Bob_Skurka
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I ran across this article in a trade publication and wondered several things. With the new diesel, will it cause problems with my tractors because I buy road diesel for my tractors. For people who buy bulk off-road diesel, and then put it in their pick up trucks, will that fuel destroy the new emissions equipment on a brand new truck? I am also concerned about the current fleet of diesel engines I have running road diesel and will the new low sulfer fuel burn differently, have the same lubricating properties, etc.
Anyway, here is article:
<font color="blue"> New Diesel Fuel Hits Market in 2006--Will You Be Ready?
September 16, 2004
ALEXANDRIA, VA -- Beginning in the summer of 2006, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will require a vast majority of the on-road diesel fuel sold in the United States to have a maximum sulfur content of 15 parts per million compared with the current diesel-fuel sulfur-content cap of 500 parts per million. This poses significant production, distribution and marketing challenges for the petroleum industry, forcing retailers to make decisions about their diesel-fuel business.
NACS has joined with the U.S. EPA and others in the petroleum industry to host the “Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel Implementation Workshop” in New Orleans on November 15 and November 16 to address the challenges industry faces. NACS encourages its members who sell diesel fuel to consider attending the event so that they may be better prepared to make critical decisions regarding their diesel-fuel business prior to the 2006 deadline.
Finalized in December 2000 and reaffirmed by the Bush administration the following year, the regulations require a 97 percent reduction in the sulfur content of on-road diesel fuel to enable 2007 and later-model-year trucks to be fitted with special emissions-control devices. Complicating the process, however, is the requirement that only 80 percent of the diesel fuel in the market in 2006 comply with this standard. This essentially introduces into the market a new diesel-fuel formulation that will force retailers to make some choices: Install an additional storage tank to accommodate two, nonfungible diesel fuels, or choose to service only one segment of the diesel-engine market.
A number of questions remain concerning the implementation of this program, which will impact a retailer’s decision. These questions include: 1) How much ultra-low sulfur diesel will be available to retailers? 2) What will be the cost associated with this new diesel fuel compared with current fuel? 3) Who is responsible for ensuring the compliance of the new fuel at retail? 4) How much sulfur contamination is expected during the distribution process? 5) Will distributors have to employ dedicated truck fleets to handle the new product?
These questions and others apply to refiners, pipeline operators, terminal operators, wholesale distributors and retailers alike. At 15 parts per million sulfur content, the level of downstream contamination that occurs will greatly impact the availability of product. Compliance responsibility, likewise, could influence a retailer’s ultimate product selection. </font>
Anyway, here is article:
<font color="blue"> New Diesel Fuel Hits Market in 2006--Will You Be Ready?
September 16, 2004
ALEXANDRIA, VA -- Beginning in the summer of 2006, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will require a vast majority of the on-road diesel fuel sold in the United States to have a maximum sulfur content of 15 parts per million compared with the current diesel-fuel sulfur-content cap of 500 parts per million. This poses significant production, distribution and marketing challenges for the petroleum industry, forcing retailers to make decisions about their diesel-fuel business.
NACS has joined with the U.S. EPA and others in the petroleum industry to host the “Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel Implementation Workshop” in New Orleans on November 15 and November 16 to address the challenges industry faces. NACS encourages its members who sell diesel fuel to consider attending the event so that they may be better prepared to make critical decisions regarding their diesel-fuel business prior to the 2006 deadline.
Finalized in December 2000 and reaffirmed by the Bush administration the following year, the regulations require a 97 percent reduction in the sulfur content of on-road diesel fuel to enable 2007 and later-model-year trucks to be fitted with special emissions-control devices. Complicating the process, however, is the requirement that only 80 percent of the diesel fuel in the market in 2006 comply with this standard. This essentially introduces into the market a new diesel-fuel formulation that will force retailers to make some choices: Install an additional storage tank to accommodate two, nonfungible diesel fuels, or choose to service only one segment of the diesel-engine market.
A number of questions remain concerning the implementation of this program, which will impact a retailer’s decision. These questions include: 1) How much ultra-low sulfur diesel will be available to retailers? 2) What will be the cost associated with this new diesel fuel compared with current fuel? 3) Who is responsible for ensuring the compliance of the new fuel at retail? 4) How much sulfur contamination is expected during the distribution process? 5) Will distributors have to employ dedicated truck fleets to handle the new product?
These questions and others apply to refiners, pipeline operators, terminal operators, wholesale distributors and retailers alike. At 15 parts per million sulfur content, the level of downstream contamination that occurs will greatly impact the availability of product. Compliance responsibility, likewise, could influence a retailer’s ultimate product selection. </font>