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Division: D - Manufacturing

US-SIC Code 2911 - Petroleum Refining

Industry 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. 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.

Business Examples

Common types of business activities within US SIC 2911 - Petroleum Refining are:

  • 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 fuel, lubricating, and illuminating produced in petroleum
  • Oils, partly refined sold for rerunning produced in petroleum
  • Paraffin wax, produced in petroleum refineries
  • Petrolatums, produced in petroleum refineries
  • Petroleum refining
  • Propylene, produced in petroleum refineries
  • Road materials, bituminous: produced in petroleum refineries
  • Road oils, produced in petroleum refineries
  • Solvents, produced in petroleum refineries
  • Tar or residuum, produced in petroleum refineries

IBISWorld Industry Research Report

Petroleum Refining in the US (32411)

Revenue 2025

$798.3bn

Growth 2025

-4.88%

Key Trends

  • Industry performance will be highly reliant on the severity of price fluctuations for crude oil

  • The COVID-19 outbreak significantly impacted revenue in 2019 and 2020

  • Demand for crude oil, especially from emerging economies, will pick up

Products and Services

US-SIC Hierarchy 2911 - Petroleum Refining

US-SIC Code 2911 - Petroleum Refining sits in the 2-digit Petroleum Refining sector. US SIC codes can be 2 to 8 digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be.

Division: D

Division Title: Manufacturing

2 Digits 3 Digits 4 Digits

Extended US-SIC Hierarchy for 2911 - Petroleum Refining

For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 2911 - Petroleum Refining. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.

6 Digit SIC Codes

  • 291101 Oil refiners (manufacturers)
  • 291102 Oils-recycling
  • 291103 Fuel-manufacturers
  • 291104 Oils-petroleum-manufacturers
  • 291105 Petroleum products-manufacturers
  • 291106 Automobile-oil refiners-manufacturers
  • 291108 Mineral spirits (manufacturers)
  • 291109 Gas plants
  • 291110 Oils-mineral (manufacturers)
  • 291111 Oil recovery-enhanced

8 Digit SIC 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

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A 01-09 Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing
B 10-14 Mining
C 15-17 Construction
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G 52-59 Retail Trade
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I 70-89 Services
J 90-99 Public Administration

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