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oil refinery
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Noun1.oil refinery - a refinery for petroleumoil refinery - a refinery for petroleum            
petroleum refinery
cat cracker, catalytic cracker - a chemical reactor for converting oils with high boiling points into fuels with lower boiling points in the presence of a catalyst
refinery - an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
reformer - an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel; "a catalytic reformer"
Translations
oil refinery n → raffineria di petrolio
oil refinery → معمل تكرير الزيت ropná rafinerie olieraffinaderi Erdölraffinerie διυλιστήριο πετρελαίου refinería de petróleo öljynjalostamo raffinerie de pétrole rafinerija nafte raffineria di petrolio 石油精製所 정유 공장 olieraffinaderij oljeraffineri rafineria ropy naftowej refinaria de petróleo нефтеочистительный завод oljeraffinaderi โรงกลั่นน้ำมัน petrol rafinerisi nhà máy lọc dầu 炼油厂
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Five international corporations have offered to build two types of oil refineries at capacities of 300,000 barrels per day and 250,000 bpd in a bid to cover the province's needs within a short time frame," Isamil al-Abboudi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
5 global firms vie to invest Nasseriya refinery by Aswat al-Iraq (Erbil, Iraq)
THE threat of a strike by thousands of construction workers at power stations and oil refineries across Britain will come a step nearer today when unions give seven days' notice of an industrial action ballot.
STRIKE BALLOT by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Wildcat strikes spread to oil refineries and power plants across the country Tuesday, after hundreds of workers were sacked, media reports and company officials said.
Wildcat strikes spread at power plants by AFP / AFP European Edition
 
 
 
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