Top Stocks To Watch As The U.S. Opens Up To Condensate Exports

This article was first published by Seeking Alpha on January 7, 2015

By Sarfaraz A. Khan. Research Asst. Iffat Zehra

Since 1970s, the U.S. oil companies have been mostly prohibited from exporting locally produced crude oil. The ban was aimed at safeguarding the U.S.'s national interest as a reaction to the Arab oil embargo in that period which undermined crude supplies in the U.S., given the embargo came at a time when U.S. was already struggling with deteriorating oil production.

Oiltanking Partners Ready to Run With Giants

This article was originally published by TheStreet on March 24, 2014

By Sarfaraz A. Khan, Research assistant: Gohar Yousuf

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Oiltanking Partners (OILT) is a little-known master limited partnership, or MLP, poised for long term growth.

Oiltanking, with a market cap of nearly $3 billion, provides terminaling, storage and transportation services to other energy companies. Although its shares are currently looking expensive, they will likely continue going higher due to ongoing expansion work and a favorable business environment that will fuel its growth.

Which of These MLPs is a bargain?

From The Motley Fool
By Sarfaraz A. Khan
Research Assistant: G. Yousuf
Includes Western Gas Partners (NYSE:WES), Enterprise Product Partners (NYSE:EPD) and Alerian MLP ETF (NYSEARCA:AMLP). 

The midstream arm of Anadarko Petroleum, Western Gas Partners (NYSE: WES) and midstream energy firm Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) have formed a joint venture for two natural gas liquid, or NGL, fraction trains. Both of these energy infrastructure firms will become bigger and better in the coming years on the back of the U.S. oil and gas boom. Although I am bullish on these two firms, Enterprise Products in particular has outperformed Western Gas and is one of the most lucrative midstream investments at the moment.