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ABS OIL TESTING SERVICES (Summary of Fuel Oil Samples analyzed at select ports, October 15, 1999)

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D@15C V@50C MCR% ASH% H20% S% V AL+SI TSP%

BALBOA, PANAMA

AVERAGE

MAX

BUSAN, KOREA

AVERAGE

MAX

CEUTA, SPAIN

AVERAGE

MAX

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

AVERAGE

MAX 981.6 988.2 966.3 979.3 982.4 987.6 990.2 990.7

FOS, FRANCE

AVERAGE

MAX

FUJAIRAH, UAE

AVERAGE

MAX

GENOVA, ITALY

AVERAGE

MAX

GIBRALTAR, SPAIN

AVERAGE

MAX

GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN

AVERAGE

MAX

HOUSTON, TX

AVERAGE

MAX

LOS ANGELES, CA

AVERAGE

MAX

MARSEILLE, FRANCE

AVERAGE

MAX

MOBILE, AL

AVERAGE

MAX

MOIN, COSTA RICA

AVERAGE

MAX

MONTREAL, CANADA

AVERAGE

MAX

NEW ORLEANS, LA

AVERAGE 987.4

MAX 990.5 989.2 989.8 979.8 990.4 885.5 991.4 984.6 990.4 988 995.7 986.8 996.3 983.8 989.5 983.8 990.6 988.8 990.7 983.4 989.9 362.6 388 319.5 467 170.5 177 149 150 339.5 344 331.3 379.4 331.7 379 314.2 377 339.6 369 261.9 405.4 276.9 624 173.3 206 266.3 332 186 209 289.9 349.6 286.1 364 14.8 16.5 11 14 15.3 17 17.8 17.9 15.1 15.4 14.7 17 13.1 15.5 14.6 18 14.2 16.6 15.4 18.3 10.2 14.3 13.3 14.3 13.7 14.2 14.9 16.5 15.4 17.6 15.2 18 0.06 0.26 0.08 0.5 0.01 0.08 0.02 0.25 0.05 0.3 0.06 0.35 0.03 0.05 0.04 0.05 0.01 0.1 0.02 0.15 0.03 0.24 0.06 0.5 0.01 0.3 0.02 0.75 0.03 0.19 0.06 0.85 0.03 0.1 0.07 0.3 0.05 0.19 0.07 0.7 0.03 0.06 0.06 0.1 0.04 0.08 0.06 0.1 0.05 0.08 0.05 0.1 0.04 0.1 0.09 0.2 0.05 0.17 0.07 0.4 2.6 3.87 2.89 3.46 2.92 3.07 3.44 3.58 2.59 2.75 2.81 3.48 3.59 4.01 2.89 3.45 2.52 2.86 3.32 4.05 1.7 2.11 2.51 2.88 2.97 3.49 2.76 2.96 1.36 1.71 3.64 4.12 166 12 277 23 83 209 14 230 14 146 13 180 14 59 27 70 27 104 23 187 48 93 17 114 20 131 27 202 47 135 17 170 38 133 10 250 74 129 17 273 30 13 0.01 0.02 20 0.01 0.02 23 0.02 0.03 25 0.07 0.09 26 0.01 0.02 0.86 6 18 0.01 0.01 24 0.03 0.08 1.14 9 16 0.02 0.08 21 0.03 0.1 81 22 20 118 40 120 25 148 29 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.02 101 8 129 16 138 24 297 56 17 0.01 0.01 31 0.06 0.1 17 0.04 0.24

D@15C V@50C MCR% ASH% H20% S% V NA AL+SI

NEW YORK, NY

AVERAGE

MAX

NORFOLK, VA

AVERAGE

MAX

PHILADELPHIA, PA

AVERAGE

MAX

PIRAEUS, GREECE

AVERAGE

MAX

PORT ARTHUR, TX

AVERAGE

MAX 986.9 242.7 992.1 360.4 988.2 991.3 989.5 995.4 208.8 252.6 234.3 354.4 968.7 337 990 372 979.8 989 330.5 384

ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

AVERAGE 993.8 370.2

MAX 1008.7 465

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

AVERAGE

MAX

SEATTLE, WA

AVERAGE

MAX

SINGAPORE

AVERAGE

MAX 983.3 988.4 977.1 990.2 981.1 994.2 262.2 381.5 313.2 380

SOUTHAMPTON, UNITED KINGDOM

AVERAGE

MAX

SUEZ, EGYPT

AVERAGE

MAX 986.9 989.6 956.8 958.2 338.3 370 306.8 321 13.4 17.7 10.6 10.9 13.5 16.8 11.2 18.9 15 17.3 14.1 18.2 12.3 17.5 10.8 13.9 14.7 18.2 11.8 12.8 10.6 11.1 0.07 0.09 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.11 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.3 0.03 0.06 0.05 0.07 0.02 0.05 0.02 0.05 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.34 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.39 1.5 0.08 0.1 0.11 0.3 0.26 0.65 0.11 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.18 0.75 0.05 0.05 0.11 0.3 2.65 2.96 2.95 3.23 2.86 3.18 3.01 4.04 2.91 3.78 2.71 3.54 2.05 3.16 1.65 2.2 3.24 3.88 1.98 2.29 2.75 3.13 227 304 186 241 229 339 129 204 90 197 103 144 97 124 46 87 79 212 75 96 108 184 17 40 14 33 13 34 6 10 15 34 25 74 11 24 10 21 7 20 17 23 0.43 5 0.03 0.11 0.02 0.04 0.02 0.06 0.11 3.42 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.03

KEYCODE @15c: Density at 15 degrees centigrade.

V@50c: Viscosity at 50 degrees centigrade.

MCR %: Microcarbon Residue %.

Ash %: Ash level in fuel.

H20 %: Percent water in fuel.

S%: Percent sulfur.

V: Vanadium in ppm.

NA: Sodium in ppm.

AL+SI: Combination of aluminum and silicon expressed as ppm.

TSP%: Percent total dissolved solids

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