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Hidden Costs of Fuel Storage: Impact on Your Bottom Line
Gas station owners and fuel distributors approach fuel differently than other people - they know that fuel is meant to move fast. The ideal scenario...
Fuel Distribution
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The Hidden Cost of Biodiesel Instability: Why Your Storage Tanks Are Working Against You
If you're a fuel distributor working with high concentrations of biodiesel than just the B2 to B5 that everyone uses, you know the frustration all...
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How Fuel Distributors Stay Ahead of their Changing Needs
In today's rapidly evolving fuel market, fuel distributors can find themselves at a critical juncture. Shifts in regulations, consumer demands, and...
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Spill Buckets Can Put your UST at Risk
In response to recommendations on checking underground storage tanks for water, you may say that you don’t have any water problems. You already check...
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Low Sulphur Diesel Problems: Corrosion in Storage and Dispensing
In 2006, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandated the switch from Low Sulfur to Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD). This was a reduction of...
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Shrinking Fuel Distributor Margins a Problem for the Industry
Do you know where all the money in the cost of a gallon of gasoline goes? We've blogged about this before and the answers surprise a lot of people....
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Steps to Prevent Fuel Contamination
Continuing our discussion about diesel fuel quality, the issue of diesel fuel contamination is a constant bug in the ear of fuel handling...
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What Cetane Value Does in Diesel Engines
Octane and cetane are often talked about in similar terms, as equivalent properties for gasoline and diesel fuel, respectively. In the past, the Bell...
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Microbial Testing & Culture Tests: How Long to Wait?
With all the changes to today's fuels, microbial contamination is fast trending towards being the #1 most common problem with stored fuel. The market...
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Recognizing Diesel Fuel Algae
The last decade, since 2014 when the complete transition of all off-road diesel fuel to ULSD was completed, has seen a dramatic rise across the...