refiner
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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ExxonMobil, the nation’s third-largest refiner, didn’t send a representative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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
“I’ve never seen the available capacity relative to demand as low as it is today,” said Darren Woods, chief executive of Exxon, the nation’s third-largest oil refiner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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
Stivvins, precious metal refiner, went broke in the War, as you may have heard.
From Bones in London by Edgar Wallace
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