“There's some cost savings here that's going to drive earnings upstream.”
Eric Schmidt
“Our upstream business -- exploration and production -- continues to be the major contributor to overall profits, ... However, the improvement in earnings from the year-ago quarter was largely driven by our U.S. downstream operations -- refining, marketing and transportation.”
Dave O'Reilly
“Most of (Chevron's) earnings miss was in the upstream and was caused by weak U.S. oil and gas volumes (hurricanes, declines) plus lower than expected U.S. gas realizations, as well as weak European gas volumes.”
Credit Suisse First Boston
“Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.”
W. C. Fields
“Always drink upstream from the herd”
Cowboy Proverb
“Plenty of folks are so contrary that if they should fall into the river, they would insist upon floating upstream.”
Josh Billings
“As you start developing and making improvements upstream, at some point you're probably going to want to take that restriction weir out to aid in reducing upstream flooding.”
Carlos Hernandez
