Manufacture of refined petroleum products and fossil fuel products
What this code covers
Use this class for manufacture of refined petroleum products and fossil fuel products when the main activity includes Production of motor fuel: gasoline, kerosene, etc. and Production of fuel: light, medium and heavy fuel oil, refinery gases (e.g. ethane, propane, butane). Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Official NACE Rev. 2.1 labels and explanatory notes are imported from the source dataset. Plain-language explanations are shown separately so readers can compare interpretation with the source text.
No child codes; this is a class-level code.
- 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.
- 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 solid fuels from biomass, see 16.26
- manufacture of liquid biofuels, see 20.51
- Compare with 16.26, 20.51, 19.2 when the main activity overlaps another code.
- Check national equivalent caveats before using this code for local registration or filing workflows.
- If the main revenue activity appears in an exclusion, compare the alternative code before deciding.
Use this guide as classification support, not legal, tax, filing, or regulatory advice.
- - 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.
- - 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)
- - manufacture of peat briquettes
- - manufacture of hard coal and lignite fuel briquettes
- - manufacture of solid fuels from biomass, see 16.26
- - manufacture of liquid biofuels, see 20.51
- - 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 solid fuels from biomass
- - Manufacture of liquid biofuels
What is NACE 19.20 used for?
Use NACE 19.20 for manufacture of refined petroleum products and fossil fuel products when the main activity matches this scope: Use this class for manufacture of refined petroleum products and fossil fuel products when the main activity includes Production of motor fuel: gasoline, kerosene, etc. and Production of fuel: light, medium and heavy fuel oil, refinery gases (e.g. ethane, propane, butane). Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
What are typical examples for 19.20?
Typical examples include Production of motor fuel: gasoline, kerosene, etc., Production of fuel: light, medium and heavy fuel oil, refinery gases (e.g. ethane, propane, butane), and Manufacture of oil-based lubricating oils or greases, including from waste oil.
When might 19.20 not be the right code?
Review another code when the activity is closer to manufacture of solid fuels from biomass, see 16.26 and manufacture of liquid biofuels, see 20.51.
Which codes should I compare before choosing 19.20?
Compare 19.20 with 16.26 Manufacture of solid fuels from vegetable biomass, 20.51 Manufacture of liquid biofuels, and 19.2 Manufacture of refined petroleum products and fossil fuel products when the activity description is ambiguous.
Use this class for manufacture of solid fuels from vegetable biomass when the main activity includes Manufacture of briquettes, fire logs and pellets from agglomerated sawdust, wood waste and scrap, straw or other vegetable biomass. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this class for manufacture of liquid biofuels when the main activity includes Manufacture of biodiesel and Manufacture of ethanol from biomass. Check exclusions and nearby codes before applying it to a mixed activity.
Use this group for the broader activity area of manufacture of refined petroleum products and fossil fuel products, including Manufacture of refined petroleum products and fossil fuel products. Open the child codes when a more specific code is needed.
Rev. 2 code 19.20 maps to the same Rev. 2.1 class 19.20 Manufacture of refined petroleum products and fossil fuel products.
Official close match imported from NACE Rev. 2.1.
Low operational impact is expected, but systems should still store the target Rev. 2.1 version explicitly.
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