petroleum refinery

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Noun1.petroleum refinery - a refinery for petroleumpetroleum refinery - a refinery for petroleum    
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"
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30 (Petra) -- The Board of Directors of the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JOPetrol) has recommended to distribute 20 percent of paid up and stated capital in cash dividends and set April 27th to convene the company's Ordinary General Assembly.
Cumulatively, in first half (July-December) of the current fiscal year, the petroleum refinery booked a loss of Rs3.01 billion (loss per share of Rs9.78) compared to a profit of Rs145.26 million (earnings per share of Rs0.478) in the same period of last year.
While Coal production increased by 10.6 percent, Petroleum Refinery production by 1.3 percent, Steel production by 2.2 percent, Cement production by 18.4 percent and Electricity generation increased by 11.4 percent in October.
Speaking during a panel session on 'Promoting Efficiency and Clean Fuels in African Refining and Petrochemicals Market' at the Oil Trading and Logistics (OTL) conference in Lagos on Tuesday, Edwin, who was represented by the Director Business Strategy and Optimisation, Dangote Refinery, Mr Srinivas Rachakonda, described the refinery as one of the most strategic socio-economic projects in Nigeria, features the largest single train petroleum refinery in the globe (650,000 bpd).
'Consequently, local petroleum refinery production output was also up by 14.2 percent from 36.25 million barrels in the first half of 2017 to 41.38 million barrels,' the DOE added.
The minister said the petroleum refinery cleaning operations will be finalized by the end of current April and would resume operations immediately.
Latin American nation Ecuador is seeking co-operation, if not assistance, from Qatar for realising its long-time dream for a large petroleum refinery, with a capacity for refining approximately 325,000 barrels of crude per day (bpds) said Minister for Foreign Trade and Investments Pablo Campana Saenz.
M2 EQUITYBITES-October 30, 2017-KBR to implement VCC Technology at Jordan Petroleum Refinery
Minister of Petroleum Tarek El Molla and Chairperson of Technip Marco Villa, an Italian project management and construction company, looked into the expansions of the Middle East Oil Refinery (Midor) and the project to establish a new complex for fuel oil hydrogenic cracking in the Assiut petroleum refinery, according to a report issued by the Ministry of Petroleum on Tuesday.
Founded in 1954, Alexandria Petroleumm is a petroleum refinery company that works in producing and exporting petroleum products in Egypt.
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