Diesel Defender

Description

Billions of litres of fuel are stored all over the UK at numerous commercial sites. This fuel has a value of millions of pounds and is therefore extremely vulnerable to theft. It can be stolen from outside the organisation or more shockingly and more commonly, from within the organisation.

Since 1st April 2022 many businesses are no longer able to use rebated fuel, known as red diesel or marked gas oil, for their operations and so the stored fuel now appears identical to that bought for personal use and puts stocks of white diesel at a higher risk of theft.

exocet® Diesel Defender is a liquid blue dye that will colour white diesel to produce a green fuel and act as a deterrent to thieves.

Tank stickers can be supplied on request to advertise that the fuel has been dyed to prevent theft.

Features

exocet® Diesel Defender contains Dyeguard® 673KNF technology which has been notified to HMRC with a technical report of compliance to satisfy Regulation 14(3) of the Hydrocarbon Oil (marking) Regulations 2002 which states:

“No substance calculated to impede the identification of any marker may be added to oil”

Therefore exocet® Diesel Defender

causes no issues with identification, quantification, and classification of marked rebated fuels within mainland UK
is notified with HMRC
does not cause interference with statutory markers
has a unique chromatic profile which is distinct from statutory markers and does not impede their measurement
although visually similar to the Republic of Ireland tax rebated fuel, the roadside (Euromarker) test can be used readily to confirm that it is not ROI tax rebated fuel
will not give false positive results on any roadside tests used in the determination of statutory markers applied to tax rebated fuels in the UK
and any statutory markers applied to tax rebated fuels in the UK will provide correct results when tested by law enforcement agencies

exocet® Diesel Defender has been demonstrated to comply with Regulation 14(3) of the Hydrocarbon Oil (marking) Regulations 2002 and is permitted for use in non-rebated UK DERV.

Usage

To demonstrate importance of operational investment on site
To demonstrate that fuel use is being closely monitored and can be traced
If there is a fear or suspicion of theft by external persons or internal staff
With each fuel delivery

Application

Typical applications are white diesel for use in construction equipment, cooling or heating units in road and rail transport, airport vehicles, forklift trucks, electricity generation and heating for commercial premises to deter theft of fuel and prevent significant financial loss of operational investment.

Sectors

Automotive and Transport

Domestic

Industrial

Marine

Off-Road and Static

Benefits

Economy

Fuel economy in any system and in any equipment is largely achieved by maintaining that equipment at ‘factory settings’ or at its design parameters. Fuel additives that slow down or even stop the rate at which equipment ‘gets dirty’ or ‘fouls up’; all aid fuel economy. This may also be achieved by proper maintenance of the fuel in storage or by affecting its behaviour within the equipment.