Synonyms for refining
re·fin·ing

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1. refining, refinement, purificationnoun

   the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)

   Synonyms:
   purgation, nicety, culture, elaboration, shade, subtlety, civilization, cultivation, polish, nuance, civilisation, finish, refinement, purification

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1. • Processing

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1. List of paraphrases for "refining":

   refinery, refinement, refine, refineries, grow-out, smelting, fine-tune

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1. Andy Lipow:

   The crude oil market is being supported by the Gulf of Mexico production shut-in. ... It is going to look to see if Tropical Storm Barry becomes a major flooding event that impacts the refining sector in Louisiana and impacts gas and diesel.

2. Chris Jarvis:

   The summer driving season is fading and we could see a quick ramp up in gasoline stocks, we've had record refining heading out of the driving season that should translate into higher stocks of refined products in fall and winter.

3. Kenneth Tveter:

   You can try and pick winners in the shipping segment of the equity markets, but to get a pure play you need the derivatives market, the new fund will look at all the parts of refining that will be affected by the new regulations. In another sign of the impact of IMO 2020, China said on July 4 that it planned to launch a futures contract for low-sulphur fuel oil by the end of the year. Dutch asset manager Robeco is also focussing on fuel, but it's investing in oil refineries that are well-placed to produce large quantities of low-sulphur diesel.

4. Oliver Taylor:

   Those Nexcel oil cells, once they're used, come back to Nexcel for recycling where we split them apart, clean and re-use them a number of times. But also we take that used engine oil, we pass it through a re-refining process, and that allows us to use the oil a number of times.

5. Steve Maraboli:

   Look around you. Everything changes. Everything on this earth is in a continuous state of evolving, refining, improving, adapting, enhancing… changing. You were not put on this earth to remain stagnant."