Will ETE Use FTC’s “Condition” to Scuttle Proposed Williams Merger?

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Gulfstream Natural Gas System map
Gulfstream Natural Gas System map

As MDN reported on Friday, the Federal Trade Commission has granted conditional approval of the Energy Transfer Equity (ETE)/Williams merger deal. The one condition FTC made is that Williams must sell its 50% ownership in Gulfstream Natural Gas System LLC, located in Florida (see As the (Midstream) World Turns: FTC Approves ETE/Williams Merger). ETE has been looking for a way to back out of the deal without losing its shirt in the process. So the question becomes, Will ETE use the FTC condition to scuttle the deal? Or at a minimum, use it to drive Williams back to the table to renegotiate the deal?…

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