5 Midstream MLPs You Should Buy Now For Both Yield And Price Appreciation Potential
Recent Daily Tips Highlighted Midstream MLPs Our Marketplace service, "The Wheel of FORTUNE", is currently offering a special-bargain deal that, among other things, involves a series of daily tips (that may affect the annual fee of the service; see full terms and conditions here)
Out last two tips, chapter 5 and chapter 6, involved two midstream MLPs - Delek Logistics Partners LP (DKL) and Western Gas Partners, L.P. (WES).
Since the midstream MLPs-segment has been beaten up severely over the past few months it make sense to touch upon it in a wider context.
Upstream vs. Midstream vs. Downstream First of all, it's important to understand the differences between the various players within the energy sector:
Upstream players find and produce oil and natural gas. The upstream players are usually categorized under the exploration and production (E&P) segment. Upstream players identify energy fields, drill wells, and recover raw materials from underground.
Midstream players are the link between the far-away petroleum producing areas to the centers where the end clients reside. Midstream players process, store, market and transport oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs, e.g. ethane, propane and butane) and sulphur.
Downstream players are the entities that deal with the end-clients, the consumers: oil refineries, petrochemical plants, petroleum products distributors, retail outlets and natural gas distribution companies.
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