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Process of purification
transformations, such as the reduction of ore to metal (for which see Refining (metallurgy)). The refining of liquids is often accomplished by distillation or fractionation;
Refining
Refining is the removal of bubbles from the molten glass. Alternatively, the term "Fining" is used; in this case, "refining" refers to the chemical processes
Refining_(glass)
Facility that processes crude oil
modern method of liquid extraction for refining crude oil, the Edeleanu process. This increased the refining efficiency compared to pure fractional distillation
Oil_refinery
Saudi Arabian state-owned petroleum and oil-trade company
Yanbu (400,000 bbl/d (64,000 m3/d)) List of international refining ventures: Fujian Refining and Petrochemical Co. (FRPC), People's Republic of China Sinopec
Saudi_Aramco
Process of purifying metals
change to the raw material, whereas in refining the final material is chemically identical to the raw material. Refining thus increases the purity of the raw
Refining_(metallurgy)
American oil company in the 20th century
wax free motor oil leading to an Indian Refining patent. The Texas Company (Texaco) acquired Indian Refining in 1931 primarily to access the formulation
Indian_Refining_Company
American crude oil refining company
markets via pipeline. Western Refining owns and operates a wholesale division that works in conjunction with the refining operations. Through the refineries
Western_Refining
Methods of transforming crude oil
Petroleum refining processes are the chemical engineering processes and other facilities used in petroleum refineries (also referred to as oil refineries)
Petroleum_refining_processes
Assiut Refinery (Assiut Oil Refining Company (ASORC)), 90,000 bbl/d (14,000 m3/d) – built 1987 Mostorod Refinery (Egypt Refining Company (ERC)), Cairo, 161
List_of_oil_refineries
American materials company
ASARCO (American Smelting and Refining Company) is a mining, smelting, and refining company based in Tucson, Arizona, which mines and processes primarily
ASARCO
Privately held cane sugar refining company
American Sugar Refining, Inc. is a large privately held cane sugar refining company, with a production capacity of 6.5 million tons of sugar. The company
American_Sugar_Refining
Scheduled downtime of an industrial plant
A turnaround (TAR) is a scheduled event wherein an entire process unit of an industrial plant, such as a refinery, petrochemical plant, power plant, or
Turnaround_(refining)
Privately owned multinational chemicals company
two most notable of these were Innovene, the olefins and derivatives and refining subsidiary of BP, in October 2005 for $9 billion, and ICI's commodity chemicals
Ineos
illuminating oil for miners' lamps. American petroleum refining largely grew out of oil shale refining. When the Drake Well started producing in 1859, the
Petroleum refining in the United States
Petroleum_refining_in_the_United_States
American oil company
Refining Company was founded in 1902 by Harry Logan, Sr. His son, Harry Logan, Jr., succeeded his father as president and chairman of United Refining
United_Refining_Company
Extraction and sale of petroleum products
oil industry, includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transportation (often by oil tankers and pipelines), and marketing of
Petroleum_industry
Former American manufacturer
The American Sugar Refining Company (ASR) was the most significant American business unit in the sugar refining industry in the early 1900s. It had interests
American Sugar Refining Company
American_Sugar_Refining_Company
Mineral composed of sodium chloride
Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl). When used in food, especially in granulated form, it is more formally called table salt
Salt
Canadian oil company
operating company North Atlantic Refining Ltd. was founded. In October 2006, Harvest Energy Trust purchased North Atlantic Refining for $1.6 billion, and in October
North_Atlantic_Refining
Process of purifying zinc
Zinc refining is the process of purifying zinc to special high grade (SHG) zinc, which is at least 99.995% pure. This process is not usually required when
Zinc_refining
Production facility for processing raw materials
refineries refining metals such as alumina, copper, gold, lead, nickel, silver, uranium, zinc, magnesium and cobalt Iron refining, a stage of refining pig iron
Refinery
Asphalt refining company founded by H. L. Hunt in 1946
Hunt Refining Co. was founded by oilman H.L. Hunt as an asphalt refining company in 1946. Today it owns and operates a 52,000-barrel-per-day (8,300 m3/d)
Hunt_Refining_Company
Defunct American oil company
Humble Oil and Refining Co. was an American oil company founded in 1911 in Humble, Texas. In 1919, a 50% interest in Humble was acquired by the Standard
Humble_Oil
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based refiner
out and rebranded as Garfield Smelting and Refining in 1928. As business began to prosper and Garfield Refining accumulated more customers, the company decided
Garfield_Refining
American manufacturing company
had an oil refinery in Binghamton, New York, to found the Continuous Oil Refining Company, which produced petroleum lubricant for steam engines. Originally
Valvoline
American oil company
principally the J.M. Guffey Petroleum Company, Gulf Pipeline Company, and Gulf Refining companies of Texas. The name of the company refers to the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf_Oil
The National Sugar Refining Company was a sugar refining company that operated between 1900 and 1984, in New York City and New Jersey. Three New York
National Sugar Refining Company
National_Sugar_Refining_Company
American conglomerate corporation
States, after Cargill. Its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates
Koch,_Inc.
