2016•Unpublished venueRequires access
MIDSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM OPERATIONS
John R. Fanchi, Richard L. Christiansen
Open publisher page 2 citations
Abstract
The oil and gas industry can be separated into three sectors: upstream, midstream, and downstream. The upstream sector includes the subsurface resource, its production to the surface, and the basic facilities at the well location. The midstream sector connects the upstream and downstream sectors, and it encompasses the transportation and storage of oil and gas between upstream production operations and downstream refining and processing operations. In the case of the two-sector system, the midstream sector is part of the downstream sector. This chapter presents a case study to illustrate the effort that can be required to create the infrastructure needed for midstream and downstream operations. A natural gas processing plant purifies natural gas and converts it into products such as LPG, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and fuel gas for residential, commercial, and industrial use. The chapter summarizes the history of Sakhalin Island (Vysokov, 1996) and then describes the Sakhalin-2 infrastructure.