Incentive Distribution Rights
Enterprise Products Partners LP: Great Company, Not a Great Stock
Since its initial public offering (IPO) 16 years ago, Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE: EPD) has been an outstanding investment. An investor who bought the stock at the close of the master limited partnership’s (MLP)...
Memorial Resource Development Corp: Half a General Partner
Memorial Resource Development Corp (NSDQ: MRD) is an exploration and production company that controls about 205,000 net acres that are prospective for hydrocarbons and contain an estimated 1,126 billion cubic feet of natural-gas equivalent in proven...
Enbridge Energy Partners LP Gets a Little Help from Its Friend
Like the Schedule K-1s that befuddles many investors at tax time, incentive distribution rights (IDR) are a subject that investor relations employees are likely tired of discussing. Although the K-1 is more complicated than the...
General Appeal
The master limited partnership (MLP) structure often comprises two entities: a limited partnership that owns the underlying assets and a general partner (GP) that’s responsible for managing the operating entity. In addition to a minority...
The Lowdown on MLP IDRs: Incentive or Impediment?
Master limited partnerships (MLP) usually comprise two entities: an operating limited partnership (LP) and a general partner (GP) that usually owns a 2 percent stake in the LP and receives compensation for managing the operating...
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Exxon Mobil Acquires Pioneer Natural Resources
Effective May 3rd, Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) has closed its acquisition of Model Portfolio holding Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE: PXD) in an all-stock deal. Pioneer...
Misunderstood Merger: EQT/Equitrans is a MoneyMaker
We’ve commented frequently on the industrial logic of recombining Equitrans Midstream (NYSE: ETRN) with its former parent, natural gas-weighted producer EQT Corp (NYSE: EQT). And...
Oil and US Refiners
Just a few weeks ago, in early January West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices were trading around $70/bbl and Brent was under $75/bbl, well...
5 Ways to Protect and Grow Your Wealth Through the Coming Energy Crisis
Please click the links to download your new reports in PDF format. The End of Easy Oil: Offshore and Overseas Uranium's Third Supercycle:...