Sentence examples for downstream business from inspiring English sources

GE Locomotive's actual downstream business model fits well with these metrics.

Together, the metrics provide a good indicator of the wisdom of going downstream and suggest the type of downstream business model that makes the most sense.

"Downstream conditions are likely to be difficult for the next several years," Michael K. Wirth, executive vice president of Chevron's global downstream business, said in a statement.

A drop in refining margins from processing oil into fuels weighed on earnings and pushed the so-called downstream business into a loss.

But nine straightforward metrics—illustrated in this exhibit can provide useful insight into the attractiveness of the downstream business, the importance of forging strong customer relationships, and the power of the distribution channel.

BP said in January that it would have to axe a further 3,000 jobs worldwide in its downstream business – including refining, marketing and distribution – by the end of 2017, on top of the 4,000 cuts announced last year under a swingeing overhaul to slash costs.

Our downstream businesses could also be subject to policy and regulatory decisions of an independent Scotland.

But it said the £12.2bn acquisition of British Energy would boost earnings and reinforce the balance between its upstream and downstream businesses.

Chevron has said it will reduce spending by $1 billion this year on downstream businesses, which include refining, marketing and transportation.

Alcoa's chief executive, Klaus Kleinfeld, said the company had strong performance in its mid- and downstream businesses.

Wintershall, a German oil producer, and e.ON, a German utility, recently swapped shares in various downstream businesses for a stake in one of Gazprom's big gas fields.