'''Gasoil''' is an intermediate product in an
oil refinery that is heavier than
diesel but lighter than lube oil or
residual fuel. It can be a feedstock to make lubricating oils such as
motor oil, or it is often converted into lighter, more valuable products such as gasoline or kerosene by a
cracking process. Heavier gasoils produced by
vacuum distillation called vacuum gasoils are usually feedstock for catalytic cracking. Lighter gasoils from the main crude distillation column that runs at near
atmospheric pressure are often called atmospheric gasoils and are fed to a hydrocracker.