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Product

Ultra Low Sulphur Petrol

 

Applicable Standards

BS 7800 and BS EN 228
HM C&E ULSP requirements

 

Use

A higher octane fuel for use in engines designed to run on unleaded petrol.

         
Sales Specification   Units   Min   Max
             
Research Octane number (RON)
Motor Octane number (MON)
Lead content
Density at 15°C
Sulphur content
Oxidation Stability
Existent Gum (solvent washed)
Copper Strip Corrosion (3hrs at 50°C)
Hydrocarbon Type content
- Olefins
- Aromatics
Benzene content
Oxygen content
Oxygenates content
- Methanol
- Ethanol including bioethanol
- Iso-propyl alcohol
- Iso-butyl alcohol
- Tert-butyl alcohol
- Ethers (5 or more C atoms)
- Other Oxygenates
Vapour Pressure (DVPE)
- Spring (16 April - 31 May)
- Summer (1 June - 31 August)
- Autumn (1 September - 15 October)
- Winter (16 October - 15 April)
Vapour Lock Index (=10VP + 7E70)
- 16 April - 31 May
- 1 September - 15 October
Distillation Characteristics
- Evaporated at 70°C E70
- Spring (16 April - 31 May)
- Summer (1 June - 31 August)
- Autumn (1 September - 15 October)
- Winter (16 October - 15 April)
Evaporated at 100°C E100
Evaporated at 150°C E150
Final Boiling Point
Distillation Residue
 

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mg/l
kg/m3
mg/kg
minutes
mg/100ml
rating

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kPa
kPa
kPa
kPa

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%(v/v)
%(v/v)
%(v/v)
%(v/v)
%(v/v)
%(v/v)
°C
%(v/v)

 

99.0
87.0
-
720.0
-
360.0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

45.0
45.0
45.0
70.0

-
-

20.0
20.0
20.0
22.0
46.0
75.0
-
-

 

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-
5.0
775.0
10.0
-
5.0
Class 1

18.0
35.0
1.0
2.7
-
3.0
5.0
10.0
10.0
7.0
15.0
10.0

100.0
70.0
100.0
100.0

1250.0
1250.0

50.0
48.0
50.0
50.0
71.0
-
210.0
2.0