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2012 Edition

national industry 324110

Petroleum Refineries

Overview

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.

The immediate parent of national industry 324110 is international industry 32411: Petroleum Refineries

2012 NAICS Edition 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 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.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 324110 - Acid oils made in petroleum refineries
  2. 324110 - Aliphatic chemicals (i.e., acyclic) made in petroleum refineries
  3. 324110 - Alkylates made in petroleum refineries
  4. 324110 - Asphalt and asphaltic materials made in petroleum refineries
  5. 324110 - Asphalt paving mixtures made in petroleum refineries
  6. 324110 - Aviation fuels manufacturing
  7. 324110 - Benzene made in petroleum refineries
  8. 324110 - Butylene (i.e., butene) made in petroleum refineries
  9. 324110 - Coke, petroleum, made in petroleum refineries
  10. 324110 - Crude oil refining
  11. 324110 - Crude petroleum refineries
  12. 324110 - Cumene made in petroleum refineries
  13. 324110 - Cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons made in petroleum refineries
  14. 324110 - Diesel fuels made in petroleum refineries
  15. 324110 - Ethylene made in petroleum refineries
  16. 324110 - Fuel oils manufacturing
  17. 324110 - Fuels, jet, manufacturing
  18. 324110 - Gasoline made in petroleum refineries
  19. 324110 - Heating oils made in petroleum refineries
  20. 324110 - Hydraulic fluids made in petroleum refineries
  21. 324110 - Jet fuels manufacturing
  22. 324110 - Kerosene manufacturing
  23. 324110 - Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) made in refineries
  24. 324110 - Lubricating oils and greases made in petroleum refineries
  25. 324110 - Naphtha made in petroleum refineries
  26. 324110 - Naphthenic acids made in petroleum refineries
  27. 324110 - Oil (i.e., petroleum) refineries
  28. 324110 - Oil additives made in petroleum refineries
  29. 324110 - Oils, fuel, manufacturing
  30. 324110 - Paraffin waxes made in petroleum refineries
  31. 324110 - Petrochemical feedstocks made in petroleum refineries
  32. 324110 - Petrochemicals made in petroleum refineries
  33. 324110 - Petroleum coke made in petroleum refineries
  34. 324110 - Petroleum cracking and reforming
  35. 324110 - Petroleum distillation
  36. 324110 - Petroleum jelly made in petroleum refineries
  37. 324110 - Petroleum lubricating oils made in petroleum refineries
  38. 324110 - Petroleum refineries
  39. 324110 - Propane gases made in petroleum refineries
  40. 324110 - Propylene (i.e., propene) made in petroleum refineries
  41. 324110 - Refineries, petroleum
  42. 324110 - Refinery gases made in petroleum refineries
  43. 324110 - Road oils made in petroleum refineries
  44. 324110 - Solvents made in petroleum refineries
  45. 324110 - Still gases made in petroleum refineries
  46. 324110 - Styrene made in petroleum refineries
  47. 324110 - Tar made in petroleum refineries
  48. 324110 - Toluene made in petroleum refineries
  49. 324110 - Waxes, petroleum, made in petroleum refineries
  50. 324110 - Xylene made in petroleum refineries

History

The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.

Edition Existed Equivalent Value
2002 324110
2007 324110
2012 324110
2017 324110
2022 324110

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 2911 - Petroleum Refining

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 324110, Petroleum Refineries:

  1. acid petrochemical chemical not otherwise classified include ammonia antifreeze benzoil
  2. acid petrochemical chemical not otherwise classified including ammonia antifreeze benzoil
  3. acid petrochemical fertilizer ammonium nitrate
  4. additive manufacturing not otherwise classified no assembly
  5. asphalt or tar distilling or refining
  6. briquette coal billet coke
  7. chemical acid petrochemical manufacturing or proc not otherwise classified including ammonia antifreeze benzoil
  8. coal billet briquette coke
  9. coke coal billet briquette
  10. coke manufacturing
  11. gas manufacturing primarily flammable explosive or reactive
  12. lubricant mineral oil petrochemical including asphalt tar refining
  13. manufacturing
  14. mineral oil lubricant petrochemical including asphalt tar refining
  15. oil refinery
  16. oil refining petroleum
  17. petrochemical acid chemical not otherwise classified including ammonia antifreeze benzoil
  18. petrochemical acid fertilizer ammonium nitrate
  19. petrochemical mineral oil lubricant including asphalt tar refining
  20. petroleum and coal product manufacturing
  21. petroleum refinery
  22. petroleum refining
  23. wax manufacturing
  24. wax or wax product manufacturing
  25. wax or wax product manufacturing not otherwise classified
  26. wax product manufacturing
  27. wax product manufacturing including polish dressing wax candle
  28. wax product manufacturing including polish dressing wax candle excl body application
  29. wax wax product or polish manufacturing

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