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What do water, rust, dirt, dust, bacteria and algae have in common? You don’t want them in your bulk fuel storage tank. Draining and cleaning tanks regularly is the only way to keep water, which ...

Here's the problem: Today's fleets with high-pressure common rail diesel engines operate at 30,000 PSI with clearances measured in microns. That leaves almost no tolerance for contaminants, whether ...

State and federal regulators have rejected key provisions of the Navy’s plan to improve the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility after 27,000 gallons of fuel spilled in 2014 from the World War II-built ...

The presence of water or other fluid mixed with diesel fuel is clearly apparent from the stratification shown here. Diesel fuel is generally very clean when it leaves the refinery. But it can pick up ...