Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Tortoise Capital Advisors, LLC. It invests in public equity markets of North America. The fund invests in pipeline companies that engage in the business of transporting natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil, and refined petroleum products. It employs a bottom up, fundamental analysis approach along with a comparison of quantitative, qualitative, and relative value factors to make its investments. Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. was formed on July 19, 2011 and is domiciled in the United States.