Meanings
nounoil refining (uncountable)
- uncountableThe industrial process of converting crude oil into petroleum and other useful products
Translations
Danish olieraffinering
- olieraffineringprocess
Finnish öljynjalostus
- öljynjalostusprocess
French raffinage du pétrole
- raffinage du pétroleprocess
German Ölraffination, Erdölraffination
- Ölraffinationprocess
- Erdölraffinationprocess
Hungarian olajfinomítás, kőolajfinomítás
- olajfinomításprocess
- kőolajfinomításprocess
Polish rafinacja ropy
- rafinacja ropyprocess
Russian нефтепереработка
- нефтепереработка (neftepererabotka)process
Swedish oljeraffinering
- oljeraffineringprocess
Ukrainian нафтопереро́блення, нафтопереро́бка
- нафтопереро́блення (naftopereróblennja)process
- нафтопереро́бка (naftopereróbka)process
Cite this entry
APA
oil refining. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil%20refining
MLA
“oil refining.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil%20refining. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oil refining,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil%20refining.
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