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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...
Fuel Distribution
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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...
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Diesel Fuel Algae Treatment
Figuring out that you have algae in your fuel is one thing. But getting rid of it and keeping it away is a whole other ball game. A game you've got...
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How to Boost Cetane in Diesel
You have a diesel engine and it just doesn’t seem to be running right. Maybe it’s a little rough. It could be noisier than usual. It doesn’t seem to...
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More Ways Fuel Distributors Can Protect Their Clients' Bottom Line From Ethanol
If you run a business in the fuels industry, the problems of your customers are, really, your problems. When your customers think about the ethanol...