Midstream Business definition

Midstream Business means the gathering, distributing, marketing, selling, treating, processing, transmission, compression, fractionation, dehydration, sourcing, disposal, stabilization, treatment, transporting of, or storage, disposal, or other handling of, Hydrocarbons, water, carbon dioxide, sand, minerals, chemicals or other products or substances commonly created, used, recovered, produced or processed in the conduct of the Oil and Gas Business.

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Midstream Business means either (a) gathering, transportation, treating, processing, marketing or otherwise handling Hydrocarbons, or activities or services reasonably related or ancillary thereto including, without limitation, entering into Swap Agreements to support such business, or (b) any other business that generates gross income that constitutes “qualifying income” under Section 7704(d) of the Code.

Midstream Business means the businesses and activities conducted by the Midstream Companies and excluding the Spin-Off Companies and the businesses and activities conducted by the Spin-Off Companies.

Examples of Midstream Business in a sentence

• Engage in any line of business other than the Midstream Business, or make any Capital Expenditures or Acquisitions or Investments permitted by Section 7.02 except in connection with the Midstream Business.

• All natural gas pipeline systems and related facilities constituting the Midstream Business are “gathering facilities” or “intrastate pipelines” that are exempt from regulation by the FERC under the Natural Gas Act of 1938, as amended.

• There is no claim (other than claims being contested in good faith through appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made in accordance with GAAP) against any Midstream Group Entity or the Midstream Business for any material Taxes, and no material assessment, deficiency, or adjustment has been asserted or proposed in writing with respect to any material Taxes or material Tax Returns of or with respect to any Midstream Group Entity or the Midstream Business.

• With respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors, engage in any business other than the business conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date and business activities reasonably related or ancillary thereto, including any Midstream Business.

• Engage in any line of business other than the Midstream Business, or make any Capital Expenditures or Permitted Acquisitions permitted by Section 7.02 except in connection with the Midstream Business.

More Definitions of Midstream Business

Midstream Business means the businesses and activities conducted by the Partnership and its Subsidiaries and excluding the Spin-Off Companies and the businesses and activities conducted by the Spin-Off Companies.

Midstream Business means (i) the gathering, marketing, treating, processing, storage, selling, transporting, transmission, compression, fractionation, dehydration, stabilization or treatment of Hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide or water, (ii) any business or activity related to the acquisition or transfer of carbon credits and renewable energy certificates or any business or activity related to the abatement, capture or sequester of greenhouse gas emissions generated from gathering, marketing, treating, processing, storage, selling, transporting, transmission, compression, fractionation, dehydration, stabilization or treatment of Hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide or water and (iii) any activity that is ancillary to or necessary or appropriate for the activities described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this definition.

Midstream Business has the meaning ascribed to the term “SpinCo Business” in the Separation and Distribution Agreement.

Midstream Business means the midstream segment of ConocoPhillips as described in ConocoPhillips’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2011, which business purchases, gathers, processes, transports and markets natural gas and fractionates and markets natural gas liquids.

Midstream Business means the gathering, marketing, treating, processing, storage, selling, transporting transmission, compression, fractionation, dehydration, sourcing, disposal, stabilization or treatment of Hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide or water.

Midstream Business means the gathering, transportation, terminalling, storage, and marketing in North America of Hydrocarbons and all operations directly related thereto, including (a) the acquisition, construction, installation, maintenance or remediation and operation of pipelines, gathering lines, compressors, facilities, storage facilities and equipment, and (b) the gathering of Hydrocarbons from fields, interstate and intrastate transportation by pipeline, trucks or barges, tank storage of Hydrocarbons, transferring Hydrocarbons from pipelines and storage tanks to trucks, barges or other pipelines, acquisitions of Hydrocarbons at the well or bulk purchase at pipeline and terminal facilities and subsequent resale thereof.

Midstream Business means (a) terminalling and storage services for petroleum products and by-products, (b) natural gas gathering, processing, storage and LPG and natural gas distribution, (c) marine transportation services for petroleum products and by-products, (d) sulfur gathering, processing and distribution, (e) fertilizer manufacturing and marketing, and (f) other businesses reasonably related or complementary to the foregoing clause (a) through clause (e).