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Making fuels and products

An oil refinery
We refine and process crude oil into usable products, including high-quality gasoline and the chemicals used in everyday items
In its raw form, crude oil is practically useless. Before it has any real value it must be processed into products like gasoline, motor oils, bitumen and the chemicals that make adhesives, cosmetics and other useful products.
We do this processing at our refineries. With chemistry know-how, special equipment and a number of patented techniques, the thousands of people who work in our refineries take in a steady flow of petroleum, turning it out again in the form of products that most people wouldn’t want to do without.

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