Role of Specification in Maximizing the High Speed Diesel Yield from Crude Oil

Abstract

 Pakistan’s indigenous production of POL products is deficit in kerosene and high speed diesel oil. In the year 1990-91, 0.42 million metric ton kerosene costing 160 million dollars and 2.6 million ton HSD costing751 million dollars, were imported. This paper describes the possibility of”cuUing deeper” into the high speed diesel oil fraction of the crude oil, for maximizing the yield, without affecting the present marketing specification.