MarkWest Hydrocarbon Declares a 10% Stock Dividend and a Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.175 Per Share

DENVER, April 27  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MarkWest Hydrocarbon, Inc. (AMEX:MWP), today announced that its Board of Directors declared a stock dividend of one share of MarkWest's common stock for each ten shares of common stock held by MarkWest's common stockholders.  The stock dividend is to be paid on May 23, 2006, to the stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 11, 2006.  The ex-dividend date is May 9, 2006.  The Company does not intend to issue fractional shares, and each stockholder will be paid in cash in lieu of fractional shares, if any, based upon the last sale price on the record date.  The broker "cut-off" date is May 18, 2006.

MarkWest Hydrocarbon, Inc. also announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.175 per share of its common stock for an implied annual rate of $0.70 per share.  This quarterly cash dividend represents an increase of $0.05 per share over the previous quarter's dividend.  MarkWest's Board has declared that the dividend is to be paid on June 5, 2006, to the stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 26, 2006.  The ex-dividend date is May 24, 2006.

MarkWest Hydrocarbon, Inc. (AMEX:MWP) controls and operates MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (AMEX:MWE), a publicly traded limited partnership engaged in the gathering, processing and transmission of natural gas; the transportation, fractionation and storage of natural gas liquids; and the gathering and transportation of crude oil.  We also market natural gas and NGLs.

This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  All statements other than statements of historical facts included or incorporated herein may constitute forward-looking statements.  Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct.  The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that affect our operations, financial performance and other factors as discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Among the factors that could cause results to differ materially are those risks discussed in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 as filed with the SEC. 

DATASOURCE: MarkWest Hydrocarbon, Inc.



CONTACT:  Frank Semple, President & CEO, or Jim Ivey, CFO, or Andy

Schroeder, VP and Treasurer, all of MarkWest Hydrocarbon, Inc.,

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Web site:  http://www.markwest.com/ 

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