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We have acted as counsel to CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), relating to the registration of up to 170,213 Depositary Shares, each representing 1/100th of a share of the Company’s 7.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Depositary Shares”), collectively representing up to 1,702 shares (the “Shares”) of 7.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share, by means of the registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-209045) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on August 27, 2021 (the “Registration Statement”), in connection with the resale from time to time by the stockholders of the Company named under the caption “Selling Stockholders” in the above-referenced Registration Statement. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning given them in the Registration Statement, delivered to Husch Blackwell LLP by the Company which provides certain representations relevant to this opinion.

(iv) each of (A) the Articles Supplementary dated January 22, 2015 and filed with the Maryland SDAT with respect to the initial establishment of the Company’s 7.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, (B) the Articles Supplementary dated April 17, 2017 and filed with the Maryland SDAT with respect to the Company’s additional 7.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock underlying the Depositary Shares, (C) the Articles Supplementary dated July 6, 2021 and filed with the Maryland SDAT with respect to the Company’s additional 7.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock underlying the Depositary Share and (D) the Articles Supplementary dated July 12, 2021 and filed with the Maryland SDAT with respect to the Company’s additional 7.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock underlying the Depositary Shares;

(v) the Deposit Agreement, dated January 27, 2015 and entered into between the Company and Computershare, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a nationally chartered trust company, acting jointly (collectively, “Computershare”) as depositary for the Depositary Shares, as previously amended by the First Amendment to Deposit Agreement dated February 5, 2015, the Second Amendment to Deposit Agreement dated April 18, 2017, the Third Amendment to Deposit Agreement dated May 10, 2017 and the Fourth Amendment to

In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies, the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents, that the form and content of all documents submitted to us as unexecuted drafts do not differ in any respect relevant to this opinion from the form and content of such documents as executed and delivered, and the enforceability of all documents submitted to us against parties other than the Company. We have assumed that there has been no oral or written modification of or amendment to any of the documents we have reviewed, and there has been no waiver of any provision of any of such documents, by action or omission of the parties or otherwise. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein which were not independently established or verified, we have relied upon oral or written statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and certificates of public officials, without independent verification of their accuracy.

Based upon, and subject to, the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications stated in the following paragraphs, we are of the opinion that the Shares and the Depositary Shares, when issued and delivered by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Registration Statement and the Resolutions, and upon receipt of consideration for the Shares and the Depositary Shares in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and due issuance of the Depositary Shares against a deposit of the Shares in accordance with the Deposit Agreement will be validly issued, full paid and nonassessable.

Our opinion is subject to: (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, preference, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors; (ii) the effect of general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (including the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief), concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the discretion of the court before which a proceeding is brought; (iii) the invalidity under certain circumstances under law or court decisions of provisions providing for the indemnification of or contribution to a party with respect to a liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy; and (iv) we express no opinion as to (a) any provision for liquidated damages, default interest, late charges, monetary penalties, make-whole premiums or other economic remedies to the extent such provisions are deemed to constitute a penalty, (b) consents to, or restrictions upon, governing law, jurisdiction, venue, arbitration, remedies or judicial

relief, (c) waivers of rights or defenses, (d) any provision requiring the payment of attorneys’ fees, where such payment is contrary to law or public policy, (e) any provision permitting, upon acceleration of any Share or Depositary Share, collection of that portion of the stated principal amount thereof which might be determined to constitute unearned interest thereon, (f) the creation, validity, attachment, perfection, or priority of any lien or security interest, (g) advance waivers of claims, defenses, rights granted by law, or notice, opportunity for hearing, evidentiary requirements, statutes of limitation, trial by jury or at law, or other procedural rights, (h) waivers of broadly or vaguely stated rights, (i) provisions for exclusivity, election or cumulation of rights or remedies, (j) provisions authorizing or validating conclusive or discretionary determinations, (k) grants of setoff rights, (l) proxies, powers and trusts, (m) provisions prohibiting, restricting, or requiring consent to assignment or transfer of any right or property, (n) any provision to the extent it requires that a claim with respect to a security denominated in other than U.S. dollars (or a judgment in respect of such a claim) be converted into U.S. dollars at a rate of exchange at a particular date, to the extent applicable law otherwise provides, and (o) the severability, if invalid, of provisions to the foregoing effect.

We are opining herein solely as to the internal laws of the State of New York, and we express no opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction or as to any matters of municipal law or the laws of any local agencies within any state. Various issues concerning the Maryland General Corporation Law and the internal laws of the State of Maryland are addressed in the opinion of Venable LLP, separately provided to you. We express no opinion with respect to those matters herein, and to the extent elements of those opinions are necessary to the conclusions expressed herein, we have, with your consent, assumed such matters.

This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with the Registration Statement, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the Shares and the Depositary Shares. This opinion letter is rendered as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any obligation to advise you of facts, circumstances, events or developments that hereafter may be brought to our attention and that may alter, affect or modify the opinions expressed herein.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.2 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to Husch Blackwell LLP under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus constituting a part of such Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act, or under the rules and regulations of the SEC relating thereto.