ASTM releases B20 heating oil specifications

The latest iteration of the ASTM heating oil specification, D396-15a, will be published soon, according to ASTM. In 2008, ASTM passed a measure allowing up to 5 percent biodiesel in the D396 fuel oil standard.

D396-15a adds parameters for stability and allows a slightly higher distillation temperature for the blends, the same changes included in the D7467 specification passed by ASTM in 2008 for on- and off-road diesel fuel blended with 6 to 20 percent biodiesel.

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