refinery
noun
re·fin·ery
ri-ˈfī-nə-rē 
-ˈfīn-rē
plural refineries
: a building and equipment for refining or processing something (such as oil or sugar)
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Valero also disclosed the company had recorded a $1.1 billion pre-tax impairment related to its California refineries.
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Rob Nikolewski, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
Above the Arctic Circle, oil producers on Alaska’s North Slope send an average of 465,000 barrels of crude oil south each day for shipping to refineries and users around the country and the world.
—Brett Watson, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency must update outdated federal pollution control technology standards for chemical plants, plastics manufacturers, and refineries operating along the river.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2025
So are steel mills in northwest Indiana owned by U.S. Steel and Cleveland-Cliffs and oil refineries, including BP’s in Whiting, Exxon-Mobil’s outside Joliet and Citgo’s in Lemont.
—Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
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Rob Nikolewski, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
Above the Arctic Circle, oil producers on Alaska’s North Slope send an average of 465,000 barrels of crude oil south each day for shipping to refineries and users around the country and the world.
—Brett Watson, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency must update outdated federal pollution control technology standards for chemical plants, plastics manufacturers, and refineries operating along the river.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2025
So are steel mills in northwest Indiana owned by U.S. Steel and Cleveland-Cliffs and oil refineries, including BP’s in Whiting, Exxon-Mobil’s outside Joliet and Citgo’s in Lemont.
—Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Refinery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refinery. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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refinery
noun
re·fin·ery
ri-ˈfīn-(ə-)rē
plural refineries
: a building and equipment for refining metals, oil, or sugar
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