oil refinery

noun

An industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into useful petroleum products.

Similar
petroleum refinery

Meanings

nounoil refinery (plural oil refineries)

plural oil refineries

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna refinery for petroleum

Similar
petroleum refinery
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic مِصْفَاة نِفْط, مِصْفَاة نَفْط
  • مِصْفَاة نِفْط (miṣfāt nifṭ)industrial process plant
  • مِصْفَاة نَفْط (miṣfāt nafṭ)industrial process plant
Bengali তেল শোধনাগার
  • তেল শোধনাগার (tel śōdhnagar)industrial process plant
Bulgarian петро́лна рафине́рия, не́фтена рафине́рия
  • петро́лна рафине́рия (petrólna rafinérija)industrial process plant
  • не́фтена рафине́рия (néftena rafinérija)industrial process plant
Catalan refineria de petroli, planta petroquímica
  • refineria de petroliindustrial process plant
  • planta petroquímicaindustrial process plant
Chinese Mandarin 煉油廠 /炼油厂
  • 煉油廠 /炼油厂 (liànyóuchǎng)industrial process plant
Czech ropná rafinerie
  • ropná rafinerieindustrial process plant
Danish olieraffinaderi
  • olieraffinaderiindustrial process plant
Dutch olieraffinaderij
  • olieraffinaderijindustrial process plant
Estonian naftatöötlustehas
  • naftatöötlustehasindustrial process plant
Finnish öljynjalostamo
  • öljynjalostamoindustrial process plant
French raffinerie de pétrole
  • raffinerie de pétroleindustrial process plant
German Erdölraffinerie, Ölraffinerie
  • Erdölraffinerieindustrial process plant
  • Ölraffinerieindustrial process plant
Greek διυλιστήριο πετρελαίου
  • διυλιστήριο πετρελαίου (diylistírio petrelaíou)industrial process plant
Hebrew בית זיקוק לנפט
  • בית זיקוק לנפט (beyt zikúk le-néft)industrial process plant
Hindi तेल शोधनागार, तेल रिफ़ाइनरी
  • तेल शोधनागार (tel śodhnāgār)industrial process plant
  • तेल रिफ़ाइनरी (tel rifāinrī)industrial process plant
Hungarian kőolajfinomító, olajfinomító
  • kőolajfinomítóindustrial process plant
  • olajfinomítóindustrial process plant
Icelandic olíuhreinsistöð
  • olíuhreinsistöðindustrial process plant
Indonesian kilang minyak
  • kilang minyakindustrial process plant
Italian raffineria di petrolio
  • raffineria di petrolioindustrial process plant
Japanese 製油所, 石油精製
  • 製油所 (seiyujo)industrial process plant
  • 石油精製 (sekiyu seisei)industrial process plant
Korean 제유소, 정유 공장
  • 제유소 (jeyuso)industrial process plant
  • 정유 공장 (jeong'yu gongjang)industrial process plant
Latvian naftas pārstrādes rūpnīca
  • naftas pārstrādes rūpnīcaindustrial process plant
Lithuanian naftos perdirbimo gamykla
  • naftos perdirbimo gamyklaindustrial process plant
Malay loji penapis minyak
  • loji penapis minyakindustrial process plant
Norwegian Bokmål oljeraffineri
  • oljeraffineriindustrial process plant
Polish rafineria ropy naftowej
  • rafineria ropy naftowejindustrial process plant
Portuguese refinaria de petróleo
  • refinaria de petróleoindustrial process plant
Romanian rafinărie de petrol
  • rafinărie de petrolindustrial process plant
Russian нефтеперераба́тывающий заво́д, НПЗ
  • нефтеперераба́тывающий заво́д (neftepererabátyvajuščij zavód)industrial process plant
  • НПЗ (NPZ)industrial process plant
Slovak ropná rafinéria
  • ropná rafinériaindustrial process plant
Spanish refinería de petróleo
  • refinería de petróleoindustrial process plant
Swedish oljeraffinaderi
  • oljeraffinaderiindustrial process plant
Thai โรงกลั่นน้ำมัน
  • โรงกลั่นน้ำมัน (roong-glàn-nám-man)industrial process plant
Turkish petrol rafinerisi
  • petrol rafinerisiindustrial process plant
Ukrainian нафтопереро́бний заво́д, НПЗ
  • нафтопереро́бний заво́д (naftopereróbnyj zavód)industrial process plant
  • НПЗ (NPZ)industrial process plant
Urdu تیل صاف کَرْنے کا کارْخانَہ, آئِل رِیفائِنَری
  • تیل صاف کَرْنے کا کارْخانَہ (tel sāf karne kā kārxāna)industrial process plant
  • آئِل رِیفائِنَری (āil rīfāinarī)industrial process plant
  • تیل رِیفائِنَری (tel rīfāinarī)industrial process plant
Vietnamese nhà máy lọc dầu
  • nhà máy lọc dầuindustrial process plant
Cite this entry
APA

oil refinery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil%20refinery

MLA

“oil refinery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil%20refinery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oil refinery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil%20refinery.

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