Dividend investors don't like risk. Instead, they focus on companies that can continue to pay them well, in good years and bad, for years into the future. That's exactly what you'll find with Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) and Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI). Here's a quick look at why these energy industry players are so reliable and attractive today.

The key to the story here is that Enterprise and Kinder Morgan both operate in the midstream sector of the broader energy industry. The upstream energy portion is all about producing oil and natural gas. The downstream part processes these fuels. The midstream arena helps to move energy for the two, largely charging fees for using pipelines, storage, processing, and transportation assets. This is vital infrastructure that will be needed so long as the world continues to use oil and natural gas and the products into which they are turned. 

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