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• Refining (metallurgy) — Refining (as in non metallurgical uses) consists of purifying an impure material, in this case a metal. It is to be distinguished from other processes such as smelting and calcining in that those two involve a chemical change to the raw material …   Wikipedia

• petroleum refining — Introduction  conversion of crude oil into useful products. History Distillation of kerosene and naphtha       The refining of crude petroleum owes its origin to the successful drilling of the first oil well in Titusville, Pa., in 1859. Prior to… …   Universalium

• U.S. Oil and Refining — Infobox Company company name = U.S. Oil Refining Co. company company type = Subsidiary company slogan = revenue = foundation = 1952 as Pacific Oil Refining Co. 1955 as U.S. Oil Refining Co. location = Tacoma, Washington, USA num employees = 160… …   Wikipedia

• National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company — Iran s Abadan Refinery, built 1913. National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) is part of the Ministry of Petroleum of Iran. NIORDC was established on March 8, 1992 and undertook to perform all operations relating to refining …   Wikipedia

• Houston Refining — formerly known as Lyondell Citgo Refining (or LCR). The convert|270200|oilbbl/d|m3/d|sing=on (July , 2007) refinery is located on the Texas Gulf Coast in Houston, covering nearly convert|700|acre|km2 along the Houston Ship Channel.HistoryThe… …   Wikipedia

• Precious metals refining — Precious metal refining is a superordinate term for the separation from noble metalliferous materials. The precious metals are won for example from used catalysts, electronics, ores or alloys. The refining is a very expensive and complex… …   Wikipedia

• Front End Loading — (FEL) is the process for conceptual development of processing industry projects. Example of processing industry are petrochemical, refining, pharmaceutical. Front End Loading is also referred to as Pre Project Planning (PPP) or Front End… …   Wikipedia

• steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying …   Universalium

• metallurgy — metallurgic, metallurgical, adj. metallurgically, adv. metallurgist /met l err jist/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jist/, n. /met l err jee/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jee/, n. 1. the technique or science of working or heating metals so as… …   Universalium

• Oil refinery — Anacortes Refinery (Tesoro), on the north end of March Point southeast of Anacortes, Washington An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into more useful petroleum products,… …   Wikipedia

• Bahrain — /bah rayn , ruyn , beuh /, n. 1. a sheikdom in the Persian Gulf, consisting of a group of islands: formerly a British protectorate; declared independent 1971. 603,318; 232 sq. mi. (601 sq. km). Cap.: Manama. 2. the largest island in this group:… …   Universalium