Washington state has the fifth highest oil refining capacity of any state. As of 2018, there are 5 refineries in Washington state with a joint capacity
Petroleum refining in Washington
Petroleum_refining_in_Washington
Topics referred to by the same term
Vegetable oil refining may refer to: Fat hydrogenation, combining vegetable oil with hydrogen to make it more saturated Edible oil refining, process to
Vegetable_oil_refining
Edible oil refing process
Edible oil refining is a set of processes or treatments necessary to turn vegetable raw oil into edible oil. Raw vegetable oil, obtained from seeds by
Edible_oil_refining
American multinational energy company
merged with Conoco to form ConocoPhillips. The merged company spun off its refining, chemical, and retail assets – known in the oil industry as downstream
Phillips_66
Part of the Ministry of Petroleum of Iran
undertook to perform all operations relating to refining and distribution of oil products. Refining crude oil and producing a variety of oil products
National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company
National_Iranian_Oil_Refining_and_Distribution_Company
American petroleum company (1916–2022)
Oil & Refining Corp. - Organization". Commercial and Financial Chronicle. Vol. 102, no. 2661. June 24, 1916. p. 187. "Sinclair Oil & Refining Corp -
Sinclair_Oil_Corporation
Indian Petroleum Company
(NEL) (pronounced na-yaa-raa -ˈnæ.ˈjɑː rə) (listen) is an Indo-Russian oil refining and marketing company that owns and operates Vadinar Refinery located at
Nayara_Energy
Oil refinery in Great Falls, Montana, US
The Calumet Montana Refining is an oil refinery located in Great Falls, Montana. The refinery is currently owned and operated by Calumet Specialty Products
Calumet_Montana_Refining
American chemical company
only a few years, the Ashland Refining Company began to show larger returns than the parent company. Ashland Refining Co. grew rapidly through both internal
Ashland_Global
copper. The current IsaKidd technology represents the merger of the copper refining technologies developed by the two different organisations. The initial
IsaKidd_refining_technology
Oil refinery in Tacoma, Washington
U.S. Oil & Refining Co. is an oil refinery located in the tideflats of Tacoma, Washington. USOR (U.S. Oil & Refining Co.) began in 1952 as Pacific Oil
U.S._Oil_and_Refining
Chemical element with atomic number 28 (Ni)
processed using pyrometallurgical techniques to produce a matte for further refining. Hydrometallurgical techniques are also used. Most sulfide deposits have
Nickel
The Zschiegner Refining Company Superfund Site is located on the former property of the Zschiegner Refining Company (ZRC) facility in Howell Township,
Zschiegner_Refining_Company
French multinational energy and petroleum company
American refining and marketing assets of Vickers Petroleum as part of a sell-off by Esmark of its energy holdings. This purchase gave Total refining capacity
TotalEnergies
Oil refinery in Texas, United States
Operating as Houston Refining, LP, LyondellBasell's Houston refinery is a 268,000-barrel-per-day (42,600 m3/d) refinery located on the Texas Gulf Coast
Houston_Refining
Nigerian Refinery located in Warri
repairing the combined refining capacity of 445,000 bpd of NNPC assets ). Port Harcourt Refining Company Dangote Refinery "Warri Refining & Petrochemicals Company
Warri_Refinery
1935 United States Supreme Court case
text related to this article: Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan Amazon Petroleum Corporation Text of Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan, 293 U.S. 388 (1935) is available
Panama_Refining_Co._v._Ryan
US Oil and Shipping Company
Republic Oil Refining Company was founded in Pittsburgh at the Benedum-Trees Building with Ovid D. Robinson as president. Republic Oil Refining Company's
Republic_Oil_Refining_Company
American ingredient manufacturer
in excess of 120 countries. The company, which began as Corn Products Refining Co. and later as "CPC International," was founded by the merger of leading
Ingredion
Swiss refinery
Valcambi is a precious metals refining company located in Balerna, Switzerland, and a subsidiary of Rajesh Exports Limited. Valcambi is owned by European
Valcambi
Former oil refinery in Peñuelas and Guayanilla in Puerto Rico
Commonwealth Oil Refining Company, Inc. (CORCO) was an oil refinery established in the towns of Peñuelas and Guayanilla in Puerto Rico in the second half
Commonwealth Oil Refining Company
Commonwealth_Oil_Refining_Company
Canadian sugar refining company
Sucre Redpath Ltée) is a Canadian sugar refining company that was established in 1854 and the first refining cane sugar in Montreal, Quebec. Headquartered
Redpath_Sugar
