Brookfield Secretly Captures America’s ENTIRE Fuel Line in $9B Power Grab…

Well, while you were doom scrolling about the most recent tariff grenade or trying to rationalize another 500+ drop in the Down, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners just pulled off a $9 billion middle finger and bought the literal lifeline of America’s gas supply: Colonial Pipeline.

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Yes, the Colonial Pipeline, the one that moves 100 million gallons of fuel a day, stretches 5,500 miles from Texas to New York, and when hacked back in 2021, sent the East Coast into a full-blown Mad-Max reenactment over gasoline. But now, Colonial isn’t just a pipeline, it’s Brookfields money printing machine. Well, technically “Colossus AcquireCo” owns it, which is just Brookfield’s M&A alter ego, but to each their own. 

In short, the deal clocks in at $9 billion, give or take a few closing adjustments and whatever regulatory red tape the FTC wants to throw on the tracks. Brookfield’s equity check is only $500 million—pocket change for them—thanks to some recent “capital recycling” (read: they dumped other boring assets to make room for this beast). The rest? Classic Brookfield finagling: pile on the debt and let the cash flow do the heavy lifting with Morgan Stanley and Mizuho are leading the debt financing, because of course they are. 

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Now, you may be sitting here wondering “why does this matter?” Well, I’ll tell you. Brookfield just bought the most boringly essential infrastructure in the country during a time when everyone’s too distracted by AI, TikTok bans, and Trump’s next tariff migraine to notice. This is what Brookfield does: it plays the long game, scooping up the backbone of civilization while the rest of the market chases trends like a dog after a Tesla. 

Colonial, for the most part, isn’t sexy. It has nothing to do with AI, it doesn’t pitch itself as the “Uber for kerosene.” It’s a private company that just moves fuel from refineries to your gas station. And it does it with ruthless efficiency. It’s been doing it for decades and it owns the largest refined products pipeline system in the U.S., while serving the entire East Coast. Meaning, this most definitely wasn’t a “decent buy”, it’s a buy the whole d*mn toll booth on a highway everyone has to use. 

(Source: Private Equity Insights) 

Now for the sellers, it’s a who’s-who of institutional bagholders. Shell (selling its 16.1% stake for $1.45B), Koch, KKR, CDPQ, and IFM have all been in this thing for over a decade. They've squeezed it for yield, and now they’re handing it off to Brookfield to keep milking the cow. Shell, for its part, said this move is about “simplification” and “discipline,” which basically translates to we’re offloading anything that doesn’t involve drilling, trading, or greenwashing. 

Of course, your Karen tree-huggers aren’t thrilled over this, but for Brookfield, this is textbook. Buy a cash-gushing asset with a moat the size of the Gulf of Mexico, lock in long-term contracts with high-quality customers (read: people who don’t default), and sit back while everyone else makes electric vehicles and robotaxi’s their entire personality. 

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What’s more is that Brookfield also just sold its 25% stake in NGPL Holdings—another gas pipeline play—right before this deal closed. Bigly. Meaning, they’re completely upgrading their infrastructure. Music to investors' ears. Why? Because, NGPL is a regional player, while Colonial is the main artery. One gets you a seat at the table. The other lets you own the table.

In the end, during one of the worst weeks in market history, Brookfield just opened its pocket book while most are clenching theirs. And they barely broke a sweat doing it. So yeah, if you’re not paying attention to what Brookfield is building, you’re already late. They don’t make noise. They make deals. And this one’s a monster to keep your eyes on. For now, place your bets accordingly, and watch closely. As always, stay safe and stay frosty! Until next time…

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