The beginning of the amazing events at Krakatoa in 1883 date to May 20 when there were initial rumblings and venting from the volcano, which had been dormant for about 200 years.
A refinery margin is the revenue associated with refining petroleum, expressed as a value per volume (e.g. $/L), net of the cost of the crude oil input. The simplest refining
The term is broad, and may include more drastic transformations, such as the reduction of ore to metal (for which see Refining (metallurgy)). The refining of liquids is often accomplished by distillation or fractionation.