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This includes Chevron Singapore’s 50% interest in the Singapore Refining Co., which operates a refinery on Jurong Island in the city-state.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Refining turns crude into gasoline at industrial scale.

From Salon • May 13, 2026

When fuel markets get disrupted, the markets are less liquid and prices can be more volatile, according to Jaime Brito, the executive director of Refining and Oil Products at OPIS, a division of Dow Jones.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

Refining gold has a long history in the family of Satish Pratap Salunke.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2024

Refining cane syrup in one boiling vat after another was not only dangerous; it was terribly inefficient.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson




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