Large-scale infrastructure for extracting, moving or processing fossil fuels rather than generating electricity from them, including the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, an 800 mile crude oil pipeline in service since 1977. Belongs here: a facility whose function is fossil fuel extraction, transport or processing. Does not belong here: a power station that burns fossil fuel to generate electricity, grouped under Thermal Generating Station.
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1. Oil refinery - Wikipedia
Oil refinery, History section, Ploiesti sentence
The first large refinery opened at Ploiesti, Romania, in 1856-1857.
Oil refinery, lead section, definition sentence
An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas and petroleum naphtha.
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