Chinese automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer
Refine S7 Refine S5 Refine S4 Refine S3 Refine S2 JAC iEVA60 JAC iEV4 JAC iEVS4 JAC iEV7S JAC iEV6E JAC iEVA50 JAC iEV7 JAC Rein Refine R3 Refine M2 (Heyue
JAC_Group
Oil refining and petrochemicals company located in Haifa Bay, Israel
refining and petrochemicals company located in Haifa Bay, Israel. It operates the largest oil refinery in the country. ORL has a total oil refining capacity
BAZAN_Group
American energy company
purchased a stake in Saber Energy Inc. of Houston. In May 1985, Valero Refining and Marketing Company was born from Valero's subsidiary, Saber Energy Inc
Valero_Energy
Factory which processes raw sugar into white sugar
British refining industry had to deal with European legislation, which favored production in Europe. In 2010 Tate & Lyle sold its sugar refining business
Sugar_refinery
Defunct oil company founded in Oklahoma, United States
The Champlin Refining Company, originally the Champlin Oil Company, was an oil company based in Enid, Oklahoma. In 1916, oil was discovered at Garber Field
Champlin_Refining_Company
American petroleum refining, marketing, and transportation company
company also started oil refining. In 1924, the company discovered oil in Texas. In the same year, it acquired Lincoln Oil Refining Company. This purchase
Marathon_Petroleum
Pyroxene, inosilicate mineral rich in lithium
tight binding of lithium in the crystal structure. Traditional lithium refining in the 2010s involves acid leaching of lithium-containing ores, precipitation
Spodumene
S. Bowley and Son. There was small-scale oil refining along the Lower Thames estuary in 1914. Refining capacity increased during the inter-war period
Petroleum refining in the United Kingdom
Petroleum_refining_in_the_United_Kingdom
1915 American film
Refining Fires is a 1915 American silent short drama film directed by Tom Ricketts. The story is about a man and a woman from different socioeconomic backgrounds
Refining_Fires
Spanish multinational energy and petrochemical company
areas of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading
Repsol
American magnate and political figure (born 1948)
United Refining Co., the owner of gasoline refineries in Pennsylvania and Alabama. In October 2009, Forbes magazine reported that United Refining Energy
John_Catsimatidis
Canadian diesel refinery
Renewable Fuels in Come By Chance, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It has a refining capacity of 18,000 barrels per day (2,900 m3/d). The refinery was built
Come_By_Chance_Refinery
Kazakh entrepreneur in the oil refining sector
Oil Refining. The investigation is ongoing, and the details are not disclosed in the interests of the investigation. In 2024, Mangystau Oil Refining investors
Andrey_Viktorovich_Burmistrov
American refinery company
with Astra Oil Company with the goal of establishing a joint operation of refining and marketing in the US. The acquisition was completed in September 2006
Chevron_Pasadena_Refinery
Alloy of gold and silver
doré bar’s weight. The most common impurities that can interfere with the refining process are iron, lead, tellurium, nickel, and copper. The proportions
Doré_bar
Former oil refinery in New Zealand
New Zealand, and was owned and operated by the New Zealand Refining Company (later Refining NZ, then Channel Infrastructure), a consortium of oil companies
Marsden_Point_Oil_Refinery
Independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products
Delek US Holdings, Inc. is an oil refining, logistics and biofuels company founded in 2001 and headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. The company has a
Delek_US
Former ore refining facility in Tooele County, Utah, United States
The International Smelting and Refining Company was a subsidiary of Anaconda Copper that operated primarily out of the International Smelter near Tooele
International Smelting and Refining Company
International_Smelting_and_Refining_Company
Application for data cleanup and data transformation
OpenRefine is an open-source desktop application for data cleanup and transformation to other formats, an activity commonly known as data wrangling. It
OpenRefine
The Electric Sugar Refining Company was a company founded in 1884 in the United States to commercialize a sugar refining process supposedly invented by
Electric Sugar Refining Company
Electric_Sugar_Refining_Company
Topics referred to by the same term
by Colonial Sugar to refine raw sugar This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Colonial Sugar Refining Company. If an internal
Colonial Sugar Refining Company
Colonial_Sugar_Refining_Company
Oil refinery in Venezuela
