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===A typical oil refinery=== {{Main|Oil refinery}} The image below is a schematic [[Process flow diagram|flow diagram]] of a typical oil refinery depicting various unit processes and the flow of intermediate products between the inlet [[crude oil feedstock]] and the final products. The diagram depicts only one of the hundreds of different configurations. It does not include any of the usual facilities providing utilities such as steam, cooling water, and electric power as well as [[storage tank]]s for crude oil feedstock and for intermediate products and end products.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Gary, J.H. |author2=Handwerk, G.E. |name-list-style=amp |title=Petroleum Refining Technology and Economics|edition=2nd|publisher=Marcel Dekker, Inc|year=1984|isbn=0-8247-7150-8}}</ref><ref>[http://www.chevron.com/products/prodserv/fuels/bulletin/motorgas/3_refining-testing/pg2.asp Guide to Refining] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060808061657/http://www.chevron.com/products/prodserv/fuels/bulletin/motorgas/3_refining-testing/pg2.asp |date=2006-08-08 }} from [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron Oil]]'s website</ref><ref>[http://www.uop.com/refining/1010.html Refinery flowchart] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060628032708/http://www.uop.com/refining/1010.html |date=2006-06-28 }} from [[UOP LLC|Universal Oil Products]]' website</ref><ref>[http://www.cheresources.com/refining15.gif An example flowchart] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051222133017/http://www.cheresources.com/refining15.gif |date=2005-12-22 }} of fractions from crude oil at a refinery</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title= Oil Refining |author= Gunter Alfke, Walther W. Irion & Otto S. Neuwirth |year=2007 |doi= 10.1002/14356007.a18_051.pub2 |encyclopedia= Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry|isbn= 978-3527306732 }}</ref> {{Image frame | align = center | width = 625 | content = <gallery mode=packed heights=734> RefineryFlow.svg </gallery> | caption = Schematic flow diagram of a typical oil refinery | link = File:RefineryFlow.svg }}
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