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Beyond Oil Price Swings: 3 Midstream Stocks Built for Resilience

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Kinder Morgan, MPLX and Williams offer resilient midstream models, backed by fee-based revenues and long-term contracts amid volatile crude prices.

Directly affected

  • KMI Kinder Morgan

    Named in this report.

  • MPLX Mplx

    Named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • XOM Exxon Mobil

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • CVX Chevron

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • OXY Occidental Petroleum

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • COP ConocoPhillips

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • VLO Valero

    Refiners' profits move with crude and fuel prices

  • MPC Marathon Petroleum

    Refiners' profits move with crude and fuel prices

  • XOP SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration

    A fund of oil and gas producers

  • XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR

    A fund of energy companies

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    This fund moves with oil prices

  • OIH VanEck Oil Services

    Oilfield services rise when drilling follows oil prices

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
KMI———————
MPLX———————
XOM———————
CVX———————
OXY———————
COP———————
VLO———————
MPC———————
XOP———————
XLE———————
USO———————
OIH———————

Kinder Morgan, MPLX and Williams offer resilient midstream models, backed by fee-based revenues and long-term contracts amid volatile crude prices.

Source: Nasdaq Markets

How far United States Oil Fund (USO) has moved since 1 Oct 2026

Since the first closing price after “Beyond Oil Price Swings: 3 Midstream Stocks Built for Resilience,” United States Oil Fund (USO) is +9.09%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -0.40% over the same days, a +9.49% difference versus the market. energy stocks (XLE) is +7.89%, a +1.20% difference versus that group of stocks.

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United States Oil Fund (USO) on one side of this energy story

Companies carried with this story

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    United States Oil Fund (USO) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence in the 1 Oct 2026 story “Beyond Oil Price Swings: 3 Midstream Stocks Built for Resilience.” Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

  • BNO United States Brent Oil Fund

    For “Beyond Oil Price Swings: 3 Midstream Stocks Built for Resilience,” United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

  • XLE Select Sector Spdr Tr

    Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence in the 1 Oct 2026 story “Beyond Oil Price Swings: 3 Midstream Stocks Built for Resilience.” Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

  • XOP State Street Spdr S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Etf

    For “Beyond Oil Price Swings: 3 Midstream Stocks Built for Resilience,” State Street Spdr S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Etf (XOP) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

  • AMLP Alps Etf Tr

    Alps Etf Tr (AMLP) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 1 Oct 2026 story “Beyond Oil Price Swings: 3 Midstream Stocks Built for Resilience.” Reason on file: Pipeline, terminal, and midstream disruptions can transmit through transport capacity and midstream cash-flow expectations

  • EMO ClearBridge Energy Midstream Opportunity Fund

    ClearBridge Energy Midstream Opportunity Fund (EMO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 1 Oct 2026 story “Beyond Oil Price Swings: 3 Midstream Stocks Built for Resilience.” Reason on file: GA selected EMO as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: midstream, energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • SRV NXG Cushing Midstream Energy Fund

    For “Beyond Oil Price Swings: 3 Midstream Stocks Built for Resilience,” NXG Cushing Midstream Energy Fund (SRV) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected SRV as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: midstream, energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • ATO Atmos Energy

    For “Beyond Oil Price Swings: 3 Midstream Stocks Built for Resilience,” Atmos Energy (ATO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected ATO as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

How energy news reaches United States Oil Fund (USO)

The 1 Oct 2026 story “Beyond Oil Price Swings: 3 Midstream Stocks Built for Resilience” names United States Oil Fund (USO) because of Energy.

What ties United States Oil Fund (USO) to the headline is this: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

Also listed, United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO): Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

Price levels for United States Oil Fund (USO)

BNO traded between 57.39 and 67.79 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 67.10. USO traded between 141.82 and 162.99 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 160.80. XLE traded between 60.95 and 68.51 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 67.80.

The energy score for United States Oil Fund (USO)

46 out of 100

“Beyond Oil Price Swings: 3 Midstream Stocks Built for Resilience” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 11 linked companies.