By Peter Bosworth The United States has the largest pipeline network in the world. About 2.4 million miles of pipeline snake across the country, bringing natural gas, oil, natural gas liquids (NGLs), refined petroleum products and petrochemicals from production centers to consumers.
As long as the U.S. remains dependent on fossil fuels, pipeline stocks could be a great investment.
Midstream pipelines connect upstream companies (the extractors of crude oil and natural gas) and downstream companies (the refiners and processors). Upstream and downstream companies usually own and maintain a smaller pipeline infrastructure. Usually, the biggest pipeline stocks are the midstream companies.
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