Press Releases

Energy Transfer Partners and Energy Transfer Equity Also Announce Earnings Call for Fourth Quarter 2009

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE:ETP) today announced the expansion of the planned Tiger Pipeline that will service the Haynesville Shale producing region in Louisiana and East Texas. Energy Transfer has entered into a binding, 10-year agreement with the expansion's foundation shipper for 400 million cubic feet per day of capacity, bringing the pipeline's long-term contractual commitments to 2.4 billion cubic feet per day. Energy Transfer will launch a binding open season later this month to solicit additional shipper interest in the Tiger Pipeline expansion. Ultimate capacity of the expansion will be based upon producer response.

"We are pleased to have this opportunity to expand the Tiger Pipeline," said Lee Hanse, Senior Vice President - Interstate Division. "This long-term commitment, coupled with additional interest from other producers in the area, reinforces the need for this expansion project. The Tiger Pipeline system will further extend Energy Transfer's expansive natural gas pipeline network, which provides shippers with unprecedented access from production basins to markets throughout the country."

The approximately 180-mile, 42-inch Tiger natural gas pipeline system, which was announced in January 2009, will serve the Haynesville Shale producing region in Louisiana and the Carthage Hub area in East Texas and will have interconnects with 7 major interstate pipelines serving the eastern half of the United States. The pipeline is expected to be in service the first half of 2011, and the expansion is expected to be completed in the second half of 2011. The construction of the pipeline and expansion project are subject to receipt of approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Those interested in obtaining more information on the open season may contact Luke Fletcher at (210) 403-6492 or luke.fletcher@energytransfer.com, or Lee Hanse at (210) 403-6455 or lee.hanse@energytransfer.com. Information is also available at www.energytransfer.com.

Fourth Quarter 2009 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call Date:

Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. expect to release earnings for the quarter ended December 31, 2009 on Thursday, February 18, 2010. ETP and ETE will conduct a joint conference call on Friday, February 19, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. Central Time to discuss their quarterly results. The conference call will be broadcast live via an internet web cast, which can be accessed through www.energytransfer.com. The call will also be available for replay on Energy Transfer's web site for a limited time.

Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE:ETP) is a publicly traded partnership owning and operating a diversified portfolio of energy assets. ETP has pipeline operations in Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Utah, and owns the largest intrastate pipeline system in Texas. ETP's natural gas operations include gathering and transportation pipelines, treating and processing assets, and three storage facilities located in Texas. ETP currently has more than 17,500 miles of pipeline in service and has a 50% interest in joint ventures that have approximately 500 miles of interstate pipeline in service. ETP is also one of the three largest retail marketers of propane in the United States, serving more than one million customers across the country.

Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (NYSE:ETE) is a publicly traded partnership, which owns the general partner of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and approximately 62.5 million ETP limited partner units.

This press release may include certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking statements as defined by federal law. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond management's control. An extensive list of factors that can affect future results are discussed in ETP's Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ETP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect new information or events.

The information contained in this press release is available on the Partnerships' website at www.energytransfer.com.

    Source: Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- California State University department chair and San Gabriel Valley water official Anthony R. "Tony" Fellow returned today as a member of the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

Fellow represents the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District on Metropolitan's 37-member board, upon which he previously served from February 1993 to February 2009. He replaces R. William "Bill" Robinson, who succeeded Fellow on the Metropolitan board last February.

Metropolitan board Chairman Timothy F. Brick reappointed Fellow as one of four board vice chairs, a position he held during his previous board tenure. Brick also named him to the board's Communications and Legislation Committee.

Elected to Upper San Gabriel Valley's Board of Directors in 1991, Fellow's division includes the cities of Temple City, Monrovia, South El Monte as well as portions of Arcadia, Monterey Park and El Monte. In 1995, Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina appointed him to the county's Water Appeals Board.

As chair of the Department of Communications at California State University, Fullerton, Fellow oversees the department's concentrations in journalism, advertising, public relations, photo-communications and entertainment studies.

Besides journalism courses, Fellow teaches courses in history and philosophy of American mass communications, communications law, principles of communications research, media effects, and graduate courses in international communications, American media history, media and politics, and communications and governance. In addition, he has been an adjunct professor of journalism in the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California.

Fellow was named a 2007 Fulbright Scholar by the U.S. Presidential Commission in Washington, D.C., and has received Italy's highest Fulbright honor, the Vercelli Chair of Twentieth Century Media History at the University of Piemonte. He teaches in Florence, Italy, each summer.

Author of three books--"American Media History," "The Copy Editors' Handbook for Newspapers" and "News Writing in A Multi-Media World," Fellow has written numerous journal articles on health communications and has presented his health research at international conferences. He continues to write newspaper columns on politics and water issues.

Prior to teaching, Fellow was a reporter, political columnist and city editor during his 10 years with the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, where he covered the presidencies of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter for the then Thomson Newspapers.

