Marine diesel oil

Marine diesel oil (MDO) is a type of distillate diesel oil. Marine diesel oil is also called distillate marine diesel.[1] MDO is widely used by medium speed and medium/high speed marine diesel engines. It is also used in the larger low speed and medium speed propulsion engine which normally burn residual fuel.[1] Those fuels result from a catalytic cracking and visbreaking refinery.[1] Marine diesel oil has been condemned for its nimiety of sulfur, so many countries and organizations established regulations and laws on MDO use. Due to its lower price compared to more refined fuel, MDO is favored particularly by the shipping industry. [2]

  1. ^ a b c "Marine Diesel Fuel Oil" (PDF). Environment Canada Oil Properties Database. Environment Canada, Emergencies Science and Technology Division. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  2. ^ Chevron. "Diesel Fuels Technical Review" (PDF). Chevron Global Marketing. Chevron. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.