本书是讲述石油炼製相关知识的英语学习教程，共6章，主要包括美国炼油工业发展、石油炼製过程、一次加工、二次加工、石油炼製产品和化工产品以及石油炼製与环境保护等内容。

本书可作为石油相关专业的师生和石油系统员工学习石油科技英语的参考书。

Chapter 1 American Refinery Industry Development
1.1 Petroleum prior to the Modern Era
1.2 Technological Change and Energy Transition
1.3 The U. S. Petroleum Refining Industry
1.4 The Development of Refining Industry and Petroleum Products
Chapter 2 Petroleum Refining Processes
2.1 Introduction to Petroleum
2.2 Petroleum Composition
2.3 Petroleum Refining
2.4 Downstream Processing
Chapter 3 Primary Refining
3.1 Distilling
3.2 Vacuum Flashing
3.3 Recovery of Aromatics and Desulphurisation
Chapter 4 Secondary Refining
4.1 Catalytic Cracking （1）
4.2 Catalytic Cracking （2）
4.3 Catalytic Reforming
4.4 Hydrocracking
4.5 Alkylation
Chapter 5 Oil Refinery Products and Petrochemicals
5.1 Oil Refinery Products （1）
5.2 Oil Refinery Products （2）
5.3 Petrochemicals
5.4 Synthetic Organic Chemicals
Chapter 6 Oil Refining and Environmental Protection
6.1 Refining Contamination （1）
6.2 Refining Contamination （2）
6.3 Consuming Contamination
6.4 Chemical Product Contamination
Chinese Translation and Key to the Exercises
References