|                                                                                                                                                       |   | For      the Years Ended December 31, |    |
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|                                                                                                                                                       |   | 2008                                  |    |   | 2007 |   |   | 2006 |   |   | 2005 |   |   | 2004 |   |
| Consolidated      income                                                                                                                                   |   | $                                     | 47,946  |   |   | $ | 3,626 |   |   | $ | 51,682 |   |   | $ | 30,123 |   |   | $ | 54,383 |   |
| Add:        Parent interest in income of subsidiaries – DEP I Midstream      Businesses                                                    |   |                                  | 11,354  |   |   |   | 19,973 |   |   |   | -- |   |   |   | -- |   |   |   | -- |   |
|                  Parent interest in income of subsidiaries – DEP II Midstream      Businesses |   |                                  | (3,985  | ) |   |   | -- |   |   |   | -- |   |   |   | -- |   |   |   | -- |   |
|                  Provision for income taxes                                                         |   |                                  | 1,095   |   |   |   | 4,172 |   |   |   | 1,682 |   |   |   | -- |   |   |   | -- |   |
| Less:        Equity in (income) loss of Evangeline                                                                                               |   |                                  | (896    | ) |   |   | (182 | ) |   |   | (958 | ) |   |   | (331 | ) |   |   | (231 | ) |
| Consolidated      pre-tax income before parent interest                                                                                                    |   |                                  |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|    in      income of subsidiaries and equity earnings                                                                                       |   |                                  |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|    from      Evangeline                                                                                                                     |   |                                  | 55,514  |   |   |   | 27,589 |   |   |   | 52,406 |   |   |   | 29,792 |   |   |   | 54,152 |   |
| Add:        Fixed charges                                                                                                                        |   |                                  | 15,319  |   |   |   | 14,538 |   |   |   | 3,219 |   |   |   | 3,079 |   |   |   | 1,089 |   |
|                  Amortization of capitalized interest                                               |   |                                  | 1,015   |   |   |   | 590 |   |   |   | -- |   |   |   | -- |   |   |   | -- |   |
|                Subtotal                                                         |   |                                  | 71,848  |   |   |   | 42,717 |   |   |   | 55,625 |   |   |   | 32,871 |   |   |   | 55,241 |   |
| Less:        Interest capitalized                                                                                                                |   |                                  | (312    | ) |   |   | (2,600 | ) |   |   | -- |   |   |   | -- |   |   |   | -- |   |
|                  Parent interest in income of subsidiaries – DEP I Midstream      Businesses  |   |                                  | (11,354 | ) |   |   | (19,973 | ) |   |   | -- |   |   |   | -- |   |   |   | -- |   |
|                  Parent interest in income of subsidiaries – DEP II Midstream      Businesses |   |                                  | 3,985   |   |   |   | -- |   |   |   | -- |   |   |   | -- |   |   |   | -- |   |
| Total      earnings                                                                                                                                        |   | $                                     | 64,167  |   |   | $ | 20,144 |   |   | $ | 55,625 |   |   | $ | 32,871 |   |   | $ | 55,241 |   |
| Fixed      charges:                                                                                                                                        |   |                                  |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                  Interest expense                                                                   |   | $                                     | 11,420  |   |   | $ | 8,641 |   |   | $ | -- |   |   | $ | -- |   |   | $ | -- |   |
|                  Capitalized interest                                                               |   |                                  | 312     |   |   |   | 2,600 |   |   |   | -- |   |   |   | -- |   |   |   | -- |   |
|                  Interest portion of rental expense                                                 |   |                                  | 3,587   |   |   |   | 3,297 |   |   |   | 3,219 |   |   |   | 3,079 |   |   |   | 1,089 |   |
|                  Total                                                                              |   | $                                     | 15,319  |   |   | $ | 14,538 |   |   | $ | 3,219 |   |   | $ | 3,079 |   |   | $ | 1,089 |   |
| Ratio      of earnings to fixed assets                                                                                                                     |   |                                  | 4.19    | x |   |   | 1.39 | x |   |   | 17.28 |   |   |   | 10.68 | x |   |   | 50.71 | x |

| ·   | consolidated      pre-tax income before parent interest in income of subsidiaries and income      or loss from our equity investee; |
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| ·   | fixed      charges; |
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| ·   | amortization      of capitalized interest; |
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| ·   | distributed      income of our equity investee; and |
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| ·   | our      share of pre-tax losses of our equity investee for which charges arising      from guarantees are included in fixedcharges. |
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| ·   | interest      capitalized; |
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| ·   | preference      security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries;      and |
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| ·   | parent      interest in income of subsidiaries in pre-tax income of subsidiaries that      have not incurred fixed charges. |
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