Eagle Rock Energy Partners L P (EROC) 8-K Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. Announces Hedge Transactions and Its Intention to Maintain Its Current Distribution Level

As of January 12, 2008

The following information is current as of January 12, 2009.Eagle Rock plansto provide updates to
this information whenever material changes are made to its commodity derivative portfolio.

Commodity Hedging Overview
January 12, 2009

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As of January 12, 2008

As of January 12, 2009

The material that follows may include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.All statements, other than statements of historical
facts, included in this material that address activities, events or developments that the
Partnership expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-
looking statements.These statements are based on certain assumptions made by the
Partnership based on its experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions,
expected future developments and other factors it believes are appropriate under the
circumstances.Such statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and
uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of the Partnership, which may cause
the Partnership’s actual results to differ materially from those implied or expressed by the
forward-looking statements.For a detailed list of the Partnership’s risk factors, please
consult the Partnership’s Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
for the year ended December 31, 2007, and the Partnership’s Forms 10-Q, filed with the
SEC for subsequent quarters.

Disclosure Regarding “Forward-looking Statements”

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As of January 12, 2009

• Recent Hedging Updates and Current Hedge Portfolio

• Hedging Objectives

• Hedging Processes and Controls

–Risk Management Policy

–Risk Management Committee

–Internal Controls

• Hedging Methods

–Commodities Hedged

–Quantities Hedged

–Types of Derivatives Used

• Special Issues

–Use of Cross-commodity Hedges

–Midstream Segment’s Short Natural Gas Position

Table of Contents

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As of January 12, 2009

Eagle Rock entered into the following transactions on November 25, 2008 -

•70,000 mmbtu/mo Henry Hub natural gas swap in 2009 at $6.685/mmbtu

•70,000 mmbtu/mo Henry Hub natural gas swap from June through December
2009 at $6.885/mmbtu

•As a result, Eagle Rock estimates that it has hedged approximately 74% of its
expected net hedgable natural gas and ethane position in 2009.For 2010 through
2012, these values are 22, 19 and 24%.

Derivative Portfolio - Recent Hedges

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As of January 12, 2009

Eagle Rock entered into the following transactions on January 8, 2009 -

•Unwound a portion of its 2011 and 2012 WTI hedges for cash.

•34,562 bbls/mo. swap in 2011 at $80/bbl

•38,404 bbls/mo. collar in 2011 with a floor of $75/bbl and a cap of $85.70/bbl

•30,961 bbls/mo. swap in 2012 at $80.30/bbl

•38,702 bbls/mo. collar in 2012 with a floor of $75.30/bbl and a cap of $86/bbl

•Unwound two WTI collars in 2009 for cash.

•20,000 bbls/mo. with a floor of $50/bbl and a cap of $66.55/bbl

•20,000 bbls/mo. with a floor of $50/bbl and a cap of $66.25/bbl

•Using the proceeds from the transactions above and $13.9 MM of additional funds
from operating surplus and operating cash flow, purchased the following position WTI
hedge for 2009.

•60,000 bbls/mo. swap at $97/bbl

•As a result, Eagle Rock has hedged approximately 88% of its expected hedgable
liquids (propane and heavier) in 2009.For 2010, the estimated liquids hedge level is
approximately 52%, and for 2011 and 2012 it is approximately 10%.

Derivative Portfolio - Recent Hedges
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As of January 12, 2009

• Eagle Rock has prepared a summary of its commodity derivative portfolio as of
January 12, 2009.

• In some cases, Eagle Rock entered into transactions to offset previous transactions.
In the cases where the offsetting transaction was an exact match to the original
transaction (i.e., same underlying, quantity, time period and strike price), neither the
original nor the offsetting transaction are shown.

• Most of Eagle Rock’s derivative transactions have a constant quantity each month,
but a few do not.On the following table, for those that have varying monthly
quantities, the average monthly quantity is shown.These values are highlighted in
bold italics.

