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HFO
(redirected from Heavy fuel oil)

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HFOHeavy Fuel Oil
HFOHigh Frequency Oscillator
HFOHonolulu Forecast Office (National Weather Service; Hawaii)
HFOHeavy Furnace Oil
HFOHole Full of Oil (oil exploration slang)


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When refined, lighter crudes yield more top-of-the-barrel products, such as gasoline and jet fuel, while heavy crudes traditionally yield more bottom-of-the-barrel products, such as heavy fuel oil and ships bunker oil.
Under the leadership of AEI, BLM recently began undertaking a repowering project to convert its heavy fuel oil 120 MW steam plant into a coal plant, which will be Panama's lowest cost thermal producer.
The lower the gravity is, the heavier or thicker the crude, and from it are refined more bottom-of-the-barrel products - such as less desirable ship's bunker oil and heavy fuel oil.
 
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