Sentence examples for refining operations from inspiring English sources

For the year, refining operations yielded $143 million in operating income, compared with $707 million the previous year, Ashland said.

Teamwork between the company's petrochemicals and refining operations has been particularly lucrative.

Telltale plumes of smoke from illegal refining operations rise above the water.

Now they are more than capable of developing their own refining operations or signing joint ventures.

It would surely sharpen management focus, since different skills are required to run exploration and refining operations.

Today's deal would add oil exploration, production and refining operations, and expand Petrobras's total production by 12percentt.

Gasoline shortages were expected to all but end this weekend, officials said, and refining operations were to begin again in the coming days.

Total has delayed a final decision on the future of the Flanders complex, near the northern port of Dunkirk, even as it plans to close refining operations there.

Instances of more specialized firms trading at higher valuations suggest the oil industry's model of shackling racy exploration businesses with steady refining operations doesn't help investors.

The transaction is the latest move by a big oil company to refocus on exploration instead of less lucrative refining operations.

Total, which plans to close refining operations at its Flanders site, has guaranteed that no other French plants will be shut in the next five years, he said.