refinery
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Chen and Fan decided it would be better if Hengli made PTA itself—which meant building its own major refinery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
"And what if the Yaroslavl refinery shuts down for good?" asked Dmitry, visibly annoyed as he filled up his Lexus after a 15-minute wait at a petrol station in eastern Moscow.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
The Zawiya refinery, west of the capital Tripoli, was hit in a drone strike on Monday evening - the third such incident in two days.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The strain comes after years of refinery closures in the U.S. and Europe due to high operating costs and strategic shifts toward low-carbon production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
They had phoned him that morning to say that the Germans might attempt to shell the refinery and the oil storage tanks, and that he must report to help fight the fires.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
For years, Beijing had restricted privately owned refineries from importing crude oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Yet the bigger squeeze in energy markets is unfolding further downstream in the world’s refineries, where crude is converted into the fuels that power the global economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Ukraine's defence forces previously struck oil refineries in Nizhnekamsk on 12 June.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
More than two dozen refineries have shut down around the U.S. since 2000, including a few large ones on the West Coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Sometimes a brief tour: a glimpse of the sea in one district, towering forests in another, ugly factories, fields of wheat, stinking refineries.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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