Atlas Energy, L.P. Announces Natural Gas and Oil Hedge Positions

Atlas Energy, L.P. (NYSE: AHD) (“Atlas”) announced today that it has established new hedge positions for its future natural gas & oil production through 2013. Atlas executed a combination of fixed-price swap and costless collar positions to protect its future production from movement in commodity prices. The crude oil hedges are intended to protect Atlas’ condensate and natural gas liquids production.

The following is a summary of the newly established hedge positions:

Natural Gas Hedges:

Year

Hedge Instrument

Volume Hedged (mcf)(1)(2)

Price per mcf(1)

        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
      
        
          2011(3)
        
        
        
        
          Swap
        
        
        
        
          4,629,080
        
        
        
        
          $4.58
        
      
      
        
          2011
        
        
        
        
          Collar
        
        
        
        
          1,602,373
        
        
        
        
          $3.84 - $5.72
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
      
        
          2012
        
        
        
        
          Swap
        
        
        
        
          5,459,941
        
        
        
        
          $5.11
        
      
      
        
          2012
        
        
        
        
          Collar
        
        
        
        
          1,899,110
        
        
        
        
          $4.35 - $6.20
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
      
        
          2013
        
        
        
        
          Swap
        
        
        
        
          3,086,053
        
        
        
        
          $5.40
        
      
      
        
          2013
        
        
        
        
          Collar
        
        
        
        
          3,086,053
        
        
        
        
          $4.85 - $6.19
        
      
    
    
      
        
        
        
           
        
        
        
        
           
        
        
        
        
           
        
        
        
      
      
        
          

Crude Oil Hedges:

Year

Hedge Instrument

Volume Hedged (bbls) (1) (2)

Price per bbl(1)

        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
      
        
          2011(3)
        
        
        
        
          Collar
        
        
        
        
          45,000
        
        
        
        
          $90.00 - $125.31
        
      
      
        
          2012
        
        
        
        
          Collar
        
        
        
        
          60,000
        
        
        
        
          $90.00 - $117.91
        
      
      
        
          2013
        
        
        
        
          Collar
        
        
        
        
          60,000
        
        
        
        
          $90.00 - $116.40
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
    
    
      
        
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          “Mcf” represents thousand cubic feet; “bbl” represents barrels.
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
      
        
          (2)
        
        
        
        
          Costless collar prices represent the floor and ceiling price 
          established in the collar position. Also, for natural gas hedges, 
          price includes an estimated positive basis differential and Btu 
          (British thermal unit) adjustment.
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
      
        
          (3)
        
        
        
        
          Reflects hedges covering the last nine months of 2011.
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
    
    

Atlas Energy, L.P. (NYSE: AHD) is a master limited partnership which owns an interest in over 8,500 producing natural gas and oil wells, representing over 185 Bcfe of net proved developed reserves. Additionally, AHD owns and operates the general partner of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (NYSE: APL), through which it owns a 2% general partner interest, all the incentive distribution rights and approximately 5.75 million common limited partner units of APL. For more information, please visit our website at www.atlasenergy.com, or contact Investor Relations at [e-mail].

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