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<blockquote data-quote="Caustic Burno" data-source="post: 1672552" data-attributes="member: 694"><p>You were getting supplied with #2 diesel that had a high cloud point. Highway diesel is supposed to have a cloud of 14 to 15 degrees. Sounds like a a couple issues here.</p><p>One the quality control at the refinery messed up. The refinery somewhere in the supply chain was running a heavy asphalt crude they can create blending and storage nightmares . This type of crude is very paraffinic. This probably came from a single train refinery versus a complex where there is more thermal cracking in the presence of catalyst.</p><p>When temperatures start staying at 30 or below the supplier should start producing #1 diesel. There were a couple crudes from Venezuela that were tough for us to get cloud on in a complex refinery. We would usually run the diesel through a hydrocracker converting it to gasoline.</p><p>I know Mayan crude from a certain area gave us fits, it made fluorescent pink kerosene, no one could figure out why. It met every spec for kerosene but color that is supposed to be water white.</p><p>So we had two options solution by dilution or drop in diesel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Caustic Burno, post: 1672552, member: 694"] You were getting supplied with #2 diesel that had a high cloud point. Highway diesel is supposed to have a cloud of 14 to 15 degrees. Sounds like a a couple issues here. One the quality control at the refinery messed up. The refinery somewhere in the supply chain was running a heavy asphalt crude they can create blending and storage nightmares . This type of crude is very paraffinic. This probably came from a single train refinery versus a complex where there is more thermal cracking in the presence of catalyst. When temperatures start staying at 30 or below the supplier should start producing #1 diesel. There were a couple crudes from Venezuela that were tough for us to get cloud on in a complex refinery. We would usually run the diesel through a hydrocracker converting it to gasoline. I know Mayan crude from a certain area gave us fits, it made fluorescent pink kerosene, no one could figure out why. It met every spec for kerosene but color that is supposed to be water white. So we had two options solution by dilution or drop in diesel. [/QUOTE]
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