UK SIC 19.201—Mineral oil refining

Where 19.201 sits

1. C Manufacturing
2. 19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products
3. 19.2 Manufacture of refined petroleum products and fossil fuel products
4. 19.20 Manufacture of refined petroleum products and fossil fuel products
5. 19.201 Mineral oil refining

What 19.201 includes

• This subclass includes the manufacture of liquid or gaseous fuels or other products from crude petroleum, bituminous minerals or their fractionation products. Petroleum refining involves one or more of the following activities: fractionation; straight distillation of crude oil; and cracking.
• Production of motor fuel: gasoline, kerosene, etc.
• Production of fuel: light, medium and heavy fuel oil, refinery gases such as ethane, propane, butane etc.
• Manufacture of products for the petrochemical industry and for the manufacture of road coverings
• Manufacture of various refined petroleum products: white spirit, vaseline, paraffin wax, petroleum jelly etc.
• Manufacture of petroleum briquettes
• Blending of biofuels, i.e. blending of alcohols with petroleum (e.g. gasohol)
• Manufacture of products from petroleum waste materials (e.g. waste lubricating petroleum oils)
• Manufacture of peat briquettes
• Manufacture of hard-coal and lignite fuel briquettes

What 19.201 excludes

• Manufacture of solid fuels from biomass, see 16.26
• Manufacture of liquid biofuels, see 20.51

19.201 in other systems