Heavy Fuel Oil

The black substance that boiled out of the rocks which called rock oil was used medicinally by the American Indians with consideration of healing power.
Petroleum is a Latin word derived from Petra meaning rock and Oleum meaning oil. This word is used more or less in the same sense as oil.

Heavy Fuel oil indicators

Crude oil consists of carbon and hydrogen elements, which is one of the types of hydrocarbons, and it is classified into light and heavy, sour and sweet crude oil based on the hydrocarbon compounds and their sulfur content.

API index is usually used to show the lightness and heaviness of crude oil. Crude oil with an API higher than 30 is called light, 20 to 30 is called medium, and lower than 20 is called heavy fuel oil. There are crude oils with an API greater than 44, such as Ecofisk crude oil, which is called very light.

In this article, we are going to discuss the sale of heavy oil and some key points related to the trade of this type of oil.

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Heavy Fuel Oil