There are two basic types of marine fuels – distillate and residual. A third type is a mixture of these two, commonly called “intermediateâ€. Distillate fuel is composed of petroleum fractions of crude oil that are separated in a refinery by a boiling or “distillation†process. Residual fuel or “residuum†is the fraction that did not boil, sometimes referred to as “tar†or “petroleum pitchâ€.
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