Statistical thinking and methods, as well as properuseofdata, can be imbedded into theoperationof the process to improveperformanceandto institutionalize this improvedapproach.
The result, if all goes well, will be a mixture of hydrocarbons that can be fed intothe stage ofthe oil-refining process just before petrol and diesel emerge from the stills, and at a price that competes with the equivalent chemical mixture produced by traditional methods.