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Natural Gas Shale Drilling - Much Ado About Nothing Or Profits Abound?
Harlan Kessler • Tue, May 21 • 2 Comments
A Closer Look At Williams Partners' Distributable Cash Flow As Of Q1 2013
Ron Hiram • Sun, May 19 • 2 Comments
Cramer's Mad Money - MLP MVPs (5/16/13)
SA Editor Miriam Metzinger • Fri, May 17 • 3 Comments
IPO Preview: Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP
IPOdesktop • Mon, May 13 • 1 Comment
A Closer Look At Buckeye Partners' Distributable Cash Flow As Of Q1 2013
Ron Hiram • Thu, May 9 • 1 Comment
Williams Partners' CEO Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, May 8
Marcellus, Mississippian, Permian: What Is The Acreage Worth? - Economic Analysis
Richard Zeits • Tue, May 7 • 24 Comments
A Closer Look At Boardwalk Pipeline Partners' Distributable Cash Flow As Of Q1 2013
Ron Hiram • Tue, May 7 • 3 Comments
Williams Partners Reports First-Quarter 2013 Financial Results, Updated Guidance

Business Wire (May 7, 2013)
Performance Comparison Of Selected MLPs
Ron Hiram • Wed, Apr 24 • 12 Comments
Williams Partners Raises Cash Distribution to 84.75 Cents per Unit

Business Wire (Apr 22, 2013)
Enterprise Products: With 35 Consecutive Distribution Quarters It's Solid And Sound
Nick Chiu • Mon, Apr 22 • 13 Comments
Kinder Morgan Energy: The Story Of Increasing Distribution
Nick Chiu • Thu, Apr 18 • 10 Comments
Marcellus And Utica: Will 2013 Deliver A Major Breakthrough In The Plays' Northern Extension?
Richard Zeits • Wed, Apr 17 • 17 Comments
10 Dividend Challenger Dogs Point To 10.9% To 29.4% Net Gains In April
Fredrik Arnold • Tue, Apr 16 • 3 Comments
Williams Partners, Shell Create Midstream Joint Venture to Serve Shell and Other Producers

Business Wire (Apr 11, 2013)
In Search Of High-Yield Dividend Stocks, Part 3
Jim Pyke • Tue, Apr 9 • 6 Comments
Williams Companies Midstream Focus Is Producing Supercharged Dividend Growth
Tim Plaehn • Mon, Apr 8 • 1 Comment
5 Energy Sector Stocks With Potential To Reach 15% Yield On Cost In 10 Years
FinancialStorm • Wed, Apr 3 • 21 Comments
Major Midstream Companies: Going Bargain Hunting And Spotting The Black Sheep (Part 2)
Value Digger • Tue, Apr 2 • 6 Comments

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Natural Gas Shale Drilling - Much Ado About Nothing Or Profits Abound?
Harlan Kessler • Tue, May 21 • 2 Comments
A Closer Look At Williams Partners' Distributable Cash Flow As Of Q1 2013
Ron Hiram • Sun, May 19 • 2 Comments
Williams Partners Builds On Dividend Yield In Spite Of Cash Flow Shortfall
Tim Plaehn • Wed, Mar 27 • 6 Comments
A Closer Look At Williams Partners' Distributable Cash Flow As Of Q4 2012
Ron Hiram • Mon, Mar 11 • 5 Comments
Williams Partners: A Nifty Cash Generating Machine For Income Seekers
Efsinvestment • Tue, Jan 15 • 8 Comments
A Closer Look At Williams Partners' Distributable Cash Flow As Of Q3 2012
Ron Hiram • Fri, Nov 9, 2012 • 9 Comments
Williams Partners: Strong Cash Distributions Set To Continue
Efsinvestment • Mon, Oct 22, 2012 • 3 Comments
A Closer Look At Williams Partners' Distributable Cash Flow As Of 2Q 2012
Ron Hiram • Mon, Aug 6, 2012 • 8 Comments
Williams Partners Increases Dividend, Lowers Near-Term Guidance
Tim Plaehn • Wed, Jul 25, 2012 • 1 Comment
Williams Partners Poised For Impressive Dividend Growth
Tim Plaehn • Thu, May 31, 2012 • 3 Comments
A Closer Look At Williams Partners' Distributable Cash Flow As Of 1Q 2012
Ron Hiram • Thu, May 24, 2012 • 9 Comments
2 Relatively High Dividend Stocks To Buy While They're Still Cheap
Dividendinvestr • Wed, May 2, 2012
A Closer Look At Williams Partners' 2011 Distributable Cash Flow
Ron Hiram • Mon, Mar 19, 2012 • 2 Comments
Williams Partners LP: More Capital Investment, Earnings And Distributions
Jonathan Wolfe • Fri, Feb 24, 2012 • 2 Comments
A Closer Look At Williams Pipeline Partners Distributable Cash Flow
Ron Hiram • Wed, Jan 25, 2012 • 8 Comments
Williams: Pair Trade Offers E&P Business at Huge Discount to Net Asset Value
SL Advisors • Fri, Nov 12, 2010 • 12 Comments

Cramer's Mad Money - MLP MVPs (5/16/13)
SA Editor Miriam Metzinger • Fri, May 17 • 3 Comments
IPO Preview: Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP
IPOdesktop • Mon, May 13 • 1 Comment
A Closer Look At Buckeye Partners' Distributable Cash Flow As Of Q1 2013
Ron Hiram • Thu, May 9 • 1 Comment
Marcellus, Mississippian, Permian: What Is The Acreage Worth? - Economic Analysis
Richard Zeits • Tue, May 7 • 24 Comments
A Closer Look At Boardwalk Pipeline Partners' Distributable Cash Flow As Of Q1 2013
Ron Hiram • Tue, May 7 • 3 Comments
Performance Comparison Of Selected MLPs
Ron Hiram • Wed, Apr 24 • 12 Comments
Enterprise Products: With 35 Consecutive Distribution Quarters It's Solid And Sound
Nick Chiu • Mon, Apr 22 • 13 Comments
Kinder Morgan Energy: The Story Of Increasing Distribution
Nick Chiu • Thu, Apr 18 • 10 Comments
Marcellus And Utica: Will 2013 Deliver A Major Breakthrough In The Plays' Northern Extension?
Richard Zeits • Wed, Apr 17 • 17 Comments
10 Dividend Challenger Dogs Point To 10.9% To 29.4% Net Gains In April
Fredrik Arnold • Tue, Apr 16 • 3 Comments
In Search Of High-Yield Dividend Stocks, Part 3
Jim Pyke • Tue, Apr 9 • 6 Comments
Williams Companies Midstream Focus Is Producing Supercharged Dividend Growth
Tim Plaehn • Mon, Apr 8 • 1 Comment
5 Energy Sector Stocks With Potential To Reach 15% Yield On Cost In 10 Years
FinancialStorm • Wed, Apr 3 • 21 Comments
Major Midstream Companies: Going Bargain Hunting And Spotting The Black Sheep (Part 2)
Value Digger • Tue, Apr 2 • 6 Comments
4 Stocks In The Tournament For A Winning Portfolio
Efficient Alpha • Mon, Mar 25 • 7 Comments
Paradigm Shift In Natural Gas: U.S. Exporting To Canada
Richard Zeits • Tue, Mar 12 • 13 Comments
Marcellus Shale: Giant Well Parade In Susquehanna County
Richard Zeits • Mon, Feb 25 • 17 Comments
A Closer Look At Inergy L.P.'s Distributable Cash Flow As Of 1Q FY2013
Ron Hiram • Mon, Feb 18 • 6 Comments
Things That Could Continue To Go Right In 2013
Adam Scott • Tue, Feb 12 • 7 Comments
A Fracking-Driven Chemical Stock
Stocks & Shares • Mon, Feb 11 • 1 Comment

Williams Partners' CEO Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, May 8
Williams Partners' Management Presents at Raymond James Institutional Investors Conference (Transcript)
Tue, Mar 5 • 1 Comment
Williams Partners LP's CEO Discusses Q4 2012 Earnings Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Feb 21
Williams Partners' CEO Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Nov 2, 2012
Williams Partners' CEO Present at 2012 Barclays Capital CEO Energy-Power Conference (Transcript)
Wed, Sep 5, 2012 • 1 Comment
Williams Partners' CEO Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Aug 2, 2012
Williams Partners' CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Apr 26, 2012
Williams Partners' CEO Hosts Caiman Acquisition Analyst Call (Transcript)
Tue, Mar 20, 2012 • 1 Comment
Williams Partners' CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Feb 23, 2012
Williams Partners' CEO Discusses Q3 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Nov 2, 2011
Williams Partners' CEO Discusses Q2 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Aug 9, 2011
Williams Partners CEO Discusses Q1 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, May 5, 2011
Williams Partners CEO Discusses Q4 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Feb 17, 2011
Williams Partners CEO Discusses Q3 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Sat, Oct 30, 2010
Williams Partners L.P. Q2 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Jul 30, 2010
Williams Partners, L.P Q1 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, May 5, 2010
Williams Partners L.P. Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Feb 18, 2010
Williams Partners L.P. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Oct 29, 2009
Williams Partners L.P. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Aug 6, 2009
Williams Partners L.P. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Sat, May 2, 2009

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Williams Partners Reports First-Quarter 2013 Financial Results, Updated Guidance

Business Wire (May 7, 2013)
Williams Partners Raises Cash Distribution to 84.75 Cents per Unit

Business Wire (Apr 22, 2013)
Williams Partners, Shell Create Midstream Joint Venture to Serve Shell and Other Producers

Business Wire (Apr 11, 2013)
Williams, Williams Partners to Report First-Quarter Financial Results on May 7

Business Wire (Mar 13, 2013)
Williams Partners L.P. Prices Public Offering of Common Units and Concurrent Private Placement of Common Units

Business Wire (Mar 5, 2013)
Williams Partners L.P. Announces Public Offering and Concurrent Private Placement of Common Units

Business Wire (Mar 4, 2013)
Williams Partners Announces Filing of Its Annual Report on Form 10-K

Business Wire (Feb 27, 2013)
Williams Partners Reports Year-End 2012 Financial Results

Business Wire (Feb 20, 2013)
Williams Partners Adds Marubeni as Joint-Venture Partner on Initial Gulfstar FPS™ Project

Business Wire (Feb 6, 2013)
Williams Partners’ Transco Pipeline Delivers Record Volume of Natural Gas During Recent Bitter Cold on East Coast

Business Wire (Jan 31, 2013)
Williams Partners Raises Cash Distribution to 82.75 Cents per Unit

Business Wire (Jan 22, 2013)
Williams Partners Seeks FERC Approval to Expand Natural Gas Service to New York City

Business Wire (Jan 7, 2013)
Williams, Williams Partners to Report Year-End 2012 Financial Results on Feb. 20

Business Wire (Jan 2, 2013)
Energy Stocks: EQT gains, SandRidge sinks on energy deals

at MarketWatch.com (Dec 20, 2012)
Williams Partners Provides Update on Investment in Utica Shale Joint Venture; Caiman Energy II JV to Partner with Dominion

Business Wire (Dec 20, 2012)
Williams Partners Seeks FERC Approval to Serve Growing Virginia, North Carolina Natural Gas Markets

Business Wire (Dec 19, 2012)
Williams Partners Receives FERC Approval to Provide Additional Natural Gas Service to Northeast

Business Wire (Nov 7, 2012)
Williams Partners Completes Acquisition of Williams’ Gulf Olefins Business

Business Wire (Nov 5, 2012)
Williams Partners Reports Third-Quarter 2012 Financial Results

Business Wire (Oct 31, 2012)

WPZ vs. ETF Alternatives

Company Description

We are a publicly-traded Delaware limited partnership formed by The Williams Companies, Inc. (Williams) in February 2005. We were formed to own, operate and acquire a diversified portfolio of complementary energy assets. Prior to the completion of the Dropdown discussed below, our focus was on... More

Sector: Basic Materials

Industry: Specialty Chemicals

Country: United States

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Wednesday, May 8, 3:46 PM Williams Cos. (WMB -3.5%) is among the weakest stocks in the S&P 500 after reporting a big Q1 profit drop and lowering its 2013 EPS outlook on weaker margins. In today's conference call, CEO Alan Armstrong projected dividends to grow 20%/year through 2015 despite low natural gas liquids prices, and said the needs for North American energy infrastructure would present opportunities for WMB and WPZ. Comment! [Energy, On the Move]
Tuesday, May 7, 5:54 PM More on Williams Cos. (WMB) Q1 results: The 62% drop in Q1 earnings is attributed to a 50% decline in natural gas liquids margins at Williams Partners (WPZ). Issues downside guidance, seeing EPS of $0.72 vs. $1.00 consensus for FY 2013 and $1.30 vs. $1.40 consensus for 2014. WPZ lowers 2013-14 guidance for earnings and distributable cash flow. WMB -3.4%, WPZ +0.2% AH. Comment! [Energy, Earnings, On the Move]
Tuesday, May 7, 4:05 PM Williams Partners (WPZ): Q1 EPS of $0.50 beats by $0.01. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Tuesday, May 7, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Tuesday’s close: ANDE, ARAY, AWK, AXLL, BIO, BIOL, BMC, BWC, CA, CDXS, CHRW, CODI, DGI, DGIT, DIS, DVA, EA, ENPH, EXEL, GA, GPOR, HTA, IAG, JAZZ, KGC, LYV, MAKO, MCEP, MCK, MDLZ, MITK, MRO, MYGN, NVTL, OAS, OCLR, OHI, ONXX, ORA, PRI, RBCN, SD, SGEN, SYMC, SYNC, TRIP, TWO, URS, VCLK, WBMD, WFM, WMB, WPZ, WTI, Z 1 Comment [Earnings]
Monday, May 6, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Tuesday’s close: ANDE, ARAY, AWK, AXLL, BIO, BIOL, BMC, BWC, CA, CDXS, CHRW, CODI, DGI, DGIT, DIS, DVA, EA, ENPH, EXEL, GTEK, GA, GPOR, IAG, JAZZ, KGC, LYV, MAKO, MCEP, MCK, MDLZ, MITK, MRO, MYGN, NVTL, OAS, OCLR, OHI, ONXX, ORA, PRI, RBCN, SD, SGEN, SYMC, SYNC, TRIP, TWO, URS, VCLK, WBMD, WFM, WMB, WPZ, WTI, Z 1 Comment [Earnings]
Thursday, May 2, 3:11 PM Williams Partners (WPZ -2.6%) is downgraded to Neutral from Buy at BofA/Merrill, which views WPZ's risk/reward profile as balanced given its robust backlog of organic growth projects offset by weak natural gas liquids pricing, tight cash distribution coverage and H2 2013 equity needs. Comment! [Energy, Quick Ideas, On the Move]
Thursday, April 11, 5:47 PM Williams Partners (WPZ) agrees to form a JV with Shell (RDS.A, RDS.B) to provide gas gathering and processing services for production at Marcellus and Utica shale wells in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The JV plans to construct a 200M cu. ft./day cryogenic gas processing plant and related facilities. WPZ says it will initially own substantially all of the JV and operate the assets. Comment! [Energy]
Monday, March 4, 4:48 PM Williams Partners (WPZ) -3.4% AH after announcing plans for a public offering of 10M common units and a concurrent private placement of 3M common units to Williams Cos. (WMB) WPZ plans to use the net proceeds to pay down debt and for general partnership purposes. 1 Comment [Energy, On the Move]
Monday, February 25, 3:18 PM Williams Partners (WPZ -4%) is downgraded to Accumulate from Buy at Global Hunter after reporting reduced guidance for 2013-14. With distribution coverage now expected at ~0.9x for 2013, the firm thinks it may be 2014 before WPZ covers its distribution and 2015 before it generates a more normalized coverage cushion; until then, skepticism of 9% distribution growth is understandable. Comment! [Energy, Quick Ideas, On the Move]
Wednesday, February 20, 4:03 PM Williams Partners (WPZ): Q4 EPS of $0.42 misses by $0.08. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Wednesday, February 20, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Wednesday’s close: AUY, CAKE, CROX, CXO, DEPO, ETE, ETP, FLR, FST, GDP, GNK, HLX, IAG, IDCC, JACK, KBR, PAAS, PPO, PVA, RBCN, RGP, SAM, SB, SM, SNPS, STAG, STR, SXL, SYNC, SZYM, TRN, TSLA, UNTD, WLT, WMB, WPZ, XCO Comment! [Earnings]
Tuesday, February 19, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Wednesday’s close: AUY, CAKE, CROX, CXO, DEPO, ETE, ETP, FLR, FST, GDP, GNK, HLX, IAG, IDCC, JACK, KBR, PAAS, PPO, PVA, RBCN, RGP, SAM, SB, SM, SNPS, STAG, STR, SXL, SYNC, SZYM, TRN, TSLA, UNTD, WLT, WMB, WPZ, XCO Comment! [Earnings]
Friday, January 11, 3:52 PM Williams Partners (WPZ) is initiated with a Buy rating at Global Hunter, which likes WPZ's attractive group of organic growth projects focused on the Marcellus shale and its Geismar olefins business. While 2012 brought heavy capex and equity issuance, the firm sees 2013-14 harvesting operating cash flow related to past spending, reduced capex and relatively light equity needs. Comment! [Energy, Quick Ideas]
Tuesday, January 8, 9:29 AM Williams Partners (WPZ) is seeking regulatory approval to build an additional natural gas delivery point from its Transco pipeline to Brooklyn and Queens, New York. The Rockaway Delivery Lateral Project would move ~647K dekatherms per day of gas delivery capacity to National Grid's distribution system. If approved, construction could begin in late 2013; the project would cost ~$182M. Comment! [Energy]
Monday, January 7, 10:23 AM Master limited partnerships came roaring back with 7% gains in the first week of the new year, but Guzman Investment Strategies sees gravity likely taking effect in the wake of a fresh slew of equity offerings in coming weeks or via the next D.C. crisis. Morgan Stanley cites refined products and oil pipelines as top performing subgroup: MPLX, OILT, SXL, MMP. 1 Comment [Energy]
Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 4:22 PM Williams Partners (WPZ) agrees to acquire Williams’ (WMB) 83% interest in the Geismar olefins production facility and WMB's refinery-grade propylene splitter for $2.26B and pipelines in the Gulf region for $100M. WPZ will complete the Geismar expansion and additional pipelines for a projected $430M. WPZ expects the olefins production will be accretive to distributable cash flow. Comment! [Energy, M&A]

