Energy stocks have been tough to own of late, of course, with West Texas Intermediate crude prices tumbling in March and then crashing in April. Barring a complete abandonment of the use of oil, pipeline companies will reliably be in demand and passing part of the per-barrel tolls they collect along to investors. Nearly two-thirds of its contracted rent rates are also benchmarked to inflation, which means the REIT is already positioned for whatever sort of economic backdrop lies ahead.