Derivative Portfolio

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Eagle Rock Energy Partners Commodity Hedge Portfolio

As of 1/12/2009

			term		monthly
year	underlying	type	start	end	quantity	floor price	ceiling price	months	total quantity	units
2009	IF Waha	costless collar	Jan-09	Mar-09	20,000	9.00	9.85	3	60,000	mmbtu
2009	IF Waha	costless collar	Apr-09	Jun-09	20,000	7.50	7.95	3	60,000	mmbtu
2009	IF Waha	costless collar	Jul-09	Sep-09	20,000	7.50	8.60	3	60,000	mmbtu
2009	IF Waha	costless collar	Oct-09	Dec-09	20,000	7.50	8.90	3	60,000	mmbtu
2009	NYMEX Henry Hub	costless collar	Jan-09	Mar-09	92,700	7.00	13.75	3	278,100	mmbtu
2009	NYMEX Henry Hub	costless collar	Jan-09	Mar-09	(92,700)	8.80	13.75	3	(278,100)	mmbtu
2009	NYMEX Henry Hub	costless collar	Jan-09	Dec-09	20,000	6.25	11.20	12	240,000	mmbtu
2009	NYMEX Henry Hub	costless collar	Jan-09	Dec-09	85,000	7.85	9.25	12	1,020,000	mmbtu
2009	NYMEX Henry Hub	put	Jan-09	May-09	40,000	7.00		5	200,000	mmbtu
2009	NYMEX Henry Hub	swap	Jan-09	Dec-09	85,000	8.35		12	1,020,000	mmbtu
2009	NYMEX Henry Hub	swap	Jan-09	Dec-09	70,000	6.685		12	840,000	mmbtu
2009	NYMEX Henry Hub	swap	Jun-09	Dec-09	70,000	6.885		7	490,000	mmbtu
2009	NYMEX WTI	swap	Jan-09	Dec-09	60,000	97.00		12	720,000	bbls
2009	NYMEX WTI	costless collar	Jan-09	Dec-09	-	50.00	66.25	12	-	bbls
2009	NYMEX WTI	costless collar	Jan-09	Dec-09	-	50.00	66.55	12	-	bbls
2009	NYMEX WTI	costless collar	Jan-09	Dec-09	6,000	60.00	77.00	12	72,000	bbls
2009	NYMEX WTI	costless collar	Jan-09	May-09	7,000	60.00	80.75	5	35,000	bbls
2009	NYMEX WTI	costless collar	Jan-09	Dec-09	10,000	93.00	100.85	12	120,000	bbls
2009	NYMEX WTI	put	Jan-09	Dec-09	7,000	90.00		12	84,000	bbls
2009	NYMEX WTI	put	Jan-09	Dec-09	5,000	100.00		12	60,000	bbls
2009	NYMEX WTI	swap	Jan-09	Dec-09	25,000	71.25		12	300,000	bbls
2009	NYMEX WTI	swap	Jan-09	Dec-09	50,000	100.00		12	600,000	bbls
2009	OPIS Ethane Mt Belv non TET	costless collar	Jan-09	Dec-09	420,000	0.4800	0.5800	12	5,040,000	gallons
2009	OPIS Ethane Mt Belv non TET	swap	Jan-09	Dec-09	42,000	0.5300		12	504,000	gallons
2009	OPIS Ethane Mt Belv non TET	swap	Jan-09	Dec-09	1,050,000	0.6361		12	12,600,000	gallons
2009	OPIS IsoButane Mt Belv non TET	costless collar	Jan-09	Dec-09	105,000	0.9350	1.0350	12	1,260,000	gallons
2009	OPIS IsoButane Mt Belv non TET	swap	Jan-09	Dec-09	105,000	0.9850		12	1,260,000	gallons
2009	OPIS IsoButane Mt Belv non TET	swap	Jan-09	Dec-09	127,670	1.2950		12	1,532,034	gallons
2009	OPIS NButane Mt Belv non TET	costless collar	Jan-09	Dec-09	231,000	0.9350	1.0350	12	2,772,000	gallons
