DRAFT KENYA STANDARD              DKS 1310: 2019  
  ICS 75.160.01   
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Specification for fuel oils  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 KENYA STANDAR D                             DKS 1310: 2019  
ICS 75.160.01  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Specification for fuel oils  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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PREFACE 
 
This Kenya Standard has been prepared by the Technical Committee on Petroleum  and Petroleum 
Products . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
SPECIFICATION FOR FUEL OILS  
 
1. SCOPE  
 
This Kenya Standard prescribes requirements and  test methods for fuel oils intended for oil -
fired furnaces  both for industrial and marine uses.  
                
2. NORMATIVE REFERENCE  
 
3. REQUIREMENTS  
 
3.1 General The material shall be hydrocarbon oils derived from petroleum or shale.  It shall be 
free from grit and oth er foreign impurities.  
 
3.2 The material shall also comply with the requirements prescribed in Table 1, when tested 
according to the corresponding test methods.  
 
Table 1. Requirements  
 
S. No.  Property  Requirement  Test Method  
1.  Viscosity @50 ˚C, cSt , max 180 ASTM D445  
2.  Density @ 20  ˚C, Kg/L , max  0.990   ASTM D1298  
3.  Conradson Carbon Residue, % wt., max  15 ASTM D189  
4.  Sulphur Content,  % wt. , max  2 ASTM D4294  
5.  Vanadium content , mg/kg , max  200 IP 288  
6.  Asphaltenes ,  % wt. , max  10 IP 143  
7.  Ash content ,  % wt. , max  0.12 ASTM 482  
8.  Sodium content , mg/kg , max  1/3 vanadium   IP 288 , IP 501  
9.  Water content , % vol , max  0.5   ASTM D95  
10.  Pour point ,  ˚C, max  15 ASTM D97  
11.  Flash point ,  ˚C, min  66 ASTM D93  
12.  Aluminium silicon + silicon, mg/Kg , max  50 ASTM D5184  
13.  Net calorific value , MJ/Kg, min  40.5 ASTM D 4868  
14.  CCAI (calculated  carbon aromatic Index)   TO BE REPORTED  ISO 8217  
15.  Nitrogen content , % wt. , max  0.4   ASTM D3228  
16.  Sediment by extraction , % wt. , max  0.15 ASTM D473  
17.  Existent  sediment ,  % m/m , max  0.1 IP 395  
18.  Potential sediment ,  % m/m , max  0.1 IP 390  
19.  Neutralization strong acid number ,  mg 
KOH/g  NIL ASTM D974  
20.  Calcium , mg/Kg , max  30 IP 470 , IP 501  
21.  Phosphorus, mg/Kg , max  15 IP 500 , IP 501  
22.  Zinc , mg/Kg , max  15 IP 470 ,IP 501  
23.  Others   No contamination of lubes.  
 
 
 
4.0 Packing and marking  
4.1 Packing  
The condition of the containers, rail tankers and road tank vehicles shall be such as not to be 
detrimental to the quality of the fuel during normal transportat ion and storage. The containers shall 
be acceptably sealed or leak proof, clean, and free from materials soluble in fuel oil .  
 
 4.2 Marking  
4.2.1 The following information shall appear in legible and indelible marking on each container or 
in case of fuel oil  filled into bulk storage tanks, in the storage and consignment documents of each 
road tank wagon or rail tank wagon.  
a) the supplier’s and receiver’s name and address;  
b) the name “ FUEL OIL ”; 
c) the quantity in litres  or metric to nnes;  
d) the batch/lot number ;  
e) the word “FLAMMABLE MATERIAL” ; and 
f) the warning “DANGER FUEL OIL ”.