refinery
noun/rɪˈfaɪnərɪ/
Etymology From refine + -ry.
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A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.
- An oil field was discovered at Karamai in 1955, the first of a number to be found in Dzungaria. This oil find has greatly helped China’s industrial development, and the oil fields are now linked to Lanchow by pipeline and by rail. Large refineries have been built at Lanchow and at Tushantzu in Dzungaria.1971, Robert Clayton, “Sinkiang”, in China (Finding Out About GEOGRAPHY), New York: John Day Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 12, column 1:
- Pipeable products may be moved from refinery centers to demand zones by truck, barge, intercoastal tanker or pipeline.1974, United States Congress Senate Committee on Commerce, Deepwater Port Act of 1973: joint hearings:
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- On orders from Beijing, state-controlled enterprises have dismantled Baotou refineries and rebuilt them at an enormous mining complex at Bayan Obo in the Gobi Desert, which mines about half the world’s rare earths.2013 October 22, Keith Bradsher, “China Tries to Clean Up Toxic Legacy of Its Rare Earth Riches”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2022, International Business:
- Hsu’s division is responsible for CPC’s two main facilities, the oil refinery in Kaohsiung’s Siaogang District (小港) and the refinery in Taoyuan’s Gueishan District (龜山), which together process 600,000 barrels of crude oil per day, a report released last year by CPC said.2022 January 28, Jason Pan, “CPC division head suspected of bribery”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2022, Taiwan News, page 2:
- Derived terms
- biorefinery, electrorefinery, oil refinery
- Related terms
- refine, refinement