2009	OPIS NButane Mt Belv non TET	swap	Jan-09	Dec-09	231,000	0.9850		12	2,772,000	gallons
2009	OPIS NButane Mt Belv non TET	swap	Jan-09	Dec-09	253,750	1.2775		12	3,045,000	gallons
2009	OPIS Propane Mt Belv non TET	costless collar	Jan-09	Dec-09	441,000	0.7650	0.8150	12	5,292,000	gallons
2009	OPIS Propane Mt Belv non TET	swap	Jan-09	Dec-09	230,419	1.0775		12	2,765,028	gallons
2009	OPIS Propane Mt Belv non TET	swap	Jan-09	Dec-09	124,103	1.0875		12	1,489,236	gallons
2009	OPIS Propane Mt Belv non TET	swap	Jan-09	Dec-09	441,000	0.8150		12	5,292,000	gallons
2009	OPIS Propane Mt Belv non TET	swap	Jan-09	Dec-09	630,000	1.0925		12	7,560,000	gallons
2010	NYMEX Henry Hub	costless collar	Jan-10	Dec-10	110,000	7.70	9.10	12	1,320,000	mmbtu
2010	NYMEX WTI	costless collar	Jan-10	Dec-10	5,000	50.00	68.00	12	60,000	bbls
2010	NYMEX WTI	costless collar	Jan-10	Dec-10	15,000	50.00	67.50	12	180,000	bbls
2010	NYMEX WTI	costless collar	Jan-10	Dec-10	5,000	50.00	67.50	12	60,000	bbls
2010	NYMEX WTI	costless collar	Jan-10	Dec-10	15,000	50.00	68.30	12	180,000	bbls
2010	NYMEX WTI	costless collar	Jan-10	Dec-10	9,000	90.00	99.80	12	108,000	bbls
2010	NYMEX WTI	put	Jan-10	Dec-10	6,000	90.00		12	72,000	bbls
2010	NYMEX WTI	put	Jan-10	Dec-10	5,000	100.00		12	60,000	bbls
2010	NYMEX WTI	swap	Jan-10	Dec-10	25,000	70.00		12	300,000	bbls
2010	NYMEX WTI	swap	Jan-10	Dec-10	10,000	78.35		12	120,000	bbls
2010	OPIS Ethane Mt Belv non TET	costless collar	Jan-10	Dec-10	378,000	0.4300	0.5300	12	4,536,000	gallons
2010	OPIS Ethane Mt Belv non TET	swap	Jan-10	Dec-10	378,000	0.4800		12	4,536,000	gallons
2010	OPIS IsoButane Mt Belv non TET	costless collar	Jan-10	Dec-10	210,000	0.8200	1.0200	12	2,520,000	gallons
2010	OPIS NButane Mt Belv non TET	costless collar	Jan-10	Dec-10	462,000	0.8200	1.0200	12	5,544,000	gallons
2010	OPIS Propane Mt Belv non TET	costless collar	Jan-10	Dec-10	420,000	0.7050	0.8100	12	5,040,000	gallons
2010	OPIS Propane Mt Belv non TET	swap	Jan-10	Dec-10	420,000	0.7550		12	5,040,000	gallons
2011	NYMEX Henry Hub	costless collar	Jan-11	Dec-11	100,000	7.50	8.85	12	1,200,000	mmbtu
2011	NYMEX WTI	costless collar	Jan-11	Dec-11	11,596	75.00	85.70	12	139,152	bbls
2011	NYMEX WTI	swap	Jan-11	Dec-11	10,438	80.00		12	125,256	bbls
2012	NYMEX Henry Hub	costless collar	Jan-12	Dec-12	90,000	7.35	8.65	12	1,080,000	mmbtu
2012	NYMEX WTI	costless collar	Jan-12	Dec-12	11,298	75.30	86.00	12	135,576	bbls
2012	NYMEX WTI	swap	Jan-12	Dec-12	9,039	80.30		12	108,468	bbls
indicates positions with changes
indicates new positions

