Middle Distillates
MIDDLE DISTILLATES
Committing to % 0.5 rule & the new Climate that is being faced by Market, on the other hand the emerging needs of Middle Distillates, PETROLAND supplies below products:
Kerosene
Kerosene (petroleum) is a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons whose lighter fractions are refined, mainly into jet fuel, by adding certain additives. Without these additives, which alter its chemical properties, kerosene was and is still used as fuel for oil lamps.
Certain kerosene variants with particularly low sulfur content are also used for household heating and for various industrial processes.
SpecificationGas Oil
Gas Oil is made from the fractional distillation of crude oil and is a part of the heavy fuel oil family. It is primarily used as heating oil and Diesel fuel.
LSFO Low sulfur fuel oil
Heavy fuel oils are referred to as low sulfur fuel oil (LSFO) if their sulfur content is below 1%. Usually these are marine fuel types IFO 180 or IFO 380, which have been desulfurized. Until the end of 2014, ships could still travel through Emission Control Areas (ECAs) with this type of marine fuel.
Since January 1, 2015, in accordance with Annex VI of the MARPOL Conventions, ship emissions must contain no more than 0.1% sulfur in such protected areas (ECAs). Due to these tightened restrictions, LSFOs no longer play an appreciable role in these areas and have been virtually replaced with the ultra-low sulfur fuel oil (ULSFO) marine fuel, which complies with those limits. Today, the term ultra-low sulfur fuel oil usually refers not to desulfurized heavy fuel oils, but to marine gasoil, which is already low in sulfur. It is composed exclusively of distillates and has a sulfur content of under 0.1%. This marine fuel is also known as ultra-low marine gasoil. ULSFO is used in medium- to high-speed diesel engines.