SemGroup
SemGroup Corporation is a publicly traded midstream energy services company that provides gathering, transportation, processing, storage, terminalling, and distribution services for crude oil, natural gas, NGLs, and refined products to upstream oil and gas producers across the US, Canada, Mexico, and the UK via long-term take-or-pay contracts.
- Company typePublic
- Founded2007
- HeadquartersTulsa, United States
- Headcount501–1,000
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What SemGroup does
SemGroup Corporation (NYSE: SEMG) is a publicly traded midstream energy services company headquartered at 6120 South Yale Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma, with approximately 1,100 employees worldwide operating in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. The company provides diversified services — gathering, transportation, processing, storage, distribution, terminalling, and marketing — across crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, refined products, residual fuel oil, and asphalt. Its asset base includes approximately 3,900 miles of pipeline and 19 million barrels of storage capacity, organized through operating subsidiaries HFOTCO (refinery-facing oil terminal), Rose Rock (crude oil midstream in the Mid-Continent), SemGas (natural gas gathering and processing including the STACK Canton Pipeline), SemCAMS (Alberta sour gas processing with licensed capacity exceeding 1.9 Bcf/day), and SemLogistics (UK petroleum storage); SemMaterials Mexico was divested in early 2018 for approximately $70 million. Technical differentiators include SemCAMS' zero sulphur emissions sour gas processing and the $500 million three-pipe Maurepas Pipeline serving Gulf Coast refineries.
SemGroup earns revenue through two streams. The dominant stream is fee-based recurring midstream services priced via long-term, multi-year contracts featuring dedicated acreage dedications and take-or-pay minimum volume commitments, which anchor contracted cash flow visibility regardless of commodity price moves. The secondary stream is transactional product sales generated by purchasing, selling, and marketing crude oil, natural gas, and related petroleum products. The go-to-market is sales-led and B2B, targeting upstream oil and gas producers in key shale and unconventional plays (Mid-Continent/STACK, Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin Montney, Gulf Coast), with new business acquired through strategic relationships and contractual acreage dedications rather than through digital or mass marketing channels.
In fiscal 2016, the company reported total revenues of approximately $1.33 billion; Q2 2017 revenues were $473.1 million with Adjusted EBITDA of $65.4 million, against 2017 capital expenditure guidance of approximately $575 million (including $75 million of HFOTCO growth projects and $60 million of maintenance). The company was founded in 2000 (firmographic record) / reorganized into its current public form in 2007, and has since executed the Rose Rock Midstream acquisition (September 2016), the HFOTCO acquisition (July 2017), the Maurepas Pipeline completion (2017), and a $350 million 7% Series A Convertible Preferred private placement (January 2018) with Warburg Pincus, CIBC Atlantic Trust, and Tortoise Capital Advisors.
SemGroup firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- SemGroup
- Legal name
- SemGroup Corporation
- Website
- https://semgroupcorp.com
- Company type
- Public
- Founded year
- 2007
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 501–1,000 employees
- Short description
- SemGroup Corporation is a publicly traded midstream energy services company that provides gathering, transportation, processing, storage, terminalling, and distribution services for crude oil, natural gas, NGLs, and refined products to upstream oil and gas producers across the US, Canada, Mexico, and the UK via long-term take-or-pay contracts.
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- akta.pro rank
SemGroup industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Midstream Energy Services
- NAICS
- Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals (424710)
- SIC
- Oil & Gas Field Services, Nec (1389), Natural Gas Transmisison & Distribution (4923)
- akta.pro primary industry
- C&I Multi-Site & Cross-Border Supply (Portfolio/Meter Management) (EUAGACAK)
Keywords
Where SemGroup is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Tulsa
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices2 records
Markets served
SemGroup business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D
Revenue model
- Midstream Services: SemGroup provides diversified midstream services including gathering, transportation, processing, storage, distribution and other services for crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, refined products, residual fuel oil and asphalt. Revenue is generated through long-term fee-based contracts with take-or-pay minimum volume commitments.
