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DCP Midstream Partners Announces Closing of Underwriters' Overallotment Option

DENVER, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DCP Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: DPM) (the "Partnership") today announced that the underwriters of its recent public offering of 2,500,000 common units purchased all 375,000 common units which were subject to their option in the underwriting agreement to cover overallotments. The exercise price for the additional common units was $25.40, the same as the price of the 2,500,000 common units.

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Total net proceeds from the offering including the additional units issued pursuant to the overallotment option were approximately $70 million.

Barclays Capital Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.

The common units were offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement that was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

DCP Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: DPM) is a midstream master limited partnership that gathers, processes, transports and markets natural gas, transports and markets natural gas liquids, and is a leading wholesale distributor of propane. DCP Midstream Partners, LP is managed by its general partner, DCP Midstream GP, LLC, which is wholly owned by DCP Midstream, LLC, a joint venture between Spectra Energy and ConocoPhillips.

This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined under the federal securities laws, including statements regarding the timing and other aspects of the common unit offering. Although management believes that expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to be correct. In addition, these statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and other assumptions that are difficult to predict and may be beyond our control, including market conditions, customary offering closing conditions and other factors described in the prospectus for the offering. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect, the Partnership's actual results may vary materially from what management anticipated, estimated, projected or expected.

Investors are encouraged to closely consider the disclosures and risk factors contained in the Partnership's annual and quarterly reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Partnership undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Information contained in this press release is unaudited, and is subject to change.

SOURCE DCP Midstream Partners, LP

Contact: Karen L. Quast of DCP Midstream Partners, LP, +1-303-633-2913, or 24-Hour, +1-303-809-9160