Born in Bridgeport, Conn., Fellow received his master's and doctorate degrees from USC's Annenberg School for Communication, where he was a Walter H. Annenberg Fellow. He also has earned a master's degree in communications from Cal State Fullerton and a bachelor's degree in journalism and history from California State University, Los Angeles. In addition, he has done graduate work in political science in Soviet and Latin American politics.

Fellow and his wife, Clara Potes-Fellow, press secretary and media director for the California State University system, reside in El Monte. A former award-winning journalist, Potes-Fellow served as Bill Clinton's press secretary for Hispanic media in California during his first presidential campaign.

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a cooperative of 26 cities and water agencies serving 19 million people in six counties. The district imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California to supplement local supplies, and helps its members to develop increased water conservation, recycling, storage and other resource-management programs.

Note to editors: A digital photograph of Anthony Fellow is available upon request.

    Source: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

SPARTANBURG, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nelson Marchioli, Denny's (NASDAQ: DENN) CEO, Comments on Denny's Free Grand Slam Giveaway:

"Once again our Free Grand Slam giveaway was a great day for Americans and a great day for Denny's. We welcomed millions of Americans into our restaurants and served them our signature Grand Slam breakfast. We received an outpouring of the most genuine and heartwarming comments from our guests, servers and managers. We hope to continue to connect with our guests with real affordable offers all year long so they can fall in love with Denny's again."

Fast Facts on Denny's Free Grand Slam giveaway:

    --  Denny's served approximately 2 million Grand Slams across the U.S. Some
        restaurants served more than 200 breakfasts an hour, however, this
        increase from last year was offset by bad weather across the country.
    --  There were approximately 49 million hits on Denny's website since the
        Super Bowl giveaway was announced; almost 24 million hits since Sunday's
        Super Bowl commercials.
    --  Average wait time for Grand Slams was approximately fifteen to thirty
        minutes.
    --  Tables were turned approximately every fifteen minutes.
    --  Denny's was a top ten trending topic on Twitter for Grand Slam Day and
        during the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl.
    --  Close to 300,000 have already registered for the new Denny's Rewards
        program. The first 500,000 people who sign up will receive a Free Burger
        and Fries. Register online at www.dennys.com through February 14.

About Denny's

Denny's is one of America's largest full-service family restaurant chains, with more than 1,500 locations. For more than 50 years, Denny's has been serving up real breakfast 24/7. Home of the famous Grand Slam(R) breakfasts, Denny's provides a variety of flavorful food and beverage choices. For more information on Denny's, please visit www.dennys.com.

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    Source: Denny's

Gene #1-22H (Samson 30.6% Working Interest)

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Samson Oil & Gas Limited (ASX: SSN) (NYSE AMEX: SSN) advises that the Gene #1-22H, as of 0600 hours CST Tuesday, February 9th, was drilling ahead at 14,427 feet (measured depth) within the primary target, the middle Bakken Formation. At this depth, 2,900 feet of the lateral has been drilled with 2,600 feet remaining to be drilled, with the drilling operation proceeding as planned.

Oil and gas shows are also being recorded as expected, with gas shows typically 1,400 units over a background of 450 units. Oil shows are continuous with a typical description being "abundant brown spotty to even oil stain with a fast, strong milky white cut." Not unusually oil has been noted from time to time on the shale shakers.

The forward plan is to continue to drill the well horizontally to a measured depth of 17,060 feet (true vertical depth of 11,239 feet), where a casing liner, equipped with external casing packers, will be run so that the middle Bakken Formation can be fracture stimulated sequentially along the full extent of the 5,500 foot horizontal section.

Samson's Ordinary Shares are traded on the Australian Securities Exchange under the symbol "SSN." Samson's American Depository Shares (ADSs) are traded on the New York Stock Exchange AMEX under the symbol "SSN." Each ADS represents 20 fully paid Ordinary Shares of Samson. Samson has a total of 1,169 million ordinary shares issued and outstanding, which would be the equivalent of 58.5 million ADSs. Accordingly, based on the NYSE AMEX closing price of US$0.27 per ADS on February 8th, 2010 the company has a current market capitalization of approximately US$ 15.8 million. Correspondingly, based on the ASX closing price of A$0.016 on February 8th, 2010, the company has a current market capitalization of A$18.7 million.

For and on behalf of the board of

SAMSON OIL & GAS LIMITED

TERRY BARR

Managing Director

Statements made in the presentation that is available on Samson's website that are not historical facts may be forward looking statements, including but not limited to statements using words like "may," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "should" or "will."

Actual results may differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statement. There are a number of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated or estimated by any forward looking information, including uncertainties inherent in estimating the methods, timing and results of exploration activities.

A description of the risks and uncertainties that are generally attendant to Samson and its industry, as well as other factors that could affect Samson's financial results, are included in the Company's registration statement and report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 20-F, as amended, a copy of which is available at www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm.

    Source: Samson Oil & Gas Limited