A crude oil berth is a place at a port for ships carrying crude oil.

A crude oil cracker is the part of a refinery and the equipment used for changing crude oil to its fractions , using heat and pressure .

A crude oil desalter is equipment which removes inorganic salts from crude oil, using chemical or electrostatic separation .

A crude oil fraction is a component of crude oil, which has its own particular molecular composition , weight, and boiling point.

a type of crude oil that does not flow easily and has greater viscosity and specific density than other types of crude

Crude oil dehydration is the removal of water or water vapor from crude oil, by separating the oil from the water, often in a rotating centrifuge .

Crude oil evaluation is the process of assessing the chemical and physical properties of crude oil, against particular standards .

A crude oil degassing plant is equipment that removes light ends such as methane and butane from crude oil.

A crude oil pyrolysis plant is equipment used for converting waste and poor fuel to a better product by pyrolysis (= the use of heat to decompose organic material).

A crude oil splitting tower is a vessel into which crude oil enters , at the bottom , and where the different components are obtained by a splitting process, rather than rearranging the molecules .

A crude oil distillation process is the process of heating crude oil and passing the vapor through a vessel to separate out different compounds, known as fractions .

A crude oil preparation plant is equipment used for processing crude oil to get a particular product or amount.

The crude oil refining capacity is the amount that is produced in a refinery each day.

Vacuum tower reduced crude oil is oil after it has been processed in a vacuum tower (= a vessel in which reduced pressure is used) to separate its components further, especially the bottom , heavier fractions .