refinery
Origin of refinery
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How to use refinery in a sentence
refinery management had normalized the occurrences of hazardous conditions.
The condensate is then supposed to be routed into the pipeline system that delivers the crude to the nearby refinery.
We fought in Mosul 10 days,” Jasim said, “then they sent us to Bayji to help the army liberate the refinery.
Bikers of Baghdad: Sunnis, Shias, Skulls, ‘Harleys,’ and Iraqi Flags | Jacob Siegel | July 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy Tuesday night, ISIS was in control of Bayji, a major oil refinery city that stood north between Tikrit and Mosul.
The Paper Tiger of the Tigris: How ISIS Took Tikrit Without a Fight | Andrew Slater | June 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis unusually severe judgment was the first criminal conviction of a refinery operation under the Clean Air Act.
Many dyers' furnaces, a little silver refinery, and perhaps a bakery have also been noticed.
The lead remaining, which is extremely rich in silver, is then taken to the refinery, and treated in the usual manner.
Scientific American Supplement No. 299 | VariousOn the edge of the town is located the refinery of the company, connected by pipe lines with the wells, a few miles distant.
But this mode of refinery, consisting in the use of a reverberatory furnace alone, did not produce altogether the desired result.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThis pot has a lining of refinery slag, which is melted, as the apparatus revolves, to get it to adhere to the sides.
British Dictionary definitions for refinery
/ (rɪˈfaɪnərɪ) /
a factory for the purification of some crude material, such as ore, sugar, oil, etc
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Scientific definitions for refinery
[ rĭ-fī′nə-rē ]
An industrial plant that uses mechanical and chemical means to purify a substance, such as petroleum or sugar, or to convert it to a form that is more useful.
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