"Instead, [Kinder Morgan's] excellent outline of its potential opportunities around its existing footprint in ethanol and renewable diesel, and new capital opportunities in hydrogen and carbon capture, may be a better tact to generating outside interest." Credit analysts, meanwhile, remain skeptical that the importance of natural gas in the energy transition outweighs the threat to existing assets. S&P Global Ratings on Jan. 27 revised the risk assessment for the midstream energy industry from low risk to intermediate risk. While the updated outlook is not expected to result in any "near-term rating changes," the credit rating agency's analysts attributed the revision in part to environmental and social risks from climate change and greenhouse gas emissions.