Rose Rock Midstream

What Rose Rock Midstream does

Rose Rock Midstream is a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based midstream energy company that specializes in crude oil gathering, transportation, storage, and marketing. The company was founded in 2011 and was publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker RRMS (now in a delisted status). Its functional role in the U.S. crude oil value chain is to provide the logistical link between upstream producers and downstream markets, operating infrastructure that physically moves and stores crude from production basins to refineries or trading hubs.

Operationally, the firm is built around asset-heavy midstream infrastructure - pipelines, gathering systems, and storage terminals - supplemented by a marketing function that manages crude oil sales and physical/financial settlements. Inputs from the data set do not specify the geographic production basins served, exact asset footprints, or pipeline mileage, but the midstream service mix (gathering, transportation, storage, marketing) is the standard four-mode offering for a basin-focused midstream MLP affiliate. Leadership was structured under a general-partner framework, with a President & CEO (Carlin Conner) and a separate President (Timothy O'Sullivan) of Rose Rock Midstream GP. The 51-100 employee headcount indicates a focused operating entity rather than a broadly diversified midstream conglomerate.

Commercial and financial details are sparsely documented in the supplied data. No revenue, pricing model, customer names, partnerships, contracts, or technology stack are disclosed. The company's website URL (rrmidstream.com) currently resolves to a HugeDomains domain-sale landing page rather than an operational corporate site, and the firm's own filings, marketing channels, and product detail remain undefined in the source material. The 'GP' suffix in leadership titles and the NYSE listing under RRMS are consistent with a partnership-style corporate structure common to U.S. midstream affiliates during the 2011-2015 era, but no current operational status, ownership structure, or transaction history is corroborated in the input.

Name

Rose Rock Midstream

Website

https://rrmidstream.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Rose Rock Midstream is a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based crude oil midstream company that provides gathering, transportation, storage, and marketing services to upstream producers and downstream markets across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Midstream Oil & Gas Services

NAICS

Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil (4861)

SIC

Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas (1311)

akta.pro primary industry

Crude Oil & Condensate Gathering (EUALACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Crude Oil Gathering Pipeline Transportation (Upstream Field Gathering) (TLAGAAAB), Wellsite Gathering & Header Systems (Manifolds, Trunklines) (TLAGAJAI), Hazardous Liquids & Specialty Chemical Terminals (Methanol, Solvents, Sulfur) (EUALAEAL)

Keywords

• Crude oil gathering
• Crude oil transportation
• Crude oil storage
• Crude oil marketing
• Midstream oil services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tulsa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Supply Chain

Core offering

Rose Rock Midstream specializes in crude oil gathering, transportation, storage, and marketing. The company collects crude from upstream production sites, moves it via pipeline systems, provides tank storage capacity, and markets the crude on behalf of producers to downstream buyers and refiners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Crude Oil Gathering
• Crude Oil Transportation Pipeline-based movement of crude oil from gathering points and storage terminals to downstream markets and trading hubs, intended for crude oil producers requiring long-haul takeaway.
• Crude Oil Storage Tank-based storage of crude oil at terminals, providing producers with capacity to manage takeaway timing, basin differentials, and pricing risk.
• Crude Oil Marketing Sale of producer-owned crude oil to downstream buyers and refiners, intended for E&P customers seeking access to multiple market outlets and improved netback realization.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Broad incumbents

• Targa Resources: Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast midstream operator with gathering, processing, and crude logistics businesses adjacent to Rose Rock's footprint, sharing the same MLP-style capital model.
• Phillips 66 Partners: Midstream MLP with significant crude oil and refined products pipelines and terminals; competes for capital and contracts with Rose Rock in the Mid-Continent with similar fee-based business model.
• Holly Energy Partners: Midstream MLP historically focused on refined products and crude oil pipelines and terminals serving refining complexes; same structural MLP/GP setup with overlapping fee-based logistics and storage economics.
• Enterprise Products Partners: Diversified midstream MLP with substantial crude oil gathering, pipeline, and NGL infrastructure across the U.S., including overlapping storage and transportation operations to Rose Rock's core geography.
• ONEOK: Major Mid-Continent midstream operator of natural gas and natural gas liquids gathering/pipelines, with adjacent crude logistics assets operating out of Tulsa, OK — directly relevant comparator for staffing footprint and regional scale.
• Plains All American Pipeline: One of the largest North American midstream operators; runs a comparable business in crude oil gathering, pipelines, terminals, and storage with meaningful overlap in Mid-Continent and Cushing-area assets.
• Magellan Midstream Partners: Large-cap midstream MLP focused on long-haul crude oil and refined products pipelines and terminals, including significant Cushing storage presence — structurally similar fee-based business anchored in the same Mid-Continent corridor.

Direct peers

• NGL Energy Partners: Acquired Rose Rock Midstream in 2016 and is the most direct peer — a publicly traded MLP operating crude oil gathering, transportation, storage, and marketing assets in the Mid-Continent, with overlapping customer base and identical product mix.
• SemGroup Corporation: Former parent of Rose Rock Midstream and a direct midstream peer; SemGroup operates crude oil gathering, storage, and transportation assets in the Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast with comparable product mix and customer base.

Regional players

• CVR Energy: Integrated downstream/refining operator with related Mid-Continent crude logistics and feedstock transportation needs, making it a regional demand-side counterpart for Rose Rock's gathering and storage services.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights2 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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