fuel oil

noun

: an oil that is used for fuel and that usually has a higher flash point than kerosene

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Ocean vessels are heavy polluters, most of them running on what’s called heavy fuel oil — thick, tar-like residue left over after refining other petroleum products. —

Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024 The company’s operations in the KRI have enabled the region to avoid 52 million tons of CO2 emissions since 2008 by replacing diesel and fuel oil with natural gas for power generation. —

Judith Magyar, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 This huge growth is attributed to less pollution (sulfur oxides) and less global warming for LNG compared with marine fuels such as Heavy fuel oil (HFO), Marine diesel oil (MDO), and Marine gas oil (MGO). —

Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024 Eggs, for example, went up 57.6% in price from February 2020 to July 2024, while fuel oil jumped 44%. —

Becca Stanek, theweek, 30 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fuel oil