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such "straight-run" diesel is insufficient in supply and quality, so other sources of diesel fuels are blended in. One major source of additional diesel fuel is obtained by cracking heavier fractions, using visbreaking and coking. This technology converts less useful fractions but the product contains olefins (alkenes) which require hydrogenation to give the saturated hydrocarbons as desired. Another refinery stream that contributes to

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