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fuel oil

noun

  1. an oil used for fuel, especially one used as a substitute for coal, as crude petroleum.


fuel oil

noun

  1. a liquid petroleum product having a flash point above 37.8°C: used as a substitute for coal in industrial furnaces, domestic heaters, ships, and locomotives
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The leak involves heavy M100-grade fuel oil that solidifies at a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius.

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Part of this same cargo, which began its journey in Russia, ended up being dumped off the coast of England last year after it became contaminated by fuel oil following a rough sea voyage.

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Contributions from solar, diesel and heavy fuel oil are even lower, accounting for 3%.

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This means that the industry is now making billions of euros by running its ships on cheap heavy fuel oil instead of cleaner fuel.

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Shipments of fuel oils, natural gas, and other fossil fuel products were also imported and exported.

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