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    Downstream (petroleum industry)


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    The oil and gas industry is usually divided into three major sectors: upstream, midstream and
    downstream. The downstream sector commonly refers to the refining of petroleum crude oil and the
    processing and purifying of raw natural gas,[1][2][3] as well as the marketing and distribution of products
    derived from crude oil and natural gas. The downstream sector touches consumers through products
    such as gasoline or petrol, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel oil, heating oil, fuel oils, lubricants, waxes, asphalt,
    natural gas, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as well as hundreds of petrochemicals.
    Midstream operations are often included in the downstream category and considered to be a part of the
    downstream sector.

    Byproduct sulfur
    Crude oil is a mixture of many varieties of hydrocarbons and most usually has many sulfur-containing
    compounds. The oil refining process commonly includes hydrodesulfurization which converts most of
    that sulfur into gaseous hydrogen sulfide. Raw natural gas also may contain gaseous hydrogen sulfide
    and sulfur-containing mercaptans, which are removed in natural gas processing plants before the gas is
    distributed to consumers.
    The hydrogen sulfide removed in the refining and processing of crude oil and natural gas is subsequently
    converted into byproduct elemental sulfur. In fact, the vast majority of the 64,000,000 metric tons of
    sulfur produced worldwide in 2005 was byproduct sulfur from refineries and natural gas processing
    plants.[4][5]

    See also
    Coal-bed methane

    Natural-gas processing

    Extraction of petroleum

    Petroleum

    Gas field

    Petroleum extraction

    Hydrocarbon

    Oil production plant

    exploration
    Midstream (petroleum
    industry)

    Oil refinery
    Oil well
    Upstream (petroleum industry)

    Natural gas
    Natural gas condensate

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    References
    1. ^ Petroleum industry (http://www.trencome.com/petroleumindustry.htm)
    2. ^ Upstream, midstream & downstream (http://wpccanada.com/yc/industry-info/about-the-industry/upstreammidstream-downstream.html)
    3. ^ Industry Overview (http://www.psac.ca/business/industry-overview/) from the website of the Petroleum
    Services Association of Canada (PSAC)
    4. ^ Sulfur production report (http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/sulfur/sulfumcs06.pdf) by the
    United States Geological Survey
    5. ^ Discussion of recovered byproduct sulfur (http://www.agiweb.org/geotimes/july03/resources.html)

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