Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. Announces Appointment of New CFO.

PHILADELPHIA -- Atlas Pipeline Partners L.P. (NYSE:APL) (the "Partnership") announces today the appointment of Matthew A. Jones, CFA as Chief Financial Officer of its general partner. For the last nine years, Mr. Jones has been with Friedman Billings Ramsey's (FBR) Investment Banking Group, the last six of which he spent in their Energy Investment Banking Group, most recently as Managing Director. Previous to FBR, Mr. Jones held positions with Nationsbank and its predecessors for twelve years in the Commercial and Real Estate Finance division. Mr. Jones has a BBA from George Washington University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Edward E. Cohen, Chairman of the Managing Board of Atlas Pipeline Partners, said, "We are delighted to welcome Mr. Jones as Chief Financial Officer of the general partner. He brings excellent credentials to his new position. We have worked with Matt for many years and feel certain he will be a superb addition to our team."

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. is engaged in the gas gathering and processing segment of the mid-stream natural gas industry. In Appalachia, it owns and operates more than 1,400 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines in western Pennsylvania, western New York and eastern Ohio to which more than 4,250 wells are currently connected. APL currently gathers approximately 53 million cubic feet ("mmcf") of gas per day from these wells. In the mid-continent region of southern Oklahoma and northern Texas, APL owns and operates approximately 1,900 miles of gas gathering pipeline. APL currently gathers approximately 66 mmcf of gas per day to its gas processing facility in Velma, Oklahoma where natural gas liquids (NGL) are removed. APL then sells the resulting gas and NGL and remits a portion of those proceeds to the producer. In both Appalachia and the mid-continent, the fees paid to APL are either a percentage of the gross selling price of the gas or NGL or a fixed fee per mcf transported. Atlas America, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATLS) is the owner of APL's general partner, which owns 1,641,026 limited partnership units of APL. For more information, please visit our website at www.atlaspipelinepartners.com, or contact [e-mail].

Statements made in this release may include forward-looking statements, which involve substantial risks and uncertainties. APL's actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed or implied in this release as a result of certain factors, including competition within the energy industry, climactic conditions and the price of gas in the Appalachian and mid-continent areas, actual versus projected volumetric production from wells connected to APL's gas-gathering pipeline system, and the cost of supplies and services in the energy industry and other factors disclosed under "Risk Factors" in APL's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.