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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)
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)
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
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
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
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
Saudi Arabian state-owned petroleum 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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
American conglomerate corporation
States, after Cargill. Its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates
Koch,_Inc.
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
copper. The current IsaKidd technology represents the merger of the copper refining technologies developed by the two different organisations. The initial
IsaKidd_refining_technology
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
natural gas, has developed a sub-sector in its economy related to the refining of those two sorts of fossil fuels. There are two oil refineries in Turkmenistan
Oil and natural gas refining in Turkmenistan
Oil_and_natural_gas_refining_in_Turkmenistan
American multinational oil and gas company
global average refining capacity was 4.6 million barrels per day, with the United States producing a plurality of the company's refining capacity at about
ExxonMobil
Chinese automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer
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JAC_Group
Russian fuel company
production and 14.6% of refining activities in Russia. Production volumes in 2012 increased by 4.3% in comparison with 2011, refining throughput grew by 7%
Gazprom_Neft
Indian petrochemical company
Limited (HMEL) is an Indian integrated refining and petrochemical company, with operations spanning crude oil refining and petrochemical manufacturing. It
HPCL-Mittal_Energy_Limited
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
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
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
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
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
Building in Libya
National Oil Corporation. The current operator is the Libyan Emirates Oil Refining Company. The Ra's Lanuf Refinery became operational during 1984. In 2007
Ras_Lanuf_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
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
15250°W / 40.73194; -74.15250 Balbach Smelting & Refining Company (also known as Balbach and Sons Refining and Smelting Company) was a smelting plant in
Balbach Smelting & Refining Company
Balbach_Smelting_&_Refining_Company
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
Chemical element with atomic number 79 (Au)
amounts of gold include parting and inquartation as well as cupellation, or refining methods based on the dissolution of gold in aqua regia. In 1997, recycled
Gold
the Highway 40. It's the third refinery of this refining centre. It has a Total Commercial Refining Capacity of 137 000 bpd. The Petromont S.E.C. refinery
List of oil facilities in Montreal
List_of_oil_facilities_in_Montreal
American businessman (1847–1907)
versus the North River Refining Company. This led the Sugar Trust to reorganize as a holding company, the American Sugar Refining Company, which was incorporated
Henry_Osborne_Havemeyer
Top blown rotary converter for metals
Stora-Kaldo process) is a rotary vessel oxygen based metal refining method. Originally applied to the refining of iron into steel, with most installations in the
Kaldo_converter
The Zawia Oil Refining Company (ARC) is a subsidiary of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), incorporated under Libyan Commercial Law since 1976. ARC operates
Zawia_Oil_Refining_Company
Oil refinery in Lagos, Nigeria
Motor Spirit (PMS), began in September 2024. Originally intended to have a refining capacity of about 650,000 barrels of crude oil per day at full operationality
Dangote_refinery
Singaporean oil company
day (45,300 m3/d) Singapore Refining Company (SRC) plant, a complex refinery capable of cracking crude oil. The refining of crude oil to petroleum products
Singapore_Petroleum_Company
Process of extracting copper from the ground
refiners who treat the ore and refine the copper and charge for this service via treatment charges (TCs) and refining charges (RCs). The TCs are charged
Copper_extraction
American multinational energy corporation
Retrieved July 23, 2012. "N.Z. Refining Jumps After Valero Said to Plan Bid (Update2)". Bloomberg L.P. July 24, 2009. "Refining Crude Oil – Energy Explained
Chevron_Corporation
Transmission of information
include animal and plant communication. Researchers in this field often refine their definition of communicative behavior by including the criteria that
Communication
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
is also created from crude oil refining. Processing gain (the increase in liquid volume that occurs during the refining process) is also excluded from
List of countries by oil extraction
List_of_countries_by_oil_extraction
Group of oil refineries in Alberta, Canada
Strathcona Refinery Archived 2010-07-30 at the Wayback Machine "Suncor - Refining and Marketing". Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2009-11-17
Refinery_Row_(Edmonton)
1974-75" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-19. "Refining | IndianOil Refining". "Privatisation-bound BPCL acquires OQ's stake in Bina refinery"
List of oil refineries in India
List_of_oil_refineries_in_India
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
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)
British-based multinational agribusiness
of its sugar refining business, including rights to use the Tate & Lyle brand name and Lyle's Golden Syrup, to American Sugar Refining (owned by sugar
Tate_&_Lyle
American businessman
president of Border Refining and Marketing Co. In 1997, Foster founded Western Refining and served as the CEO. In 2002, Western Refining purchased the Chevron-Texaco
Paul_L._Foster
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)
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
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
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Sermon.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Islamic, Muslim, Pakistani, Urdu
Soul
Girl/Female
Indian
Biblical
strong; valiant
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Arth
Girl/Female
Indian
Unique, Matchless
Girl/Female
Indian
Small girl
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Autumn
Girl/Female
Australian, Irish
Son; Red Warrior
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
The Holy Trinity
REFINING
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REFINING
REFINING
REFINING
n.
The act or process of refining gold or silver, etc., in a cupel.
n.
The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar.
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 act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.
n.
The brightening of a metal in the crucible when it becomes pure, as in certain refining processes.
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 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.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Refine
n.
Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses.
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.
A shallow porous cup, used in refining precious metals, commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime).
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.
A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
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 act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.