refinery

Example Sentences

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A series of airstrikes set Kuwait’s Mina al-Ahmadi oil refinery on fire, the Associated Press reported, as Kuwaiti firefighters were working to knock down several blazes there.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

A drone attack on a refinery owned by Kuwait's national oil company sparked fires at several of its units, state media said.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Delta can offset some of its fuel costs because it owns a refinery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

This includes several separate strikes on the key Baltic Sea ports of Ust-Luga and Primorsk as well as an attack on the nearby inland Kirishi oil refinery.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

But just two days later, the good feelings evaporated when immigrant workers at the nearby Argo corn refinery walked out and six hundred black nonunion men marched in to take their places.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield