Pertaining to equipment, facilities or systems located in the wellbore or production train before the surface choke or Christmas tree.

Towards the source of flow, or located in the area from which the flow is coming.

A term used in the petroleum industry referring to the exploration and production side of the business. This includes pipelines but production before reaching the refinery.

A transaction between two related companies—an investor company (or a parent company) and an associate company (or a subsidiary company)—such that the associate company records a profit on its income statement. An example is a sale of inventory by the associate to the investor company or by a subsidiary to a parent company.

also up-stream, 1680s, from up (adv.) + stream (n.). As an adjective from 1838.

Principal direction of movement for customer orders which originate at point of demand or use, as well as other flows, such as return product movements, payments for purchases, etc. Opposite of downst [..]

Term applying to functions or facilities close to the wellhead. Drilling and production are generally upstream processes in the oil patch while refining and marketing are downstream.

toward an elevated part of a flow of fluid, or place where the fluid passed earlier.

In the direction from which a fluid is flowing.

An oil industry term referring to the exploration for and production of crude oil and natural gas, in contrast with the downstream refining and marketing of oil products.

This term has a general application to supply chains in that all activities earlier in the supply chain than the current stage are described as ‘upstream’ and all of the activities following the curre [..]

Term used widely in interactive TV (iTV terms) to refer to the signal pathway from the home to the service provider (e.g. cable operator). This will usually have lower bandwidth demands than the downstream signal pathway from the service provider to the home.

Transfer speed of data from client to server across a connecting network (e.g. telephone wire). Opposite of Downstream.

towards the upper part of a stream

The direction opposite the data flow. 2. With respect to the flow of data in a communications path: at a specified point, the direction toward which data are received earlier than at the specified point.

The oil industry term “upstream” refers to oil and natural gas exploration and extraction activities. See also Downstream.

Toward the 5' end of a chain of nucleotides.

(adj.) A transmission from an end user to a server. An upstream transmission can be in the form of a signal being transmitted from a workstation to a server across a network, such as a LAN, or a signa [..]

The flow of data to a network central data point from the user's station or computer. The opposite direction is downstream. Also see upload and download.

The exploration and production portions of the oil and gas industry.

Upstream, Midstream and Downstream are imprecisely defined terms used to separate activities along the gas and oil chain into homogenous groups. Upstream typically refers to exploration, development & [..]

The exploration and production phases of the oil and gas industry.

See reverse logistics.

Opposite to the currents flow - towards the source of the river

pertains to oil and gas exploration, production and transportation activities up to refining.

From a subsidiary to a parent (eg an upstream Guarantee is a Guarantee of the parent company given by the subsidiary).

Internet connections have two components - a downstream and upstream. Upstream refers to the rate at which the user's computer can send data to the Internet. DSL and cable networks frequently off [..]

upstream (or upload, uplink) is a transmission from the end user to a server and downstream/download is a transmission toward the user. Data rate can differ in the downstream and upstream directions.

A transmission from a user towards the server.

(adj) in the direction against a stream's current(adv) toward the source or against the current

The upstream is a term used in fixed telecommunications to denote the data flow from the end-user into the network. The data flow from the network to the user is called upstream. In radiocommunication [..]

The opposite direction to downstream.

The direction on a DNA opposite to the direction RNA polymerase moves during transcription. By convention, the +1 position in a gene is the first transcribed base; nucleotides upstream from the +1 pos [..]

The passage ahead of a device, normally at the inlet of direction of flow.

Traffic or infrastructure that is located behind the current position, opposite the direction of movement (as opposed to downstream traffic or infrastructure that is ahead of the current position in t [..]

Collection of communications on fiber cable and infrastructure as data flows past.

The uploading of data from your PC to the Internet. ADSL has both upstream and downstream data rates.

In the direction that is against the current

In computer networks, upstream refers to sending data from the client or local computer to the server or remote host. Upstream transmissions can take several forms, and the speed at which the data is [..]

The direction against the flow of water; or, toward or in the higher part of a sewer or collection system.

In the 5' direction from a given transcription start point.

Relative position within the movement of water with in building (being at or close to the incoming water supply).

Term used widely in interactive TV (iTV terms) to refer to the signal pathway from the home to the service provider (e.g. cable operator). This will usually have lower bandwidth demands than the downstream signal pathway from the service provider to the home.

Transfer speed of data from client to server across a connecting network (e.g. telephone wire). Opposite of Downstream.

Toward the source of the flow, or located in the area from which the flow is coming.

Upstream refers to the air-entering side of an air filter or filter bank.

Toward the source of a stream. The opposite is DOWNSTREAM.

A convention on DNA related to the position and direction of transcription by RNA polymerase (5'>3'). Downstream (or 3' to) is in the direction of transcription whereas upstream (5&# [..]

Towards the source of flow, or located in the area from which the flow is coming.

