What does HFO stand for?

Heavy Fuel Oil

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Mediterranean simple refiners were hit by the recent fall in relative value of heavy fuel oil, or crack, to crude oil and a sharper increase in Urals prices than lighter North Sea grades.

Plant margins drop to lows

Swire's cargo liner Pacific Adventurer released about 200,000 litres (53,000 US gallons) of heavy fuel oil off the coast of Queensland state, blackening scores of popular tourist beaches in one of the country's worst spills.

Aircraft sent to Australian oil rig leak

Byline: Michele Kambas CYPRUS could be looking at penalties of around e1/420 million annually for its CO2 emissions in the immediate term, for as long as the island's power grids continues to rely on polluting heavy fuel oil and renewable energy generation is low, Energy Regulatory Authority Chairman Costas Ioannou has said.

Cyprus could end up with ,e1/420 million in penalties for CO2 ...

Authorities declared a disaster zone along 37 miles (60 kilometers) of some of Australia's most popular beaches in Queensland state after they were covered in heavy fuel oil that spilled from a cargo ship caught in rough seas Wednesday.

Half of oil-slicked Australian beaches now clean

The case arose out of coastal damage in the French municipality of Mesquer as a result of heavy fuel oil spilled from the Erika in 1999.

Oil Spills At Sea: What A Waste!

The United States said Wednesday it has arranged to ship another 50,000 metric tons of heavy fuel oil to North Korea by next month under an international nuclear disarmament deal with the Stalinist nation.

US to ship 50,000 tons of fuel to NKorea

The terminal will be capable of handling a full range of oil products, including diesel, gas oil, jet fuel, kerosene, marine fuel, petrol, heavy fuel oil and, significantly, bio-fuels.

k30m deepwater oil terminal for Foynes; Scale: New terminal will have ...