mixture

Vacuum gas oil

Distillate of the vacuum distillation of atmospheric residue, boiling from about 360 to 560 degC (light and heavy); the main feed of catalytic crackers and hydrocrackers, often hydrotreated first. Sulfur content by crude: 1.00 wt% for the 375 to 565 degC cut of the Johan Sverdrup assay that refinery-distillation-1 uses, 2 to 3 % w/w in the hydrocracker feeds of REF BREF 2015 Table 3.62. Composition by crude. No composition recorded yet: one goes in only with its source (docs/registry.md, Fuel mixtures).

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Made by

Crude oil distillation, atmospheric and vacuum (crude and high vacuum units)Co-productConcept · not reviewed

Used by

Fluid catalytic cracking of vacuum gas oil (full-combustion regenerator)FeedstockConcept · not reviewed
Hydrocracking of vacuum gas oil, single-stage recycleFeedstockConcept · not reviewed

Routes compared

One route in the Atlas makes Vacuum gas oil: nothing to compare yet. A comparison appears when a second route is added.

Per 1 kg of Vacuum gas oil: inventory from each route's LCI dataset, unallocated; footprints per the functional unit of their own LCA.

Route	Tier, design maturity, review status	Geography, year	Energy	Feedstocks	Key emissions	Footprint	Comparability
Crude oil distillation, atmospheric and vacuum (crude and high vacuum units)vacuum distillation with steam injection and steam ejectors (REF BREF 2.19); one crude assay	Tier 1 (sourced conceptual)Design maturity: Concept (research)Not independently reviewedDataset review: unreviewed	RER, 2001	a co-product of a multi-output dataset (product:vacuum-residue besides it): its share needs the allocation of the LCI database build			no footprint	–

ISO 14044 requires a critical review (by a panel of interested parties, ISO/TS 14071) of a comparative assertion intended to be disclosed to the public. These routes are listed side by side for screening; a statement that one is better than another needs that review. None of these routes has had such a review.