Oil refinery facts for kids

Anacortes Refinery (Tesoro), on the north end of March Point southeast of Anacortes, Washington

An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial plant where crude oil is made into useful petroleum products by fractional distillation and other processes. Products include gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt base, heating oil, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum gas.

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A petrochemical refinery in Grangemouth, Scotland
Refinery, Bayport Industrial Complex, Harris County, Texas
Neste Oil refinery in Porvoo, Finland
The oil refinery in Haifa, Israel, is capable of processing about 9 million tons (66 million barrels) of crude oil a year. Its two cooling towers are landmarks of the city's skyline.
A breakdown of the products made from a typical barrel of US oil
Storage tanks and towers at Shell Puget Sound Refinery (Shell Oil Company), Anacortes, Washington
Fire-extinguishing operations after the Texas City Refinery explosion
Refinery of Slovnaft in Bratislava
Oil refinery in Iran
Sample of crude oil (petroleum)
Cylinders of liquified petroleum gas
Sample of gasoline
Sample of kerosene
Sample of diesel fuel
motor oil
Pile of asphalt-covered aggregate for formation into asphalt concrete
Sulphur

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