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downstream definition - finance
A term used in the energy industry to refer to commercial oil and gas operations beyond the production phase. Downstream operations include oil refining, marketing, and natural gas transmission and distribution.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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