upstream // adjective

(Economics ; Production )

at or connected with an early stage in an industrial or commercial process:

The company plans to expand its upstream business in oil and gas.

upstream assets/businesses/earnings/operations

upstream adverb:

Manufacturers are looking both upstream and downstream to improve efficiency.

OPP DOWNSTREAM

• salary matrix
• salary scale
• sale
• saleable
• sale and leaseback
• sale as seen
• sale by description
• sale by sample
• sale or return
• sale price
• saleroom
• sales
• sales account
• sales analysis
• sales and marketing
• sales area
• sales assistant
• sales budget
• sales campaign
• sales charge
• sales clerk
• sales conference
• sales drive
• sales engineer
• sales figures