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What (who) is fuel oil - definition
Fuel oil
![An [[oil tanker]] taking on fuel, or "[[bunkering]]"](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bunkering-or-taking-fuel.jpg?width=200 "An [[oil tanker]] taking on fuel, or \"[[bunkering]]\"")
.svg?width=200 "HAZMAT class 3 fuel oil")
![A fuel station in [[Zigui County]] on the [[Yangtze]] River](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zigui-Sinopec-boat-fuel-station-4959.jpg?width=200 "A fuel station in [[Zigui County]] on the [[Yangtze]] River")
HEAVY FRACTION OBTAINED FROM PETROLEUM DISTILLATION THAT IS BURNED TO GENERATE POWER
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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 oil
HEAVY FRACTION OBTAINED FROM PETROLEUM DISTILLATION THAT IS BURNED TO GENERATE POWER
Residual fuel; Gasoil; Fuel Oil; Diesel fuel oil; Distillate fuel oil; Residual fuel oil; Bunker fuel; Bunker fuels; Bunker C; Bunker c; Bunker fuel oil; Distillate fuel; Distillate oil; Light fuel oil; Bunker B; Bunker b; Navy special; Navy special fuel oil; Bunker A; Bunker a; Heavy gas oil; Light gas oil; Fuel oils; Bunker oil; Diesel fuel marine; Diesel Fuel marine; Diesel Fuel Marine; NATO F76; ISO 8217; Furnace oil; Distillate fuel oils; Heavy residual oil; Furnace Fuel Oil; Heavy fuel oils; Marine fuel oil; Furnace fuel oil; HSFO; LSFO; Marine fuel; Oil fuel; Low sulfur fuel oil; Ship fuel
¦ noun oil used as fuel in an engine or furnace.
Heavy fuel oil
FUEL OILS OF A TAR-LIKE CONSISTENCY
Heavy Fuel Oil; Bunker fuel; Bunker oil
Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) is a category of fuel oils of a tar-like consistency. Also known as bunker fuel, or residual fuel oil, HFO is the result or remnant from the distillation and cracking process of petroleum.
Examples of use of fuel oil
1. A visbreaker cracks straight–run fuel oil into higher value products such as gasoline and gas oil, and also yields residual fuel oil sold as marine fuel.
2. Some were carrying fuel oil, others gasoline, he said.
3. "Kirishi seems fully back to normal with fuel oil supplies.
4. Only about ' percent of homes are heated by fuel oil.
5. About ' percent use fuel oil, mostly in the Northeast.