excludes offsetting transactions

values in bold italics are monthly averages

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As of January 12, 2009

• Eagle Rock’s primary business objective is to manage its assets to create stable and
growing distributions to its unitholders.

• Eagle Rock’s management recognizes that commodity price volatility can cause
significant changes in distributable cash flow, and these changes can affect our
ability to achieve our distribution objective.

• Therefore, Eagle Rock’s management has concluded that it is appropriate for Eagle
Rock to engage in non-speculative hedging activities to reduce the impact that future
changes in commodity prices might have on distributable cash flow.

• Eagle Rock’s management has also concluded that it is necessary to hedge a
substantial portion of its expected future production in order to meaningfully reduce
its future distributable cash flow volatility.

•Eagle Rock recognizes, however, that hedging 100% of its future expected
production would be imprudent.It generally limits its hedging levels to 80% of
expected future production (excluding the special case of natural gas and ethane),
although hedging at this level does not eliminate all of the volatility in our
distributable cash flow.The reason for hedging at this level is that Eagle Rock wants
to avoid a situation where a loss of production would put it in an “over-hedged”
position.

Hedging Objectives

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As of January 12, 2009

• Eagle Rock has a Risk Management Policy that has been approved by its Board of
Directors and is amended from time to time.

• The Risk Management Policy addresses the following -

–Management’s authority to conduct hedging activities,

–The establishment and responsibilities of the Risk Management Committee,

–Allowable hedging levels, including the maximum amount of hedging that can be
conducted in a single quarter,

–Prohibition against speculation, and

–Requirement to provide quarterly reporting to the Board of Directors.

* Throughout this presentation, “Board of Directors” refers to the Board of Directors of the general partner of the general partner of the Partnership.

Hedging Processes and Controls
Risk Management Policy

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As of January 12, 2009

• The Risk Management Committee is currently comprised of the following - -

–Chief Executive Officer

–Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

–Senior Vice President, Corporate Development

–Senior Vice President, Technical Evaluations

–Senior Vice President, Midstream

–Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, Secretary and General Counsel

–Vice President, Marketing

–Vice President, Investor Relations and Treasurer

–Vice President, Financial Reporting

• The Risk Management Committee has a regular monthly meeting, but also holds additional
meetings as needed.

• The Risk Management Committee is the forum where hedging transactions are evaluated
and discussed.The committee also draws on the expertise of other Eagle Rock employees
and third party consultants.

Hedging Processes and Controls
Risk Management Committee

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As of January 12, 2009

•Eagle Rock maintains extensive internal controls to ensure the proper execution, valuation and
reporting of derivative transactions.

• As part of these controls, Eagle Rock has segregated various duties:

–Hedging recommendation - Risk Management Committee

–Trade execution - SVP, Corporate Development

–Trade witnessing and entry - 3rd party risk management consultant

–Valuation - VP, Financial Reporting

–Settlement - VP, Investor Relations and Treasurer

• Eagle Rock uses the Kiodex system to record and value derivative positions.

• In addition, Eagle Rock’s internal and external auditors routinely test various hedging-related
controls.

• The Board of Directors establishes the maximum hedging levels and the maximum amount of
hedging that can be conducted in a given quarter.These limits can be exceeded with Board
approval, however.

• The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors and the full Board receive a hedging update each
quarter at their regular meetings.

• In practice, all large hedging transactions are discussed with the Board of Directors, even if the
Risk Management Policy does not specifically require it.

Hedging Processes and Controls
Internal Controls

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As of January 12, 2009

• Eagle Rock bases its volumes available for hedging on its expected future production.

• For the Upstream and Minerals businesses, the expected future production is derived from the
proved reserves.

–The proved reserves quantities are adjusted downwards to account for price-dependent expenses
and revenue reductions.

–Specifically, they are reduced to account for the volumes needed to pay state severance taxes and to
make the Exxon Retained Revenue Interest payments (see SEC filings for more information on the
Exxon Retained Revenue Interest).

• For the Midstream business, the volumes available for hedging are based on the expected future
production of the wells currently flowing to our processing plants, plus additional volumes that we
expect to receive from future drilling.

