Genesis is a master limited partnership that operates crude oil pipelines and is an independent gatherer and marketer of crude oil in North America, with operations concentrated in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.

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Units of New Source Energy Partners fell, making the owner of developed and undeveloped oil and natural-gas properties in Oklahoma the latest master limited partnership to struggle at the outset of trading.

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Master Limited Partnership Magellan Midstream Partners ( MMP) is involved in the transportation and storage of oil in the United States.

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The combination of higher volumes of domestic oil and gas being pumped and the loosest monetary policy in history should make mid-stream master limited partnerships one of the safest bets for 2013.

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Founded in the early 1970s by oil and gas billionaire George Mitchell, The Woodlands has become a 28, 000-acre master planned community carved out of the pine forest to become home to 200, 000.

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Deserving of serious consideration are master limited partnerships (MLPs), which are publicly traded partnerships that own pipelines and storage and transportation facilities for oil, gas and refined products.

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