Construction of the complex began in 1954. Refining operations commenced on June 23, 1960, with an initial refining capacity of 55,000 barrels per day. A lightning
El_Palito_refinery
Russian oil refinery located in Tyumen
following an internal review of Transneft's business, which determined that refining was outside the scope of its operations. The only bidder in the auction
Antipinsky_refinery
American actress (born 1949)
of Arts and a Master of Fine Arts. Her artistic process often includes refining her characters' dialogue so that their motivations possess a psychological
Meryl_Streep
1962 United States Supreme Court case
Sinclair Refining Co. v. Atkinson, 370 U.S. 195 (1962), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that the Norris–LaGuardia Act prohibits
Sinclair Refining Co. v. Atkinson
Sinclair_Refining_Co._v._Atkinson
Australian building products company
Sydney by Edward Knox in 1855 as the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, the company first began refining imported raw sugar at its refineries in Canterbury
CSR_(Australian_company)
AT&T, United Drug, U.S. Rubber, and Western Union were replaced. Atlantic Refining, Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, General Railway Signal, Goodrich, International
Historical components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average
Historical_components_of_the_Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average
Gold retailer in India
multinational gold retailer headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka. The company refines, designs, and sells gold and jewelry. It was ranked 7th on the Fortune
Rajesh_Exports
Rail line in Akita Prefecture
The Kosaka Smelting & Refining Kosaka Railway (小坂製錬小坂鉄道, Kosaka Seiren Kosaka Tetsudō) was a 22.3 km Japanese freight railway line in Akita Prefecture
Kosaka Smelting & Refining Kosaka Line
Kosaka_Smelting_&_Refining_Kosaka_Line
State-owned oil refining company
الكويتية) is the national oil refining company of Kuwait. Established in October 1960, KNPC has the mandate for oil refining, gas liquefaction, and distribution
Kuwait National Petroleum Company
Kuwait_National_Petroleum_Company
Precious metals refinery in South Africa
largest integrated single-site precious metals refining and smelting complex. It was established in 1920 to refine gold within South Africa, which had previously
Rand_Refinery
American mining, shipping, and steel executive
petroleum refining, iron ore mining and selling, and steel manufacturing industries. He made and lost fortunes in the shipping and refining industries
James_Corrigan_(businessman)
Oil company in Trinidad and Tobago
Petroleum Company Ltd. Trinidad Petroleum Holdings also owns Guaracara Refining Company Ltd, which operates the nation's only petroleum refinery. It also
Trinidad_Petroleum_Holdings
Slovak oil refining company
Slovnaft is an oil refining company in Slovakia. The company, located in Bratislava, is a subsidiary of MOL Group. Slovnaft is the successor of the Apollo
Slovnaft
in 1943. and in early 1944 the name was changed to Eldorado Mining and Refining Limited. In mid-1943 the District Engineer of the Manhattan Engineer District
Eldorado_Resources
Multinational materials technology company
April 2008. Umicore's copper extraction and refining operations were divested in 2005, with its zinc refining operations following in 2007; these now form
Umicore
Vegetable oil refining fuel production process
(formerly NExBTL) is a vegetable oil refining fuel production process commercialized by the Finnish oil and refining company Neste. Whether as an admixture
Neste_Renewable_Diesel
Oil refining company
United States. The refinery is owned and operated by Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing. The refinery employs about 500 people and produces approximately
Coffeyville_Resources
UAE state-owned oil company
Liquefaction Co. Limited (ADGAS). ADNOC Refining was created in 1999 to take over oil refining from ADNOC. ADNOC Refining refines crude oil and condensate, various
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
Abu_Dhabi_National_Oil_Company
American energy company
crude oil processing capacity of 678,000 barrels per stream day. It has refining facilities in El Dorado, Kansas (coking refinery - 135,000 bbl/d), Artesia
HF_Sinclair
2021 browser game
gameplay. In November 2022, Tracy Bennett became the game's first editor, refining word selection. Also in 2022, Hasbro released a physical board game based
Wordle
Separation of a mixture into its component parts
separation of petroleum fractions at different stages of oil refining. In the oil refining industry, the design and operation of fractionation towers is
Fractional_distillation
Futures contract
discover RBOB gasoline but discarded it as a byproduct on his quest to refine crude oil into kerosene.[citation needed] RBOB gasoline is a blend of hydrocarbons
Reformulated Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending
Reformulated_Blendstock_for_Oxygenate_Blending
Swedish naphthenic specialty products and bitumen manufacturer
takeover the Harburg base oil manufacturing plant and some associated refining facilities of the Harburg refinery in Hamburg, Germany. However, the plant
Nynas
Subsidiary of TotalEnergies
TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining USA Inc. (formerly Total Petrochemicals USA Inc.) is a subsidiary of French multinational company TotalEnergies
TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining USA
TotalEnergies_Petrochemicals_&_Refining_USA
The K factor or characterization factor is defined from Rankine boiling temperature °R=1.8Tb[k] and relative to water density ρ at 60°F: K(UOP) = 1.8 T
K_factor_(crude_oil_refining)
Crude oil refinery of Nigeria
The Port Harcourt Refining Company, (abbreviated PHRC), is a Nigeria-based oil and gas company primarily specializing in the refining of crude oil into
Port Harcourt Refining Company
Port_Harcourt_Refining_Company
needed to run its refining operations. In May 1880 Fiji's Colonial Secretary John Bates Thurston persuaded the Colonial Sugar Refining Company to extend
Colonial Sugar Refining Company (Fiji)
Colonial_Sugar_Refining_Company_(Fiji)
Iranian bitumen manufacturer
The Oil Refinery Jey or the Oil Refining Company Jey has been established in 2003; with the investment of Oil Industry Personnel Pension Fund, with a nominal
Jey_Oil_Refining_Company
Former Scottish Sugar Refinery
two centers of sugar refining remained: Glasgow and its outport Greenock. By 1863, Greenock had become the center of sugar refining in Scotland. It had
Glebe_Sugar_Refinery
REFINING
REFINING
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Old French testard, a pejorative derivative of teste ‘head’ (see Testa).German : from Latin testa ‘head’, hence a nickname for someone with a large or otherwise remarkable head, or, especially in Bavaria, a topographic name for someone who lived at one end of a village or a row of fields, from the same word.German : metonymic occupational name for a silver smelter, from Bavarian test ‘furnace for refining silver’.
REFINING
REFINING
Boy/Male
Biblical
The endeavor of God.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Flute
Female
English
French form of Roman Latin Julia, JULIE means "descended from Jupiter (Jove)."
Male
French
French form of Latin Antonius, possibly ANTOINE means "invaluable."
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian
The Scriptures
Boy/Male
American, British, Christian, English, Hindu, Indian, Latin
Son of Vincent; Son of Vincent or Son of Conqueror
Boy/Male
Greek
A child of the Titans.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Famous
Male
English
English name possibly derived from the Old English word drǽfend, DRAVEN means "hunter."Â
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Lotus
REFINING
REFINING
REFINING
REFINING
REFINING
n.
The act or process of refining gold or silver, etc., in a cupel.
n.
The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.
n.
The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
n.
A trade name applied somewhat indefinitely to some of the volatile products obtained in refining crude petroleum. It is a complex and variable mixture of several hydrocarbons, generally boils below 170¡ Fahr., and is more inflammable than safe kerosene. It is used as a solvent, as a carburetant for air gas, and for illumination in special lamps.
n.
The art of working metals, comprehending the whole process of separating them from other matters in the ore, smelting, refining, and parting them; sometimes, in a narrower sense, only the process of extracting metals from their ores.
n.
The brightening of a metal in the crucible when it becomes pure, as in certain refining processes.
n.
The process of fining or refining; clarification; also (Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire.
n.
The operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation.
n.
A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.
n.
The act of, or any labor or means employed for, training, disciplining, or refining the moral and intellectual nature of man; as, the culture of the mind.
n.
A shallow porous cup, used in refining precious metals, commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime).
n.
Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses.
n.
A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Refine
v. i.
To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or scorify; as, to smelt tin.
n.
The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar.