Upstream (oil) - Upstream

Japanese: アップ・ストリーム(石油) - あっぷすとりーむ
Upstream (oil) - Upstream

The upstream sector is the industry that explores for and develops crude oil, as well as extracting, transporting, refining, and supplying petroleum products to consumers. In particular, exploration, development, extraction, and transportation are sometimes called the upstream sector, while refining is called the downstream sector.
[History of the international oil industry]

[Origin and development]
The origins of the global petroleum industry date back to 1859, when oil company engineer Edwin Laurentine Drake (1819-1880) succeeded in producing petroleum by drilling a well in Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "upstream (oil)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…原油の探鉱・開発を行い,また採掘,輸送,精製を行って,消費者に石油製品を供給する産業。とくに,探鉱・開発,採掘,輸送を上流部門(アップ・ストリーム),精製を下流部門(ダウン・ストリーム)ということがある。
【国際石油産業の沿革】

[起源と展開]
 世界の石油産業の起源は,1859年にアメリカのペンシルベニア州タイタスビルTitusvilleで,石油会社の技師ドレークEdwin Laurentine Drake(1819‐80)が綱式さく井法による石油の生産に成功したことにさかのぼる。…

※「アップ・ストリーム(石油)」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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