Downstream oil and gas is the final segment of the industry: refining crude oil and processing natural gas into finished products — fuels, petrochemicals, and consumer goods — and marketing and distributing them to end users.
The industry splits into three segments. Upstream finds and produces the hydrocarbons; midstream gathers, transports, and stores them; and downstream turns them into finished products and sells them. Refineries convert crude into gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and feedstocks; gas processing plants and petrochemical facilities make products from natural gas and liquids; and marketing and retail move those products to consumers.
Downstream is the most consumer-facing part of the business and the farthest from the wellhead.
As a mineral or royalty owner, you sit at the very top of the upstream segment — your minerals are the raw resource everything downstream depends on. You are not paid on downstream refining margins; your royalty is a share of the value of production at or near the wellhead, before it ever reaches a refinery. Downstream demand still matters indirectly, because it helps set the prices your royalty tracks.
Mineral and royalty buyers, including Buckhead Energy, operate in the upstream, non-operating part of the business — focused on the mineral interest itself rather than refining or retail.
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The final segment of the industry — refining crude oil and processing natural gas into finished fuels, petrochemicals, and products, then marketing and distributing them to end users. It is the most consumer-facing part of the business.
Upstream finds and produces hydrocarbons; midstream gathers, transports, and stores them; downstream refines and processes them into finished products and sells them. Mineral owners sit at the top of upstream.
Not directly. Royalty is a share of production value at or near the wellhead, not of downstream refining margins. Downstream demand does help set the commodity prices your royalty tracks.
Yes — Buckhead Energy is a direct buyer of mineral, royalty, NPRI, and ORRI interests across the United States, producing or non-producing. Buckhead Energy makes a free written offer, pays the title and closing costs, and charges no broker commission.
Buckhead Energy buys mineral and royalty interests across all 50 states and has completed acquisitions in 33 states. Buckhead Energy is a direct buyer, not a broker — we purchase mineral and royalty interests with our own capital. Buckhead Energy has been buying mineral and royalty interests since 2006. Buckhead Energy holds an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau.
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