refiner
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Citgo is the fifth-largest independent refiner in the U.S., with more than 800,000 barrels a day of crude processing capacity across three refineries in Texas, Louisiana and Illinois.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Large businesses were also affected, with major oil refiner Attock announcing it was pausing production at a key unit due to transport disruptions.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
"India is a big importer of oil. Interestingly, they're a big refiner as well," he said, adding that the supply of jet fuel had been affected by restrictions linked to the war in Ukraine.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
The ocean voyage was marked by an extraordinary number of deaths, among others that of Mr. Fowler, the principal refiner, whose presence at the gold mine would have been of the greatest importance.
From Raleigh by Lang, Andrew
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