19201

Manufacture of refined petroleum products

Explanatory Note

Title: Manufacture of refined petroleum products It comprises the activity of transforming crude oil, bituminous minerals or its fractionation products, into: liquid or gaseous fuels or other products. Oil refining involves one or more of the following activities: fractionation; direct distillation of crude oil; and cracking; manufacture of fuels (gasoline, kerosene, etc.), fuels (light, medium and heavy fuel oil), refinery gases (e.g. ethane, propane, butane); lubricating oils and greases, products for the petrochemical industry (e.g. naphtha); products for road coating (petroleum bitumen); petroleum coke and other products refined petroleum products (vaseline, White spirit, paraffin, etc.). Includes biofuel blend with petroleum-derived fuels. Does not include:  Crude oil extraction (06100);  Manufacture of solid fuels from biomass (16260);  Manufacture of biodiesel and other liquid biofuels (20510);  Manufacture of oils and lubricating greases outside refineries (20595);  Manufacture of bituminous mixtures and asphalt emulsions (23991);

This subclass is part of the Portuguese Classification of Economic Activities (CAE-Rev.4), used for tax and statistical purposes in Portugal.

Parent class: 1920 - Manufacture of refined petroleum products and fossil fuel products

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