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oil refining

industrial process by which crude oil is processed and refined into more useful products
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oil refining

Summary

oil refining ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (574 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • oil refining is a type of industrial process[2].
  • oil refining is a type of industry[3].
  • oil refining is a type of petroleum industry[4].
  • oil refining's Commons category is recorded as Petroleum refining[5].
  • oil refining's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Oil refining[6].
  • oil refining's different from is recorded as oil refinery[7].
  • oil refining's uses is recorded as distillation[8].
  • oil refining's uses is recorded as oil refinery[9].
  • oil refining's uses is recorded as alkane[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include industrial process[2], industry[3], and petroleum industry[4].

Why It Matters

oil refining ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (574 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Uses → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Oil refining
    Subclass of → industrial process, industry, petroleum industry
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 16137, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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