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Forward-Looking Statements
Certain matters discussed in this report, excluding historical information, as well as some statements by Energy Transfer Partners,
L.P. (“ETP”, “Energy Transfer Partners” or the “Partnership”) in periodic press releases and some oral statements of the Partnership’s
officials during presentations about the Partnership, include forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are
identified as any statement that does not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Statements using words such as “anticipate,”
“believe,” “intend,” “project,” “plan,” “expect,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “goal,” “forecast,” “may,” “will” or similar
expressions help identify forward-looking statements. Although the Partnership and its general partner believe such forward-
looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions and current expectations and projections about future events, no assurance
can be given that such assumptions, expectations, or projections will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements are subject
to a variety of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if underlying
assumptions prove incorrect, the Partnership’s actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, expected, projected,
forecasted, estimated or expressed in forward-looking statements since many of the factors that determine these results are subject
to uncertainties and risks that are difficult to predict and beyond management’s control. For additional discussion of risks,
uncertainties and assumptions, see “Item 1A. Risk Factors” included in this annual report.
Definitions
The following is a list of certain acronyms and terms generally used in the energy industry and throughout this document:
/d per day
AmeriGas AmeriGas Partners, L.P.
AOCI accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
AROs asset retirement obligations
Bbls barrels
Bcf billion cubic feet
Btu British thermal unit, an energy measurement used by gas companies to convert the volume of
gas used to its heat equivalent, and thus calculate the actual energy used
Capacity capacity of a pipeline, processing plant or storage facility refers to the maximum capacity under
normal operating conditions and, with respect to pipeline transportation capacity, is subject to
multiple factors (including natural gas injections and withdrawals at various delivery points
along the pipeline and the utilization of compression) which may reduce the throughput capacity
from specified capacity levels
Citrus Citrus Corp.
CrossCountry CrossCountry Energy, LLC
DOT U.S. Department of Transportation
Enterprise Enterprise Products Partners L.P., together with its subsidiaries
ETC
Compression ETC Compression, LLC
ETC FEP ETC Fayetteville Express Pipeline, LLC
ETC OLP La Grange Acquisition, L.P., which conducts business under the assumed name of Energy
Transfer Company
ETC Tiger ETC Tiger Pipeline, LLC
ETE Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., a publicly traded partnership and the owner of ETP LLC
ET Interstate Energy Transfer Interstate Holdings, LLC
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