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Upstream Midstream Downstream – What is the Difference?

Aresco

Upstream: Activities: Upstream refers to the exploration and production (E&P) phase of the oil and gas industry. It involves locating, surveying, drilling, and extracting crude oil and natural gas from underground reservoirs. Key Processes: Exploration, reservoir analysis, drilling, well completion, and production.

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Texas Court of Appeals Rules on Permission Needed for Off-Lease Horizontal Drilling

The Energy Law Blog

Anadarko E&P Onshore, No. The Agreement allowed Anadarko to place a drilling rig on the surface and to drill through the earth to form wells that open and bottom in the CWMA. 04-14-00903-CV , 2014 Tex. Lexis 8673 (Aug.