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refinery

[ri-fahy-nuh-ree] / rɪˈfaɪ nə ri /


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Also in 2025, she was a finalist for the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for her reporting and hosting of an audio investigation into a deadly U.S. refinery explosion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Reliance Industries owns the Jamnagar petrochemical complex in western India, a sprawling industrial facility described as the largest single-site crude oil refinery in the world.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

A trust fund set up to help a South Pacific nation gravely threatened by climate change has invested in coal mining, gas exploration and the world's largest crude oil refinery, an AFP investigation has revealed.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

In 2015, an Exxon Mobile refinery in Torrance suffered an explosion; no one was seriously hurt.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Torrance also has an ExxonMobil refinery that churns out much of Southern California’s gasoline.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden




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