Oil refineries are factories where crude oil, a thick and dirty substance, is processed and turned into useful products like gasoline, diesel, and other fuels. Full definition
Extending 300 miles from Steele City, Nebraska to Cushing, Oklahoma, the Cushing Extension was designed to connect two pipelines from Hardisty, Alberta — the Keystone and the Keystone XL — to Gulf Coast pipelines terminating at oil refineries in Houston and Port Arthur, Texas. (keystone.steamingmules.com)
A native of Louisiana, he grew up on the banks of the Mississippi River in a blue collar family of oil refinery workers and police officers. (bookbrowse.com)