refining

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Gasoline refining margins are around $35 a barrel, while diesel margins are near $60, according to OPIS.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

“I don’t foresee a situation where you’d need to think about the bottom of the tank,” echoed Jaime Brito, executive director of refining and oil products at Dow Jones Energy.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

Once the princess of glitchy hyperpop, Slayyyter spent nearly a decade steadily refining her sound into something entirely her own, culminating in a sonic landscape that’s studied and referential while indisputably fresh.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

The rocket-maker bucked tradition Wednesday when it set a price for its shares over a week before its planned listing rather than setting a range and refining it after days of meetings with investors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Now growers who knew all about plantations, mills, and refining found sugar waiting for them on islands as beautiful as Hispaniola had been when Columbus arrived.

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