refinery


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Synonyms for refinery

something that purifies or cleans

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Words related to refinery

an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance

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Mukesh Ambani- run Reliance Industries Limited holds the distinction of building the biggest refinery in India till now.
The facility has been designed to handle the "treated industrial water" from Laffan Refinery 1, currently in operation, and Laffan Refinery 2, which is under construction.
Duqm Refinery is a major new greenfield refinery project strategically located within the Special Economic Zone of Duqm.
This came when he received in his office Tuesday the Director General of Khartoum Refinery Company, Zhao Yu Jin, on the expiry his work term at the refinery which lasted for 16 years and characterized by the close cooperation with the Ministry of Oil and the workers at the refinery.
Unconfirmed reports that the American producer, which trades as Murco in Britain, is considering shutting its Milford Haven refinery in Pembrokeshire, have caused concern in the community.
With the establishment of Pakistan's largest refinery, Byco Oil Pakistan Limited (BOPL) is all set to increase its market share in Pakistan through tapping all potential of local markets through its enhance refinery units and spreading retail points.
On March 26, construction crews started work on the Dakota Prairie Refinery, the first new oil refinery in the contiguous United States since 1977 and the first in North Dakota since 1956.
Over 4,000 Yemeni employees at the Aden Refinery Company are worried they will lose their jobs after refinery management announced it would close down soon.
India, March 20 -- Essar Energy is planning to shortly sign a deal to acquire Royal Dutch Shell's Stanlow refinery for $350 million.
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq - Iraq's Oil Minister, Abdul-Kerim Lueiby, has said on Saturday that his Ministry's cadres have managed to repair the North Unit in north-central Iraq's Beijy Refinery, and to restore its productive capacity of 150,000 barrels of oil products per day (bpd) in a record time.
Heating oil and diesel for Yukon River villages is made in Flint Hills Resources' refinery in North Pole, near Fairbanks, and much of the jet fuel used at Anchorage's international airport, a hub for international cargo airlines, is made by Flint Hills and shipped by rail to Anchorage.
The Islamic Republic is boasting that it now has the largest refinery in the Middle East with the inauguration of the expanded refinery at Arak.
THE EGYPTIAN Refining Company (ERC) signed a deal in August to build a US dollar USD3.7 billion second-stage greenfield refinery adjacent to the existing Mostorod refinery 40 kilometres northeast of Cairo.
Summary: JAKARTA: Kuwait Petroleum Corp will invest $8-9 billion in a new 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) oil refinery on Indonesia's Java island, Indonesian Industry Minister MS Hidayat said on Thursday.