christophe
Started my great rotation, out of debt (bond,corporate, munis) into MLPs, Reits, high yield blue chips. Sold $BND purchased $KMP, $SE, $WPZ
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Dhierin Bechai
[2/2] SMA cross on weekchart upcoming for: $MNST, $NIHD, $POT, $SHLD, $SINA, $SU, $UDR, $WCRX, $WU, $WFM, $WPZ.
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DAG1996
Those who argued why $WMB over $WPZ now have their answer ... just compare the 1-year charts. $WPZ down ~8% vs. $WMB up ~20%.
Mar 28, 12:43 PM
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Philip Trinder
$CNP $OGE & ArcLight Go Big in the MLP Game http://bit.ly/ZWusey $KMP $EPD $ETP $WPZ $PAA $KMI $LINE $OKS $CVRR $EEP $EPB
Mar 15, 6:03 PM
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SKS1586
Took profit in $JCP, $CTRP, $FIRE, $HTHT, $USNA, $WPRT, $WPZ, $PBI, $BBY, $RRD, $YNDX, $TTI, $LFVN to create CASH.
Feb 13, 12:06 PM
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Dividend Sheet
$APL $WPZ and $MWE are the best yielding and most recommended basic material stocks + http://stks.co/nIMp + I like $RIO $SLB and $BHP
Jan 10, 4:10 AM
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Elliott Gue
$LYB, $WPZ, $EPD: Really excited about my talk on US energy renaissance @ Orlando MoneyShow: http://bit.ly/UZxU3T
12/23/12
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Dividend Growth Stocks From Last Week + http://stks.co/nDQU + $V $SPG $AFL $WPZ $VFC $NBL $HSY $HOT $MWE $MSM $WCN $BRO $SIX $ACMP $APL
10/28/12
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ZetaKap
3 High Yielders (5%+) With Impressive Profitability http://bit.ly/Nb7Xds $TAXI $TCRD $WPZ @ZetaKap
7/9/12
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Most Recommended High Yield Large Caps + http://stks.co/h0aC $FTE $AGNC $STD $CTL $TOT $SLF $ETE $WPZ $MBT $VIP $PAA $VOD $E $EPD $MT $GSK
6/18/12
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DAG1996
WMB & WPZ makes less than zero sense that their prices are moving in opposite directions! and, since when are dividend increases bad!!??
3/20/12
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DAG1996: these companies released excellent news and the share prices drop!!??
3/21/12
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kenjotto
Adding to WPZ on weakness despite earnings beat
2/23/12
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Demi9OD: Story of this season. Sell off on earnings, dip is bought up every time.
2/23/12
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kenjotto: Plus, given their expansion projects, I plan on holding long enough to collect dividends too!
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Michael Bryant
Chart of Williams Partners L.P. (WPZ) looks similar to that of oil driller Seadrill (SDRL), which gives a 8.7% dividend.
1/13/12
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connorj21: Looks like WPZ has been on a steady rise up since Q2 2009
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