Department of Labor Seal photos representing the workforce - digital imagery? copyright 2001 photodisc, inc.
Department of Labor Seal www.osha.gov  [skip navigational links] Search    Advanced Search | A-Z Index
SIC Description for 2911
Description for 2911: Petroleum Refining

Division D: Manufacturing
Major Group 29: Petroleum Refining And Related Industries

Industry Group 291: Petroleum Refining

2911 Petroleum Refining

Establishments primarily engaged in producing gasoline, kerosene, distillate fuel oils, residual fuel oils, and lubricants, through fractionation or straight distillation of crude oil, redistillation of unfinished petroleum derivatives, cracking or other processes. Establishments of this industry also produce aliphatic and aromatic chemicals as by-products. Establishments primarily engaged in producing natural gasoline from natural gas are classified in mining industries. Those manufacturing lubricating oils and greases by blending and compounding purchased materials are included in Industry 2992. Establishments primarily re-refining used lubricating oils are classified in Industry 2992. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing cyclic and acyclic organic chemicals are classified in Major Group 28.
  • Acid oil, produced in petroleum refineries
  • Alkylates, produced in petroleum refineries
  • Aromatic chemicals, made in petroleum refineries
  • Asphalt and asphaltic materials: liquid and solid produced in
  • Benzene, produced in petroleum refineries
  • Butadiene, produced in petroleum refineries
  • Butylene, produced in petroleum refineries
  • Coke, petroleum produced in petroleum refineries
  • Ethylene, produced in petroleum refineries
  • Fractionation products of crude petroleum, produced in petroleum
  • Gas, refinery or still oil produced in petroleum refineries
  • Gases, liquefied petroleum produced in petroleum refineries
  • Gasoline blending plants
  • Gasoline, except natural gasoline
  • Greases, lubricating: produced in petroleum refineries
  • Hydrocarbon fluid, produced in petroleum refineries
  • Jet fuels
  • Kerosene
  • Mineral jelly, produced in petroleum refineries
  • Mineral oils, natural: produced in petroleum refineries
  • Mineral waxes, natural: produced in petroleum refineries
  • Naphtha, produced in petroleum refineries
  • Naphthenic acids, produced in petroleum refineries
  • Oils, partly refined sold for rerunning produced in petroleum
  • Oils fuel, lubricating, and illuminating produced in petroleum
  • Paraffin wax, produced in petroleum refineries
  • Petrolatums, produced in petroleum refineries
  • Petroleum refining
  • Propylene, produced in petroleum refineries
  • Road materials, bituminous: produced in petroleum refineries
  • Road oils, produced in petroleum refineries
  • Solvents, produced in petroleum refineries
  • Tar or residuum, produced in petroleum refineries

[ SIC Search | Division Structure | Major Group Structure | OSHA Standards Cited ]


Back to Top Back to Top  www.osha.gov www.dol.gov

Contact Us | Freedom of Information Act | Customer Survey
Privacy and Security Statement | Disclaimers
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
200 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20210