural gas at $6.14
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SUGS Growth Projects
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Deep Atoka Lean Gas Development – Loving, Winkler and Ward Counties, Texas
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Anadarko and Chesapeake continuing drilling
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Both have reduced the number of rigs in this deep Atoka gas play
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Bone Springs Rich Gas Play – Loving, Winkler and Ward Counties, Texas
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Atoka drilling program sparked a shallower Bone Springs oil play
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Rich 4 GPM gas at rates up to 1 MMcfd per well
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Requires low pressure systems
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Drilling programs accelerating with high oil prices
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Eunice Area Expansion Projects – Lea County, New Mexico
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Treating expansion project with acid gas injection well completed early 2009
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Volume growth from active horizontal oil drilling from various producers including Chesapeake, Apache, Range and Bass
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High margin, rich, sour, low pressure gas
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Drilling programs accelerating with high oil prices
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West Texas Barnett Shale – Culberson, Reeves, Pecos and Jeff Davis Counties, TX
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Chesapeake is the largest player in the area
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Recent completions approaching 5 MMcfd per well of lean high CO2 gas
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Chesapeake indicating it will keep several rigs active in the play
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Distribution
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Missouri Gas Energy
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Provides natural gas to over 500,000 customers
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Nearly 13,000 miles of main and service lines
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Filed a $32.4MM annual base rate increase request in April 2009
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New England Gas Company
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Provides natural gas to 50,000 customers
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Nearly 2,000 miles of main and service lines
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Received $3.7MM in increased annual base rates in February 2009
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Corporate & Other
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Corporate segment provides administrative and support functions to business segments and allocates expenses as appropriate
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Other segment primarily consists of PEI Power Corporation which owns interests in and operates 70 MW of generating assets in the PJM ISO and Fall River Gas Appliance
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Summary
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Focus on natural gas related infrastructure
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Actively managed hedging program helps mitigate volatility in NGL margins
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Organic growth projects with clear visibility towards earnings and cash flow growth
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Balance preservation of investment grade credit ratings and return of capital to shareholders