The phrase "age of refining" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a period characterized by the process of improvement or enhancement, often in a specific field or industry.
Example: "In the age of refining, companies are constantly seeking ways to optimize their processes and products to meet consumer demands."
Alternatives: "era of enhancement" or "period of improvement".
"The golden age of refining — if it ever existed — didn't last very long," said Bill Day, a spokesman for Valero.
Other major oil companies, including BP and Chevron, are also shedding refineries, a move that analysts interpret as a sign they think the "golden age of refining" of the last two years is coming to an end.
The golden age of refining is history.
"This golden age of refining may not last forever," says Adams. "But it will be darn good long enough for Valero to pay for this acquisition".
Morgan Stanley has forecasted a "Golden Age of Refining" for the refining and marketing market, in which demand overtakes supply and global utilization rates and margins rise during 2006 and 2007.
If you had bought Tesoro Petroleum or Valero Petroleum when their prices broke late last fall remember the 'golden age of refining' story that took Tesoro from under $4 to over $60?–you would be looking at losses in this year greater than if you had bought Citibank or Merrill Lynch..
"But we spent ages and ages refining things, tweaking things, and adding little touches.
The challenge is now to understand how seedling survival correlates to adult survival and reproduction, beyond the obvious requirement that trees survive the seedling stage to reach reproductive age, to refine estimates of variance and heritability, and to understand the role of pathogen variation in the disease interaction.
From confirming there were gigantic black holes in space to refining the age of the Universe - Hubble has had a part in many of the big breakthroughs in modern astronomy.
The effect of refining processes and thermal aging on composition, microstructures and mechanical properties were investigated.
Dauphas and Pourmand were able to refine the age of Mars by using the radioactive decay of hafnium to tungsten in meteorites from Mars as a way of estimating their age.
