UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) January 26, 2007

MARKWEST HYDROCARBON, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 303-925-9200

Not Applicable.

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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ITEM 1.01.  Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement

On January 26, 2007, MarkWest Hydrocarbon, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into Indemnification Agreements (each, an “Indemnification Agreement”) with each Director and/or Officer (each, an “Indemnitee”) of the Company.

The Company entered into indemnification agreements with all directors and the following officers:  Frank Semple, President and Chief Executive Officer; Nancy Buese, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Randy Nickerson, Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer; John Mollenkopf, Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer; C. Corwin Bromley, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary; David Young, Senior Vice President of Corporate Services; Richard Ostberg, Vice President of Risk and Compliance, and Andrew Schroeder, Vice President and Treasurer.

The form of Indemnification Agreement provides for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by law in the event the person was, is or becomes a party, witness or other participant in a Claim (as defined in the Indemnification Agreement) by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnification Event (as defined in the form of Indemnification Agreement).

Each Indemnification Agreement is identical in all material respects.  The description of the above-referenced Indemnification Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the document, which will be filed as an exhibit in our Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2006.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

		MARKWEST HYDROCARBON, INC.
		(Registrant)
Date: February 1, 2007		By:	/s/ NANCY K. BUESE
			Nancy K. Buese
			Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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