On Thursday, August 6, 2020, Canadian pipeline and midstream giant Pembina Pipeline Corporation (PBA) announced its second quarter 2020 earnings results. The headline numbers were rather disappointing as it missed the expectations of its analysts on both the top- and bottom-line numbers. This has not exactly been an atypical thing among energy companies as the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on energy prices and among many of the companies in the industry. With that said though, midstream companies have generally held up better than many other energy firms due largely to the inherent