Next, we will present the types of establishments referred to by NAICS code 324110, as well as their classification. This code specifically focuses on a particular sector of the industry, detailing the activities and characteristics of the establishments involved.
Description NAICS Code 324110 – Petroleum Refineries
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in refining crude petroleum into refined petroleum. Petroleum refining involves one or more of the following activities:
- fractionation
- straight distillation of crude oil
- cracking
NAICS code 324110 includes:
- Acid oils made in petroleum refineries
- Aliphatic chemicals (i.e., acyclic) made in petroleum refineries
- Alkylates made in petroleum refineries
- Asphalt and asphaltic materials made in petroleum refineries
- Asphalt paving mixtures made in petroleum refineries
- Aviation fuels manufacturing
- Benzene made in petroleum refineries
- Biodiesel fuels made in petroleum refineries
- Butylene (i.e., butene) made in petroleum refineries
- Coke, petroleum, made in petroleum refineries
- Crude oil refining
- Crude petroleum refineries
- Cumene made in petroleum refineries
- Cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons made in petroleum refineries
- Diesel fuels made in petroleum refineries
- Ethylene made in petroleum refineries
- Fuel oils manufacturing
- Fuels, jet, manufacturing
- Gasoline made in petroleum refineries
- Heating oils made in petroleum refineries
- Hydraulic fluids made in petroleum refineries
- Jet fuels manufacturing
- Kerosene manufacturing
- Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) made in refineries
- Lubricating oils and greases made in petroleum refineries
- Naphtha made in petroleum refineries
- Naphthenic acids made in petroleum refineries
- Oil (i.e., petroleum) refineries
- Oil additives made in petroleum refineries
- Oils, fuel, manufacturing
- Paraffin waxes made in petroleum refineries
- Petrochemical feedstocks made in petroleum refineries
- Petrochemicals made in petroleum refineries
- Petroleum coke made in petroleum refineries
- Petroleum cracking and reforming
- Petroleum distillation
- Petroleum jelly made in petroleum refineries
- Petroleum lubricating oils made in petroleum refineries
- Petroleum refineries
- Propane gases made in petroleum refineries
- Propylene (i.e., propene) made in petroleum refineries
- Refineries, petroleum
- Refinery gases made in petroleum refineries
- Road oils made in petroleum refineries
- Solvents made in petroleum refineries
- Still gases made in petroleum refineries
- Styrene made in petroleum refineries
- Tar made in petroleum refineries
- Toluene made in petroleum refineries
- Waxes, petroleum, made in petroleum refineries
- Xylene made in petroleum refineries
NAICS Code 324110 does not include the following references:
- 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 Industry 322120, Paper 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 biofuels blended with purchased refined petroleum–are classified in U.S. Industry 324199, All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing;
- Manufacturing biofuels not blended with refined petroleum–are classified in U.S. Industry 325199, All Other Basic Organic Chemical 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 211130, Natural 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.
