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Natural gas obviously brings with it a number of quality-of-life environmental benefits because it is a relatively clean-burning fuel. It has a CO2 footprint, but it has no particulates. It has none of the other emissions elements that are of concern to public health that other forms of power-generation fuels do have: coal, fuel oil, others.
Rex Tillerson

Meaning of "fuel oil" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FUEL OIL

fuel oil play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FUEL OIL

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Fuel oil is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FUEL OIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fuel oil

Fuel oil

Fuel oil is a fraction obtained from petroleum distillation, either as a distillate or a residue. Broadly speaking fuel oil is any liquid petroleum product that is burned in a furnace or boiler for the generation of heat or used in an engine for the generation of power, except oils having a flash point of approximately 40 °C and oils burned in cotton or wool-wick burners. In this sense, diesel is a type of fuel oil. Fuel oil is made of long hydrocarbon chains, particularly alkanes, cycloalkanes and aromatics. The term fuel oil is also used in a stricter sense to refer only to the heaviest commercial fuel that can be obtained from crude oil i.e. heavier than gasoline and naphtha. In Australia the term 'distillate' refers specifically to diesel fuel.

Definition of fuel oil in the English dictionary

The definition of fuel oil in the dictionary is 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.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FUEL OIL

fuel
fuel air bomb
fuel cell
fuel efficiency
fuel element
fuel gauge
fuel injection
fuel injection engine
fuel injector
fuel poverty
fuel pump
fuel rod
fuel tank
fuel-efficient
fuel-saving
fuel-saving device
fueler
fuelled
fueller
fuelling

WORDS THAT END LIKE FUEL OIL

argan oil
burn the midnight oil
coal oil
coconut oil
crude oil
diesel oil
essential oil
fusel oil
gas oil
heavy crude oil
mineral oil
motor oil
olive oil
palm oil
sunflower oil
tall oil
the good oil
tung oil
vegetable oil
virgin olive oil

Synonyms and antonyms of fuel oil in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «fuel oil» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FUEL OIL

Find out the translation of fuel oil to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fuel oil from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fuel oil» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

燃料油
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fuel oil
570 millions of speakers

English

fuel oil
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ईंधन तेल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زيت الوقود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мазут
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fuelóleo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জ্বালানি তেল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mazout
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

minyak bahan api
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Heizöl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

燃料油
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중유
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lenga bahan bakar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dầu nhiên liệu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எரிபொருள் எண்ணெய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इंधन तेल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

akaryakıt
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

olio combustibile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

olej opałowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мазут
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

păcură
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαζούτ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

olie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

eldningsolja
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fyringsolje
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fuel oil

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FUEL OIL»

The term «fuel oil» is quite widely used and occupies the 35.025 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FUEL OIL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fuel oil» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fuel oil» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fuel oil

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QUOTES WITH «FUEL OIL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fuel oil.
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Rex Tillerson
Natural gas obviously brings with it a number of quality-of-life environmental benefits because it is a relatively clean-burning fuel. It has a CO2 footprint, but it has no particulates. It has none of the other emissions elements that are of concern to public health that other forms of power-generation fuels do have: coal, fuel oil, others.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUEL OIL»

