Since we last wrote about private equity (P/E) investment in midstream in November 2017, private equity firms have continued to put billions of dollars to work across midstream, spanning shale plays and asset types. So far this year, P/E funds have invested over $10 billion in energy infrastructure assets. As Kinder Morgan's ([[KMI]]) CEO quipped at KMI's Investor Day in January, "Private capital likes our assets better than you all do." Today, we will examine some of the major midstream P/E investments so far this year and discuss both the positive and negative impacts