2017 NAICS Definition

T = Canadian, Mexican, and United States industries are comparable.

324110 Petroleum Refineries

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in refining crude petroleum into refined petroleum. Petroleum refining involves one or more of the following activities: (1) fractionation; (2) straight distillation of crude oil; and (3) cracking.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
  • Manufacturing asphalt paving, roofing, and saturated materials from refined petroleum--are classified in Industry 32412, Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Saturated Materials Manufacturing;
  • Manufacturing paper mats and felts and saturating them with asphalt or tar into rolls and sheets--are classified in U.S. Industry 322121, Paper (except Newsprint) Mills;
  • Blending or compounding refined petroleum to make lubricating oils and greases and/or re-refining used petroleum lubricating oils--are classified in U.S. Industry 324191, Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing;
  • Blending purchased biodiesel fuels and purchased refined petroleum--are classified in U.S. Industry 324199, All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing;
  • Converting nonpetroleum materials into biodiesel fuels--are classified in U.S. Industry 325199, All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing;
  • Manufacturing synthetic lubricating oils and greases--are classified in U.S. Industry 325998, All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing;
  • Recovering natural gasoline and/or liquid hydrocarbons from oil and gas field gases--are classified in Industry 211130, Natural Gas Extraction;
  • Manufacturing acyclic and cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (i.e., petrochemicals) from refined petroleum or liquid hydrocarbons--are classified in Industry 325110, Petrochemical Manufacturing;
  • Manufacturing cyclic and acyclic chemicals (except petrochemicals)--are classified in Industry 32519, Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing;
  • Manufacturing coke oven products in steel mills--are classified in Industry 331110, Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing; and
  • Manufacturing coke oven products in coke oven establishments--are classified in U.S. Industry 324199, All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing.
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NAICS		   2012
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NAICS		   Corresponding Index
Entries
324110   324110   324110   Acid oils made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Aliphatic chemicals (i.e., acyclic) made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Alkylates made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Asphalt and asphaltic materials made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Asphalt paving mixtures made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Aviation fuels manufacturing
324110   324110   324110   Benzene made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Biodiesel fuels made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Butylene (i.e., butene) made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Coke, petroleum, made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Crude oil refining
324110   324110   324110   Crude petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Cumene made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Diesel fuels made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Ethylene made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Fuel oils manufacturing
324110   324110   324110   Fuels, jet, manufacturing
324110   324110   324110   Gasoline made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Heating oils made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Hydraulic fluids made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Jet fuels manufacturing
324110   324110   324110   Kerosene manufacturing
324110   324110   324110   Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) made in refineries
324110   324110   324110   Lubricating oils and greases made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Naphtha made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Naphthenic acids made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Oil (i.e., petroleum) refineries
324110   324110   324110   Oil additives made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Oils, fuel, manufacturing
324110   324110   324110   Paraffin waxes made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Petrochemical feedstocks made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Petrochemicals made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Petroleum coke made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Petroleum cracking and reforming
324110   324110   324110   Petroleum distillation
324110   324110   324110   Petroleum jelly made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Petroleum lubricating oils made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Propane gases made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Propylene (i.e., propene) made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Refineries, petroleum
324110   324110   324110   Refinery gases made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Road oils made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Solvents made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Still gases made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Styrene made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Tar made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Toluene made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Waxes, petroleum, made in petroleum refineries
324110   324110   324110   Xylene made in petroleum refineries