Discover the use of fuel oil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fuel oil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fuel Oil Manual
Of the three fuels — coal, gas, and oil — the utilization of fuel oil as stand-by fuel presents a number of problems and requires some special precautions. Unfortunately, these problems appear at a time when the oil is urgently needed, ...
Paul Frank Schmidt, 1985
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Boiler Operator's Handbook
Number 2 is called “light fuel oil” which is not as dense as the others. Light fuel oil is basically the same as diesel engine fuel. It has a typical heating value of 141,000 Btu per gallon, weighs about 7.2 pounds per gallon and has an air-fuel ratio ...
Kenneth E. Heselton, 2005
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Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales 2003
36 Appendix B: Form EIA-821:Annual Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44. Tables. Sales of Fuel Oil and Kerosene in 2003 1. Sales of Distillate Fuel Oil by Energy Use in the United States: 1999-2003.
United States. Energy Information Administration. Office of Oil and Gas
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Inventories and Sales of Fuel Oil and Motor Gasoline, ...
Table 1. Estimated Ended-Month Wholesale Fuel Oil Inventories for the United States and by PAD Districts (Thousands of barrels. 1 Wholesale distributors SIC's 5153, 5161, 5172 and 5191) Quantity of end—of-month inventories Percent ...
‎1980
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Elements of Fuel Oil and Steam Engineering: A Practical ...
in the ensuing year in the Northwest by the • substitution of coal for California fuel oil by the Oregon Short Line and other industries. The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company and The Western Pacific Railroad ' Company are7 ...
Robert Sibley, Charles H. Delany, 1918
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Diesel fuel oil for increasing mountain pine beetle ...
S. A. Mata, J. M. Schmid, D. A. Leatherman, Rocky Mountain Research Station ( Fort Collins, Colo.) Diesel Fuel Oil for Increasing Mountain Pine Beetle Mortality in Felled Logs S.A. Mata Ü.M. Schmid D.A. Leatherman Figure 1 . After application ...
S. A. Mata, J. M. Schmid, D. A. Leatherman, 2002
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Fuel Oil Installations for Industrial, Railway and Marine Uses
FUEL OIL AND ITS PROPERTIES Production and Supply — In recent years widespread and constantly increasing demand has arisen for fuel oil. To meet this demand extensive sources of supply and facilities for production, handling and ...
‎1919
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Fuel Oil for Heat and Power
OIL VERUS COAL Refiners here are finding fuel oil in persistent demand among certain industrials which heretofore have used coal entirely. Salesmen report fuel oil cheaper than coal and declare the heat units in the oil are greater than in ...
‎1922
9
Elements of Fuel Oil and Steam Engineering; a Practical ...
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Robert Sibley, 2012
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Specifications for the purchase of fuel oil for the ...
6 SPECIFICATIONS FOR FUEL OIL. heating value,® as shown by analysis, above or below the standard fixed by the contractor. This correction is a pro rata one and the price is to be determined by the following formula: Delivered calories per ...
Irving Cowan Allen, 1911

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUEL OIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fuel oil is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fuel-oil leak from Perkasie Industries site contained
PERKASIE >> Fuel oil that had been discharged into Pleasant Spring Creek was sourced back to a previously undiscovered storage tank at the ... «Montgomery Newspapers, Jul 15»
2
Iran's weekly liquid fuel consumption hits 788 million liters
The consumption of liquid fuel including diesel oil and fuel oil in Iran over one week, ending on July 10 amounted for 788.8 million liters. «Trend News Agency, Jul 15»
3
Fuel oil should be regulated as a utility | Letter
Fuel oil used for heating should be classified as a public utility, as with natural gas used for heating, water, etc. Take away the power of oil ... «lehighvalleylive.com, Jul 15»
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Call for comments re Fuel Oil Code
The proposed CAD is intended to increase the protection from spills, leaks, and fires from fuel oil, kerosene and diesel systems used in ... «HPACMAG.Com, Jul 15»
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Fuel oil stocks still falling
Singapore's fuel oil inventories were at their highest level for over 15 years in early June. Nick Jameson, London News Desk, 9th July 2015 ... «bunkerworld, Jul 15»
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Investigation Reveals Fuel Leak At Sandyport Marina
#The report continued: "Several days after the decommissioning of the fuel oil pipelines leading from the dispenser on the dock and the ... «Bahamas Tribune, Jul 15»
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Asia Fuel Oil: Demand expected to improve after price drop
SINGAPORE: Asian fuel oil demand, especially in the shipping fuel bunker sector, could revive due to lower underlying prices, industry sources ... «Business Recorder, Jul 15»
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Philippines: Fuel oil import terminal to open
The 60-million liter capacity bulk terminal facility located in Mariveles will be able to store and distribute bunker fuel oil and diesel, among other ... «bunkerworld, Jul 15»
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Bears dominate Rotterdam's fuel oil market
The Rotterdam high sulphur fuel oil market continued to look oversupplied at the beginning of the week as arbitrage opportunities with ... «bunkerworld, Jul 15»
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Singapore Oil Terminals Congested After Record Fuel Oil Trades in …
A record of nearly 6 million tonnes - the equivalent of 39 million barrels - of fuel oil traded in June has caused massive congestion at ... «Ship & Bunker, Jul 15»

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