Fuel Oils

Fuel oils are refinery products from distillation of crude oil used in industrial applications for generating heat or power as home heating oil, bunker fuel or in utility power generation. Fuel oils are the heaviest oils left over after gasoline and diesel fuels are removed. Fuel oils are composed of long chain hydrocarbons with varying compositions of aliphatic or aromatic compounds that determine their characteristics. The largest consumer today for heavy fuel oil is the ocean shipping industry as marine fuel or bunker fuel. Use as carbon black oil is the second largest application for the fraction with the highest levels of aromatic hydrocarbons.

Experts in fuel oils are needed to understand the sources and characteristics that will determine their use in bunker fuel blending or carbon black applications. New International Maritime Organization’s low sulfur requirements in bunker fuel that went into effect January 2020 have created massive changes worldwide in the availability of bunker fuel that steamship owners can use. Fuels that meet sulfur and other specs may be sourced and correctly characterized to avoid penalties and port restrictions. There are efforts to find alternative non-petroleum-based fuel oil sources, such as biodiesel and renewable diesel.

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