–Eagle Rock’s expectations for volumes from future drilling are based on information it receives from
the operators and its historical observations.

–To these projections, it applies various contract terms to determine its equity share of the
commodities.

• In the cases where one commodity is hedged with a closely-correlated commodity (which Eagle
Rock calls “cross-commodity hedging”), such as using crude oil to hedge natural gas liquids, Eagle
Rock converts the expected volumes of the underlying commodity to equivalent volumes of the
hedged commodity.

–The conversions are based on the linear regression of the prices of the two commodities observed
during the previous 36 months.

Commodity Hedging Methods
Quantities Hedged

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As of January 12, 2009

• Eagle Rock generally uses put options, costless collars, and fixed price swaps to
achieve its hedging objectives.There are other hedging strategies that use more than
two options; however, Eagle Rock is not currently utilizing these more complex
strategies.

• Put options provide price protection below the strike price, while maintaining
exposure to higher future prices.They require the payment of a “premium” which
may or may not be recovered, depending on future prices.

• Costless collars are a hedging strategy that uses two options: a long put and a short
call.The put establishes a “floor” price and provides downside price protection.The
call has a higher strike price than the put, and is sold to offset the cost of the put.
The call limits exposure to future prices that exceed its strike price, however.
Between the two strike prices, the owner of the position is exposed to changes in
prices.

• Fixed price swaps provide the swap holder with a fixed price, regardless of future
prices.

• Eagle Rock considers its expected future production, its current hedge portfolio,
current forward pricing, quoted option prices, and other factors to determine which
types of derivatives to use at a given time.

Commodity Hedging Methods
Types of Derivatives Used

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As of January 12, 2009

•When applicable, Eagle Rock has hedged its future volumes with derivatives that are based on the
same commodity.In some cases, however, Eagle Rock believes it is better to hedge future changes
in the price of one commodity with a derivative of another commodity.Eagle Rock refers to these
as “cross-commodity” hedges.

• Eagle Rock often hedges the changes in future NGL prices (propane and heavier) using crude oil
hedges.It has adopted this practice based on the following observations:

–Historically, NGL prices have been highly correlated to crude oil prices.

–NGL forward prices are often quoted at a discount to crude oil forward prices.In some instances,
depending on the NGL component and the time period, the discounts can be very significant and
unattractive.

• Eagle Rock also uses natural gas hedges to hedge a portion of its expected future ethane
production.

–The rationale for this practice is that the forward curve for ethane is often severely discounted from
current prices.Also, natural gas prices provide support to ethane prices because in many processing
plants ethane can be recombined with the residue gas stream and sold as natural gas.

–For the purpose of determining the volumes of ethane available to hedge with natural gas, Eagle
Rock uses the thermal content of ethane (measured in mmbtu/gallon).

Special Issues
Use of Cross-commodity Hedges

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As of January 12, 2009

• Eagle Rock’s Midstream business has a long and a short physical position in its expected future
natural gas production streams.

• The long position is derived from its “percent-of-proceeds” contracts.Under these agreements,
Eagle Rock keeps a percentage of the residue gas and natural gas liquids that are sold from the
plants it owns.

• The short position is derived from its “keep-whole” and “fixed-recovery” processing contracts.
Under these arrangements, Eagle Rock keeps all of the natural gas liquids it extracts from the gas
stream that producers deliver to us, but it must pay the producers for the shrinkage that occurs to
their gas stream as a result of processing.

• The gas streams that are processed under percent-of-proceeds and keep-whole arrangements are
generally independent of each other.Therefore, as the performance of wells changes, and as Eagle
Rock acquires new sources of supply for processing, the expected future volumes of the long
natural gas and short natural gas positions can change.

• These changes, combined with the long natural gas position in our Upstream and Minerals
segments, can result in changes to Eagle Rock’s exposure to changes in natural gas prices.

• Including the effect of its natural gas hedge position, Eagle Rock attempts to maintain a small, net
long natural gas position.

Special Issues
Midstream Business Short Natural Gas Position

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