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Used oil re-refining is the process of restoring used oil to new oil by removing chemical impurities, heavy metals and dirt. [2] Used industrial and automotive oil is recycled at re-refineries. The used oil is first tested to determine suitability for re-refining, after which it is dehydrated and the water distillate is treated before being ...
American petroleum refining largely grew out of oil shale refining. When the Drake Well started producing in 1859, the oil shale industry was growing rapidly, and establishing refineries near cannel coal deposits along the Ohio River Valley. As oil production increased, the oil shale refiners discovered that their refining process worked just ...
The Oil & Gas Journal publishes a worldwide list of refineries annually in a country-by-country tabulation that includes for each refinery: location, crude oil daily processing capacity, and the size of each process unit in the refinery. For some countries, the refinery list is further categorized state-by-state.
Refining is easily the least glamorous aspect of the oil and gas business. And yet, this is where the next smart play is for energy investors. An increase in energy production in North America ...
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Pages in category "Oil refineries in the United States" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Refinery Name Throughput Capacity (bpd) Crude Processed Source Nelson complexity index; Delaware City Refinery: 180,000 light sweet through heavy sour water, rail: 13.6 Paulsboro Refinery 155,000 light sweet through heavy sour water 8.8 Toledo Refinery 180,000 light sweet pipeline, truck, rail 11.0 Chalmette Refinery 185,000
Washington state has the fifth highest oil refining capacity of any state. As of 2018, there are 5 refineries in Washington state with a joint capacity of 637,700 b/d. [1] They are, in order of greatest b/d capacity, Cherry Point refinery, Puget Sound refinery, Marathon Anacortes refinery, Ferndale refinery and U.S. Oil refinery.