2002 NAICS Definitions

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;
• 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 21111, Oil and 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 U.S. Industry 331111, Iron and Steel Mills; and
• Manufacturing coke oven products in coke oven establishments--are classified in Industry 324199, All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing.

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2002 NAICS to 1987 SIC

1997 Economic Census

Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and SIC

2002 NAICS	1997 NAICS	1987 SIC	Corresponding Index Entries
324110	324110	2911	Acid oils made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Aliphatic chemicals (i.e., acyclic) made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Alkylates made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Asphalt and asphaltic materials made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Asphalt paving mixtures made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Aviation fuels manufacturing
324110	324110	2911	Benzene made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Butylene (i.e., butene) made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Coke, petroleum, made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Crude oil refining
324110	324110	2911	Crude petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Cumene made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Diesel fuels manufacturing
324110	324110	2911	Ethylene made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Fuel oils manufacturing
324110	324110	2911	Fuels, jet, manufacturing
324110	324110	2911	Gasoline made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Heating oils made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Hydraulic fluids made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Jet fuels manufacturing
324110	324110	2911	Kerosene manufacturing
324110	324110	2911	Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) made in refineries
324110	324110	2911	Lubricating oils and greases made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Naphtha made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Naphthenic acids made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Oil (i.e., petroleum) refineries
324110	324110	2911	Oil additives made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Oils, fuel, manufacturing
324110	324110	2911	Paraffin waxes made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Petrochemical feedstocks made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Petrochemicals made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Petroleum coke made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Petroleum cracking and reforming
324110	324110	2911	Petroleum distillation
324110	324110	2911	Petroleum jelly made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Petroleum lubricating oils made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Propane gases made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Propylene (i.e., propene) made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Refineries, petroleum
324110	324110	2911	Refinery gases made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Road oils made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Solvents made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Still gases made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Styrene made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Tar made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Toluene made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Waxes, petroleum, made in petroleum refineries
324110	324110	2911	Xylene made in petroleum refineries

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