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Downstream Operations [1]

A term used in the petroleum industry to refer to the sequence of operations that occur after crude oil [2] has been found and produced.

A refinery [3] is said to be downstream from the oil field; a terminal [4] is downstream from the refinery; a bulk plant [5] is downstream from a terminal; and a gasoline [6] station is downstream from a bulk plant or terminal.

Source URL (modified on 10/14/2014): https://testing.pei.org/wiki/downstream-operations

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[1] https://testing.pei.org/wiki/downstream-operations
[2] https://testing.pei.org/node/252
[3] https://testing.pei.org/node/258
[4] https://testing.pei.org/node/269
[5] https://testing.pei.org/node/267
[6] https://testing.pei.org/node/251