19.20
Class
Manufacture of refined petroleum products and fossil fuel products
SDMX: C1920
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
0 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes
✓ Includes
This class 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; cracking. This class includes: - production of motor fuel: gasoline, kerosene, etc. - production of fuel: light, medium and heavy fuel oil, refinery gases (e.g. ethane, propane, butane) - manufacture of oil-based lubricating oils or greases, including from waste oil - 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)
+ Also Includes
This class also includes: - manufacture of peat briquettes - manufacture of hard coal and lignite fuel briquettes
Frequently Confused With
Who is this code for?
Verified: SEMANTIC_SECTION_MATRIXProduction managers and directors in manufacturing
SOC 2020:1121 Common titles: Plant manager, Factory manager
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives
SOC 2020:8111 Common titles: Machine operator, Factory worker
Assemblers (electrical and electronic products)
SOC 2020:8131 Common titles: Assembly worker, Line worker
Related Occupations
Industrial engineersMetal working production and maintenance fitters
Evidence: Representative SOC 2020 occupations for SIC Section C (Manufacture of refined petroleum products and fossil fuel products).
Frequently confused with
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Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) —
UK SIC 2026
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