I don't know what Dubbs cracking is, but thermal cracking is how crude is/was seperated into the various fluids ....oil,gas,naptha, diesel,tar,etc.
Maybe it is the Dubbs Method of thermal cracking?

[This message has been edited by jkyocom (edited 09-13-2007).]

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