oil refinery

Summary

oil refinery ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,397 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• oil refinery is a type of refinery^[2].
• oil refinery is a type of separation machine^[3].
• oil refinery is part of petroleum industry^[4].
• oil refinery is part of chemical industry^[5].
• oil refinery's Commons category is recorded as Oil refineries^[6].
• oil refinery's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Oil refineries^[7].
• oil refinery's Commons gallery is recorded as Oil refinery^[8].
• oil refinery's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as industrial=refinery^[9].
• oil refinery's different from is recorded as oil refining^[10].
• oil refinery's different from is recorded as refinery^[11].
• oil refinery's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[12].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include refinery^[2] and separation machine^[3].

Use and Application

Part of include petroleum industry^[4], a type of industry^[13] and chemical industry^[5], a type of industry^[14].

Influence

Things named for oil refinery include Refinería^[15], a metro station^[16], in Mexico^[17].

Why It Matters

oil refinery ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,397 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]

Entities named for it include Refinería^[15], a metro station^[16], in Mexico^[17].