Regency Energy Partners LP, announced that it sold 14.4 million common units to ETE Common Holdings, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Transfer Equity, LP, which owns the general partner of Regency, for US$ 400 million.
Proceeds from the issuance will be used to pay down borrowings on the Partnershipº£½Ç³Ô¹ÏÍø™s revolving credit facility, to redeem certain senior notes of the Partnership and for general partnership purposes.
Regency Energy Partners LP is a growth-oriented, master limited partnership engaged in the gathering and processing, compression, treating and transportation of natural gas; the transportation, fractionation and storage of natural gas liquids; the gathering, transportation and terminaling of oil (crude and/or condensate) received from producers; and the management of coal and natural resource properties in the US.
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