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);