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Abstract Thermolysis experiments of heavy oil have been carried out in flow reactor with the addition of 2.5–5.0% kerosene fraction of hydrocracking of vacuum gas oil prepared from conventional oil. It has been shown that the additive increases the degree of heavy oil conversion, restricts coke formation in the products of thermolysis as compared to the process without the additive, and provides a decrease in the viscosity of the products. Thermolysis conditions with the addition of kerosene fraction in flow reactor, which give liquid products in more than 97% yield and the viscosity of less than 75 mm2/s, have been determined in the case of the heavy oil of Ashal’ chinskoe deposit.