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visbreakernounA processing unit in oil refinery that reduces the quantity of residual oil produced in the distillation of crude oil to increase the yield of more valuable middle distillates (heating oil and diesel) by thermally cracking large hydrocarbon molecules in the oil.
blowdownnoun(forestry) Uprooting, overtopping, or bole breakage of trees by the wind; windthrow and windsnap.
crackingnounThe production of a crack sound.
buckingnounThe act of a quadruped kicking both hind legs upward at once.
steam crackernoun(organic chemistry) A petroleum refining plant that carries out steam cracking
strippingnounThe act of one who strips.
waterbreaknoun(countable, more generally) Any artificially constructed system or device to halt the destructive flow of water.
boilermakingnounThe manufacture of boilers.
syncrudenounThe output from a bitumen/extra heavy oil upgrader facility used in connection with oil sand production.
deasphalternounA unit in a crude oil refinery or bitumen upgrader that separates out the asphalt from crude oil or bitumen.
extruditenounA piece of shaped catalytic material used in refinery operations.
absorbentnounAnything which absorbs.
volatilesnounThe volatile parts of a planet's atmosphere or crust.
hydrocrackingnoun(organic chemistry) The production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them.
ventingnounThe act by which something is vented.
oil refiningnounThe industrial process of converting crude oil into petroleum and other useful products
bolternounA person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly.
splittingnounAn instance where something splits.
disintegratornounOne who, or that which, disintegrates.
bleednounAn incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.

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