SIC 2911—Petroleum Refining

Where 2911 sits

1. D Manufacturing
2. 29 Petroleum Refining and Related Industries
3. 291 Petroleum Refining
4. 2911 Petroleum Refining

Description

Establishments primarily engaged in producing gasoline, kerosene, distillate fuel oils, residual fuel oils, and lubricants, through fractionation or straight distillation of crude oil, redistillation of unfinished petroleum derivatives, cracking or other processes. Establishments of this industry also produce aliphatic and aromatic chemicals as by-products.

What 2911 includes

6-digit codes

• 291100 — Petroleum Refining
• 291101 — Gases and Liquefied Petroleum Gases
• 291102 — Light Distillates
• 291103 — Intermediate Distillates
• 291104 — Heavy Distillates
• 291105 — Residues
• 291106 — Aromatic Chemical Products
• 291107 — Nonaromatic Chemical Products
• 291199 — Petroleum Refining, NEC

8-digit codes

• 29110000 — Petroleum refining
• 29110100 — Gases and liquefied petroleum gases
• 29110101 — Gas, refinery
• 29110102 — Liquefied petroleum gases, LPG
• 29110200 — Light distillates
• 29110201 — Alkylates
• 29110202 — Gasoline blending plants
• 29110203 — Jet fuels
• 29110204 — Kerosene
• 29110205 — Naphtha
• 29110206 — Solvents
• 29110300 — Intermediate distillates
• 29110301 — Acid oil
• 29110302 — Diesel fuels
• 29110303 — Oils, fuel
• 29110304 — Oils, illuminating
• 29110305 — Oils, partly refined: sold for rerunning
• 29110306 — Still oil
• 29110400 — Heavy distillates
• 29110401 — Mineral jelly
• 29110402 — Mineral oils, natural
• 29110403 — Mineral waxes, natural
• 29110404 — Oils, lubricating
• 29110405 — Paraffin wax
• 29110500 — Residues
• 29110501 — Asphalt or asphaltic materials, made in refineries
• 29110502 — Coke, petroleum
• 29110503 — Greases, lubricating
• 29110504 — Petrolatums, nonmedicinal
• 29110505 — Road materials, bituminous
• 29110506 — Road oils
• 29110507 — Tar or residuum
• 29110600 — Aromatic chemical products
• 29110601 — Benzene, made in refineries
• 29110602 — Benzol (petroleum refining)
• 29110700 — Nonaromatic chemical products
• 29110701 — Butadiene (petroleum refining)
• 29110702 — Fuel additives
• 29110703 — Naphthenic acids
• 29119900 — Petroleum refining, nec
• 29119901 — Fractionation products of crude petroleum, hydrocarbons, nec

Example activities

• acid oil, produced in petroleum refineries
• alkylates, produced in petroleum refineries
• aromatic chemicals, made in petroleum refineries
• asphalt and asphaltic materials: liquid and solid produced in
• benzene, produced in petroleum refineries
• butadiene, produced in petroleum refineries
• butylene, produced in petroleum refineries
• coke, petroleum produced in petroleum refineries
• ethylene, produced in petroleum refineries
• fractionation products of crude petroleum, produced in petroleum
• gas, refinery or still oil produced in petroleum refineries
• gases, liquefied petroleum produced in petroleum refineries
• gasoline blending plants
• gasoline, except natural gasoline
• greases, lubricating: produced in petroleum refineries
• hydrocarbon fluid, produced in petroleum refineries
• jet fuels
• kerosene
• mineral jelly, produced in petroleum refineries
• mineral oils, natural: produced in petroleum refineries
• mineral waxes, natural: produced in petroleum refineries
• naphtha, produced in petroleum refineries
• naphthenic acids, produced in petroleum refineries
• oils, partly refined sold for rerunning produced in petroleum

Cross-references for 2911

• Establishments primarily engaged in producing natural gasoline from natural gas are classified in mining industries.
• Those manufacturing lubricating oils and greases by blending and compounding purchased materials are included in Industry 2992.
• Establishments primarily re-refining used lubricating oils are classified in Industry 2992.
• Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing cyclic and acyclic organic chemicals are classified in Major Group 28.

2911 in other systems