Without cracking processes, the refining industry would have to consume much more crude oil to meet the world’s light product demand, and the burning of heavy fuel oil would be much more commonplace. read more
In order for it to be useful to us, crude oil is broken down in oil refineries into its component parts, known as fractions, and these can then be used for many different purposes. Fractions that are produced by the distillation of crude oil can go through a process called cracking. read more