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 monthly inflation rate for tomatoes in March was the largest for any consumer good or service, outside of energy commodities like gasoline and fuel oil, which have risen sharply due to an oil supply shock tied to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026
Energy prices logged their biggest gain since 2005, with gas prices leaping more than 21% and fuel oil up more than 30% from February.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 10 Apr. 2026
The design uses hydrogen as the primary fuel with a small amount of heavy fuel oil as pilot ignition, a configuration chosen for redundancy in early commercial applications.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
Around 130 crude oil and fuel oil tankers are currently in the Persian Gulf, along with about 210 tankers that carry refined products like gasoline, according to Rohit Rathod, a senior oil market analyst at Vortexa, an analytics firm.
—Joe Walsh, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
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Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026
Energy prices logged their biggest gain since 2005, with gas prices leaping more than 21% and fuel oil up more than 30% from February.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 10 Apr. 2026
The design uses hydrogen as the primary fuel with a small amount of heavy fuel oil as pilot ignition, a configuration chosen for redundancy in early commercial applications.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
Around 130 crude oil and fuel oil tankers are currently in the Persian Gulf, along with about 210 tankers that carry refined products like gasoline, according to Rohit Rathod, a senior oil market analyst at Vortexa, an analytics firm.
—Joe Walsh, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
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“Fuel oil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fuel%20oil. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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