Atlas Pipeline Partners LP (FRA:AT3) Allowance For Loans And Lease Losses

Atlas Pipeline Partners LP is a publicly-traded Delaware limited partnership formed in 1999. The Company is a provider of natural gas gathering, processing and treating services primarily in the Anadarko, Arkoma and Permian Basins located in the southwestern and mid-continent regions of the United States. It is also a provider of natural gas gathering services in the Appalachian Basin in the northeastern region of the United States and NGL transportation services provider in the southwestern region of the United States. The Company conducts its business in the midstream segment of the natural gas industry through two reportable segments: Gathering and Processing; and Transportation, Treating and other. The Gathering and Processing segment consists of: the Arkoma, WestOK, WestTX and Velma operations, which are comprised of natural gas gathering and processing assets servicing drilling activity in the Anadarko, Arkoma and Permian Basins; natural gas gathering assets located in the Barnett Shale play in Texas and the Appalachian Basin in Tennessee. The principal facilities consist of fourteen natural gas processing plants; eighteen gas treating facilities; approximately 11,200 miles of active 2 inch to 30 inch diameter natural gas gathering lines; and approximately 2,200 miles of NGL transportation pipeline. In Gathering and Processing segment, the Company competes for the acquisition of well connections with several other gathering/processing operations. These operations include plants and gathering systems operated by Access Midstream Partners, LP; Caballo Energy, LLC; Carrera Gas Company; Crosstex Energy Services, L.P., among others. In Transportation and Treating segment, it competes with other intrastate and interstate pipeline companies that transport NGLs in the southwestern region of the United States. These operations include NGL pipelines operated by DCP; Enterprise Partners, L.P.; Lonestar NGL, LLC; and ONEOK Partners, L.P. The Company's operations are in substantial compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations and compliance with existing federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations.