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Fuel oil

Fuel oil is any of various fractions obtained from the distillation of petroleum (crude oil). Such oils include distillates (the lighter fractions) and residues (the heavier fractions). Fuel oils include heavy fuel oil (bunker fuel), marine fuel oil (MFO), furnace oil (FO), gas oil (gasoil), heating oils (such as home heating oil), diesel fuel, and others.

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Uses

TrucksShipsCarsElectricityPolluting
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Maritime fuel classification

MaritimeCCAICIICentistokeEU Sulfur directive 2005/33/EC
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Transportation

Oil tankersHoustonSingaporeFujairahUnited Arab Emirates
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General classification

Carbon chainViscosityJet fuelCetane numberManufacture
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General classification

Maritime fuel classification

Bunkering

Transportation

Environmental issues

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Fuel oil

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Edges114
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Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017391
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Fuel oil

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related to Standards and classification · 21
Fuel oil → Anchorages, Auto Gas Oil, CCAI, CII, Despite, ECULSMGO, EU, EU Ports, EU Sulfur, IFO, Intermediate, ISO, Low-sulfur, LS, Marine, Marine Gas Oil, Maximum, The, Ultra-Low-Sulfur Diesel, Ultra-Low-Sulfur Marine Gas Oil
related to Transportation · 20
Fuel oil → Algeciras, Balboa, Cristobal, Egypt, Europe, Fuel, Fujairah, Houston, Lighter, Netherlands, Panama, Rhine River, Rotterdam, Sakha, Singapore, Spain, The, United Arab Emirates, US, Where
related to Environmental issues · 16
Fuel oil → Ammonia, At, CO2, Emissions, For, Fuel, GHG, Japan, Kyoto, LNG, MARPOL Convention, Parties, PM, SO2, The, Third Conference
see also · 16
Fuel oil → Bunker, Coconut, Combustible, Edible, Fuel, Integrated, Internal, Liquid, Papua New Guinea, Petroleum, Philippines, Strategies, Strategy, Substance, Type, VanuatuDiesel
related to Bunker fuel · 12
Fuel oil → Australian Tax Office, Bunker, Bunkers, FFO, HFO, In, Its, Navy Special Fuel Oil, No, NSFO, Since No, The Australian Customs
related to Uses · 11
Fuel oil → Heating, However, In, In Europe, It, Northeastern United States, Oil, Residual, Since, SUVs, The
related to United Kingdom · 8
Fuel oil → Agricultural, C1, C2, Class C1, Domestic, Fuel Oils, Industrial Engines, The British Standard BS
related to United States · 8
Fuel oil → Although, Former, It, Number, Price, The, This, Viscosity
related to External links · 7
Fuel oil → Fuel Oil Archived, HowStuffWorksInternational Bunker Industry AssociationNOAA, June, National Park Service, Oil Types, Wayback MachineHow Oil Refining, Works
related to Russia · 7
Fuel oil → In, It, Mazut, Russian, This, US, US Number

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fuel oil use fuels bunker residual used sulfur oils gas heating ships diesel also number heavy marine viscosity pollution emissions

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Fuel oilis avolatile distillate oil intended for vaporizing pot-type burners and high-performance/clean diesel engines0.90text
Fuel oilis adistillate home heating oil0.90text
Fuel oilis acommercial heating oil for burner installations not equipped with preheaters0.90text
Fuel oilis aresidual-type industrial heating oil requiring preheating to 770.90text
Fuel oilis ahigh-viscosity residual oil requiring preheating to 1040.90text
gas or Noinstance ofor have replaced their fuel supplies with a simpler one0.80text
air stripping.When released into waterinstance ofsince these properties reduce the effectiveness of methods0.80text
such as a river or oceaninstance ofsince these properties reduce the effectiveness of methods0.80text
residual oil tends to break up into patches or tarballsinstance ofsince these properties reduce the effectiveness of methods0.80text
sulfur contentinstance ofOver the years the standards have become stricter on environmentally important parameters0.80text
LPG/LNG have special class rules applied to the fuel systemsinstance ofGaseous fuels0.80text
Houstoninstance ofTransportationFuel oil is transported worldwide by fleets of oil tankers making deliveries to suitably sized strategic ports0.80text

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