NACE-BEL 19—Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products

Where 19 sits

1. C Manufacturing
2. 19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 19.1 Manufacture of coke oven products
• 19.2 Manufacture of refined petroleum products and fossil fuel products

What 19 includes

• This division deals with the transformation of crude oil and coal into usable products. The dominant process is oil refining, which involves separating crude oil into its components using techniques such as cracking and distillation.
• This division includes the production of gases (e.g., ethane, propane, butane) as byproducts of oil refineries.
• This division encompasses both the in-house production of characteristic products (e.g., coke, butane, propane, gasoline, kerosene, fuel oil) and processing services (e.g., contract refining).

What 19 excludes

• This division does not include the manufacture of such gases in other units (see 20.14), the manufacture of industrial gases (see 20.11), The extraction of natural gas (methane, ethane, butane, or propane; see (06.20), Or The manufacture of gases other than petroleum gases for the supply of gaseous fuels via a permanent distribution network (e.g., coalbed methane, water gas, generator gas, Gas plant gas; see (35.21).
• The manufacture of petrochemical products from refined petroleum and the manufacture of liquid biofuels are classified in Division 20.

19 in other systems