MarkWest Energy Partners Announces 2013 Schedule K-1 Availability

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. MWE (MarkWest) announced today that its 2013 tax package, which includes the Schedule K-1 (Form 1065), will be available online on March 4, 2014 and may be accessed via MarkWest's website at www.markwest.com under “Investor Relations/K-1 (Tax) Info”. MarkWest will commence mailing the tax package on the same day.

For additional information, unitholders may call the toll free MarkWest Tax Support Line at (800) 232-0011 on weekdays between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CST.

MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. is a master limited partnership engaged in the gathering, processing and transportation of natural gas; the gathering, transportation, fractionation, storage and marketing of natural gas liquids; and the gathering and transportation of crude oil. MarkWest has a leading presence in many unconventional gas plays including the Marcellus Shale, Utica Shale, Huron/Berea Shale, Haynesville Shale, Woodford Shale and Granite Wash formation.

This press release includes “forward-looking statements.” All statements other than statements of historical facts included or incorporated herein may constitute forward-looking statements. Actual results could vary significantly from those expressed or implied in such statements and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Although MarkWest believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, MarkWest can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that affect operations, financial performance, and other factors as discussed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Among the factors that could cause results to differ materially are those risks discussed in the periodic reports filed with the SEC, including MarkWest's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. You are urged to carefully review and consider the cautionary statements and other disclosures made in those filings, specifically those under the heading “Risk Factors.” MarkWest does not undertake any duty to update any forward-looking statement except as required by law.