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

• Fuel, oil and grease shall, when supplied by the Owner, be charged at net cost or an agreed estimate of net cost, and when supplied by the Hirer, shall be of a grade or type specified by the Owner.

• Fuel oil delivered shall be subject to sampling and testing at the discretion of the purchasing Agency and/or OGS NYS Procurement.

• Samples shall be analyzed for petroleum contamination constituents (total constituent analysis) in accordance with CP – 51/Soil Cleanup Guidance, Gasoline and Fuel oil, Tables 2 and 3 using USEPA Method 8260 for volatile organics and methyl t-butyl ether (MTBE) and USEPA Method 8270 for base/neutrals.

• Fuel oil shall be described in such manner as to identify diesel oil as distinguished from other types of fuel oil.

• Fuel oil is a product aggregate equal to the sum of low sulphur fuel oil and high sulphur fuel oil.

More Definitions of Fuel oil

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 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 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 any virgin distillate oil, virgin residual oil, biodiesel or a blend of these.

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 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).