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refinery::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | industrial plant, plant, works |
| Has types | oil refinery, petroleum refinery, sugar refinery |
| Derivation | refine |
Examples of refinery
refinery
The units separate crude into oil products and form the main part of a refinery.
From the bloomberg.com
The refinery will continue to operate during the halt, Ovelmen said on the call.
From the bloomberg.com
The pit had not been used since the 1990s, when most refinery operations ceased.
From the stltoday.com
Three gold shipments have been delivered to the Metalor refinery in Switzerland.
From the foxbusiness.com
The leaders agreed to revive a plan to build an oil refinery in Central America.
From the economist.com
It was scheduled to arrive at its Chiba refinery near Tokyo on Aug. 17, he said.
From the bloomberg.com
So they're probably going to be lagging us in putting their refinery in service.
From the usatoday.com
Analysts have blamed the sudden increase on a recent spate of refinery problems.
From the latimes.com
It is currently expanding the petrochemical facilities at the refinery complex.
From the online.wsj.com
- An industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
- (refining) the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
- A refinery is a production facility composed of a group of chemical engineering unit processes and unit operations refining certain materials or converting raw material into products of value.
- Refining (also called affining) is the process of purification of a (1) substance or a (2) form. The term is usually used of a natural resource that is almost in a usable form, but which is more useful in its pure form. ...
- (Refining (metallurgy)) Refining (as in non-metallurgical uses) consists of purifying an impure material, in this case a metal. ...
- A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals
- Refining is the process of converting crude oil into usable fuel products. A full description of refining and refining processes is available.
- (Refining) Series of processes to convert crude oil and its fractions into finished petroleum products, including thermal cracking, catalytic cracking, polymerization, alkylation, reforming, hydrocracking, hydro forming, hydrogenation, hydrogen treating, solvent extraction, dew axing, de-oiling, ...
- (Refining) the final stage of metal production in which impurities are removed from the molten metal by introducing air and fluxes. The impurities are removed as gases or slag.