- Product Sales: The company engages in purchasing, selling, and marketing of crude oil, natural gas, and related petroleum products, generating transactional revenue from these commodity activities.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Multi-year contract | Contract-based midstream services |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels2 records
SemGroup product offering
Product offeringCore offering
SemGroup is a publicly traded midstream energy services company that provides gathering, transportation, processing, storage, distribution and other services for crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, refined products, residual fuel oil and asphalt, moving energy safely through approximately 3,900 miles of pipeline and 19 million barrels of storage capacity in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom. Revenue is generated primarily through long-term fee-based contracts with dedicated acreage and take-or-pay minimum volume commitments, supplemented by transactional purchases, sales and marketing of crude oil, natural gas and related petroleum products.
Product overview
SemGroup Corporation is a midstream service company offering a diversified portfolio of energy infrastructure services. The company operates as a unified platform providing gathering, transportation, processing, storage, distribution and other midstream services across the United States, Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom. The portfolio includes Houston Fuel Oil Terminal Company (HFOTCO) providing large-scale oil terminalling, SemCAMS handling sour gas processing in Western Canada, SemGas for natural gas gathering and processing in the Mid-Continent/STACK play, Rose Rock for crude oil midstream operations, and SemLogistics for UK petroleum storage. The company also developed the Maurepas Pipeline system serving Gulf Coast refineries. Key infrastructure includes approximately 3,900 miles of pipeline and 19 million barrels of storage capacity with 1,100 employees worldwide.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- SemCrude: Registered trademark for crude oil services
- SemGas
- SemStream
- SemMaterials Mexico
- White Cliffs Pipeline
- Rose Rock Midstream
- HFOTCO
Products and services
- Houston Fuel Oil Terminal Company (HFOTCO) HFOTCO is one of the largest oil terminals in the United States, providing refinery-facing storage and terminalling services to energy customers with take-or-pay cash flows and significant expansion optionality, under SemGroup's wholly-owned subsidiary.
- Rose Rock Midstream Rose Rock Midstream provides crude oil gathering, transportation and storage services in the Mid-Continent region for upstream oil and gas producers, operated through SemGroup's wholly-owned subsidiary Rose Rock Midstream, L.P. (acquired September 2016).
- SemGas SemGas provides natural gas gathering and processing services in the United States, including the STACK Canton Pipeline and the Rose Valley plant in Northern Oklahoma, serving upstream natural gas producers with gathering, processing and treating services.
- SemCAMS SemCAMS is a gathering and processing business providing midstream solutions for natural gas producers in Western Canada. It is one of Alberta's largest licensed sour gas processors, operating sour and sweet gas processing facilities near Whitecourt and Fox Creek with licensed capacity over 1.9 billion cubic feet per day, including zero-sulphur-emissions acid gas handling at the K3 plant.
- SemLogistics SemLogistics is SemGroup's petroleum products storage business located in the United Kingdom, providing petroleum product storage services to energy customers in the UK market.
- Maurepas Pipeline Maurepas Pipeline is a $500 million pipeline system consisting of three separate transportation pipes serving Gulf Coast refineries, providing crude and product takeaway capacity for downstream refining customers under take-or-pay arrangements.
- Wapiti Gas Plant Wapiti Gas Plant is a sour gas processing facility under construction in Canada, designed with zero sulphur emissions, intended for an early 2019 startup to add to SemCAMS' Western Canadian processing capacity.
- Pipestone Central Facility Pipestone Central Facility is a planned 280 million cubic feet per day sour gas facility announced by SemCAMS to process sour Montney gas in the Pipestone region of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, with capacity to handle up to 10% H2S and recover 16,000 barrels per day of condensate.
Quantifiable outcome
- Q2 2017 Adjusted EBITDA of $65.4 million
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Companies that use SemGroup
Customer profileNamed customers1 record
Segments1 record
Ideal customer profiles1 record
SemGroup technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature3 records
SemGroup partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Three partnerships are on record, tiered divestiture and minor.
- Ergon Asfaltos México HC, LLCdivestitureSemGroup sold its asphalt business, SemMaterials México, to Ergon Asfaltos México HC, LLC for $70 million including approximately $15 million of net working capital reimbursement. The deal closed early Q2 2018 subject to governmental approvals.
