HESM vs PAGP Comparison

Hess Midstream LP is a fee-based, growth-oriented limited partnership that owns, operates, develops, and acquires a portfolio of midstream assets. The company provides fee-based services to Chevron Corporation and generates all of its revenue by charging fees for gathering, compressing, and processing natural gas, fractionating NGLs, gathering, terminaling, loading, and transporting crude oil and NGLs, storing and terminaling propane, and gathering and disposing of produced water. It operates through gathering, processing, and storage, and terminaling and export segments, with the gathering segment contributing the maximum share of revenue and comprising natural gas gathering and compression, as well as crude oil gathering and produced water gathering and disposal assets.

Plains GP Holdings LP owns and operates midstream energy infrastructure and provides logistics services for crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGL), and natural gas. The group manages its operations through two operating segments: Crude Oil segment operations generally consist of gathering and transporting crude oil using pipelines (including gathering systems), trucks, and, at times, on barges or railcars; and NGL segment operations involve NGL storage and terminalling from NGL assets located in the Southwestern United States. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Crude Oil segment. Its geographic markets are the United States and Canada. It generates the majority of its revenue from the United States.