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  • What is an oil refinery?
  • An oil refinery is a facility that takes crude oil and distills it into various useful petroleum products such as gasoline, kerosene, or jet fuel. Refining is classified as a downstream operation of the oil and gas industry, although many integrated oil companies will operate both extraction and refining services.
  • What is crude oil refining?
  • Petroleum refineries convert (refine) crude oil into petroleum products for use as fuels for transportation, heating, paving roads, and generating electricity and as feedstocks for making chemicals. Refining breaks crude oil down into its various components, which are then selectively reconfigured into new products.
  • What is the purpose of a petroleum refinery?
  • The sole purpose of all petroleum refineries is to transform crude oil into petroleum products that can serve as fuel for heating, transportation, chemical feedstock, paving roads, and more. This transformation process falls under the downstream production stage, as well as crude oil transportation.
  • What does a crude oil refinery do?
  • Refinery Processes Crude oil refineries employ some of the United States’ top scientists, engineers, and safety professionals to ensure that products are produced efficiently and safely. US refineries process about 17 million barrels of crude oil a day.