upstream

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New CEO Meg O’Neill also needs to announce the leaders of the new upstream and downstream divisions, she writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Oil prices that have risen $30 per barrel from prewar levels strengthened cash flow for upstream producers, including Diamondback Energy, even though shale companies resisted immediately increasing production.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

But it has been the destruction of forests and mining further upstream which may have flushed the nutrients, like nitrogen, from soils into waterways, benefitting the mangroves down the river.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Within industries, as a supply-chain crisis unfolds, fear and self-protection instincts kick in, with hoarding and company-level stockpiling resulting in confusing demand signals that make it hard for upstream producers to respond.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Between tidal mudflats, a thick plume of silt flowed from the Surinam River, guiding them upstream to the frontier town of Paramaribo.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman