Summary - Canadian Industry Statistics

Definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in refining crude petroleum. Petroleum refining involves the transformation of crude oil by such processes as cracking and distillation.

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  Example Activities:
  Aliphatic (i.e., acrylic) chemicals, made in petroleum refineries
  Alkylates, made in petroleum refineries
  Asphalt and asphaltic materials, made in petroleum refineries
  Asphalt paving mixtures, made in petroleum refineries
  Aviation fuels, made in petroleum refineries
  Benzene, made in petroleum refineries
  Coke, petroleum, made in petroleum refineries
  Crude oil, refining
  Cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, made in petroleum refineries
  Diesel fuels, made in petroleum refineries
  Ethylene, made in petroleum refineries
  Fuel oils, made in petroleum refineries
  Gasoline, made in petroleum refineries
  Greases, lubricating, made in petroleum refineries
  Heating oils, made in petroleum refineries
  Hydraulic fluids, made in petroleum refineries
  Jet fuels, made in petroleum refineries
  Kerosene, made in petroleum refineries
  Liquefied petroleum gases (LPG), made in petroleum refineries
  Lubricating oils and greases, made in petroleum refineries
  Naphtha, made in petroleum refineries
  Naphthalene, made in petroleum refineries
  Oil (i.e., petroleum) refineries
  Oils (e.g., fuel, lubricating and illuminating), made in petroleum refineries
  Petrochemical feedstocks, made in petroleum refineries
  Petrochemicals, made in petroleum refineries
  Petroleum jelly, made in petroleum refineries
  Petroleum refineries
  Propane gases, made in petroleum refineries
  Refineries, petroleum
  Toluene, made in petroleum refineries
  Waxes, petroleum, made in petroleum refineries
  Xylene, made in petroleum refineries

  Exclusions

  Establishments primarily engaged in:
  producing natural gasoline from natural gas (21111, Oil and Gas Extraction)
  manufacturing asphalt paving and roofing materials from refined petroleum products (see 32412 Asphalt
  paving, roofing and saturated materials manufacturing)
  blending and compounding lubricating oils and greases from refined petroleum products (see 324190
  Other petroleum and coal product manufacturing)
  manufacturing petrochemicals from petroleum feedstocks (see 325110 Petrochemical manufacturing)