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oil-burning power plant
A facility generating electricity by burning petroleum fuel and converting the released energy.
A petroleum-fueled power plant is a place where electric power is generated by burning petroleum, a natural fossil fuel extracted from underground deposits.
Petroleum supplies the fuel for electricity production. A refinery or oil-storage installation does not become a generating plant simply because it handles the same substance.
The electrical output distinguishes this use from oil-burning equipment that provides heat only. The plant is identified by its fuel and generating function rather than a particular arrangement of buildings.
