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How to preserve fuel you bought ahead of time
Erik Bjornstad: May 7 2020
We’re living in unique times with oil at twenty year lows and fuel prices reminding us of pre-9/11 days. If you use gas or diesel, you may be...
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Removing Contaminants From Fuel in 2020: Essential Info for Emergency Diesel Storage
Erik Bjornstad: Apr 2 2020
Given that today’s fuels have changed markedly over the last decade, the issue of fuel contamination (and what to do about it) is an essential one...
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Diesel Fuel Storage Best Practices For Hospitals
Erik Bjornstad: Mar 27 2020
As the business landscape of the nation changes in 2020, we’re finding that we have to change the way we do a few things. For one, paying attention...
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This year's hurricane season - still time to prepare
Erik Bjornstad: Jul 25 2019
Predictions for the coming Atlantic hurricane seasons come out at the end of May, for the coming hurricane season that lasts from June 1 to Nov 30....
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Fuel testing for microbes: Better options for managing stored fuel
Erik Bjornstad: Apr 4 2019
Successfully managing stored fuel entails a lot of considerations, bringing with the territory lots of people giving advice and guidelines and best...
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The importance of your emergency fuel's "health score"
Erik Bjornstad: Mar 29 2019
These days, people are trying to quantify everything, to come up with a number that tells them in simple terms what they think they need to know. It...
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The Debate Over Diesel Fuel Storage Regulations
Erik Bjornstad: Feb 22 2019
What are the requirements for diesel fuel? What properties does it need to have? On one level, there’s ASTM D-975 which lists off the specifications...
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How often to check stored fuel
Erik Bjornstad: Jan 10 2019
An essential pare of proper care of stored fuel is monitoring its condition to pay attention to any changes that might hint at a problem developing....
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Today's Diesel Fuels and Removal of Sulfur: Were the Fears Realized?
Erik Bjornstad: Jan 4 2019
We’re heading toward two decades out from the big change in diesel fuel specifications of 2006 – the lowering of the on-road sulfur limit from 500...
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Condition Monitoring – Don’t Have Stored Fuel Without It Part 5
Erik Bjornstad: Nov 9 2018
This summer we hosted a webinar called Condition Monitoring for Stored Fuels. During the webinar we explained what condition monitoring is and the...