2007 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 U.S. Industry, 324199, All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing.

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No change 1997 to 2002

2002 Economic Census and other data sources

2007 NAICS	2002 NAICS	1997 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	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

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