The process of deriving or obtaining a substance by the appropriate processing of a raw material. Refining might involve a range of activities, either in isolation or in combination, such as distillation, chemical or electrical separation, centrifuging...

The U.S. petroleum refining industry has played a central role in the expansion of this country's energy capacity over the last century. Currently, petroleum refiners generate products which account for approximately 40 percent of the total...

Refining is the process of purification of a substance. The term is usually used of a natural resource that is almost in a usable form, but which is more useful in its pure form. For instance, most types of natural petroleum will burn straight from the...

At Home With CAROL AND CLAYTON SCHOTT A refined, festive 'oneness' Couple's eclectic tastes will be in full view on tour Sunday, November 25, 2001 Waukesha -- Artist Carol and photographer Clayton Schott will open their festively decorated home a...

Although the name Fibertron may be familiar, Earl McCarthy, president of McCarthy Products Company which manufactures and supplies the equipment, says all that remains of early systems is the name and the cabinet. 'The Fibertron IV is a PC-based imaging system which...

Online measurement company comScore Inc. is refining how it presents data on search market share to reflect changes in user behavior.Generally, search market share statistics have been accumulated by counting the entries in the boxes at sites run by Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. and other...

Anyone with a driver's license can tell you what they pay for a gallon of gasoline. But few can say where that gas comes from.Trade routes for refined liquids such as gasoline, jet fuel and fuel oil were once a relatively straight line from the...