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Refineries cut back production to conserve crude supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

Refineries turn crude oil into products like jet fuel, diesel and gasoline, and right now, van Zuylen pointed out, these cracking spreads are “insanely high” and are driving profitability.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Refineries ran at 90.1% of capacity, up from 89.6% the week before, with crude input to refineries slipping by 42,000 barrels a day to 16 million barrels a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Refineries are designed and built around refining crude into certain proportions of products.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

"Mr. Klinkberg," he said, handing Klinkberg & Company's two thousand eight hundred dollar check to that firm's senior partner, "buy me one thousand shares Amalgamated Refineries at the market."

From Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter by Glass, Montague