DCP Midstream is one of the largest natural gas gatherers in North America and also the top producer and a primary marketer of natural gas liquids (NGLs). It also engages in natural gas compressing, treating, processing, transporting, and selling. DCP Midstream  also transports and sells NGLs and distributes propane wholesale. The company operates natural gas gathering systems (11,200 miles of pipe) in seven states (including Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas), seven processing plants, four NGL pipelines, and nine propane storage terminals. DCP Midstream Partners, LP merged with DCP Midstream, LLC in 2017 to become DCP Midstream, LP.