refiner

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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

Treasury Department imposed sanctions recently on a unit of Hengli Petrochemical, a refiner that it said has purchased billions of dollars of Iranian petroleum.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

"India is a big importer of oil. Interestingly, they're a big refiner as well," he said, adding that the supply of jet fuel had been affected by restrictions linked to the war in Ukraine.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Other Asian buyers, including Chinese state-owned refiner Sinopec, have moved early to lock in shipments for May.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

That ore may contain its share of dross, but it also contains the precious metal which gives employment to the refiner, and without which his occupation would depart.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John