Oil and gas exploration and production, as opposed to downstream, which refers to the areas of refining and marketing. * see also downstream

A term used in association with a haplogroup or phylogenetic tree to designate the relationship between two SNPs or two branches or two clades, with upstream being the descriptor for the object that p [..]

toward the source of a stream or current.

Upstream covers the exploration, production and transport prior to refining

Activities in the oil and gas industry which take place close to the supply. This normally includes exploration and production activities.

– The collection or processing of natural gas that occurs before it arrives at the facility.

companies who explore for, develop and produce petroleum resources are known as the upstream sector of the petroleum industry.

Those stages of the oil industry supply chain encompassing the exploration for and production of crude oil and gas.

uhp-streem The upstream oil sector is a term commonly used to refer to the searching for and the recovery and production of crude oil and natural gas. The upstream oil sector is also known as the exploration and production (E&P) sector. The upstream sector includes the searching for potential underground or underwater oil and gas fields, drilli [..]

the exploration and production sector of the petroleum industry.

those activities relating to the exploration, production and delivery to an export terminal of crude oil.

The oil and gas industry is usually divided into three major parts: upstream, midstream and downstream. The upstream part refers to searching for potential underground or underwater crude oil and natu [..]

The exploration and production portions of the oil and gas industry.

Includes finding shale locations, drilling and operating wells; the development and production of gas; the equipment, facilities or systems located in the wellbore before the surface choke.

The processes of exploring for oil; developing oil fields; and producing oil from the oil fields. The opposite of upstream is downstream.

Activities concerned with finding petroleum and producing it, compared to downstream which are all the operations that take place after production.

The exploration, production and transportation of oil and gas

A segment of the oil and gas industry comprising exploration and production of  crude oil and natural gas.

* The companies that explore for, develop and produce petroleum resources.

Facilities or operations performed before those at the point of reference. Oil production is upstream from pipeline transportation, and transportation is upstream from refining.

The industry sector of oil and gas that focuses on exploration and production of hydrocarbon’s.

Any point that is located along a pipeline, and is located any distance from a reference point in the direction opposite the flow of the pipeline.

Related to the Exploration, Development of Production and Production activities, comprising the search, appraisal, development and production of oil and/or natural gas. Usually, upstream activities in [..]

The segment of the petroleum industry involved in exploration, development and production of petroleum resources.

The petroleum industry is commonly divided into three segments: upstream, midstream and downstream. The upstream oil sector refers to the searching, recovery and production of crude oil and natural gas, and is often referred to as the exploration and production sector.

The exploration, production, and transportation of oil and gas.

A sector of the petroleum industry referring to the searching for, recovery and production of crude oil and natural gas. Also known as the exploration and production sector

the production of oil and natural gas from the wellhead (also known as exploration and production).

The exploration and production portions of the oil and gas industry.

Toward the source of the flow, or located in the area from which the flow is coming.

Toward the source of the flow, or located in the area from which the flow is coming.

Toward the source of the flow, or located in the area from which the flow is coming.

those processes necessary before a particular activity is completed e.g. for a manufactured product this would be the extraction, transport of materials etc. needed prior to the process of manufacture [..]

GHG emissions or removals associated with processes that occur in the life cycle of a product prior to the processes owned or controlled by the reporting company.

Toward the source of the flow, or located in the area from which the flow is coming.

Towards the source of flow, or located in the area from which the flow is coming.

Generic term that includes oil and gas production facilities; pipelines; gas processing and liquefied natural gas production facilities and receiving terminals. Can be on or offshore based. Further Reading

The inlet side of an instrument, a pump, valve, etc..

Towards the source of the river; the direction opposite to that in which the river flows.

In software development, upstream refers to a direction toward the original authors or maintainers of software that is distributed as source code, and is a qualification of either a bug or a patch. Fo [..]

Upstream may refer to: Upstream (bioprocess) Upstream (film), a 1927 film by John Ford Upstream (mobile marketing), a company Upstream (networking) Upstream (newspaper), a newspaper covering the oil a [..]

The oil and gas industry is usually divided into three major sectors: upstream (or exploration and production- E&P), midstream and downstream. The upstream sector includes searching for potential [..]

The oil and gas industry is usually divided into three major sectors: upstream (or exploration and production- E&P), midstream and downstream. The upstream sector includes searching for potential [..]

Upstream is a 1927 American comedy film directed by John Ford. A "backstage drama", the film is about a Shakespearean actor and a woman from a knife-throwing act. The film was considered to [..]

In computer networking, upstream refers to the direction in which data can be transferred from the client to the server (uploading). This differs greatly from downstream not only in theory and usage, [..]

Upstream is an independent oil and gas industry upstream sector weekly newspaper and a daily internet news site. The newspaper is owned by NHST Media Group. It is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. The ne [..]

Upstream is a mobile monetization company. Its MINT technology platform brings together insights from billions of mobile interactions, customer data and engagement mechanics to deliver high mobile pur [..]