Fuel oil definition

Fuel oil means heavy distillates or residues from crude oil or blends of such materials intended for use as a fuel for the production of heat or power of a quality equivalent to the “American Society for Testing and Materials’ Specification for Number Four Fuel Oil (Designation D 396-69)”, or heavier.
Fuel oil means any petroleum-based fuel (including diesel fuel or petroleum derivatives such as oil tar) and any recycled or blended petroleum products or petroleum by-products used as a fuel whether in a liquid, solid, or gaseous state.
Fuel oil means any liquid fossil fuel with sulfur content of greater than 0.05% by weight.

Examples of Fuel oil in a sentence

  • The Committee adopted the amendments to MARPOL Annex VI related to Fuel oil consumption of ships (MEPC.278(70)) with an effective date of 01 September 2017.


More Definitions of Fuel oil

Fuel oil means heavy distillates or residues from crude oil or blends of such materials intended for use as a fuel for the production of heat or power of a quality equivalent to the specification acceptable to the Organization2.
Fuel oil means any petroleum-based fuel (including diesel fuel or petroleum derivatives such as oil tar) as defined by the American Society for Testing and Materials in ASTM D396-90a, Standard Specification for Fuel Oils, and any recycled or blended petroleum products or petroleum by-products used as a fuel whether in a liquid, solid or gaseous state.
Fuel oil means any fuel delivered to and intended for combustion purposes for propulsion or operation on board a ship, including distillate and residual fuels.
Fuel oil means a liquid or liquefiable petroleum product either virgin or rerefined which is burned for the generation of heat or power and derived, whether in whole or in part, from crude oil.
Fuel oil means Number 2 through Number 6 fuel oils as specified in ASTM D-396-90a (Specification for Fuel Oils), gas turbine fuel oils Numbers 2-GT through 4-GT as specified in ASTM D-2880-90a (Specification for Gas Turbine Fuel Oils), or diesel fuel oils Numbers 2-D and 4-D as specified in ASTM D-975-90a (Specification for Diesel Fuel Oils).
Fuel oil means any fuel delivered to and intended for combustion purposes for propulsion or operation on board a ship, including gas, distillate and residual fuels." Regulation 22ACollection and reporting of ship fuel oil consumption data Regulation 22A.1 reads as follows:
Fuel oil means any oil to be burned to produce heat.