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After historic one-day declines of 24.6% for West Texas Intermediate ((WTI)) crude and 27.7% for the Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index (AMZI) on March 9 following the beginning of a price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia, the correlation between oil prices and energy infrastructure has com...

The May MLP Monthly Report can be found here offering insights on MLP industry news, the asset class's performance, yields, valuations, and fundamental drivers. Summary News: 1) Certain midstream companies were forced to cut distributions this quarter due to the challenging macro env...

With oil's collapse, a lot of investor attention has been given to the financial health of midstream's customers that produce oil and gas. However, several midstream MLPs have refiner customers and/or refiner parents as shown in the table below. Notably, refiners have distinct profitability dr...

Amid recent volatility, one looming question for midstream has been whether the space will be able to efficiently tap debt markets to address impending debt maturities and ensure ample liquidity to finance corporate activities. For context, an analysis from March showed that eleven MLPs in the...

By Brian Watson, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager The midstream sector finds a way to offset the impact of the coronavirus and oil glut April MLP performance appeared to reflect improving sentiment as COVID-19 containment efforts are set to ease in many locations. Furthermore, mids...

Expanding on the theme of yesterday's note discussing midstream defensiveness, today's piece examines the resilience of forward estimates for the midstream space despite oil's price collapse. In contrast with other segments of energy, 2020 and 2021 midstream EBITDA estimates have seen only m...

Given their greater income, we have typically prioritized MLPs in our research covering yields and distributions ( read more ). However, the recent sell-off and consequential increase in the yields of the broader midstream space has prompted many income-oriented investors to consider both ener...

Originally published on April 20, 2020 With benchmark West Texas Intermediate oil prices hovering around $22 per barrel 1 for the June contract and regional prices even lower, netbacks for producers are admittedly dismal, making the current outlook for US oil production tenuous. Headlines...

When a sell-off occurs, the question on everyone’s mind turns to when things will recover. Tuesday’s research note addressed this question by looking at past drawdowns and recoveries, while today’s note takes another approach using oil price projections. Of course, no on...

While Alerian's research has almost exclusively focused on midstream energy infrastructure, today's note takes a broader look at infrastructure, comparing global listed infrastructure with energy infrastructure in terms of investment characteristics and recent performance. What does global l...