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• Cracking (chemistry) — In petroleum geology and chemistry, cracking is the process whereby complex organic molecules such as kerogens or heavy hydrocarbons are broken down into simpler molecules such as light hydrocarbons, by the breaking of carbon carbon bonds in the… …   Wikipedia

• Coking —   Thermal refining processes used to produce fuel gas, gasoline blendstocks, distillates, and petroleum coke from the heavier products of atmospheric and vacuum distillation. Includes:   Delayed Coking. A process by which heavier crude oil… …   Energy terms

• thermal cracking — 1. A refining process in which heat and pressure are used to break down, rearrange, or combine hydrocarbon molecules. Thermal cracking includes gas oil visbreaking, fluid coking, delayed coking, and other thermal cracking processes (e.g.,… …   Petroleum refining glossary

• Thermal cracking —   A refining process in which heat and pressure are used to break down, rearrange, or combine hydrocarbon molecules. Thermal cracking includes gas oil, visbreaking, fluid coking, delayed coking, and other thermal cracking processes (e.g.,… …   Energy terms

• Fluid coking —   A thermal cracking process utilizing the fluidized solids technique to remove carbon (coke) for continuous conversion of heavy, low grade oils into lighter products.   U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …   Energy terms

• petroleum refining — Introduction  conversion of crude oil into useful products. History Distillation of kerosene and naphtha       The refining of crude petroleum owes its origin to the successful drilling of the first oil well in Titusville, Pa., in 1859. Prior to… …   Universalium

• Oil Campaign chronology of World War II — Main articles: Oil Campaign of World War II and Oil Campaign targets of World War II The Oil Campaign chronology of World War II lists bombing missions and related events regarding the petroleum/oil/lubrication (POL) facilities that supplied Nazi …   Wikipedia

• Bituminous coal — is a relatively soft coal containing a tarlike substance called bitumen. It is of higher quality than lignite coal but poorer quality than anthracite coal. Bituminous coal is an organic sedimentary rock formed by diagenetic and submetamorphic… …   Wikipedia

• Cracken — (engl. to crack, „spalten“), das Kracken (selten), ist ein Verfahren der Erdölverarbeitung, mit dem Kohlenwasserstoffe längerer Kettenlänge in Kohlenwasserstoffe kürzerer Kettenlänge gespalten werden. Dies ist notwendig, da der Markt mehr… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Visbreaker — A visbreaker is a processing unit in oil refinery whose purpose is to reduce the quantity of residual oil produced in the distillation of crude oil and to increase the yield of more valuable middle distillates (heating oil and diesel) by the… …   Wikipedia

• Hydroskimming — is the simplest type of refinery used in the petroleum industry [ [http://www.hpiconsultants.com/petroleum/HPRY%20RefyConfigs.htm Info from] HPI Consultants] A hydroskimming refinery is defined as a refinery equipped with Atmospheric Distillation …   Wikipedia