oil refineries
Crude transformation plants
Oil refineries is the plural of oil refinery, an industrial facility that processes crude oil into usable products like gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and heating oil.
Refineries use distillation and chemical processes to separate crude oil's components by weight and boiling point.
They're typically located near ports or pipelines for receiving crude and distributing finished products: The explosion at one of the Gulf Coast oil refineries sent prices spiking.
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- dieselsCompression-ignition engines
- gasolineRefined petroleum vehicle fuel
- gas stationRetail fuel vendor
- crude oilUnrefined fossil fuel
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