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Bunker fuels

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-000199

Fuel supplied to ships and aircraft, both domestic and foreign, consisting primarily of residual and distillate fuel oil for ships and kerosene-based jet fuel for aircraft. The term "international bunker fuels" is used to denote the consumption of fuel for international transport activities. Note: For the purposes of greenhouse gas emissions inventories, data on emissions from combustion of international bunker fuels are subtracted from national emissions totals. Historically, bunker fuels have meant only ship fuel.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-000199
FieldEnergy
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-000199",
  "term": "Bunker fuels",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "Fuel supplied to ships and aircraft, both domestic and foreign, consisting primarily of residual and distillate fuel oil for ships and kerosene-based jet fuel for aircraft. The term \"international bunker fuels\" is used to denote the consumption of fuel for international transport activities. Note: For the purposes of greenhouse gas emissions inventories, data on emissions from combustion of international bunker fuels are subtracted from national emissions totals. Historically, bunker fuels have meant only ship fuel.",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/bunker-fuels/"
}

Record 199 of 2,515 in Energy terminology (MLC-0117). Request the full dataset.