Fresh feed input

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-000853",
  "term": "Fresh feed input",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "Represents input of material (crude oil, unfinished oils, natural gas liquids, other hydrocarbons and oxygenates or finished products) to processing units at a refinery that is being processed (input) into a particular unit for the first time.\n\nExamples:\n\n(1) Unfinished oils coming out of a crude oil distillation unit which are input into a catalytic cracking unit are considered fresh feed to the catalytic cracking unit.\n\n(2) Unfinished oils coming out of a catalytic cracking unit being looped back into the same catalytic cracking unit to be reprocessed are not considered fresh feed.",
  "subject": "Petroleum",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/fresh-feed-input/"
}