Premium Diesel Fuel Quality

 

 

The ultimate goal of any diesel fuel buyer is to purchase the best possible fuel product at the lowest possible cost that will provide the most efficient operation in his equipment on a year-round basis. Research Laboratories, Inc. has always believed that true Premium Diesel Fuel is the only means to accomplish this goal. The term “Premium” attached to the marketing of diesel fuel is extremely confusing to fuel purchasers and consumers. While some petroleum suppliers may, in fact, take steps to provide an improved quality diesel fuel that might approach a classification of being a "truly" Premium product, most do not. Accordingly, the task of improving the quality of purchased diesel fuel is most often left to the fuel buyer to accomplish.

 

 

Research Laboratories, Inc. is constantly testing ‘problem’ fuels and is frequently asked what can be done to improve fuel quality. Periodically, we attempt to educate our clientele by canvassing the marketplace in survey form, compiling statistical results and writing comprehensive articles on the subject of fuel quality and performance. Research Laboratories, Inc. has undertaken the task of surveying the fuel producers (refiners), suppliers, marketers, and distributors of their opinions concerning what gives a diesel fuel Premium status and whether or not they actively supply such a product(s) to their customers.

 

 

A survey by Research Laboratories, Inc. of the diesel fuels industry was conducted during the summer of 2009. As with the first two surveys (1988 and 1999), this recent survey was designed to gather statistical data from the diesel fuel supply industry of the current status of so-called Premium Diesel Fuels. By gathering such information, we hope to better inform the buying public and determine the need for making such "better quality" products readily available in the market place. The information was gathered, compiled and released to the media.