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- noun Plural form of
refiner .
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Examples
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So, setting up new refiners is not the only way to get prices down.
Think Progress » Right-Wing House Twists Arms, Thwarts Democracy To Pass Oil Industy Windfall 2005
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Lined up against the refiners are a group of wealthy fund managers, clean technology investors, environmental groups and onetime Reagan secretary of state George Shultz, who believes that "climate issues are very real" and that Proposition 23 is "a very bad thing."
Calif.'s Prop 23 battle pits Big Oil against environmental concerns Steven Mufson 2010
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Usually this time of year the refiners are at 95% of production – not 80%.
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Prussian blue possibly a genuine Prussian blue toned down to a sky blue with white lead is meant, and by verditer the variety known as refiners 'blue verditer, and as to smalt it must not be forgotten that it changes its colour in artificial light.
Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing William N. Brown
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The EPA says that only around 13,000 of the largest emitters, such as refiners, smelters and cement plants would likely be regulated.
EPA Nominee Suggests New CO2 Rules May Expose Small Emitters 2009
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Physical players, such as refiners and importers, traditionally use its price as a gauge for crude-oil transactions.
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Philip Verleger, an independent energy economist based in Aspen, Colorado, says the credit crunch in the U.S. has meant higher short-term financing costs for companies such as refiners to buy and hold oil in storage.
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Although some parts of the energy business, such as refiners, face narrowing profit margins as a result of high oil prices and other factors, there still are opportunities, Mr. Froehlich says.
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Philip Verleger, an independent energy economist based in Aspen, Colo., says the credit crunch in the U.S. has meant higher short-term financing costs for companies such as refiners to buy and hold oil in storage.
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Both the ICE and New York Mercantile Exchange -- where most energy trading occurs -- have criticized the newly proposed legislation, saying it could harm the markets, force an exodus of trading and reduce hedging opportunities for commercial participants such as refiners and airlines.
Senate Takes Step 2008
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