Inclusion criteria describe evidence that can establish this activity. Exclusion criteria identify circumstances that do not establish it on that basis alone. The evaluation remains connected to its taxonomy version and supporting evidence.
Included when supported
Evidence may support involvement when it matches one or more of these inclusion criteria.
- 01Criterion
Include owners or operators of crude-oil, condensate, bitumen, or comparable liquid-hydrocarbon pipelines.
- 02Criterion
Include owners or operators of pipelines dedicated to refined petroleum products.
- 03Criterion
Include owners or operators of oil tankers or dedicated marine transport businesses where the entity directly transports crude oil or refined petroleum products.
- 04Criterion
Include owners or operators of dedicated crude-oil or refined-product storage terminals and commercial tank farms.
- 05Criterion
Include integrated midstream businesses with direct ownership or operation of qualifying oil pipelines, terminals, storage, transport, or trading activities.
- 06Criterion
Include dedicated rail, truck, barge, or multimodal transport businesses where oil or refined petroleum products are a documented specialized activity.
- 07Criterion
Include companies whose principal or documented commercial activity is trading crude oil, condensate, bitumen, or refined petroleum products as principal or title holder.
Excluded on this basis alone
These circumstances do not establish this activity unless separate evidence also meets an inclusion criterion.
- 01Criterion
Oil Exploration and Extraction Companies Without Midstream Operations
Defined as: Upstream oil producers that do not own or operate transportation or storage infrastructure.
- 02Criterion
Oil Refining Companies Without Transport Infrastructure Ownership
Defined as: Refiners that rely entirely on third-party logistics and do not control oil transportation assets.
- 03Criterion
Natural Gas Pipeline or Distribution Operators
Defined as: Companies focused solely on natural gas transmission, LNG transport, or gas distribution infrastructure.
- 04Criterion
Exclude general shipping, rail, trucking, freight, ports, and logistics businesses without a dedicated or documented oil-transport activity.
- 05Criterion
Exclude consumer fuel retail and marketing when the entity does not separately own or operate qualifying transport, storage, terminal, or trading activity.
- 06Criterion
Exclude engineering, construction, equipment, maintenance, inspection, and digital-service providers without ownership or operation of the qualifying infrastructure or commodity business.
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