refiner
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The South Korean refiner is a global leader in premium lubricant base oils, producing about 80,000 barrels of Group III base oils a day, Chung writes in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
That is where the imports will help provide a buffer, says Atul Chaturvedi, non-executive director of Shree Renuka Sugars, India's largest sugar refiner and a major ethanol producer.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The San Antonio oil refiner posted a profit of $3.72 billion, or $12.62 a share, compared with $714 million, or $2.28 a share, in the same quarter a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
When the Middle East disruptions hit, jet-fuel cracks — the profits a refiner makes by refining crude into jet fuel — spiked sharply, said Nikolas Plonski, oil market analyst at Sparta Commodities.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
By way of what mysterious adventures had the corpse of sugar refiner Thomery reached that empty room in rue Lecourbe, where Jérôme Fandor had come across it?
From Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas by Pierre Souvestre
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