Oil Refining Industry
An oil refinery is a large industrial facility where crude oil (unrefined petroleum extracted from the ground) is processed and transformed into useful products such as gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, heating oil, asphalt, lubricants, and petrochemical feedstocks used to make plastics and many everyday materials. Crude oil itself is a mixture of many different hydrocarbons with varying molecular sizes and properties.
Refining separates and chemically converts these components so they can be used efficiently in transportation, industry, and energy production. Refineries are among the most complex industrial operations in the world. They operate continuously, often 24 hours a day, and handle massive volumes of raw material. A single large refinery can process hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil per day.
