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The Shukhov cracking process is a Thermal Cracking process invented by Vladimir Shukhov and Sergei Gavrilov. Shukhov designed and built first thermal Cracking techniques important to petrochemical Industry . His patent (Shukhov cracking process - patent of Russian Empire No. 12926 from November, 27th, 1891 ) on cracking were used to invalidate Standard Oil 's patents ( Burton Process – Patent of USA No. 1,049,667 on January 7, 1913 ) on Oil Refineries .
In 1937 it was superseded by Catalytic Cracking .
It is still in use today to produce Diesel .


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