Midstream M&A’s Train Picks Up Steam
Too many small owners lacking critical scale and unprecedented roadblocks to new energy pipeline infrastructure: That’s what was at the core of the unprecedented wave of US oil and gas midstream dividend cuts and bankruptcies of the past few years.
Now those same forces are spawning something considerably more positive for investors
Colonial Goes Down: What it Means for Pipeline Politics
There may come a day when US transportation is 100 percent electrified and homes are heated with blended hydrogen. But in the here and now, oil and gas pipelines are essential infrastructure. Exhibit A is the havoc wreaked by the successful hack of systems at the Colonial Pipeline this month.
Pipeline Politics: We’re Guardedly Optimistic
This week, the incoming Biden administration filled out much of its prospective energy and environment team with pragmatists,signaling a focus on incremental measures rather than the dramatic and disruptive.
Why Biden’s Heat Won’t Melt Midstream
In investing, economics always wins over politics. That’s worth remembering at a time when energy midstream and pipeline companies are unloved by investors, and many advisors and media personalities forecast sector doomsday.
Kinder’s Q3: Charting a US Midstream Recovery
Despite the worst market conditions for US midstream companies in at least a generation, stability and sustainability were the themes of Kinder’s Q3 results and guidance this week.
Don’t Sweat DAPL: There’s Still Life in Midstream Stocks
After a series of rulings rejecting federal permits for new pipelines, the US District Court for D.C. actually threw out one for an already operating one. The result: An order to immediately shut down the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline, which transports oil from the Bakken shale of the upper Midwest.
Best Bets on Pipeline Politics
In an industry where time equals money, permits for new US oil and especially natural gas pipelines were once basically a formality. But the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s lack of quorum in early 2017 led to delays that allowed record fundraising by pipeline opponents and legal challenges to projects on an unprecedented scale.
Why Master Limited Partnerships Are Issuing More Bonds and Preferred Stock
Equity issuance by master limited partnerships (MLP) has fallen off a cliff this year, but these names have stepped up their sales of bonds and preferred units.
Why Nontraditional Master Limited Partnerships Have Outperformed in 2018
A lack of market depth means that some of the highest-quality master limited partnerships have struggled to gain traction this year, helpting to explain why many of this year’s top performers come from off the beaten path.
Around the Portfolios
Fourth-quarter earnings season was anything but uneventful for some of our Portfolio holdings.
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Experts
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Elliott H. Gue
Founder and Chief Analyst: Capitalist Times and Energy & Income Advisor
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Roger S. Conrad
Founder and Chief Analyst: Capitalist Times and Energy & Income Advisor