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Brochure #:DOE/EIA-X063
Release Date: May 24, 2007
Next Release Date: May 2008
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Diesel Fuel Prices: What Consumers Should Know
INTRODUCTION:
Diesel fuel is mon term for the motor vehicle fuel used in pressio
engines named for their inventor, the German engineer Rudolf Diesel, who patented h
design in 1892. While diesel engines are capable of burning a wide variety of f
Biodiesel below), diesel fuel refined from crude oil is the most widely used today. Die
important to America’s economy, quality of life, and national security. This Energy In
Administration (EIA) brochure discusses the factors that affect and determine diesel fue
How Diesel Fuel Is Made
Petroleum diesel is a “distillate” refined from crude oil. There are various grades o
distillates, but Number 2 (No. 2) distillate is the primary source for the motor diesel fuel consumed in the
used as a fuel oil for heating buildings and by industry.
Diesel fuel is No. 2 distillate with a relatively low sulfur content. New . Environmental Protection Agen
standards for diesel fuel sulfur content started in 2006. By Jun