refining
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The VLCCs will be an important part of a larger broken puzzle that will need to get put back together again, including oil production, inventory and refining.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
Schrader said it typically takes him four to six months to fully develop a screenplay idea, a process of testing, discarding and gradually refining concepts until they either strengthen or collapse under scrutiny.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
To do so, the design house is refining its strategy—re-entering the market through Nordstrom department stores, opening a retail store on Madison Avenue and investing in a distribution facility in New Jersey.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Jarvis said fuel production had increased in Norway, West Africa and the Americas, while "refining capacity for jet fuel has also increased substantially outside of the Gulf region".
From BBC • May 21, 2026
With most of the slaves working the mines, and only a few toiling inside the ramshackle refining sheds, the giant yard was almost deserted.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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