ON, Germany's biggest electricity company, and sizeable in gas too, wanted to get hold of Ruhrgas, master of nearly all the rest of that country's gas.

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It focuses on just the natural gas infrastructure sub-segment of Master Limited Partnerships.

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Units of New Source Energy Partners fell, making the owner of developed and undeveloped oil and natural-gas properties in Oklahoma the latest master limited partnership to struggle at the outset of trading.

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Completing this luxury getaway is the master suite which boasts a gas fireplace, cozy seating area, two heated decks, built-in desk and bookshelves.

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When Martinez walked into the upstairs master bedroom, , he found the gas fireplace was burning, the television was on and music coming from the CD player.

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The combination of higher volumes of domestic oil and gas being pumped and the loosest monetary policy in history should make mid-stream master limited partnerships one of the safest bets for 2013.

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Founded in the early 1970s by oil and gas billionaire George Mitchell, The Woodlands has become a 28, 000-acre master planned community carved out of the pine forest to become home to 200, 000.

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"Mexico ought to be producing more of its own gas, and eventually exporting it, " Mr. Lozoya, a lawyer and economist who got his master's degree in public policy at Harvard said.

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While Williams claimed it was providing an 18% premium over the original bidding price, Energy Transfer returned the punch, highlighting the advantages of its MLP (master limited partnership) structure. (Read Energy Transfer Buys Southern Union: The Beauty Of Nat Gas MLPs).

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