Sometimes the best oil and gas deals are not with the oil and gas companies themselves. Viper Energy Partners (VNOM), a public subsidiary of Diamondback Energy (FANG) represents a low- risk way to participate in the Permian Basin activity without all the exploration risks inherent in an oil and gas company.
This idea is similar to participating in the personal computer industry fortunes by purchasing stock of the companies making the cases that carry the computers. You get the reward of computer sales without worrying about all the technology risks.
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