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Oil refinery

An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas and petroleum naphtha. Petrochemical feedstock like ethylene and propylene can also be produced directly by…

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Operation

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Chemical processes

Flow diagram of typical refinery

Safety and environment

Worker health

Corrosion

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Oil refinery

Nodes430
Edges429
Triples121
Avg. degree2
Density0.004651
Components1

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Oil refinery

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related to Physical hazards · 6
Oil refinery → As, Concerns, Heat, However, The, Workers
related to background · 5
Oil refinery → However, Many, Modern, The, Through
related to Desalter · 4
Oil refinery → Another, Basic, PTB, The
related to Flow diagram of typical refinery · 3
Oil refinery → For, The, There
related to Coker unit · 2
Oil refinery → The, This

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gasolineinstance ofis transformed and refined into products0.80text
naphthainstance ofPetrochemical feedstock like ethylene and propylene can also be produced directly by cracking crude oil without the need of using refined products of crude oil0.80text
those of Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāziinstance ofwith clear descriptions given in handbooks0.80text
visbreakersinstance ofSome refineries also had vacuum distillation units as well as thermal cracking units0.80text
nyloninstance ofand fibers0.80text
polyesters.Petroleum fossil fuels are burned in internal combustion engines to provide power for shipsinstance ofand fibers0.80text
automobilesinstance ofand fibers0.80text
aircraft enginesinstance ofand fibers0.80text
lawn mowersinstance ofand fibers0.80text
dirt bikesinstance ofand fibers0.80text
and other machinesinstance ofand fibers0.80text
paraffinsinstance offorms and lengths0.80text

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