There’s only one U.S. midstream giant that can lay historical claim to building crude oil pipelines over the Andes Mountains in the 1940s. Only one to be recognized with a postage stamp that bears its name for completing the Trans-Iranian pipeline in the ‘50s. ...

One could describe Dallas-based Energy Transfer as a Swiss Army Knife of midstream services, and they wouldn’t be wrong. With 120,000 miles of pipeline systems and operations that span 41 states, ET is the largest of the nation’s energy infrastructure machines with tentacles in crude oil, refined products, natural gas, and NGLs. ...