- Alberta Energy RegulatorminorSemCAMS submitted license application to the Alberta Energy Regulator for the Pipestone Central Facility sour gas processing facility.
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPminorGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP served as legal counsel to SemGroup for the preferred shares transaction.
Scale indicators8 records
Recent moves10 records
Expansion highlights6 records
SemGroup competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Targa Resources: Midstream operator focused on natural gas gathering/processing and NGL production in the Permian and other key basins; comparable to SemCAMS and SemGas in scale and product mix.
- ONEOK: Major natural gas gathering, processing, and NGL infrastructure operator, particularly in the Mid-Continent/STACK and Williston basins — directly comparable to SemGroup's SemGas and NGL-focused operations.
- Enterprise Products Partners: One of the largest North American midstream operators with diversified crude, NGL, natural gas, and refined product pipelines, storage, and processing — directly comparable to SemGroup's multi-product midstream platform.
- Magellan Midstream Partners: Operates one of the largest US refined products and crude oil pipeline/terminal systems; HFOTCO's refinery-facing terminal model is closely analogous to Magellan's long-haul refined products network.
- DCP Midstream: Large natural gas gathering, processing, and NGL pipeline operator in major US shale plays; directly comparable to SemGroup's natural gas processing and NGL midstream footprint.
- Energy Transfer: Major midstream operator with extensive pipeline, terminalling, and processing assets across crude oil, NGLs, and natural gas, overlapping directly with SemGroup's gathering, transportation, and storage business.
- Plains All American Pipeline: Operates extensive crude oil gathering, transportation, and storage infrastructure in North America — a direct peer to SemGroup's Rose Rock crude midstream operations and HFOTCO.
Broad incumbents
- Kinder Morgan: Largest North American midstream operator with broad crude, gas, refined products, and CO2 pipelines plus terminals; SemGroup competes with Kinder Morgan across multiple basins and product lines.
- HollyFrontier (HF Sinclair): US refining company with significant terminal and logistics assets; HFOTCO's refinery-facing terminal services model is closely tied to refining customers like HollyFrontier.
Regional players
- Pembina Pipeline Corporation: Canadian midstream leader with gathering, processing, transportation, and storage in Western Canada — a natural regional peer to SemCAMS's Western Canadian sour gas and Montney exposure.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
SemGroup social profiles
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SemGroup leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles7 records
SemGroup subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries6 records
SemGroup funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds2 records
Investors3 records
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
SemGroup M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A2 records
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about SemGroup
What does SemGroup do?
SemGroup is a publicly traded midstream energy services company that provides gathering, transportation, processing, storage, distribution and other services for crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, refined products, residual fuel oil and asphalt, moving energy safely through approximately 3,900 miles of pipeline and 19 million barrels of storage capacity in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom. Revenue is generated primarily through long-term fee-based contracts with dedicated acreage and take-or-pay minimum volume commitments, supplemented by transactional purchases, sales and marketing of crude oil, natural gas and related petroleum products.
Is SemGroup a public or private company?
SemGroup is a public company. It is classified as public and is currently operating.
When was SemGroup founded?
SemGroup was founded in 2007. It employs 501 to 1,000 people.
Where is SemGroup based?
SemGroup is headquartered in Tulsa, United States, in the North America region.
How does SemGroup make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Midstream Services are the primary driver. The others are product Sales.
Who are SemGroup's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Targa Resources, ONEOK, Enterprise Products Partners, Magellan Midstream Partners, DCP Midstream, Energy Transfer and Plains All American Pipeline. Broad incumbents are Kinder Morgan and HollyFrontier (HF Sinclair). Pembina Pipeline Corporation is listed as a regional player.
Does SemGroup have an API?
No public API is recorded for SemGroup.
What industry is SemGroup in?
SemGroup's product category is Midstream Energy Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUAGACAK, C&I Multi-Site & Cross-Border Supply (Portfolio/Meter Management). Its NAICS code is 424710 and its SIC code is 1389.