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<blockquote data-quote="Cowabunga" data-source="post: 7622706" data-attributes="member: 718"><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52)">Why are EN 590 specs and A2 grade gas oil specs the same?</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52)">Since 2011, it’s been a legal requirement for off-road fuel in mobile machinery to comply with the EU’s ULSD regulations – meaning fuel can contain no more than 10ppm of sulphur. DERV already complied with this at the time, the only difference between A2 Grade red diesel and white diesel was the option for different cetane and bio (FAME) content.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52)">This is important as there have been times where modern off-highway machinery designed for use with EN590 was being operated with A2 Grade gas oil, resulting in poor performance.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52)">As a result, and because nearly all gas oil is used for agricultural and commercial use, where modern equipment relies on EN 590 grade diesel, UK refiners focus on producing gas oil that meets the highest specs possible. Gas oil that meets this specification is known as EN 590 gas oil.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52)">When this diesel is designated for on-road or off-road use it becomes marked with a red dye to reflect its lower duty rate.</span></p><p></p><p>Basically nearly all gasoil that comes from a UK refinery meets EN590, which is DERV [road diesel] with a red dye added. However some considerable amount of gasoil is imported, already refined, to places like Murco storage depot Milford Haven, which used to be a refinery but no longer is This may be A2 grade with a lower cetane level which means, probably, a less efficient combustion with more soot produced. Which is why I insist that any delivery from Certas that I get comes from the North, not the South. The Northern supply comes out of Stanlow refinery in Cheshire, which used to be a Shell refinery but has long been owned by Essar [not Esso]. There is every possibility that the Southern option comes out of Milford which gets it ready-made transported from who-knows-where in the belly of a ship.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cowabunga, post: 7622706, member: 718"] [SIZE=5][B][COLOR=rgb(243, 121, 52)]Why are EN 590 specs and A2 grade gas oil specs the same?[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] [COLOR=rgb(243, 121, 52)]Since 2011, it’s been a legal requirement for off-road fuel in mobile machinery to comply with the EU’s ULSD regulations – meaning fuel can contain no more than 10ppm of sulphur. DERV already complied with this at the time, the only difference between A2 Grade red diesel and white diesel was the option for different cetane and bio (FAME) content. This is important as there have been times where modern off-highway machinery designed for use with EN590 was being operated with A2 Grade gas oil, resulting in poor performance. As a result, and because nearly all gas oil is used for agricultural and commercial use, where modern equipment relies on EN 590 grade diesel, UK refiners focus on producing gas oil that meets the highest specs possible. Gas oil that meets this specification is known as EN 590 gas oil. When this diesel is designated for on-road or off-road use it becomes marked with a red dye to reflect its lower duty rate.[/COLOR] Basically nearly all gasoil that comes from a UK refinery meets EN590, which is DERV [road diesel] with a red dye added. However some considerable amount of gasoil is imported, already refined, to places like Murco storage depot Milford Haven, which used to be a refinery but no longer is This may be A2 grade with a lower cetane level which means, probably, a less efficient combustion with more soot produced. Which is why I insist that any delivery from Certas that I get comes from the North, not the South. The Northern supply comes out of Stanlow refinery in Cheshire, which used to be a Shell refinery but has long been owned by Essar [not Esso]. There is every possibility that the Southern option comes out of Milford which gets it ready-made transported from who-knows-where in the belly of a ship. [/QUOTE]
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