Shell White Oil Tank Cleaning Guide

Grade Discharged

Platformer Feedstock
Naphtha (Lead Free)
Mogas Component
Mogas (Unleaded)

Natural Gasoline
Mogas (Military)
Grade to be Loaded

White Spirit
Kerosine
Naphtha

Lub.Oil
Mogas

Gasoil
Avgas
Avtag
Avtur

SBP
Trade Name
Avgas 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 x/2 x/2 1 x/2 2 2 2 2 5
Avtag JP4, MC77, ATG 5 1 1 4 5 5 4 x/4 x/4 1 x/4 1 4 1 1 5
Avtur Jet A-1, ATK 5 4 1 4 5 5 4 x/4 x/4 4 x/4 1 1 4 4 6
Mogas (Unleaded) M95 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2
Mogas 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2
Mogas (Military) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 5
Mogas Component Isomerate 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Straight run Gasoline/Naphtha 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 5
Lead-free Straight run Gasoline/Naphtha 5 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 5
Platformer Feddstock 5 2 2 2 5 5 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 5
Natural Gasoline (Natural Gas Liquid or Penatne Plus) 5 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Kerosine 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 3 2 5
Gasoil 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2/1 1 3 1 1
SBP X 2 2 2 X X X 5 3 3 2 2 6 2 2 6
White Spirit X 3 2 3 X X X 3 3 3 2 2 6 3 2 6
Lub. Oil 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 4 4 7

Code Cleaning Instructions

1 Tanks to be well drained

2 Flush tank bottoms with sea water and drain well
3 Flush tank bottoms with sea water, drain well and purge to hydrocarbons below 2 pct by volume
4 Flush tank bottoms, gas free, lift scale and mop up. When loading lub.oil or naphthenic distillate extra care is required, when
draining pipelines, by also draining values and pumps
5 Cold machine wash tanks for about 4 hrs (2 hrs on vessels with painted tanks). When loading white oil, lub.oil or naphthenic distillate
complete code 5 and then follow code 4
6 Cleaning as for cleaning code 5 but use a hot machine wash
7 Refer lub. Oil cleaning table
8 Black oil cleaning code
9 Black oil cleaning code