Definitions
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- noun A processing unit in
oil refinery that reduces the quantity of residual oil produced in thedistillation ofcrude oil to increase theyield of more valuable middle distillates (heating oil and diesel) by thermallycracking largehydrocarbon molecules in the oil.
Etymologies
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viscosity + breaker
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Examples
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Work is being carried out on a crude unit, a vacuum plant and a visbreaker, two people familiar with the situation said.
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