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Refineries

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emissionsnounSomething which is emitted or sent out; issue.
factoriesnounA building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
millsnounAn English and Scottish occupational surname.
plantsnounA surname from German.
ranksnounA row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers.
refinementnounThe act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material
refinersnounOne who, or that which, refines.
refiningnounRefinement (process of refining)
smeltingnoun(metallurgy) The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.
petrochemicalsnoun(petrochemistry) Any chemical derived from petroleum.
petrochemicalnoun(petrochemistry) Any chemical derived from petroleum.
oil productionnounthe act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
petroleumnounA flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.
oil rigsA rig, consisting of platform and machinery, used to drill for oil and other petroleum products like natural gas.
pipelinesnounA conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc.
fuel oilnounAny of various grades of oil used principally as fuel.
oil fieldnounAn area under which are reserves of petroleum, especially one with productive oil wells.
fossil fuelsAny fuel derived from hydrocarbon deposits such as coal, petroleum, natural gas and, to some extent, peat; these fuels are non-renewable, and their burning moves carbon from underground into the atmosphere via the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
hydrocarbonsnoun(organic chemistry) A compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms.
gas oilnouna type of fuel oil obtained from the distillation of petroleum.

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