Published Articles

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World Presentation

• Blending Premium Fuel With Additives
• How to "Spec" Premium Diesel Fuel Additives, 
  • Part 1, Cetane Improver
  • Part 2, The Value of Detergent
  • Part 3, Fuel Economy Improvement
• "Finding Premium Diesel Fuels" - USA Survey
• "Premium Diesel Fuel" Additive Formation Options
• The Making of 'Premium' Diesel Fuel
  • Part 1, Hydrocarbon Processing Clean Fuels Technology: A Special Report.
  • Part 2, What is Really Needed? (If Your Goal is Premium Diesel Fuel - MAKE IT PREMIUM!)
• Premium Diesel Fuel: What makes Amalgamated Additive Program Different?
• Improve Fuel Properties Without Extra Processing Investments
• Why Make Premium Diesel? Second Part of: Improve Fuel Properties Without Extra Processing Investments
• Cold Weather Additives for Premium Diesel Fuel
• Low-Sulfur Fuel and Additives
• How Can Additives Help?
• How Fuel Properties Effect Fleet Economy, What's Ahead for Fuel?
• Improving Fuel Efficiency with Additives - Two Case Studies (With Amalgamated® DFA-55 Series Additives)
• Storage Stability Changes with Commercially Available Diesel Fuel Winterizing Additives in the United States
• Fuel Saving claim for U.S. Additive. (Amalgamated® Marine Additives, MFA-55 & MFOA-55, testing program on steam boiler and diesel-powered ships
• Additive Boosts MPG - Fleet Tests Prove Mileage Gain Using Amalgamated's® "Fuel Maintenance" Chemicals
• Problems Encountered with Both Long Term Storage & High Turnover Middle Distillate (#2d) Fuel Oil
• Handling Winter Fuel Problems (Fleet Managers Must Take Positive Steps to Reduce or Eliminate Fuel-Related Problems)
• Establishing A Fuel Maintenance ™ Program (The Payback Comes in Better Vehicle Performance & Longer Engine Life)
• Diesel Fuel Contamination (is a Growing Problem, but One That Can be Handled when Understood)
• AMAL-DDA-2004 Distillate Detergent Additive-Performance (Diesel Fuel Additive Package)

Refinery Reports

• Distillate Fuels: Cold-Flow Improvements with Amalgamated®  Additives (Independent Refineries)
• Distillate Fuels: Cold-Flow Improvements with Amalgamated®  Additives (European Refineries)
• Distillate Fuels: Cold-Flow Improvements with Amalgamated®  Additives (World Refineries)
• Distillate Fuels: Cold-Flow Improvements, Anti-Wax Settling & Wax Crystal Redissolving with Amalgamated® Additives (Far East Refineries)
• Distillate Fuels: Cost Effective Cloud Point Reduction & Cold-Flow Improvements with Amalgamated® Additives (USA Refineries)
• Distillate Fuels: Winter Distillate Fuels Refinery Stream Optimization Using Amalgamated® Cold-Flow Improver Chemicals (World Refineries)
• Distillate Fuels: Winter Distillate Fuels Refinery Stream Optimization Using Amalgamated® Cold-Flow Improver Chemicals (USA Refineries)
• Distillate Fuels: Winter Distillate Fuels Refinery Stream Optimization Using Amalgamated® Cold-Flow Improver Chemicals (USA Jobbers)

Contributed Articles

• Additives: Elixir or Value-Adding Investment?
  • Fleet Equipment Magazine, July, 1989
• Custom Fuel Treatment (Outside Program Reduces Fleet's Fuel-Related Maintenance Headaches)
  • Heavy Duty Trucking (HDT), January, 1989
• Diesel Fuel: A Quest for Quality
  • Commercial Carrier Journal, March, 1988
• Treat Fuel as a Maintenance Item, AGA's Flesher Tells TMC Meeting
  • Modern Bulk Transport, April, 1985
• Cleaning Up that Fuel (Winterizing Special Report)
  • Heavy Duty Trucking Magazine (HDT), September, 1984

Other In-House Publications

• FOA-55HD ™ - Fuel Oil Additive Report
• TFA-55 - Turbine Fuel Additive for Emergency Generators & Power-Generating Turbines
• Fuel Economy Improvements - DFA-55 Diesel Fuel Additive Concentrate