gas oil
Britishnoun
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David Campbell, field director with USW Local 675, said the fire broke out in the refinery’s Isomax complex, which converts gas oil into higher-value products such as jet fuel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
By phasing out fossil fuels, the production of raw materials is reduced as the extraction of natural gas, oil, and coal is no longer necessary.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024
"We would estimate that using LNG as a marine fuel emits over 120% more life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions than marine gas oil," he said.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2024
It would be the first change in more than a century to the royalties that energy companies pay to extract gas, oil and coal from government-owned territory.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
We spent weeks at the huge Shell Haven Refinery with a special instructor who taught us all about fuel oil and diesel oil and gas oil and lubricating oil and kerosene and gasoline.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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