fuel oils
Petroleum heating products
Fuel oils are petroleum products burned to generate heat or power.
They range from light distillates used in home heating to heavy residual oils that power ships and industrial furnaces.
The term typically excludes gasoline and other motor fuels, focusing on oils used in burners, boilers, and large engines: The building switched from fuel oil to natural gas.
- petroleum productsSubstances from crude refining
- home heatingWarming a residence
- dieselCompression-ignition fuel
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- hydrocarbonAll-carbon-and-hydrogen compound
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fuel oilsnatural gas
Subterranean hydrocarbon fuel
gasoline · electricity · coal · propane · nuclear power
fuel oilssolar power
Energy derived from sunlight
wind power · renewable energy · clean energy · green energy · hydroelectric power
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