{"id":104302,"date":"2021-02-11T10:38:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T10:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crownoil.co.uk\/?page_id=104302"},"modified":"2025-10-16T16:19:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:19:37","slug":"bs-2869","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.crownoil.co.uk\/fuel-specifications\/bs-2869\/","title":{"rendered":"BS 2869 Gas Oil Specifications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-crownoil-content-spacer content-spacer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h1\" id=\"h-specifications-for-bs-2869-fuel\">Specifications for BS 2869 fuel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>British Standard BS 2869 specification sets the standard for fuel oils for agricultural, domestic and industrial boilers. BS 2869 has three different grades that are optimised towards specific applications of the fuel oil and are different from EN 590, which is a specification for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crownoil.co.uk\/products\/diesel\/\">road diesel (DERV diesel)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about this fuel standard, read our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crownoil.co.uk\/guides\/fuel-specifications-guide\/\">fuel specifications guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-crownoil-content-spacer content-spacer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-d-grade-gas-oil\">D-grade gas oil<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>D-grade diesel is the most applicable for boilers, furnaces and older machinery,\u00a0 containing 1000ppm of sulphur. Crown Oil is able to supply red diesel that meets D Grade specs nationally to customers who request this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-crownoil-content-spacer content-spacer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-c1-grade-kerosene-c1-kerosene\">C1 grade kerosene (C1 kerosene)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>C1 grade kerosene is the specification required for premium <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crownoil.co.uk\/products\/home-heating-oil\/\">home heating oil<\/a> &#8211; the highest grade of fuel used in kerosene-fueled home oil-fired boilers. At Crown Oil, we supply the North West with BS 2869 C1 kerosene &#8211; simply call our team and ask.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-crownoil-content-spacer content-spacer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-c2-grade-gas-oil-nbsp-c2-kerosene\">C2 grade gas oil&nbsp;(C2 kerosene)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The majority of home heating oil meets C2 standards and is known colloquially as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crownoil.co.uk\/products\/home-heating-oil\/\">home heating oil<\/a> (HHO). Crown Oil supplies the North West with home heating oil that meets this specification, while our high-performance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crownoil.co.uk\/products\/kleenburn-kerosene\/\">Kleenburn Kerosene<\/a> also meets BS 2869 C2 standards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-crownoil-content-spacer content-spacer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-crownoil-well well\" style=\"--bg-clr:var(--pale-grey)\">\n<p><strong>If you have further questions about BS 2869 fuel or would like to place an order for any of our fuels. Call our fuel specialists today on <a href=\"tel:03301231444\" class=\"rulertel\">0330 123 1444<\/a> to learn more and discuss your requirements.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":104168,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-104302","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.7 (Yoast SEO v26.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BS 2869 Gas Oil Specifications | Crown Oil<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BS 2869 fuel specifications are set for gas oil that is intended for use in domestic\/industrial boilers, as well as agricultural use\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crownoil.co.uk\/fuel-specifications\/bs-2869\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BS 2869 Gas Oil Specifications\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BS 2869 fuel specifications are set for gas oil that is intended for use in domestic\/industrial boilers, as well as agricultural use\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.crownoil.co.uk\/fuel-specifications\/bs-2869\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Crown Oil\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CrownOil\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-16T15:19:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CrownOil\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crownoil.co.uk\/fuel-specifications\/bs-2869\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.crownoil.co.uk\/fuel-specifications\/bs-2869\/\",\"name\":\"BS 2869 Gas Oil Specifications | Crown Oil\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crownoil.co.uk\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-11T10:38:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-16T15:19:37+00:00\",\"description\":\"BS 2869 fuel specifications are set for gas oil that is intended for use in domestic\/industrial boilers, as well as agricultural use\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crownoil.co.uk\/fuel-specifications\/bs-2869\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.crownoil.co.uk\/fuel-specifications\/bs-2869\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crownoil.co.uk\/fuel-specifications\/bs-2869\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.crownoil.co.uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fuel Product Specifications\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.crownoil.co.uk\/fuel-specifications\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"BS 2869 Gas Oil Specifications\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crownoil.co.uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.crownoil.co.uk\/\",\"name\":\"Crown Oil\",\"description\":\"Nationwide Fuels &amp; 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