downstream

down·stream   (doun'strēm')    adj.   In the direction of a stream's current. Business Closer to the point of sale than to the point of production or manufacture. adv.  Down a stream: floated downstream.

Downstream

The oil and gas operations that take place after the production phase through to the point of sale.

Investopedia Commentary

Most oil companies are known as being "integrated" because they combine upstream activities, which include exploration and production, with downstream operations.

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See also: Commodity, Upstream

downstream

Of or relating to earnings or operations at a firm that are near or at the final stage of consumption. For example, marketing and transportation are downstream operations for a large, integrated oil company. Compare upstream.

Main Entry: down·stream
Pronunciation: "daun-'strEm
Function: adverb or adjective
: in the same direction along a molecule of DNA or RNA as that inwhich transcription and translation take place and toward the end having a hydroxyl group attached to the position labeled 3′ in the terminal nucleotide downstream from the regulatory gene> downstream genes> —compare UPSTREAM

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