EMO News and Press, ClearBridge Energy Midstream Opportunity Fund Inc. From 02/07/22

ClearBridge Energy Midstream Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: EMO) announced today the unaudited statement of assets and liabilities, the net asset value and asset coverage ratio of the Fund as of January 31, 2022. As of January 31, 2022, the Fund’s net assets were $408.1 million...

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC announced today that certain closed end funds have declared their distributions for the month of February 2022. The following dates apply to the distribution schedule below: The increased distribution rates better align with each Fund’...

ClearBridge Energy Midstream Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: EMO) announced today the unaudited statement of assets and liabilities, the net asset value and asset coverage ratio of the Fund as of December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, the Fund’s net assets were $361.8 milli...

The recent rally in energy prices has improved investor sentiment for midstream assets, even though US oil production remains well below pre-pandemic levels. Natural gas is expected to be a major growth driver for the midstream sector in 2022, and the current supply shortfall makes th...

OPEC+ agreed to maintain their existing plan to raise oil output by 400,000 barrels per day in January. The U.S., along with India, China, Japan, South Korea, and the U.K., announced coordinated release of oil from reserves to counter accelerating inflation. Midstream MLPs, as mea...

Despite the significant pullback in oil prices lately and uncertainty posed by the Omicron variant, midstream performance has been largely resilient. Multiple factors arguably exacerbated the recent downward move in oil prices, and oil market fundamentals have likely changed less than...

ClearBridge Energy Midstream Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: EMO) announced today the unaudited statement of assets and liabilities, the net asset value and asset coverage ratio of the Fund as of November 30, 2021. As of November 30, 2021, the Fund’s net assets were $350.5 milli...

Strong free cash flow generation has made the mainstream adoption of buyback programs possible for energy infrastructure companies. Buyback activity ramped in 3Q21 as midstream companies purchased more than $804 million of their equity during the quarter, representing a more than two-...

For midstream operators, managing energy consumption and modernizing assets present viable ways to drive immediate efficiencies and reduce emissions. While many midstream companies today are already incorporating renewable energy into their energy mix, scaling the use of renewable ene...

Midstream MLPs, as measured by the Solactive MLP Infrastructure Index, increased 5.30% last month. The index has increased by 84.08% since last October. The Enterprise Value to EBITDA ratio (EV-to-EBITDA), which seeks to provide more color on the valuations of MLPs, increased by 1.32%...