refiner
Example Sentences
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Oil refiner Phillips 66 rose $8.97, or 5%, to $187.81, testing all-time highs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
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
Treasury Department imposed sanctions recently on a unit of Hengli Petrochemical, a refiner that it said has purchased billions of dollars of Iranian petroleum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 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
"Let us take a drop of white wine!" said the refiner, as he awoke.
From Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man by Flaubert, Gustave
