petrochemical plant
Crude oil factory
A petrochemical plant is an industrial facility that converts petroleum or natural gas into chemical products—plastics, fertilizers, synthetic fibers, solvents, and thousands of other materials.
These sprawling complexes of towers, pipes, and storage tanks are distinct from oil refineries, which produce fuels rather than chemical feedstocks: The explosion at the petrochemical plant forced evacuations for miles.
- oil refineryPetroleum processing facility
- refineryIndustrial purification facility
- crude oilUnrefined fossil fuel
- fossil fuelsCombustible prehistoric organic deposits
- smokestackIndustrial exhaust column
gas flare · pipeline · distillation · industrial · industrial zone · pollution · air quality · fumes · reactor · storage tank · tank farm · natural gas · plastics · ethylene · processing · flare · vapor · hazmat
petrochemical plantsolar farm
Grid-scale photovoltaic installation
wind farm · geothermal plant · hydroelectric dam · solar panel array · nuclear power plant
petrochemical plantorganic farm
Agricultural land avoiding synthetic chemicals
forest · nature preserve · botanical garden · apiary · tree plantation
petrochemical plantnature reserve
Protected habitat area
wildlife sanctuary · wilderness · nature preserve · national park · old-growth forest
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