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  1. refineriesnoun

    Plural form of refinery.

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  1. refineries

    Refineries are industrial facilities where crude oil or other raw materials are processed and refined into more valuable products such as gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and various chemicals.

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  1. Refineries

    of Refinery

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of refineries in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of refineries in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of refineries in a Sentence

  1. Samson Mokoena:

    So many people here already have upper respiratory diseases because of the pollution. We get itchy eyes, running noses, asthma. All because of the petrochemical plants and oil refineries and coal stations around here haven't bothered to meet restrictions.

  2. Khaled Al-Mushaileh:

    We are maximising the flexibility of our refineries to absorb more Kuwaiti crude.

  3. Robert Hvide Macleod:

    In terms of volumes, (Iran's) pre-sanctions levels were 2.8 million barrels of oil per day. Their domestic refineries consumed about 1.8 million, there is a million left to export which they did on their own ships. Now the post-sanctions volumes available into 2016 looks to be between 1.5 million to 2 million barrels.

  4. The UK-based company:

    We will do this as fast as possible, but the physical location and availability of alternatives mean this could take weeks to complete and will lead to reduced throughput at some of our refineries.

  5. Los Angeles:

    Our economy thrived but our air did not. Like Beijing today, 60 years ago LA was fumed up from oil refineries, power plants, our steel and chemical plants.

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