Make Money When Oil Prices Climb And When They Fall

| August 11, 2025

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When I learned about the business operations of refining companies a decade ago, I became a fan of the sector and the long-term profit rewards that investors can earn from it.

The energy sector is divided into three subsectors. Upstream energy companies drill for oil and gas. Midstream is the transportation and storage of energy commodities. Downstream energy encompasses the companies that refine crude oil, natural gas, and NGLs into final-use products, as well as the marketing of these products.

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This post originally appeared at Investors Alley.

Category: Crude Oil, Energy

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Tim Plaehn is the lead investment research analyst for income and dividend investing at Investors Alley. He is the editor for The Dividend Hunter, an investment advisory delivering income investments with double digit growth in share price and dividend payments, and 30 Day Dividends, a specialty income service that takes advantage of opportunities for relatively fast, attractive profits around potential dividend payouts.