Eagle Rock Energy Partners

eagle rock is a growth-oriented upstream master limited partnership engaged in (a) the exploitation, development, and production of oil and natural gas properties and (b) ancillary gathering, compressing, treating, processing and marketing services with respect to its production of natural gas, natural gas liquids, condensate and crude oil. we are a pure-play upstream mlp with long-lived, high working interest properties and development opportunities located in four regions within the united states: - mid-continent, which includes areas in oklahoma, arkansas and the texas panhandle; - southern alabama, which includes the associated gathering, processing and treating assets; - permian, which includes areas in west texas; and - east/south texas/mississippi/louisiana assets. our objective is to grow our business in a manner that enhances our ability to maintain and increase cash distributions to our unitholders. to do so, we focus on achieving operational excellence, executing accretive l