refiner
Example Sentences
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When the Middle East disruptions hit, jet-fuel cracks — the profits a refiner makes by refining crude into jet fuel — spiked sharply, said Nikolas Plonski, oil market analyst at Sparta Commodities.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
Citgo is the fifth-largest independent refiner in the U.S., with more than 800,000 barrels a day of crude processing capacity across three refineries in Texas, Louisiana and Illinois.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
"India is a big importer of oil. Interestingly, they're a big refiner as well," he said, adding that the supply of jet fuel had been affected by restrictions linked to the war in Ukraine.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
Oil refiner Marathon Petroleum and oil exploration company APA Corp. gained 4.9% and 4.5%, respectively.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
We shall assume that you have bought from a refiner through your broker a supply of actual sugar at 6.00.
From About sugar buying for jobbers How you can lessen business risks by trading in refined sugar futures by B. W. (Benjamin Wheeler) Dyer
