Midstream
Sector of the oil and gas industry
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Through Pipeline, Oil refinery and Natural gas
Midstream in oil and gas also includes services that help oil and gas producers, such as managing and disposing of wastewater and other oilfield waste.
The midstream operations are often taken to include some elements of the upstream and downstream sectors. For example, the midstream sector may include natural gas processing plants that purify the raw natural gas as well as removing and producing elemental sulfur and natural gas liquids (NGL) as finished end-products.
Service providers
- Barge companies
- Railroad companies
- Trucking and hauling companies
- Pipeline transport companies
- Logistics and technology companies
- Transloading companies
- Terminal developers and operators
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Midstream in ISO standards
ISO 20815 defines "midstream" in its definition section as:
3.1.27 midstream
business category involving the processing and transportation sectors of petroleum industry.
- Examples: transportation pipelines, terminals, gas processing and treatment, LNG, LPG, and GTL.