The intensification of atmospheric residue distillation to increase the yield of vacuum gas oil (VGO) by additives was studied theoretically and practically, including the mechanisms to enhance atmospheric residue distillation, the laboratory-scale equipment, the relevant error analysis and the final experimental results. It was shown that the separate addition of 50 μg/g T118 and 50 μg/g T218 increases VGO yield by 1.3% and 2.2% respectively.