If you are looking for yield in the energy sector, you can go one of two directions, but being boring may be the better choice.

Oil, natural gas, and many of the products they get turned into are commodities. The price of these commodities can swing dramatically and quickly, which makes the overall energy sector highly volatile. One smart way to deal with that volatility is to buy a high-yield diversified giant like Chevron ( CVX -0.15% ) . But there's another avenue you can go down that offers even more income.

What's so great about Chevron?

Chevron is a large and globally diversified integrated energy company. That means that it has exposure to energy production (the upstream), energy transportation (the midstream), and to chemicals and refining businesses (the downstream).

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