fuel oil
noun
: an oil that is used for fuel and that usually has a higher flash point than kerosene
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The Coast Guard said the Morning Midas is estimated to have approximately 350 metric tons of gas fuel and 1,530 metric tons of very low sulfur fuel oil onboard.
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Shane Croucher
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
Traditional vessels burn heavy fuel oil, emit significant greenhouse gases, and rely on complex global supply chains.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
The assistance goes directly to utilities to pay gas or electricity bills, or to a provider of fuel oil, propane or wood.
—Kirsti Marohn, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2025
On the morning of April 19, 1995, a forty-eight-hundred-pound ammonium nitrate–fuel oil bomb exploded in a Ryder truck parked at the north entrance of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 18 Apr. 2025
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Shane Croucher
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
Traditional vessels burn heavy fuel oil, emit significant greenhouse gases, and rely on complex global supply chains.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
The assistance goes directly to utilities to pay gas or electricity bills, or to a provider of fuel oil, propane or wood.
—Kirsti Marohn, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2025
On the morning of April 19, 1995, a forty-eight-hundred-pound ammonium nitrate–fuel oil bomb exploded in a Ryder truck parked at the north entrance of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Fuel oil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fuel%20oil. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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